The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-17 00:00:00

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&OigSeQUIS DICERE FiL*Ubl 4UDEAT ?

L 0 N D D N,
SATUr.DA y, FEBRUARY 17, 1810.

lloublon - 137
Mr. Burgoyne - - - 34

Total for Mr. lloubion- . 25 t 9
Mr; Bitrgoyne - - St r

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ARIL IV ZD-2 Waterford. 'tiut---6 Cottenburgh, : Dublin,
i Waterford.

PRICE OF. STOCKS
THIS DAY AT TwELva -.O'CLOCK.
Consols . - Red. Ann. - 6SI

--The more we refle& upon the unexpe&ed passage
of, the Sierra' Morena, the more:we are inclined to
attributelt ,to the treachery of some. of those who
have .the dire&ion of Spanish affairs, The French
would, we think, have hardly.made a movement so
much in advance, with such a formidable force on
their flanks, if .they had to rely merely upon their
Military force. But whether we are right in our
conjeAures or not, we are happy to, find that the
Viench 'have been disappointed in their hopes of
surprising cadiz? and that every exertion has been
made to .place that important city in a state of de-
fence, to enable it to resist, even a regular attack.
We have seen a letter from Cadiz, dated the 3d of

this month, which states that General CAMPBELL

bad been enabled to spare 1200 men from Gibraltar,
• :o assist in its defence. Every precaution has also
l-en adopted, at the suggestion of Admiral PURVIS,
respecting the batteries which command the har-
bour, in case the French should unfortunately get
possession-of the city. •

A Message was last night sent to both Mouses of
Parliament, acquainting them that his Majesty had
taken po,ooo Portuguese troops into British pay.—_
The subjea of this Message is to be taken into con-
bideration on Monday next.
Theßritomart sloop of war arrived at Yarnriouth
on Tlit,nsday, from the Dutch.coast.' Shea was told
by people from the Texl, that the French - bad
marched into Amsterdam, and that they had de.;
dared war against America.

Essex ELECTION.—The numbers at the final close
of Ole poll yesterday were— , ,

Majority 1708
As Mr, BURGIUNE must have been convinced

very early on 'the pall that he 'had no chance of

f;‘) ei; toil] success, and as its Progress must every day
have confirmed that'colfvit9i6n, 'his friends cannot
tint condemn his perseverance in disturbing the
County by so Hopeless a contest, but it brings its:
raluishment in a more Complete triumph of his ad-
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ver.sary.

Letters were kesterday received from II.)11and to
(4 'B(h. They state, that grek numbers of-French
custom- house Officers had been stationed along the
coast to see the laws for the exclusion of American
)Ships and British ManufaEtures striOly enforced.—
A lar-ge body of French troops is said to be marching.
for Holstein.
Onr ttraoi,s were embarkinvon the 25th it. at
Gibraltar to take possession (4 Ceuta.
Yesterday the Commander in Chief„, Sir DLVID
MINIMS, held a Mtiitary Levee at his Office at the,
Horse Guards, which was attended by his Royal
Lliqlmess the
.Puke of CUAIBIMLAisb, his Highness
-the Due of GLoucesTEß, an a numerous train of
neral and other Officers. , •
1.:4 Lord Mayor of Dublin gave a very splendid
maspicrad,: on friday se'nnight, at the Mansion-
house —The whole was well-conduaed, and was a
very liberal proof of civic taste and hospitality. Fine
portraits'of the King, the Queen, and the Duke of
Cu-nibcflaltd, by Sir W. BBECHEY,_ added much to
tae he3uly of the scene and the pleasure of the com-
pany. .

-We have seldom, if ever, had the pleasure of, re-
cording an atlion,-in which: the superior skill of our
Commander, aided by the native courage of•our
tats, his beet so conspicuous, as in the one which
has lately taken place in the West Indies with the
.I,,:nbn frigate, c fru:landed t,y Capt. Shortland. It
appears frotn the most authenticaecounts yet re-
(*eivcd from our own Commande..s, that Capt. Short-
-1.40 sustained a running fight for 3 successive days
with four of the enemy's frigates, and a sloop (carry-
ing-troops, &c. for the relief of Guadalou.:,e), and
afterwards gloriously maintained the• pre-eminence
'of the itish flag against their combined efforts for
an hour and a half close combat—yard-arrn and
this'sttuation -he lost an arm and re-
ceiveda very severe wound in his leg. Still he
toritinne.l the contest ';• nor did he surrender till he
found the,
,Anon so crippled that 'she could never
:again c..nry, tie flag of an enemy he then felt that
further-contest against suchouvriotnolnhetst,vas only
exposing the lives of these orave fellowS wino bad
so nobly supportod him: and he had the satisfaction
of seeing th, Anon go down almost as soon as he.
leflher. ' Thus, by the tinprecedentecihravery of
Capitlin Shortland and his crew-, has the object of
theetieiny, the relief of Guidaloupa, been nearly, if
not coinpletely' frustrated„as the prolonged contest
cnabied a'sloop' in cbtripany with the Anon to give
intylligenee to our fleen;- and though the 'enemy
§0c,&_.&,1 in lanaing some of their troops, they were
obliged to blow up two trigates, together with their
to prevent their falling into our 11,1114- ~The
p has been ,captured by. Captain Haw ker, and
ttis,r ot VI- Iwo frigates have been glad to escape into
Brest to rcpair\ their datfiagei.
Yesterday_ the Lord ALlyor and, Sheriffs, with
several Aldtrmen,:the Arc. bicbc,p pf Cantetburv,
:and several Bishoi:s went in state,to Bow Church;
..,'iteapsicle,' accord ng 'o annual Curtom, to hear a
sermon, pre,c;ied by
.the Bishop of Norvvich, for the
Society for propagatinz the Gospel hi foreign party.
A lib,nal collection was made,' atter which they
returned to the Mal::iion-house to an elegant enter-
taintuent. ,
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