The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-24 00:00:00

'various .pec)pit of the Continent are ;kept in such
a miserable state of thraldom by Freiich rower,
it is not possible for them to be deceived by the arts
of the Corsican, With all. his acknowledged subtlety.
The world is convinced that whatever be may profess,
be has nothing in view but the aggrandizement of
himself and his family, and the extension of his poWer,
already so enormous. But it is probable that though
he can have, no . hope that he could ever indike,
us •to abandon the cause of Spain, he may pOs:',
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sibly conceive that the bare rumour of a Negotia7
tion, between 'him and this Country may 'spread
a terror aver the Spaniards, and induce them to. te7. '
lax in ,their
.efforts, or bsten to some accommodation
by which they-may be thrown off their guard, and.
tricked out..of their independence. All these hopes,
however, if such exist, must prove visionary. He never
will.be able to deceive the vigilant caution- and provi-
dent wisdom of the. British Government
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trust too ranch to the patriotism, the valour, and en-
lightened chara6ter of the Spaniards, :to fear that they ,
are in any more danger of being ensnared than con_
,quered, by a man. who hasfully unveiled:hiinself to
mankind, who is .universally considered as one who
possesses no
_quality that entitles him to the least de:-
gree of confidence, and whois•indeed formidable on
_account of his power, but
.whose.tall will occasion
rejoicings all over Europe, whenever that desirable
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event shall restore the tranquillity of lvhich he has
So long deprived it.

Yesterday. morning, the lasor Princesses Au-
GUSTA, SOPHIA', and. AMELIA, accompanied by Lady
G. MURRAY, Generai FiTzttoY, Colonel DEsßttow,
and Majoi.Pß lc E, rode to SC.George's Chapel, Wind-
,sor, and heard .Divine Servce. •
Yesterdays):veral vesseis arrived in the River from
1-lolland and the,lialtic; the Papers brought ny.the
former aresof remote dates, the latest being only
.to
the Bth inst.,• We have, however, seen sortie letter's
by-them which communicate the following intelli
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4ccounts from the Isle of France,' via Salem,
America, have been, received to the 23d of May,
which state,-that a.French Officer had arrived 'there,
'from Persia, with intelligence, that a French army,
of 10,000 men, had arrived in Persia, on their route
to India. The French -privateering- continued very
_successful, and the mores°, in consequence of. all the
British cruizers graving quitted that station; and gone
-into the Persian Gulph, to Watch ilte motipns of the
French,.or their friends in •ihat quarter. • -
The alarm of a new war with France was so pre,
Valent-at Vienna towards the close of the last month,
that many people 'endeavoured tb convert their pro-
perty into specie, -with a:view to its greater safety,
or easiertranSport, ;and the price of. a ducal', in con-
sequence, rose to t 3 florins,' while COnventioii, mO7
ney was a; 262 k and the exchange on Augsberg at
265.. , .Count ZlenY, Minister of Finance,- with a
-.view to check thisinjurioupanici officially declared,
that he was charged by his Imperial Majesty to say,
that his Maje,:ty maintaihed the most friendly inter-
-course with all th& Powers or the Continent, and
. that the military; measures which -he had adopted
were solely for the tranquillity of the interior, and
the maintencnee of peace-that. reports of a contrary
nature should 1.4. discredited----and his Alajesty in-
vited commuilicat ion. as, to 'the aethora of then, in
order to their pro.,ecutiou.— COniniissionerS haVe
been• appointed t 4 be present On the. Exchange; 'in •
order to 'prevent the disseminaoon of alarming re-
ports for stock-jokibing purpOses:
rftwutmost' igiitinee is now ooserved in the Aus-
trian frontiers with regard 3,0-travellers', and all pirs;.
ports are rigorously examined, -and, on the slightest
error they:are rejected: "
The report of an-intended invasion of•Scania, in
•the-winicr,,by tine French. and panes, is revived;
but, ,we apprehend BUONArARTE will have more ur-•
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gent occasions fur-his Innes than to admit of his em-
then“ipnisi Swt..den. •

'Several Dan,;h Officers and scan have
la fly
,entered int., -the Russian set-trice; an J. are now .on
Oiel'e-march in bodies of 40 or 50, through Prussia',
ro Petersburgh.
• The naolintaiticers of Materia and Lippa hate
suspended all intercourse between Venice,
Zdra, Ste.; and, by their robberies, excited so much,
alarm, that it was necessary to. send a. numerous
body 'of Austriati troops` from Fiume to scour the
country. . • -•

I . Sir R. KEATS continues in the ,Relts with the
Edgar and Brunswick Ships of,
the Line, and several
-smaller vessels, and greatly-embarrasses the commu-
nication between Zealand'and the Continent. One
Of the ships of war taken by him at Nyburgh is re-
ported to have been retaken by the pfisoners, and to
have reached a port in Jutland. A Gun-boat, NO.
to, carrying a Icing and a short 24 pounder, broke
adlift from one of our Brigs, and was taken posses-
sioti of by a 'party of Danes, „headed by a Captain
SCHOENLJELDER.
The Prince Frederick Danish indiaman,
which lately arrived at Bergenhaus, in Norway, has
on board half a million pounds of sugar, and nearly
as much coffee, besides spices, -and -other articles of
considerable value. This vessel parted from two
other banish Indiatnen, off the Hebrides, in a fog.
Copenhagen and the whole of Zealand'are much
distressed by the interruption of their,fisheries.—
Herrings lately sold afElsineur,,&-c. ashigh as three-
pence•each a couple of bone ti. 411 at three marks;
atrda tnackarel at froth eight to nine marks..
. The Spanish troops.in Italy have been distributed
in small parties amongst the different garrisons--the
principal
,body still remains at Rome. The Portu-
viese:troops..9t present in France, to the number of
6,0g0, are in like. manner to be dispersed in small •
detached corps. .
The differences .between the City of Dantzic,and
.Prussia, as to the territorial boundaries of the former,
have been settled, ands demarkation pots erected at
tifty;:ppointed places. The population of the city
lias been increased by the late events, but its trade
has been nearly annihilated. ./
The hereditary. Prince of SAXE WEIMAR, who has.
attended the Emperor ALEXANDER, is married to
his Majesty's sister, the Grand Duchess MARIA
BALOWNA.
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