The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-03 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

the following Letter from a Correspondent ap-
ears to us to contain so much local knoWledge of
the Coiintry it relates to, and to breathe such an
iinxioes spirit of patriotic anxiety, that we willingly
insert it, as conveying information that, at a mo.,
iaent like the present, must be highly interesting
'4ci the public
a is the Fleet now fitting out by the Court of
LisiVoir, With such unusual activity, really intended,
acc&ding to a very prevalent report, to convey the
Royal Family and Nobility to the Brazils; or May.
there iicit be a secret understanding between the
COu'ris of St. Cloud, Madrid, and Lisbon, for the de.'
livery of the Portuguese Navy, when ready, into the.
hands bit he French ?

Anton the mtiitifitioUs conjektiures with tvhich
the press has long teemed, as to the designi of the
Portuguese, in consequence of the precarious situa-
'flan 'of their Country, it appears not a little sin-
gulag that the above, carrying, I fear, too much
probabilitralong with should not have occurred
to my of the intelligent' writers to whom the
Public is indebted for so much useful inforMation
bti the subject, •
" The atfairs of Portugal are now drawingto
nisi L She' Mint declare . either for or against
France. Whether the question be to be determin-
ed by the inclination or by policy, there is certainly
some ground fat apprehending it May not he in,
favour of England.' After. the insults and robbery
she haS experienced, from the merciless oppressor of
.'the weak and .unoffending, it; cannot be eXpeCted
that she can have much atreklion kir France. lam
bn,rili however, m declare, that she has little more
rot England ; and that we calculate here too much
tin the term, " our old .and faithf4l All) ;' I knr)w.
the Portuguese well, and having visited them at
periods remote from each other, have bad an oppor4.
tunny of remarking their disposition towards Eng.-
lend and have observed it, as was natural,
c haul;-
Ng with circumstances: There was a time; when
sit POrtugal it sufficed •to be an Englishman, every
,
where to meet with respect and atfeCtion ; but at the
re-commencement of the war,,ailer the short truce
,of 1801, :a' material revolution took place in that
Particular. Vranee had propagated them, 'and with
too much .success, the , belief t fait England was- lite
"Provoked aggressor, and that the determination to
tain Maltti, contrary to stipulation), was at the
noltom of the aggresNion, Tins conviction, right or
wrong, leatihig thein to consider'us as the4auti6' of
thG wretched situation to WWI) they have been re-
ligeP(llla COnSeqlleilee of the recommencement of
has alienated in an incredible degree: the
atrodion of the Portugnese from this Country.- "
If her present councils are to be regulated by
the diaation at' policy, she has unquestionably touch
inure to tear from a rupture with France than 'with
.I:ngland. The means 0f annoyance' we , could di.
re .t against her, would be confined chiefly to the
Alk!stratiort of her colonial connueree for since our
'unfortunate discomfiture at Buenos Ayres, the bug-
bear of our seizing the Brazils has vanished, and
with it, the check we hav'e long had cu BLION,I-
- designs on Portugal. The scheme of starv-
. ing the country by blockading the' Tagus and the
Douro, is too-Quixotic to need refutation. And as
to'the destruction of the Portuguese navy, I hesitate
Alot to affirm, from my knowledge of 'the localities
of the entrance-of the Tagus, that were the forts
the hands of the French, such a measure would bb
utterly impradicable.
lint what would be the consequence of her de.
Oaring against France ? The total loss of the mother
countrk, and (after the recent scenes which have
been exhibited in South America) .a very precarious
security in, the Brazils. in 1801, when there
were stiltleft on the Continent some barriers against
the colossal power of the comm On. scourge .0t Oa—
tioos, and when we could still hold out, in Cerro-
rem, the facility of the 'seizure of the Brazils, ?oh
fugal could resolve (by the Treaty of Badajtis) to
Choose England rather than France for her enemy,
What has since happened to warrant 'any hope on
our part of a change in her councils ? But I shall ba
told, our Government hai received assurances from
the Court of Lisbon, that the ostensible motive for
the unusual activity displayed in the Portuguese
Dock-yards, is the real one: I hope it is ; but-it
should be 'very satisfaaory evidence indeed,,
which
can warrant any negke on our part to keep a good
look-out on the PortneneSe ;Navy, ere we Slid too
late it is intended to increase the meapa which are
in preparation d"-to bring-the vengcance of the Con-
Neat to our o'a'ts shores."

To WILLIAN3 HAYLEY. Es a.
0/ int i011M) ENTITLEb TtIETIIIUMrII6 or Tinirtft.

It fair SSA ZN A could no more sustain,
H• er boasted triumphs were but weak and vain
`A. midnight revel by her Sire &ny'd ; •
Her fame by dark malevolence decry'd
And last, still Jess her patience. to require,
Limited by a CoxcoMb's jealous ire:
The heroine, Bard, such ills might well endure;
'!
I• n duty, innocence, and love secure !
B• esideS, the Talisman, with guardian pow%
Alarms the Maid in ev'ry yielding hour ; •
Yet in her breast such angry passions swell,
As almost break the Fairy's potent spell:
Go, form for 142. A trialts most severe,
Gond:temper's genuine charm will then appear,
And all the.virtuet: that to her belong
May animate the Muse's noblest Song.

BRIGHTON OCT. 2.

THE Masquerade at the Castle lak night Was but
thinly attended, though it was the • subject of so
much bustle and expectation. • The only prominent
charmer was a Humorist, in thelikeness of Martha
Gun, the venerable attendant at the Bathing-place.
He was very Whithsical in his manner of supporting -!
the character, though he now and then indulged his
fancy somewhat at the expence of striet decorum,
He might he fairly considered as the first ilicidle.
A Highlander was another charaEter well stipport-
ed. A Ballad Singer also had some merit.. A Mother
Goose endeavoured to distinguish herself, but proved
to no Conjurer.-
Upon the whole,, this Masquerade by no means
equalled that, at • the Ship. Another is expeaed• at
the latter place in a few days.
The Theatre has announced The Stranger for this
evening, when Mrs. Myrna ahcl Mr. MELVIN will
make their first 'appearance in Mrs. Hailer and the
melancholy hero of the piece.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NI.V/MARKET FIRST OCIMBEIVMEETING, L&,7.

FRIDAY., OCT. 2.

Mr. Vansittart's Momentilla. Bst. tlb. beat 11 Grosve.
hoeu Pearl, Bst. 41b. D. M. wogs. h, tt.-3 tot agst Mu-
Yncotilla.

Ld Grosvenor's Via!ante, Bst. Sib. beat Mr. Vansittart's
Curlycontb, Bst. alb. Ab. M. zaogs. h. ft.-7 to 4 agst
Violanre.

Ld G. K. Cavendish's Pagoda, Bst. tolb. rec. ft. from Cen.
Grosvenor's Briseis, Est. tzlb. U. M. zit)gs h. tt.

Orders have been issued to prepare aceommoda-
Cons in the Southern as well as in the Eastern Dis-
trias, for a large portion of troops,which are daily
expected to return from the Baltic.
The Irish Militia have come tbrward in a noble
• manner, and the Inniskilling, or 27th, tilt!) or Royal •
.Irish, 87th or Sir J. DoiDes'lrish Heroes, themth
or Connaught Rangers, and the 89th, Lord BLANEY'S'
regiment, have at once got their number.
It is stated; in a private Letter from the Conti-
rent, that an.Anstrian Courier, charged with Dia-
patcheg t0.01111.1t. STAHREMBERG, was recently Stop,-
ped in Hollandy and all his Papers taken from him.
A pedestrian performanee for 'IN guineas com-
tiaenced early this Morning, on which great siama,
are depending,. Mr.
.wbo, it will be re.
weathered, undertook. to go froM WindiOr to LOn-.
don in a-short tithe, which be. won to the. astonish-
, merit of many, has an'tlert*en to.gd fitly miles in
six hours and ten minutes on: a chosen piece ot",
ground on the road. He is backed sto beat
time on the 9ccasion. Fonr,o'clock this morning-
was the to ne'appointed for'starting..
TILE TIIHATRE.—Mr. MORIVNIS Comedy of The
.sc/4ao/ Rd'oreir was represented last night at
CoVent-Garden Theatre. The part of Lord. 'iron-
' Aid, originally perinrmed by Cooke, was last night
supported in a very te,peCtable manner b) PoeE.
Mrs. C. iir.MBLE, for the first tittle, appeared in the
character of Mrs. PerNent, which i$ well suited to
la.ir'abilities, and to which she renthjed entire judg-
ment. Her a6.ling is always built upon the Man-
dation of good sense; and, is supported by spirit:
She gave animation to the Comedy last night.-
LEWIS had all his usual humour and eccentricity in
.Nraient: CH Les
•KE4ll3lle's • Predarick; and
EmitßY'g Botertryhe;were conspicuous and etlettive
chaia.iers in the piece, which was well received by
a numerous audience. The entertainment was
Rosiaa, and ,Miss BANITIELD exerted herself ‘vith
more, spirit', and with better staccesi.
Yesterday afternoon one of the corning-house 3 tk
belonging to'the.Powder Mills on Hounslow Heath,
bleW up. There being only a small quantity of pow-
der in it,litd explosion was not great; but two poor
men were so Much :hurt that their lives were
de-
spaired oli •
A dreadful re broke out on Simday se'nnight, at
two o'clock, at Arrow, near Woodchnrcit, in
Cheshire; 'by which the barn and, out-houses be-
longing to Mrs. Margaret Furitivall,' a widow, were
• etanpletely destroyed: What. adds to the calamity
14, that they contained the Whole harvest, which
had just been housed, and-the seed Wheat ready tbt
sowing ; thui not only the produce d the present
year is consumed, but an industrious woman,, who
with difficulty maintained seven fatherless children,
is destitute, and incapable of sowing her lands for
a futtire crop. As the flames were seen at the
cornmeucement of the fire to burst from three'dif-
rent parts, there is some apprehension that the pre-
: Mises had been wilfully set on fire.
' Gut t.pnata..--.Yesterday a linen draper, in NEV-
.: gate-street, *as charged with committing a violent
assault on a 'customer. It appeared that the com-
plainant went into the Defendant's shop to purchase
some calico, marked in the window 13d. a yard.
The shoptoan having demanded a greater price than
that affixed to the article, the complainant remon-
strated on the impropriety of an additional charge
an altercation consequently ensued, and the De-.;
foldout came out with -a yard, used for meant ring
cloth, struck the complantent, and turned him out
of the shop. The Defendant urn the present oc-
easion, described. the condna at the complainant to
deserve' more .chasti.;tement than he received; he.
was, however, reluetainly, obliged to make the.
complainantshrupensation for his Ms of time, and
the injury (tuoained by.the a:4 =h.

. ,
The tem'Peithooi 'Weather Which -v:)e have recently
endured, has filled us With'the most awful appre-
hensionS,‘'atid-6Weeds everything of •,the itind.'that
has been.kilOWll in this place for a
.very loeg period.
'ripe height of the tide too was,beyond what has,,
ken remembered, for thirty years. • About mid-
night on Tubs:lay last, a dreadful gale of wind came
on from the W. ANT. W. which increased during the
Wowing day. Towards evening. the ' fishermen
were fully.employed in bringing their boalsashore.
. About eleven o'clock last night,, the sea ran tre-
mendously high, and was breaking horridly over the
Pier; the Brooks, and the Parade,-when several sig-
nal guns of distress were.fired by the gun-brig, and
Other ships at anchor, in the, Roads. A boat from
one.of these vessels, in attempting to get on shore
on the Shinglei with, seven men in her, a dreadful
sea, all Whining, took her in her larboard quarter,
and although the men sheered a-weather her. helm, she
'lost her chorage-way, broached to, upset, and over-
whelmed, the sea rolling over and over..- The men
,again regained,the boat, and by keeping her quarter
to the surf, notwithstanding a dreadful, hollow broken
sea was running in every dire Lion, and continually
burying them in the waves, they were at last pro-
videntially saved.
'The sea ran mountains high about one o'clock
this morning ; the sheets of water not only ran in
floods over the Pier and the Parade, but they like-
wise pourLi in torrents over the Custom-house, and
the other buildings ereded on the Pier ; the boats
placed there. were floated down to the entrance into
the Duke's-Head Inn. One of these boats was
'washed froth the Pier, round
,the Cu:Aura-house,
and from thence into the sea. Oa the Parado„ the
water was at one time almost knee-deep. The deed
poured down the narrow street,. adjoining WAlittEN
and WILDERDEN'S and inundates"
the subterrancous apartments of all the houses.--7,
.111rrcittaqua's was in the same state. The Mar-
ket wits expeCted to be ilverllowed ;. but
,the prin-
cipal damage was done in the vicinity of the Brooks.
Westbrook House is placed in. a peculiarly cri-
tical situation, in 'consequence tat this event. This
house. stood very near the sea, previous tO thetem-
pest, 4 having had only a grass-plat, and the foot-
path in front) but to render the Cliff secure, piles
DI oak, and likewise a strong barricade made of
the same tmeerials, '.were tksed to break off Hthe,
waves. Time tempest h carried away the whole of,,
the foot-path,, and the greater part:of the lawn,
leaving the house exposed to the elfeas of the first
inundation that may happen. Although the situa
tion was so very, critical, the owner (a Captain in
the Navy) did not quit .it during the night. The
Jetty; near Hazardous-row, has hustaine ti very great,
injury. stabling is in part Washed away,
and the toot-path to Dandelionotext HvonEs's, has
totally disappeared,
All the low grounds are .under water at this time
to the depth of about tNo feet I Men. are at work
digging channels to carry it utf. ;three o'clock
this morning upwards of live. hundred people
were walking on, the Cliff and the kligh-street„.:
haying assembled there to behold. one of the.
most awful. and sublime speetacles. cver
. .
—The phosphoric light emitted by ,the sea "water,
!twit dashed over the Pier, and ,the taint flash
front the suns in the Offing, were objects of t,..rror
as well as admiration,:the ourkuc,,s of the night giv-
ingfull area to the glandem of the scene
• A •

The damage .susuilled at Broad,tairs was Most
ecntsidtrable; part of tlie' Pier has been washed
away. BAIWVIEIIJ'S tikachires are totally,
destroyed.
At Ramsgate one. or tw4 lug-sail boats wore sta'Ved!
to pieces, but the tempest was not so severely tilt;
there as with us. .

A gun-brig, as it is supposd to I.w, Init.on the
Goodwin Sands; every sc)pl on. bo::rd perished.
The Dell men returned dais, maming, :nrer making
air unsuctessful attempt to
..save part (d d.:: s,vr,teic.
*lle has since sunk..

Qu _Wednesday was taken up at ,Nea, by of.
the.Torbay sishing Boats, a leather
,ix•ig
which were brought home in the ficihm,(4.,
fluliatuau, Capt. FERRIS, Surio;tin, aud, whien
was unfortunately I,yrecked uu , List, a
heavy gale of wind, a boutsk leagues to Wlest-
ward of Torbay, and the Captain ant !Our or live
others perished ; much
.of the wreck been
brought into Torbay.

THSSP.LATP.D • PAVEM ENTS.."The TCS.SelliCa NiVe-
nlf:ll VI recently diScovered at We a village near •
Bath, are three in number one at the' WesteVn
tremity, 26 -feet in length by 15 in breadth, the t:it
greater part of which is in its original pertecil state ;
second, towards the opposite end, long by 2e
broad, very much tutu dat ed ; and a long norroW.sirip,
connected andrunuingparallelwitttit,eO feet in length,
and 5 teet 9 inches 4) breadth, in the highest gate
of beauty and preservation.., The other floors are
Orme& of the common itotnantiqttare- tile. The
. patterns of the two larger pavements appear' to'have
been rich, diversified, and, tasteful : they, cihibit a
beautiful Variety of forms, involutions, elegant boi,
ders; fascia, representations of beasts and birds rem.
latly disposed, and included within fanciful borders of
a good taste. Of thestrip thepattern is neat andsimplel
much resembling those of our medern Scotch carpets,
or painted oil-cloth.. The, tessene which composer
them are not formed with meth attention to the ex-
aaness of the cube, but are irregular squares of dia.
meters, from half an inch to neatly two inchea. They
present four colours-blue, red; white, and purple.
For the first of these, the blue has in the neighbour-
hood of Weston /vas resorted °to; for the second, the
,•
common red brick; for the third, the white has by
Newton Park; and materials for the last were-, pro-
cured from the quarries of red mountain lime-stone,
near the Hotwella, Bristol., Throughout the whole
of the work there is a spirit and taste in the plan,
and a correeness and neatness in the execution,
which bespeak the better age el the Roman arts, and
forbid os to plate it lower than, the conclusion of the
Second century. • • - -
Last, week was slaughtered the famous Leicester
Ott, recently shewn throughout the kifigdotn.. The
weight of this stupendous animal was; as fellows
ist forequarter, 5 cwt,v qrs. An. (afore-quarter,
cwt. o tiro. v 7 Hi. Ist. hind-quarter, 3.CWL3i qrs.
4d kind quarter, 4 eves.. t. qr. The. weight :of, the
hide alone was 1 821 b. ft sues delivered to' the Spamsk
-and French priiioners itt Plymouth for their day's al-
lowance, and they appeared quite AitUiliShed at the
irnm:nse sin of each quartet.

A.rece)g-tlie -gigantic preje*, of
„Eire atntitiorri-,
ti passage to, India through 'Persia has been prOPos'etr.
By the latest accounts weiZnii, that a military, sur-
vey, by French Officers', had conimeittect from Ctin;
sunitinople to the shore's of the Indds ; and 'a letter,
' froth ileg,,hurgh inferths us, that jtiSSVF BRA', at-
tended by a French interpreter; had passsd through
that city on tlie 7th ult, on his way to Paris, as Am-
bassador from the Persiali Cdurt. Under these cit•
cutristanceS, the political Philosopher will look with
attention to the sources,of information on the prq-
sent state of Persia. This country, from Hindos-
tan, the Eastern frontier;to the Western monntlins
Of Elwitid; '2OO miles• in length, and touti
miles in breadth,. t'rom the deserts on the Indian
Ocean' to the inhospitable districts bordering. on the
Sea of Arai.. • The authorities with which the learn-
ed are acquainted, ale these of Strabo, Pliny,
the historians of ALExis.tibna, and, among the ,Ara 7
-hint). Writers,. Earl • HOUKAL, Entatst, and. the •
Princely ARULEEDA. • All the most important au-
thorities, on the coast extending from Tigris. and
Euphrates, to theconfines of the Eastern Peninsula,
are given in the. Voyage of NEARCHUS, and' the
Periplus of the Erithrean Sea by the learned Dean
of- Westminster. Our Government has not been
wholly inattentive to this subje& ; and; in I 77.1, a
little Squadron was equipped from Bombay, in or.,
tier to explore the coast between the Indus and the
Gulph of Persla, of which there had been scarcely
any account since the time of ALEXAMDER the .
GREAT. - When the. Romani obtained possession of
Egypt, the Indian trade, which had been conchae('
by land to the Caspian Sea, and through -,the de file
of .Mount Caucasus to thh.Euxine; received a
ditFr-
rent direEtion, and the treasures of the East. were
conveyed to Europe by the fled Sea and the Medi-
terratteau. • The most curious .decument on this.
new channel of communication is cosmAsS
pletises, written. A. 1). 535, by which we learn, •
that the trade continued on .the same footing front
the reign of CzAunitis to the termination of the
sth century, and that in that, period the Island cf
Ceylon was. considereditt the griind emporivitn. of
Oriental commerce.

The population of modern PelNia supposi-d- to
ten millions; and. the mititary force is esti-
tiqted at ,t;a0,000.. ,

I;he Persians were never a maritime peqpie, bey
MSC. Some blthe, precepts
_in the laws of ZpilOAS,.
Tit must be disregarded in long voyages.. As: the.
Z4ahometan religion, is adverse to trade here also,
as well as in Turkey, commercial intercourse is con—
dataed by foreigners.
,As in the one, the 'Chris--
tips and Jews are the traders, so here, the up,
lives of Armenia and Ilindostan. The Revenue
of Persia is about live millions, of which three aro
derived from the Eastern, and two from the Western
Monarchy.

PLTEIt the Gft !EAT once held the mountainous
Provinces adjacent toile Cal4plan St'a. The
alleti'Vvith CA N DAIIA It, of the Eastern Despot, in the
present circumstances, woit.d he of Vie greatest corn.'
lieg tact) cc. to the security of our chminions in India.
The nature of the. 'country presents, innumerable
difficulties, which will require all the ardour Of en-
terprizepossessed by BOON A<PAWEL: to
Persia has been called, by an intelligent *riter
(CHANntw), a country of mountains. In the cOn..
itleteu values there is little .or no produce,. • No;
Asiatic .05antry is so detickint in Rivers, .'we ex*
chute the. bladeless. leafless .rcglons of Arabia.-,--,
Exeeprin'.in tho,North,' and among some of the
Wostvili,mountaiusimbt a single tree is to he found
tWalicher the
_ivery Contemplating this'.
country in a 'fttiVtary point of V101:4', it -4liookt not.
escape: notice,, that ether horses of PeFr;ia nee -.more
excellent and • hcautiful thaw. any in the %vorld,
and that this camels are powerful and,runneronc.
' t: • toll IthOwn- that •.1?-11•POO 4,1 In
employed Agents in Persia, to provide 110i4eA for
his Cavalry. ' '

The folloWing story may serve as a usetil cautiqn
to leiusekeepers eed-servant,, anti at the sante time,
be the means of .ukntiiig the Offleers on the
alert to appiebend a person who is supposed. to. be
an old E.Araaitiener in depri.:datTons On the public :
One day list wtek, a tall genteelly dressed " Mae,
with all the manner of a Gentleman in lurdepe*O-,
meat and addre,s, eallettau the house. of a. Lady.
diAtt
t Ite west end of .the town. The Lady
was at the tnneelit'Aier country house at Mortlake
she, had, on (witting her, town,house, left, it to -th,,
sole care of tenitt,b.. servant , The Gentleman , was
booted and spurred his boots were dirty,, tas if
he- bad jact rode into town ; he said that he WAii
Lord mein kering the title-- of a, Nobleman'
Which' Was-familiar to the ears of the servant, bat with
whose..person- the was entirely unacquainted. 'Flu
then.stated that.he had JUStrettle into, town fthei
,Mertlake; that really the Lady :was very, much dis»
pleased at theaervant having omitted .to ..send her
aernfe;-ortiele,'Ofedress, which was ordered on the Sa-
turday precediog. The girl ,being conscious of such
otidss;en, believed that he must certainly have coma
from her niistress, And she listened' with becoming
rt,speet and attention to a person of rank who ap.,
peared comeilnis authorised. However, he then
proceeded to state titer, as one of his servants was the
next morning going down. to -Mortlake, he had
obliged, the .I..ae,y by offering hit services to send
ber down a few 'articles that she was in immediate
watwol; these' were, her best ball-tlress, her dia.
mentlneckhfce. and her bracelpts ; the servant was
'particularly desired to mind that . she did nut fore
get the bracelets; as she had the other articles on ,Sae
ttuday. The girl' then very shrewdly observed, "'My
Lord, my. tniiiretts never,scnda to me for such things
• without a note an' the key of her clic:moire.
thi4 the Geotlepan replied, '4 Oh ! to the tee,
your mistress has lust it; and desires you should
ploy a
'me
to pick the lock ; alto certainly did
give 'me a note, but I have left it in a trunk in rry
carriage. You are to air the best bed cur Me, and
another for my man" He then stepped forytenil rig
go up stairs. However, the girl, with'the utmost
presence of mind and resolution,
laid hoe( t!le
skirt of his coat, and Oiled him hack, at the settle
time telling him, let him be nobleman, or' wh,it irr
may, he shonld pot go up stairs without proper•an-
- thority. Theebnionnded sham 31611101113 n tbeil trede
a slight apology,retired re infe6ia, and has Let
been heattivE.