The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-07 00:00:00

(ANOTHER ACCOUNT.)

The Bombay, Lord Castlereagh, and Upton Castle,
East India ships, have arrived in the Downs they
sailed from Bombay the 27th July, and from St. He-
lena the I ith of Oaober. The Lord Castlereagh
brings an account of four Indiamen being attacked
in the Bay of Bengal, two of them are taken, one
driven on shore, and the other escaped ; names un-
known. The two captured ships are carried into the
Isle of France by the Caroline French frigate.

It was yesterday reported that accounts had been
received from Spain, of an insurrection having taken
place in Seville, and of the imprisonment of several
Members of the Junta. The fa6l is, that some of
the Members of the Junta have been suspe6led of
conspiracy against' the Government, and have been
taken up. Among others, we are sorry to find M.
PALLAFOX, brother to the gallant defender of S a-
gossa. We are not in possession of the de;ails of
this affair. The milaary intelligence troni Spain,
conti-iies to be most favourable. The Si alinds

are a 1, ancing towards their capita.; no' hog. -
ever, improbable, that the Flatlet) may riKue a vie.

neral action to save Madrid, but from A -ng Jost PII'S
flight, it would seem as if they were not very confi-
dent of success. The following is an extract of a
letter received from Seville :

" Seville, Nov. 18.

" I have this moment been informed of the following im-
portant circurnstance,on the truth of which you may depend•
—The 'greatest confusion prevails in this city. Pit LA f
the brother of the heroic defender of Saragossa, has been put
under arrest. A French Officer of distinction has been de-
teded here in disguise. A summary vengeance was infi ided
upon him by the people, who strangled him in their rage."

In the Court of King's Bench this .rnorning, the
Indi6tment against the Duke of Goßpon for an as-
sault,with an intent to commit a rape on Sara hWaith,
came on to be tried,but as there was no evidence of-
fered on the part of the prosecution, the Defendant
was acquitted.

The Address which was yesterday proposed at
the Common Council was such as might naturally
have been expelled from such a quarter—it is via.
lent and inconsistent. It would be, we are well
aware, a waste of words to attetiipt to reason with
such a man as Mr. WAITHMAN, but we would ask
any impartial man, whether it be consistent with

common decency or with common sense to address

his MAJESTY upon an Expedition, to apply to it
every epithet of abuse, and then to ask his MA'
JESTY to inst►tute an Inquiry, whether it dcsenCS
those epithets or not ; whether it be consistent
with common decency, or with common sen,e, that_
a public body should pronounce a solemn deci,ion
upon a pubic question, ltd then ask Parliament to

investigate it. This eagerness to have the opinion of
Parliament upon it, appears a little singular, when "
we recoiled the language which was applied to the
House of. Commons, in consequence of its decision
on the case of the Duke of YORK. But the fad is,

the Modern.Refortners have got one short compere'
dious mode of settling these points. Whenever
Parliament happens to ad in conformity with their

wishes, then it is the fair organ of public
opinion ; but, when it decides contrary to their
then it is not the organ of public opinion, it
is corrupt, &c. '&c. This is a very easy mode of
proceeding, but we should suppose that there are
not many people likely to be convinced by it. The
ciuestion of the Expedition to Walcheren, will, of
course, be discussed in Parliament, and would have
been, even if Mr. WAITHMAN had not thought pro-
per to withdraw his attention from his shop in order
to watch over the welfare of the State. As to the
request to his MAJESTY to, assemble Parliament' ir
is only necessary to observe, that this request is made
just one tortnight,after the Proclamation for cote.
♦cuing it wfts issued.

The Marquis WELLESLEY yesterday, in opposi-
tion to the earnest advice, and in spite of the re
peated predi&ions of the Opposition Writers, received
the Seals of Office as Secretary of State for the'
Foreign Department. His Lordship may now, there-
fore exped to come in for his full share of all that
vulgar scurrility which is daily lavished upon his
Majesty's Ministers. It is curious to observe the
'various changes which have taken place in the lan-
guage of the Opposition Writers on the subje6l of
the Marquis WELLESLEY. At first they boldly'
asserted that there Was no probability that the Nl3"
gals would take a part in the present,Administratioll
—that he held the Members of it in general C°"
tempt, &c. bre. The accounts from Spain soon
proved the falsehood of these assertions, and as soon
as it was found that the Marquis entertained ePi-
mons that were decidedly hostile to the party that
are struggling so hard to get into power, it was de'
-"ermined, without loss of time, to attack his princi.
ples, and to decry hiS talents, without any regard
to the feelings of his friend Lord GRENVILLE, or to
the high opinions which his Lordship has 50
frequently expressed of the superior abilities of
the Marquis WELLESLEY. . But it happened that
His MAJESTY did not come to town on Wednes"
day week, of course the Marquis could not 1-6"
ceive the Seals of Office. Upon this simple fa%
and without any other information upon the sub'
jed, the Opposition Writers boldly told the
Puhlic that the Marquis had, since his.return cc)
England, seen reason to alter his opinion, and that
he had declined accepting the office. This bold as'
sertion, equally true with all their former ones, hav-
ing fallen to the ground, the business of abuse'
of course, will be taken up again with re'
doubled vigour. We are, we confess, a little pui"
Med to know how the different parties, of which
the Opposition is composed, happen to agree SO Fell
upon this point. ThA the friends and Adherents
of Mr. PAULL, that those who call themselves the
Whig Party', should abuse the Marquis W.ceees'
LEY, is by no means surprising ; ,but that the irieds
of Lord GRENVILLE should attack the character, alla
decry the talents of the Marquis W eeeEse, Y, to
US quite- inexplicable. 'flie tad i they am 'el
much disappointed, and very angry, a. d it would'
perhaps, be too much o expe[e. 11011, men in Web
state eitiAr consistency or politeness,