The Sun.
London, England, 1807-12-25 00:00:00

GIBRALTAR,. Nev.

By a Gvntleman just arrived from Li4'on and
Cadiz, who, left .the latter place on Monday, we
learn there are eleven,Ships of the Line (French and •
Spaniards),at Cadiz, ready for sea, suits, bent, and
provisioned for six months; that the;Mitrquis DEL
SOCORRO and SALANA, Governor of Cadiz, is gone to
Madrid, totake some command in the SpaniSh army
' destined to invade Portugal ; that the French were
•to enter that Kingdom some: time in ,this month,
their Head-quarters. to be at Alvantura, The.Mili-
tory Commandant of Cadiz now is a Brigadier-Gen.
D. NARPESH Da PEDRO, who was lately second in
cerumand at Algesiras under Gen. CASTANER. • Gen.
PEDRO was promoted by-the Court of Spain, in con,
sideration of his attention to the British. prisoners
after the battle of Trafalgar. We have also received
his Catholic_ Majesty's second Decree, dated at St..
Lorenzo, Nov. 5, declaring his Royal Majesty's par-
; don to the Prince of ASTURIAS, in'. consideration
of his Royal Highness's contrition .and submission.
The Prince's letters to the King and Queen are in
serted in the said Decree. The Prince addresses the'
ring and Queen ." My dear King and Queen—Papa
and Mama." The first Decree of the 30th OClober, .
31,qt, having produced any testification of loyalty
on the part of the subjects towards their Soya-
veign, or of resentment against the Prince, which it
was intended to call forth, the Prince of ASTURIAS'
• Zneinie.s were forced. to yield ; but. his weakness and
pusillanimity induced him to obtain his 'release at
the sacrifice °ibis reputation. It would seem that
his Serene Highness the Prince •of the PEACE is
stilt power :we had heard. that he was in dis-
grace ; that the second son, of CHARLES 111. had
;succeeded him in the dignity,of Grand Admiral of
Spain ; and that the other high offices had been dis-
posed of among the friends of the Prince of AS-
TURIAS, and other Grandees. This report came
from tolerably good authority ; but it has received
eonftrmation by the Gentlemen who arrived ?es
terday. It is, however, more than probable that
the Prince of the Peace will fall 'ere long, if he be
'not already out of power. At, Cadiz they have
only one battalion of regular infantry, but some
militia are =peeled. There' are not,•perhaps, more
than 1000 troops, as' they are all gone to the army
of Portugal, in which the Duke of FREAS t to have
a . command. The number of French troops in
swain is said not to exceed 47,000. We'had heard
before that it amounted to upwards of70;060, 'and
that it was to be increased to 100,000 at east. This
Gentl -man had not heard of the French troops hav-
ing adually entered Madrid, 01- of any' insiirreelion
having taken place„there, as before reported. But I
ilk not think myself, 'that the authority, of the former
report is shaken by his apparent contradietion, be-
cause I have reason to apprehend this Gentleman,
from religiouS dirßeulties, did not mix much among
the highest circles. He says 'likewise, that it W 35 ,
Ilpt thdoght note inin Spain, Aliat the lifrench intended
to besiege this fortress. He heard, howeVer, that'.
a French Squadron .at. Toulon had • taken troops
on boards and was ready to put to sea.; and that the
troUps, if the Ships succeeded in getting. out of,
Toulon, would be landed' at Malaga. Other
,pre-
vious accounts -stated, that BAtiacks were preparing':
ar Malaga for the French troop's, and that' the French,
. •
were going to garrison all the 'sea-ports in Spain.---
We have 'had'a rumour like-wise, 'that the, &Wit
, are going over ,to Luta, which see ns Opt' hupro-
bable ; 'she conduct of the Moors towards- us, in
li-
mitin; our suppliei so- ninCV.notwithstanding the
enormous unheard-of duties paid for, them,, aftbrds
`a presnmption' in favour, of sods rumour.., Our
Garninander'.in Chief here, has oilcan all 'the pre-
cautions which prudence di6tates ; and•l Witte to
believe that' more credit is due to the ioformation
upon which he aded, than*, which eonld be de-
rived throtigh other chanrWls.
14i's Majesty's Gun-brig 'Anne , Sailed ,yesterday
for England, with dispatches from Sir Eic.w DAL-
AYMPLII. . ; • •

Yesterday therewas a pretty general muster of the
troops in and arount.l„the metropolis. The First
Guards were mtiliteredita:the Bird Cage Walk ; the.
Second and the Third at, Knightibridge and Kni,glits'‘,'
bridge and Portman' Barracki,; the East and West
London, and the First and Second Tower Hamlets
Militia were mustered at their mspective head,quar..
ters at breenivieh,,Woolwich, Landaus and Hack-
ney.. 'The Volunteer Corpi,also were 4ustered at
their quarters, previous tkpakitig up ifie.iparterly
Aturns or their effeetivtitienith, and the number
of days :they had served, 'to qualify them to exernp-.
ti°tls front the Militia Mkt, as after this rio father'
9cmptions will be allowed.
'on Wednesday evenbig the .Duke of Cumber-
land's Sharpshooters, commanded by Major :BAR.
ilZft,.-bad a, muster to the amount of coo ; they 'bre
n fine body of'Ypung Men, and the, largest Rifle Corps in the kingdom. They went through the
manual and platoon exercise in a very, masterly.
manner 'and bid_ fair to excel all competitors.—
4.mong them are a great numberof capital 'marki-.
inen,.:it the long distance of 150 yards. Atier the
evening's exercise, an elealon took place for tv.'o.
Captains,..and four Serjeams ; ..the choice fell
x.
Serjeant-major Pococ and Serjeant • RANDoNt to
be Captains : and on l‘le,ssrs.'Woon's„ I)ow.Ns, Volt-
tiiiir; and Herair, to be Serjeants.
,FtArritio.—A MediCal Philoiopher, has-recently:
piopossed the following„mode of doing the-honours
of. the; table, which we beg leave to t*,cninturnci-
particularly to the attention., of 'Our readers during
;he present festive season
I know net whether it would answer any useful
purpose to haVe the dishes, served up pt grand en!
tertainments, labelled " diarhwa," " cholera mor-.
bus,'' and-worn—Then instead-of "do let me send
you some more of this Meek turtle"—" another
plate"—" Sir, sonic of the trifle"—" a few Slices of
. cucumber"—",l shalli insist upon your trying
.this
nice melon"---the langnage of hospit.dity, would, ra-
ther runiii this strain shall I send you a fit of
the .cholie?"—" do lame help you to little bilious.
vomitting and, porging"7—" Ma'arti, you. cannot re-
fuse Et touch of inflaiuniatiou in the bowels7—it may
.come to a tight race between your. intptines and
your Physician'; but I .hope, it will sto,i?il)efore it
gets quite to the Undertaker. and the Se*ton."'
Mrs. JOADAN- broke her diamond . bracelets
on
Tuesday night, as she was-performing in The Belle'
Mratagein. The lustre of.: her acting, • however,
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