The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-15 00:00:00

Government this morning received Dispatches
from Walcheren,.which state; that all the Works at
Flushing had been completely destroyed,. viz. the
Flood-gaits, .Bason,
.and the various Store-houses,
and Magazines, in the Deck-yard and Arsenal.—
The troops were-all embarked, but we are sorry to
add,,:nat several of the transports have suffered
much in the late violent gale of wind. Some' of
them were on shore when the last accounts came
away, but we have not heard that any lives were
lost," or that any of our people had fallen into the.
hand 3 of the enemy.

All the. accounts which have beet received from.
Spain, since the Archbishop Of TOLEDO has beta
placed .at the head.of the Government; state, that he
is ailing with the greatest energy. . His influence
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with the Clergy in particular has been. Koduetive of
the most beneficial effe&s ; . they have made gredt
pecuniary sacrifices for the. pnhlic cause, and, their,
e:.cimple has very much Increased the general en-
thusiasm. The levy of 250,000 men, which has
liten orclered, it--is generally itnagine&be raised
withirift any difficulty. The males po alazioti
,of
tire country rush in crowds ,to join the patriotic
s!atidnrd, ancl, all they want is arms.

The disturbances at Covent• Garden Theatre have
at length, we trust, reached their termination We
have given in detail the proceedings which took
?lace yesterday at the Dinner at the Crown and
Anchor, and afterwards at the Theatre. Harmony
appears now to be restored, and the Public, . we
hone, will no longer be-deprived of the .National
Amusements of the Theatre. . .

We have just heard a report, -which we trust will
prove to be unfounded, that the Spanish Army in

La Mancha has sustained a severe defeat.

.We have just received an account that the Elec-
tion at Oxford has terminated in. favour of Lord
CiIiENVILL. The numbers were—
For Lord Grenville ' - - 406
Foe Lord Eldon' - - - 396
Yo't the Duke of Beaufort -7: • 233 •

The American ship Ocean, 430 tons,. laden with
cotton, tobacco, and naval stores, from New .York,
hound to.Liverroot, -is arrived AI Kiqg's Ruaci,:.v,ery
if.,aky, and in distress, ha% ing been ,driven into the
Channel by the late •tempestons gale. C.!-pt.
'lip...mu:T. cleared at Atiboy, in the State of Jerky,
the I Btii November, last, ;at which time ana, place
there were 2c% laden ships preparing to depart for
Liverpool and different ports' of Great Britain. It
nntiersteiod-at.New York that the President- had
sign Pied to Mr; JACKSON, that the: powers he bad
bronght,with him, did not.admit of his reviving dis
cusions that had already been solemnly deternAined
by himself and_ Mr. ERSKINg. Congress were to
assemble beginning of December, when it was
expected some energetic measure Would be propos-
ed, and resolved on by the HouSe.
While the .doors. of the Common Council were
dosed on .Wednesday, a requisition wa,, given in to
fli- L.oßri MANott by. the partilans of
,the Original
Address, for another Meeting to re-consider the
,Amended Address. The LORD MAYOR has fixed
this day. It is possible that other revisions may
take place afterwards, in a succession of which di is
impos,ible at', present to see any end.—These pro-
e-e,iings of the Common Council perfettly come up
to the;fatiguage of the Poet—
"
They do, and undo, 'till they're all undone."

We hope soon to receive intelligence of the cap-.
tare or de,truc.tion ofrthe French cruizers from the
Isle :,of France, which have done so much mischief
to our trade in the Est Indies. In
.addition to the
.squadron already forming the .bloeltade of the. Isles
of Fiance and Botirbon, accounts have been received
of tic arrival of his Majesty's frigate Sirius, Capt.
PYm, on that station. That able officer was selected
and sent. out purposely by the Admiralty, with a par-
ticular order to seek out the enemy's cruisers, and to
put a stop to their depredittions in the Indian Seas,
v.ithin the.latitudes known to be most- ideated by
them. Captain PMi was allowed to matte a choice
his.ship from all the frigates ready to. be commis-
' ••icned at the time ; and he chose the Sirius, know-
in.; her to be the fastest sailer and most set viceable
shin, thou ?,h inferior to most others of her class in
point ot comfort and acecimthodation.
, • The...ntlice of illehmatindenci -Iris Excellency the
Persian Ambassador, which has been given to Sir G.
QusEL CY, means, we believe, a kind of state compa-
rnoit, in which capacity Sir GORE will probably be
the ,medium of communication with Ministers.—
Mott Per Sian Ditaionary gives the follow-
g explanation of the. term :--
•• M hl AAND a a,=--A hospitable or -courteous man ;'one
wh.. hits to sari, inns anti carayanseras, ot re,,xiving and
g w.ter.s."
A win of • the, name of Hohnes, a provincial
I 030.•1, met with instantaneous death on Monday
I s in a boxing match at, .Sollowfidd, Hants, with
it ••:an of the name of Haynes, It was io a pitched
• ••.ittic,,for top guineas, that the pugilists contended,
a ifi ;t was by a blow,.under the right ear that Holmes
,jceived itss.death. He died before he could be got
the ground, and never spokeafterbehad received
th blow.
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