The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-14 00:00:00

EXPEDITIO•IIS TO HOLLAND AND EGYPT IN
THE, YEARS 1799 AND tEoo.

AGENERAL MEETING of the SUBSCIIIB.
ERS to the FUND raised by V nitllll:ity Contribu—
tions .tor the RELIEF of the WIDOWS, WI VES,.
and-CHILDREN of the KILLED and WOUNDED
SOLDIERS, SAILURS,.and MARINES on the
DI TI ONS to HOLLAND and EGYPT in the years 1799
and !Soo, will be held here on Thursday, the 26th inst. to
rake into consideration the Propriety or Expediency et Wind.
rig up the Subscription, and barring all Claims atter a
period to be fixed upon, at the termination of which an-
other General Meeting will be called to audit the Accounts,
and tn decide upon the apprupriation,of whatever surplus (if
any) shall remain.
The Com MI tt ee who undertook the Management of this
Pond think it necessary to state, that they have attended to
the Distribution (wit according to the intentions of the Sub.
Sic I ib&). for above 4W:ell years. That all just Claims have
been regularly paid, and that as the Money has been con.
sternly employed in Government Securities, the Interest will
more thni defray the Eitpences of a kerCtary, AdVettiSC-
menu, dec.

J. DOUGLAS, Secretary.
No, 16, North Aualey.ttnet, May za,, MA,

FIRE AT DOVER.

MESSRS.. FECTC otk Ht aad MINET, in addition t
the private testimonies they-have offered, beg to be
allo%ved. in tisk; public• manner, on their own benait, as tat
behalt of the many Persons having interest in the valuable
Property deposited in tit" late Warehouses, to repeat their
Thanks to t he Mayor anti other MeMbers of the Corporation,
as well as to the Gentlemen and Inhabitants of the Town at
large, for the promptitude with which they allimled their
services io the attempt to smother, in the first instance; as
afterwards to check, the raging Fire that finally br eke out on
Tuesday last in their Warehouses ; services so efficauiously
exerted, to the prevention of its threatened extension, and to
the preservation, 4s far as was ',radii:able, of the property
contained in them, though the extensive range of their Huila.
gigs fell a sacrifice to the natural elletts of the Fire, and'Or
the destrudion deemed necessary to arrest its progress.
Dover, 'May t 2, tad. •

Messrs. FE C-TO R and MINE r, in addition to their pri-
vate testimonies, trust they may be allowed to express nn
pattictilaily, in this public manner, their obligations to Nla-
tor-General Campbell, Niajor.Getteral ,Twyss, their Stall's,
and to all. the Regiments and..Corvss, as also to the Navy Or.
ficers of the Garrison, 14. the alacrity and effii.acious zeal.
manifested, by them VII the above untinlucate occasion.
These obligations they feel to Ov.stiil thomorc dos to those
Officers wll4 wmre in situationslo take the most aelive purr"
in
.the suppression of the Fire ; as also to the Non-commis-
sinned Oificers, private's, and Seamen, for tOcii attive set.
vices and orderly conduct on the-occasion: . •
Dover, NtaY rz,

ALargo-Assortment of WRITING DESKS,
with or without Loner Copying blaehines, Ladies',
Toilet Cases, Work Boxes, Tea Chests. Centlemen's•Sitay.
ing. and Dressing Cases, &c. in beatitiftil Mahogany, anti a
variety °loiter Fancy, WOOtk, variously fitted tip, plain and
brass
.hound; also_ richly ornamented with curious inlaid.
brass work, tvhicli, for novelty of fashion, exCelience of
workmanship; apd brilliancy of decoration, are not to be
equallc3 at any other House la the Mantifutfthcd
by W I LLINM GAI,tifES,l 9. 53 and 54, St. Paul's Church.'
yard.