The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-08 00:00:00

ROYAL ORDER.

" The King our Sovereign, D. Ferdinand VII.
and lit his Royal name; the Suprecre Central Govern-
ing Junta of the Kingdom, considering that the
,reat and valuable dominions, which Spain possesses
)0 the Indies, are not properly colonies or flietories,
like those of other nations, but an essential and in-
tegral' part of the Spanish kingdom. ;. and desiring
to draw close, and to render indisSoltible. the sacred
ties which unite-all the dominions of Spain, as well
as repay the heroic loyalty and patriotism of
which they have given so-decisive a proof, 'at a Con-
junatire the most critical .that any nation has ever
witnessed ; his Majesty hereby declares, that the
kingdoms, proVinees and isles, which form the be-
forv.,,ilid-40nlitlionis, ought to pl-ssess 4 national Re-
presentation ilear his Royal person, and to consti.
tute a part of the Supreme Central Governing Junta
-of the kingdom, by means, of its correspondent de--
puties. From the time that this Royal Resolution
takes effeid, the Vice Royalties of New Spain, Peru,
the new kingdom of Granada, and Buenos Ayres,
together with the Independent Captaincies•Getieral
of ,the Isles of Cuba, Porto Rico, Goatemala; Chili,
the pfovinces of Venezuela and the Philippines,
shall each possess the right to nominate an individual
as the Representative of its respective 'district. In
consequence of this resolution, your._ Excellency will
take care, that in the chief cities of the Viceroyalty
under your command, the Provincial Assemblies
shall proceed-to name three individuals, of knoWn
probity, talents, and information, exempt from every
thing which can lessen them in public opinion, your
Excellency instilling into the minds of the Provincial
Assemblies, the strupulouS exactness 'With which
they ought to proceed to the eleetion of the 'afore-
said individuals; and that. the electors,. totally divest-
ing themselves of that spirit. of party, which is wont
to predominate 'in such ases,.shall attend only to
strict merit and those essential qualities which con-
stitute a good citizen and h zealous patriot.
"The election of the three individuals being com.
tpleted, the Assembly shall proceed,.with the usual
!-sblernnity; to'cast tots for one of the three ; and Cite;
first,individual whose name shall be drawn,, shall be
considered as the eleded itepresentative,;- •The As-

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s-embly shall immedlatt.ly'coni'municate to your Ex-
cellency, a certified notice °tithe pers,m on whOM
the lot has fal en,;hig name, title; cOuntry,.?.ge, em-
plm'r-mmt, or protes,,ion together, with such other
circumstances, political and mural, as may relate to
him.- ,

" As soon as your Excellency shall have received
the certificate of the person eletaed in the Capital,,
and elsewhere in your Viceroyalty, you shall pro-
ceed in conjunalion with the Royal -Council ; and,
alter dice eNamination of the aforesaid 'certificates,
shall, elect
:three individualS out of .the whole, in
whop the:most commendable qualities unite, either
.rrdttlYi2ur 011,;(1 persohl;l knowledke opinro7n,'• or
from pUblic .report ; ankl' in ease of ditierdnte; the
majority shall' deeide.

" "These -three shall be again subje6fed to lot in
flit- Royal CoC.3.:eil, your Excellency presiding--; and
the first ivho shall be dra,,vo,,' be held as' the
duly eledeLDepUty:of that V..ingdoin; and: Repre-
sentative. in 'the Supreme Central Governing Junta
of -theSlVlZrckv; with express residence at this
" The Provincial Councils shall immediately after
this proceed in your and the other capitals,,to give
t heir reOective povs,..ers or instrudtionk, expressing in,
them the chief objects of national interest which it
is desirableto 'promote. _ .

" The Representative shall Olen take hi% depar-
ture. for thus capital ; \and of the necessary expekes
of his voyage, and of
~'his • subsistence and proper
appearance 4ftel• his arrival, your excellency shall,
with the'4anta of the Royal Revenue, take charge;
'assignlng.lo each the proper quota which they ought
to pay, it being well understood that his equipment,
though respectable-,•
.should nevertheless be ecOno-
Ttbical ; and that hiS salafy shostild not exceed 6000
dollars 'per annum .
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" To the above communication made in the name
of his Majesty, your Excellency will be pleased to
pay the most punctual observance, taping the most
special care 'that there be no delay in the execution
of it. , - ,

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" God preserve, cc
" Given at the Royal Palace of Alcazar, &c. &c."

Letters were
.yesterday received from Cadiz and
Seville. We. subrnit to our readers the following
interesting letter, which announces -the SacteSsftil
termination of the battle of General BLAKb, though
we find, from other quarters,. the issue of it-stated.
to be unfavourable to his army •
- ‘`‘ SEITILLE, JUNE hate good news froth
Arragon, where General Blake has repulsed the
main body of the French atnik, which had attacked
him br his positions neat Alcaniz, on the 23d ult.
I understand the Spanish cavalry once more gave
way, and had thrown the Infilitry into confusion,
as at Medellin ; but the day was retrieved by the
admirable position of the rear-guard; - the firmness,
of the artillery, apd above all the judgment and skill
of the General. In the •army'at La Carolina, Gem
Ventiegas% outposts have had some partial affairs, in
which the Spaniards have in general been Successful.
When I last heard front Cdesta's army, by a letter
dated the 3 Ist, his advaneed gdards, under Generals
Lagas and Bassecourt, were stipPoSed to be engaged,
but.the main body of his army remained inactive, to
the great mortification of its veteran Commander;
who is supposed to be impatient to attack .5 but
boond,by a solemn promise to--Sir Arthur Welles-
ley to suspend his operations. till- the English army
has 'reached the Tagus. -Stich is our military intel=.
ligenee ; but the greatest niece of news is the Decree
of the Government Summoning a General Cortes of
,the kingdom, a measure long looked for, and so 'be-
neficial to thecountry, that it would perhaps be un-
grateful in a native Spaniard, like myself, to mix any
doubts or suspicions with the sentiments of hope, gra-
titude, •and.delight which 'the prospeet of a free GO-
vernm'ent in this faveured country is calculated, to
inspire. But we understand here, that among the
five persons named under the second article, tri exa-
mine and. prepare the plans for holding the Corte&
there 'is, indeed, one IsMprn the public, voice
would designate For such an office, .brat that the wis-
dom of that choke is corinterbahmc'ed (I teust it may
not be counteracted and thwarted altogether). by
,the introdutiipkt into. the .saine.-Cormnission of•
man most notorious in the Junta for his opposition,
to eieryliberal measure, and to the Cortes in parti
cular. .You will easily suppose that the Member
whom the Junta approve of. is Don Gaspar Jovel-
lanos—talents and inflexible honesty like his make
themselVes known throughout Europe ; and if the
Junta had wisely joined to him such men as Garac,
Campo Lagrada, Valdes and La Romana, you- would,
no doubt, have been ,enabled to judge. of their
choice upon the haw mention of their names but
I dOubt whether you or the people of England have
ever heaid of one Requelme, but he is well known
at Port St. Marys- and Grenada, and was not a
stranger in the, anti-chamber of Godoy. 'Would to
God I were convinced that his' talents, though of a
very different description, could not have as much
influence on our destiny as those of a Saavedra oi.
Joyellanos. It is .a fearful omen of the intentions,
or of the discernment of the Junta, to have nonai,-
nated such a man to prepare a system of liberty for
the_ country, and though the friends of freedom in
Spain are sensible of the disinterested spirit which
has led to the adoption of the Decree of the 25th
of May, they cannot divest themselveS of all ttnea=
siness and distrust while Requelme is entrusted with
such a commission, and e;hile the laws against the
liberty of the press, thoUgb not stria:ly entuiced, re-
main unrepealed, 'to the
_terror of lioneit -men; and
the disgrace of a Government which 'professes to be
popular." ,

As Mr. ILLINGWORTH (who ryas stated in the
late law suit against Colonel WARDLE to have been
privy, to the whele-. tiegoeiatibit: With M. -Wttrolif,
the upholsterer, and indeed, to have been the, pem.,
niary agent, in order' to keep the Colonel's name,
out of the transaEtion, that the purity of his,
conduct might no he brOfiglit'inenquestion) has not
cline 7J-toward -tut:speterr 'the rehSrge 'ol.,Aerjutry,'*
against the witnesses,
,we may fairly infer, !.-1):4,D4r,*
Iz,..Likcis‘i:•intvi has nothing to samybickr night iu
dUce the public to "suspend tlceir. pie/gracile 'upon
the motives, ccoduEt, and ebaral;:ter of the-Colonel.
,—The Colonel is one. of the
,pdvpcates for
and before he -began to felorm the nrilion,at
it wotAd have bt-en lull as *ell if be bad Set out
with a reform tearer home.
It-is someti.bg 'whimsical that a musical 'mouth-
piece should 14e bean invented by a Mr. Piper.

Ab7E.RTISEMEIVI

TO. THE SONS OF FREEDOM.

A General 'Meeting will be held:an WednerAar
next, the 12th July, at the Crown 'A d Anchor
vecn, hi the Strand, to confider of Softie modey r.-
lieving Colonel Wardle,,froM hi.s late pect.:2;ary ein=
barassments,.arising, not Iran any extravagance of
his own ; but from a .generous motive, to reward
the exertions of .11"Irs. Ann Clarke, f(r:tlie last
eight months, has been co=operating th 6 Co,
lottel,.night and day, in the service of their Conw ry‘s
It is hoped that 'none Will attend but thok;eiv%
entirely approve of Colonel Wardle's oharattrr nua.
eondu6t, and who are at the same time, friends tá
Parliathentary Reform. ' •
The Chair win be taken at twelve &chick.
• W. C. Chairman.

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EXTRACT OF A-LEFTER: FROM HtLIGOLANI), TUNE 2G
you with pleasure, that yesterday one.,
of our crnizers and a stria' cutter of 33, to 40 eons,-
Captain M‘Dotigall, .arrived
_from the jade. They,
in concert
.with other two snbli vessels, ,landed at
Eckvvarden, mustering abOtit 34 men. The inha-
bitants pointed out. to them the stores of the Doua..
nees,'Or,of sei•T.ed goods, which had been accuatu-
'rating for a long time back; -they put all the inhabi-
tantS in requisition, and they laboured faithful!y
the Whole were shipped in such vessels as could be
found that Avere also priies. Captain IN4`Doug,all.
,says, that 10 or 80. ,people could counted al a
time on the beach ; Go Douanecs were in the neigh-
bourhood, but durst not-attack them ;,,they got hold
of one and brought him off.prisoner. They werd
two days
,on shore, and conveyed all 'their booty
safe, under the proteelion of their own vessels in.
the river Jade. It will be a valuable prize to them.:'

Mrs. JORDAN was to take leave of the Dublin au;=,
dience on Monday, lest,„ in the part of The Country
Girl, which inay be .cotAidered as one of the very
bet specimeps of comicaliiity ever-seen on Thea;,
trical noaids.

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The new piece.. wi*n Is to be broil/alit forward
next week at the Hay-Market Theatre is the pro.
duaion of Mr.: Dtmot4n, sou of the respeaable
naffer of the Bath Company, and the author of see
ral
works of approved merit. , The new Drama is of
the serious kind; With, some: music cornposed by
KMLLY, who iS well acquainted with stage effecl.--:,
The piece itself, according to Green-room report, .is
likely to be a favourite with the
A theatrical expedition to the Isle of Man had
recently been planned by STEPHEN KEMBLE, who
had embarked pact of his company for that place;
but on his arrival 1w found that a theatrical company
was already there under thetnanagement of Mr;
MO,s, and he was obliged to, return re infeact.
COOKS is engaged to perforth for a, few nights at
Edinburgh, and was to make his appearance there
on Monday lait; in the part of ilichatcf the Third.---
Mrs. YOUNG, late Miss BIGG,S; is at present the
theatrical heroine of that place.
A Mrs. CLARKE., who, it is said, has been as
hutch distinguished for' provincial celebrity as sti
Itaress, 38 her tiatne,sake has been in the political
world, is engaged for three seasons at the new
Covent-Garden Theatre. She is now performing at
Newcastle, - ' • • -

.FAw4aii• concluded his engagement at
castle, and. is priieeeding to Eiiuburgh ; bat in• the
mean ,time phidently idenanifiei himself for travel-
ling expences by performing .a few nipts at Shields
and Sunderland.

Fairlop Fair was yesterday attended by a numerous
assemblage of visitants. Several gangs of sailors and
others from -Wapping Old Stairs, went doWn to the
scene of amusement in carriages, with Colours flying;
and music: - Puppet-shows; wild beasts, fruit stalls)
'gingerbread; ribboissanditays of every description,
Were arranged in; thefusnal,stylei and several excel-
lent matches of 'single stick were consested by the
neighbouring farmers. Thefounder- of this fair was
a Mr: Daniel Day,, a resident of St. John's, Wap-
ping, by trade a Block-Maker. He bad a small es,*
rate near the oak; and when he received his rents
:it was his,custom to treat his tenants with beans_,and
bacon under the canopy of .the oak. This custom'
Continued after his 'death. , The Engine, Block, and
Pump Makers of Wapping have since 'made' a visit:
to, the tree; on the first Friday in every July, in,
compliment to their old friend and brother
This venerable and sttipendons: tree stands in Hain-
suit Forest, about. ten hmiles from London, four
from the fainous seat of the late Earl of TYJnay,
about three from Ward, and two from the village of
Chigwell,•in the county of Essex'. The irUnk; or
main tree of this lord .of the -forest, /measures
girth 66 feet, or 22 feet in diameter; from.which
17 large branches issue, each of,the./ diniensions of
a tree Of moderate growth; and most of them mea-
suring not less than _l2 'feet- in girth. - For many
years past it has been gradually decaying, yet it still
retains periodical powers of vegetation, though -the
loftiest parts of the boughs are W;thered... About 20
yearS ago, in the meridian -of the day, the whole
Shadow extended over an acre of grotind. We have
not' been able to learn with any degree of precision,
the age of this national ornament ; 'bet comparing it
with ,other large oaks, whose ages 'have been ascer-
tained, andparticularly Witli•that viewed by his Ma-
jesty in Oifordshire, and lately felled in the domains
of one of the the girth,.Of Which was 25
feet, and said to be Wt.) years old,it may not- be un-
fair to CO!dude that Faii:'l6iiOak,.being. nearly thrice
as large, three tirp . its age. •
On..ThnrsAay,t the.fudiWt....Messrs. Hartley and
Bovyliag's .stage, waggc2,o* Vu'its return from Man-
chester to. Leeds, wkrsoverturoed atClayion Heights,
Owing to.theroad-giving way, and the waggon, with
its cements, precipitated -down, the, frightful pre-
=cipice .at tbar: :place. The waggoner, with great
.-iadraitness, pushed forward his hbese.s, Which, .by a•
powerful- effort,- broke, the shafts, . and extricated
themselves from then perilous situation. ,The wag-
II •
gon,;tiiils and , were thew precipitated down the
erninen% and threatened io crush the houses in the
;'.village.below ; but a tree,.fottunately standing in the
.wary, prevented that'calamitY.
The.lOak, Captain
,r,H9.5fs9N, which sailed last
week froM Greenock for 'New' York, carried out the
following British rudnutatturss :-470,000 yards of
. cottons, print4and plain ; .51,000 yards of linen ;
.2490 yards of. theck;
.1000 yards of woollen ; also'
cotton hose, silk and cotton mixed.
barrel.

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LAB' REPORT.

DOCTORS' I'ONIMON7S; fuLy' 7.

WELLESLEY- V. I,'S ELLESLEY

This was a proceeding or cause of divorce or ,se-•
raration from bed, board, and rntituarcobabition,
promoted on the part of the Hon. Henry • Welles.:
ley. against the - Right Honourable Lady Charlotte
'ellesley, his wile, by reason of adultery, alleged.
to have been,committed_with the Right Honourable
Lord Paget. The fads .and-circurns;anees of this
ease having been, so recently before the public;
when a verdict 'of 20,p001, damages was obtained
against Lord Paget in the Comm:ill Law Court, it
will be. unneceisary to repeat. them again. The
Court; aft,. r hearing, the evidence read, and the
Counsel on both sides, is as dearly of opinion,- that
the fad of adulteri, was completely proved, and ae-
Or:Jingly pronounced the husband to be entitled-to
the remedy he prayed.