The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-20 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

BRIGIi

'ON; JAN,

SUN-OFFICE,

'But little has, occurred here/worth noticirrg for
some days past. The weather', though cold, has
been' seasonably bright and 'pleasant, and tice tides
and walks have bad gay appearances. The iLitrra-
11ies (IA); continue to exhibit their full prOportion ot-
;,;genteel loungers; and though there is bat little no.
velty stirring, the town may. be considered as far
from doll.

THREE O'CLOCK, P. M.

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We stop the press to lay before ouriteaderfferitn6 1
Particulars Which have just been commilniCated toFli
by a Gentlemma who has very lately erriyed from j
France. He says, that in Paris, a -very general
9)inion prevails, that a Peace will ,soon take place 4
With this Country ; and it is singular, that a re- 1
Port was prevalent there, similar to that which
bas for some dart past been circulated in Lon- I
Ilan, Viz. that BUONAPARTS had ..made a pro-
Posal for a Negpciation with this country, and that
be had also expressed, a wish to cement the peace by
a Marriage with one ()lour younger Princesses, He
also•adds, that in Paris the people eiwtss their
'PProbation of • the war, much more openly_ than
Could have been expeaed under such a Government.
, - •

'The draught of a new bill, as intended to be
passed into an A& 'of Parliament, for the better re-
gulation of this tOwn, and framed by the Committee
appointed by the inhabitants for that !,urpose, will
be examined in a public vestry, at the 'Old Ship ta.•
vein, in a day or two, to be approved or rejeeled as
circumstances may appear to render requisite. The
meeting, it is supposed, wilt be one of the most nu-
merous and respelable description.

4F, Yesterday a very large party of the inhabitants
of,the place dined and passed very ,many convival
liciurs together at the above tavern. The Captain of
the Old Ship complimented his company in The
course of the day, by observing, that he did not be-
lieve there was a Captain in
,the 'British Navy, Who
could boast of a more honourable, loyal, and patriotic
crew than that by which he was supported on the
then present occassion: •

. -
The followinisingUlar-anecdote respecting Buo-
114PARTE was in,circulation on the Contineut, tor
the authenticity of which, hOwever, our incormant
could not pledge himself:— ;

There will be a ball as the Castle, this evening, in
honOtt( of her Majesty's birth-day.
There have been no private fashionable entertait-
ments, worth mentioning, far several days pa;,t.
.Lady AincOtt's ball and supper will take place at
the Old Ship ROOlll6 early in the ensuing week.
•
In
ho-nour of the Birth-day, a royal salute was
fired by er,t)nel Moore'S company of volunteer ar-
tillery, from'the fort this morning. - , •

• BUOicAPARTE, it is stated, was writing, about a fort-
bight ago, in his Cabinet, at night, with one of his
Secretaries, when his hair caught fire, without his
4.„,k!reeiving it ; the Secretary, however, saw it, and
'Prang towards him, in order to put it out ; Boos A-
PARTg, not being aware: of his motive, seized a pis-
tol, and shot him dead On the spot.

POETRY.

LEITH, JAN. 17.

THE CLASSICAL TAILOR.

SAM SERGE a merry stage-struck wighf,
Makes patent Leathet Breeches,
They fit the thigh compat and tight,
Nor chew the eye their stitches;
He wants a ;klotto for his trade,
Pool Suip of Hamlet dreams, •
'So on his AlOor you see display'd,
" day, nay, 1 knOw not scams."

On Saturday evening, about ten o'clock, as 'a
'alady and gentleman were coming from Bathfield
to teitb, owing to the darkness of the night, and
ilia dangerous state of the road, they were preci.
p•ited over the bank next the.sea, neatly 30 feet.
The, lady bad brer arm broke, and was otherwise se-
verely. bruised The 'gentleman was also much. hurt.
In a short time, ,t means are not taken to prevent
the rapid encro ,cbnaeots the sea has been making
in that quarter, :he road will be rendered perfectly
impassable.
Tuesday morning a man was taken out of Leith
harbour drowned. It is not known who he, was.

SPANISH PAPERS.

OFFICIAL.

A '
Assembly of Yecla of the Kingdom ti
Iviurcia, addresses the Supreme Government in the
following terms :•=1-
" Sin-The Asseinhly of ibis town; on re;ding
4:11 e Manifesto of hips Majesty, of the 20th of 0610-
• "er, addressed to the Spanish Nation, anncui-tcing
approaching Convocation of the General Cotes,
Cannot suppren the ekpression of its svitiments of
adthiration and gratitude, or avoid returning tire
ardent thanks of tli ,'! distritits it has the honour to
represent; This measure, to a nation sickened acid
dispirited, may be called the bahatt of: life, 'which
in a moment has re-intimated the whole system-,
Wen to the extremities ()tithe social body. It is an
eternal monument, recording the -name of the So,
Vereign to.futtlia ages, and an example of heroic
genercisity, which in distant: times Will awaken
In the affeaionate passions of posterity. Inimor-
Sal glory be ascribed to these illustrious persons
'trho know how to resign that power which is found
Ic`be'incompeent to save the nation, and which ,
appeals to that nation to adopt those energetic .vx-
Pedients which may preserve its liberties and de-
Way its enemies."
After some-further observations of the Assetnbly;
indicative of its high approbation of this- re=erence
t 0 the wisdom and fortitude of the Spanish people,
It concludes as follows

, . .
On Saturday the body_ofa,new-born female was
'ftitind it the canal at Aberdeen."

On Tuesday se'nnight the herd at Oakbank, in-
the: parish ‘ot Johnston, Was'tinfortunately killed by
a. bull. He was an old man, and had been lop& in,
the service of Mr. Aitken, farmer there, who next
day caused the bull to be shot. When found, he.
was. bruised in a shocking mariner, one of his" arms
broke in two places, and his clothes literally torn off.
his 13bdy. •He must hate nude considerable resist-
ance, as .his stick lay neer bi n split in pieces.

ft i 5 saki 'that WILLIAM CpBBETT is likely to be 3
Member of the ensuing Parliament, as Representa-
tive oti Grampound !
.The Fort Ifitliam East Indiaman has arrived off
Plymouth, from Bonibtly. We understand she
brings intelligence of three weeks later date than
the last arrivals, but nothing has yet' been permit-
ted to transpire. •
, The Committee appointed for managing the Mei-
.kle-Ferry Fund, have distributed DO9l. 15.;. being
the first moiety of the suns cantribtne.d for the re-
tiVriif the relatives of the stift'erers by the calamitous
',wilt which has been so often mentiened.

The mode of the Convention and Eleaion no
doubt will correspond 'with the sublime purpose,
ana an classcs.ot thenativs will imitate so excel.
a pattern. The God of Justice will recompense..
You, and .tlie magnanimity- of your vitt oes-," by your
tlevation to that I.lty pinnacle of happiness, which
Is the highest point to which human felicity can as-
rend, white our nature is confined to this earth --
od preserve yon,
" FRANCISCO "V'REA.
• gf JUAN •ATUN,6Z ORTIGd, &C."
Nov. IS, 1809.

Our ears have long Ileen•accustomed to lt('.ar of a
phalan's of politicians designated the Opposition ; and
even now we Occasionally read and hear of the ,Pa-
triof Band, by name; but we search In. vain• to disr
cover the 'aciorS erbtitled to that honothable choiuc-
tion. In dlys of 'yore, they were men 'of
talents, li6nour, and integrity ; and trite lovers of
their country—zealously exerting themselves to ag-
grandize its tame, and protect it from the inroads-of
intrigue and the grasp of its 'enemies. But alas !
such • are nat.:row to be found ; Men in herds as-
semble now a-days to thwart and harass the servants
of the King and his people—confound their plans ;
and like WARDLE and WAITfIMAN talk of their pa-
triotism ; leaving the practice of it to others.
A coriows method of exchanging horses took place
at Gisburn a few days back, between a Mr. T.
Within ace township of Waddington, and a Mr. H.
Within the township of GisbUrn, viz.—The parties
were twenty-eight hours in bargaining, drank 70
glasses of gin and water, smoaked nine ounces of
tobacco, eat fvtio large bowls full of water porridge,
with one quart of treacle ; Mr. H. wiaa to have 231:
to boot, two cheeses value 255. each, two days keep
for himself and his horse with Mr. T. and two bot-
tles of w'ne each day, with one apple pie the size
of half a peck, and a cheese next Christnias.
We understand that a very • salutary regulation

fcxico, AUG. 11.—His most Illustrious Excel-
lency the Lord Archbishop Viceroy, desiring, to ma-
fest his gratitude to the generous Patriots of this
eapital, and that all the world' may know the love,
Edelity, and zeal with which they regard the kite-
rests of the Spanish nation, has ordered a Gazette
Extraordinary to be published, with the names of
the 'corporations and individuals who have contri-
buted to relieve the necessities of the Parent Slate.'
This liberality bas been shewn at the Mere intima-
'lon of his most Illustrious Excellency, to fulfil the
wishes of the Supreme Junta, and at a tune when,
from causes that are notorious, the pecuniary re-
eources of this establishment have been very de-
Acient.

•
1
1 has been adopted by the Packet Company at Do-
Madame CATALANI is engaged for four nights st naghadee, in 'team!. ' When three packet boats
the Glasgow Theatre. Her first appearance was to 1 are detained by contrary winds at Port Patrick,- the
be on, this evening. remaining packet sent from Ireland- is not
,or-
Mrs._ JORDAN having closed her engagement at 1 dered to Port Patrick, but to Portnessock or Ardwell
Manchester, is exp i
ected at Leeds on the ‘24th inst. Bay, 4eording to cireturnstances, where she is to
to perform a very few nights. . ' ilay to, or• east anchor, and send the mail ashore, to
4,,10r conveyed overland to Port Patrick,. from whence
In addition to the information we gave yeSterclay,
as reported in a letter received a few days since from ': the mails then due are to be cdnveytd to where
Lisbon, 'we have the pleasure to learn that the army the packet-boat maybe laying, with which she Le
to the statements thaimmediately to return to Donaghadee. ,By this
is in general healthy, contrary t ,
• regulation there will seldom be more than two
have lately appeared. ' mails due in Ireland at a time. .. ,
. - When the prisoners taken on board the 'Euro
P. ,
and Streatham were embarked at the Isle of Bourbon , . Suictve.-,--The *body of a young woman *as
picked op floating the river, above the Westminster
for-Bengal, there were bast 150 Europeanaaitogether, ',-
Znglish' and foreign. Of these, with the exception , Lodge, on Tuesday afternoon, and she was owmul
()I Officers, 6d only were Englishmen, including } 'by a gardener on Thursday. Her name is Priscilla
O
euddy servants and Officers servants. Thi remain_ i Moss, and she was a nursery-maid in a Gentleman's
der of the 150 were foreigners. .... ,- - i faaity in Marlborough-street ; she was proved to
t he irt'a,,state of pregnancy, and the probable cause
The Britannia, Ittionals, sailed from St. Win-
vent's for Clpde, nuicide was her desire to conceal her shame. She left
on the stn of NOvanker, and on
* • ' her place on Sunday evening, and took an affeeting
'the lath•was taken by a French privateer, but the ‘, far,r6w cll of a fellow-servant, who, however, did no
.
.- cil!vebeing left on bOard, contriTlid i 0 104. i-on "ohist'w . smog 4.4 ki*.iiiitoiazi to deatigi Wiata,- 1.,
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