The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-27 00:00:00

to-morrow.

The report which we present to our Readers of
the proceedings in the. Coturnop.Council yesterday
obviates the necessity of any comment on the sub-
iea. We have, however, a few words to iiay, and
but a few. The .chief opponent of the intended_
celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of his MA-
JESTY'S Accession to the Throne was, as might be
expe&ed, Mr. WAITEIMAN. This speaker, as on a
recent occasion of the same 'nein:l.e, favoured the
Meeting'with all he could gather together of the un-
fortunate, events which have occurred during the
present reign ; but it is somewhat strange, that alter
so copious an account as he gave, he should have
concluded with stating, in his proposed Amendment,
that " the City knew how to distinguish between the
beneficent intentions of his MAJESTY and jhe profli-
gate and wicked system of his advisers." Surely then
if the City has a full conviaion of 'the beneficent
intentions of His MAJESTY, and all mankind must
be inenessed with the same convi&ion, it is but a
duty of loyal respea to congratulate a good King
on so very rare an occasion as the Fiftieth Anniver-
sary of a Reign.
_The, question is no.: of apolitical.
nature, but relates merely to His MAJESTY, and it
might have been eepeaed that even Mr. WAITH-
MAN would have shewn sou re regard to consistency,
and would not have objected to pa/ a. tribute of re-
sped to a Monarch whose beneficent intentions he
himself adrnitied.
.With respect to a Dinner on the
occasion, though the times are hard, yet the elpence
cannot fel.l heavy on the first City ie the world, and
that exp.ence, too, will circulge among ourselves. It
was a liberal proposal of Mr. MAWMAN, that each
individual should contribute to the expence e but we
con.eive, that, for the honour of the City, as well as
in compliment to His MAJESTY, it should be an as
of the Corporation ;—an. as that evinces its high
sense of virtue, and its zealous promptitude to ren-
der it due homage.

It is, remarkable enough, that in the course of the
piesent year a Jubilee is to be celebrAted throughout
the wh‘le extensiveiEmpire of China; on the otca-
ii.o4 of the Emperor KIA-KING having attained the
both year of 'his age. In that empire there are to.
demaEogues to oppose the hancrar.s..lllPMio be be.:

stowed by a gratefal people on a revered' Sovertign

who has only attained as many years of age as our
beloved Sovereign has wielded the sceptre.

Yesterday her
.Royal Highness the' Princess of
4 ALes. entertained the Duke of BRUNSWICK, the
Duchess of BRUNSWICK, the Countess of EFFING-
HAM, Lady WILLOUGHBY, &c. with an elegant din-
ner, at her seat at Blackheath.

Yesterday the Duke of PORTLAND arrived in town
from Bulstrode, and in the evening his Grace enter•
tained the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earls of C.,61
DEN, LIVERPOOL, WESTMORLAND, BATHURST, and
HARROWBY ; Mr. PERCEVAL, &c. with an elegant
dinner, at his house, in Piccadilly.
Yesterday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, a
Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, at
which were present the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earls
CAMDEN,, CHATHAM, LIVERPOOL, WESTMOIS„LAND,
HARROWBY, and BATHURST, Lord 11.117D9RAvE, and
LEVESON GOWER, and the CHANCELLOR Ot the
,EX-
CHEQUER.

-It is extraordinary that so long a period should
have elapsed without any -intelligence having arrived
of the result of the negociations at Altenburg!). The
latest accounts we have had from Paris and Vienna,
are dated about three weeks ago. An American
vessel has arrived within these few days from .13our-
deaux, bin we believe she brought no Paris. Jour-
nals. The Captain reports, . that when he sailed it
was believed that Peace had been concluded between
France and fiusttia; but nothing had been officially
published on that subjeet.—Large reinforcements
of troops, he says„ were on their march to Spain.

Letters have been received from the Cape of Good
Hope dated in May last. We have before noticed
the means which have been adopted by the present
Governor tolacilitate the intercourse with the inte-
rior of Africa. We hear that many advantages :are
expeeted to be derived from it, both as procuring a
source of supply for the garrison sand inhabitants of
the Cape, and as providing a new market for the
sale of our mat-tut-adores, which in some of the po-
pulous distriets may be prodigiously extensive.

Our West India letters state, that at Barbadoes
the troops are healthy ; and the Commander iii
Chief is looking ;or the arrival Sir George Prevost„
with the troops from Halifax., to updertake'en ex-
pedition against Guadarntipe.— The works it Itie;-
tinique have been repaired, and the garrison:of that
island consists of the 13th Foot, in huts; the' 60th
Regiment, 3d Battalion, in Fort Royal ; the 63d
Regiment, at St. Pierre's; the 4th Westlndia 4t.;-
gitnent, in Fort Edward's a strong Petachment of
Artillery, in Fort Dessaix.

Sir George Beckwith was coming home, and a
new Commander in Chief was expected from Eng-
land.

It Was, the 82d regiment that, on the Ist of Au-
gust, drove the French from near Middleburgh .to
the very gates of Flushing, taking Troth them all
their artillery, and about 250 prisoners. The loss
of the 82d regiment on this occasion was 3 rank and
sle killed, 2 Lieutenants, 2 S,erjeants, and724wrank
and file wounded: Major-General Pratt- is now at
Middleburgh, having gone over froth Ireland tO:at-
tend his son, Li,utenant Pratt, of the Et2d regiment,
whose thigh was broken by a musket shot, on the
lst of August.

• That Aile regiment of heavy dragoons, the Royals,
as well as several regiments from Ireland, have, ac-
cording to recent intelligenCe, arrived in the "Tagus,
and marched to join .Lord Wellington.
Several ot the regiments in this country are very
sickly at
:present, particularly the 02d, 82d, 42J,
and the 431.

_
More troops are encamping at Portsmouth. Be-
sides the Inverness, Worcester, and Renfrew, Gen.
Whetham means to encamp the Ross-shire, Oxford,.
Northampton, and Durham Militias.

The dignity of Marquis is conferred on I\l.arshal
Beresford by the Viceregent in Portugalbut it
was reported-that he was about to resign the corn-
mand,of the army.
The Hon. General COLE has arrived at Ports,
mouth, to join the army in P9rtugal. It i,..5-sa.4 that
a payt.of the force' in that country will 'be embarked
at Lisbon, and go round to Catalonia.
Dr. BLANE left Brighton yesterday for Flushing,
where he is gone by the direetion of; Ministers, in
order to examine into, and report' on' the nature of
the fever which at present exists at that place,
Private letters from Spain express a. strong hope,
that the Britisi) and Spaniards may concur in the re-
solution to make every possible effort to hold Ciudad
Rodrigo. This place, besides being a sort of pal-
ladium in the minds of the lower 'classes in Spain,
possesses important military advantages.—lt would
greatlY facilitate the further projects of the enemy,.
could he gain possession of it.

CAROLAN, THE IRISH BARD.—The first comme-
moration- of this celebrated Bard took pike at the
Private Theatre in Dublin on Wednesday last. sict:.,
veral admirable pieces 'of Irish Music were played
and sung on the occasion. The vocal performers
were, gr.S. Cook, , Miss CHRES.E, Mr. WEYMAR,
Mr. Cook, Mr. SPRAY. The latter was universally
encored in the following Song, written by sit
sTE.yENsos

That ER IN, thy fathers, so proudly defended,
Now calls thee, my Son, to thi fields of their farnei.,
Let valour and duty together be blended,
And patriot virtue shall blazon thy name.
For this do the helmet and breast-plate encase thee,
And beauty approving, beams sweetly the smile ;
For this do the arms of thy mother embrace thee,
And hail. thee the pride of the sea.circled isle.

These walls may be destin'd yo more to behold thee,
The grey stone may rise o'er the bed of thy rest;
Yet the sighs of thy trends, like a mantle shall fold Ow,
And lull thee to Peace in the land of the latest. *:`,"l

A few days back, one of the Spanish ewes., lately
imported from (hat country, yeaned a very . fine-.
lamb in the Park, in the rear of the Queen's House,
which is considered in this country i'singular thing
at this season of the year. The lamb is strong and
healthy, -and stems to thrive well.
A young couple were married last week at Haver-
lord West, la Cumberland, whose united ages did
not, exceed 30 -years. • The bridegroom. was 10, and
the bride had. just attained her 14th year'.
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