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

'wards bedowed on the Officers, wto had distinguish-
ed themselves, states, that the divisions of Cavalry
of Generals LASSELLE and MILHAUD were or-
dered to march towards Portugal, by Zelav era de
la Regna. It is, not very . easy to, discover the
'objed of this manieuvre, for we can hardly sup_
'pose that BTJONAPARTE will venture to trust a con-
siderable portion of his Army into Portugal, while
so large Ipart of Spain remains unconquered.,
The English Army is „not mentioned in these
BUlletins, but it is stated, with some .degree of
triumph, that sixteen English stragglers were mur-
dered by a French diiision, under the command of
General LASALLE. .

Besides the Spanish Papers which have :arrived,
wa received this morning the Corunna biary, of
the, 14th December. It
.contains not a word of
news, either foreign or domestic; 'its contents con-
sist only of a long elegy in 'honour of the 'Old&
'Don FRANciSCo BE'QUILNit, Major-Genera! in the
Spanish Army, who being severely wounded in one.
of the battles 'ip Biscay, died as he was conveying
'to Corunna on board a Spanish Frigate. Thei-e is
also a list of a'few vOlUntarycontributionS.

Danish.Ch iter, of 18 guns, frbm die Eastward,
was captured by-'a❑ English Brig of War, and carried
into'Carlsciona, on the 84hinstant.

It is determined that the troops which have been
for some time under orders, shall be immediately
.embarked at Ramsgate. We understand the Bri-
gade of GOards from Chatham, and the 87th and
88th Regiments are aaually on their
.march for
that place,, where the
,embarkation will commehce
this day. It is said twt. Major-General SPENCER
will have. the Command of this force, and that he
.will have under him AlajOi-Greral TiLsoN, and
BrigaSfer-GeaeraI,QAMPBEL.I;. ~;13y letters from Ire-
'*diwc are further informed, that Or Royal Dra-
goons and the 2d battalion of the Ba, are aGtually.ou
heir ruaNb for Cork, for embarkattati.. The total
ntlMber of men under orders is about to;odo.

1:1f5 'Majesty% order 're-assemble 'the 13oatd'of
Inquiry Upon the Convention of Cintra WaS "given, •
we understand, upon a deed in the Report, .whieli
did not state a difference of opinion entertained upon y.
a Material point, submitted to its consideration; with
sufficient clearness. The Board,' we understand, re-
assembled accordingly, on Tuesday,, and amended'itS
Repert, for the purpose of being laid, without delay,
before his Majesty.

• • „ • •
In the account-Of the present:state' Of Rime, con-
tained in the Dutch Papers (Which of course, must
report 'nothing but what will please the French
Ruler), it is said that.the Pc= lives in a very retired,
manner, and that " his table had Sdarce 'twenty
corers." 'That 'the unfortunate .I)(intitf lives in a

retire( manner can hardly be doubted, as, he has
beets despoiled of all his dimities, and would_ most
probably. be expOsed to the insults of his French
Oppresiors.ilhe were lo appear in Itubije; but
the account of las table is doubtless inserted
With a 'view- to degrade the charadter of his
Holiness, and to -induce The *cirld to belieie that
he still maintains a • style of dethelfic riaxiiry un-
suitable. to his fallen fortunes. The Truth is,, that
the Pope's mode ofliving is as Simple as possible,
and- Was so belore his hurniliation, and That his
extediat'e krsOnal.eicpences for fOod, &c..hardly (Ina!"
that of our commonest artizans. Whatever ekpeoCe.
a ty akend his doinestic e:stablislurient is not for his
own graafication, bnt for the support of such of his
i6-Valits as are permitted to be with him, and For
r'Whnnt he is now incapable of making any future pro-
;visicin. It is but justice to the venerable Chief of the
Roman Chufch to make 'this statement, howevei- ‘'ve
May differ frorn him in religious opinion, and how-
ever .!ve may lament that he ever degraded his
high chara&trr by obeyin6..the'c'etnriginds and con-
secrating the' (lead of, anbL7StirPer, who manifested
his contempt of all religion by adopting that of
every'Coinitry info • Whith. be and " his plundering
hordes have carried misery and dest; uaion.

. .
-rceV trtampeter from the Swedish army was lately
shot.in brat-Mg/a message to the Norwegians, not-
withstanding he sounded the instrument twice. The
SWedish 'Commander in Chief had ,sent a remon-
strance .to the Danes on the subject, but they return-
ed him no satisfatqory answer.
Letters from Stockholm mention that his Swedish
Majesty has prohibited the int:matte:lion ,of English
Newspapers into his dominions.) not troM a spirit of
hostility, but because they have of late
,spoken in a
tone of despondency when discussing the affairs Of
Sweden, which he considers may have a bad Oka
on the minds of his people.
The Sheriff of Aberdeenshire, on. a complaint
brought before him, at the instance of the Earl of
FIFE and the Procurator Fiscal,
.against a young
man for trespassing, by shooting on his grounds for
several days, accompanied by two boys and two poi n -
ter dogs, and for having, by these means, frighten-
'a countryman's horse so much that he was thrown
'frorri his cart and very much bruised, fined the tres-
passer in the statutory penalty of tool. Scots, (81.
6s. 3d. English) together with the expenee of pr6cess
and extract: •

THE Atm.—There is so much original merit in
Wifit'E' that the admirers of genius must at all
iiiiiesibiVkatified in tracing the progress of so ex-
tielittgatrt. artist. His last prodaelion is a repre-
sentation of a young woman in the last 'stage. of a
consumption, and the manner in which .he has.
treated the subject 'renders it highly interesting,and
pregnant with moral utility; The viaim of this
hopeless disease displays a calm resignation and pions
fortitude. 'The parents exh,ibit tenderness and sym-
pathy,.burno unseemly violence of grief. The Phy-
sician, though familiar .to "affairs of death," ap-
pears to be strongly interested in the fate of bis pa-
tient, and the work altogether is a scene of. domes-
tic sorrow and submissitm, that powerfully evinces
btheipiggiace with which the artist has observed the
rilassion;s and chara&ers of mankind. The
nice, but strongly marked, the-colouring
O's citalte, 'yet vivid, and the whole tincibly impresses
I,.,the:tnintkond tends to awaken sympathy, .and in-
culcate patience and ouniniosis.)a to the ilivine will.