The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-11 00:00:00

OFFICIAL PAPER.

PROCLAMATION by Sir CHARLES COTTON, Bait. I
Admiral of the Blue, &c. Commander in Chief.
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IbiIIABITANTS OF PoriToom.----Peputations hay-
ing reached me from all parts of the Kingdom sl-
licilitvg succoin:, al2, statiii,-7•to
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anu assistance, I
me tht3 loyal, brave, and manlyutt:erininav,o of the
people of Portugal establish the cdjyernment of
their lawful Prince, and emancipa.te Their Country
from French oppression :
I send, agreeable to your request, ships, troops,
arms, and atimmuition, and have directed the Stand-
ard of. his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT of
hail:l.lo'4 to be reared; round which every loyal

Porttiguese is hereby invited, immediately to rally,
and to lake up arni,, in so just and so glorious a
cab se. -

"`To be successful, Portuguese, you must be una-
nimous; and, joined by your brave neighbours and
friends, the Spaniards, you must not be intimidated
by menaces, nor seduced by promises.
Some months experience must have convinced
you of the effe& of French friendship; it is now to
British faith and . assistance, aided by your own
energy and efforts, that you will, I trust, be indebt,
ed for the restoration of your Prince and the inde=
pendence of your Country.
(Signed) " C. COTTON."
" Hibernia, off the Tagus, July 4, 1808."

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 18081

IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM SPAIN.

Intelligence was this morning received by Govern-
ment, from Lieut.-Col. DOYLE, dated Corunna,
the 4th August, at midnight. The Lienf.-Col.
states, that, he had read a Letter, dated Madrid)

27th July, which says,. that on that morning thel
French commenced their RETREAT FROM THAT

CITY; that JOSEPH BUONAPARTE had quitted Ma••:

drid, and had taken away every thing of value be-,
longing to the Court. Every Frenchman was fol-
lowing him, and.they were taking the direction of,

Burgos. "
The writer of the letter is nephew to a Member

of the Junta of the Gallicias.

A letterfrom Tarragon,•dated the 27th July, states,
that the Army of Valencia and Murcia, which
sisted of sixty thoUsand men, had on that day passed
through that Town, on its .way to Madrid. It is

also stated, that ECHERYIAS, at the. head of .the

Smugglers, had advanced towards Madrid, and that

he was within 13 leagues of that City.

Private advices from Arragon state, that the Pa-

triots had again been successful in that quarter.
Marshal BESSIERES has evacuated Benevento, and

continued his retreat to Burgos.
The Asturian Army; under the command of Ge-

neral PONTE, has made an incursion on the road to-
wards Iturgos, and had taken a French Convoy, with
eight waggons laden with plunder. General CAS'
TANOS was advancing in La Mancha.

TILE Manifesto from the Court of Portugal, which
we present to our Readers this day, is so plain, so
cogent, and so just an appeal to mankind that it
will excite the most interesting emotions towards
Portugal, though it certainly cannot increase the de-
• testatiorT which has been universally raised by the
oppresor of that and so many other Countries.
The fads contained in this simple and affeding
history were generally known, but not the detail of
the grievances which Portugal suffered from France,
or rather the Usurper of its throne, the patience
with which she endured them, and the sacrifices
which she made in order to appease the fury and
gratify the rapacity of that Usurper. This im-
.
portal. document 'is submitted to the judgment
and the feelings of all Europe, at a very cri-
tical period in the life of BUONAPARTE, ar d CM-
nealed with his cruel and ungrateful treatment
of the POPE, to whom he was indebted for the
awful sandion which attended his coronation, his
horrible treachery to the Royal Family of Spain,
and the enormous wickedness of his attempt to re-
duce that country to disgrace, misery, and bondage,
must impress every State on the Continent with
the utmost detestation of his charaaer.- But the
glorious success of Spain, in defeating his intentions,
will be one of the most powerful incentives that can
In presented to other States. They will see what
Can be done by determined valour and Unaiiituity,
fighting in a good cause. We' hope that this
varnished statement of fans from the Court of Portu-
gal, as• well as all the proceedings of Spain and. Por-

tugal, will be conveyed into France. It u; ss I
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not withstanding the which the people ofthat
c.cimtry-n-rust be held by the military hordes of their
Tyrant, and notwithstanding the relaxation in moral
Tri.nciplesvihich the Revolution has prod need,t h at they
c :n be insensible of their disgrace as well as misery in
-b::ing entirely at the,will of an Usurper,. who drags
them from their Country to promote his own Family,
dad to enshive every other State, however submissive
to him, if their destrnaion is necessary to the grati-
fication of his boundless thirst of g,»pire, and •insa-
tiable rapacity. .

A Report was circulated yesterday evening, that a
Messenger had arrived from Vienna, with dispatches
of the utmost importance; the substance of which,
it was confidently stated, was, that the Emperor of
AUSTRIA was ready to declare war with France, pro'
vidtd this Country was willing to affOrd him pecu-
niary assistance. Upon enquiring into the, subjee,
we do not find that any such Messenger has arrived
the Report probably took its rise from 'the eircum-
stance of the Chevalier D'ANGEADA having arrived
in Town from the Hague, which place left
on the 5t.11 instant. The, intelligence which he
brings tends very strongly. to confirm the ac-
counts which have lately reached this Country of
the probability of a War between Austria and
France. 'lt was generally 'reported and believed,
tliat the Cabinet of Vienna had. demanded of goo-
-I.IAPARTE that he should, in compliance with the
Treaty of Tilsit, withdraw his Troop's fitful the
Prussian dominions. If it be true that such a de-
mand has actually been made, hostilities between
these two Powers must inevitably take place, be"
cause BLIONAPARTE cannot eocuply with it without,
in' substance, giving op-all the' a he
derived over Prussia and Rassia ,in 806 'and, 1807.
Besides, we are convinced than is roithe large mi-
litary force which he keps up in Poland that lie is
indebted for the implicit obedience which the Court
of St. Petersburgh continues to manifest to his ar-
bitrary mandates.

Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, his 1/lAJESTY
rived at the queen's Palace, from Windsor.

At two o'clock hIS MAJESTY held a private Levee,
which,was attended by

•- The Duke of Portland, Viscount Castlereuh, Lord Haw.
keshury, Lord St. Helen's, Lord Mulgrave, Lord Heathrield,
Sir Stephen Cottertll, and Mr. Perctval.

The following Military Gentlemen h'Ud the honour
of being presehted to bis MAJEstrt
General Finch, on his promotion to the command of the
54th Regiment.

Lieutenant-General Nicolls, on his appointment to the
command of the 66th Regiment.
General Gwyn,. for the Lieutenant-Governorship of the
Isle of Wight.
General •Calcraft, on being appointed First 'Major to 011/
.Coldstream Regiment of Guartis.

His MAJESTY afterwards held a Privy Council,
anclzave audience to the Duke of PORTLAND, and
"the rest of the Cabinet Ministers, and left toOP
for Windsor, exactly at four o'cloCk.

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Yesterday her Royal Highness Princess ELIO',
EETH gave a grand dejeune at her Cottage, OR'
Windsor, to the QUEEN and PRINCESSES, PrinCEo
SOPHIA of GLOUCESTER, and the neighbouring No'
bitity and Gentry, to the number of one hundred;
'The 'Stafford- Band attended., on .the occasion, aIW
played several seletit and delightfal Airs during tiles
evening.
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A Pappenburgh vessel is arrived from Bourdeaul4
after a short passage. The Captain. states, that,6a
order had been given for the return of all American
vessel's which had dropt down the rivet, and a re'
newal.of the embargo.
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Letters are said to have been receiVed;which state
the arrival of BUO:iAPARTE: at Paris, and that he.hid.
determined upon calling out every persomeapahle
bearing artng; from the ages of lb to 40, for the par'
pose of.being marched against Spain.: It is adde4i
that the Senate had expressed a relu&ant sentiment,
upon the subje&, in consequence of which he 1101
ordered eight of the Members tote thrown into pri-
son. We know not what degree of credit this re-
port is entitled to.
it is very generally stated, that some of the facni"
lies of the ancient Nobles in France bad been (fie
covered in attempting to -disseminate Spanish 'Fa'
triotism among the people of France, and that their
example had been efithasiasti9ally embraced by the
people, whose ardour would not easily be checked,
An illumination took place at Corunna on the Ist
instant, in consequence of the victory obtained ov4
DUPONT, not in consequence of the defeat cif the
Enemy near Madrid, as was repoteti yesterday.

A Ship of the Line sailed from Rio de Janeiro Ori
.the Ist of. June, with
.a convoy of tottrteen ship.; fot
Peinambuco and England. Two of the convoy ar,e
arrived, viz. the Eliza Ann and the Invention,-boo`
of which left the Brazils about the 12th cf Joe'
By the letters already received, we learn that ail till
ships from England had been allowed
,to :enter and
di pose of their cargoes without, the smallest
terruption ; the Captains and Supeicargoes were coy
dially received, and the happiest intercourse subsisted.
The PRINCE REGENT had honoured Sir 51DW
-Small with a visit on board his-ship and the cfreitei
h4mony prevailed.
We are assured that his Westphalian. MajestY
otherwise JERONIE BUONAPARTE,
,has lately sent 3
letter, sealed with his Royal Arms, to Ow La
whom he married some years ago is America. It
was addressed to her as " Mjss PATERSON;" OP
was accompanied with several 'presents of consider'
able value. In his letter he acquainted her, th,'t
his Imperial brother, NAPOLEON, having called
to the' kingly dignity, and reasons of State hayii*
compelled him to give his band-to a Princess of
(.4erman Empire, she must no longer consider Ili°,
in any alher light than as a Sovereign, uncenneCW
with her by former ties. This youngest represetit3'
tive of the family destined by Providence to me
over Europe, may, possibly, like brother -11.;.
sErn, fiiid himself ere long in, a situation to inau`.
Miss PATERSON, rather to congratulate herself, tlo,
f
to regret, that she has not been made Queen °
WESTPHALIA. •

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TKAFALGALL-Englishmen have and ever I
have such au interest in whatever :elates to tliis
place, that, perhaps, the et, mology of its name WI
not be unacceptable. , TKAVA is an old Spal,ls.
word .for multitude; ALGAU, including the Arab'c
article, means rock, ,Cape THAVALGAR, or
FALGAK', is, thCretbre Cape of mans rocks ; and
some Spanish maps there may be seen several tot
placed about it to denote that circumstance 01 I-

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SECOND tDITION.

SUN-OFFICE,

THREE O'CLOCK, P. M.

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WE Stop the. Press to state, that a , feport
circulation that Mr. MILLS, the Messenger, had ar-
rived this forenoon with Dispatches froin Sir A.
WELLEstai; containing intelligence of the surren-
der of General JUNOT, with his Army, and the
Russian Fleet.

It would give us the most sincere satisfaaion to
be able to confirm this report ; but as we know that
the Public, with reason, look up to this Paper for the
earliest and mcst authentic intelligence, we feel it
our duty to state, that no such Dispatches have
been received, nor has any intelligence from
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY reached town this day.
Mr. MILLS the Messenger did come to town
this
Morning, tot it was from Windsor.