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

NAVAL NEW S.

PLYMOUTH, JVLY G.—Arrived the Swallow Sloop
of Wor, Captain MILNER, from Lisbon, parted
from the Lisbon-fleet off this Port yesterday ; the
Peacock sloop •of War, Captain PEAKS, from a
cruize. '

Sailed his Majesty's ship Unicorn, of 36 guns,
Captain HARDYMAN, for Portsmouth ; the Martin
Letter of Marque, Captain BAND, for Madeira,
John 13211 cutter privateer, Captain TREGOWETII4.
for Guernsey; and the sloop Recovery, ALLix, for
Jersey.

Arrived the Dorset yacht, Captain BEABAZON,

from Bristol.

Sailed the Lyra gun=brig, to the Westward:,

ISLANDS SCILLY, JULY3.—Ljnaar h6te yes-
terday out.of the Spanish schooner La ./3ejaiid, from
Gijon, bound to Bristol with wool, tl;..ekillowina.
Spanish Gentlemen, charged with Dispatches to the
Mritidi Government : they will proceed from hence
in a facst-tailing Packet 'to Penzance; and take the
Mail.for.London ; viz. Don ANDRES ANGEL; Don
PABLO DE VENTADERS, Don JUAN SILBERIZ, Don
SEouitho Vslnso, with three servants, baggage,
&c.

JULY 4.--Caine in his Majesty's brig Or'ettes,
from Ply-mouth, with fOurteen soldiers belonging to
the 2d Veterat Battalion, to join the company do-
ing duty at this Garrison.

SHEERNESS, JULY his Majesty's ships
Lavinia, Cirfnilla, Gluckstadt, and
Sailed the Prote6tor guu-brig forPortst*mith,.,and
the Pilot for the Downs.
Came down the River, and anchored at theNore,
the tfioohvich store-ship.

PORTSitOU'TH, JULY 7.—Arrived this morning-.
from the Eastward, his Majesty's ships Dejad, Itz.
dignani , Raleigh, and Charger.
Sailed the . William store-ship, for London ; also
bis .Majesty's ship Jamaica., with a convoy for New-
)lpolk, )3puND; Alfred, BENNIRVro
' -, for Newfoundland ; hik_Majesty's
ships La Laird and camel, together with a convoy
for the East Indies ; NOrthahiptisn, (hi. 'Pitt, Union,
Charlton, 11'01. Pulleney, Lady Lushington, Sarah
•Christiantz, and Windham Eist Indiamen, for ditto.

. .
Gll3.ii LTAR, J.UtiE 2.—Yeslerday, the Suivallante
frigate arrived from Cadiz, having Lientenaht-Ge-
neral Sir JOHN CHAnoocx and his suite on board,
his Excellency being appointed to 'the command of
this Garrison. The 40:h regiment are now ernes
barking on hoard of transports in the-Bay, and sail
for Lisbon the first fair. wind; 'udder 'convoy Of the
Norge.

2XTRACT OF A LETTER FROXI AN OFFICER ON BOARD
HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP GUERRIERE TO HIS. FRIEND
IN LONDON, DATED FUNCHAL, MADEIRA; ‘27T11"
FEBRUARY, 1808.

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" .We arrived here on the 22(1
sage of twelve days, from Spithead"AreVer6l
lucky enough in capturing a .rretich PrivAfer'tif'-14r
guns and 60 men, toy ether with hel;.l)Pttei
EnglM Ship, which she bad just taken, oirCiise-.
Finisterre.

" The English troops on this Island at present
consists at the 3d and I Ith Regiments., with so' Me
'artillery., the whole amounting to 1.706. men. Every
thing on the Island, is remarkably de*r, and tresti
beef is so scarCe, that we have not been supplied
with any since we arrived here: We tail to-mor-
row for Jamaica, having on board his Grace the
Duke of MANCHESTER, Governor of that Island.
" His NiajestY's•Ship Hyacinth arrived here froth-
England yesterday : she sails'immetiiately dis•
patches ctor Rio de Janeiro. The Coltiiimte, Car:
YEQ, arrived here two days ago, and saill With dis-
patches from Sir SIDNEY SMITH, off the Tagus, for
the Brazils. - -
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Admiral GARDNER has struck his flag on board
the Btitomart, at Yarmouth; preparatory to his tak-
ing a command in the secret Expedition.—At Chat-
ham, Portsmouth, Deal, Ramsgate, Canterbury, and
Harwich,•the most active exertions are making to
fit out the Grand Expfdition‘ Report again busily
states, that more than one Expeiiition' .tart,
nnd at one time, rind the cifeurnstances mentioned to
us make'it probable. Lord CHATHAM will certainly
command•one, 'and Sir Joiltql-loPs another.; and
it is said that. it is' Dot Oprobabie. but that there
may be a' third, with which the Marquis of HUNT
-
:LEY will go, and Lord COCHRANE will have the
naval command of it.—The name of Sir SAMUEL.
Hoon is added.to the list of Naval tierces who will
go with the Expedition now starting.,--As all the
ships cannot be ready for the receptiou.oftrOops be-
fore the I 2tli instant, no embarkation will commence
till afterthat•day. It is nbw reported thAt the Grand
Expedition will not start so soon as first intended. Sir •
EYRE Coozz and Lientenant•General Nl`K.Esztz`
FRAZER have both arrived in town froth • Ports-
mouth ; and it is said that Lord CHATHAM does
not leave town for a Week.—The Marquis•of HUNT..
LEY goes 'with his regiment (the 42d) and • the
Highland brigade from the Dow ns.—The Commis-
sariat Department in the-present service will be se-
lect, and well filled up, and distinguished for local
mercantile knowledge, being rna4ers of the language
of the country they go to.
.The gth Regiment of Light Dragoons being. or-
dered on service, are to' be relieved by .tire pith
Light Dragoons; part of theth are arrivaL7at»Stilisi.;
bury, on their march to Hounslow.. • .•-• £

Lieutenant-Colonel DALZEL, of the tstqlegimetst
of Guards, goes out Deputy Judge A:diticamirit,h,
the Expedition. ..•

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SEPT L

ROYAL DECREE. •
" It is right that the. Spanish people should close
the present struggle with the c-ertainty of leaving to
their posterity an inheritance of prosperity and glory,
.worthy of their mighty exertions, and the'. blood
they have shed. The Supreme Junta has never lost
sight of this objet; which, amid the continual agi-
.tation caused by the events of the war, has always
been its principal desire. 'The advantages. gained by
the enemy, for which they are -indebted legs to their
valour than their superiority of nurnber, required ex-
clusively the attention of Government';
.but "the
same time', the painktl and bitter- relleelion Was
made, that the disasters which the *nation suffers,
have 'been occasioned solely by those salutary insti7
tutions having fallen into oblivion, which in happier
times established the prOsperity and 'strength of the.
*Stele.

.The usurping.atntiition 'Of some, the indolent
abandonment of .other, had reclaced, them to no,
thing ; but the Junta, ,from the moment of its in-
stallation, solemnly incurred the 'obligation to re-
establish them. The ticrieis now arrived: to apply
. the hand to this great work,. and toprojeet.tberee.
forms which ought to be.niade in our Administra-
tion ; grounding them on the fundamental laws of
the Monarchy, which can alone 'consolidate them;
and.taking counsel, as has 'already bqen announced
to the public, of the wise Men who think prOper to
state their opirlionS. . .

The King, our Sovereign, Don ketidinarld
and 'in hiS. Royal name, the Suprenie Governing
Junta of tile Kingdom, desiring thereforelhat the
Spanish nation- may appear to the eyes of /the world
with the dignity, due to their heroic eixertions;, that
the rights and privileges of the citizens'may be secure
from new attacks; and that the fountains of public
felicity, the impediments which hitherto bbstrueted
their course,heing removed, may run freely When
war shall have ceased., and repair what inverate *des-
potism and the present devastation have destroyed,'
has.decreed as follow's:—

" I. That the legal and known repreSeutation of
the Monarchy, in its ancient Conies, shall be rre
established, to be convoked the next year, or sootier,
if circumstances permit. •

" 11. That the Junta, immediately) occupy itself
114 ascertaining the mode', number, and class, ac=
cording to which, under the circumstances of the
present times, the meting of the Deputies of this
august assembly ought to take place ; for which
purpose a Commission of five Members shall be no-
'tninated, who, with all the attention and diligence
'which this great concern requires, shall examine ,and
prepare all the'proje&s. and plans, which after being
:examined and approved of by the Junta, may be
'employed for the convocation and foimatibn of 'the
Mit Cortes.

" 111. That besides this subje&, which, from its
urgency requires the ,first attention, the Junta ex-
tends its' investigations to the following objeEts, in
order 'to propose them successively to the nation
united in Cortes:—The means and resources of
rugin'taini'ng the holy war, in which with so much
justice the nation is involved, until the attainment
of the glorious end which it has proposed to itself—
the means of securing the observance of the funda-
mental lawsof the kingdom—the means of melio-
rating.our legislation, .of eradicating-abuses which
have crept itr,. and of facilitating its improvement—
the collection, 'Administration, and distribution of
the revenues-;the necessary reforms in the system
of public instru&ion and education—the means of
regulating and sustaining a permanent army. in time
of peke and war, agreeably to the condition and
revenue of the State—the means of preserving a
Marine suited to the same 61*as—the part which
the Americans ought to take in the union of the
-Cortes.
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IV. In btder to col(' information necessary
such iMportant discussioni, 'the Junta shall con-
sult the Superior Provincial Junta's, tribunals, Cor-
poratiolfs, Chapters, Bishops, and Universities; and
shall listen to wise men and illustrious.

" That this Decree be printed, published, and
circulated -with due formalities, that it may arrive at
the knowledge ot, the whole nation.
" The Marquis of ASTORGA, President."
" The Royal Castle-of Sevilte,-May 2Z."