The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-20 00:00:00

THE EXPEDITiorr.

• Some of our contemporaries have given most de-
cic'kd .pinions with respect to the objea..of the Ex-
pedition. We shell not enter into any dispute with
tl-,em upon the subject, but we think it not proper
to publish the information which we have received
until atter the Expedition has sailed, which we trust
will be to-morrow or Saturday at the latest.—The
following Letter from Deal, which we received this
morning, shows the great exertions which have been
nia,;e to accelerate the embarkation of the troops.

DP.AL, JVLY lg.—The boatmen of Deal are enti-
tled to much praise for their handsome conduEt in vo-
laAntaricy corning forward and tendering their services,
and the use of their fine boats, to embark gratuitously
any number of troops Government might send here.
Their offer was accepted, and at day-light on the
morning of the 26t h instant, the embarkation com-
menced—about 2,200 of the 4th Regiment were
taken off from the shore, and safely delivered on
bnard the respeEtive ships in less than an hour, not
above one halt the boats being employed ; and, about
t.,m) o'clock, on the arrival of those fine regiments, the.
92d Highlanders, andAth of the Line, amounting to
near 4,500, the whole of theta were taken off in as
short a period, without scarcely a man getting a wet

shoe.
On the 171 h, the 43d, 52d, and 95th Light In-
fantry Regiments matched in, and were immediately
taken on board in as good order, and this morning,
the t st battalion of the German Light Infantry, were
also ernbarkekT.

The boats are now in readiness for about 4000
more which are expeEted in the course of the day.
e 'embarkation took place under the immediate
sup:_---,rinteodance of Commodore OwEN, whose judi-
cious art angements met the high commendation
of the parties interested, and of the almost innume-
rable speaators who lined the shore.

The di,paich with which these troops were en,-
tai-kcd, lii clearly demonstiated, that, in fine wen-
‘ll,r, an army of 4u,000 men, could be shipped
to hence, by the Deal boats in one day, a con.

s •ration of amen importance surely, in any cases

re expmlition ie requir:.ll.

The,King's ships employed on this grand Expedi-
!oo, ‘vill 14o);)unt iu the • xvholo to upwards of 100
11, of which about 00 sail are alrecKly colle6ted in
D0,,,,,,5, and the renyiin:!er are, we understand,
ready at Pul-u;mouth and Stwerre-i:s, to form a junc-
ti,,n at a moment's notice.

The exertions of the Naval Departments here are
extraordimny : in the Dock-yard the whole of the
persons 'employed there (from, the indefatigable
Storekeeper down to the labourer) are incessantly

•naged from five in the morning till nine at yi
and in the Admiral's Offices a similar assiduity is

perceptible.

On Saturday List a very heavy firing was heard by
our Cruizers all along the Dutch and French Coasts,
but we are without Bulletins, or other information
from those Countries since.

Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY
arrived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor, where
he was receive; by the Dukes of YORK, KENT, and
CUMBERLAND. At two o'clock his MAJESTY held

a Private Levee, which was attended by
The Lord Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the
Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First
Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Trade,
the Secretaries of the Home and Foreign Departments, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of
Controut, the Secretary at War, the Commander-in-Chief,
Generals Cole and Drummond, and Mr. Quinn, the Portu-
guese Ambassador.

The following had the honour of being presented
to his MAJESTY :

Major4;eneral.Cole, upon his return from Sicily, by the

.. . .
Portuguele Ambassador.
Ailajor:General Drummond, ui,on Ins arrival from Gi-
braltar. ..
Mr. ,rinn, Charge d'Affaires of his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent of Portugal to the Court of Sicily, by the Por-

tugtiese Ambassador.
His MAJF.sTy gave audiences to the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, the Duke of PORTLAND, and- the rest of
the 'Cabinet Ministers present ; also to Sir DAVID
DUN DAS.

Anout seven o'clock his MAJESTY set off for
Windsor.
Yesterday, soon after twelve o'clock, the Earl of
CHATHAM left his house, in Hill-street, to proceed
to take the command oft be Expedition. h e Noble
Earl proceeded to the Ordnance Office, and trans-
atted business, and then went on to Downing-street,
and transacted business at Lord CASTLEREACH'S
Office; afterwards with Mr. CANNING, at his office;
and about four o'clock left London for Rochester.
His Lordship was to dine at the Crown Inn, and
to sleep at Sittingbourne ; and the Noble Earl will
this day meet Lord CASTLEREAGH at Ramsgate,
previous to his embarkation to take upon him the
command of the Expedition.
In the general orders issued by the Earl of CHAT-
HAM, it is stated, that the Officers of the Commissa-
riat Department are to give receipts of a peculiar
form to the Chief Magistrate or Burgomaster of the
different towns, from whence they may have occa-
sion to make requisitions, but that no requisitions
are to be made but such as are required for the pub-
lic service, as the troops will be ordered to pay with
money for any provisions they may want, which
shall not be supplied by the Commissariat ; and
should any Officer make any requisition from the
inhabitants, and give a receipt on the Commissary,
such a receipt is to be duly discharged, and the
Officer giving the same will be required to make it
good, besides being made subjeCt to censure for dis-
obedience of orders.
Nearly 300 of the River Fencibles have volun-
teered their services upon the Expedition now de.
parting.—The Fencibles of Deptford and Green-
wich have also made a tender of their services,
which has been accepted. The same bounty of
501. as well as the same allowances which were
granted to this valuable body of men for their ser-
vices at Copenhagen, is to be granted them on the
Ares ut occasion.
Monday evening Lord CASTLEREAGH left town for
Dover, to inspect the embarkation of the troops.
On Monday night four Messengers were sent off
from the Admiralty with the final dispatches of Mi-
nisters to the Commanders of the ships, to Dover,
Ramsgate, Harwich, slid Portsmouth.
On Tuesday the Lords of the Council held their
last meeting tor, this season, at the Council Office
Their Lordships afterwards proceeded upon the ap-
peal, Hanley v. the Attorney-Ge,..eral for the Island
of Jersey.
The following Peers have sat upon the Irish
Episcopal Bench within these few years, viz. Wil-
liam Cecil Perry, Lord Glent worth, who died July 4,
1794, was Bishop of Limerick. Joseph Deane
Bourke, Earl of Mayo, who died August '2O, 1794,
was Archbishop of Tuaru. Richard Rokeby, Lord
Rokeby, who stied October 10, 1794, was Arch-
bishop of Armagh. Frederick Hervey, of
Bristol, who died July 7, 1803, was Bishop of Derry ;
and Charles Agar, Earl of Normanton, the late Arch-
bishop of Dublin. who died tho I,4th instant.
The last American Papers contain the Report of
the Minister of Finance ; from which it appears that
a considerable defalcation has taken place in the re-
venues of that Country, in consequence of the Em-
bargo and Non-intercourse Ads.
The American General Wiettssosi, having,
since his arrival at New Orleans, refused the invita-
tion of General ADAIR, to meet him in the field (1
honour, and to give him satisfaction for the injury
done him in the case of the BURR conspiracy, Ge-
neral A. has posted the Commander in Chief of the
American army ! as " a coward, and that to apply
any weapon of chastisement to him more formidable
than a horsewhip, would but disgrace the arm mak-
ing the application."
Josator, we find, is making a journey from
Madrid, in order to receive the homage of his sub
jests, who, we are told, manifested t-ansports of
joy, headed by the Clergy and Officers of Jus-
tice. The latter, no doubt, with, all their loyalty to
the Usurper, would be very glad to perform the du-
ties of their funetion, in the discharge of national
justice, upon a man who deprives them of their law-
ful Monarch ; and the Clergy, whatever they may
affeet, would, most probably, be equally happy in
the opportunity of administering ghostly comfort to
him in his last moments.
The " days of chivalry" are indeed over in
France, when the people, once distinguished for
heroic and generous sentiments, can see an atrocious
Usurper, risen from the very dregs of society, con-
fine the Royal Family of Spain, keep them in utter
ignorance of all that passes in the world, remove
their countrymen from attendance on them, in or-
der to render their situation more secure, and sup-
.plying the place hose faithful domestics with
wretches de, uteri di • •of an ambitious and
restless 'Tyrant. i/bit 3 . for the
Royal viaiins, and what ac country
that
_quietly permits theruiLo endure it
it is very surprising that
,thereettre ectanany Cal-
vinists in England, and that there should not be
any method of Commemoration for their immortal
Founder (CALvIls).