The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-29 00:00:00

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al:uk;s. that "thOs‘ personi W-ho 'are obliged to go out,
olone y *and it's antic need; that wbeneVer three
persons are.seen.together, they will be fired upon- by.
he troopS.
"`Lactit, Conmiander in Chief:'
" Barcelona, I"taP..-8, 1808" ' •
." The General' of Division, &re. commands thgti;
whenever an alaem shall- be given by any movement
of the enemy, three cannons shall be fired in the
arsenal, and that all persdns who shall not instantly
shut themielves up in their bbitseS of i this firing
shalllle arrested by the trpops, excepting those who
are in office, and who have to go out upon public
affairs. Signed, &c.

-L'OTAY BAY

THE SYDNEY C,\ZE.T.TE, ritN. w
A fine vessel has been launched from. the Green
utneroni'silectator.ti at ten decl on the -"oaq— •
.sign, w ich afforded to thar•part- of: the conutry.-2. •
,ppecw.', as pleasing, as it was wouvelle. She_ went.
in very good style; and as she darted across
streatn was honourel with the appellatibri "of. •
verrior - • •
The last arrivals have had a wonderful effect !von
the price of tett.,..which; in, the short,space.of two
days experienced a decrease Of. Is: in the Brice of a
single ounce.

.'" The General of Division, &c. commands that
all the:treei-Which are at the distance; of 30d toises'
from the covered way of this place, and its fottresses,i
shall be cut down. The fruit -trees alone shall be
allowed to stand, 'lopping the tops and branch
r;
If the proprietors of these trees neglett to cow.
with these orders, the soldiers will be comenfekC
• ",
and the 'poor of the city bepermitted to do it, eep-
log, the wood for themselves.", •
• " Bcqqlona, gth

Thep.oyal Chapel at Whitehall is -undergoing fir:
complete alteration and repair,. at thesalic.-nation pi,.
his Royal Highness the Duke Of YOliK, ‘fOr the Fur"
`!prilge: of the fbree Regiments of .tru2rds ,Atteißliil
.1310 t) worship. Hitherto thu -men. .na d!3'.'t on .•
' hii:tO 1 ecn suffered to spend t heir.Suntlays. in an, .
waY:- they chose, except for a shOrt period, some .
time CO, when the service was perforMed iii a' ilii111:
ruinous building in the Almottry, -whiCh Wouild'not
admit a tenth part of - their number. .RegitPePt4
bands are to accompany the psalms,: instead of
.00
organ.

CHRISTMAS IPTEX.

-On Friday morning six beautiful Swans camO,,
Notwithstanding the hitherto acknowledged su- down' the Thames, nearly as far as London-tar/age,'
periority.of the French nation in. the article of polite • driven from •their.' usual'arater-haunts•by the seaeri:r
„ness, it is allowed that the t_inglish are not much lie- i of the weather i. --1 hey were taken; by ardor of if 96
bind them ; but while this allowance is made,we are City Comptroller °Utile Swan-hopping departatient,,'/
.and on their w.ela-marks tieing examitteal, it. appare"
at the saute time told that it belongs only to the upper
arid welt educated classes of society, and. that the
that: two of them were -the property .0 ( th‹e l'ivi:',"'"
lower, the.p:lebeians, the dantestics, .and•ilie' People, and the remainder four
.belonged to
*the Corporato
" whom nobody kuows," are ..made rebellious and 'Body of •Lcindon. : . .
.. .
unaccommodating: • 'On Thursday night lasts as ;Ur. Charles -Char' •
It 'is diffiiatilt .to charaaerise a %hole -nation:— - mad, of Newmarket, was returaing from a friet'd.'l
Whoever •lociks around him during tlie present: :house, near the Dog-kenuel-lane.,"he' heard a cry or
season; .will hale some reason to doubt whether the t ~ legit," :apparently from_ the. Heath e he irornea
upper or the under ranks are • most civil) Certain diately went home for assistance, and proceeded-A:7r
it is, that all the outward signs and symptoms of ci- j'search of the persons fi omWhoni- the void came;
vility and subalission are wonderfully Appzirrekit.-- when, by his timely interKirence, he probably. •s4l'qu'l
Never surely was precept better kept than--" Ser- • the hies of five Persons, who' had lost filen- way,!..„
vants, obey your masters in all things"—lbreight or golfing friiiii lie wmarket to - SaXbri:gffell.f7-11 -op-
ten days. Those who do not feel it their duty; act -'pears they had .flees making merry at the Grey''
the part like• iloscius in livery, and Siddonses itrittg.-aaliannd. Inn (Where they hadi been to paLtkear...ra e
• --- '' 111);
ton gowns. , . .
and but for ..the timely help and humanity m ~
During this happy and good-humoured season, of Mr, Chapman, would in all probability—lLlA:.
even the very churches exhibit a politeness whiCh perished, as they mere on. horseback' 'and within
nothing but. Christmas could inspire. No persons are , thirty yards of a very deep pit full of snow. a ea,
allowed to fatigue themselves by standing in the Mr: Davneyeathe. Oifortfslai re ped.estrian.,-faile.a
aisles, while the pew-openers increase, the solemnity'in a great professional undertaking' ola Saturai4.
of the service by appearing in the humblest attitudes: He. (lad J
li - engaged, for a bet of 5a oto go
.50 .P3ile."c
of supplication, and tie delicate extension of hand, . a dayn for No successive •dayS. • Saturday • wa4 ihe'.;
shews that next Sunday ought-to be called, Palm-,, 15th day,' when he 'resigned,. -having been ' bates
Sunday. .. _ • . ' .
..only by the weather.. 'The, undertaki ig was- -• tlf
But the full effect of the season is, perhaps, most :.
ElEnq_-that.Mr. Wilson has . engaged to per-la/11 r
visible at home—no occasion to ring the bell Aoe: A ._,
2-ipr, , 'or 1000 guineas. -• ' , . _
~1 of
once, and no disputes as to :ukase business it is to an- •
".1. heaonly great Capital Prize drawn on Ttielcr?:;
an-
swer it: The distance betwixt kitchen arid parlour
was•-• No. 7,950, Tea Thousand Pounds,
,sold
appears to be shortened, and no one suppases what
,a a lav-
ii wanted before they'go to inquire. . -
Ticket, the day before the draavitig c9qatli , _ea,.
. - . RICHARDSON,' GOODI,Urei, A-and Co.' in 3- v,'
Thee is now. .
en ael.-4-";
,;. Early rising, considering how cold 'and dark the
but one •day to draw, Saturday. ac ~
mornings are, is pradised with wooderful alacrity
.. and three Prizes e , .. of 00 0001- and oneof • 5,000 L •-` ,
and cheerfulness—a cheerfulaess which is imparted. ,
'Very
.feav Tickets and Shares a''..
to the very fire, which blazes mast corhfortably as - Yet in the wheel-
soon as it is wanted. left 4.,r. sale„, which may be'still tad, N,varrant,eo:i-g.7'
The breakfast is got ready a/together. Thera la.' drawn, at the Offices, Cornhill and Charii.evarPa''"
no waitinaa for our toast when our tea is ready, and of Richardson, Goo dluck, and Co. •
• Discoun AI, , , -. , ~- .
_...,
no deficiency of water when our pot is extmusteci.— • ---"' • --"a" owed 6, sr e:tre'r)::- shi, • ,::__. Evcl j.
If a friend or two in, it is 'not thought toy much Purchaser of Shares of Tickets, amoutiaing to I.'-;t .
to go for a supplemental roll, prepare. some coffee; Pounds and-upwards, ,laill.he allowed a Diacoaa,ll-„.1..e,
or boil an egga , ' J. WARNER'S. Fortunate Otike, 16, Corn hill \''..' 14 Not a saucy word_ m reply to a Command, not a Capital Prizes amount- . '. aaatu
to a la'age II:3VC been te. 03
humph nor a hum to be' heard. 'No ha(f. oaths . are sold in Shares:—Only one More day to dram',
t‘,..„,
crumbled between the teeth, and none ready lo'he the Wheel contains three of 20,000, 0ne5,000, of
swallowed whole. . 1,000, three 5001, Sec. Saturday the Last day
. . , . ..
Dinner setred up to a minute, and done to a
,litcle, drawing. . . ' . .
Nothing is•forgot—none of that lainentable Oaant of ; ea
• gixty-eight Thousand Pounds., in Capital PL./ a
-memory complained* of at other times, and th4-oual manly, must be drawn next Saturday; the. LOrt_%,
plea " I did not think of it," is discontinued. '4:
"ffnialies on that day, and very. few Tickets 0r51074
Cobwebs of three or four months standing are care- , 'remain to be sold ; at present they may he h 3.1
fully rernoved,•and our grates begin to loop as
.bright both of titan's Offices, No. 4, Cornhill, and-N0- ft:
as niirvors. , Scoi,yaring, cleaning, washing, Scrub- /al_ ,
eiaring-Cross, where 4,337,. clititied to .500 Tic,,,
bind, and duSting---aall performed by anticipation.-- . els; was sold on 'Tuesday in Shares. That Pft'-",
Every thing done before it is ordered, instead of a from the extreme richness of the Wheel, 19111°1,1
-month or six weeks after. . valuable now' than when first draW,n;- as it 1135 I:ri
• No delay in ertands-rgraceful bows at the door, Chances for three Priies of 00;6061. one of 5,0(
which is opened and shut, as if it could net:express two of -1,0001. &T, all ofwhich must be drawn tiet-!
any occasion.
.Saturday.
Watchmen : twirl the window pins with most
anxious care, and can't bear the sight ola suspioioui

person ; besides being perfeC.ily awake every- hour,
and ball hour. .

Scavengers so attentive to their duty, that a
full dressed lady may have as clean a tumble in the
streets as on her own carpet ; and the lamplighter so
indifferent to the price of oil that the• streets exhibit

• a dazzling brightness.
lii a word, such an universal politeness and civility
prevails among the unprivileged orders, that it would
appear they had studied the system of Chesterfield,

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and pradised the school of Ye-sit-is.
About ia week after the holidays, indeed, it must
be contesed there iii ** * * * * (hicads vui4e de-.
jlendus:) - •

Mum.

A very eegant piece of plate, Of the value of 200,
guineas, witti..a "suitable Ittscription, has been pre-
seated to •611 MILES. GRAN', /411. Colleoor of his
INlajety's Customs, at Trinidad, by the Ithyal Tri-
nidad Militia, to runrk the sincere respect and esteetri
vvhion the Corps entertained for him, as their Curti-
-o:thcet.

. A yoUng Gentleman belonging to 4,resize.aahle I
lace-shop in bill)lin, was civilly
,accosi,lo: b0t.}.6.,
;Revenue Officeri in the.town or Rathkeillo;:ii:i.t,iii
clays ago, who requested to.exarnia&the beatittNrid
faShion, of a dog=cart in which he jo.urnied; their.
cutiosity.ektending to its internal formation, led them
-to open that part intended for luggage, %%here these
' virtuosos discove44 contraband, soft and deli6ate
to.tisnamount of 12501. as per invoice. • i
. On the littli instant., as tlre son of Richard, Marsh,
..blacl:sinali; of tittle Hutton; near Dibtnchesteri. was
~at,worlt in- the:srnitlry,. ranking:nails,. his infant sis-
; ter, 010 W-two years old,.carne into the smithy, un-
perf.;eic.rel-4V 'Not,. and unfortunately -stood: betwixt
him and. .the anvil; when sncidenly., drpttin'..lhe
i heated iron' from the fire, it accidentally stilts Aiil;.,
It
child upon; the fleck, and perforatcd solaras. to'4nspi'l
her iminediatedeath. , • , • ~ - .