The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-29 00:00:00

NAVAL NEW

FALMOUTH, OCT. 26,—Arrived . His Majesty's._
Ship L'Aigle,- and Foxhound Brig, from offfVesi';'-'
as also His Majesty's ketch ,Glaneure fronnatisbon,
last front St. Andero' , which she left on the • - r • ; - 1.41ifF,1
instant, charged with Dispatches from the Com-
mander in Chief of the Spanish Armies to Lord
CASTLEREAGH." Immediately an the Cod-inlander
landiilghe Went off, in a chaise and four, for Un-.'
don. • • •
Since his departure it is reported that Bilboa
is acr• • •
• ==.du) in possession of the Spaniards. This Ketch
sailed from Lisbon immediately after the surrender
of tor, with two of
uN his Aides-de-Camp for-,
03T.Na
Prance,' but was coMpelled, by a strong__gAle of
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wind, to put into St. Ander° ; after whigh lie
anded them ; but the mob were so enraged_ zainst
them, that for their safety lie put them.on board
His Majesty's Ship Plantagenet.
Also arrived this evening the Lady Pellew Packet,
-.letliVEY, from Corunna, in four days.--The Troops
under Sir D. BAIRD bad arrived there in safety.-7.
The Prince of !Pales Packet sailed from Gorunna five
days before her, and is not arrived.
The Princess Efixateth. Packet, with a Mail for
Lisbon, sails on Saturday next. -

13LYMOUTH, OCT. 27.—Arrived the Hired Armed
'schooner Gleaner, from Andero, in four days,
Dispatches. from General -LEITH, who is with
he Spanish Army, which were landed yowterday.
fiotriing at. four o'clock, at Falmouth, and taken off
immediately for London by the Commanding. Officer
Of the Schooner:

The Crane Schooner, which was driven on shore
Yesterday udder the West Hoe; is gone to pieces.

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OCT. B.—Arrived the Warts,
from Quebec ; and the Aaive, WARN, from
tondon, bound to Teneriffe.

Sailed his Majesty's Ships Thames, Hon. G. G.
.rfAt.DEGRAvE; end Skylark., H. E. P. Sruir,
'kith about 20 Sail of Merchant Ships under con-
Toy for the Downs ; also the -Thonths dad Jficlith,
kutrii; for London;
Came into harbour. his Majesty's Ship Rqtalgtd,
to undergo repairS.
His Majesty's Ship Goshawk *as this dly
lezied from Quarantine. . -

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EAts. Oat. gB.—Arrived the Margarei,Maolt. E,
from Rio ianeiro ; and several Cruizers blown from
6,ff the French Coait,• which remain in the Downs
4"l'ith his Majesty's Ships as per last.

IRE s ; 0&r. 8..---Yesterday evening arrived_
fire the Bremen ilOy Anna fielena, Captain JOHN
ti4iilrrlAN HEIN, from the tanaq. Islands, out six
Weeks, with a eargo of bound for London.
Elie h
_ •
as met with .cost tremendous weather, and
hays received Some. dainage. This vessel was board-
.
rat sea by the Ship Robert Letter of Marque, a
hrerpool; Captain WILsoN, in lat. 35. . N. long 7
ti. W. and was treated eiceedingly and detain-
id some time.

SiIEtiRNESS, OCT.26.=—Carne doWn trona BiaE.-
4takes; and •

.4) anchored at the Great more, the, Atn:
'our!, of 64 guns, Capt.HENDERSON..
°6l'. .-T h e Namur, Winchelsea; and Ceres,
eeeiving Sillps'at the Fiore, were thiiday Paid dp
to six months.

We are informed that a Vessel is arrind in the
,
13'cle, from Hayti, by which accounts have been
eceived that PETtON had succeeded in the reduel. ion
k.cl.7de-f'aix, and that he was to follow uxhii •
N„.-reSs. by ,the capture of Cape. Fraucoi3m) tforri
ituje:ce understand the Ves4el to Whicti we al-.
na`,:
.a river d
•
Morning his MAJESTY, Princesses. Au-
y knatid AMELIA, accompanied by Lady G. Mull-
their' 'entlid FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, took
oveiv„
u'ual rides in the Great Park, and returned at
. .
,);i''e.Prince of WAIE3 remains on a visit to their
'443ESTiES at the Palace.
WITOIN,-Yesterday morning a'
Wardrnote was held by Mr. Alderman Sivrrii, at
the parish of Christ Church, Newgate-street, or the
filection of a Cottimon Councilman for the Ward
qFarringdon Within, in the room of .Mr. 'WILLS„ j
deceased. The Candidates' ate, Mr. Wm-r,E.Ii, Sur-,
Zec`n., of Newgate-street ; and .-I\fr. paw, BHver-.
of Cheapside.-=After the Candidates had se..
addressed the inhabitants, stating their mn-
der
for-offOilig their service to the Ward, th? Al-
LeTtatl). proceeded to take the show of band 3; hick
/0* ;tied to be in favour of Mr. DAW. A poll w.as,,
demanded by the friends of Mr. WIN/TER,
gees icnnaediatelf conimeneed, and continued with
activity, The Co est expetted to be very
l:er
e.
,•The remains of the late Captain HARFORDN his
Jesty's ship Chanticted- who was unforttlilately
ir°
V h wwa-
e 4 "ed near _arvuout_, interred on nes
t-tIY last at that port. The corpse Waiconveyelffictifi
,Ce Star Tavern, where it had lain' in state, to die
b 4`l Church. It was carried, and the pill supported
j• ~413,1ains. The military honours due to the rank-
‘.ajor in the army, were paid to the remaihs'of.
e"taill ARFORD, by the Cambridge Militia:- The
`Jidours of the ships %Acre hoisted half-mast high,'
Th illiollte%uns were fired from the chanticicer.
attee CaPlains, Officers, and Seamen, not on duty,
poded ott the occasion.
„.11"."NIENT.—On Saturday last, the Rev. liYOl/.!, LER was indueted to the united Vicarageinia
-test dean c _
ulla kriston, in the County of Susbo,lo,
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tiziSEX AIRE TLY G.

,! • Yesterday a numerous-Meeting of Fieeholders of
:the County of-Essex tgok place, pursuant to a pub:,
lip notice from the Sheriff, 'in order to consider of
the propriety.of presenting an Address to i he Throne
upon the subject of the Convention of Cintra. • The
Meeting was held in, the Shire-hall, which
.was
Completely filled at twelve o'clock. , The SnEfAtvi
opened the business, stating that they were assetn-
bled in 'consequence of
,a Requisition to him for that
purpose. . •

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•
We have not room to relate the proceedings at
large; but there: is no necessity
.for any detail, as the
reasons' offered
.by fhe Advocates for the AddresS
have
,been hacknied in the Common Council, at the
Westminster Meeting, • and in all the OPpOsitidn Pa-
Eters.. It must be acknowledged, however; that the
speakers in general were of a very different deSerip-
t'ion, in. point of rank -and weight•in the 'country;
from, those ..who were conspicuous at the latter
Fleeting.

_ Earl ST. VINCENT took the lead, 'and began with
disclaiming all censure upon the officers concerned.
in the Expedition to Portugal ; yet he afterwards
spoke with contempt of the apology, which he under-
stood that those Officers had alledged, as to the dit.-
ficulty•of taking the few miserable forts at Lisbon.
Mr:- WESTERN then read the Address, and -was
followed by Mr: DU CANE, who pursued the line. of
observation adopted by the Noble Lord, and was
Very vehement in condemning the Convention.
[A tumult then arose, on account of the crowd
without, and the Meeting adjqurned to the area be-
fbre the Court-yard.]
Mr. BURGOYNE took the same ground. Mr.
CONYERS contended, that after his Majesty's late
Answer, an Address would .be au insult to the
Throne. •

Mr. BRAMSTONE ably supported the opinions of
the last. Speaker. Mr. 'WILLIAM SMITH supported
the Address. Mr. HARVEY was against it, and Mr.
HALL took the contrary side. Amotion for Adjourn-
ment had previously taken place, and after much
more debate, the
'he SHERIFF put the question of adjournment, by
desiring that all who were for the Petition should go
over to his right hand, and those who were for the
adjournment should go to the left. The majority
appeared for the adjournment, and consequently the
original motion was lost. •

lEXTRACT FROM THE MADRID GAZETTE OF OCT. I.
' Colonel ROCHE arrived at the Marquis of ASTOR-
• I GA'S house, in this capital, on the 2gth ult.—This is
the' first English Officer who landed in Spain, and
„.. we owe it in justice to him to say, the one perhaps
`to whose exertions this Country is most indebted.
' lie poSsesses a-cast of charatter suited peculiarly to
' the people, and hence he has made himielf univer-
sally beloved. This valuable and excellent Officer,
1
: for whom this Natiun cannot do.too much, is selected
l• by the Supreme Junta, and by his own Government,
to set out immediately to Portugal, to conduct and
regulate the necessary arrangements of the march of
the British Army from that Country into Spain.
A Vessel arrived from the Canary Islands, which
she left on the Bth inst. By Letters received by this
conveyance, we are informed that the Islands were
not unanimous in their acknowldgement of kEe-
, bt NAND the VIIt h. The Governor of Grand Canary,
who is in fad a Frenchman, had prevailed over a great
body of his adherents to resist all new dodrines -' this
was strongly opposed by the loyal friends of FER-
DINAND VII. but the French had the advantage;
they dissolved the Junta of the bland, and im-
. prisoned.some of the Members attached to the new
cause.; theisland was a scene of confusion, and the
people 'were fearful the whole would end in a civil
broil.
..,.
It has been reported that BUONAPARTE sent paci-
fic overtures ►o the Central Junta of Spain at the
same tiyee that the late propositions were diSpatched
to this Country. This story has no aptrarlifice what-
soever of truth. The release of FEItDINAND VII.
"'And his return to Spain, would be the only prelimi-
vt-nary that could induce the.,Spaniards to enter into
negeciation.
• Yesterday evening- an over-drove Ox tossed a
'hackney-coachman in Cheapside:. It is said that
the man is not expeted to recover.
As a proof of the difficulty which Foreigners must
experience in learning the English Language, thete
is a word which has but one sound, though spelt in
four difterent ways,. and possessing lour different
rsignifications, Viz. write, wright, right, rite !
UNIVERSITY HOAX.--ID the CO:IIIIi011 room of a
College in .o,rferd„ a
_wag mentioned that pow D'r.
lad put out his leg as he was crossing a ken-
nel. Much' sympathy; was expressed, and many in-
quiries made next imorning, when it proved that the
Doctor was unhurt, and that, in crossing a kent?el,
the action .of putting ',out the leg was nothine more
Mai: the customary
.praaite f
The pew Methodist Meeting-honse at Epsom was
entered the other day: in rather a singular manner.
The good'people at, the. head of„,the concern, had,
it seeets,'-placed.up a subseri•Ption-box, for the pur-
pose If private benevoleygg,.ind:the. making of pro-
selytes.
~ Some fellow. who, doubtless, :thought the
money -eoilededonght to be circulated in a different
manner,,gpt Into the. Chapel, by means of'a ladd'er,
through ,one of the windows, and carried,off the con,.
tents of the box, leaving behind hint the ladder and
followine note, addressed to the Treasurer, in an ex-
cellent clerk-like hand-writing : , , , . .•
~ , „ '
slp..-:-ft is uniaersally.Ornitted that 'an exchange-is no'
robbery,' neither can airy *ilia:: bought or sold b.: so, deern-
- cd :.. you will; therefore, :Nye the goodness to consider the
ca4,rcceived, merely as aid , purchase at the /adder, or in ex-
cfrignke for it I
~YoUr's," 8.:.. ;„. : • . 1.4 JACOB."
The instrutnent of this trartaelien is .nowt called
Jacob's ladder, and is the general subjed of curiosity
throughout the town.
VEGETABLE TALpow.-4At Gratz, in Silesia, a
Dissertation has lately been published, to recommend
..the institution of a new Candle Manufactory. .The
author states, that the blossoms, of thepopuhis nigra,,
or black pnplar, yield, by pressure, an oil- or resin,
which consolidetes in the usual temperature of thd•
atmosphere, and which, when .inatle into candles;
is found to giye a light cheaper than tallow, and more
biilliant than that of wax. ,The,onfy inconvenience,
and alit the author hopes by chemical bleaching' to.
overcome, is, thatthese,new tapers have a taWny
colour,' duller than .that of bees wax, or of resin'

Died, otrthe 28th inst. at Margiite, JOHN UN-
ION, Esq. Of that plaat.

4.118R1C 1.
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New YORK, SEAT. 3. We -do not recollea a tea;
ton :'or many Years- past, when the. prospeCt :-has.
been so flattering to the farmer for reapiug4 rich
reward for hiS toils. The early crops which :are
already in and secured, have been abundant ';;,and
those which are gathering and still to come in, from
present appearances,, hid fair to dO: equally well.—
What a melancholy
,plaure,to behold all . this rich
fruit of Our toil, beyond our own ,consumptiott, des-
tined to periSh on our". hands by being locked up by
the embargo and :the key carefully concealed from
every eye. 'After carrying this favourite measure of,
Mr. JEFFERSON'S. into the most rigorous effe&, it
has done nothing more than to teach foreign na-
tions to do without us, and with whom we former-
ly ;used tQ carry on a profitable, traffic. But its
effeCts at home have been vastly different. .As one
instance among thousandi which might be mention-
ed, of the ruin this measure has brought upon our
own citizent, Coy the following from a Balti-
More paper : •
" Some days since, in Somerset County, on the
Eastern Shore, judgment Was obtained, and execu-
tion stied out, againSt A respectable farmer, for the
recovery of a small debt; which the preskire of the
times disabled him from paying. Fifty acres of land,
estimated at ten dollars per acre, were sold at Sheriffs
sale to satisfy a small debt. It was knocked off to
the highest bidder, at twenty-five cents. per acre:.
At the same time a valuable slave, apprised .at up-
wards of three hundred dollars, sold for twenty-give."