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THE SUN.

10Lgil QUISDICL FALSUM AUDLAT?

LONDO N,

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1811.

The private, Letters received from the Coptinent
by the last kith°lt Mail, are of the same vague and
contradiaory. nature as those which have reached us
for the last four months. We are told in some of
them, that Use King of PRUS.SIA has 'resisted, and
with. can, the demand made upon him by &ro-
NAPARTE, to admit Erench garrisons, into some
of his principal. fortifications. It is stated, that
his Prussian Majesty bad been able-to raise an
army of 140,06 men, and that BVONAPAR73
not choosing to commence hostilities against.
such a force, aided by Russia, had desisted from his'
&mud, and that all differences have been adjusted.
We know not what degree of credit is to be given to
this statement, but we are inclined to doubt it ; all
the information which has reached us leads usto tbiek
that a war will take place in the Mirth of Europe.
We cannot, however, see, wittioUt the deepest regret,
that RusSia is waiting in a war with T'ur'key, for
comparatively unitnponant objetts, that -strength
which should be employed to assist her indepen.,
dence. Sir JAMES ShUMAREZ has, it is stated,giVen
notice that he would sail with the convoy of the
I,sth inst. -

• The PRINCE REGENT, on the recommendation'uf
the LORD LIEUTENANT, has promoted Dr. HALL,
Provost .of Trinity College Dublin, to the vacant
See of DrEGIOIE; and the Rev. Dr.. ELRINGrON,
we understand, succeeds to the Provostship of that
UnivetsttT.

WINDSOR) OCT. 17.—The KING- remains in the
same 'stale as he was yeie'rday. He has taken the
exercise of walking in his suite of rooms to.clay.

It was not the Duke of YOIIK 'who arrived here
yesterday, but the. Duchess, Her Royal Highness
dined with the QUEEN, and at seven o'cicck set off
her returu to aulands., • •

This morning his Royal Highness the Duke of
tAMBRIDeiE accompanied his Royal Sisters AiJGUS-
T A and SOrutA, in their ride on horseback, from
.eleven o'clock tilt one. They were attended by Lord
WA LUNG ki AM, Lady ILCHESTE.R, General SPENCER,
and Colonel TAY 1.611.

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The QUEEN, Princesses ELIZABETti and MARY,
took an airing to rrogrnore. •

Yesterday the PRII4CE RtGENT took an airing on
horeePack in the Pdt ks. .
The Di.d:e of N.tnTn JMttRRt i tfl has presented
the' Rev. Wm. PROCTOR, Curate of Alnwick, to
the Vicarage of Longhoughton, near Alnwick,
vacant by the death of the Rev. P. STOCKDALE.

The three Models shevin to the Pau ta 111/6ENT
in the ball-room of Carlton House, on WedneSday,
for the re-building of Drury-lane .Theatre' welt() by
Messrs..l.. and P. Wyatt and Mr. Wilkins.
• The arrivals at Brighton continue to multiply,
hOth in respe& to numbers and rank, very consi-
derably. Among the most recent are to be named :
The Marchioness of WELLBSLRY, the Dowager
Countess of LI LICOL'ai Lord SAY and Sara, and
Lord Oshmsfor;.• • •

In . the 'anion
~BALLArrinos with pert of
SOULT'S army, a Lieutenant-Colonel-was taken pri-
sOner—the person. who took Colonel Lard BLANEY,
at Malaga, last year'; for this service, he was pro.
mated' from , Captain to Lieutenant-Colonel. 13AL-
Lssigaos was of opinion, that if Sout.T.advanced
with his whole army, he should be under the ne-
cessity of remitting; he wrote to the Chief
Magis-
trates of Algeshas and,St. Roque, 'informing them
of the probability of his being obliged to retreat on
those towns, and recommending them to retire un-
der the guns of Gibraltar..

The Infantry Soldiers serving in Portugal' are in
future to, wear grey Oath pantaloons, with short
gaiters of the Mlle colour; instead of breeches and
leggings, as formerly,
The Roscommon Regiment of Militia has taken
the duty of Plymouth Garrison, They are a tine
body of men, and the Officers extremely polite and
affable.

The Royal Lancashire went thtough the ma-,
ticzuvres of a field day and sham fight at Viymoath
Dock on Tuesday. Their' movements wr;re excel-
lent, and drew forth repeated plaudits of admiration
from every Officer present.
It has been whimsically observed, that though
LUCIEN BUONAPARTE has taken out a Garne..Li-
co NAPOLEON his brother NAPOON has resolved to con-
ti:lnti a Poacher. To give the latter, however, the
title of Poacher, is.xeally -cliaracierising his enor-
mons plunders in too gentle a manner. Stmm:
PHARE has prophetically described the French Ty-
rant in more appropriate terms, where he speaks of
a Cut-purse of the empire- and the
A Gentleman is p.epariog on apparatus compered
of two small Balloons, which will support. the weight
of his body, permitting his feet just to 'touch the
ground : these are joined as boys join, bladders, or
corks, for learning to swim, and are to be tlistened
under the arms in the sante manner, the weight of
the body, being supported by the balloons ; ex-
pects, writ) the addition of a couple of wings, to be
able to walk, ran, or fly, at pleasure.
.AMasket-lock cover has been invented by an
(Acct. of the Royal Marines, which affords a coin-
plete preservation of the priming for many hours
under the briniest, rain; and possesses other advan-
tages superior to any contrivance of the kind hither-.
adnpted. It has met with the approbation of all
the Officers who have seen it tried.; am! 40u0 are
now preparing, at she ekpenee of .Govurtmloot, to
be sent Out to Portugal, for the use .of alp light
troops at Loid WULLINQION'S artity, •