The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-05 00:00:00

TO ROSINA

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LL? well.taught Fancy paint, in brightest 4leek,,,
With bolder touch than yet her pencil 'drew, 1 juid-4;#
The awful front, the all-commanding mien,
The stately step, of Heav'n's majestic Queen :
- The innate-fortitude, superior sense,
,; The skilful arts, the matchless eloquence,
Neu figure, of the Goddess sprung fram Jove.:
And lasi, the pielitre of the Qneen of Love;
• ' As, when arraY'd in more than mortal charms,
She smiles consent upon the God of Arms-.
Then,, if a warns imagination blend
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The yrious graces three such Rivals lend,
.And fix in mi.:- Rosina, we shall see
An apty tint saint similitude of thee :
. hot vainly 1 attenipethose charms to shew,
Which those who know those charms aloneati
Deep tlsot they be, by Cupid's pointed dart, ti 7
Engraven on the tablet of my heart.

R. P.

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THE THEATRE.—YOUNO, who is rising every
day in favour with the public, last night performed
Si, Edward Mortivitri in_
.The iron Chest, at the
Hay.-inarket Theatre. He is certainly the best .re-
presentative of the part'we have seen since KEMBLE
appeared in. it, whose performance we saw and ad-
nnred Kem.nka's IPilford is an excel-
lent piece of a itig. ' FAwCETT, LISToN, Mrs.
Gras, and all the performers indeed, concurred in ,
rendering the piece very interesting and amusing.
.it is said that Mr. Monk LEwis is writing a Play
founded upon .a new principle, , and that he begins
with the firth ad; and proceeds, in regular retro-
gradation,- to the first. The fable, it may be pre-
sumed, is taken from the licbren,..
The elegant' little Tract on the Formatio'n of The•
acres, and ihe present State of the Stage, frorti4l4lf
We lately made at eKrrkt, is now avowedly tAe/pro-
Allattion of Lord,C4t.eLista ; and it is highly credik-t-,
able to nis knowledge, judgment, and taste: 'in
CATALAN!, it sttelns, at the close of her preserit'i
Magitinent at Bath, is to'bend her course to Russia.
vYrtinever may be her popularity and'successthere, •
she wilt have no.reason to complain of this country,
in which she his acquired a comfortable independ-
%ice for life.

•• A Grand Mastinerade was -given, by the Earl of
Zotati.row,. Eglinton Castles in, I).yrshire,. on
itie,day se'tmight.- The . fete was .uncommonly
splendid, anti was attended .bp._ all .the persona of
rank and. fashion: in-the cOdittry. After much whim
and tttiilic, the company unmasked, and sat clown)to
an etegant and stiMptuous entertainmept.-4tEtli&
middle of' this rich repast, the gong soundeciiinuid,
the QiitAt of the Goaiernoi., in .oqn Juan, stalked
through the saloon into the dining-roomt Four
Sdlers were seated on a (OM in the saloon. Asto-
nishment struck three of theM, and they started up;
the loath, being stated at the end of the Orrin, and
blind, and not participating in the impression, as if
to procl4ce a kind of sympathetic contrast to his
brethren, upset it, and fell on the floor.
The Covent-Garden Manager, by way of new
tear's sift td Iris friend 14. r. Dtmortt, permits Mrs."
ic4mq to perfornA three, nights emit week at the
Bath-Theatre, where her notes will doubtless be rea;.'
dily accepled.
. Mr. Slitxra.y..—This ingenious Artist died last
1114111, at • his house in George-street, Hanover-
Nuare. He bad lung been distinguished for • his
merit as a miniature' painter, but he rendered that
branch of art subservient, to the illustration of hia-
torical and poetical subjects, which he treated with,
taste, skill, knowledge, and elegance. He was
of.,the founders of the Exhibition of Drawingslity.
Water-colour, in which department a degree' of -;;1
rellence has been attained that demonstrates a cotiel,'
siderable advance in the Arts of this count**
and which far exceeds any thing of the sain'
nature in former times. Hut Mr. Sitat.t.x's merit ,
Watt not confined to his professional pOwers and at-
tainments, for he was a very worthy man in private
life; and few, indeed, can drop into the grave
'vibrte rhea* ere are more respected, and whose me..
13107 will be MOUS revered within their circle of
edion.

Mrs. M. the Lady who. was.diteaed in a faux
Faux with a Captain in Queen Anne street, on. Fri.
day lint, has taken a residence with her gallant at,
Knightsbridge, was yesterday in public. Proceed.!ii,
ings are inatttuted by her husband against the Catil
tam.

It has been erroneously stated that a Portrait o
eahnt.as the First has for, a long' time.
.hung diets-
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Acrd in the Hall of the Middle Temple,. 'awl was
tteently discovered to be utine pkture t y VA.kci y Ks.
--The
nd admirvkmerit of the pieturif has always been known
ai.

BawroLozzi.---Mora credit ig given to nuoNA.
P.ARTE. respecting this' Limit eminent artist, in .our
daily papers, than is dire to him. It is not truohat,
SAwroLozzi has settled at Paris, or that 1)&114 a,
rettlMM front Napc.4.l.ioN. The truth is, Mr..
BAu•retoz thatzl-left Lisbon, and followed the Parucit
ittGiblT lo the Brazils.
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ten I‘4l erday, as a carriage belonging to ;Ars! ben'
ti Of South Audley-streeet, was passing alobg
111:Tord,strcet, one of the horses fell and broke its
leg' The animal which cost upwards of 4 guineas,
Was Imincdiately.
A few days since, we expre.sied our intention to
examine the exetattive 'part of a new work, the Pros-ti
Pettus ul which had excited a great degrce'of espec:4l
'anon. The first Number of "The Repository oft
Arts," &v. published by ACKEI6SANN, his to de{...
Arts,„
• ' The novelties attached to this work
are rut- patterns of the Miillutaatires described under .
the ankle of fashions,. and so far the plan unites
.
usetilluess with novelty. The female figures arc
beautiful, and There is a chasteness in the lout ehsein-
L 4 of Iho full dress figure which 'we have never' seen
U' any other publicanun. We do not think the
Artists have done complete justice to ML ,:;A;res shop,
el.:i
is certainly superior in itself to ,
larger margin, and we recommend .110 tc't Mr' A.
e°llsideration in future Numbers. The Game Vig-
,,llettu, by ilewar, is rosily charming. The literary
"eParnueuts appear to be well filled; and,the.cetti.et,
)unieatiens, which are chielly'scientific, site treated
a Popular way, and with great propriety.,—The
—raty notices are of first /writ.

officzAL ciskmd4vlcA77o.tv

IMPEDITED BY DON JOAQUIN KERGFLiNA, cAvrAiii
OF THE 4IG AT LA 'REAL AIO4.O.I4v3E6UETARY
OF THE SUPREME IUNT.t. , •

This morning, at three o'clock, arrived Don
Joaquin Mergelina, Secretary, eie, and eutnintiois.
rated ,the following, being Only ambori4ed,by- tbg
Central Junta to facilitate every peaps.tbat may con-
tribute lowards the better service of tan. belOved..
So-
vereign- Ferdinand WI. He has. Ordered me io.
march immediately to Seville the battalions of ma-
rines destined for the army, and that all.the French
prisoners shall be kept in vessels separate trout their
Officers: Apo; ber object, which nary he considered
as an auxiliary to this, to be adopted by 1114 Corn
mandant- Generar-of t he. Marine, wit hmll that ...zeal
and thivity whiCh are peculiar to his charaoter„will
be the numediateexecution of all such verbal Orders
the said Don Joaquin de Mergelina shall-- think
proper to, issue. Yuur Excellency has only to sire
orders.for the executing olcorresponding diapositions
relative to thedisposal of these prisoners. .
May God preserve.you Many years.
'Tits PAINCL DE MONZFORTE.
Paeriode Santa Maria,. Dec, 7, rSo3.
To Don losrpn Virucs, Governor vl Cadiz.

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The Supreme Junta transmits. tile_ lea& mchtea

f to your Excellency,' for your -oh information, and
for that of the Junta of this city, to whom you will
have the goodness to communicate it without delay.
In this letter the absolute necessity of takiOg arms;
and, r.venging this• city, is rmide indisputably main;
fest, comprehending in the same 'the conditions
prescribed. • The Junta and your Excellency,- it is
hoped,' will. use all possible celerity and aCtivity in
carrying into execution such Measures as may con-.
tribute to the common cause in which this city is
-, ettnged. As this place, from.the importance of its
'situation, ought to be 'put in the best state of de-
4,,fenee, your Excellency will attend to this point with
all that application and prudent foresight which the
l'nvasedentands.--Your EXcellency will communicate
the same' inform.+tioii to the Admirals and Corn-
' manders of the EritistrShlpi of War, 'which may be
! found in this Bay, or near •the coast, in order ' that-
they, being informed of rhe measures intended, may
. assist us with such sticcours as ,may be- at band.--
IYour Excellency may assure them that 'thy portS`of
r Despena; Perros, and-others, being fortified, it is
also intended to coiled an army with. the utmost
cispatch for the Ilefeuce •of Andaltisia, with the.
l'i cods, artillery, &c. 'necessary for.that object.
ro i IV this end it will be proper to employ in that
army Qtlieers, serjeants,
,and Others, of approved
l':Olicitit'atid skill. And if the security of this. place
1 will permit the measute,.
,your Excellency will be
i Ititiascd.to send away all persons of
.that desetiption,
including those who have withdrawn themselves,
and'at4 distributed througlithis city, and ii 4 envi-
rons You ,*ill also clo the same with the,Otticers
and troops, of the artillery, together with such en-
gineers as your Excellency may judge useful to the
service. In all , these 'particulars your Excellency
will be careful to keep up a good understanding with
the. Junta of this city, since we are at present unac-
quainted with the real state and place of re*iaeoce
of the_Sovreme Ccntral Junta.
' God preserve you maity years.
_ Miasma. Git. C. M. Stridni,
Gove.rnor of Cadiz.
PalaCio del Reid A Icazar de Seville,
, UeLeniber 6, ISGS. . •
•

The Supreme Junta has also transmitted the fol-
lowing Royat'Decree
" The Supreme Junta considering the urgent•ne-
- 4:tessity,that every person should enlist who is able to
:c.rry arms, and that they should repair hither with
fitkouttnost celerity, orders that, besides'e'very per-
csott!enrolled,, all the married men and widowers
NWpima children ; all the nobles in this class of ,!:1
dcitvshall contribine to the Supply of all necessary
aisistance; that every order of minors riot holding
any ecclesiastical benefice, or perforinieg, any con-
stant ottice in the Church, all the novices who have'
not taken up that profession,' together with all per.;.
sons who may wish to take up arms as volunteers, of
whatever class, estate, or profession
.they may be,
tnough even excepted by titles, should repair to this
City us soon as possible, bringing with them all their
fire arms or others w hich may be useful. This or-
-4r is:A° be distiibuted and made public in all the
PrisdicofiOns of the different .Juntas, and to be
transmitted from one to the other with the ut-
most dispatch, in order that without the least delay
they, may. reach even the most remote villago in the
kingdom:
" The Juntas and the proper Officers between
this
.City and. Madrid, will assemble One part of the
people enrolled at Eciga, and the others at Cordoba.'
All persons concerned in the execution of these or-
ders are charged' to conduct themselves with the ut-
most care and accuPlacy, as otherwise, any omission
whatever will be punished as a must serious crime,
committed against the country, our religion, end
the King,"
" MAtiost 11.4111 A DB AGRIIELLAR, See." .
" pulacio (141 Kcal Alt;ALArt ovitlr, IJcc. b, 'SA
41 the louts ana the Governoeur Calm." .
ti 4 Supreme Junta have atultorive4 their
Secret y, Dote Joaquin de Mergelini, to treat with
the Governor of Cadiz, and to come to It conclusion

.. • . ,
relative to the number of French prisoners which
may be sent, and kept in'the 'forts ot that place, and
the 'yesseis in, the they, where they must be consi-
`'cler&fas th,:iowlesi dangerous than in the Province,
1 WS with its.itital separakion between the Chiefs, the'
iiftjtiieets, and the troops. An areolll4 of the num--
obeisoot ta:tesa. prisoners, tkc..to be remitted as soon
tcqstitiible.;..-
15t1 ' . " MaNuni. Git., C. M.
.1 Real Alcazar Seville, Do: 0, stki."
In consequence of these orders, and that a roo•
went should. not be lost in their execution, Senor
Joaquin de IVlergellna. accennplitied by the Com-
mandant General of the Marine Department, seve-
ral other Officers, Members of the Junta,; A4c: &c.
hate visited the Isle of Leon, the result of which has
,been, the immediate mooring of foul. Orhis Majes7
ty's ships in a.proper sitnation for the-reception and
deaciiitt the French prisoners intended to oc:copy•
jitetVaytAo delay. AU the battalions of marine!'
,iyaciAß,prittades at artillery in tins port, qoO men
,jociktqtl, Iwllo are to be incorporated with the
tW -4, levies, are making dispositions for leaving this-
place. The knees that remain will form a battaVon,

• . •
I..!'olunftels lii(rettdy tortteili
be sa#ficierist to occupy stu It points Rif ate :enr
frosted, to illy Qire,with tt foods necessary. for their
..StOpport •,' : • *- •
-His Excelieocy.thc. Coniolandant Geterat.of the
Mtrinc Department him eXprcssed hii, particular so'.
• Itifatitinn in tousequence Om prompt ex6.ention of
orders tioni. the 'Sopreme Anktu, and hns
Charged me 'to 'bestow the st ridest attention to the
of the withle.: 7 •

'day the Jtinia and dovernMenl, of-. this city
Wive proposed; tor,the purpote of giving the utmost
pithlicity to their ;intentions first, that every thing
shall be. printed for the.inft:rmation of the.public.-4
Secondly, that as it 'will tint be 'proper •to lodge-any
individual pf, the prisoners in the forts of Cadiz, that
-a certain number of vessels be disposed .of in such
t manner as to receiyei any of those itidivt- -
duals,ivtiom the .GOvernment, may think. propel-Lb
place in a , situation 'so secure and convenient.—
'Thirdly, that the. garrison of this place ,shall be
completed to the number of 3000 rneji, as it has
been announced by the Supreme Junta.—. Fourthly,
that it shall be'armounce4 to the public that the Go-
%resod of Cadi aasnot..received any other informa-
tion besides That which :he has made .ptiblic, and
that *hen such information as he may receive shalt
H-be interesting, be will 'not conceal it, as but one and
the same spirit,a)timates all classes, and one unal.
,-terable determination .to serve the country, till. -we
either triumph over our enemies, or peris.h.—lt is
the/Ogie Inc duty of nll, persons, while.engaged itt
their united efforts to Oral the common slvation,
not to interrupt the attention of Gc”:ernment with
vain fears and apprehensions, measures being taken
to ensure the Fublic olety without ttunti:t or dis-
tradion.
. , •

The.liinta of lhis•city ha"e also informed the pub•
F tic; through their President, of the different orders
•
which: were communicated yesterday by• • their Se-
cretary,;Don. Joaquin 1140-gelina, and of the mea-
sures adopted in consequence, and it .has been pro-
posed sby the Junta as a proper measure, first, to
inanifest to the said President, that they have been
highly gratified by his- zeal, and the effiCacy of,his
conduct under these circumstances. Secondly, that
the said orders be printed, with the explanat ions and
proposals of the Junta, &c. &c.. for the information
and satistattion of the public. Thirdly, that ;eta!
tire to the want of muskets sufficient to make up
the Mimber necessary for the garrison, the departure
of the, new levies shall be deferred until the Su-
preme hour of Slville shall be consulted respe6ling
its determination, and its resolution shall be made
knowt. whether the intended enrolment will be
proper to be carried into execution in this City,. or
whether any mode more convenient cau be adopted:
for answering the purposes of this most important
service.,--Fourthly, that in the interim a general en-
rolment shall commence without delay among all
classes of men in this city and its dependencies, from
fifteen to sixty. years of age, capable of bearing arms,
and of serving within the walls with, such arms .as
May biaprocurcd.—Filthly,-that inoonfermity to the
. orders already transmitted by the President, proper
measures shall be taken for appropriating the num-
ber of vessels in the Bay of Cadiz for the reception
of such French prisoners as the Supreme Govern-
' ment-of the previnte may determine to confine.
--Sixthly, that in every thing remaining as to the
execution of these orders, the most speedy and
puncmil means may be used, such assistance only
Ming reluired, correspondent with the state of the
place, with existing circumstances, and the pressing
• Orgency•with which these important aids are re 4
q aired oy the 'Supreme Government.
The. whole is accordingly made, known to the
popuhuitm of this city, for the purposes bethre
iucli-
cate»d. Jaunt- V u Es.
N. • '
Ca*, Dec 8. 180,

We have reeeived the following extra& of a- letter
from Cadiz. We • wish we could place as much
confidence in the firs( important' event stated in
it, pi in the flue trait of patriotism that it 'an-
nouncei:

" C,q?tz, DEc. this evening's post we
have reeelved .the following, intelligence from Se-
ville. In; the evening orthe loth, one of the Secre-
taries of the Audience o! Seville an ived • there from
Madrid. He left that capital on the Bth inst. for,
4Aranjuez, whence he proCeeded to Ocana, from
which he cattle: post. He states, that on the 7th,
the. French Were completely roeted, General Lapena
having arrived at with a btroog-thvision of
troops, who, in concert with the inhAbitants, at-
. teeked.the Fiench division posted in the Rolm, 'and
compelled them to surrender. He further states,
that the council of Castile having adviied the inha-
bitants to capitulate, the latter,-. as soon as they de
feated the French, put all the Members of the
Council to death. •

" A grand wilt of patriotism has been displayed
Hat [Amnia, a city of Andalusia. According' to a.
Decree of the Central Junta, four men were to be
drawn out of evety hundred, for Military service.•-•
The inhabitants oft the place mustered, to the num-
ber of four bendied but when the Magistrate wao
proceeding -to ballot for the four out of each hun-
dred, the Whole four hundred exclaimed, with one
voice, tip it they would have no ballot ; that all of
them were already soldiers, and that they were set-
ting off fur Seville to join the regular troops. This
determination they executed the same day. '

The following is an extra& of a letter from an
Engk.h Gentleman or great respe6tability, .dated
Lisbon, Lke. 14408.

" The discount is t and peecent, but the
favourable reports from Spain received to-day, will,
we think, bring it down
" The opposition which the French met with at
Madrid, and their unsuccessful endeavour to get pos-
session of t hat .city, have afforded us, moth gi atitica-
tion, and ;as .ir now 'Tea the jun a ion of our forceit
in Spain .ti-ce.rtain, we look tor favourable
from that. quarter. Every effiut is making
here to co-operate, .but, you are aware that itt this
country rai.id movements are unknown..,.
It is reported !bat the French had not entered
Madiid on the t nth inst, but we have nothing.strictly attilientic from that plat, !. .13o; hi the Rritish
,a rid lka.titguese
,troops are now MO 111 g fro 11l heneer
so SPllilirri
"we hope they will, arrive in time to be of
service."

A Vessel, the, Atudaiena, is'acrived from the
Cape of Good liope, which she left 5o the 21st of

f

o!tbtoet';; le‘lrri :tn acc..ount tout
eeved,4*,re by a ``vessel •lately- arrived, from: Cerloni
fliatih-b-kinpvior of PaastA bac!, regusest to •> eeive
the Briti!y:Enibail, and 'tb:t tit Itch. Oar
Ctrs were oc.cui,l6l in organizing 'be persiai, troops...
We have been ftivouted with the following by ,i.:e
Alogduieno
QOpy of a Letter from B. C. Dovi.E, Esq. Com.
mintier of leis 144esty's Slap 1.4,1"ing,
EL a4* 'l3 LiTTI ti 2; Comm Ander in Chief
of 114ijt;st 1,1 .!..; Flips Anti:Vessels eint,lo) ef.l at the
Cape of Good hippo, &c. &C.

4' Hi; vi4jettt"`ClAnrf
H•Slit4 . • " Table 827, oa. 20, Ida.
bano tr•toat.t.tesi to you sunilar
letter:to- that*rittett to Rear-Admiral. SirWlLLtiott
-Sittil7gstrlll, Coinniander Itt Chief of his
ty'S Shifii. on the Braiil Stadon,- and'under Whose
orders I have the honour to be employed, stating my
gtiod fortune on the Bth inst. in the capture of the
Dutch armed Ship the Hoop, mountini. , eight car-
riage guns and swivels, crwitnande, by Jinn.;
I‘lByEu, bearing the tank of Commander in the
Dutch Navy, with three Lieutenants, and a corn-,
plemement of 72 men, besides passengert, after a
day's chace, and an exchange of broadsides, in
Which no damage Was received. She appears to
have sailed in company with a Frigate of 36 guns
front the Texel, 'in .March last, which Ship parted
in a gale the second day antler sailing. The Hoop
has ,toOehed ta the Dutch Settlements on the Coast
of Guinea, where, she has left provisions and stores,
and was proceeding on keit!) her rallainillg cargo of
naval and military store?. fur Batavizl. The bill of
hiding, as well as priVale signals, (lisp:ltches,
were thrown Overb,.:arti before she struck.

"In consequence, or the number of prisoners, and
the short4listattce tenth the Cape of Good J I )pte. (it
,bvaring N.: E. 1490 miles), with the consideration of
the prize'ti ctyp: being nasal and military stores, I
lini.,'l4tigict Yt ptudent to come to this Ray; intend-
ing tollo4lciinvoyed her In, but parted in a gale on
'the 13th instant.

" I shrill dispose of my pri,ioners, an,l proceed
the execution of my. former orders.
f mare the hono9r to be, Sir: &e.
(Signed) " B.C. I.)JyLt."•

EXTRACT 01, A LETTS.It PROM Gr3fIALTA DATED

DEC. 8,,1808.

*". The vessel that carried DVPONT ,tolViarsVilleS is
just'arliVecl.' A very intelligent Aloor come in licr,
who sw.v:CtiAittliigs. the IV. and MARIA LOUISA at
Marseilles. .

" The Queen of ETRURIA was with them, the
Infant Don FRANCISCO and the PuiNca of the
PEACE. 'He SQW CHAntEs•the IV: who frequently
shed tears: -He considered, himielf as a prisoner,
was despised by some, and pitied by others. .
I'ERDINAN6 the Vllth. centinned at Valency'
within a cordon three leagues in circuinfcrenee, :fed'
without any communication: Nothing of the atflirs
of Spain were known in France publicly, until Sep-
tember. Since that period the French. Papers speak
more freely. The preparations in.Frmice are formic,-
able, but BUONAPARTE in the South is universally
detested,"