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ly estetday, though tie q. .d was ienderetl elttreme-
attil by a bleak North wind, this. Place; in the
poit"lng, Was crovvded with Gentlemen's carriages,
80 'Coaches, chaiies, tandems, buggies, take() ' cai ts,
141171,1° fid the. inns anti einPty their larders, for
kule" .til landlords' took good care to be
,well re 7
tronerated. The Terrace, in the.evening, was more
Vded than usual: The Klt4G, 'QUEEN, -and
eftINCISSES, Continued., their walk from a quarter
!Iseven till half past eight..
rl Is MAJESTY, who .has been considered to have
t)?st Tbrng retention of past events, gave a singular
10:3( of it last night. , A Nobleman introduced his
Pr-'8 boy about' nine years of. age: one. of the
b6ll.lcesses beg.,.,ed her lather to lay_his hand upon the
keY7B head, and feel how much he had grown since
4t bad last the honour of being presented. His MA-
iii "3-in doing so, exclaimed, " Aye, I remember,"
clitioning
the month and cliy, " I was at his
~.r
all,dfather's christening, in the year 1751."
lisilesierday being the birth-day of the Prince of
'l,O4lSs in the evening (though it was Sunday) the.
,v4l Hall was brilliantly illuminated.
,I. 41e Play of The Exile was performed on Saturday,
?eight at the Theatre to a.very crowded house. The:
soceipts were between 40 and 50 pounds, and it was
etlwtll received both in the acting and in the stage
wed proomed by the tuachin y, dresses, and
th!er decoratioi:,' that the boxes re all taken for
I.evening, w hen it is expected' le manager will
fk
l'lve a bumper.
..

ill The folloWing is a statement of the British force
the Nlediterranean, at'the latter end of June : •
'st Battalion lath Foot is: Battalion 44th Foot.
" and 2d Battalion 27th Wattevilie'§
Ist Battalion-53th . De Re
Ist Battalionbui • •
Ist B„ttation gist cliasseurs Britanniques-
, thAt
.aLata, ,„,_ „_
-oaircoaar, 'mouton of the 14th, Menton's, and
detat;Sicilian Regiment •
St. Manta in the lonian Sea—The Eth 14giment, and
ti Lord Wellington has under him an, effeElive
sh force of 247,000 men. The, strength of the po-:
lhlhmS of the English army embraces two points;
the strength of their front as a•detensive position,
the strength of
.the country behind them aq a
ite of retreat. The following ate the positions of
v
iLle English army. - It is in five divisions. The first
colllaranded by General Spencer. It consists of
tr`lutli 6000 men, posted at Celorico, about 20 miles-
°mt the grand corps of the French army. The se-
cond division is at Guarda, and is about to,noto
tar4g, under General- Cole. Guard.' is thirty miles
ois4nt from t French lines. The third division is
t j~it'llel, and is Commanded by Gen.-Pictorits
°rce is 4060 'nen, and it is upon a line with
Spencer, at. Celorico. The fourth division is under,
.beneral Hill, who was marching from Castel;
arran.„. .
fit., co to join the second division at Guarda. The'
t" division, or the advanced guard, is under Gen:
t'attfurd, and is-betwoen' two of the branches of the
hits ja• All these divisions are posted; upcm moms-
or at the feet,-which descend gradually into
a;leplain, at the extremity of which Ciudad Rodrigo
situated. , There_ is therefore between the two
Elles this ain, which is ten miles broad. To cum-
Zehend, however, the strength of these positions,
Well as the advantage of the line of retreat, we
tltt't follow the road from these:positions to Lisbon,.
i fie Only point upon which Lord Wellington can re-
e•Flom Lisbon to Guarda, the position of the
11 corps, is. igo miles, twenty days' march.
114'ere are three great roads from Lisbon to the Spa-
-1811 frontiers ; one by Abrantes, the second by
and the third by Coimbra. The route of the
"Olish Army 14 as by Abrantes. . The principal
ifted towns en the road froM Lisbon to Guarda
arc Castel Branco and Civilha. Santarem is a very
4-11 0114111 post, 45 miles trout Lisbon, situated
r1)°" a height, and commanding the graad eastern
:ad. It constitutes. the defence of Lisbon against
i: enemy advancing from the Spanish froratier. • It
theratore, one of the most essential fortresses on
hue of retreat, and an army may keep an ene-
ao3rialong while in check in a position. so strong
by art and nature. &minerals flanked in the
-co by the Tagus, and on the N. E. by sharp
,r°cks. The grand„ eastern road upon-which Santa-
tll is situated, and which. its fortifications corn.
aiolaud. passes consequently between these rocks and
81° raver,. The:French armies havd always entered
tarahl by this road. Abrantes is .30 miles froth San- •
otettt on the road to Spain ; it is a still more im•
rtant- post than Santarem ; it is situated on the
,agus. and though not fortified, is very strong. It
day s
an important pass, where" a atnall force
-Ith'Y defy a considerable army. -Villa Veiha is ano7
aker Military position, and its environs consisting of
auruOt niountaitiso ate, very favourable for military
t7fensiae operations. Castel Branco is situated .at
o"fe. foot of auotlo r pass, and in the immediate route
too army. The country surrounding it is full of
ill'ary positions, so strong, that we may consider
t as being almost a fortification." Mid-way between
stel Branco ancl43uarda is the strong tovvn ot,Ca-
‘l,llllla. J- Pre begin the mountains called the Sierras,
al, 'ell Constitute the frontier and barrier between
ft e two kingdoms. From Cavilha the ground rises
. 4°41 ,mountain to mountain, to Guarda.—Guarda
twinin such a manner, that, seen from a cer-.
ta!" distance, it appears like a bell upon the rnonn-
t„ll), On which it is situated: -The roads which lead
3.07 it and surround it pass through the clefts „of the
41e". It is 'the strongest, place in Portugal, • and
S ay be defended against the whole force of France.
pueh is the -position of the English. The general
(..,u4,ltion of the French army is its the plain which
ec,ndi at the feet of the mountains un which the
ting"sh are encamped.' It is in eight divisions; five
Which are immediately with Massena, and the
eSt could easily be concentrated before a general
.4agerneat
3tra• et of a letter from an Officer in General
.utto's Brigad'e Colonel BARCLAY, who
gallantly commanded the 52d Regiment in the
4 le action under General CRAUFURD, whil&in the.
cetbf issuing orders to Major NAFIER, had :his hat
a:c it (4, and his horse shot under him, but to the
le'raclion of his friends, and to the great joy of a
1.;•;""ent which he, under" the auspices of the gal-
„ General 11ilootto, has brought to a state of .
Qri,
"'Otte discipline, the Colonel was not hum". 1

CRAW) REVIEW ON .NEWMARKET HILL.
Soon after ten this. morning crowds began to as-
cend the hills of the Downs 'in their progress to the
Review—horses, pnnies, mules, donkeys, and every
wheeled vehicle being in a complete state of requi-
sition. The movement of the PRINCE and suite
from the Pavilion was telegraphed to the ground by
T. :BLAKR, Esq. and .other Gentlemen and Offi-
cers, placed at proper distances, where he arrived
twenty minutes after one, announced by dicharges
of artillery, in the uniform of his regiment, but
without the pelisse.
His Royal Highness was mounted on a grey
charger splendidly caparisoncd, and appeared in ad-
mirable health and spirits, having the Duke of YORK
on his right hand, and the Duke of KENT 00 his lett ;
the Commander in Chief; the rest of the Royal
Brothers riding near his person, with a large' train
of General and Staff Officera, Noble Men and Gen-
tlemen. Having reached the centre, Sir .C.'DuNi-
DAS took the right of the Pett,Nca, and preceded by
the Staff and Aids-du-Camp, passed down the line
from left to right,- and. from thence to the centre
again, where they disineunted, the Patrice having
the Duke of
—1.71%1iE11i.AN1.5, in plain clothes; -Oti his
right hand, and Sir D. .Dtti,DAs on hiS left,: the •
Dukes of YORK and KENT, with General HOUSTON,
being a little behind.
A signal of three-diScharges of artillery were
,suc-
eeeded by the firing a feu-de-joie: , which ran along
the whole line (an extent of at leas: three mils),
from left to right, and then from right to left, till
the three fires were completed, each flank having
a .park of artillery, produeing a gthiid 'zn 1 most de
lightiel effect. Lord C. SOMERSET," IS Geeeral of
the District, raised his bat on the. point of his
'sword, so as to be obserVedbythe`fneti; Vilibirii-
mediately answered the signal with three cheers,
the Commander in 'Chief, Officers, and indeed the'
whole assembly, cit. near 30,000. persdhs,' folloW--
ing the complimentary example.
The PRINCE and suite then moved neater4he Race
stand, when placing himself- between -the Com-
mander in Chief and the Duke of BeNiwtcx, in a
; splendid uniform of white: and gold, the whole of
the:regiments passed in review tliklellowing or-
' der : 7 •.• • • • •

•
• Assistant Quarter-Masters-General.
Aides-de-Camp to the Commander in Chief, &c.
General Sir David Dundis.-‘ •
Lieut.-General Lord H. C. Somerset, with his Staff, &c.
Royal Horse Artillery, and 12 guns..
' Foot Artillery,and 6.guns.
zoth Light Dragoons.-.
32d ,Regiment ; 50th ditto, t't Battalion; Bedford ; 36th
Regiment, lst Battalion-=Headed by Alajoi...Geft.',Biowne
and his. Staff.. • •
Stn Regiment, 4st-Battallon; Royal South Gloucester ;
Oxford ' ; 5 ist, Regiment—Commanded* by Alkor-
GEnerarliousian. • •
37th Regiment, Leicester, Warwick—Commanded by Ma-
jor-Ueneral Sir William Erskint.. • . , •
tst Light Battalion. King's German Legions
.zd ditto ditto
—Ahijor-General Alien. .
Two Troops of:the King's German.. Horse Artillery, with
12 guns.
One Car Brigade of Royal Artillery, with six guns.
• Which closed the.. Whole, procession', and the
troops tiled off to their respeEtive quarters.
• The Prince's.barouehe and six.was driven ,to the
ground by the Earl of BARRY MoRE : in it were the
Marchione'ss of TAVISTOCK, LO,rd'ERSKINE; &c. &c.
The day sk as uncorninoniy. tine,no ,accidenis ot
consequence, and the whole town in a greater state
of bustle than ever remembered. One hundred and_
fifty dined At the PaviliQn.

The Castle ball is most splendidly arranged, and
in every resped illuminations .of the streets, which
wore the appearance' of a fair.
The PRINCE'S dinner party on Sunday consisted of
Noblemen, Officers, and Gentlemen, in number
about 50. On the health of the Princess CHAR',
LOTTE Of WALES being-ghien,; her ROYAL PARENT
returned thanks in an eulOgical speech, replete with
elegance and affection ; nor did- the tear of rapture
which sparkled in. his eye fail of exciting due sym-
pathy in the admiring hearers. Each room of the
elegant mansion was illuminated, and the conserva-
tory appropriated to the reception of a self et party
of

- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR, Foley-street, August 13, 1810.
In the 12th page of my pamphlet on the Ptojeas
of the Calcographie Society, I have mentioned that
was informed Mr. SCRIVEN was President of that
Society. I have just received a note from him,
wherein he-politely disavows the honour in the fol-
lowing most gentlemanly terms—that it ro is a wilfut
and deliberate lie"—adding, that I may make what
use l please of the information.

I'm afraid that much use cannot be Made of coru7
awn icatious so unwise and worthless': yet, I have
been misinformed, that is, if Mr. SCRIVEN is nos,
and has not been, President of.that SoCiety, I would
request (thrtugu favour of your'Journal) the readers
of my pamphlet to add.as.mooli, dignity to the afore-
said Society as the deduction of Mr. S:'S name from
the Presidency may amount to.
The, hnportant information- came unasked for on
my part, and quite in a casual way.: I had it frotu
Mr... J. T. SaIITH, Engraver of the Antiquities of
London and Westminster, and Mr. G. ARNALD,
the 'Landscape Paiwer, was present when we acci-
dentally met. •

I ,4na, Mr. Editor, &c.

J. LANDSEER.

In case of a battle on. the frontiers of Portugal, if
it should'tUrn out favourable to the allies, and the
French army should 'be broken, " it is said a plan has
been laid for the people to rise in mass, as generally
as possible, to assist the ariniesin a hold and earti'est
.effbrt at once to annihilate the enemy, without al-
lowing him time to recover. What cannot be
achievtd by the aggregate people or a whole nation
instantly according in such an action ? 1i it did .not
produce immediately the lull effea wished, it would
certainly cover the French with the utmost cou-
sternation.

•ALEXANDER WRAE, Esq. of Virginia, with dis.:
patches for General Armstrong, at Paris, from the
American Minister at this COurt, Mr. PINKNEY,
sailed from 'Plymouth a few days since in a flag of
,truce,- for Morlaix. The vessel wars hired expressly
for the purpose of carrying Mr. AritiAE to the last-
mentioned port.

-- -- . .
DUBL'llfi' Ava. 10.-That there has been lately a
considerable-degree of distress among the mercan-
!tie and 'mantifaciuring interests of Ireland must he
acknowledged; but it may easily be demonstrated
that this distress has proceeded, not from a per-
. manent, but from a temporary cause. First, until
very lately, we have riot heard of any peCuliar
embartassments amongst . our merchants, or dis-
tress amongst our artizans, and the
,late clamour
affords conclusive evidence, that the manufactur- _
ing and mercantile interests are large, poWerful,
and I may almo'st say,-vital Paris in the moral frame
of this country.. , How then (tan such large, power-
ful, and vital bOdies. exist, if ten years,,ago a mea-
sure was put inexecution,Which-had d.'stroyed them
all ? Again, we must remember, that notJong since
a clamour was excited against
,the Bask of Ireland,
for :what was termed an over-issue of paper. , The
Bank demonstrated that theincreased quantity` of'
notes which had been sent out was not an over-
issue,.but was fairly called for, by the ificr,easilig de-
manta of the merchants, , and manutatturerse. to
support ap
,increasingtra4e ; and that not a note
had .been issued for which
.a ,fair representative Of
mercantile property had, not been ,in possession of
the Batik..
: Ille,orstress; tlmeforeelt,may.be repeated, proe
;eesls from a tem_porciry . cause. A temporary :-eine-,
y ,i,s,oornmvisurate ro a temporav evil. And this
negessArily,!_nduees a consideration of the irnme-
(hate, aatention.wlnch.was given by Government to
e... . _
...
Um very interesting subjea.
' The;Puke of Richmond wisely and humanely
considered .the immeclia,te and pressing necessity of
:providine.ernp;oyment, for, that useful class of men,
.wbosedaily, sustenanee,,and that of their craving
famlies„depends upon their daily labour,. ,It lie;
,'Q,ace's Goyernment had the wisdom to disCoverthe
:the cause, it-had the power to apply .a reeretly.
,TheCommissioriels appointed. by his Grace for,
the purpose, hat.e ben employed witii unernt-
ting activity in applying the fund in the, manner,
. best .cai_eulated: to produce
:the quickest and most
ext,nde.d effeet ; and it will give the pubFc in ge-
neral: great satisfactionto know, that a -great part
of, tbe.fund has been already applied in the most
efficient wkiy ;. and that, atleast a thousand persons,
on:,,,yvlipse.:labour so many distressed' families ck-
pead,,bave already, by the. judicious assistance of
t,tie Duke of Rich ond's Government, Thund that
prnow,,t, assistance, without ,which they must have
4,een reduced to the most deplorable distress.

.•AtidusT t t ~--A-RoquiSition- to the Sheriffs of the
cifytst Dublin is now signing, for the purpose of
requesting them to call iin:aggregate Meeting, to take
into considiqalion. what iLeasures are most propepto
'.l3:Pliaopted as operative to the repeal of the. Union.
tliObert ,Langrishe, ELq. son of the Right Hon. Sir
Hercules Laugristie, has been appointed a Coinmis •
sinner of - Excise, in the room of the late John
Townshend, Esq.

The following extraordinary story is copied from
the Cork Advertiser of last week Av6sel
rived in our harbour last Sunday from Quebec, un-
-der, Ortlcular circumstances; which we understand
to be *the following :—While on her passage, the
crew midini,id, and determined on murdering the
Cdprain. On his' being apprised of the horrid de-
sign, be begged' for a' short .re%pite to' prepare hint-
self, for eternity, to which they with difficulty as-
sented. He was accordingly permitted to retire
irno his cabin, and,. in the interval allowed him, he
contrived to secrete himself under what is calledthe
scuttle. After thOimited time had expired, the in-
tannan :wretehes repaired to the cabin. to accom-
plish their diabolical purpose, but finding the cabin
windows open, and not discovering their intended
victim, they concluded he had thrown himself into
the sea. On the- arrival of the vessel here, a Re-
venue Officer went on. board, and was fold by-the
Mate, the ringleader of the mutiny, that the Cap-
tain, in a tit of insanity, threw himself overboard,
and was lost; and while lie was telling this story,.
the Captain, to his infinite consternation, made his
appearance. It is scarcely necessary to add; that
the villains have been taken into custody.

The DEY of ALGIERS has set a proper example
to.the Americans; in declaring war'against France;
or rather against 13UONAPARTE, as the latter is the
enemy of all States, civiliSed or otherwise. Indeed
it is very little creditable to the character of America,
and' wholly inconsistent with her principles, hat
she should so long hav'e submitted -to the insults of
a Man who is at tvar with liberty all over the globe,
and who is at this moment employing his unhappy
subjetts (atter all their dreadful sucritices in•piirsutt
of freedom) in the attempt to enslave a gallant
people, and bring them under the disgraceful ty-
,ranny of hiS upstart brother, or rather under hithself,
as the Sovereigns whom he creates are the mere
instruments of his own ambition.

Three Graces seleard, from the Cyprian corps
yesterday ran a race of three hundred. yards, in
Whiteehapel, for a wager of a quartern of Hodges's
imperial neClar., The ladies were 'attired in their
apparel, in taut, , almost in a state of nudity:
The Master of the Ceremonies of a neighbouring
slaughter-house gage the signal tor starting, and
in an instant the interesting-,trio rushed forward
with the impetuosity oldie Wind, but not -unattend-
ed, as they were pursued by several dogs, which
were maliciously set on by the sporting amateurs
of that vicinity. The nymPhs, however, did .not
prove to be
,true game, as they. took shelter in the
first house they found open. The disgrAceful scene
terminated by 'three or four skirmi,hes among 4 the
"Mobocracy who. proceeded from words to blows,
and from thence to the Temples of Justice in the
neighbourhood, where nuMerous applications for
warrants were made during the. day, against as-
saulters ;:nd defamers.of charatlers.

Two :men of the names of .81..ke and Dawson,.
while playing at qu.otts in a field near Wciolwich, on
Tuesday, had a disputes respea ing which of them had
thrown nearest to 'the hod. The .contention was re-
ferred to a shoernaker "who was present, and. w ho,
after he had decided, des4ed Blake jocosely to hull
the quoit, and he would catch it ; the latter did so,
and struck the shoemaker on the temple, who ex-.
pired on being Conveyed home.

UG. 13.

Fire, that tlo lest terrisle enemy of mankind than
useful minister of our necessities, has not fi,r half a
century presented in this city a more awful i stance
of its fury, than , in-the accident which befel the
prernises of Messrs. Pyer and Co, druggists, in Red-
cliff-street, yesterday morning. Mrs. Pyer ha, ing
lain in only Ove weeks, a lire was lighted to air a
small room; used both as a parlour and a counting-
hoase,,w hiCh was dit ided frOtif the shop by the only
flight of stairs that led to the 'upper part of the.
dwelling-house An adjoining court, kitchen, and
warehouse, extending to Itedelitr:back, form the
lest of the premiSes. In the aboVe-in-ntioned room,
at,a quarter past seven, Mr. Pyer had seated Lien elf
upon a stool io read a prescription jus received, atict
in the ael of quitting it to go into the shop, the stiiol
fell.against either a six-gallon bottle of spirits et
turpentine, or one with three gallons of Spiits of
wine (tilled
.to order on Saturday night, and.pfaceAs
unier the desk for greater safety), Which broke, and
thecontents corritunn4.,•atin's tb:si
whole room was instantly in a bl u e. Air. Pytr
ran up stairs,- followed by. Ole flatness and got his
wile trorn her bed into the front room on the first
floor, and proceeded to seek for the rest of his ta-
mtly ; but the flames had spread., so rapidly as to till
,the staircase and landing.plaCes to the sky light,.
wiiich hiewup, and all conitnunicattoh betw-en
•
front and back rooms was cot ofF. The situation of .
all the wretched inhabitants now bec:tme truly des=
berate. A child of tour years o'd was ilirown.by a
whomaid-servant, ho pimp: d from the tint
Story, window into the street. d),,krs tail WaS
broken, it is hoped, sous to prevent any serious
in-
jury ; but the. servaut was nsiech bruised, ari:l.-ei?-m--
veyed to thelnfirmiry. Air. Moon (shOpman), after
hanging hy his hands.: from, t,he second story window
several minutes, yvas taken:4'4-111y, If I :delis, Width,
also; with his.
~assistanee' reS,(Jr.%.d Mr. and Alrs.
Pyer.
Every possible exeriion was niade lo extricate a
nurSe;and:two children troin,the upper Welt rjotn,,,
but, .alasl,
,without success—for wises in “bout.fwo
hours, the flames were suffiCiently Mastered:
mains, of the _poor woman wer,e,;found h-these
of the newly-born infant bosom, arid Old
othcruof two years. old, lying .beSide her; oil
this
,wreck of her bed, in a stale too shocking for 'de-
scription ! Her name was Reed, and her age about
53 years. .

The stock and furniture were insured ; the house
(the property of Mr. Frost, baker) was not: The
principal part of the account-books, and upwards of
2701. in cash-notes (provided for a remittance by
yesterday's post to London), shared the dcstrtfction ;
which principally through the exertions of Mr. Frost,
jun. bookseller, who conduAec.i a fire-engine through
the
.warehoust:‘,did not, proyidentially.tin the Licigii-
botlitiood, reach any pan of a coriiidirablY greater
store of combustible matter.