The Sun. — 1808-04-14 (London, England)

FRANCE S.V ILiON day :It-rived at their beautiful place, Ctielse i Park, trohitlieir seat in 'Yorkshire. A - stag will be-turned out in Epping Forest, nri Muuddy next, for the diversion Of the lieliday sporty men.  The Shrplas of the Consolidated Fund regaining • in.the Evbecluer for the disposition of Parliament, upon the .sth day of April, 1.808, after satisfying the sum of 3,7,59,0001. granted out of the Surplus 'of `the Consolidated'Vund,.for the service of the year 1807, ameunts to the sum of 7,45,8,701..95. The. Gazette of Tuesday night contains an•Oi•der in Council for continuing, during six mouths from the i 6th inst. the importation into any port or place in' Gteat Britain, of the following provisions, .duty free, viz. Kidney or French beans, tares, lentiles, calanvacies, and all other sorts ofpolse atarilso of bulls, cows, oxen, calves, sheep, lambs;'and swine, and of beef, pork, mutton, veal; and lamb (except salted beef and pork), and of bacon, hams, tongues,; butter, cheese, potatoes, rice, sago, sago powder, tapioca, vermicelli, millet-seed,, poultry, tbwls, eggs, game, and sauer-kraut.  The Expedition which sailed from Bengal, tinder the naval command of Rear-Admiral Sir En •h+t.n PELLFINV is destined• against the remaining Dutch Settlements in that quarter of the globe. The troops embarked on this bervice aroma to i 8,00;) men.  On Saturday the Dividends -on the 4 per -Cents. Reduced, and Long Annuities, nod Irish;, rr Cents. commenced paying _ /tt the for. which about 6,000,0001. were issued from the Exchequer a few days previous. The late Mr. L. the Stock-broker, whose' deranged affairs drove him to the dreadtul relief-ui suicide, last week, to prevent himself from leaving open:his iron chest by negligence, forge/fulness, or hurry, had the key of it always fastened to his, body by a chiin. The new Themre which Mr. Srernru 'KLOIDT,I3 has been building .3t Greenock is nearly finished, and is expe6ted to; open in June;.,-Mrs. S. Ku/v:BLE, who hartfong been declining state of health, is completely recovered, and will of course griace the boards of the new 'berate..  • The revival of 7* l'zvo Gentlemen of Verona is soon to take place at Coyetit-Garden ":rhealfe. The brities • are dotibtful whether this Piece is really, the prochtfflon 91. Srimr.9reAus ; and thottgli it csrLii4• contains muelyvaluable matter, it does'not altogether rise to the. A-an:lard of Oar great dramatic' Bard,. IZENHILE will, of course., 'take one' of itul serious. characters ;. and Altrx.oßt4 is to enliven the oddities ,c)f .  . Mr; 14,4RENcli has sent his fine portrait of Mr. Pr'ri to the Royal: Academy, for the ensuing seasori„ It kan admirable work of art, and a-faithful portrait of the great and estimable original. • A trotekb.wikh.has'eteited considerable interest, was to take platoon kingsweston Down,,near tol, yesterday, for tiftyguineas. Ir. EltiNia' to ride hicgalloWay 11.:tlf, a mile against Captain E4eascii, who is to' run a quarter of 'a mile.. Flu NT's gßlloWily.iS fleet,. but he. rides .npwards of 14 stone,.. therefore,.tlic odds at present are in-r3Vetir of that Captain, as, he is, a known good. runner,' and in training for the occasion. To start at two• o'clOrk. DICrC HORTON, the interacted rival of'Cutup, wai to run against time the same day. Thursday last presented to the inhabitants of firis tol, a very uncommon phenomenon :—ln consequence of the immense quantity of rain which h;a fallen within these few days, the river Froo:ne was so swollen,' that it burst its •banks, and breaking, in. at the Wear, poured an iintuense torrent of. wrier into the public streets ; St. Jamei's7back, their Whole of Broadmead, Old King-Street, t4eMlantistreot, 'Newfoundland-street, and all,the avenues adjacent, presented one immense she.etrat water, in many places four feet high, and at least three Ain high m the centre of several streets and lower apartments were full," aila the., inhabitants were obliged 'to *lb the tippo- sto,ics for shelter.' Five or six, boats were employed all day in removing the people, and carryio T 1);:ovkions to those who' were obliged to remain. An nnme/i-sity of damage has been, done ; the goiids upon the wharfs of the Weer, and the adjoining sh:Ts, haying been either swept,away, or ruined by the flood. Friday the waters subsided. The admirers of that interesting Writ( r, Ma T. Da GRNO, will lean with Ole:Loire, that genni.o., Freneh Editions (with'notes) of her two new No. eels "Le Siege de la Roclicize," aitd Sinclair," are this day published by Coltlurn, at Condiii:-mreet, On Tuesdry -afternoon, as W. Du cA N •of Brunswick, 4,quare, was sitting ;it 11;5 chart 1,1 p•r :t health, reading a'newspaper, t;l4 pked immediately,  t `  r.