The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-05 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, J. s'.

Sailed from Leith ROads the lintine Sloop of
War for Yarmouth Roads ; and Fancy Gun-brig,
with a convoy for Gottenburgh.
The venerable General FORBES, who is stated to
have accompanied the Royal House of Portugal on
their voyage to the Brazils, is the brother of Mr.
Foaazs, of Skellater, in Aberdeenshire. He is now
in hia.7sth year. He went to Portugal with Ge-
neral. BURGOYNK, when that country was threat-
ened by the Spaniards, in the War 1755-1763,
and has been at the head of the Portuguese army
many years.

KEetter from a Gentleman in Sutherlandshire,-.
describes the severity of the weather as being be-
yond all precedent at this season of the year:—
The potatoe crop has been completely destroyed ;
and the cattle and sheep, for which there is no sale,
are in imminent danger of starving.
We are happy so inform our Headers, • that the
Hope, the Eliza, and the Queen Charlotte, Leith
Smacks,for London, have captured a large French
Privateer, off Huntley Foot, Yorkshire.; and have
also retaken two Vessels which the Privateer had
captured. The intelligence was brought to Leith •
on Thursday morning by the Buccleugli, BALLIN-
GALL.
We have often had the. pleasure of record-
ing the gallant and judicious conduit of the Leith
Smacks. 'l'

Mr. Coots is performing at Glasgow. He has
already appeared in Richard, Glenalvon, and Sir
Archy Sarcasm.
During the late heavy falls of snow, which were *:
severely felt by all the store farmers in Scotland,
two sheep, the property of Mr. BETITIiAM, farmer,
at Westhope, in the County of East Lothian, were
blown up and covered .over with snow, beneatls > ,
which they survived no less than five weeks and
four days, without food ; and after having, of course.
been considered as lost, one of them, after a day
or two of thaw, travelled home to the farm-stead
ing from the place where jab was discovered) it
had been blown up, a distance of about two miles, •
and is now thriving and doing well, but the other,
one was found dead.

. . Inscription for the Column erected to the Menlory,:.
of Lord NELSON, by the City of Glasgow :
. .
• TO • ,
NELSON,
The Scieuri,7,: of Fiance.
The Avenger of his Country and of Europe;
Who, wielding the Naval rhunderi of the .
EM FIRE, •
Pour'd Destrudion on the terrified Foa
At the blazing StIoNS
of
AIIOUKIR,
COPENHAGEN,
and
TRAFALGAR.
; .
Cover'd with Glory and Renown,
In the Hour of Victory, ',
THE HERO FELL,
Embalm'd with the Tears and entomb'd in.the Hearth
OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE,
To perpetuate to distant Agea .
..
The Deeds and the Memory •
Of this gallant
SEAMAN,
And to stimulate Posterity to emulate his Aitioqsa ;
Till ClTlZatis OF GLASGOW • „
Eretied this Column, • • . ' . ,
A. D. 1807. .
•

His Majesty's Ship Cygnet arrived in- the riownsit.
parted from the convoy front Surinam on the 17th
December, in lat. 40. 14. long. 45. 44. in a gale.
The Brig Neptune, from Cork to Bristol, v,.t.
passengers, was east away on'the Welch coast, OP
the night of the :?ith of December. The crew and
.passengers, 140 in number, were with great diffk"
culty saved at day light, by boats putting off.
Yesterday morning the Duke of YDRK arrived St
Windsor, and after transaatifig business with 141
MAJESTY for about an hour, his MAJESTY, the
Duke of YORK, Princesses AUGUSTA, SuPiilA, and
Amkt.tA, accompanied by Lady Er,Y, General.,
Fllzaov-and GWYNNE, rode in the Great Pat*,
and returned at twelve o'clock.
The Princess of WAr..Bs intends to be present at
Court, at the celebration of her MAJESTY'S
day, on the 18th inst.

`The preparations in •Kensington Palace for the
Residence of the Duchess of BRUNSWICK and the
Princess of WALES, have ceased for the present; fill
the families,who have either from their official ,situsl4
tions, or as a twitter ,of.indulgence, which is fre-
quently the case in Palaces, can provide thetn,;eiyes
~.
-With suitable. residencei.' The Dowager Daotiess j
'of MANCtIESTEK removed from. the Palace about }
a' fortnight since.. Dr. Cam and Mrs. MENEL y
have received orders to quit: ,We also understand }
tliat Mrs. Wirrgymtn,-the aaother of General WYte '•,:
YARD, and the Miss WYNYARDS; have received siiiii.
lar orders. . • . . i
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It was yesterday erroneously stated, in .a Morning i..., i
Paper, that Captain LYDIARD, Whg so unfortunate., .
ly perished in the Anson Frigate last week, was the ' 1
.otEcer who, when a Midshipman, during .tlie time .3
iot. the Spanish, armament, suffered so severe a p'3'
_nighmentat Portininutb;viz.that of being drawn 14) -1
by, a rope to the masthead, for disobedience of'ot... • r:
filers. The name of the Gentleman who underwen
that punishment was LENNARD: he was drowned A - -
few years ago in boarding a Vessel.

There was no Court of Aldermen held to-daY,
but the Loan MAYOR ordered the price; of bread to
.
be lowered Id. per peek.

The East Indiarnen, under convoy of Sir Goollos
which have been long delayod at Ports"
mouth by contrary winds, are now taking in recruits
for several of his Majesty's regimenti in the East,
Indies.

. Ceuta, 'ihich
,is believed to be one of the objeelg
of Sir. CHAIMES COTTON'S Expedition, is about. tfifty'
miles to the Eastward of Tangier, which onCe bC"
longed to England; having been ceded, in J dti t, 11°
part of the portion of Ca A r4s the Secqud'i 9ueen,'
the Infanta of Portugal. Ja 1664 it was,abalidutiew
the fortifications being blown. up, -and the harbour,
previously destroyed. Having then -no
,prospct.l 01
possessing Gibraltar, the place was hel4.pot wore.
the expence of a karrison. , ••

Letters were yesterday received from Cadiz and
Alivant,' of the leth ult.; but they contain
A—Vesbel from Corunna
.is arrived, which sailed 011
the
,220 of December.; a letter from the
_Captainwas received in toi.Vii.yestethy s' but it Merely' ser"
ed to announce arriva. ,no no*

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