The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-09 00:00:00

treated as prisoners of war, are not in a much bet.
tier situation, for they are not perrnitted to quit
Prance,. unless they proceed direaly- for America ; •
and in the. present state of the relations between the.
two countries, that is almost impossible ; so that
they are as it were prisom•rs at large in France.
The sales.of all the ships and cargoes belonging
to subjeas of the United States which had been
seques,rated, commenced thruughvut France on the
Ist of this Month, notwithstanding all the memo-
rials and remonstrances of General ARMSTRONG.
The Gentleman to whom we have alluded saw,
before he left France, a Monileur of the 4th inst.
It contained no news, but it was very generally re-
ported that BUONAPAR TE had itin contemplation to
dethrone the present King of SWEDEN; and to place
one of his creatures on the'Throne.

The 4rgus, the English Newspaper which wag
published in France, was discontinued at the conclu-
sion of last month. •.

The KING came 6 town yesterday from Windsor,
escorted by a party of light horse. He was received
at the Queen's Palace by the Dukes of YOliK .and
CAmaaroos.—At two o'clock his. MAJESTY held a
private Levee, which was attended by
The Archbishop of Canterbdry-, the Lord Cluineellor, the
Lord President of the Council, the' Lord Privy Seal, the first
Lord of the Treasury and ChanOor.. of the Exchequer, die
First Lord of the Admiralty,. the Three Secretaries of State, •
the Master. General of the Ordnance, the President of the
Board of Controul, the Lord Chamberlain, the Commander
in Chief, the fudge Advocate, Earl Harrowby, Viscount
Chetwynd, Lord Rivers (in Waitingl, Heatlitield (Gold
Stick), Radstock ; Count Nugent ; Sirs S. Cottrell, C.
Hamilton, E., Coote, H. B. Neale, P. Hale (Groom in •
Waiting); Admirals' Harvey, Wells, and Legge; Generals
COghlan, Bolton, Brad Shaw, arid Campbell ; Colonels Bul-
ler awl Darby ; and Captain Dunn.

The following had the honour of be;ng presented
to his MAJESTY
Vice-Admiral Harvey ; Major-General ..Cogtitan ; Sir H. •
B. Neale ; Colonel Darby Griffiths, tat Regiment of G uards ;
Sir Charles Hamilton ; Major-General Bolton ; Lieutenant-
General Fitzroy ; Major.t.cneotl Campbell, tat R.liment
of Foot Guards ; Major-General Bradshaw ; and Captain
P. Brown ; on their promotions.
Colonel Buller, on his being appointed Aid-de. Carnp to -
the King, and on his promotion.
Mr. R. Dur,das, upon his return from Scotland.
Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, on his appointment to
be Colonel of the 34th Regiment.
Captain Dunn, on his appointment to a ship.
Vice-Admiral J. Wells, on.his promotion.
Rear-Admiral Legge, on his promotion to that rank.
Colonel Hay, of the Royals, on his return front Walche.
ten. . _

Major-General Count Nugent, upon his arrival in Eng-
land. .

Capt. Alexander Fraser, R. N. on his appointment to his
Majesty's yacht William anti Mary. '
Lord Radstock, on being pro►noted to the rank of Rear-
Admiral of the Red. _ _ _

Lord Viscount Chetwynd, upon his being appointed a
Clerk in ordinary to the Privy Council, in the rao►n of Sir
Stephen Cotterel, rcsigneJ, who has tilied that office 5o
years within a few months. He was Clerk Extraordinary to
the, Council upwards of twelve months durin4, the reign of
George the Second. He retires upon a pens►on, agreeably
to the Act of Parliament passed last Sessions, which Nvill
be in proportion to his salary and the nuniber of years he has
been in the office.

His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Lortp CHAN-
CELLOR, the Marquis WELLESLEY, Earls CAMDEN
and LIVERPOOL; Messrs. PERCEVAL, YORKE, and
RYDER ; Sir DAVID DUN DAS, &c. and anerwards
held a Privy Council, at whiith, we understand, tilt
Parliament was further prorogued troth the 21 st inst.
to the Ist of Noveaiber next.

V i,COUnt CkIEVN YND was introduced, and sworn
in Clerk in Ordinary to the Council, in'the room of
Sir S. COTTEAELL.

Dispatches were yesterday received by Mr. PINK-
NEN' from General AamsTitoNu, the American _Mi-
nister at Paris, the contents of which have not
transpired.
The San Ignacio has arrived at Portsmouth from
the North of Spain, by which we have letters from
thence to the Ist instant. The French had at that
time reached the Western extremity of Asturias,
where „Bonet had his head-quarters in the town of
Castropul. It was supposed, that his intention was
to occasion the retreat of General Mahi front before
Astorga,. by threatening to intercept his, communica-
tion with Corunna. It is added, that all persons at
that place capable of serving in the army, and not
employed in the defence of the works, had been sent
to join the Galician forces. The fuilowing is one
of our letrers :

" CORUNNA, JULY 28.—General Mahi still re-
mains belore Astorga, obstru&ting all communica-
tion between the token and the enemy, which is
reported to be short of provisions. Several con-
voys have lately been cut off. On the fall• of Ciudad
Rodrigo, General Mahi issued a Proclamation to his
army, in which he used the following expressions :
' Brave Countrymen and Fellow Soldiers,

' Though Ciudad•Rodrigo has surrendered to the
enemy, it has made a resistance which has gained it
a medallion in the Crown of Spanish Glory, and its
name shall-be recorded with those ot SarragoSsa and
Gerona. Let us reconipence ourselves for her loss
by the fall of the city of Astorga, and by the de-
strudion of the hated enemy of Spaniards and of
mankind."

_‘! He then goes on to speak of the courage and
discipline of his army, and concludes with these
words :

Let France enjoy her ill-gotten conquests, ob-
tained
.by the sacrifice and destruetion of all right.
She may bear down the temples of religion in her
inundations, but she never can destroy that temple
sacred to patriotism—the bosom of every Spaniard.
Let us hasten to revenge ourselves for the injuries
wehave suitained. We have every thing to 1060 j
they have every thing to gain. Our King, our
Country, and our Religion, call upon us 'to exter-
minate this violator of the laws of God and man.'

No very recent intelligence has bu.en received
from the British army, but whe❑ we heard last, every
thing was most favourable."
Other letters from the same quarter say, that ap-
prehensions were felt of the approach of this enemy,
and that as a measure of precaution, the Governor
of Corunna had ordered the suburbs on the land
side to be levelled with the ground.

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