The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-28 00:00:00

TARRAGOZVA,Nor. 19.

(EXTRACT OF A LETTER.)
010
I am confident you will hear with plea-ect
from an old friend, who, tired to live in a condi-I'so
state of alarm in Barcelona; took the resolution,
long ago as the beginning of June, to leave that Pis
and retire to this part of the country with 1)I5 for
and little family. As I left a clerk in my bcusei.nre
the sole purpose of attending to some pending —llO
cerns, I have suffered grievously the effeas yf
French contributory system ; but, on the Ot'o.
hand, I have spared myself the pain of being .ccog.
tinually harrassed by the variety of their eNwr9()eiri
Hardly had I left Barcelona, when the first div','-egr e'
came towards this place ; but luckily the Aff:lir
the M0U1113414 of Monserrat deroneed al
.exception of (t. oc-
plans ; and ever since, with the ,ree
casional alarm, we heve enjoyed a tolerable what
of tranquillity. I think it fruitless to ree°t,ncet-
you must already have seen in your Papers, ,
ing the events in this Province. It is, hovie:;-;14
fact, which. cannot be too often repeated ot„,ce
first action near Monserrar, where a handful 0' ".5e,)
(you-may take the expression in its strietest sedilred
obliged a column of one thouStind five litin der
French to abandon _their attempt on the Foto,
Mills that we. have at Memeca, saved the rpeo
vince, and indirectly contributed to the bad StlC'
the French, experienced in Valentin and Arragro,
yll
Their plan was certainly to attack both these
vinces, in concert with Generals Moncey and v.,
Le
bre, to effeEt which the erinrdetached from Barce„'ve
na, consisting of 5000 men, divided itself into :r,
columns, one of which was tottake the route of
l'the
ragon, at the other that of Valencia. SOr
1.0
first myself that advanced -a few miles fronl.ct
atf
piece, when • all of a sudden, in conseqeence Jo
express received by their General, they retreat''
fast as they could run, and the day followinge:,`"o,l
1;c1
ated this par: of the province. We have utio"
inconveniences to contend with, but, hapeilY,l,set
have all been surmounned, and our army ‘‘.111,':00,./
be 40,000 strong, of regular troops. i•-;
ever, is not quite enough, and what we ‘41111't.'1:,..),)
particularly is cavalry. The French have
some partial reinforeemcnei, and th&y,keep
ground at Figueras and its environs, to Which Ptd,
it is said, our principal forces will be, soon airc."Gerer
under the command of General Fives, mib'te Lie tY
Reding will remain before Barcelona with a b°
12 0,00 men. There is a current repert
coo
the or
English have already began to breuoaqi 01°
liel
del of Barcelona, and great hopes -a;-,;
that the French will soon be Li 4 .13 11411C'T.
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I

FAN" THE DUTCH I:APARS'..

. •,, ,
FRANKFORT, DEC. t 0.--The Army of Reserve,
under Marshal the Duke of-Valmy, has received.or-
tiers to leave.the Banks of the Rhine, and to march to
Bayonne. The first and second regiments of the
lluchy of Berg Infantry have also marched from
llusseidor to France.
N.apr_ns, Nov. i B.—The Deputies of Aquilla,.
Miltera, and Bassilicati, have had the honour to be
preented-to Majesty. All the troops -in our
garrison, have. been reviewed by the King. He in:
spec,.ted the whole line, which extended along the
Chiaj4:, from Chiajamone -to the extremity of:Mount.
Fausilipe, and directed several manoeuvres. His Ma
jests- was extremely well pleased with the manner
in which they executed those manccuvres. He passed
along the ranks and questioned the soldiers respeet.!
lug their wants,-: and listened to all their requetti
With the most gracious attention.
Rom, Nov: lg.—General Miolis set out sestet-'•
day to inspect the sea coast, and to take the neces-
sary measures to prevent any landing of the 'English.
Here, as well as in the three new departments of the
liingdom of Italy, in Metauro, illusive, and Tren-
s to, the greatest tranquility prevails. The fermen-
tatioh which prevailed among the inhabitants of the
Athree last provinces is now completely suppressed.
is Holiness the Pope lives now in a very 'retired
• .rtraniler. He is seldom .seeh'in public, and his table
!Las scarce .twenty covers. Some days ago a_.small
.eet:was.'observed otf Leghorn and Civita Vecchia,
Which was sUpposed to be French. By accounts
from Naples, there appears .to be no doubt that it
,ivas a French squadron. King Joachim is gone to
eggio, Where a number of the best troops are col-
' ,7_".11•: lit Calabria are alio colletted two 'French
•''whiotts, each 8 or.nooo strong. Sicily can be the
objeCt of 'tilt.'St• preparations,, and the result of
the 9Pyrations will be of the .utmost importance.
, learn Iron) Palermo, that the unexpected con-
-I,lf-4 6f the ilatid cif Capri has occasioned the..
:greatest astonishment in ail Sicily ;. ancron its being
,learned that the taking of that place is followed by
Preparations which s'ertn to indicate a still morelni<;-'
;I)ortant enterprize, this astonishment was speedily
COhged'to-lathentation, The Court appears rather
Ihe taking nieNures !Or:. flight. than 'for defence.
I'prinCipal articles oft alue are already;packed hp,
tthd'even a great number of brasS.cannon have keen
embarked.
-ViP-ki:‘, Nov. ":.3,-Their Majesties have arrived
at Olmutz front Brun, where they had visiiel ti e
Archduke Ferdinand, the Eritpress's brother. They,
expected to return to this capital to-merrow.-
tier Majesty's health. is remarkably improved. •
t -4st week thd Archduke John returned frOtia his
Carniola, and Carinthia. The obje&
of this if ~Irt
a hick ley was' the orgarlizatioh of the milltia,
has long been adively forwarded in these
l'r(lloteS, se, that they will now yield in nothing
1° the Boliernian; Moraviarav and Austrian militias.
°he of the first Greek 'houses has stopped pay-
ment; out 'can shew'a balance of j,600,000 florins
Of,•tnerchandize, among which are. 9600 bales ofr
1. .cotton. Another principal Greek house, in order to
'l%.°kl InselVency, has entered into agreeinent to
Sawden-lauds in the course of six months ; or
• :If any, stand over that peiiott, to allow )theereditor
six per Cenk int Crest. •
rl
3.--This'lnon)ing,, at ten o'clock',
viTy. the
mdant-General, St. Hilaire, proceeded to the
fesidence of 'Priece -Ferdinand. The keys 'Of the
'Own gates were then delivered Up to Hightiegs,
being 'presented to 'hint on a cushinti. Having
thanked the Otßeefs of the Burgher Guard for the
sera ice they had perforMed, the General returned
atidreViewed his troops. The French Marched out
at the Poitdammer gate', escorted by a 'company of
the tu.rglier 'Guard. The FreriCii Post-Othice %vas
t'etnoveu on 'Wednelsdav,.dad our Court was expected
to net Lett; by the end of this month.

GOTTE,NBURGH

SiOCK.IIOI74,,IYEC. 13.----Within these fevcdaY'S
110 intelligence has been received from our armies:
'•lhe voluntary coatributions towards the defence of
.the country 'continue to be 'numerous, and their ag-
gregate amount is already consideratle. General
din
roh STEDNING-k subscribed. 1060 rix dollars
Mahout 2501.) for that patriotic pktr pose. •
• Letter; borer Vienna state, that . the torte}
'which are construCting at Jablunk bid fair to raise it
t° a fort re.,;-; of the first rate in Europe, ,It is situated
j'a the pi incipality of Teschen, among the mountains,
at the emretnity of a narrow pass, which fOr.ruits
communication with Hunzary.
- • The same letters mention a circumstance which
' not generally kuown, namely, that the Military
Gentleman who is chiefly etrinloyed by
.the pre-
sent Grand Vizier' to reform the Ottothan troops, is
'art Officer of superior talents, who selied many years
in the Austrian army. 1-,le, ha% also introduced the ;
Use of the bayonet among the Turkish infantry, and
streets with little opposition on the part of
.the 01E-
cers and soldiers with regard to fhe new system of
:Taaics which he is c11:,.;:;t:d ter iii.troduee.—Stocb.
holm Gazette, Dee. IG.

Letters of the 17th ult. have been received from
lantzic, by way of Gottenburgh/ T:tey, state, that
the French are fitting out privateers with the greatest
alacrity in that port, to be ready to :tit azaptst the
British shipping early neat spring. Several french
Privateers were latXly very busy in that quarter :
Was a short time ago wrecked on the coast, near
Pillau, and all the crew were drowned ; another had
. the audacity to enter the harbour of Memel, and
i!apture therein an Atneran ship, but the Prussians
oPposed their carrying off the vessel, when a scuffle.
took place between the parties, and the result was,
that a Prussian Officer was 'stabbed in the thigh.:
The Women of the town rose en 'masse, aad
their aprons with stones, attacked the Frenchmen
front the shore; but it was not until four pieces of-
tannon were pointed at the vessel that the
-rducters relinquished their prey.
We have seen the Prospectus of a new Monthly
Work announced for the Ist of January next, caned
L The, Repository of Arts, Commerce," tic. Scc.
Ack ERMAN, of the Strand ; the Prospeetus etas
braces a circle.more-extended than any of our' Ore 7.:
Ilt Monthly Publications, and if the executio of -
itis carried on with the same spirit as his Microcosm
()t. London, it must succeed, and win acquire au
degree of popularity.

from theiOADO.A. GAZSTTE, Dec. 1,?7,

At the Court at the Queen's 'Palace, the 21st of
December, 1808, present,
The King's most excellent Majesty in Council.
;His Majesty, in virtue of the powers resetled to
hitu'fly two certain Acts, pasted in the forty-e;ghth
yearot his present Majesty's reign, the one intituled
"An -A& for granting to his Majesty, until 'the end
or the next Session of Parliament, duties of Customs
on the goods, wares, and mefthandizes therein enu-
merated, ie fiutherance of the provision; of certain
Orders in Council;" the other intituled" An A&
for granting to his Majesty, until the end of the.4lext
Sessiou.of 'Parliament, certain duties on the exporta-
tion from. Ireland of goods, wares, and merchandize,
therein enumerated;" is pleased by and with the ad-
vice of his Privy council, to order, and it is hereby
.ordersd, that, until further order shall be .made
herein the operation of the aforesaid Aas be sus.
'Tettdth't as to any duties on exportation granted
by the said Acts, so far as relates to articles being
the growth, ,produce, or manufacture of my country
for the time being in amity with his Majesty, and
from the ports of which rye British flag is not ex-
cluded, which articles , have been, or shall be im-
ported direct from such country into any ':port or
place in the United Kingdom, either in British shipS;
or in ships of the country of which such articles are
the growth, produee,.or manufacture.
And his MajeStyisfarther pleased, with the advice
aforesaid,to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the
'operation of the aforesaid Acts be in like manner sus-
pended as to any duties on the exportation of goods,
wares, or merchandize which have been or May be
condemned as prizes :
And the Right Honourable the LordSComMis-
sioners of his Mojesty's Treas.nry are to give the ne-
vesSitry directions herein accordingly.

W.Fay;,KEVER.

• 8 ,INK RUP TCY Ul' YR.SE DE D.
'Rpilert ii'arris, of Louth: I.llw6lnshire,

BANKRUPTS'.

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