The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-25 00:00:00

P.IIiDADOPS, JULY 7.

His Majesty's slip Thetis al-lived at tlisr-inCl'oog
yesterday inortvng, trOln TellCritre ; andillarl LIFO)"
schooner, teen} Guabloupe ; and in the evening tl'e
transport ship iVwji)/k, also from Gnadaloupe.
leMor HALLAM, and several of the Militaty 31-
13chei to the suite of the Commander of the I.:orceS,
and some other Odhets, came puscligers in th"°
vessek.

Since our last have also art ived, schooners Rachel
and Mary, from Halifax ; Dapid, tinin New'
foundland ; Polly and lihry, front Demetay i
11,ha wants Me, from Martinique ; ship Jubilee,
from Whitehaven ; brig Leviathan, from Surinatoi
and six or seven Atneric3n,. -The Leviathan, sailed
from Surinam on the 3U It ult. bound to Liverpool,
in company with the ships Collinviood and Jubilee,
but the same evening separated in a squall, in viti.i';ll
she carried away her foremast, main-topmast, &c*
and was oilw.rwise much_ injured ; in COnSeqUenCe
t which she put in hew, and last night, its woik-
nig ujt, struck on the Kettle -th.;turns, witliot!t
much injury,
.but did not fetch anchorage until
t hismorning.

His Nlajjsly's ship Bulwark, 74 guns, from C;'•-
diz bound to Vela Cruz, has touched at Guadaloopc,,
and proceeded. She left Cadiz on the Stll.lthip'
GEoRGE 1--hLI.A.m, Esq. arrived passenger in
vessel at Guadaioupe.
The ship Lovely Lass,
,homeward-bound
Guadaloupe, has beetilost'e6Ming cut of Point
Pei r
. • ..

The second fleet of home-i,vard-tinund Niere,t: .F-
-dia traders sailed from St. Thomas on the 23d a:,
under convoy of -the iiberciombie of the zt"'
some smaller men of \va r.

JULY 10.—His Majesty's ship Thalia, from Lon'
don and Madeira, arrived at this anchor4e on So"
having on° board' his Excellency Huciti rt
LIOTT, Esq. formerly appointed to the comm
this Island, on his way to Awigua, to which and sts
dependencies he has heen subsequently appoinfeci-
Governor : and after remaining about an hour, tit)i-
ing which his Excellency was on shore, proceeded,
by w.ry of Si. Pierre, (Martinique), to her destio-
t on. The ship Hoixteeit, one of tre expecled trid4
under. convoy of arrived at rho 11'"`'
time', and iernains. The Lady Anne, also of 11
ccrnvoy, arrived off theii-ry with her, but -
io
Grenada, ‘virere.slie is bound. STEPHEN 'V a''
coTT, Esq. and Lady, and lA.'O dlllghterS of ti°
Hon. JOHN F. ALLEYNE, one of FLANCI, 13. Gros '
Esq. and Mrs: SOUTHWELL and her -siser, 011'13
passiligers in the Hopewell.

arrived since our 1,1!:1--Army ship
from Guadaloupc.; Alail.boAs 111‘ ay, from Lk.a3t-
rary; and the Lady Spencer, from St. VitictO
brig .Nata ihki, eh; I ma) N.:wfoundlnnd ; schcoocl4
Cunulla, :roi-u Nlartiniqu.,2; and Pidusinv, 'from b
Lucia ; atAl four Americans.

Jicry, M'DONELL,4rom Glasgow to Tob3g'
has I.,tely oten ‘vreckcd near Ten,ritie ; the suP`fir:
cargo, a passenger, and eleven of her crew ncriO'r.

A few_htters from Lisbon, LI.). the:date -of :the
instant, have been received, conveyed !)y the Ferfet
sloop of war. The following is an ex:ma flow 00°
of them.;—
" LISBON, Anc. 8.-11 e exact position that cc 1::
army occupies is known to few in this city, but
_LAI`
is lid to be advantageous. dor troons are in "7.0“"
health; while it is' said, that it, the army of M-',i-
SRNA a dysentery to a great extent prevails, wrbic'';
in this season of the year, is wore destrulive
the sword, and therefore the longer Lord NVELLis6:
TON delays fighting the better. The Englkh 31'
less subject to this malady, as they have heel) 0,03 r..
teted in lofty situations.
no
`° Our poq is from head-quarters to this place • .
so frequent or so regular as is to be wished, (.0°'!:
dering our anxiety. We do not hear that there ''
reason to think that a battle wily be fought so 51f:
as a few weeks ago we imagined. .Almeida is clQ4e
invested, and the French seem determined, it
sable, to take it."
The faa of a dysentery prevailing in the rani° of
the enemy is also stated by a Gentleman lately 1.4.
turned from Paris, who says, that tile Frencll artulY
has been long afflided with an epidemic or cootre
gious disorder, arising front the intense heat of t
climate, co-opt ra, ing with the diet, and other CO",.
curring causes. He adds, that, according to the ;i,
counts received in France, it appears that the inV3d'ol
ing
.army had no adequate supply of. water, at
that the beverage in many- situations was conve)ea
from a considerable distance in carriages constrate.
for the purpose. It is also stated that MASSE
forces were destitute of pay, and that much `f°
content prevailed amongst :hem from thiS 61.0"/

stance.
A Letter from an Officer of our army in PorltiP/'
dated August 1, Camp in the rear of Celet'cre
states, that the 4'34 at the bridge Coa was nl°,
brilliant than was at firSt- The Frell`to
brought our about 14,000 cavalry and infantrinou
attack General; CRAUFUHD, who had only
infantry and cisalry : they made six several attar.
on our little band of Ikroes, and were coriVit3:,et),
repulsed in every one ot them at the point ot he
bayonet. • The lo s,' of the en array is said to 141'4
been near 900. The Portugue,u cavalry behave
uncommonly well. • ..
.As Colonel WALSH was passing through the via
of Guildford,in a gig, 6n Tuesday, the horse t9°,t;
fright, and threw the Colonel from his seat e
stones, by which he was so much bruised, that )0
died on the following dapy,—He was a Gentian'

much r..!spetted.
ANTkiONY,
,the well-known Bow-istreet, officcf'
died yesterday se'nnight, at his lodgings in Finch4ol
atier an ilineis of about two motile's. Mr. RE!'„
has appointed VICKSRX, the ofFi.cei of Wuribir'
street, to succeed him.
kf
Lately died at a village in tho centre of Nor-1 j
the wife of a small farmer, who had with care
industry, together with the profit of a few Cows and
the produce of 20 acres of land, reared a; faroilY
ten children.—On searching the hot4seaftei.file p 0„,
woman's decease, ten Bags of gold, each bag „
taining twenty guinea:., were found, to the au 5111,;6,
surprise at her ten children, for whom it Was
doubt intendA.

POETRY,

EPITAPH ON THE'VEAR

By THE HONOURABLE •R. W. SPENCER.

iTis gone, with its thorns and its roses,
With the dust of dead ages to mix !
Time's charnel for ever incloses
The Year Eighteen I lUndred and Six.

Though many may question thy merit.
1 duly thy dirge %Ail peiform;
Content it thy heir but inherit
Thy portion of sunshine and storm.

I‘IY blame and my blessing thou ;barest,
For black were thy moments in part ;
tut oh ! thy fair days were the fairest
That ever have shone on my heart !

lf thine was a gloom the completest
That Death's darkest cypress could throw,
Tines too, was a garlaad the sweetest
That life itt full blosom could show.

°Pe hand gave the balmy correaor,
Of ills which the other had brew'tl,
One draught from thy chalice of nectar
All taste of thy bitter subdu'd.

'Tis gone, with its thorns and its roses !
With mine tears naore precious may mix,
To hallow this midnight which closes
The "Vear Eighteen ilundreit and Six"!

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Seeing in the Suw, Star, and other Papers,
I:4 curious Calculation," which appears
,to have
e't copied from a Provincial Print, and which is
e 'rencous from beginning to end, I have therefore
Your
your former statement, and have to reqhest
Your insertion of the annexed

A CURIOUS CALCULATION (Correaed.)
2. The difference between rising every, morning at
"hilt and eight o'clock in. the course of 40 sears (sup,
',°siorf, the person should go to bed at the same time
41e otherwise would, and regarding the bissextile as
4 Matter of course) amounts (o 29,220 hours, and
all"'ing 8,766 hours to a mean solar year,, is three
t
3a, 12! days, 8 hours, reckoning 24 hours to a
'aY, so that is just the same as if teu years of life
were be added (and no particle of time less) to
eh .we might command eight hours every day tor
„.)e cultivation of our own minds in knowledge or
vtrlue, or the dispatch of business. • This is easily
troved by inverse proportfon, as 40 years of two
ours each day, is exactly equal to t 0 years of eight
Ito
ots each day, which is aiso equal to to 3 I -3d
'f.e4rS of 24 hours each day, as above stated:
N.B. The period of 40 years must be seleEted so
t 9 not to include the years 1752 or i other Wise
Ae calculation would be 29,198, or 29,218 hours.
e error in the 'Conner Statement in the Papers ap-
,'.ears. to 'have !peen in deducting 10 days for leap
nark, instead of adding 20 /roars on that score.
am, Sir, your's,
A CONSTANT REAPER.

the zesterdav fifty Rams, and one hundred Ewes, of
gtrue l'aular breed, pert of a flock formerly the
r()-0(?rty of Don Manuel Godoy, P:ince of fie l'eacc,
_,
..
adually presented by the Supreme Regency of
Iri" 10 Colonel Downie, were sold by auction at
r• Xemp's premises, near the Angel Inn, bin-
The Sheep had been previtusiy driven from
he Meadow adjoining by Spanish Shepherds, and
th
" sale commenced about half past ten o'clock. A
)141M-rolls a-semblage of Noblemen, Gentlemen,
,
\v'eed, r, and Agriculturists, were present. The
:001 of this Hot k was allowed to be of the finest
1(11_314. They w, re in general full-mouthed Rams,
I,"it. of them not in the,best condition, but all were
ralthy. The Ewes were young, nimble, and in
40,I,erable condition. Both Rains and Ewes averaged
tt° 'ut fifteen guineas each, 'which, according to the
vas of Mr. Daniel Smith, the Auctioneer,
vsas Much less than he had sold the same breed for,
rt‘yllle tune +ince, at Richmond. Among the pur-
'dsers were,

Guineas
k )rd Mansfield, a Paular Ewe - - 17
It C. Talbot ditto .. • - ig
to (.3 ' -
titt , ,ttto -- - 11
Sir ;0, ditto . - - • x
b., t• Banks, a Paular Rain - - 26
v: Peat, a ewe - - - • • 12i
leo, a Ram - - . 6
;Vito,
li,Littison, a Ram . - 31
;Vito, ditto - - '
23
'-',to ditt
il
r!tto, ditto
- - - - 167 "to ditto
- -
IL)r:trio,dittc -
- - IS -
- - 19 •
;Vto, ditto - - 16
•
Ditto, ditto 23
hi:dAtt - - ... . .
Celititt°leman. %-.lilto is a Considerable breide- 21
r,
k,bougbt several in addition to the above.
_ _ "1r• King,.
ti..LOX,
a. Rant . 37
Ditto,
COX, ditto - - 13
"iitto a Ewe
Air ;.. - -- - 14
Ar,_.
.o.rdharn, a Ram . - - - 13
ji.r. Elias t. °Wham, ditto - .. 11
et°, ditto - - - - 26
'lto, ditto - - -.- 14
11 The other purchasers were Messrs. Halford,
revler, Flower, Burrell, Cherry, Ford, Riley, Lud-
ra Gibbons, and Hoare. The sale lasted several
gars, and, many distinguished Agriculturists and
Nv'eeders, in addition toThose we have enumerated,
ere on the field.
41,114 L—At half past twelve o'clock last night an
t'rtning fire broke out in the office of the Traveller
tr,iening Newspaper, Fleet-street, which 4 in the
itirseofan hour, unfortunately consumed the whole
4.46iSeS. It was first obsert ed' in the second floor,
4114, spread with such rapidity, that, notwithstanding
44Plentitul supply of water, and the prompt attend-
-I,:e of several excellent engines, no part of the pro-
II eye
nor the house could be saved. The adjoining
:uses were all preserved, however, ' bat their
I:',ners suGred considerable injury in removing
pact goo +s into the adjoining court, the greater
Ivi t PI which, in the alarm, vs as thrown from the
teci,stld°w.s. The cause of the fire has not been ascer-
*l.hgt ti but we a e happy to say no lives were lost.
N 4 house way iusured, but we have not learned to
at tAtent.