The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-03 00:00:00

PRESIDENT'S ANSWER.

Sta—ln answer to the Petition which you de-
livered me trom the Otficers of Merchant Vessels
belongitig to Philiidelphia, I must premise my sincere
regret at the sacrifices our fellow-citizens in general
.and the Petitioners in particular, have .heen obliged
to make, by the circumstances of the times. We live-
in an age of afflittion, to which history protocols HO
parallel ; we have fur years been 'looking on Europe
Covered with blood and violence, mid seen rapine
spreading itselt over the ocean. On this element it,.
hai reache.l and at length in so set ions a degree,
that the Legislature of the nation has tho Light it nt.
cessary to withdraw our citizens ;it'd properly 'from
iti either toavoid or to prepare for eng,iging in the
general contest." But for this timely pret-atitiou, the
Petitioners and their property [nigh,. noW have been
in. the hands of spoilers, who have laid aside all re-
gard to moral rigtg7

" NeViihdrawing from the greater evil, a lesser cone
ihas nicc.stiarit7 encountered ; and certainty,
could tlie I.,..:gilature have made provision against

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this also, I 41U-.1,1 have had grgat pleasure as ine -tn-
strutnent of its execution ; but it was impraaicable.
by any general and just rules to prescribe, in ever,-
case, .the best resource against the inconvenie,nc;es
of. this stew sititation% The difficulties of the crisis
will certainly Lill with, greater pressure on some de- 2,
scriptlon of citizens Limn others, and on none perhaps
with greate.. than -on. our seafaring brethren. Should
.4.tiy rneaOi of filleviatiou occur within the range tf 1
my duties, I shall with;certaitity advert to the situa- 2
tipti of the Petitioaers, and in av:,ilir,g the nation of
their services, ?id theni with a SUbStiltlie for their
former occupation. sue them and yourself with
sentiments of sincere rt:•,y)ard.

" Tif. jEFPF.RSQki."

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PhILAIIELPHIA, Seer. w.—By. thc,attival of the
Ship Traveller, Caps. RICHARD WARD,. at Salem, .
in 117 days froin .Calcutta,., India Papetsi to the 9th 1.
May have been received by the Editr.r Of the Sattin'l
itegzster. .Letters received at Boinbay, dated Bus-
:sorah,
13th March, state, that Adtural PEct,aw
reached Bombay 1t th April. The absence of the
Admiral from the CJlcutta station was regt el tt: (1, and ....,
by some-even censured; but as no i.,:blic account
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was given (lf the. movements on the i'
-,--:.,• C./4dpi), '.
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L ~WA t:74.
the reasons for his condo
—.could 1.; s,;:iiciently
known tdr a correct judgmontof hit f_H;,/,,ition of i
his fleet.. Accounts from Ca:iton to 14 I h Mitch
state, that in consegnenee.of the rich ca ;ores made :-
bythe enemy, the country ships were not pumltted
to sail without convoy. ..,.,
.;..7r,--,
"TKe Lacliones had become very troublesome to
the coasting trade. The. English were surveying ..-•
the Paraceis, dangerous shoals, in the nrigation of the seas.• . The French irkigait., La Canna..
nier, of 50 guns, from Acapulco (on the S.W..coast
of New Spain} with -S. 4,ouo,o0o: had. arrived at
Manilla.
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SPORTING : INTELLIGENCE,

NEWMARKEIVI-lIRD OCTOBER MEETING.

WEDNES.,DAy,
Sweepstakes of togs. each far a, yr ohls, colts carrying Bst.
51b, fillies Bst. aio.. V. C.
t.adbroke names 14 Stowell's e. bir-Gohonna
Ld Foley's c. by Don Quixotte, our of Adelina
Su. S. Siti•ell's f. lberia,by
Ld Kinnaird's br. 1. by Caesar o
Ld F..G. I.)sbonf 1. Caput! Bird -
2t, ogsti 14 Stawell's c.

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id Kinnaird's Achilles, tilt, 715:- beat Ld. G. IL. Cwten-,.:..:?;,.
dish's 11)men, 7st. Sin. Two.yr old CQUTSC, tongs.
A Subscription Plate'of pl. fur 2-yr olds curtying- 6st. 715,
and 3-yr olds Sst: tolb. Two-yr old Course.
Mr. Ladbrokes b. c. Tristram, 3-yrs old •
Sir F. Standish's ch. I. by Mr. Teazle, 3-yrs, - - z
, 4 to t agst Tristram.
D. nf Rutland's Rambler, bait Mr. Fertnor's Wren, by
Waxy, Sit. On. each. Two-yr old Course, I;.ogs. h. ft.
The Audley End Stakes of 3egs. each, togs. ft'. To staff at
the Ditch, and cod at the Green-Post, beyond the Duke's
Stand. -
Mr. Kellerman's d:: Venus, 4-yrs old, Sst. t
Duke of Grstlool6 2vius...cian,4 yr s, V6t. 71b. .2
6 th t agst de VeLilis -3 to 4 on Musician.
.0. of Crat ton's Vandyke, Sst. Wat.Ld Pelisse, •
9st. D. L. tO4 on Vandyke ,
Mr. Lloyd's Fun, Sst. 21h. rec. frorn Sir Shelley't
•Sock, 7sr. Two-yr old Connie:, toogia. -h. ft.

EXTRACT FROM A 'LETTER, DATED STOCKITO,CM,
OCTOBER 17.
" our politicians are at a loss how to interpret
the conduct of the Russian Ggvernn)ent with regard
to Sweden for we have this day roceived'certnin
infortration that -the • Empres4, -z.l—t -
Queen of SWEDLN, is at the head of at in Rus-
sia. Some say, it i with the consent of the Em-
peror : however, when he left St. Petersburgh to
proceed tonthe meeting at Erturth, no such arrange-
ment was made by him. from this circmnstance,
and the..well-known.cordiality that reigis between
the Swedish and Russian Officers (the last of whores
I myself have hard speak in' tonne Di the greatest
itidignatiou against BUONAPARTE, and the ,folly of
the Russians :and Swedes.carrying on a war), and
the poAtivernews of the Russian.galley fleet having
retired,'we entertain very sanguine hopes of a speedy
peace between Sweden, Engimld, and Russia."

The value of Imports into Ireland,' fpr the year
ending sth Jan. 1808, was 6,687,9071. 16s.
the Exports- for that year amounted, of. Irish Pro-
du&s.and Manufa6tures, to 5,307,9061. 16s. 4d. and,
Of Foreign and Colonial; 150,3701. Bs. Bd.
In a.private letter froth Holland of the 27th, Buo--
NAYARTE3 -and Aj.EXANDER are said to have deter•-
Mined jointly to occupy with their troops the Island
of Zealand, this winter, for the purpose of invadink
Sweden:

Ir•
..c.he late Prohibitory Decree, published by. the
Dutch Government, does not appear to be.rigorOusly •
enforced ; for we understand that not fewer than 30
Ships arc now expeeted from that quarter. Five or
six Ship 3 arrived yesterday, among which -was one
that left Rotterdam on the evening of the 3 tst,--•
Letters, however, • have been received fom. Heligo.-
land okhe 25th ult.. which state, that there is now a
great' glut of English merchandize that bland,
owing to the increased difficulty of getting it landed
upon the Contineat. A new set of Custom-116use
Officers have been placed at the different ports in
the Ems, the Jande,.and the Weser, v:ho yield strict
.obeclierice
.to the injunelions given them to prevent
all intercourse with this country.
.time since Mr.
READ Cutler,: of College-green, Dublin, having-de-
liveretian elephant's tooth to he sawed in necessary
lengths, for' the hand!es of knives and forks,..the
,workman d,scove...red, :n. the very cei.l-tre'of the •toofh,
a musket hell, folidly set in, With/Jut the slightest
• re -or aperture vi .t. appe.u..l.Nce 9
,L.l, • it( anght
have made. 1c•• passage. It' is scarcely 165 extra..
ordinafji hat fael s`iiirtaftshoold cut in so exact a
hue-With I.le
ttt.v lee One-halt of it eXposed
.to view, anti ?th nrymy fixed oer din the tooth, as it
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now appears. Vanous-conjectures nave been formed •
how it was plitc4 in itS-tresent situation, but none
that We'haVe h'eard. of are satistactory.
There. grew this year, in the. orchard• Of Mr. WM.
rATTINSON, of :Ltmgctolt, iu Cumberland, at) apple •
Of the extraortimaly weight of 14 OZ. which - Mea-
sured 15 inches in circumference.. The tree, from
filch the above was gathered, has.mily. beiln -three .
years gratied.- is nt the•spectes called Hawthorn-
dead. ,
A ~,rrear nturiber-Of the wells in Chatham, and
neighbourhood., particularly Troy Town, have be-
come nearly dry wtilitn the its trek.- No probable •
catbe has yet been' discovered for a circumstance so •
singular at this humidwawa of tlao year.

VML"',=!.`.

THJ COUNCIL OF SEVILLE.

The following Address of this_ distinguished body
was published on the17111ot: September
" NoTtdE, TO THE PUBLIC.

" This Supreme. Junta; from its first appointment,
guided only by its loyaity and patriotism, has seen
with no less adiniratioU. than pleasure, the exertions
of the other parts of the kitidarn, and that, sur7
mounting difficulties almost insuperable, all have vied -
7v. ith each other in manifesting, that their ,concluEt
and operations were aduated by the Same sentiments,
and direCted to the same objetits. Par from con-
ceiving, even for an instant, that it-has exceeded any
Hof them those points, which, notwithstanding itB
scanty means and supplies, it has been able to realize
by its teal and sacrifices, • it ardently felicitates itself
upon witnessing that union of dispositions and exer-
tiotis which might di;Concert the bold and wicked
plans of the-Common Oppressor, as soon as the- re-
speclive cirtunistances of the several Provinces shall
permit' OA. whole of their united force to be direeled,
to the single object of expelling Oar ferocious enemy
from our territory.
" Never did so silly and chimerical an idea enter
into the calculations of this Supreme Junta, as that,
notwithstanding the loss of the other provinces of the
kingdom, one particular province a i.;ht
,be able to
rescue itself from the yoke of a powerful, VindiEtive,
'and o•ostioate enemy but though to superficial
minds this projeEt might not appear an absolute iin.•
possibilify,its attachment to its King and Country,
and its anxiety to preserve the integrity of the Mo-
. nafrel,y, would have compelled it to identify itself
with the hard fate under which our fdlow-country-
men in the other proviows are suffering, and to af,
ford them those succoun which they so justly solicit,
and which is demaoded by their distresses, and the
necessity of our united exertions for the salvation of
the Country, the only -wish of all good and loyal
Spaniards...
" Not withstanding these were, and are, the prin,
cipal (4a:is-attended to by the Junta, whilst it did
not 'at the same time lose sighkof the points by which
.the enemy might menace us, or attack us with the
intention ot ;Making a combined diversion, or to try
the elre et of a bold moverrienti there have not been
wanting ignotant or disatiected persons, who have
imputed to it the intention of retaining in Andalu-;
sia that army which had so • gloriously effeEted, the
destruction of DUPONT; whereas all its efforts were
directed towards the objeel of expelling our enemies
from the Castdes, in combination with the disposa-
ble forces of the other Provinces, after concerting
such a system of combined movements as should.en,
sure a •happy issue to our -oerations. With this
view, the Supreme Junta, on the sth of September,
among other particulars, wrote to the General in
Chief as follows : •
ThiS Supreme Junta has long since manifested
the high confidence which it reposes in your Ex 7
cellency. 'You will, therefore,, act as prudence.
directs, making such movements and marches with •
the army as you shall judge expedient for delivering
Spain from. the. French-; and making it known' to
all, that our firm resolution is to employ all our forces
ip defence of the country.
Repeated orders have been issued to the newly-
raised troops to march for Castile, and place theni-
sclves at the disposal of your Excellency. They will
be furnished with .clothing and we will also make
every exertion to forward sotne for the divisions.
under your command, whose raked condition we
deeply regret, though hitherto unable to remedy it,
notwithstabding the clothes now making already
amount to eleven. million of reals. We shall also
cause the iO,OOO flasks, or canteens, presented to.
us by the English, to be forwarded with all expedi-
tion to Madrid.
Having just learnt the arrival at Cadiz of several

Eng fia.usports, with about 39,00(1 muskets,
and cattier military implement's; we instantly resolved
, to send your Excellency 10,000 of 'them, to be dis-
posed of as may be thought - necessary, leaving the
distribution of them to the determination of your
Excellency:

" Although such has been, and , are' the genuine
Views and wishes of this • Supreme Junta, joined to
that of the speedy convocation ofthe Central Junta ;
and although it has not omitted, nor will omit, any
means of accomplishing t hem, as the general defence
of the kingdom imperiously dictates, malevolence
has nevertheless attempted to confound the impos-
sibility of more promptly realizing their desires, with
the nature of those desires themselves. But with what
-acute pain has this Supreme-Junta learnt, both from
verbal and written commtinications, the pr, valence
of a malicious report, that its Members had assigned
to themselves, and are now enjoying, large salaries
Calumny could not have been carried to a greater

pitch. Far from any of the Ahmbers having any
-appointment, or receiving a single rnaravedi, it will
be seen, when the list of dorfalions is published, that
they Lave contributed, as well as the rest, according
to their respeaive means, in supplying funds for the
glorious defence of our beloved King•FE&DINAND
VII. our liberty, and our most sacred rights. Inde-
fatigable in the important duties Jof this great- under-
hking, the Junta have devoted every day, since their
first meeting, to public bnsineSs exclusively, to the
negle& and contempt of their private' affairs, aban-
doning their homes and interests, and having incessant-
ly two of their body on duty during the night, to
attend to any emergency which might occur in the
critical circumstances wherein we were placed. ' •
" Such is a brief sketch of the condu& of this
Supreme Junta. It will more fully explain it, in
a Mani IeSIO which shall contain a true and More
particular account of all its proceedings. In the mean
time, it hastens to• submit to the public this
short and frank statement, in order.to give 'a check
to malignity, and to remove those sinister irn-
pressioUs which malice, falsehood, and ignorance, are
tuak,ing every effort to propagate. This Supreme
Junta has not known, nor will it know; any other
principles than t hose .of constantly approving and sup-
porting the truly patriotic views and etfot is of ail the
Provinces, in defence of the mot just cause of any re-
corded in are history of the world—the united exer-
tion of all our energies to expel the satellites of des-
potism frotn every part of the k.ingdoin 5 the integrity of
the Monarchy, and a complete concert in all our plans
and operations, in order to plant upon the Pyrenees
the triumphant standards of our King, as harbingers

of the cf 4i. livel. a n a orlitere,.foretotiners of the de=
struelion of the tyrant who .endeavours to subjugate
it, and monuments of the immortal glory of the
Spanish nation.
" JUAN BAUTI`STA ESTELtEk, Chief Sec.
6, Royal Palace of Seville, Sept. 17, tSog."

.HEREVORDSH IRE 'dGRICULTZII?4L

SOCI6I

At the late Anniversary Meeting of the Hereford-
shire Agricultural Society, which was more nume-
rously and respectably attended than on any former
Occasion, the premium for the best new variety of
the Apple wai adjudged to T. A. Knight, Esq, for
the Foxley Apple, being a cross between the Yellow
Siberian Crab and
.the Orange Pippin. In site it is
nearly equal to the Golden Pippin ; the pulp is of a
deep yellow colour, and the juice remarkably rich
and saccharine; the wood and blossoms are supposed
to be as hardy as the native Crab. The • premium
for- the best two-year-old heifer- was not awarded ;
that for the best three-year old was adjudged to Mr.
Edward Jeileries, of the Sheriffs; and that for the
best pep of fine-woolled ewes to Mr. Watkins, of
Brinsop. After the business of the day was finished,
the company dined at the Hotel, amounting to near-
ly 106-persons, and included the Earls of Oxford and
Talbot, Sir Charles Morgan, Sir George Cornewall,
•Sir H. Hoskyns, the Members for the county and
city, and
.many other Gentlemen, Farmers, and
Breeders. T. P. Symonds, Esq. •M.P. of Pengeth-
ley, is eleEled President, and Philip Jones, Esq. of
Sugwas,
.Vice President, for theensuing year. A si-
milar Institution is preparing in 14Ionmouthshite, un-
der the auspices of Sir Charles Morgan, who invited
the Members of the. Herefordshire Society to assi-4
at their first meeting, and also to• partake of the
well-known hospitalities of Tredegar.

• LAw.—Sit tings appointed in 'Middlesex and Lon-,
don, , before • Sir JAMES MANSPIEL.D, Lord Chief
Justice of his Majesty's Court of ComLnon Pleas, at
Wesuriirmer.