The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-16 00:00:00

PORte6UESE PAERS.

i
t SEVIL DEC. 33./-•,-The Superior Junta of Cita-
' lonia persevere in their unk+earied labours, perfecting
several branches of the Government', and inspiring,
tt by their aaivity. and example, the inhabitants with
the most determined confidence. The Catalcnians,
fired with the noblest enthusiasm, vie with each
other in limping to arms ; as secure of the triumphs
they are about to obtain,' as confident in their owu
vigour aLxl' consiaricf, they consider themselves
greatly superior to all the obstacles that tyranny can
oppose to them. •
Claros'and Robira; with eight thousand men each,
have been ordered to post themselves on the road
from France, to oppose the advance- of the rein-
, forcements that have been announced, and. to int2r-
cept the convoys. We learn also that the chief
'command of those troops.has been conferred on the.
Marquis De Portago ; the post of General of the
Vanguard has been conferred on ,O'Donnell, that of
cavalry on Caro, and Robira and Milans, Claros and
Davin, ,and several other distinguished officers, have
been nominated Generals of Division.

DEC. 24.—We learn from Madrid that the usurp-
er Joseph, with all his coadjutors, are busily em-
ployed in preparing their travelling equipages. This
skews, that either the information which we have re-
ceived from the North is unfounded, or that some
attack is in contemplation, as they are accustomed
to provide for them Selves against whatever may
happen, or, in short, that they tear some movement
iri the armies. The 'magazines that were establish-
ed at Talat era have been removed. On the t4th
inst. the enemy's troops that were at Valdepenas
and at lefante were on their retreat. On the same
day two thousand stand of arms were distributed
among our arioy. The number of troops that have
joined it is very considerable.
LERID:II6. DEC. 4.--The enemy. from Arragon,
who had attempted to penetrate through Alfarras
and Almenar to Balguer, were gallantly repulsed by
the.troops stationed there, and by the inhabitants of
Comarca, who, the moment the alarm Wai given by
the ringing of the bells of Somatern, went out with
great fury against the enemies of their tranquility
and repose. We hope that those troops of maraud-
ers that infest. this neighbourhood will be reduced in
a short time to the greatest difficulties.

GRANADA, DEC. 20.—At our army of La Man-
cha a part of the thirty thousand men, infantry and
cavalry, have already joined.
SANTA CRUZ DE LA ZAIRGA, DEC. 2.—Last Sun-
day 26 French infantry,arrived here with a design to
carry off 600 sheep, for their troops at °Gana ; but,
during the night, the paity of horse under D.Atfouzo
06tavio, consisting of .60, partly soldiers and partly
smugglers, made its appearance, and fired on the
house where the French were quartered, and killed
two of them ; the French immediately fled, after
firing some shots, and, tieing pursued by our _people,
left several dead on their route. They, however,
returned, after having procured a reinforcement of
100 men, which compelled Odavio's party to retire,
and the enemy came to this place, where they com-
mitted the greatest excesses.
CORDOVA, DEC. 19.—Remittances are continually
passing throrgh here for the army -of the centre ;
the day before yesterday, six pieces of cannon, 48
loads of niusk( t 4, and seven of cloathing, passed this
way. This circumstance shews the great activity on
the part of our wise :athd zealous Government, and
that Spanish patriotism, far from being diminished;
is still on the increase.

Yesterday afternoon a young man, son to Mr.
Simpson, salesman, in Tothill-stieet, Westminster,
ventured to skait on the ice, on the'canal, itt tit.

James's-park, when it broke, and he was unfoitu- 1
-irately. droned. The body was taken home to his
disconsolate parents.
So intense was the frost on Sunday night and yes-.
terday, that the ponds in the vicinity of the town
were frozen over, and the ice in sonde places was
upwards of two inches thick.
Yesterday,•about eleven o'clock, some boys very
imprudently ventured on the ice on the canal in St.
James's Park, when the ice broke, and two of them
fell in; but, by timely assistance, they were go; out
without any other injury than a good ducking.
The. French Papers AffeEt to, ridicule the reception
which the Persian Ambassador has experienced in this
country, and describe him as not really the repre-
sentative of the Persian Monarch, but as merely an
. appendage to the household of an Officer at the Per-
sian Court. It is needless to comment on the absur-
dity of supposing that the Persian Government,
which is influenced by such high notions of etiquette
and dignity, would have dispatOed a character of
this subordinate kind, as the representative of its
Monarch, to a Foreign Court. The spleen of RUON-
APARTE will sufficiently-Account for this peevish and
ridiculous misrepresentation, for if an Ambassador
fretn Persia, even of such a description as that men-
tioned in the French Papers, had been sent to France,
thoie Very Papers would have been ordered to hold
him in as high colours as if they bad drawn their
rhetorical flourishes from the lofty stores of Oriental
adulation.

On the 3d inst. an awful accident happened in a
coal-ph, in the. parish of Madely, Shropshire, be-
longing to the Madely-Wood Company. The cir-
cumstancewas as follows :—On the preceding night,
the sulphur took fire, and kindled the timbers which
supported the ~opt, at which time there were 13 men
and 8 horSes down, but, providentially, they were t
all got up without injury. Next day, however,
about noon, four men went down, for the purpose
of endeavouring to extinguish the fire, but after re-
maining
there half an hour, the sulphur became so
powerful that they were all suffocated, without a
possibility of rendering them any assistance.
PEDESTRIANISM.—An artist of the name of
Marks, a native of Dorchester, has undertaken, for
a wager of TOO guineas, to go on foot 160 miles on
the western turnpike road in 48 hours. He will
start from Twickenham on- Wednesday morning,
and pursue his route towards Bath. The pedestrian
will require at least six hours rest, during the fatigue,
and even then he will have to perform, four miles
an hour for the two days.
Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, afire broke
out in Long-acre, near Langley-street. Two houses
were burnt down, and considerable damage ws-
tained. There was a scarcity of water at first, but as
soon as it was plentifully oh...ail:ea, the tialnes,wme
• got upGler.

.;','RENcil PAkk"§,.

PAtUS, JAN. 7.—His Eminence' the Prinee 711:-
is to occupy the Hotel Marbeuf, in no
suburb of St. Honore.

The new- Chamberlains of his Milk*y the EM=:
peror yesterday ttil* their oaths in his Majesty's
prcsence._
_ _ _

The Imperial 'Carriages that- bad been left at
Vienna, passeJ through Nancy on the ad, on their
way
.to Paris, laden with glass. cases, containing va-
rious animalstOd inseels. .
Letters from Basle 'of ,the 27th ult. Slate, that
prosecutions are going on in the Grisons, against
dividuals accused of • having favoured the Austrians
and Tyrolese Insurgents., in the late war. The spe-
cial commission at Coire haS summoned Alois Pi-
nola de Como to' appear at its bar.
An article from Madrid, of the 21.51-ult. says
"The war already kindled among the MeMbers of
the Junta • has not, as might be easily foreseen, con-
fined itself to that body. • The popolste of Seville,
among whorn England has caused guineas to be dis-
tributed' by handfuls, as 'the price of a few ports
and a few vessels of which she wishes to get pos-
session, have- mingled their' excesses with the dis-
orders' usually incident to anarchical assemblies.
We accordingly learn, that blood has flowed in the
streets of Seville ; and that several Members of the
Junta have become the victims. of the delirium in
which they thtinselves participated. The, Cabinet
Of London relies more than ever. upon RGnaana
and its Generals promise to support him; but at ki
distance, and with their accustomed predence---
provided always that the reinforcements expected
from France do not too soon disconcert these new
combinations. The square de Toros will, accord-
ing to his Majesty's orders, be ipeeddy restore:l to
its former state ; and the diversion of bull-fighting,
which, owing to circumstances, had been suspend-
ed, will be resumed. In proportion as the French
troops advance into the provinces lately occupied
by the insurgents, the different towns, which they
approach, send Deputations
.to the Generals, to
inform•them of their submission, and to request
garrisons, to which they promise the best treat-
; ment."

Le Gascon privateer, of Bourdeaux, has put into
L'Orient, after a cruize of 48 days,. to repair da-
mages, and, to land her prisoners, She captured
three English vessels. The first was a galliot, of
70 tons, bound from Malta, with a cargo of dried
fruits, and 2000 kilograms of raw silk. After tak-
ingout the silk and the crew, he was compelled to
abandon this prize, in -consequence of being chased
by a frigate. The second was a vessel of 300 tons,
bound from Quebec to London, with-spars and deals.
The third was a . vessel of 300 • tons, bound from
Rio Janeiro to London, with a cargo of coffee, wear,
bides, cotton, and wool. Ot these he dispatched
the former on the 23d ult. for a port, and he parted
from .the latter in a gale, in the night of the 24th,
in lat. 49. 30. N, long. 9, 4. He took out of her
2000 dollars, and two packets of topazes. These
two prizes are expeded to have made some port ip
Brittany. The Captain states, that on the 22d ult.
at daybreak, he discovered a vessel which appeared
to be in great distress, having only her mainmast
standing, and not a rag of sail upon it. On passing
under her stern, which was stove . in, he 'saw several
men who ,were almost exhausted, and could only
lift up their hands to implore, compassion. He
made the most protnpt exertions for their relief;
and six of these unfortunate beings,' including the
Captain, were taken on board the privateer in a
most lamentable condition.- They • had been nine
days on the wreck without a morsel of food.. The
name of the vessel was the Aorthern Friend, J. Elm,
master, and she was hound to Chatham with a cargo
of spars. The privateer will shortly proceed to sea,
to complete her cruize.
Arrived at Brest on the .29th ult. the Valde, of
Petersbnrgh, 'Captain Horatio Moore, a prize to
the Confiance privateer. She left Lisbon on the 2d
for Liverpool. Her cargo consists of '229 hogs-
heads of tobacco, 85 barrels of potash, and 16,000
pipe staves. The same privateer burnt, on the 18th
ult. the Anierican brig the John, which was on her
passage, from London to St. Mary's, one of the
Azores : she was in ballast; • The prisoners taken
in the. former prize are 12 Americans and a passen-
ger ; in the latter four Englishmen and" a Swede.
A vessel taken by the M. Chauchard privateer,
and said to be laden with port wine, has arrived at
Cony:et.
The-French privateer Le Decide bas capturedjwo
English brigs in the Mediterranean:
Arrived at St. Jean-de-Luz; the American ship
The Joseph., Samuel Stacq, master, captured on the
26th by the .entrepre4ant privateer. She was
bound from Marblehead firr Gijon, with a cargo of
sugar, pepper, cocoa, ,aad codrtish.
A letter from Leghorn, of the 26th ult. saysAthat
the liesolu privateer, of Cette, had carried in there
two English vessels, captured in the -channel of
Malta. Their cargoes consisted of flax-seed, li-
quorice, madder, and other dye stuffs.
A letter from Naples, ofahe 16th ult. mentions
the arrival there of brig from Salem, laden with co-
lonial produce, a prize to the Neapolitan privateer
Le D'Aure.
The ship Francis has arrived at Rochelle, from
Philadelphia, in 32 days, with 160 passengers.
The 5 per cents. with dividend from the 22d
September, were yesterday at 79 f. 60 c. Bank
stock 1226 1. 25 c. The dividend \von this stock,
for. the last year, will begin to be paid to-morrow.
It is declared to be 37 f. besides an arrear of 31.
60 c. per share. ,
, ZURICH, DEC. 30.—The Canton of Lucerne has
issued a Decree relative to the Swiss troops in Spain.
It sets*fortb, that its duties towards the august Me-
diator of the Confederation, and the tenor of the
military arrangements concluded with Spain in 1804,
do not permit subjefts of 'the Canton to serve under
the colours of Powers at war with France, The
Lucerne soldiers in the service of Spain, and who
► have borne arms against France, are,. consequently
summoned to lay them down. Those officers and
soldiers who shall not, within six months alter the
publication of the Decree, prove their compliance
with this summons, will be deprived of the right
of citizenship, and banished from , the territory -of

Lucerne.
The other Cantons 'Would have adopted a similar
measure, had they not been restrained by the opi-
nion, that this is a subje& for the conside:ation of
Cho am, which, haying concluded the arrangement

llt SPalol.eiati'vei4 the fii,ei-c!g-imetits s'efz
irite, can Aotie dispose of the o.'ll-01,e or part ut sueli

regunents.

MtWeir, DEC •Tf,e Deputies frUni
spruek lin:1 several eonle' \. it h. our
Minister' '.avo Since rC=
turned to the Tyrol. The toAns of Blixenyincl
Sen, with several of the Italhn -I,srriets, e. a'so
sent deputati,.,nl to the Government. 1: is imended;
acdordina to 'report; to make son-e• important .6tiangeB
in the G7wet-nutent of the Tyrolese. -

AUGSBJEGH, DEC. 30:-LIAre expeet here the)
Wirterriberg army, consi?,:i::g of 12 or 13,000 wen;
on their return home. Alter thew; the corps, of
Marshal Oudinot, the Duke of. lituio, wil: p :SS
through for the vicinity of Ulm, rht.y. will
remain in quarters untilfui the; orders. The state of
siege to which this city has so lung been suojea, is
about to be removed.
DEC. 31.—Count de Thurhtirn,, Bavarian Corn-
missary Generat for the Tyrol, has gone to Aldan.,
to regulaie, with the,. Superivr Autilori;ies thd
kingdom of Italy, carious matters relati%e to tds
Province.

ST. PKTERSEURGH; Dec. 15.—His Maje,ty Set
dim Saturday iaSt for Twer, on
.a -% k it to his au=
gust sister the Duchess of Oldenburgh. The Ena•
pea)y, aher a short- stay there, will rroceed to
Moscow and where there is a sai.erb maim-
faotory of aims. It is supposed- that the Grand
Duke Consmntine and Count 'Araktselieieg; the
Minister at War, will also proceed to the latter p:ace.
The Emperor will have only an inconsiderable,
It is supposed that he will return on or belbre the
.4th, which is his birth-day. -
BANKS OF THE ELBA, Dec. 28,----The late fair At
Frankfurt on the Oder was very dull. Purclasers
limited their speculations to the most riec,.ssary ar-!
tides, lacing aware of the change of system, adopted
by the 'Prussian Government .w.th respe& to that
fair. ' In future, the importation, aid sale of oh fu,
reign merchandize will be completely free, witit
the exception, however, of Engli,v).nierchandize,
According to the old system, introduced by the
Minister Struensee, only the products of Prussian
ManufinStories could be sold at this fair.
The manalataories of Berlin have; in the course.
•of the presun year, resumed their former .adiv.
Duting the war, the number of cotton manufacto-
ries were-reduced to three : now, however, there
are 3500 in full employment.
! MADRID, DEC.. 20.—His Excellency Marshal the
Duke of Ejchingen has arrived at Valladolid, on his
return from France. It is confidently stated, that
he is to assume the command of one of the

armies

According to reports which seem entitled to ere=
dit, the English have resolved to evacuate altogether
the environs of Badajos, and to tike a 'more 'secure
position on the frontier of PortUgal. It is even
rumoured, thatthey are already but a very short way
from Lisbon.
The inhabitants of the South of Spain have heard
of the deteat at Ocana with the utmost disnriy.—.
The partisans and hirelings of England have now no
other resource than to inform their wretched dupes
that their misfortunes are to be entirely attributed to
the ignorance and treachery of the Comman.ter in
Chiet. A number of addresses are daily published
here, with a view of convincing the incredulous)
and to
_bring them back to a sense both of their
duty and their interest. Several of these prodne-
tions have been particularly addressed to the
bitants of the province of Vthencia, because that
province being the most wealthy, and lying nearest
to the capital, must be impressed with the are.ituess
of the danger that, threatens it, and teel till-neces-
sity of 'preventing it by a speedy submissiOn.
HAMBURGH, JAN. 2.—,The late King of Sweden
is expected here on or before Fr:day nest.
It- is understood that the definitive brgaiiiiation
of the lianse Towns is postponed until a genera).
peace. •
There is a rumour of the. ereetion of the princi-
palities of Fulda and Erfurth, acid the Lordship of
kianau, into, 'a Grand Duchy, which is to be ad-
mitted into the league of the Rhine.
R6TTERDAM, JAN. 9.—Arrived at Terschelling
the American ship the Susunna) Captain Deleno,
frond New York, with a cargo of notash and to-
bacco, •a prize to the Wagrtun and 'Loup Garrots
privateers.

ISLE OF BOURBON:

FURTHER PARTICULARS OF ITS CAPTURE,

Early in the morning of the 21st, about 350 of
our brave soldiers, and 200 of our Royal Marines,
\vete landed before day-break, and soon carried three,
of the forts. The squadron went in and fired their
broadsides, and then hauled out; the Sirius friptc,
Capt. Peas, stood in again, and anxious to avail bim- -
self of the only opportunity that presented itself to
his vigilant eye, he asked leave, and was permitted,
by signal from the Commodore, to anchor, and ac-
cordingly, in the utost gallant style, carried his little
ship in and placed her within pistol-shot of the beach,
and half-musket shot of the Cartdine French frigate
and the two East Indiamen and a French brig of war,
and opened so heavy a fire on them from his Eng-
lish bull-dogs, that in 20 minutes (the troops at the
same tune charging through the town) the wholit
struck their colours. Both army and navy joined is
False of this brilliant enterprize, declaring they had
never. seen or thought it possible for a ship to keep
up so tremendous a the as the Sirius exhibited oa
that occasion ; and we understand it was principally
owing to the very great exertions of Captain FYM,
his officers and,crew, that the two Indiamen were
saved from 13,ing'burnt ; or that any of the stores
' and goods from the shore were taken offlind put on
board the Streatham.

The following were the ships and vessals taken;
Guns. Tons.
Caroline, French frigate, about two tears old 46 too*
Streatham, Hon. Exit India Company's stop 30 819
Europa, ditto - ditto 30 819
Grappler, French brig, coppered - - 12 ' /3,
La Fanny, , ditto ditto • z 40
Three Friends, ditto ditto - - 50
Gipsey, American brig - - - _ - 4 aro

In the destruction of the City of London lan,
at Dover, by fire, on Friday morning, rvlr. Robinson,
cork-cutter, of the city of Uttnerbury, perished in
the dances. He his left a wite and ix children to
lament his shocking end,

POETRY.

AN EPIGItANI.

A Centlermin t as ing through. Chancery-lane,
Was stop 'd by A lady who knock'ci at the pane.
Whose beautiful tAce s, attracted his eye,

That tic riot a rustic with panniers come by :
The clotvn rudely pressing thelove.smitten spark,
It gave him'occasion to make, this.rem4rk
" My fate is' like Balsam's; hi this narrotv pass,
Lam stopp'd by an Angel, and squeez.'d,lay an Ass."

Oat'( x D.—The following swijeas are proposed
for the'Cliancellor's Prizes for the pri-sen!).eAr, viz.:

. .
F,,r Latin verses—PyrarniAles;ll34yptiact:e.
1,;-,r an English Essay What are tilt Arts, in the cultivation
of W;i1CII the Ariodsrns have been less aut,:essful than the
?

fora Latin Essay-In Philosophia, qtlui de Viat et Mo.
ribus est. illustrantla, - cp:uarn,viwcipue Scrawl-aim Socra-
ticoi-tun Tint excellentia ?

The first of the -the abOve subjeas is intended far those
Gentlemen cf the University who have • liust exceed At tour
years front the time of their thartieulation ; and the other
two for-such as have exceeded four, but not completed seven
•y C 3 rs..

RogerStr Newthgate's
,Prize—For the hest Composii•um
in English Vcr,e, not containing more than tifty lines, by J,ey
Under Carduate :who Fas not exci;lcd ftir years front tue
time of his matriculation—the Statue of the dying Gjaula tor.

CAMBRIDOE.—The followi:ig is the sub*t fur t:At
.Fluismiti premium fur the-pre,etitymr

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The remarkable prorefisity of.the toys to i(Matty, be ••
forg the 13abyltfflish captivity, coinfrareti whit tem( exemp.
'von from it, in general, afterwaick, afliritis the rintretiver no
'... just ground for reje6/ingllie scriptural account ot/tUriiii,uar.S
in die ti:ne of Aluses and Joshua. ' - , .
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