The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-06 00:00:00

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strongly inclined to doubt the a€curacy of this intel
ligence. The Sovereign Junta was to assemble for
the first time on Monday last.

It is stated that the Austrian Consul at Carthagena,
has been employed by his Court in colleaing the
Spanish Manifestoes, acconntg of battles, &c. for the
purpose of being sent to Vienna, in ordet to` be;
compared with the French statements of the same
transactions. The Court of Vienna, we thOuldVon-
ceive, must be sufficiehtly acquainted with the false-
hood and artifices of France,but the Spanish Addresses,
Proclamations, &c. &c. so .nobly manifest the spirit,
virtue, and wisdom of the people, and are so honour-
able
to their national cbaraaer, that a colleaion of
those admirable memorials of loyalty, patriotism,
and freedom,, most be desirable- in every country
where such qualities are held in due veneration.

We have received Dutch Papers to the .90th ult.
but the intelligence they contain is not of very great.
importance. Aluß AT arrived at Naples on the Gth ult.
Several of the principal Aalors and Adresses.belong.•
ing to Ciao French Theatre have been ordered to. Ger.
many, to perform before the EmrErtott of RUSSIA.

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES was to
reach Stowe on Sunday from the Marchioness of
DOWNSHIRE'S Seat at Ontbersley, on a visit of a
week to the Matquis of BUCKINGHAM.. His Royal
Highness the Dike of Su ,-.;si?,x, who has accompanied
the Prince on his tour this summer, was to accom,
pany him. .

Letters of a recent date from Riga state, that -the
Senate of that city had 'petitioned the• Emperor.
ALEXANDER not to quit his dominions' for the pur-,
pose of meeting BUONAPARTE. The answer
re-
turned to this representation is said to have been
"that the Senate would better consult its duty, by
attending to those concerns which were within the
limits of its fundions, than by interfering in affairs
of State." The person who transmitted this in-
formation, added, that the reply excited no surprise ;
fOr it was impossible his Imperial Majesty .could
make any other, while be hail CAuLiNcoutiT at his
elbow. 'Considering the despotic nature of the Rus-
sian Government, we feel inclined to doubt that the
Senate of Riga has ventured to make such a remon-
strance. That sonic of the Nobles may have done
so, is probible enough. Their rank and connexions
might insure thent impunity; and instances are not
wanting in the history of that country when they
have so interfered. But fora body, purely civil and
commercial, to assume the privilege of dtAating .to
their Sovereign, is what we believe, in the present
condition of the Russian monarchy, could not be
safely attempted. Such an ad of presumption would
very likely draw down on its authors the punishment
of a journey to Siberia.
It appears from these letters, that sanguine expec-
tations had been entertained for some time at Riga of
peace bet Ween Russia and this country. It is extra-
ordinary that they make no mention of the perilous
state of the squadron i 3 Baltic Port, or of the dis-
graceful manner in which it sought shelter there.
The Spanish Army from the Island of Langeland
must have landed at St. Andero some days ago, as
they were seen off the Lizard on the `).5111 ult. and
it was understood that they were 'steering for St..
Andero, in consequence of instrualous transmitted
to then') from this country. These instra .lions were
sent out in order to change their destination, Co.
runny being the place for which they were originally
direded to steer. At, St. Andero they will be more
convenient to the main body of the Spanish three,
and can more readily be brought into action.
Letters to the 17f,h ult. have been received from
Lisbon. The tirst'division of JuNoT's army had
-AO for Rochefort. Credit was reviving in that
city. :::.)vertisnent Paper .was.only at 20?.
dis-
count :.it was,lately at 40. -The exchange on Len-
don was 68. t.

• It appears by private letters that •the P.orfuguese
are too much deli7l.-.led at being*lelivered'from the
hands of the French to compiaitt-much of tote terms
of the 'Convection. Pnblth -rt.&oicings were. 'conti-
nued without intermission, and illuminatiOns were
repeated - every night.
,INDIA-liousg.—Yesterday a Court ;of Direaors
was held, 'when the under7rnentionecl ezimips were
sworn into the 'command of their rpettive Ships

Captain I,,Vcliterbunt,Curnberland, and Capt. Kirkpatrick,
Henry Addington, for Bombay and China.-,—Capt.Wank
CutFilets, for St. Helena, Belied°len,. and China. —Captaiii,
Swinton, Carnatic, for,Madeira, Madras, and Bengal.

The Court adjourned at six 'o'clock till Wednesday

'Some of the lugga&re belongitsg to the Marquis of
DOUGLAS has 're-ached London,- and his Lordship's
arrival in this'Conotry is daily expeeted. •

. .
Yesterdai tiih new Sheriffs of London inipeaed
the Prisons of 'Nevvgate and• the Giirspur-stiect
Compter, -in pursuance of the prescribed funaions
of their office.

A case of considerable interest has lately occurred
at Barbadoes :—A Mulatto Slave, belonging to Mrs.
Moll,' was charged, on the Coroner's Inquest, with
the wanton and wilful murder of a Negro belonging
to Miss Weekes, a minor. The fellow escaped from
justice, and, while in concealment, .his mistress, with
the prescribed forms, gives him his freedom; when
he surrendered himself, as it was.: he evidence of slaves
that convkted him of the murder, while a slave can-
not be adduced against him as a free man I We find,
by the Barbadoes Paper of the 18th June,, that he
was brought to the bar at the late Sessions, for the
purpose of being discharged; but was detained, on
the
.rnotion of the ATTORNEY-GE.NERAL, Qll the
&mind' that there was a white evidence
,against him,
who would appear at the next Sessions, although at
that tithe off the Island. We hope, therefore, that
this fteedo.7l, obtained 'subsequent to ,a
,verdiCt ut
Wilful Murder against him, and under apprehension
of which he fled troth. justice, will not be sufficient
to screen :him from the punishment attached to his
offence.