The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-09 00:00:00

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•, Mankind against such a mockery otwisdoi andjud• t: A Leiter-from Bilboa, of. the s'.7tli ult. desaribea •
lice, cannot but excite also some compassion, in the French army as being in great want of provisions,
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• and that many deser,ions daily, tools place. • /••-•-• • . • •-•'•
,i'ldeziralty-011iee, IVov.- 8, 1808.„
every friend to mankind, at the &ambit' and °Cl6'--
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The following is an extra& of a letter:lron] St.' --: •• • •
a Letter from Capt. Joseph PackwoOct,' Commander.
Plorable situation to which France is redueed:,--. Andero, dated October 3 1 :-,...“ General ,BLAIs."E 01)-. I or of What cart be more lamentable than to see one of the or Ilis Majesty's S.loop the Childers to Vice Admiral
tained a slight- viotory on the 1,,4th over the French,* -, eeisteee Commander hi Chief at Leith, dated at Sea, Uel.
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and on the aeth was in pursuit of thee;;, at about' , -I,s;tes•
greatest Monarchies in Europe fallen into the hands
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eight leagues from Bilboa. The English Gm ern- ' . SIR.
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I beg leave to. state. to you that, crilizing in the.
• of a ferocious Destiot, who is stained by every crime meat, on this occasion, has exceeded the bounds of
those t united than the English and Spaniards are at present.", ! eight, A; M. Kitinaird's Headitearing S,' W, by. W..
0 whom the Government of the country Don CRVALLoS, who lately published the admire- i fifteen leagues, We gave chase to two. Sail in the
N.N.W.; and a little after ten •reecaptUred the Sloop
is entrusted, under his unremitting controtil, are e tele Exposition of BUONAPAR.TE'S infamous conduct i
. towards Spain, is arrived at Stockholm, where he has ! Lord Nelsoe, in ballast, belonging to Leith, that
obliged -to approach him with the most obsequious
adulation and reverence. Nothing, indeed, sail had an interview with his Swedish
./I.laje4y, which `
.'had keen centured,early this mottling by a Privateer,
; 4 • terminated much to his satisfaCeion ; and be is about .44404 it appeared, was the other vessel in corn-
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amentable 'than this degrading state of things.:, to proceed to aPetersburgh, to relate his affeeting 1 pang. .. , •. .
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Having taken possession
.of this vessel,. Ike re-
in France. But, as we before observed,
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Bible to it is intpos- ! narrative to the' Emperor ALEXANDER, which, we i• ,
; . 'trust. will make adu e iinpression upon the'mind.of I nerved the chase after the Privateer, which- we also
avoid feeling -some comrnisseration with the
i captured at halfapast eleven A. M. and found her to
, that hitherto misg,uided:Monarch. _
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People of France, since,' howeVer they may have I Letters by:the Gettenburgli mail state, that in the .1 ~. .
he the, Panish Sloop Frernskernstene of Rim' 4-
. sunk in moral charaeter, they cannot but look with •• .conferences at , Erfurth new chancres were:settled, ,' pounders, two swivels and twenty-one men, front
the utmost ,/, .. ei end new arrangements made, which
,serve to prove,..;
Stravangen, in Norway,'
which place she left on the'
disgust and horror on their
YraT2t' as we hope, the little prospecl that NAPOLEON haseef ,
.1 eth Instant; she had been on•this Coast two days,
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vilese autltority is founded wholly on his power,:
.establishing his brother;joSeeir on '.t.lie Throne-of i and -the • only aapture she had made was the above
and whose death would excite as much pleasitrade l Spain. A Letter from Memel, deted the 18th .of • Sloop. - . •
prance •: .
iaei iiii tj. wit, October, says, r, The fate. ef.the Klieg of Peyote. ; .Iheve the Honour to be, Ser.
as in every other coentry.
(Signed) J. PAC/(WPOP.
tells ti-,-, het ?sic
ie people whom he has enslaved; a d 'I'W
is decided. He is to have the Duchies of Danteic -•- • - -
Adnziralty-Office, Nov. 8, 1808.
Obe. 1.-
7Wm from fear alone, that to 'be hapr;y'him- Pomerania. JOSEPH is to be King of P_RirssiA, if
' rerl..,jesty's Ship
1 BUONAPARTR finds that he cannot completely trio Cox,. grittiLdxetutertufroilCr.ape.jat h, of
Ad ragir Eciiii:isna N,agle Com.
Belt' he must be assured that France is li
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.PPY • umph in Spain. He- feels that he has played an enendfx in Chief at Guernsey, Clatat in Torbay, ;be 2 Isi
mace that •is obliged to resign its people at his impohtic game in the peninsula • for Ih. ' ki
, 1 e saeu e Oct. 484. ~. . .- • . . .
"Cici in '
th,„ °Stec to tight for the intension, of isle kV eil force JOSEPkt upon theme be perceives- that' silt. - • - • --- • . .
South America would be separated from Old Spain, ---'..1 have the honour to inform you, that, on the loth
'-,,ver' and the exaltation of his family! At this
and that F.,:tigiand would thereby gain the ascendance I inst. His Majesty's Sloop Pheasant, andeSalidwieh
moment too •
, without a shadow of justice, or plea of in the New - World. • However I- he may bluSter, i Lugger • bei.rg in company, a Revenue• Cutter (the
beCeaSit
was discovered in chase of a French Pri-
.4 . St, the blood of Frenchmen is to be drained therefore, be assured that he means to restore to 1 Active)
them -their .beloved FELDIN4ND VU. and by the rarer, which we succeeded in.eapturing in His Ma-
t order to attempt the subjugation of a lige- p4ople, '
~:f, .:t?, - , .% .. .. charm of his name to demand from the loyalty and jeity's Ship under my command. Site proves to be
*•'hose Countr has . " ' .
. y been exhausted to sioq Pi.s. rap-j good faith of England the-withdrawing el her troops the Pointe du Jour Lugger, of three guns and thirty
tY, who b
meil, ►belollging to Roscow, and has cruized success-
se Monarch is held in 'creel thraldorna and , from every part -of the -Spanish territorieS, in this
*he
fully against our Trade.
rh he has menaced with the severest vengeance plan. of proceedings,you will have an offer of sego= .
itir /,,-elation ; and in that offer the Emperor will not besi- 1 have the Honour. to be, &c. -
r'esunlin.' assert their 'de d ' '
bto
4•Yllach,
- • , however,as the people. of France are kept in upon Spain, to manifest to the world his desite-of •
darlen , .
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ees as to the affairs of other Countries, the peace:
glori
A Foreigner of the name of .Ton Aim HENIZICK
0118 efforts of Spain must be known to them,
arid the •
the , ~ . . Mane has lately been arrested here by Government.
y cannot but hope that eyrant is aiming •
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A ‘ersement lately appeared -in a German Pa-
'''" headlong to
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ertettion The TT start ' .•
p per, offering a reward-for a person of thal name as • .
his servile Senate, that his Code of Laws willbe a •notorious swindler, who was described as, follows .
adopted as the sentiment of Europe: the Meaning ", _
Of which .
JOH ANN N ' fli. RICL Motu, born
. at Crempe, in
.1,
Stateich IS, that be will force that Code upon all
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~" Holstein, about 29 years old, is of a middle sta-
f
,the__.o the Continent, or that he hopes to see " tore, rather small mei; thin figure, pale, wch-look-
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it 7, all brutalized to the same level with France. " ing coentenance, dark • brown hair, which he
"wears without powder, with a small tail, small
. , is impossible, however, that the career of this - -
Man t shalt
......; . " whiskers; he speaks fast in a certain tone it(l
/I.,i_ , we call him) can last much longer. - " voice, and is waster of the English' language Peemoteree, Not. 7.-=Arrived the Spencer, of
• ! Past cone
~ net has filled every heart with. de- One bf the Dutch Papers we have received, con- 74 guns, !.tear-.l.dmiral.Steeleelleo, from a cruise off
'estation, -
tains a letter from Naples, b which • •
siiai and even his atreciees
,attenfili con yit apaears, that L'Orielit, to repair, having.received damage in her
the French force sent to the Island of C‘ipri is block- * •. .
n could hardly render dun ritiO: e •
bottom, by strikieg on a sunken rock. The. Staiira
.. ' esoEsurrisla ions aged. We hope, therefore, that, after all the
thari the '
whole of hiS previous enormities. One
ipassage e - Feigate accompanied her to this Port : the former
ii"ge in the Address of Foweetees, from the Le- diiion,. the troops employed on it by the-enemy will inimeciiately carne into harbour, and commenced
be °bilged to surrender to our Ships. This letter is - •
' 4tiYe Bode is very strikine and seems to shew 1
. taking-,out her stores preparatory to .her being taken
the,' . • d' , O'
in the following.terms.:— .
eln the opinion of Frenchmen, his condo; to- , " N.' 0 ' ,•-•'-Th h 1 Islandof Cap •
Arida, Cl. .11. ew o e ...Mt. into dock.
d 5
.4.. Spain has brought him to the crisis of his pri is conquered, with the exception of a single fort, •
Arrived the Lancashire Witch Letter of Marque,
5 and as hOttltg is sute-nitted to the Tjraut tllat into which en English Colonel lies taken refuge with
erpoo , to atilt:en into the service .of. Go-
fawn L' ' 1 h -
not i.-- • , a detachment. We are nowegoioe to besieee it tee - ' "
itie, ce,ved his sanaion, it is surprising that gI. I • and' I- "' • me
u at- }, an the courage o our troops gives reason vern nt.
' 9 a Passacc
Accounts have been received here that three
In be should have beet; fiermitted' to appear to hope that the siege will not be of lowa duration, on.
the AA,_
. ' The Island has now been two days hlockaded b the
Y French Frigates are laying in the, harbour of
it'll! 'd .
_, 'urea. The passage is. remarkable, , arid.
• ouhtteii ,
.English ; hut this having been toieseen, all neces- e Orient,
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.1.,. equipped for sea, and ;early for a start,
~ make a strong impression upon all ::
!rave b 'd i 'and
sary supplies been provi et , out troops -
youantriel, 4 • . •• ,
I k,._:_ You depait'. says the siretsari' and want for nothing ; besides, %ye- haVeiaken possession supposed for the. West Indies.
kn.
not What fear, inspired byeloYeseAddi tern- of all the Epglish•ittagazines. The •• taking of Capri Arrived the French Chasse Margie Le Jean* Bap-
Deted . 1,._
is a very. glorious Militate achievement. Within
"Y hope, has disturbed' our hectx.te Yet
theSe two years the "English haVe eXpendect about odic, from France', captured by the Emerald Frigate,
ttlioe,
frill, well that wherever' you are you five milliOns on fortifications. They had a garrison'
Y With
and victory." '' The fair. in)... of more than 2000. • men. Our troops were not so
iwteat. . You fortune y•
numerous, but nothing could withstand their intre-
e t" Of this easel& is, that the 'Tyrant,. id his•
ceeth.,,,,
pidity, although'iltey could not land upon thealitfi-
t4ct
Ili;•'. to Spain, has reached the climax of iniquity; cult coast of the Islaiid without scaling ladders and '
t the vengeance of Heaven may now be ex- storining pikes." ,
t)arict.lci burst upon his guilty head. The latter . General; CasTa:sos, it seems, considered Madrid
as hisleadeseapers on the 25tri ult. but, if were
this passage, which is to be considered as-the
collet right, it. was on that clay, or. the next, that he,
• e(1 tialidcation of fl ' 1 • 4 '•
flatter is gross y inconsistent was to set out for- Tudeltie to—take-the actual corn!
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1104 , th the. former; eat! by no means veils the cline. mand of the army, and put it in motion Against the
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' French He. would arrive a few days before Boo-
eia, warning; for. if the Tyrant carries with him, . - • . • -
44eve: ile/enters, and there can scarcely be a doubt that al-
al.. he goes, fortune and vi&or', there can: ;)e S ' 1 d French soldier '
most every penis i an.
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7.804 tt, • •
$e soli by fear should disturb die hearts &his have beeps already engaged: No one can affeet to
look without the greatest awe at this most important
!• nut the truth is,- whatever f6r they May •
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13'1's.; .they "d- 'IY ''' •li that )0 may tleroan)ng niards have already done beyond every expectation
do -„•,_ (1 Of his infamous career, add most heartily that could .have been • formed, a few months'
since,
ere, arid
will rot cease to look with confidence for their
'ke believe all mankind, hope That ibis finalwe , , • ..
thorterit
success.: In the mean time, we may derive this
th °t's intimation may be .reali±ed.lay ertlet 'Olt ,
, satisfaction even. from. the utterance of the loudest
at would --
soon restore tranquillitiyi tea the;sittiThilng threats against them. IitiONAVARTE'S' promise 'to
world.
~ crown his brother-at Madrid will not enable hin-Lto
fire one niusquet, oradvatteeone step the more, for
that end ; but, if lie fail, if he should be repulsed,
arid cotnpelled to abandon his projea, it takes away
, all possibility of concealing hia..disgrace, it prepares
'i••fOr hini the future distrust of France, it Cuts off his
retreat
from shame, it takes away the two props of
his throne-7111e French'soldiers' hope for plunder,
arid the French cititon'S vanity in hiiing a conqueror
for his tyrant. - • -
,Yesterday a COdit of Aldern wii.held it Guild-
, hall; when 'CnARLea PnieLOWER, Esq. Lord AlayOr
Elea, was sworn for the due performance Of the
office of Lord Mityor.for the year eniuing.*
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„peice of Bread was ordered to be continued
the aartie as last week, vii.—ts. aid. the,quattern
loaf of wheaten,- and Is. 2d: household. .
The new piece announced at Drury-lane Theatre;
under the title of -The Siege of St. Quintin, ii the
predudion of Mr. Home, juts, to whbm the public
.are indebted for several popular Dramas.-The Ma-
nagers tire'Catitied to praise for bringing forward
this drama; as it is principally intended to do hotour
to Spanish heroism. Mr. Stinit)w, it is Said, ani-:.
mated by soelbrioiia an objea; has peruse 4 the.pieCel•
with great attention, and favoured the author with'
many hints, of which, according to report, the latter',
has availed himself with great adroitness end ability.
A Comedy has been received, at llt ury-Lane The-
atre, in which Mrs. JORDAN Will have the principal
parr. It i 5 called Husband and Wife, and 'coines
from t4e pen of a Gentleman of distinguishod merit.

Flaw the LONDON ditzErrz, my. 8, 184;,

Admiralty Office, IV9v. 8, 1808.
Vice-Adtniri4l Str James Saumarez has trans:nitted
to the Hon. Wtn. Wellesley Pole, a Letter he had
received from Lienteitint Thomas Wells, acting
Co,uniander' of His 1.V1.-ije.sty's Sloop the Croizer,
dated oil the Winga, the tst instant, giving an ac-
count of his having, on that day, laden in with a
Danish- Flotilla 'of about twenty Armed Cutters,
Lugger', Gun-vessels, and Row-boats; and of his
ha ing Captured one.of th 'in,. a Schuyt,rigged Pri-
vateer, of ten four-pounders and thirty-two men ;
the. remainder having made their escape by running
under the Island of

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DEAL, Nov. 8.--Came.down from the Ilivbr the
Prince of Brazil' WATsoN, for the Brazils, and re-
mind-sin the Downs with'the,Ships as per last:

Poßrsmotrrg, Nov. 81---Arrived his Majesty's
Brig Defender from a cruize, and the Schooner Roe-
,Suck, Capt. MATTHESOW, from London for Sierra
LeUne.

YAttMOUTR, Nov. B:—Arrived his Majesty's Ships
dicute from the Baltic, and the Altrandria from the
Nore.

Sailed the Princess Augusta on a cruize off the
Texel.

Fataionvt, Nov. 7.—Arrived two Frigates and
a Sloop of War, with 'about 20 Sail of Transports
'from the Coast of Fiance, where they landed Troops
from Lislibn. ;

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14311tACT oF.a igTTER r— n_
aviaiclltl7 PDsEk-

Put back his Majesty's -Brig Maine, with her
convoy for the Brazi:s.
Arrived the IVadsor Castle Packet, Captaiu SUT-
TON, with mails from St. Audero, in six-days.

TUBBER 23: *
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" Mr. JzrzeßsoN's Embargo AE has been .of
4&elltial benefit to the Cornmerce of the Canidas;
Ithd the Merchants here wish irrhay be prolonged
t'r another year, but they are apprehensive it Wil
e
d with Mr. JarzzasoieS pOwerciakfilefiVirrit4rrtii-
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llatt •
ar ,
14 Ma 1)W. " "

LISBON TLIRATRICALS,—A new play was brought
out last month, at the Lisbon Theatre; entitled
peliv'eraace of Portugal. It was written to testify
the jcpir„of the Portuguese at the evacuation of their
couritry,..by the French, and• was aded free three.
nights for the'amusement of the British OfficerS.-!--
The r3tlcene opens with.a view ..of the Queen Of
Portugal in.luourning acid fettered: She regrets.the
Unhappy fate of her kingdom. for some time; then
a Portuguese General appears, arid:tells her that. the
country is inarmSi and,; with the help .ofipOweritil
nation, which will send themassistanoe;le
to see her soon upon the thrOne. The next scene
dpens N.,ith a view of stn Bnglishinin on a high Toth;
who descends, and informs the Queen of , the 'lier-
tiOns that are making to set lier;at
t,i'ARTE next presents., Itithielf;.- He addielseS 'the
'Queen 340 her.sLibjeels,.but the Queen payg..6o 'at-
jetitton .to What be says. He- then addresses the:
in haughty terms, and thitatens. his country
with .te.st'ruClion. ' The next scene is the scene of
glory. It opens With a view of a_ Lady richly dresied,
standing by a throne. She descends, and immedi-
ately the mourning dress and tbe fettersof the Queen
tall when 'she appears most richly dressed ; the
Corsican is put in chains, and obliged to kneel at
The foot of the throne for mercy, and the crown is
oat the : 1

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ic, sterday a Cabinet Council was held at titd re,-
pist" offic ,which lasted from ten o'clock till half
~t e,
Of f,'.4 ; at which were present, his Grace the Duke
tor I 411.Alvti; • Earls BATHURsT and CAMDEN ;
AtAt.6 IVIULGRAIrE, HAWICESEWRY and 'CATLE-
t CR ; Mr. Seen:Wry CANNING, and Mr. Nlt.
-EVAL.
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The e,
t 4 Ted .rmy under.the command of &Aka is C9sl• at 2t 50;000 men, mostly infantry ) that under
It)Q,. „'..4, "s is nearly 60,000, including a great•uum.-
inv T' car"lrY. An army from Catalonia, amount-
c' ‘4 bet .
tif Viv /P- "n 30 and 40,000, under the command
h. A 5, had also proceeded'to join. the main body.
, varin
l“ki u Y°l Asragon, which continued to acice,
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vi, 9 btreugthetied by great numbers of recruits,
Vince ''',circ-d' voluntarily from all parts cf that pro- 1
soorl ; 1.0 glare in the glory which was expeEted
tie i ° share
from the joint exertions of the patrioT '
Qrces.

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