The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-13 00:00:00

habitant's.. •
" Provisions of every description are in the great-
est plenty,' and Cheap. • Beef not more than 'title
farthing per pound j fowl in proportion ;• and vege--
tables in great abundanCe, except potatoes, whiela
are not. peculiar to the soil; and which the Spaniards
are too lazy to cultivate. The winter is severe ai
in England, but subjea to thunder and lightning
of the most awful kind. To return, however; Ito
our brave but unfortunate troops. On the fith the
Officers were fired at from the tops of the houses,
and. in unfrequented streets or turnings, people
rushed out.and stabbed whoever they could find.
'The Ontgnards and centinels were murdered, or
taken away by the enemy, who now began to a&
openly and determinedly, having exactly ascertained
our force, which never amounted to. )500, to op-
pose which they could coiled 10,000 men in arms,
and those their disciplined troops. Englishmen of
all ranks retired in the night to the Castle, which
.was in momentary expeEtation of an attack.
" On the 7th the women
.and children of the town
all left it, and with them their principal effeCts.-
-This naturally increased our alarm. On the 7th and
Sth, the Enemy came from the opposite side of the
river, with a fresh force of about 2000 horse and re-
gulars, .
protected . by 13, small Gun-boats-which
Were also to attack us in shoal water, to cut Off the
retreat of our men.
On the oth, the Enemy advanced and took
possession of the suburbs of the town. and conceal-
d themselves in the charches, public buildings,
&c. Our movements were nos# confined ‘within
the proteetion of our own guns in the Castle, where
the greatest confusion and. uncertainty prevailed.
On the 10th, in the morning, :the weather mode-
rated, 'and a Boat which Came from the Ship with
Dispatches for General BZUSFORD gave me an op-
portunity of returning on board.'
" From the information of a Gentleman who
escaped and reached es, I learn, that at the time I
jeft the shore, the inhabitants were killing every
Soldier or Sallbr they totrid• find—and several un-
fortunately fell. The garrison in the Castle, into
Which the ontguards had been called, was summoned
to surrender at discretion, or to expect no quarter—
.this, notwithstanding, was nobly defended until
:Tuesday the 12th, when, worn out by fatigue, over-
powered by numbers, and every chance of escape
cut off, our few, but brave Countrymen, became
prisoners of war to a treacherous and cowardly foe.
" From the date of surrender to the present time,
frequent_ flags of truce have passed to effect the em-
barkation of our men, who were by stipulation to
have been delivered up to us conditionally, not to
serve until their exchange was ratified in England
and Old Spain, but without effect. They now re-
fuse to perform the Treaty, and add insult to their
former villainy and treachery.
We understand the troops are marched up the
Country near 4,600 miles, in small parties of eight
or ten, The Officers are deprived of all their clothes,
and otherwise ill treated. Among the number I re-
grefto state are BALLINGALL,bALTON, and CHAN-
NERWORTH. The two last are Pursers- of the
Diadem and. Diomede."

Yesterday, about one o'clock, Her MAJESTY and
• the PRINCESSES left th 6 (-1114:ell's Palap, and
needed to St. James's, where they partook of some
refreshment, and after dressing in their Court Dresses,
.proceided to the Grand Council Chamber, attended
by Earl MORTON, Col. DESBROW, Her MAJESTY'S
Chailiberlaill and Vice-Chamberlain, Lord JOHN
Tn:yxsz, and other attendants, to hold a Drawing-.
which was attended by •
The Piince of Wales.
Their Royal Highnesses Princesses Augusta, Elizabeth,
'hiary, Sophia, and Amelia; Princess Sophia of Gloucester,
and time Duchess of York.

Their Royal a lighnesses the Dukes of York; Kent, Cum-
berland, Cambridge, and his Highness of Gloucester.

Princ;s—Estcrluiiy, Augusta and Ccurge Holstein olden.
horgh.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chamberlain, the
Lord Privy. Seal, the chancellor of the I:;xclicquer, the 5.:.-
cretary of State fur Foreign Atlaits, the Secretary at War,
the Master General of Oh: Ordnance, the Judge of the A (Inn-
zalty, the Judge Advucate of .Scotland; the Cord Nhyor of
London, acid the Recorder of London.
Dwies —P ortland, Devonsriire, Richmond, Norfulk, and
Montrose.

Zu74;;;;:—Leinster, Gordon, and Richmond.
. Marquisser—StarKgd, Huntley, Bath, and Hertford.
.11.farcbionesres—Headfort, Salisbury, Downshire, Bath, and.
Donnegal.
Earls—Athlone, Winchels,ea, Morton, Scarborough, Cam-
den, Lauderdale, Darnley, Breadalbane, Cholniondeley,
Buckinghamshire, Moira, Albemarle, Northampton, Temple,
Macclesfield, Besborough, Harcourt, Hardwicke, Banbury,
Carystort, Paolet, Suffolk, Fortescue, Nelson, and Effingham.
Countesses M.+ eclestield, C bOhnOrideleY, Hampden, Darn-
ley, Buckinghamshire, Esser,
Carlisle, Carll4lVoll, Jersey,
16Slyil, Northampton, Elgin, Albemarle. Liverpool, 1-lar_
court, Fortescue, Suffolk, Camden, Carysfort, Breadalbane,
De Clifford, flardwicke, Clarendon, Effingham, Melia:nun;
Cowper, Dartmouth, Temple, and Port:,trioutli.
Fistounts— Howick, Ossulston, Trafalgar, and Duncannon.
:Viscountess Howick.'

Bishops--. London, Chichester, Exeter, Bath and Wells, St.
bavids, Quebec, Oxford, and Bangor.
Lords—Carrington, Kenyon, I. Townshend, Erskine,
St! Helens, Holland, Kedesdale, Pnnsonby, Hood, Ar-
den, G. Thynne, Clarendon. Heartlei, Elliot, Hawke,
13ayiling, Selkirk, Morpeth, W. Kus;.eis, Lecale, Walpole,
Barnard,, Forbes, Elgin, Fitzgerald, Valentia, Althorp, Ath-
lone; Dungamore, Barrington, Palmerston, Heathiield, Cla-
rendon, Abingdon, and Kinnaird.
Ladles=-Amherst, A.. Connolly, S. Clive, Barry, Pepys,
lullivan, M. Taylor, Althorp, Langford, Cottrell, Cumber-
and, Bulkeley, Asliburnharn,-Gibbs. 1. Tin nne, hlorpeth,
C.' Ilarw, W. Wynne, C. Herbert, Wocienouse, Neale,
Falcunberg, E. Stanhope, Bavning, Abdy, Dynevor, An.
struther, Newport, Pulteney, U. Fleming, Cecil, CaltliorP,
Walsitigham, Colter, l)ouglas, Hood, Cornwall, Prevost,
'Fordyce, Le Fleming, Iljwke, Price, Broughton, Milbanke,
Grantham, Folkes, Lavington, Bellasyse, Howard, Pratt,
1, Connolly, two probys, hlttcalf, Mo..eley, Yorke,
• Campbell, :Villiers., Wool, M•Leod, Ashburton, F.
•Ini,ton, A. Gorticit, Elliot, G. Murray, IL l'itzgrralcl,
11. Legg, Burgess, Lucas.

Ca;,..t.,- . and plattap. wi:*l,4}rnFr, P6teski, ;cid'
:liniiissad;rs-,l>ortuguese,'Swrddit,ll;, pcl:i ,
American, -anndßiist;i4ll.,.
john Anstrdther, J. ilarrinkton, W. Lanalrqd, G.
Nugent, G. Cornwall, Wtir. Septi,
B. -Ne.ale; "P. Peelle!, W. Abdy, W. Le4gliton, G. Pre,
• vost, C. R..-Boughton, J. Shelley, E. Derry, I. Ord, U.
Moseley, A: Wellesley, W end J. Courted.
•Graersils—FittpArricic., Grosvenor; Norton, Barton; 'Finch:
planners, Needham, Lima Wynyard, C. Grden, Phipps, D.
Dfnidas, Plunker, and tl;:kei s .
Perkins, PonsonlaY, Askew, Licyd, Brand,
Miley, and Molloy
111y6rs— Sropford. ticl iairrow.. • •
Captaips— Newnnin, Ogle, Arden, Hood, Agar, and Adams.
Dean of C louccster. •
Reverend .67airs.L--Httaies, Mriare, Fisher, and Wellesley
A/rum—A. Sandtord, Goslingi,Blaekburn, Monter, Steps
ney„ Cawihorne, Bruce, Greenwood, G reVi Ile, Skiflher,
Vin-
cent, Tierney, ‘Valpole, 'Morris, Ashford, lacksen„Bruce,
Talbot, 'l': llorsby, Ctirties, T. Calvert, N. E. Garrick, It.
Monk, I'. J. H. Curries, Ogilvie, Fordyce, Edwards, A.
Edwards, Cartwright, B. Skilfher, Cater, Foster, Smith,
Ponsonby, Ashley, Tram, Martin; Thompson, H. Erskine,
Leech, Hart, Merry, • Silver, Agar; Elliott. t. M'Donald;
Keene, -Longhorn, W. Lamp, :Manners, and Wynyard.
Mistresses —Freemantle, • Fartins, A. Sandford,- Rowley,
Windham, Blackburn, King, C. Bruce, Keene, Skillner,
Biddulph, Turner, Walpole, Villiers, Morris, Plunker,
Hon, _Herbert. Ashford, Cater; M. Sutton; Fisher, Cal-
vert. Elliot, M‘Donald, Grosvenor,: Godling, Ogilvie, Bou-
Iverie, Smith, Pontonby, Monro; Robinson, Life; Hon.
Plunket, and Jackson.
ilfir.ies—,Townsend, Collier, Douglas, two Fremantles,
Barton, Blackburn, two Corn wails, keenc, Ilungerfoid,
Hawke, Boughton, two Wynyards, Erskine, Vernon, Whit-
worth, Folkes, Avery, two W odes, Leightan,Gutn, Bouverie,
Gibbs, Frazier, M‘Diniald, Carew, Monro, Harvey, Van-
sittart, Navies, Coniston. DOshwood, Wrottetley, E. Na- -
pier, Hon. Plunket, and Hood.
The following wel-e among tin nurndroUS Pre-
sentations to HER MAJESTY :
Her Grace die Dutcheas of Richmond, upon corning to
her title, by 'her mother, the Duteliess of Gordon. Het
Grace of Richmond was dressed in the deepest mourning, it
being the Court etiluette to wear it for those by whom they
becerne possessed of freehold property, the same as if they
were parents.
Lady Cecil, by her mother, the Marchioness of Salisbury.
Lord Forbes, orrtoming• to his title, and being appointed
to the command of the troops at Dover.
•• Viscountess Ossuiston,- upon her marriage, by the Cotin-
test Cowper.
The Bishop of Bangor, upon his beingeleeted to that Bi-
shopric.
Mr. W. Portsonky, by ~Earl Bcsborough, upon his return
from Russia.
Mr. Merry, upon his return from his Embassy in America,
by Lord St.-Helens.
~.!The _Rev, Mr. Hughes, upon his being appointed Canon in
Residence at St. Paul's Cathedral, in the room of the Bishop
ofthtford ; likewise on being appointed one of the Deputy
,C4erk# of His Majesty's Closet.
- Lady i'ousonby, by Viscountess Howick, upon her coming
to ber'title. -
-Earl and Countess Nelson, upon the grant of their estate
and pension.
Viscount Trafalgar, upon his assuming that tiile,- and hav-
ing His Mijettyss ponLissiun to wear the Order of St. Joa-
chim.
The Hon. Mrs. Herbert, on her marriage; by her mother,
the Countess of Catrnarvon.
Countess Breadalbane, on being created an English Peeress-
Colonel and Mrs. Pbnsonby, on their marriage.
Viscount Ossulston, on his marriage. •
Lord Ponsonby, on coming to his title.
. The Bithop of Oxford, on his election to that Bishopric.
Lady Moseley, on her marriage, by Countess Cowper.
General Sir George Nugent, on his being ereated'a Baronet,
and being appointed to the command of the Gth Regiment. •
General Hewitt, upon his being .appointed Commander in
Chief in India, and took leave of Her. Majesty.
Lord Elgin on his return from France.
Lord and Lady Hood, upon coming to their title.
HER MAJESTY and the PattlcEssiis‘ returned to
the Queen's 'Palace at five o'clock to dinner.
The Princess of WALES did not attend the •
Drawing-room yesterday. , •
Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, the President of the Aorieul-
:
twal Board, had a conference with Lord GRENVILLE
yesterday, on his arrival in town.

Extra& of a Letter from Monte Video to a Mer-
chant in the City, dated Nov. 21, 1806 :
" The English having lost possession of Buenos
Ayre, and been repulsed in an attack upon Monte
Video, have landed about 3000 forces at the'village
of Maldonado. There are lying in the' harbour at
this time four men of war, two frigates, two brigs,
and several transports. They have cut a' all inter-
course between this place and Buenos Ayres.--
Commerce is entirely suspended ; no cue will enter
- into trade ;. the pursuit of all ranks is arms. We
are preparing to dislodge the British from Maldona-
do, and the probability' is that we shall succeed.—
The enemy annoy us beyond measure, and keep us
in continual alarm by constantly cruizing in the Ri-
ver. Our btred'against the English, on account of
theircondu& at. Buenos Ayres,, is implacable. No
English.goods are suffered to be. landed or consumed
here on any account whatever. No American is
allowed to trade with us, because we will not afford
an opportunity to the English to impose themselves
upon us, as natives of that country. Until the 7th
inst.' this port was entirely shut up. This day a
Proclamation is issued, ordering all foreign vessels to.
depart from hence within the space of twenty days,
and it is in consequence that the Santa Maria is dis-
patched."

A letter from St. Andrew's, Scotland; dated Feb. 'I
3, says—" On Friday last, about halt past two
o'clock in the afternoon, a Meteor, or Fire Ball, was
seen to pass a little to the eastward of St. Andrew's,
in a direction of nearly from south-east to' north-
west. It was of the colour of red lightning, and of
about the apparent size of the Moon. When first
seen it was at an immense height, and descending
with great velocity at a considerable angle with the
horizon. Some mires to the northward it burst, and
three small pieces parted from it like as many stars.
Soon after was heard a tremendous explosion, re-
sembling a peal of thunder,
,or three repeated dis,
charges of artillery in quick succession: The inha-
bitants were much alarmed. The houses were
shaken as if by an earthquake. I have since been
informed, that the explosion was also heard at Cu-
par of Fife and at Dundee: The meteor is supposed
to have fallen in the Bay, at the distance olabout
six or seven miles to the north of St. Andrew's,
where a cloud of smoke was observed at the moment
of the explosion."
This morning Rich, the man who has, been con-
viaed of selling indecent prints, was put in the pil-
lory at Charing-cross, pursuant to his sentence. He
was shabbily dressed in black, and if tlie offence had:
not been of so shameffil a nature, and so diFgraceful
to his time of life, the appearance of advanced age*
visible in his grey hairs might have excited some
compassion. There was not a very numerous crowd,
and he experienced no ill treatment.
The late Mr. Tonix's new, Play, entitled The
Cuifew, is postponed on account of the death of
Dr. EdISTON, uncle of 'Mr. aLIiTON, of Drury-
lane Theatre.