The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-27 00:00:00

.4-I"_VIEILIC.,I AIIPERS.

Neiv.Orleans, Oa. 3.
ELORIDA.—We find the rumour o( last.
(as it' (el tt-s to taking the fort at-Baton Illauge) .
true...:Youtig. Mr.. Grand Pre died of the
receiVed, a sport time after the affair.
n. Thomas commands,_ and, we are informed,
head of the Exccutive,:Governor.LaSSUS being
H dose confinement. The greatest. part, of the
caniards made their escape, and uuipbers of them
••ve arrived in this ci:y. At first thvre.„ was danger
.preitended 'from the proplepf the /*mite and:Co-
but v.r.eit the .matt passed, every thing was
`cluil,
and active preparations were-making for
Top convention, unds.r whose orders Ge-
ti has acked, and continues to act, are
roo on supporuing their independence..
s.—At the moment our Paper was going
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press,, .we received ii,fOrtnation that General
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marche.t with 400 men., as mounted in-
.lr). ~ opt Tuesday last, from Baton Rouge, for .1 he
rTltil of St.:l-telt:4a, to tetabiish order, and cotifine,

hose who will not subicrib:, to the powers of the
Idomntiou. We llop 'hat 'lr. Brown, the Cow-
-1 vindarit of that dis:riet, and Oeuer3,l Thomas, 'Ad
~onpncidate their disputes without bloodshed, and
some, kind of Government, which is intitLtely
i firer thin the andichy with which the-y are threat-

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We are informed by a Gentleman in tiu city,,of
th,,t of Spriogtiosi, ato,yett
xtil.ling. at Rookter's r Lauding, in .WeA...Fiorida„
(.tave erected a ford; and named it -Perdinand for
;heir Krug, and 'that they had determined'to oppose
Gen. Tholoai and all, the acts of ' ate e.tiventioit.
bar informant adds-, that they have ordered drums,
,fifes, powder, lead, &c. to be purcha,ed and sent ..to
()c r. B.—We are informed, and we presume cot.-
rectly, that Geu, TDoiDis t(?oti, possession x,t the dis-:
tricE of St. Helena On Tittirschy 1u t; wtihout oppo-

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.isitio:4-7that the iciliabitanis, Who wcre,emplo)ed in
:`:`erecting a fort at' Booltier's Landing, abandoned
erecting
the Genet al's shthdard. It was'iepiated
Vriaayniorning, our intorwant a.lds,.tliat Gen.
was' preparing to march for Mobile.
OcT. 10.—The Convention adjourned:
),•to the lust Monday of INovember, leAving at &nun.
Rouge Messrs. Johnson, Leonard, and
.Hawes`as a
COnitnittee Of Public S.ttety, and to draft a.consiittr-
toy) similar to that, of toe Unite,.: Stets. The Co,i-
J
, VVI I tiOU ICSOhreo to sent: ,a Ministet to the
trr the, adoption of a Co.stitution, A sicmding,
pru,e' of 11)4 men was enlisted to gariison Baton
under Captain Ballengitr. The militia' had
rettlfOed home. The tax on tne si:cy.es,ofemigrants
to ".ihe.Cornmo7y4;ealtit of !test Florida" i akopiist,
ed. was expected. the " State Priiotters' wou
tiortiy be,liberated.]

Th,e.,foilowing exitact of a letter afforls some in-
teresting information respetting the naessuresthat are
taking, to frustrate any attempts, which the enemy
right.,ittak,t in establish themselves in the ilentejo,
and 4*rrupt the:tnig2z itm of t!,e Tagus
B.—Lord NVEL.I.I.NUTeN, has or-
dere;.( some works to-be wade on the opposite side of
the river, from. Almilda to the Tietaria to protett Ate
,shipping in. the Tagus, in e:se the French should •
cr..sB at Santarem, or AbLantes, apd.come down. the
left
.bat and.eize the heights.. understand the
works io:which I have alluded will he very slvong,
render such an attempt iropra4ticable.7,
L •rct•W4LINGTON is extremely 061i1e,, aud
of wary thing. Tire (1-).• before yesterday,he came
dawn incog. to inspect the works himself. His
Lordship
.rem:tined there three pot ts of the day :
Crossed at nighi-fall in titnepfo.• dine with Mr.
STUART.; and at Bali-pat 8 seroftagain to•Girtax,O,
partly by water; and w.is ba,.:k before the'French Ge -
nerai had missed him, at.leasi he made no at-tempt to
alarm the camp in his absence.
"General HILL, I am. sorry to say, has fallen
sh k. He is come-from Chamiasca grievou4afflid-
ed with fever and ague. I saw him laud atthe square;
w hen it was +ece.7sary for him to besupiort,:d by two
officers. His.services are much regretted, for he ,
as excellent a charatier as he is a General. General
Is AN gih also sick. Lord Wia,LitcoToN stands the ca,ml
paign well., and point of hetlih cannot. be better."
iit,E,BEay riturinAr....--7-It is the
general opinion of the. Police Officers, that the rob-
bery Qf theabove Cathedral is what is called, in the
slang langttag, a put-up-roUery, or that the-quan-
tity and value of the -plate, the place whore ii was,
kept, and the way to get at it, were all previously.
•well known, and the crime committed by persons
pettedly acquainted with the place. The weight has
been erroneously stated at 700 ounces, whereas it
was 1.,7600uncet,. It had ,'ery.lately been new clonlde
gilt, .which gave .it the appearance of gold. The
robbers must have passed tune doors or gate before
they could get at the property. The master-key
was kept in closet,where one of the Vergers usually
pieced his silver staff; but that was not stolen, al-
though it is supposed the key was used to-effect the '
Jobbery. It is thought by sthtle..he locks might have
been easily picked with skeleton key s. .
An attempt to steal the pLite from, the above Ca-
t! edral made twenty--SeVell years. since. The
riohers then got as tar as a closet where .the keys.
were kept ; hut'whether they' were.prevented Won
proceeding by being 'Llartned, or by their light-go-
. tit:; out w..s never ascertained.
• Mr. Milton's great match to Stamford, go miles
in five hours, IS lies an: hour, will he decided to-
Morrow. Mr. Milton will start ,at -eight o'clock
tins "cnorning from the Coach and Horses,, DOver.-
.street; on a poney, and when oil ,the stones he
mount a.blood mare, the property of aGentle-
iin at Chelsea. He- will_ have an exchange Of
t;orses eves)/ eight miles, .or nine at -furthest; ,and
the sporting gentry through the country have kindly'
offered such animals as will. forward him at a w,in-
ning rate. There is no- doubt of the horses per-
-I,i,t,ing the, task 'n; less,time than live hours,
.it can ride thetn: Betting has been two to
One 'ttainst him, out 'be was, backed at even yes-
roL:l4;l.o win. The wager is 3001. to 3001. (it,

UNIVERSITY [INTELLIGENCE.

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*ecluesday the ,12ih inst. Mr. Thomas Dunne,
M. A. of Ballo' Colleie; eras admitted Bachelor in
Medicine, and,received a license to pra6tise:,

Monday the I,7th inst. the last/iy of Michael-
mas Term, the !allowing Gentle Men were admitted
to degreei— •
BACHELOR IN DIVINITY....--lielf. J. R. Robarts,
of Trinity College.
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MASTER- ov.PinTs.--Rev. C:Troogson, of Christ
Church. Rev. T. Owen. ditto.

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BACHELOR OF Airs.—Mr. JOlin Fowler, of
Brazen-nose College.
The whole number of degrees in Michaelmas
Term, Was—D. D. three ; B. D. thiee•i B. Med.
one ; B. C. D; three ; M. A. twenty-eight ; •
8.. A. thirty-six; Matriculations one 'hundred and
eighteen.