The Sun.
London, England, 1805-01-08 00:00:00

AN INIOROVED SPELLING.I3OOK,

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This Day was published, the Fifteenth .Edition, revised
and collated, illicit is. 6d. with the usual Allowance to
Schools, . • •
A N ENGLITI SPELLING. BOOK, accom.
ponied by a progressive 'Series' Of Easy and Familiar
Lessons, adapted to the Capacities of Children, and embel.
lished with a variety of Engravings; the 'whole intended "to
fprnish, for the Use of Schools, an. improved I titroduetury
Boa td Ow First Elentents of the English Lattgu.ige.
3y WILLIAM MAYOR, LL.D.
Vicar of Burley, in Berkshire, Chaplain to the Earl of KM',

'fie unprecedented Saleet One liundred Thousand Copies
of Dr. Mayor's New Spelling-13:)olt, within the period of
two years. and its adoption by inteirigent Teachers, in ell
the respectable Schools in the Three Kingdoms, render it
almost unnecessary i;lr the Publisher to make anyreitterk on'
its claim to Oniiersal Prefeiviwe.

As an .1 th roduetort floolt to a vernacular Tongue, for the
use of Children, Dr. Mayor's !.;pilllttg4look is tusinCutithared
With abstraZt !titles ,aid : metaphySical Distinctions reiattyi
to zit,: of Words, but is entirely composed of
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ITEiDAYI JANVAitty. $, 1865.

No;dd Frigate, commanded hy Capt. DlJ'.
11:kg, NS tent into Plymouth the Spanish Ship
Voitra Pahrei, laden wilh' 200,000
d,lhrs, gold anei silver in 'ingots, ctlchirteal, ins
digo, and a very valuable cargo, from Vera Cruz,
The Barbadon, a Colonial Vessel, fitted' out by
ti Nl.troh mth of that ihl Ind, has captured the
.t.'ivisotoon l'rivateer) of 18 pm and nvjtdr of
'XO) men.

YcsterAay arrived, in the Miler con,btig, in
the D ,wris, a Frencli Officer,.who was'takett out of
a%Fishittg Vessel ighjeti carne out of Boulogne hat.
bout, heaiitig u FL% of , He had it' dilVitCh
frOftl 'YAWATA AND to Luril HARROW SY,whiCli Was
sent express from Firis to Boulogne, with orders that
iti should be forwarded Without a in.ment's delay to
some of. the l iitish Cruizers, and that the Officer,
relics, we instlerstand, iti!ti Ensign de VAiltteat), 511041
actOtnpany it. The Officer was put on board the
Flag Ship in the Downs, and the Dispatch sent ex.
press to Lail liAuttow 'V 's Office last night. Vati.
ous conjetture9 are ah tat as to the import of these
dispatches, We stated some stitne ago (not as a:
matter of opioion hut, of general conversation in
Paris, for which a Morning- Print, not remarkable
for its cainlont or liberality, was extremely indig.
nant at us) that the Tisorper„ having at length gut
to the of his power, would exsh:t ever)*
endeavour, to bring, about a genetal PC:ICC, as
the hiiregt means.,of securing to him bell the Di-
adem he bus stolen. Whether or not, the present
dirpatch may contain overtures to this efft.t, we
shall not ptetend even to coojcaure ; but we shall
not be in the least sorpriwil at.such an event.

Wtc believe that the Ministerial Arrar,gcments
are tot a 4 ycl 411,411 y mile. 'rite reroritt,. in some
of tiro Pdpev,, ni tine Appointment of ITAtt.
noway to the Chancellorillip of the Dotcliy of
Llncastcr, and of Mr. VANSITTART to the Chief
S,-.ctet'Arytihio in 1re130,1, we are not inclined to
i 4 welt entitled to his reward ;
bur, 'we 11,:ricve, I,l,lclitie with% any thing.
giye. 0,110 o•!, crc,lit toi the re-adtiiihbion of
Ilueltton.\ultitttft into the Cabinet.; but

lit'lieve Oral, no v,+e it.cy will be mule for Irim. It
rert;;ir,ft prolldblo, an we mentioned long ago,
WCII 03 Mr. 13Anwitser
and MI. BOND, will have some official situations.

Nottvi,thstattaing the in.ft,lelity of several of our
I?rother Jonlittlists, We eAn assure our Readers that
(7.1 Puovr is aelnally appointed Agent for
Privoners in France, and that he waits only for
passports to i.roceed thitlvr.

Wit this (1,1 insert the DeJaration of War issued
by the Coeur of, IVhdrid. We abirain trout making
any comment np,rn the terms in which it i 4 ex.
pressed, until we are enabled to lay before our
P,,,adets ( Is we vlobably shall be shortly) the Dead.
tioo isu,rd by our own Government.

yeßtel,l4), afternoon the following Notice Wl3
fx,r(4l up at Lloyd's
Aiening-girtys, "'ay. 7, 113.pc•
4,ll,braaell to ku4qtrlint you, that Wpr was declared on
of 114 eathullt, Majesty AgAilln' Great Britain on
111- ILO) vt Deeenthey lAst. I pin, Sire,
Your mutt nscdicat humble Servant,
(.; EO. lIANI MOND.
,The Masters of Lloyd's.

Yesterday, At twelve o'clock, Lord Mut.rsitAsv"2
called it't Issitti tIA.K ROW iIY„'S Ofta:T. , The Doke of
KONTKOSII was at the Office front one tiii four
a'Aock. In the course of the tnorning the Russian
and Swedish Ambassadors trarisad:sd business there.
Yesterday, morning the Right lion. Sir Eviskisr
Nee SAN arrived in town from Ireland, atrd.imines'
diately waited uport Mr. Pm, in DovCosintottreet,
and afterwards on Lord .Viscotit IVlistssitte,., at
the Admiralty, Sir EVAN had been so long de..
tained by aaverie winds, whirls prevented the
King's yacht, or any large packer, from putting to
sea, that he embarked at last in one of the Post Of.
lice wherries, from which he was landed on Sator.
Bay last at Holyhead.
His Royal Highness the Dolce of 'Yotta return.
ed to town yesterday afternoon from Oatlands.
Yesterday Dispatches IsSere let:dyed at the Ad.
miralty from Lord Neosote,
,in the Mediterranean.
i Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, a Cabinet Connell
'was held at the Vorsign Office, in Downing.street.
Lord Wrivrstsosurit and the Doichess of Dottszt
arrived yesterday at his LOrdship's house, at Whitt.
hall, from their seat in Kent. •
The price of bread was this day lowered half in
assize ; one farthing per quartern loaf.
This morning arrived a Mail from the Leeward
Islands, brought to Falmbuth by the Princess Eliza.
Let) Packet, in forty.two days. '
The Lisbon letters brought by the Wairjoghom
and Townsliend Packets. were yesterday delivered at
the Post-Office ; they furnish a variety of intelli-
gence from different.parts of Spain. . . , s.
The latest Letter's from Cadiz are dated the nth
ult.; at which, period, as a proof that the titer.
chants in that City had still hopes of an ac,comino.s
dation with this Country, several Bills of Loading
of Didier', and other property onboard the three
Frigates taken off Cape St. Mary's, were sent to the
merchants litre to claim on behalf of their friends in
Spain. English property, ,nevertheless, was segues-
tered in Cadiz, and all the other towns in Spin.
And British Subjects .were daily made prisoners,
and their papers sealed, by order of the Spanish Go.
verntnent. The Irish
,Merchants in Cadiz, Malaga,
Secs were exempt from this proceeding. Two ten.
letnen from Birmingham were seized at Cadiz on
he '7th ult. and sent,to prison.
The fever had no entirely subsided in Cadiz at
the date of these letters,
,but the deaths were,re.
heed at that period toabout five or six daily.: '
The apprehension
,of. war had struck an addis
tiatjal terror into the Spaniards, from the appear.
ance of famine. ,Our, unfortunate , Enemies • make
strong appeals to the humanity of the British Go.
.vernment, that in the event of the
.calamity of
War, ships laden with grain it'd flour may not be
prevented from entering into the difFereot Spanish
ports. Wheat continued to advance rapidly in
price ; anti flour, which a few months before was
sold at nine hard dollars per barrel, had risen 011
9
the i ith'ult. to twenty.
The English Cruizers were making sari havock
among the Spanish . trading vessels on every part
of the Coast .&otn Cadiz to Seville, scarcely a ship
escaping their vigilance.. The insiotance ed. Spanish
vessels of this .description was anorrnowdy high,
costing the Merchants at least 30 per cent..
All the Neivfonodland Ships destined lo•r Oporto
and Lisbon are arrived safe.
A Letter from Barcelona, ore late date, contains
the following ambiginsus intelligence :----$. We are
visited with 'Lunar, famiae, and potileuce ;, but, we
have reason to dread a still greater calamity." What
the Writer can allude to, we are at a loss to eon.
jetiore, except it beintestine War, 'or the abtolute
sulisiugation of time Country by Frailest.
Advices have been received from Spain .by some
of the first Spanish Houses in the City, requesting
them not send goods from England in American
bottnMs, as a War between America and Spain wos
greatly to be apprehended ; ,- some fresh obstacles
having arisen between the two Countries, in the
adjustment of the differences respelling New OrS
leans.
Accounts from ,Carthagena, cif the :Bth of De.
cember, state, that`the Fever still, continued -to
rage there, and that twelve thousand7itdiabitants.
had actually been carried off by it out of thirty
. three thousand, the amount ,of the whole popula-
tion at the commencement of the disorder. At
Alicant, a few days ,previous to' the loth ult. the
deaths were decreased to ahmt two anti three a
day. Tile number of the sick in the'Lniaretto did
not exceed twenty-six, and they were Chiefly con.
fined by the ague. . , •
. 1
Prizes wece daily sending in to Gibraltar,
,that
had been captitted by our Squadron off Cadiz, seve.
rat of which were very. valuable. One.of the prizes
had on board one 'hundred thousand dollars.. An-
other Vessel, from &miff America, enfortanately,
not aniwering the signal from:a British Man of
War, was run downt and, We fear, every MUM
on board petished, , ,
When the Letters of the :tith of December came
,
away Item Malaga they were in hourly exp.da
yrorday «nnrning, soon after " breakfast, lits
,ss • tion of orders arriving for the openingtd ilea l'iort, o
Met it sTv two owe, on horsebacks anti Hitt MAINsTY, The pine had been for stetne time previous declared
~,
lost the Pa INC as4k,i in two coaches and feur, ho. in good state of health, as appears (r.ons the lot.
welted C', tenth WILSON) of Bill Hill, near Ben. lowing* ss Official Report :• ' , • :
field, with, a visit ; and, after partaking of a re. ,
.. •
DON I.ARAY.I, T.11.11,t1.1:40 Y 1401,11,14, Colonel ill the
ircshinvot, returned CO Wir;4i.mor tti dinner, . ' itoYal Armies, the Klng'ti Lieutenant, Military Cueernor, and
' ' Yesterday the. Disarm of Yeast arrived at Wind. President or the Koyal Hoard of Health or tins City, and the
ant, and at twelve o'clock had an Audience of, His Port there9f, W. . i .
li• I , by these presents, make known, that 'this 'Board of
MAJESTY. • Ileidths at -which I preside, having .14/3..miiheti that this
Sunday eveninfATHVlß M.it t
-;-- -- -3 -STT its had a Con. City is restored to the good btatipf health it ;wrote enjoyed,
The 1 vvitholittr litear.ebuavelest pe,,T for some diywl2St past any per-
cat of Sated mac at Windsor Castle. the:
,extuteb malady,aor itihleias lit..-e„irlaisur.t.
Mosie was tteleffed by Fits -Malt silt. It Cat. 4::ll4"inan4r theirY
.ststed of the- celebrated l'‘ Deli": eomposed by PhYsicia," and -,,,1t14,:0rts ; in virtw: thereor, 1;1171 iln
' 'HANDEL on the Vidoty at net tinge n, w licit, tmAth rettiav:ll itrt In: s':.rite4esoaQrlt(ilq;64. woiw'khiciiitiwohnills
. .
aev 17. ral other favourite pieces from tike same gre., t ' conirmaticateci bye Medium of its w.rthv Presi4cint, his
.I\4',6ter• were 'Performed before' the Ito vAt.FAmit,y. % r xcellenty the Coma at: Montarco, (;/.V:ritor ut the Royal
~.. A. - .r, 1 c otmcii of collie, knit, On the d ty—l 'es.eftly • dt 1
anti several of the Nobility, by Her trarestya mint;ri to eernitheekah% .thiS Pleatiall't al;ml).;,,,wrLtC.;bleillt*elti:.
aid and the Gentlemen of the Windsor Choir. ' ketwe to the honoorAhle 11111.11).114,m Of this city ;in to iiniti)i
ts!iloeinv
itll,i, - Itta
ii; 1. thrl;!4l:te,rniiowo7Lti*ltto-.irrrtiw I liuirmier,il proces
On Sunday last Her )3,0yal Ifighnets PA INGER%
Cu mosorta of Wise es, ant Lady ELGIN, attended invitees. of r;rP.P‘a4nessit . the tulle
4:::inil."ti .r ‘l;eiln
Di sine SService at the Bishop ol LostooN's private V ie.rna r..., anti the most Holy (,:hrittoi liciith‘, te:th:Hixl;
Cathedral Clit.tr..ll, ill 'WhiCh on tike inllowi ,'. dew will lit;
phapels in St. james's.square ; after ' service they sung die T., D,,ip,4-ici ove: to Qadai,(lhis
ilio 't.',1,,,i,,; \
partook of some refreshments with .his.. Lottiship, 1 the thanks duelist the singular henclit wh;:-.11 ,‘,,,' i„,l,,`,l.drlcec
and then took an airing in their carriage through cents from 11440/Me ,hand ; but thii 611,11 ~: ~,;;ic any
War-16%1mA and' Clapham, 1;,: foie dinner, Alteration in t
. _ll pioventing isommi 0.,
de,0.11, , . .i',..! b; :,;
comfit:m(l,Al by 4ca and 1411d1Ulitil it be iiii,..- N..' , : t
'1 he Duke and Dutchess of V!soyolt Os ate ex- ' Done in Malsoi, the .2sth of NoVeia.. . 2 r'
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lie +,,Y it: WWII till Norway nesst trona Wobure i • '' -' ' " lis-_11.1.0.
„ ~ , . "By Cornmand of Ilk L00t..! -,
!NV. vitt"' ' ' * ' ''' , " pON AN TONI() Do, c‘wrii4o -1.).:kr:,v.i.„ t.

STATZ P.IPER.
MADRID, Di c. 14, 004.

'fir E most Excellent Signior Dos PEDRO Cav AL.
Lori, .First Secretary of State and of Dispatches,
hits communicated the Royal Orders to all the
Councils, of . the date of the day before yesterday,
of which the literal tenor is as follows :
41 The Peace which Europe beheld With so much
delight reestablished at Amiens, has, unfortu.
(lately for the welfare of Nations, proved but of
short duration. The rejoicings. with which this
happy .event was celebrated , upon all sides, were
scarcely concluded, when the public satisfadion be.
ga9 to be troubled, and the advantages of the
Peace to disappear. The Cabinets of London
and Paris held Europe suspended and' agitated be.
tweet) its terrors and its hopes, seeing the event of
the Negotiations every day become more Uncertain,
until the moment that discOrd arrived at such an
height, as to kindle between them the fire of a wai,
which must naturally extend itself to other Poweri ;
since it was very difficult for Spain and Holland,.
who had treated jointly with France at, Amiens,:
and whose interests and political relations are' so
reCiproCally conneaed, to avoid finally taking part
is the grievances and off,lnces offered to. their Ally.

the
most perred hospitality, and *ere espitienc;ng
fidelity with which Spain was proving to E g and
the, good faith Of her engagements, and how Mat
her resolutions were to' maintain her Neutrality.--
those very ships carried, concealed in, the bosom of
their Commanders, the unjust ofders of therEntlish
Cabinei.for assaulting Spanish property on the sea,--
iniquitOus orders, and profusely ciiculared, since 311
its vessels of war on the seas of America and. Eu-
rope were already detaining and carrying into its
harbours as many Spanish vessels as they met withr
without respecting even the cargoes of grain which
were coming. from all parts to succour a faithful
Nation, in a year of the greatest calamity. •
Barbarous orders 'since they deserve no other
name ; to sink tilt.), Spanish ship under an liaadrea
tons.; to burn those which they found on shore on
the , oast ; and to make prize of, and carry
..t4
Malta, those only which exceeded an hundred toss.
The Master of a laud, of •Valentia, of fifty-four
has'made this declaration—.-that he effected his
escape in lilt hunch 'upon the z 6th of November, on
the coast of Catalonia, when his vessel was sunk bf
an English vessel, whose Captain took from him his
papers,and his flag ; and informed him, that he bid
received these express instruaions from. his Court.
" In spite of such atrocious tetions, Which proved
to perled evidence the covetous and hostile view'
which the EtoLlish Cabinet had meditated, it wet
still able to carry on further its perfidioui system t'f
blinding the public opinion, alledging, forthis Inu"
pose, that the SPanish Frigates had not-been eau°
into the English Parts in quality of Prize., but as
heing detained until Spain should give the de,ite3
,securities, that she 'would 'observe she stOe'c
Neutrality.:
." And what greater securities could ni
Spain to give ? IX7tiat civilized nation, until tbia
hour, has made use of means to unjust and violenr.
to egad securities of another ? Although Digo!
^ , 1
should find, at last, any cliim exad from Spain'
in what manner could she justify it, after sirnilar
atrocity What. iatisfaftion, zooid she be able
to
give fur 'the lamentable desttualon of the Frige`
Illererde,q with all itscargoOts'equipage,, and 1%
great number of distingeisbed passengers rhea,
'perished, the innocent viaims of a policy
testable ?
11 would not comply with what bIIC eel
41
het
tit herself, nor think herself atle to ill-141mi°
I:
well-known honour and dignity amongst the great'
est Powers of Europe, were she any longer to 51°0
ng
herselfi iinssue:s:abriee
ttoo
rseuvcee them with tbch manifest outrages, ae:
ness and energy whiCh belong to her charaAer.
"I Animated with these sentiments, the 114.
nanimous breait of the KING after having
ft'
boosted (in order to preserve the peace) all the r
sources compatible with'ille dignity ,of his Ct°%*.,';
finds himself in the hard predicament of tn4/'11:,
War upon the K! NO of ENGLAND, ITOfl his
it/ •
jells and People, omitting the formalities o
by a saleinu declaration and publication) "wis:g
the' English Cabinet's having began anti contir)
to
.make. the War without declaring it.
lei Of
it In consequence, after -having given °P.-
an. Embargo, .by way of reprisal, upon all "n'
or,
property in his dominions, and 'that the Inc'at
vcnient instrue.tions, both fur his own
the offence of the Enemy, should be circo'ivo
hisYiceitoys, Captains.peneral, and "gr°' (),1
i.
of the'Marine, Ills M A sirs has cdinto46e
'Minister in London to retire with all' the SP
Legation ; and-His IViaotsre does not Pubr'
aci
all his subjeds, inflamed with that Po
DIV
with which the.. violent ri
rriiCer.dittzs c
must: inspire them, will° not omit any root
those means to which their valoNt 'lllll P„,
them, of co- operating with Hts :01'1°1:1e
wards the most complete vengeance tor.
rano
Sp nish Flag,
stile offered to the
Te invites them to' arm corsJirs feli
Britain, and to- possess themselves *1 eit
e
lution of her ships and property, by
t~Tcrn t.
sible m • N4,cornising
cans b His 1%4 II STY I .01
greatest promptitude isi;tl. celerity in' the '
helf
lion of prizes, upon the sole pthof 0. oridi
English. property ; and His NiIA3I'TY
renouncing, in favour of the captors, vib"l oet
of the value of the prizes' he halt °Pc
,
occasions, reserved to himself, so that dor
he b., ,1
11-Df ttotc;P:t
enjoy them in their full value, without
discount. wiv
e rdsil
„ ,
tt s
tstio, unaity, His ilvlistasyt lna. i 'owil
what is contained in the premises 0'0'1)
nbe e t
in the inblic papers, that it may
knowledge of AU, and also, that if S,lJlt
is
mitted to the Ambassadors ani N.IISIO
cent 11,,
King in Foreign Courts, to coder
ad.P!,
Powers shall 'be' informed of rbes;',:4tl;:,t
interest in a cause so just ; hoti'ne, 00
4
o
'irtrilitlence will bless the Spanish or-
,stistP
hey troy obtain kin 'and convent
for the injuries they have received!"

" In these ciic.umstances Firs MAJESTY, sup,
ported by the m-ostiorid principles of a wise policy,
preferred pecuniary subsidies to the contingent of
troops and ships with which he was bound to assist
France, in virtue of the Treaty of Alliance of 1796:
and.as well by means of his Minister in London, as
of the English Agent at Madrid, he gave the l;ri•
tish Government to understand, in the-most posi.
tive manner, his decided and firm resolution- to
remain Neutral during the War; making no doubt
that he should qttiekly have the satiSfaftion of see.
ing that these ingenuous assurances were well re.
ceived by the Court of London.:
Nevertheless, that Cabinet, which must have
resolved.in silence before hand, for its own par.
denim. ends, upon the renovation of the War with
Spain, and which it was always able -to declare,
not with the forms and solemnities. prescribed by
the Law of Nati,ins, but by means of positive
aggressidns, which should turn to its own:,Profir,
sought the roost frivolous pretexts to bring into
doubt the condu4lr of Spain, which was truly
nautili), and to giie demonatrations, at the same:
time, cf the desire of HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY
to preserve 'the peace, all with the intention of
gaining tinsi, cajoling the Spanish Government,
and holding in uncertaint:, the'oPinion of the Fng.
lisp Nation upon its- own premeditated and unjust
designs, which couldin no manner be approved by
it. Thu's it is, that'in London it appeared artfully
to'ae'eePt trations,reelamations from Spanish indivi-
thials, which were addressed to it ; while its agents
In Madrid magnified the pacific intentions of their
own Sovereign : But they never chewed, themselves
satisfied with the frankness' and friendship with:
which all their notes were answered,: rather anxious
for proclaiming and magnifying armaments which
had po existence, and. pretending, contrary to the
most positive protests on the-part of Spain, that
the pecuniary succours given Co France were not,
merely an equivalent for the troops and ihips which
were stipulated in the Treaty-of 1796, but an in.
definite and immense stock, which did n!it permit
them to consider Spain in any other light than as
a principal Party in the War.
Moreover, us there was not time enti►ely to
banish the illusion under which, they 1 rhoured, they
exaaed, as •the precise condition upon which they
v..;ould consider Spain as neutral, the cessation of
every armartient in her ports, and a pr'Ohibititin of
the,sule of
,pr4es brought into them.--And, not.
withstapding that both these conditions, although
urged in a tone *superlatively haughty and'unuattal
in political transaetion4 were immediatelY'-casti.
plied with, and religiously Observed, they persisted
nevertheless to manifest their want of confidence ;
•
and they quitted 'Madtid with eagerness, imme..
diatcly after receiving dispatches from their Court,
of which they did not communicate a panicle of the.
contents. . ,

" The conte*t which results froM all this be.,
tween the tendon of the Cabinets of I.!ondon and
Madrid must be sufficient to chew clearly to all
Europe the bad faith, and the secret and perverse
aims of the English Ministry, even if they had not
tnanifested them by the abominable crime of the
surprise, battle, and capture of the four Spanish
Frigates, which, navigating in the full security
peace inspires, were fraudulently attacked
in consequence of orders from the English GOvern.
meat, signed in the very moment in which it was
faithlessly ex.i6ting conditins for the protOngation
of the Peace, in which every possible security was
given ~Ga it, and in Which its own vessels were pro-
vid-A with provisions and refreshments in the Ports

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