The Sun.
London, England, 1807-11-25 00:00:00

DtFENSiVF NIEASURES.

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PORTLAND, AUG. 2/-.—The Secret4'A War has
sent to. this town fOur aonble-fortiiied 18 pound
cannon; mounted On travelling carriages, with all
tie apparatus necessary for 'Using them ; five bun
ltied cannon bulls, and two hundred b•aPerAzoi.,;rOr.
I,tftle aboVe, pieces, to he under the care of Major.
WEEKS, of the Artillery. He has likewi:ie sent
*dell- to have the gun,cdtriage's in the fifteen-gun
battery, in this town, repaired, and ready for aaual
A brick building is 'eietking near the bat-
6Y, for the .receptioii of the four t 8-founders, &c.
The Secretary at War will be in town, on Mon:-
Atiiior:Ttiesday nett, on his way to Kentiehec. •

THE CLEUGY.—The following is the substance of
a Circular Letter, sent to all the Bishops, by order of
the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council, dated 6th
40Etober, 1807 « After calling their Lordships'
attention to the penal enatithents of the Residence
A&, and stating the increased number (as appears by
the last annual leturns) of Clergymen non-resident
without litiense, 'exemption, dr notitication;lt
thin& the Bishdps of &aid') 30 of that Act; which
etUpowers then), is their several dioceses, to issue'
bIONITIM.IS, requiring such spiritual persons tit torth-!
"With pi•Occed to, and reside on, their ,respe&ive be;
tierces, and to perform the duties thereaf ; and de-
tires the said Bishops to acquaint the Privy Council;
4/liether or not Monitions have been issued by them
. to, such defaulters, according to the direetiohs tit Sec-
Con 30 of the said Mt." '
. In 'consequefice bf Mr. •Ctr.. HITBREAD'S presuming,
the preamble of his Bill for the better manage-
ineilt of the poor; an a general neglect of their edit-
tatiott itt England, the Archbishop of Cist-rEasuaY ,
tas, thrbugh the Medium o}. the Clergy, taken tile
means neceSsary,for obtaining information on that,
itubjea. The Ret.:' Gentlemen are requested tp
transmit, !ts cririedly as possible, to the' Bishop of
the,Diocese in which, they reskaiyely reSide;,a, ),ist
k-
_ol the different Englith &hoo in their several

kariches and neighbourhoods, dktingnishing them'hy •
-Endowed Schools,--SchoOls supported by voluntary
Subscriptions, or dphatA)s—Scho-ols receiving pay
lipm the Children's friends---;and Sunday Schools,
arld stating the number of children usually educated
In each, and what they are taught. . •
WHIRLING via Door.---It has been alreadystated,
stated, that Captain BENNRTT undertook; on Satilr-
daY last, for a wager of too guineas, to.whirl, a hoop
f!'inn WNtechapel Church to °agar, in ftssOc,
distance •of t miles, in three hours and a 'bait,
and from the progress he made in the first hour'.and
twenty minutes, in 'the cOurse of which he went,ten
lOiles,,,there was little doubt 'of his accomplishing
the arduous undertaking. It linweverappears-, that,
he failed ia the task owing to negiet`t of himself.---
lie proceeded fOurteen miles on his* way betbre lit
took any refreshment, aril then he. -Could only be
persuaded to swallow a toast and' water. He
then CoutinueJ as far as the 19-mile stone, when he
found much difficulty in forcing the hoop through
the mud, and it fell to the ground; being. nearly
exhausted, he resigned the wager. The nineteen
/Liles he perfortned in two hours. and fitiy-two mi-
nutes, having thirty-eight minutes good to acconi-
Plish the remaining two mites, and three-quarters in.
A great
many bets were clepending on the match,
nd very
high odds betted when it. was found that he
had only five miles and a half to perform the last
hour. Capt. BENNETT, we understand, has suffered
severely from an affeation of the eye, the con-A;-
4ittence of keeping,it continually fixed on .the hoop,
during his performance..j 11e •
late
storm appears to have been very gent:.
„:1.; he letters from Scotland, and all the Eastern
inn "them parts of England, abound with
at the damage. which it has
eutqAstaki,