The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-31 00:00:00

This is the first tirn._ th,..t so r:ifricult and dangerous ar:
nperation i as been perforv.ted ii, the course of the last fifteen
years of war."
".Notc.-1t is already dear, that Gaeta did not cost
~•011 fe-) itmnch. Signior Ve,:dier must, undoubtedly,
have be,,m accu,,t;imed to take fortreses in the mode
,that is praaised atnortg civilized m-itiOns; th,t is in
the way that Vim, Mag,,iehnrgh, Stettin, and Cus-
ttin were taken. But we Spaniards are such an ig-
n6:ant race, that we do not list•?tt to reason, and we
&fend places with 3 n obstinacy which can only spring
from a deplorable blinen?ss.
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" Generals" Sanson and Taviel, the former having the com-
rrind of the enKineers, the latter of the artillery, have di-
itt..tc.,l this opeTation with all possible zeal, skill, and gal-
lantry "
i\ote.----These Generals (seem to be as capable of
directing a siege, as their Emperor is of reguiating a
disembaikwion: The errors they have committed
me innumerable ; so much so, tinit.,.bi:4s-.,;;,.yre knew
they were Generals who dieted tiie:iiege, we Con-
ceived that department was confided to two striplings
just come from the Polytechnic schoOkt

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SOLESI QUIS DICERS FALSUNI AUDEAT

L. 0 ND 0 IV,

TUESDAY, OCTOI3EII 31, 1809.

We are happy to state that the Ministerial ar-
rangements are completed. Lord LIVERPOOL is to
succeed Lord CASTLEREAGH as Secretary of State
for War and Colonies; Mr. RYDER is to be Secre-
tary of State tor the Home Departmeovn the room
of Lord LlVEl?rnot. and Mr. CHAELRSIMANNER;,
son to the Archbishop of CANTEantiT, succeeds
Air. RYDER as Judge Advocate. The Cabinet will
therefore now consist of the following Members:
Mr. PERCEVAL, Lord ELDON, Lord LIVERPOOL,
Lord BATHURST, Mr. RYDER, Lord CAMDEN, Lord
WESTSIORELAND, Lord HARROWBY, Mr. DUNDAS,
Lord MULGRAVE, and Lord CHATHAM.

Letters have been received from Gijon, dated the
17th inst. which state, that the Spaniards had again
on:ained possession of Bilboa and Satitona. It is
possible that the very weak garrisons lest in these
paces by the French, may pace been overpowered
or compeiltd to evacuate them but the Spaniards
certainly have not a sufficient force in the North
of Spain, to enable than to maintain those places
permanently against the French.

Paris Papers to the 22. d iost. arrived last night.—

The illoniieur of t!-..5. 21St
the. f 'aeon c tccvs : The PeaLe -be-
his Majvsty the Emperor of the French, and
the Emperor of Au,,tri3, was signed on the 1,1. th of
this month" No other particulars whatever are
tnentioned, either in the Moniteur, or in the other
Papers. Of the aa of the signature of the Peace,
there can now be no doubt, but there are strong
grounds to hope that it is by no means so unfavour-
able to At:stria as it has been represeniect. Yet there
is a mystery conne&ed with this,,Subjpa, which we
are ?,t present unable to explail, uhtessindeed there
be some foundation for the reports which have late-
ly re.ic: ed us frorn .he Continent, of the illness of
BIJONAPARTE.

His MAJESTY iS expeeted in town to-morrow,
from Windsor, to hold a Private Levee and Privy
Council at the Queen's Palace.
A Deputation of th Corporation of the City of
London will present their addre.stt'tci4norrow to his
MAJESTY, a the Quctiii's Palace ; a Deputation
from the University of Oxford wifi''pre.sent their ad-
iiress at ,ft.e. same time. They will :a-ierrible at the
White Horse Tavern, Pimlico, and go in grand pro-
ce,,sion to the Palace, where they will partake of a
cold collation.
Princess. AMELIA, by leiters received in town,
yesterday, wtm neatly in the same state as last week.
Her Royal piglines was expeeted to leaveWeymouth,
yeVerday, tor Windsor.
His loyal Highness the Duke of Yomt- returned
to town, yesterday from Windsor.
There is, we believe,:, no truth in the
,report of
the sppointrnent of Mr.TriolusToN to succeed Mr.
1.-amNik,ND its the Foreign Office.—Mr. HammoNo,
n!deed, do.•.s not at 'present quit his situation in that

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depArt men t . •
. Deputa:ion from the Merchants engaged in the
B.iitic trade waited upon the. Board of Adrniralvy
'ye•terOay, for the purpose Of ascertaining whether
titey migi)t 'safely continue their operations in that
commerce.., They were. informed that a convoy
wo:tld be ready to sail for the Baltic ,on. the 9th of
November, and that Sweelish licenses would be de-
In, erect, which would remain valid until. the 12th of
December. • -
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The following Conditions for tlle sale of the first
Lottery,,for the service of the year 1809, sent
d!>wn yo,terday to the Bank :

The Lotter.; to consist of 20,000 tickets, ant to be drawn
tike inn February, 18to'.
No.prizx above 2,,,0001. or less tlian r5l. to be u I lowed.
N v fixed prize, and not more than three blanks to a prize.
Ttic-Sl:hetne to be 'proposed by the Cuntrac-tor, oat or heiore
th., Bth, of November, subjea to theapprobatiun of the Lords
ut reasury.
A discount of 51. per cent. to be allowed in the usual man-

scr.
The deposits and payments to he as under :
t 8,9 N.,veinber 7th, deposit as 0 per ticket.
December Bth, - - 5 0 0
fan !aiy iith, - - 5 o
_ Feoluary 9th, - The remainder.
The Bicidings will be receivekat the Treasury on
Friday morning, the 3d November, at 11 o'clock.