The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-09 00:00:00

CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

• ,LONDONbERRYAt fhe close. of the Poll, on
Monday evening, 13th day, the numbers

Gen. Stetvart - - 1225
Lord Geo. Beresford - - 1029
Col. Ponsonby - - - 90 t
Sam. Lysle, Esq. - .- - 527

• COUNTY MAYO—At the close of the Poll, Uth
day, the numbers were—

Rt. Hon. D. BroWne - 3382
Col. Dillon - - - 3282
Sir Jahn Browne - - - 1212

THE .BRITISH ARMY IN

We have been favoured with the following Extra&
of a Letter from an' Officer of rank who served with
Sir J. STuArr in Calabria,' dated
" MESSINA, OCT. 16.—We allow the French to
magnify their triumphs, while they conceal always
their faihkres ;• we do the reverse of both—and they
al Ways beat us down with lies—atrocious, barefaced, .
abominable lies. During the whole of the operations
in Calabria, they published in the Moniteur of Na-
ples,
some of the most palpable fabrications, which •
no one was permitted, under heavy penalties, to
doubt. An article in one of them even stated,. that
they, had made a debarkation on Sicily—that they
had never met with a reverse in Lower Calabria,
but that, on the contrary, instead of being driven
from thence„ had maintained all,their positions,.wa*
a point that no one was to dare to q
ei on. .
- ‘f In an excursion that I made me time ago
through Calabria, I had an oppor unity •of ascer-,
taining that the loss- of the Enemy, in killed, was .
considerably more than the official dispatches Stated; .
tOrnagistracy and the peasantry in the neighbour-
, hoo of Maida assured Me, that above thirteen 'lnn-.
dretlfbodies had been buried upon the field. of the ac-
tion of the 4th, anti' in its vicinity*, In fak, it
could scarcely be otherwise, from the nature of tht
attion. The conflict between the light infantry and
the-Tst legere of the;Frencli has .not found its re-
semblance,. I. am ' persuaded, since the adoption of
fire-arms—escape to the vanquished then became
almost impossible."

* The iirismiers in the anion, and in the subsequent sur.
renders, including the wounded, exceeded four thousand.

Yesterday morning the Royal Radnor Militia
marched from No. t and 2 Battery, near Deal, for
Canterbury ; they are to be leplaced by the itt-
land Militia. •

Yesterday a Troop of the 14th Light Dragoons -ar-
rived in town from Dorchester, and it was supposed- -
they were it-it-ended for foreign service ; but on ap-
plying, at the War Office, the horses were ordered.
to be - sold by ataEtion ; and. the Officers and Privges.
when recovered, from the fatigue
to return dismounted to their late quarters.
By the Lisbon Mail which arrived yesterday morzr-
-1151,7P rNc ivpci MAciria tra the 1.101:1
ult. inclusive. An article, under the head of
raccas, Aug. 1, contains an account -of the attack -
ou MIRANDA'S petty Squadron in April last, with
the particulars and issue of which our Readers have
long been acquainted. The Americans, who cam-
posed
.thecrews of the two vessels captured on that
occasion, consisting in all of fifty=seven, -were im-
mediately tried, , and sentenced to different - degree's
of punishment, according to their respective ranks.
Ten of them, whose names are thus given—JAS.
GARDNER, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS BERGUETT, CHAS.
JOHNSON, MILES HALL, JOHN JERS, FRANcIS
TASGUHASON, THOMAS -DONA HUN, THOMAS AV:IL-
LOP, DANIEL KEMPER, and PAWL ST. GEORGE, were
ordered for execution at Puerto- Cabello. There are,
stated to have been, Officers in the Expedition.
Of the remaining -prisoners, fifteen were sentenced
to ten years imprisonment at Onioa, thirteen to con-
finement .for the same period ,at, Porto Rico, and
sixteen in the castle of Bocachica.; and three, on ac-
count of their youth, were ordered only to be detain-
ed in one of the forts of Carthagena, ,to wait the de-
termination of his Spanish Majesty,'
The Lisbon Mail brings an account of the death
of the Count DE VILLA VERDA, the Portugueze
Minister for Foreign Affair.. The KING of SPAitr
...is said to be dangerously ill.

The anniversary of the Earl of MOIRA'S Birth-day
was celebrated yesterday by three dinners, one-at
the London Tavern, one at the Freemasons' Ta-
vent, and onz at Dr: GLASSE'S house, in Sackville
street. •

There was no Court of Aldermen held to-day ;
the LORD ,NIANOR, after, inspeuing the Returns of
the Mealweighers, ordered the price of Bread to re-
main as last week. •

.. -
The Ranger is arrived in the Frith of Forth from
the Elbe; she has brought intelligence that the
Eliza and other Vessels whiCh sailed from the Frith
with goods for Tonningen, were not suffered to •
land them, and were obliged to return. It should
seem from this as if Denmark had
.been compelled.
to take part against us.
The Dantzic, ROSINDALE, which arrived at Hull
on Friday afternoon, left the Sound Tuesday
se'nnight. The English Ships at Dantzic had all
got ready to put to sea, in case the Frenchikeathezr
that place. It 'is said they were in possession both
of it and Thorn. At St. Petersbnrgh the Exchange
With this country had fallen very greatly.
On Wednesday night; during .the height of the
storm, about 50 French and Spanish Prisoners .en.-
deaVoured to get out, but Only seven Of them Coti--7
trived, by digging under, the' wall, to mike their
escape from Mill Prison, Plymouth: An alarm was
given, and several shot were fired at them,. but
they eluded the vigilance of the sentinels, and got
oft for the present. We think they must be dis-
covered, not knowing where to go, and as they can-
not make their escape by sea (hiring such heaVy
gales .of Wind. A reward is advertised for taking
them, by the Commissary of Prisoners of War at
that Port, ashore and afloat. , •

Several Hessian Stiff Officers arc ordered to re-
main at Mentz till they are other Wise disposed of.