The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-24 00:00:00

GIBIt4LT4N Fug. va.

The linperieli se, Lord COCITIC A NE, ariived 1,6:
tiightihoiu the Esistward. The Imper;ellp.,
sa with her a French Corvette, of 10 gong, an
tour Spanish Merchant 'Vessels, which she Lot t
of Altneira' a few days ago, after a gallant aaion, in
which Lieu', CAULFIELD, her First Lieutenant, n, d
one man,. were killed, with rieVeti wounded. Ti.e
Imperiepe saw five Sail of the Lim., three days ago,
off Ca_pe-de Gait, steering. this way, supposed to i-e
the Carthagena Stitiadron :• the Wincisrtr Cost/e,
Nymplte, Leolid4, with the Minorca and Reciwinv
put to sea this morning in consequence of the ant), e
intelligence.
2.9.7-7 The Surinam Sloop of War has just
cOinkin from Sicily and last. from Malta, in 13 tla: e
passage. She btingsiaccounts of'the French having
taken Reggie', 'ln'Oslabria,.hy storm j and thin tlivy
Were
.bombarding the' Castle of Scylla.. Gre.tt
preliensions were 'entertained' at Sicily of ;111 itll-
- descent 'Of the French, as ill:. iti'telielort
Squadron`iad effeited a itlncti;nl the .rt?t.f,-i,,)4
meet.

BUONAPARTR'S COndtla towartii 'OW t'Opt.! 1.
marvellously astonished the Bishop of Ctt
RENTIN, and the Grand iturdsitor PoturtioAt.
lt,.is certainly, incumbent on6hop to to
the Catholics cat Ireland, pud vetf,i,l h.WI
to them ii fdbur of „his Imperial.ord Catholic
lwty:',.;-With,fespet4 rO the poor Grand

4_67 reported that iht first use.ho male of his setl-ei,

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after recovering from his astyhishuient, was to wllia
to:Qcneral JUNOT, humbly requesting to be inforittL
ed what he ought to thiuk.or sity, to the Portuguese,
on .the.Aubjed a this now proof which IivoNAPAUTR
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has just ftirnished of his profound regard for the
Catholic Religion i He has also, it is said, some
-thoughts of writing to the Alurning Chromick on the
same'subjed.
• Smuootaxo,--.7!An ingenious expudient has het,n
recently adopted at Plymouth, tur the pra6fico of
knauggling.- Two .coffins have been every .day tent,
1313 shore, supposed to contain the
,bodies of departed
seamen, but which have been found to be toll of
culoolit, of Vali uus descriptions, pa r girt
vhspiandureb.oo74wayastualeittioeft4wseyhlipiicthrbullsw.sdbeebcenur,clo.poltesidtod.
asion
Last week there wsuso grand review of the try ,n,,
.at Weymouth, by the k:artaf Pik,17441, cotimsnitider
in Chief cif the South-west District. i a first ~..
viewed the second battalion of the 53d, prid than the
-Ist and ed 'Regiments of the Crernian Ligt,t
Homo. Lord C ~,,t;Atir VMS linen ded by ChM. 1,11.51
oes, anti a hunts:rout Staff.
Several English lubjeas havoctleacd their esenpe
from Flushing, and are arrived In Deal and Doter.
• They were orgy -dwisios44, tniti net ettroally filtipriqt)o.
ed et that _place. The Crati laid up by the .Erterny,
at bushing, amount to about Go Ves‘eiti.
‘A, requisition wes on" cloy last presented to the
Loan NlAroa, reqtieating him to call, an early Court
of Common Council„, to consider of a dutirttl and

loyal Address to His hixxxvry, at the present crisis,
expressive of the high sense entertained of the firm.
nes and energy-displayed by His MAratery et this
critical period. The an MAYOR has accordingly
appointed to-morrow for that purpose, and the
Court is expeded to be more fully am:tided than for
many years.
Thursday being the Anniversary of St, Patrick,
the Royal Imperial Standard was displayed from the
top, of ,Bedford Tower, ip the Upper Castle-yard;
Dublin ; and in the evening their Graces the Lord
Lieutenant.and. the Duchess. of Ric:lissom) gave a
gran&Ball and Supper in celebration of the day..
Mr. Sitertll/4qii, it is Sal& is' very seriously indis
posed, and the Complaint, 'we are sorry to' hear, is of
a dropsical nature.
The w Comedy which is forthcoming at Drury-
lane Theatre is the produEtion'of Mr. KENNICY,tittw
author o several -successful pieces, According to
report the title of it is to be' The World, but whether
the World as it is, or, as it ought to be, we have not
yet heard. •
Mr. SIDDoNS has not bequeathed his property
the manner stated in the publie Prints :--4-10 leas kit
four thousand.pounds to his only sutviving daughter.
and the bulltef his tontine to
.Mrs. Sinnoiss„ pr-
bably because, as it was acquired. by her, liopurs. be
considerea her as best entitled, to. it,
Gtilley and Gregson are to Meet Again in pugilistic
combat within six Weeks: they are to ,fight for 145(f
guineas a-side. •- Great butts arcs diVerldrog oo .1
battle ; but pot,,vithstatidiug qolley;Was tittutiphant
the Last time they fought, theodds. are somewhat in
tavour of Green)

Mrs. ELEANOR FRY` wit Interred in St. Paul's
Churchlard, on Sunday' the st of last nunttlf, :ma
'
her grave has been regularly watched fromihoi
.riod'tof her faithful friend, a small black and -Mine
dog, 4tilio is never' missed fiinvi post but thr a
few minutes before, ditskiach'ivetiing, Wheal he is
supposed to retire far' food; apt' retains spin to his,
west+, where he lies pressing,. the chid greund, his
eyes tired cis the river o Ins ruistrest
The house of Mr. Faulden, in Chelsea-road, was
broken lima on Tuesday night; and plate and other
light attieleit to a Cotifiderahla atuouht were tuoleu.
It is a remarkable ciruirtstanee, that althotigh AI yard
dog way fastebed up,and a confidential servant slept
in the room above that Emir[ which thit erticlei,were
stolen, the thieves .itiesped without having 'been
heard.—they obtained-an entrance by forcing a win,
do* shutter on thefinu-staliCase. •
Mr. Whitehead, of Brower-street, undertook yes.
-terdity., fora wager of to' gtThreas, to 4o two tuilettin
eleven minutes. Considerable sums were depold.,
tug,, and the match was decided on Highg:4te Coin.
mon. The task is suehtts would•balite most at tho
professed pedestrians of the day ; • and Mr. W. wig)
.weighs.t3,stone, performed the distance in ten se»
cones less than the given time.
On Monday .next -400 of the ist llegimentof
Guards will leave town for Dt-al, iii.order to itrike
good.tlte deriCiencies in rote nattahon 4.)1 that L..1+0
rutin; Row' stAtiont-d there.