The Sun. — London, England, 1807-01-27 00:00:00

Jo THE SUN. SOLIS! QUIS DILRE 7At.IV7/1 AUDEA.T LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1807• WE are surprised to find that some doubts have been expressed respecting the intelligence which ar rived on Saturday of the defeat of the French in Po land, became, independent of the positive informa lion which ha; reached Government upon the sub tea, the fart appears to be proved, almost to a de- Monstration, by the accounts which the French themselves have published. It is true that Government have not received any Official Dispatches from Lord HUTCHINSON, but it appears by the Note sent from the Foreign Office, that the intelligence which Mi nisters have received is such as left them not the least doubt upon the subje&. Accounts have also,. we understand, been received by some of the Fo teign Ministers, which state the loss of the French to have been much more considerable than it is re presented in the Note issued from the Foreign Of fice. A rumour was circulated last night, that the rrtneh, after their defeats of the 27th, 28th and 2gth, had rallied again, and gained a decisive s'i&ory over th e Russians. There does not appear to be the slight- est foundation for this report.; indeed it is refuted by the 48th French Bulletin, which is dated the 3d of Jab. In commenting yesterday upon the probable results of this vi&ory of the Russians, we stated our Opinion, that they would follow up their success, and that they would not suffer the French quietly to retire into winter quarters, and to wait for reinforce ments from France. We are happy to say, that in telligence has been received which tends strongly to confirm our opinion. His Majesty's Ship Night ingale, Capt. WILLIAMSON, arrived on Friday even ing in Leith Roads, from Tonningen, from which Place she sailed the preceding Tuesday. On the 18th Capt. MOTT, who commands His Majesty's Armed Ship lying there, made a signal that the French had been defeated beyond Warsaw ; Capt. WtLwAmsobr immediately went on board Capt. MOTT'S Ship, who informed him that he had received a Letter from the Consul, stating that the Russians, after sustaining seve ral severe checks, had at length obtained a complete viaory over the French, who, having lost near 80,000 rtr,sn,had retreated towards Berlin. This we understand is the substance of the intelligence received by Capt. WlLLtAbesorr. The loss of the French is perhaps exaggerated in this account, but in other respeEts it appears to us highly probable. It is absurd to sup re that BONAP ARTE wou ld attempt to put hi s Army ° Cantonments for th e wint e r a ft er sus t a i n i ng suc h dre adful losses as he h a d u p t o the 2 gt h o f J anuary. . I le Would, therefore, be under the necessity either " retreating, or of endeavouring to defend the Vistula, and to prevent the Russians from passing t hat River : the latter obje6l it would be almost im- Possible for him to accomplish with an Army so re duced, and against an Enemy flushed with vi&ory, , 4 nd continually receiving reinfOrcements. are therefore convinced that he would adopt the farmer part of the . alternative. Besides, the disposition which Austria has manifested to Like a part in the war against the French W ould render it absolutely necessary for him to retreat with all possible expedition out of Po land, otherwise every man • of . his Army 'might b e cut off.—Captain WILLIAMSON states, that in the Letter received by Capt. MOTT, from the Con -4.41, it was asserte d t h at a considerable Austrian ' A rmy, under the command of the Archduke --ARLES, was on its march against the French:; 4 : l d we think this intelligence highly probable: 'Of t he disposition of the Cabinet of Vienna it is hardly 14 °ssible to entertain a doubt, and a more favourable o mover certainly can never occur f or A ustr i a to ec over her losses. Serapis, Capt. LLOYD, arrived yesterday at Portsmouth with Dispatches from Lord COLLING 14'°°p• The gallant Admiral has hitherto been dis appointed in the hopes which he entertained that ' e Enemy's Fleet would venture out of Cadiz Har °kit The Dispat c h es d o not , we u n derstand, con tain any news of importance. All the Documents respeBing the recapture of kl enos Ayres will appear in the Gazette of this bight. They are of considerable extent, so that'the Gazette will probably be late in its publication. A report was this morning circulated that Govern bent Were i n p ossess i on of French Papers, containing 2 1I etius subse quen t to t h ose received on Sunday, Z 4 ich contain an account of the total Defeat of the ntissians. We have reason to believe that Caere is no foundation for this report. 011 Saturday morning the Duke of CtIN/BEItLAND , and the n n were thrown port, till it rated. Swinge stag afforded so t n i# excellent . c y ame to Bulstrode, near the seat of the t u rv u e k r e of PORTLAND, where, in attempting to leap b roke its 'b it s b y gray:l-pit, it un f ortunutely 11:11 in, and ck. NA FAL NEWS . . . . PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 26.—ArriVed the Serapi.i : , of 44 guns, Capt. LLOYD, from the Mediterranean, last from Gibraltar, with diSpatChed from Lord COL LINGWOOD, which are for Warded this evening per Mail. Also the Antelope, of 50 guns, Capt. BAtE LY, -Sealtorse, Daqalus-, La Seine Frigaies, from the Downs; Druid Frigate from Cork; and the 'berg& Sloop, Capt. WHITE, from a cruize. Sailed the . P'rielpf,o Bomb for the Dewng. YARMOUTH, JAN. 25.—His Majesty's Ship Astrea arrived yesterday from Copenhagen, which place she left on the 21st ; at that time it was reported that the French had lost 60,000 men and 80 pieces of cannon. HARWICH, JAN. 26.—The Lady Nepean Packet, Capt. GEORGE DEANE, and the King George, Capt. SAUNDERS, sailed this day with the Mails of Satur day ; the former for Heligoland with the Danish Mail, and the latter Packet for Gottenburgh. . - No Arrivals from the Continent. SHEERNESS, JAN. 26,—Several Shipwrights have lately come from the Northward to work in this. Dock-yard, and on Saturday 50 Greenwich-men also arrived to assist as labourers, &c. All is bustle and.expedition, and yesterday morning (Sunday) the men were kept at work on the Si. Alkairs, now in Dock, till 12 o'clock. The St. "Man's, of 64 .# guns, has had h er p oop cut o ff , b ut i s to continue her two tier of buns. The Hermes Armed :Ship, being repaired of her late damages, went out of Harbour to the bore. The Surrey Cutter is commissioned. Sailed this morning the @eta Frigate, Lord FALKLAND, for the Baltic, with the remains p of the Russian Subsidy, and the Minister for the Court of Stockholm. The Fancy- Gun-brig, Lieutenant. SINCLAIR, accompanies the Quebec. Yesterday the Militia quartered at this place, un der Colonel CHICHESTER, bad a sham fight, and' went through the different evolutions in the most masterly style. Arrived the Cruizer Sloop of War, Capt. CAR- THEW. The heat of the sun was yesterday so great at the Nore as to cause the tar to exude from those ropes exposed to its rays. Arrived His Majesty's Sloop .111asquito, Captain JACKSON, from Deal. FA LMOUT IT , JA . 2 4.--Sailed the /Fa/sing/Lanz Packet, Capt. ROBERTS, with Mails for Lisbon; Swallow Sloop of War, and the Pickle Schooner, on a Cruize. DEAL, JAN.^6.---Vice-Ad,niral HOLLOWAY is returned to this place, and has again hoisted his fiag on board• His Majesty's Ship Princess of Orange. Arrived His Majesty's Ships Speedwell . and Furi ous from a Cruize, and remain. in the Downs with the Ships as. per last. The Arodeste Frigate, the Hon. c4ptain ELLIOT, Will sail, in'a very tem days, with the new Governor- General of India. Lard CALEDON', the new Gover nor of the Cape, likewise sailsfioM Portsmouth in - a Frigate, about the same time, for his Government. The Hon. General GREY, brother ofLord Howtcfc, is Ading Governor as well as Commander inChief at , the Cape till. Lord CALEDON arrives. • . • Tfie Cabinet Council sat seven hours and .a half ; on Sunday, on the Dkspatches received on the defeat of the French by the RuSsians, and the re-capture of Buenos Ayres. They met at two o'clock at Lord HOWICK'S Office, and continued their deliberations ; till five, when they adjourned till nine, at L or d GRENVILLE'S h ouse . Th ey met again, according to adjournment, and continued their discussion till half past one o'clock. yesterday morning. On Saturday the SPEAKER gave his first public dinner this Session, to such of the Ministers and great Officers of State as are Members of the House of Commons. Among the company present were— Lords--Howick, Temple, Morpeth, and Ossulston. The Attorney and Solicitor Generals. General 'Fitzpatrick. Sirs—j. Newport and r. Anstruther. Messrs.—Windham, Sheridan, Tierney, Corry, Grenville, Freernantie, Vansittart, Wickham, H. Addington, Bathurst Courtney, 8.7 c. We are happy to state, that the report of an in surreetion having taken place at Grenada is unfound ed.—The last accounts (brought by a runninc, Ship) are of so late a d a t e as t h e 22 d o f December, at which time the Colony was in a state of perfed tranquillity. The report alluded to is said to have originated in a very extensive rising of the negroes and people of colour in New Granada, on the Spa-. Dish Main. The Treasurership of the Ordnance, it is said, is now vacant by the resignation of ALEXANDER DA VI.• SON, Esq. Yftsierday Mr. H. TELORNTON, as Chairman of the Sierra Leone Company, transacted business with Lord GRENVILLE, upon the subjed of giving up the Colony to Government. Letters received yesterday afternoon by an Ame rican Ship, dated from Bengal, 2 Ist July, state, that Capt. ALEXANDER GRAY, Third in Council, and Su perintendant of Marine, and Dr. DICK, both of Prince of Wales' Island, had taken their passage for England. , Captain F. PARKER, .of the Navy, and Captain LE BL NC, of the 71st Regiment, who lost his leg at the capture of Buenos Ayres, came home pas. :Augers in the IPellingtom j j „ .„ u N 0 A r Y' RE,I.: Tait following AcCOUnt haS appeared in the Pr rtg mouth Paper : " The military arid inhabitants of Bdetios Ayres, attiounting to about 12,000 then, having organized and armed thernselyes into a military body; 'attack ed the force under Major-General licatSkoitzi, con sisting_ of about 1450 nien, on• th e t oth, 11th; and 12th days of August. The adions tinight tid the.'3e dliys were bravely and • obstioately cont.c!ted ;' the Spaniards fought approaching to a state Of fury ; ninny of oar brave Men were killed and beat &Um by superior numbers at the muzzle of their guns. ThiS glorious defence vi-as attended with the loss on our part of 144 men and officers killed and wounded, and of 130(1 men taken prisoners, contrary td the express Articles of Capitulation. The troops detained are, 700 ofthe 71st (Highland) tegiment; 150 of the St. Helena corps,and the remainder, the Marines and the brigade of seamen, part of which previously reached. their Ships. General BERESFORD was detained. ' Captain KENNET, of the Engineers, and Lieutenants MITCHELL and LUCAS, of the 71st regiment,. were killed. The Spaniards loSt about ($OO men. • The in habitants of Buenos Ayres are computed at 70,000 persons; many of these fired from4khe tops of their houses upon our troops as they were marching out of the town. " On the 2d of 06tober a reinforcement of be tween 2 and 3000 men arrived from the Cape of Good Hope; consisting of the asth and 47th Regi ments, and 350 of the 21st Dragoons. On the 28th of that'month an attack was made on Monte Video. It, however, soon appeared that the Men of War could not enter near enough to bombard the town with suf ficient .etled to cover the landing of the troops, al though they succeeded in silencing the batteries ; and the attack was giv i en up. The troops were taken to Maldonado, a strong post near the mouth of the Ri ver Plate, rendered impregnable by nature; the . Island of Gotiti, which is strongly fortified by art, protects it. On this peninsula our troops are secure ly and comfortably situated ; the men of war flank , them on each side. The Spaniards, soon after they landed there, Meditated an attack on them; but they were so convinced of their hermetical situation, that the Spanish troops refused to march against them.— The enemy suffered a loss of about Go persons killed and wounded, at the bombardment of Monte Video; we had none killed or wounded. Our troops are anxiously and ardently waiting there for reinforce ments from England when these, arrive, no doubt Can be entertained (we are told) of their permanent success, both against Buenos Ayres and Monte Vi deo.—lndeed, considering the great disparity of toree, It is surprising that our 'troops were not all destroyed. We lament to hear that many of our brave follows lost their lives by assassinatiw. The dishonourable condu6t of the Governor of Buenos Ayres, in detaining our troops, and marching them into the. interior of the country, after he had signed the Articles of Capitulation, by which they were to embark on board of Transports for Europe or the Cape, is a new disgrace to their nation. No _merchantmen had arrived. at B uenos ' A yres f rom England when the Wellington sailed; the Justiana, which was going on an' adventure-to Botany Bay, and followed Sir HOME POPHANI from St. Helena to. Buenos Ayres,. was anchored so high up th e r i ver that was takm " The Wellington sailed from Buenos Ayres on the 4th of November, when the Diadem, Raisonable, Lancaster, Diomede, Leda, Medusa, Howe, Protedor, Encounter, and Rolla, were lying there." ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION, Scc. Fort Buenos "Vies, Aug. t 2, tBo6. The British General having no further object for remain ing in Buenos Ayres, and to avoid au unnecessary effusion of blood, as also the destruction of the property of the inhabi tants of this city, consents to deliver up the Fort of .liuenos Ayres to the Cotnrnander of hi; Catholic Majesty's Forces, on the following conditions: • Ist, The British Troops to march out with all the honours of war, to be considered as prisoners of war, but to be em barked as soon as possible on board the British Transports now in the river, to be conveyed to England, or the station whence they came. ad, The British, on their entrance into this place, made many Soanisa prisoners of war, which remained on their pa role; and as the number of 0 Jicers is much greater on one side, and (Amen on the o ther, it is agree d that the whole shall be'exchanged tor the whole, the English Transports returning to the place of their destination as Cartels; :anti to be guaranteed as such by the Spanish Government from cap ture on the voyage. ~. • , 3d, Provisions, Sec. will be furnished for the passage of the English troops, according to the usual custom in like cases. 4th. Such of the wounded of the British troops as cannot be removed on board of ships, shall A:main in the Hospitals at.Buenos Ayres, either under charge of Spanish or British Surgeons, at the option of the British G eneral, and shall be furnished with every, thing necessary, and ou their recovery sent to Great llutain. sth, The property of all English Subjeas in Buenos Ayres to be respected. (Signed) W. C. BERESFORD. • SAN.TIAOOCONSIDIDO LINIERS. Return of the Killed, Woupded, and Missing, of the Troops under the command of Major- General BEl&Esaoao, from the *t o ol to the lath of Atikut, at Buenos Ayres : Royal Engineers -1 Captain killed. Royal Artillery-1 Captain, r Lieutenant wounded • 3 rank and tile killed, a wounded. St. Helena Artillery --I Serjeant wounded, g rank and file killed, 13 wounded. Driver —1 rank and flue wounded. Seventy-first Regiment--:x Lieutenant killed; Colonel, 1 Lieutenant, 2 Ensigns .-wounded ; r serjeant killed, 5 wounded. i missing; a drummer killed, 24 rank and' file 67 wounded. Royal Marines-1 Captain and r serjeant wounded; 6 rank and file killed, 5 wounded, 8 missing. St. Helena Regiment —z Lieutenant ,wounded, t serjeant killed. t rank and tile killed, 4 wounded, t missing. General Total—r 44. N. B. Pive men or the 71st, 3 Artillerymen, a Royal Ma rine, a St. Helena Regiment —to, dead since going to the Hospital. OFFICERSKILLED--Capt.Kerinct, Royal Engineers, Lieut. W. Mitchell, 71,t Regiment. ' OFFICERS WOUNDED—Capqain Mackenzie, R.M. Lieut. Sampson, St. Helena Regiment; Capt. Ogilvie, Royal Ar tillery Lieut. M'Donald, Ditto Lieut.-Colonel Pack, 71st Regiment ; Lieut. Murray, ditto ; Ensign Connel, ditto ; Ensign Lucas, ditto (since dead). (Signed) ALEX. FORBES, B. Major. Statement of Property captured at Buenos Ayres, but not re- moved, and was ie-c:Aptured on the nth of August : Dollars. Goods .of the Philippine Company - 1 00,600 DebtaAtie to ditto . - 3,011,547 4000 Mob. B. Tobacco, at 6 dollars, sold for 14, - - - 24,000 2000 ditto Party ditto - • I.Looo 50,000 Reams Paper (2 dollars) - icio,ooo elaying Cards - - - - 0000 5004 Quintals of Quicksilver (4 0 dollars) 200 ,0c0 40,0001u5. Spanish Snuff (2 dollars) - 8,,0cc, 20,0001b5. Havannah ditto (2 dollars) - 4 , 7,000 37,500th5. Bark (lb dollars) _ - 56,250 ----,-1 , 6 73,797 45,2,0,000 Vesscls and Floating. Property 3, 1 73,797 Note. —No valuaticn is made in this statement of the Tim ber, Treasure in Treasury, Powder in the Magazine, and of Armory and Ordnance St011:i. FOPLEIGAT iIv7II,LIGENC2:; ViEl4riA; 3.- I Tne negotiations bettiPeeii Court and that of Prance seeiii to proce e d,,iVitt} hasty steps; and we cherish the ,hope Aire ati4 More that they will M. cOnie, to the Wished (* t i r ciinelbsion. Since M. Niur . ifiesduitiu arrived here;, several Cabinet COUncils 4aVe been held; at all of %Old) the EMperOr has been present. Weara E.!siured that the Austrian i‘fmarchy be diVided into three GovernmentS. In .G:slicia new Civil and Military AdministratiOn is to.be eSta bliShed, Hungary is to retain its present constitt4, Con, • Upper and Lo wer Austria are tO beak the appellation of the First Government. The second is to be formed out of Bohemia, Noravia; and Silesia and the third, out OfStyria,Carinthia, theFribUl,itc. CiERNI GEORGES, it is said, has taken poSsessiotx of Belgrade in the name of the Emperor of Russia. HA.G6E, JAN. 20.—We learn that a number of families, from Leyden, wild have lost their effeas; are lodged in the Palace' here, and are plentiftilly provided at his Majesty's expence. The vacancy in . the DireStion.pf the Fait indid House is likely to produce one of `the severest com petitions, that ever was known OD a similar occasion.. Every one of the parties, it i s conadeo t of success. The new Coniedy of Assignation, which is forth coming at Drury-lane Theatre, is the produ, 4 l A/1;1;s Las, Author that -excellent- mix; ere of pathos and humour The Chapter of Accidents. The title of Mr. ALLINGEIANT'S new farce, which has been some time in rehearsal at Covent Garden Theatre, and of which the report is very favoural:, , le, is to be The Widow's Choice: During the representation of the new Pantomime, - last night, at Covent-garden Theatre, a bottle carne . from the first gallery into the pit, and severe;y wounded a Gentleman in that place. ,A considerable - disturbance naturally arose, and the audience in ge- , neral vehemently called for the Manager. - They were informed that the Manager was not in Theatre, but that immediate endeavours should be made to• secure the offender. Soon after Mr. FAR. LEY, with great zeal, and at the ,suggestion of his own - feelings, offered fifty pounds, in the names of the Proprietors, for the discovery of the' man who had been guilty of such wanton barbarity. The offender was soon secured, and deposited in the watch-house. The Gentleman who suffered . was taken out in a lamentable condition, for chirurgical assistance, his wound profusely bleeding. The man, whose name we understand, is Davis, was this day brought before the Bow-street Magi strates. Mr. ANDREWS, the Surgeon, could not venture to say that the Gentleman was out of danger, and therefore the offender was remanded for re-eliamina tion. The Gentleman is Mr. SHEPHERD, of Mill bank. It does not, however, appear that Davis was so much guilty of malice as of wanton nengence. Early yesterday morning CARL'MEAL and PEARRS, two of the Bow-street Officers, arrived in town from Holyhead, with a man in custody, charged with hav ing committed forgery to a very considerable - amount upon the Bank of England. He wasidetected in Ire land, and sent to Holyhead, where be was - kept in custody till the Officers arrived to brint him to Lon don. The violent storms which have blown during last week have done considerable damage on the Northern coast of Cornwall. The Brig Sally, of Liverpool, MORTMER Master, which had been captured on her passage from BarbadoAs by a Spanish Ship of War, and retaken by the 41cmene Frigate, went on .more on Thursday last, near Padstow. Her materials have been saved, but it is supposed the Vessel will go to pieces. BONAPARTE is likely to illustrate the old remark, that truth dares not approach tyrants. He and his armies are held in such detestation in all the con quered and controlled countries, that if he should experience a reverse of fortune, he rosy expect a general insurreEtion-on his retreat. Yet none of his myrmidons can presume to give him the least hint ofa danger that so nearly concerns themselves also. Several cli•eadful events have recently happened from mad dogs, particularly to a farmer's man and boy at London Colney, in liertibrdshire, too shock ing to particularize. At St. Alban's, one shilling is paid for every dug killed in that town and ne,ighbour hood. BOxils7G.—Two men, of the names of Gibson and Jones, the former of whom is a huntsman, and the latter a navigator,, met in a field near Heston, Mid dlesex., yesterday morning, to fight a pitched battle for 30 guineas, the match having been made on Tues day last. The combatants were above the common stature, and were not deficient in courage or bottom, whiCh was manifested after a severe battle of an hour and a half. Before they had fought ten minutes, they exhibited such marks of heavy blows as were scarcely ever witnessed, and at the expiration of half an hour, Gibson was completely blind. He was lanced, and the contest was renewed with increased'vigour, un til Jones was unable to stand ; it was not until then that he resigned the palm of victory. There was very little shifting to avoid blows, for (unlike scien tific bruisers) they stood and exchanged hits until one was knocked down. Each was alternately the favourite, and until the battle was decided, the vic tory was doubtful. DESSALINES, in his last moments, manifested as much cowardice as his Government displayed brit.- talky and tyranny;—When he found that a division of his army was drawn up in array against him, in stead, ,as he had flattered himself, of being assem bled to receive him with joy and loyalty, he leaped from his horse and ran into a cane plantation, and, the better to conceal himself, lay down on his face; the soldiers who followed him plunged their bayonets through his body, and pinned him to the earth. UNION HALL.--Ann Wilson, the young girl who is in custody for the murder of Ann Webb, at Nig gler's-lane, was again examined yesterday.—From what has transpired great light has been thrown upon this hitherto mysterious transaaion. The Ticket, No. 19Mo, drawn yesterday a Prize of 1,0001. was sold by SWIFT and Co. No. 11, Poul try, and No. 12, Charing-cross, by whom also No. 21,295, drawn the first day a Prize of 10,0001. was sold in a whole Ticket to a Gentlema❑ who after wards divided it into Shares.