The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-22 00:00:00

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Ore are under orders to move forward immediately.
distribution of the:Artny of Galicia is as fol-
lows :—vanguard, at Quintana de Martin Galendes,
and the adjacent villages.—First division, at Quip-
tana Maria, and its adjacent villages.—Second ditto,
Bissucees, and vicinity.—Third, Bilboa, in quiet
possession.—Head-quarters Traspaderne. The ene-
Inv, are at Cascajeres, Cubo, St. Maria, Miranda,
Pantorbo, Briviesca, Burgos, and Le Rioja. But
they are in motion for a general retreat, and we are
ready to follow them in bale an hour.—Rely on our
success—Adieu. Pray for us.:—Say as we do here,
Bendita sea la Causa ; Vencer o morer por FEaistAN-
DO VII. Blessed be the cause ; to conquer or die
'for FERDINAND VlL—Health and Vi6tory.

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A.T1.7.2,DAY; OCTOEZI3.

FLAG OF TRUCE,

ESTERDAY a Vessel from Boulogne, with a Flag

of Truce, arrived in the Downs, with two Russian

and. one French cel: on board.

The former

immediately landed, and set out for London, where

they arrived last night about eleven o'clock.

The following is the Letter which we have re-

ceived from our Deal Correspondent upon this sub-

jea :
" DEAL, OCT. 21.-1 c ba.re but a moment to ac-

quaint you that a Flag of Truce from France arrived

in the Downs this morning, bringing two Russian
and cue French Officers, who left Boulogne about.

12 o'clock last night. The former immediately pro-

ceeded, in a chaise and four, attended with the Flag,

Lieutenant CRAMER, to London, said,to be charged

with Dispatches of a Pacific Nature. 'The French

Officer, after waiting upon Lords HAWKEBURY,

and CASTLEREAGH, ndw at Waitner Castle, was

ordered on board the Clyde, Cornrnodore Owtg,

there to wait till further orders from London."

These Officers were the healers of dispatches

from the EMPEROR of RUSSIA and BUONAFARTE,

who are at Erfurth ; and we have no doubt but they

contain some propositions of a Pacific nature. It is

not difficult to 'perceive the drift of such a measure.

ALEXA.ND4R is too well acquainted with. his unpo-

pularity at St. Petersnurgn, to enter wholly into the

plans of BUONAPARTE before he has endeavoured,

or appeared to endeavogr, to obtain Peace from Eng-

land. And such an attempt is equally necessary for

the Corsican, to make his Conscription, 'and his in-

famous conduct to the Spaniards, go doWn with his

own Subjeds.. Besides, lie may hope to embarrass

the Government of this Country, by an, insidious

proposoion for Pra':e; and he has good reason to

know that there is NI party here that will strenu-

ously co-operate with him in any plan of that kind.

—We do not, of course, • pryeud to know the

specific nature of the propositions from Erfurth,

but .we shall not be surprised to "find that they

are something to the following aka, viz. That

the Emperor ALEXANDER and BvoNArARTE, being

desirous of putting an end to the horrors of War,

are not only willing but desirous of errtering into a

Peace with Great Britain; that from the insular situa-

tion of Great Britain, she can have no interest on the

Continent, nor aiiy right to interfere in its disputes;

that the Peace proposed, theeefore, is to be a Mari-

. -time Peace.` We shall not be surprised if in

these Dispatches the Goanment of this Country

are told, that we have no right to assist the Spaniards
.—that it is a mere family quarrel, •with which

we, as Islanders, have nothing to do. Such are the

terms, or something like them, which we. have lit-

tle doubt ALEXANDER and BUONAPARTE have pro-

posed to this Country terms which, We believe, not,

a mars in the Kipgdotn—no, not even Mr. WHIT-

BREAD, I,vould accept.

The Stocks rose one per rent. this-morning-.

The following Letter is from a British Officer at

present acting with the Army unclerGen,BLA RE

it contains some interesting information respecting
the positions of she Spanish and French Armies, and
their numbers. From the statement contained in
this jitter, it appOars that the Spaniel) Armies
?mount to 109,000. men, the greater part of which
are Regulars, and they have, we tract, before this

time been reinforced by the Marquis DE TtomANA's

Army, and bythe British Troops under the command
of Sir D. BAIRD :

" Trias, Sept. 27, 184.

" As a Cornier is just setting out, I take the opportunity
to inform you, that every thing goes on here to the utmost of
our wishes. The army of Castana is at Levia. A few days
will bring the enetny to a general anion, the result of which,
cannot be doubtful. Great discontent prevails among the
enemy ; and they also labour under a scarcity of provisions.
This army gives a little disquiet to the right; we shall close
them to-morrow. I yesterday went with General Blake,
close to the advanced posts, in order to reconnoitre from a hill
near Ona. We plainly saw all the line and position, in Mi-
randa and its vicinity. Blake secs clear.
" The order of
.the enemy seems to be thus (to use the
words of a Lieutenant- Calonel, who deserted from the French
at Vittoria) : —Au quel elle s'esf borne en appuyant les epau-
les de son centre au Fort de Pampelune, pour proteger ses
defiles dans; lo cas que lion ne puisse se tenir sur L'Ebro.—
The right is'appuye on the defile of Pancorbo; its centre being
at Miranda del Ebro, the head-qUarters of the .mi-dirdm King.
It tiles alOng the Ebro to Lograno, the head-quarters of the
centre.
,The left keeps up the communication appuye on the
little mountain of Lade, which is the head-quarters of Mar-
shal Aloneey. His corps, he says, is destined to keep in
check Loreggo, and to oloNerve the Spanish corps at Cala-
bona and Tudela, :which threatens, he says, to cut off the
communicatron between the left and the centre of the French
army.
. _ _

"-This French Officet adds, that there are in left of our's
icsoroo men, id centre 73,000. in right 'sow, &o pieces of
field artiliery —nor does he diminish. According to this
statement, we are three times stronger "than the enemy.

Caution indeed is to be observed in giving credit to the. state-
ment of a Frenchman.

- Time° Danaos et dona ferentes.
Now let me give you the amount (gene Spanish force :
'Cavalry. Infantry.
CAsr a No s;s Army - 2500 - 26,000
P. K E'S ditto - 251 - - 33,000
C u esr is ChM) - 1500 - ID, 00
LLAMA S'S • - aco - - 20,000
PA LA FOX'S - - 500 - - 20,000

" In tsturias there are 16,000 men ;. besides armies of re.
serve are forming in all the provinces to supply the respedive
ones. After this enumeration of our forces, can any fears be
felt tor the result of the first general a6tion."

Yesterday morning the. QUEEN
.and Princesses
ELIZABETH, MARY, and SUPHIA, took an airiniz to
the Cottage at Old Windsor.

On Thursday his MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES,with their attendants, took their usual ride on horse-
back in Windsor Park.

Parliament, it is now positively asserted, will meet
.for the iliipatch of business on the Bth of January
. next, and not -before.

'Letters and papers have been received from Hali-
fax to the 23d ult. at which date Sir GEORGE PRE-
VOST was on the.point of sailing with a British force
• of 4000 men, admirably appointed, and in an excel-
lent state of discipline. His'clestination -not being
known, was, of course, the subject of anxious con-•
jetture, which appears to have been divided between
Martinique and Spam. Only a few troops, it was
supposed, would remain at Halifax, among wnith
is mentioned the oth, or King's Own, except the
two flank companies, the grenadiers and light infan-,
try. The withdrawing of so large a -force.from that
quarter shews clearly that all apprehensions of a war
with America have entirely vanished.
Letters from Rio. Janeiro, dated the 3d of -August,
state, that Sir SIDNEY SHITH was preparing au Ex-
pedition, the military part of • which was to consist
of 2000 ERglish and 3000 Portuguese troops, and
the destination of which was kept a profound secret.
-We'understand it is the intention of his Majesty's
Government • to make , two landings in Catalonia.
One with a large body of troops in the Bay of Rosas,
close to the
,Pyrenees, in order to oppose the en-
trance of the French forces expelled from Italy
and the other, with a smaller body, but a vast quail.'
tity of artillery, ammunition,• and stores, at TortGsa,
at the mouth of the Ebro. l'ortOsa is considered.the
best placefor forming a depot, as it affords a,facility
of water carriage into the centre of Arragon and
Navarre, by means of the Euro, and canals com-
municating with that river, at the same time that it
can afford convenient supplies to the British and
Spanish armies in Catalonia. It is also very well
situated for communicating with Gibraltar and Ca-
diz.

A Cabinet Council was held, within these few
days, at the Board of Trade, Whitehall, which was
attended by the Duke of PORTLAND, Earls C 464-
DEN and BATHURST, Viscount CASTLEREAGH, Lord
HAWKESBURY, Mr. CAI:INING, and Mr. PERU:VAL.
The Bank Dire&ors, and a number of the principal
•Bankers in the City waited upon the Council, and
represented the very great inconvenience that per-
sons in trade, and the public at large, experience
from the present wretched state of the silver coin,
as well as from the scarcity of it. The Council, af-
ter listening to the representation from such a re-
speelable assembly, determined to order a new
coinage of halt crow as, shillings and sixpences, -with
all possible dispatch.
_ _

The following-letter from Gottenburgh has been
received by a mercantile house in Glasgow, dated
06tober 3.—" All hopes of an accommodation be-
tween Russia and Sweden are-again frustrated. The
Swedes have met with some most severe losses in
Finland, the Russians having got large reinforcements.
The brave Swedes fight with such desperation' that
one -Regiment of Finnish.GuardS is said to have been
entirely cut to pieces, with the exception of two
Officers. The king has not published any accounts-
yet of the last. dreadfulsbattle."
The Princess of WALES'S Apartments in Kensing-
ton Palace, are expelled to be in complete readiness
for the reception of her Royal Highness about the
Ist of January-next. The principal accommodations
will consi.st of a drawing-room, or saloon; a waiting-
room,, a bed-chamber, and an eating-room. -_,The
residue of the apartments are to consist of anti-rooms.
The hangings of the rooms are of a deep crAson
and white. Avery elegant crimson bed, with bronze
and gilt ornaments, has been erected. Three superb
chandeliers, with diamond-cut drops, and appropriate
lustres, have been introduced. The furnitcre is not
yet brought in ; it is said to be wholly after the Gre-
cian costume. The bed goes into a recess, which-
giyes it rte appearance of a throne ; the curtains are
lined with yellow. It is added, that the Princess in-
tends seeing a vast deal of company at Kensingtun
during the fashionable season.

Convoys will appcttnted to sail from Cork, for
the West Indies, loth December, 18OR ; koth,Ja-
nu:try, 10th Fehrulry (provided that a suflicient
number of Ships shall have assembled at Cork, on
that day, to render it necessary), loth March, lOth
June, loth August, ioth 061ober, and loth De-
cember, 1809.

M. M. BRINKMAN, the new Minister from Stock-
holm to our Court, has arrived in. town : yesterday,
he had a long conference with Mr. CANNING, at the
Foreign Office.

• The Officers who presented the piece of Plate to
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY -in Portugal, 'have been
censured for having confined the expression of
their high sense of his services, " from the time of
landing to the termination of his command in the
a&iou of Vimiera," and this limited praise has been
thought to imply a condemnation of those who aEted
snbsequently to that period. This is surely what.
Dr. JOHNSON termed " an operose deduaion ;" for
the Officers in question merely intended to testify
their respeB. for Sir AaTHWR WELLESLEY, and their
admiration of-his military conduct during a particular
„period, and it is violently forcing an inference to
refer their language to any thing else. It would be
Just as absurd to suppose that the Officers intended
to condemn measures which took place previous to the
titne,specified, as to what occurred after that period.
??Sat it is not wonderful that party spirit should re-
sort to conje&ure, and try conclusions," as SHAE:-
`;'.•EARE has it, when it is destitute of fa s.

I Some-of the most violent declaimers against the
• Convention of Cintra begin now to shew some symp-
, toms of a disposition to retract, and not to consider
it as so very bad a compa& as they had represented.
It is not impossible that' they may wish that' they
had not gone. quite so far, as they will appear in a
very awkward 'predicament if their censure should
be ;found to he erroneous as well as premature.
For our part, while we regretted that such a re-
sult should have attended such a glorious triumph
of our arms, we felt the strong obligations of
justice, and what was due to• the charaaer of Bri-
tish Officers, who should be heard in explana-
tion and defence, and not consigned to punishment
and infamy, according to the precipitate decisions of
party prejudice, and personal enmity, which we
have reason to believe were the motives of many
of .those outrageous eflUsiOns of scurrility that
have overwhelmed the columns of several of the
daily Prints.'
Mr. JEFFERSO‘N has been called a Philosopher ;
ought certainly to have some philosophy in
his nature, in order to bear the indigoaiion of
his own countrymen, and *the contempt of all
mankind, for having laid an independent Go-
vernment prostrate at the throne of the most de-
testable Tyrant that chance ever elevated into the
power of doing mischief, and who has, on all ,pc-
CAsions, exerted that power,' without any restraint of
consci.nice, justice, or gratitude.— How different
will the names of WASHINGTON and JEFFERSON ap-
pear in the Recordsait American History ! !
The, Gentlenian who* disposed of the acre and a
.half of ground at Worthing, for so high a price as
near six thousand pounds, has, it seems, about forty
acres more. If they should sell at a proportionate
price, he will have no reason to visit India, for a
fortune.
The Tragedy of Pizarro was announced kir Tues-
day at the King's Theatre, but the Managers have
wisely substituted The Mourning Bride. There was
a strong prejudice against the representation of this
play before the calamity at Covent-Garden Theatre,
and many superstitious people were absurd enough
to consider that calamity as a judgment upon the
Proprietors. The prejudice, howeverrisvery preva-
lent, and therefore it is prudent to give way to it,
particularly as the piece in question is an opprobrium
upon Spain, which the noble conduct of its present
inhabitants ought to eifice from the national cha-
raCter.—lt would not be a difficult matter to re-
modify this play, by .converting the Spaniards into
Frenchnien, and placing the scene of action in Spain.
That country would doubtless atibrd many a patriotic
Rolla, though it is hardly possible to find an Alonzo
among the present race of Frenchmen. If an alte-
ration of this kind were judiciously accomplished,
the piece would have the charm of novelty, height-
ened by the sympathy of all who have hearts capa-
ble of feeling the.worth of patriotism and a true
spirit of independence.

At the final close of the poll yesterday, in the
Ward of Farringdon Without, the numbers stood
thus :

For Mr. Murrell - - 401
Crook - - 343,
Miller - . 36
Mr. Murrell was declared duly eleded.
BIRMINGHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL.—The following
were the sums received on the respe&ive days :

WEDNESDAY.
Taken at the Church ,Cl2B to 6
Collection at ditto 242 7 31
0
At the Theatre - - - 1 7 91.
492 0 °
At the Ball - - z>o 14 0

943 11 91

iiiUH AY.
Taken at the Church 1128 8 o
Collettion at ditto 362.7 5

. .
90 15 5
At the Theatre - - - 14
709 z 6 6
At the Ball (719 persons at 65.) 2,5 i 4 o
- zz t 6 • s II

FRIDAY.
Taken at the Church 841 19 o
Culledion at ditto 3Z2 14 0
7-Ir-- 1164 13 0
At the Theatre - • - 758 17 6
At the Bull - - 49 4 3

_
- 1972 14 6

To whi;:h add profit for books, &c. -

5332 12 2i
179 0 0

Total gross receipts - - - Zisit 12 2i

When the whole of the expences, arc paid, up-
wards of 32001. it is expe6led, will be left for the
Charity. The receipts in 1805 were 42221.65. 4d.—
in 1802, 38201. 17s.—in t i 99, 26501. os. 6d.—and
in 170, 20131. 18s.

STEPHEN KEMBLE has purchased the Whitehaven
Theatre, and has'obtained the licence. This. Theatre
was built by AUSTIN, one.of the very few" Perfor-
mers who figure in CHURCHILL'S Rosciad, and who
for his private and protessionalperits deserved a bet-.
ter record than

•` A s z‘N would always flutter in French silks,"
which was probably only said because it furnished-a
rhyme in

"AcKmatt would NORA: s be, and PACKER WI LKS."