The Sun. — London, England, 1807-08-13 00:00:00

AkiiTON, Aucon The return 0 , the Prince of Wee . is to this Place has made us all - fliVe again. Gaiety is the order df the day, and the season is likely to be uncoMmOnly prosperous. The chief attention, at present, is directed towards the races, The military stationed here add - much to the spirit and animation of the place. The South Gloucester pitched one 'hundred etePtive tents in the flat, to the left of the Prince's Cricket-Groend ; the 3d Regiment. of Dragoons ar rived here this morning froni Chichester; the 'Berk shire are also arrived, and we expect 10,000 men to "be ore zhe ground to-morrow morning, to fire afeu de joie, in honour , of . his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES'S birth-day, which will be celebrated with. every demonstration of joy. -At one o'clock, the company assembled on the Race-ground ; his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES in his barouche and 'six, with Colonels UPTON, LF.E, and M`Mettost; his Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE the same as. the preceding day. His Royal Highness the Prince of WALLS mounted his barouche seat, and Colonel M‘ll , letturr with his Royal Highness. Shortly after his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT arrived on the ground, mounted on a grey charger, and attended by one groom ; he immediately went up to his Royal bothers, and was in conversation with them nearly the whole time of the race. The Course was very unpleasant from the dust, which rose in clouds, and obliged the Ladiesto put up the glasses of their car. ridges. The bell rang for starting, when tl.e.eelds were two to one on his Royal Highness the Prince of Ws br. h. Sir David. Mr. Mseetse's Fer dinand nearly bolted at starting, but kept the lead for the first two miles, when at the turn the others made up and came in with great speed, in four mi nutes, from the turn at the two-mile stone; 100 to five was offered on .Mr. MELLISIi'S horse as they got to the bottom of the hill. Sir David won it by half a *leek. Here the sport of the day ended ; the ground was immediately cleared of the Nobility, with the exception of a few, who remained to get a complete Wetting;. At two o'clock, a Guard of Ho. ton; with colours flying, and the South Gloucester " BMA, were stationed at the 'side of the road leading to the gates of the Pavilion, to receive the Royal Dukes, who were hourly expected. At a quartet before three, his Royal Highness the Duke ofCess tRIDGE, and his Aid-desCamp, arrived in his Royal Ifighnestes travelling carriage, the South Gloucester Band playing " God same the King," as the Royal 'carriage passed, and the men presenting arms. At five o'clock, his Royal Highness the Duke of Yoax arrived in his travelling carriage, post-horses, end one out-rider the Band played the same as when his.iloyal Brother passed. The Royal Party repaired to the Chinese Room ) and at half-past seven eat down to dinner ; the same company as yesterday were present, with the addition of Lord PSTERSUAW; who arrived yesterday-. Gen. Bkowistutied is also . arrived, and the Duke and Duchess of MAtteaoe itoude are expected in a few days; their house is getting in readiness' for their reception. At seven o'clock the Cricket-Ground was filled with company, to see the ed Somerset, South Hants, and Berkshire regiments, formed into a line ; Lord SOMERSET gave the word of command, and they had a very graud lappearance. The Birth-day of the PRINCE will be celebrated this evening with the greatest festivity, and prepa-, rations fur that purpose have been making for seve ral days. VHE PRINCE OF WALES's BIRTH-D4l. The birth-day of the Heir Apparent will of course tlways be a subject for festivity with the people of this Coontry, whose leading characteristic is loyalty, 'he Tradesmen who are employed by his Royal kiighness had their houses illuminated on the occa , sieni and several of them in a very beautiful' , Among them were the houses of Wzsretr, Tailor to his Royal Highness, in Old Bond-street ; BAttlityLo i the Printer, in Wardotir-street ; KELLY), the Saddler, Strand ; MIDDLETON, Pencil-maker, in the same place; .111 Gas, the Perfumer, New Bond ate and many others.—The Opera-house, Drury. . Covent-garden, and the Haymarket Theatres , 4"were. all brilliantly illuminated in honour of the Day " ; well asVauzhall, ASTLEY!S Amphitheatre, Sadler'S „Wells, the Circus, and other places of Entertainment. a' Hoaxes's, • in St. Jamen-street, also testified its respea to his: Royal Highness by a splendid device. The Light and - Heat Office; in Pall-Mall, gave a ve ry brilliant proof of its veneration for its august neighbour. The house allotted to the Literary Fund by the bounty of his Royal Highness, very properly . manifested zeal and gratitude on the occasion.— Altogether the Anniversary of this Day has seldom been .noticed in the Metropolis with more splendour than was displayed in various quarters, of it last night. The Warehouse at Charing-Cross, for the Sale of the invaluable Yellow Fever Remedy, exhibited the h4Tte appropriate &vices last night as upon similar occasions. Several hundred ,beautifully variegated damps were ta3tefully presented to view with much brilliancy and goad etre& ; and on the other- Ware house in Town, for the Sale of the Yellow Fever . Powders (which has just been openel near the West ludia Docks, for the particular accommodation, as we understand, of Mariners), an Anchor was displayed, richly ornamented with a great variety of variegated 13 , 1 4 8. to denote that the Yellow Fever Remedy is tne Seaman's Sheet Anchor. This drew together an. immense concourse of speelators, being the first thing of the kind ever seen in that part of the Town. The Recorder of London attended the Council yesterday, and made his report of the eleven con vias capitally convi&ed at the last Old Bailey Ses sions, when William Pearce, who was apprehended . by Adkins; the Officer, a short time since in Hack 'ley-fields, and who has been conviEted of horse stealing -; .William Tomlinson and George Finch, who were convi&ed of being returned tra!rports, were ordered for execution on Wednesday. The two latter are the men who were charged with cut ting and wounding a watchman and two others, in St. Giles's, a short time since, in a most desperate manner, as they w ere attemp ti ng to ro b th e Wit f)ri carriees cart, about three months since. Reading has been tixed.npon by Government as pi ice of residence for Don PASQUEL RUIZ Ilt ignOitlit), the Spanish Governor .of Monte Video. iivkz YriCKLEN:IitIRCIf. . . . We extta& therollowing fratn h . G6niiin Journal: No German State has,ln our days, eiperienced so sudden a change of fiirttane a Meckleaburgh Schwerin., Its'relations with Russiaproduced its mis fortune and its felicity. The fate of Meekknhurgh was strangely made to depend upon that of the two Turkigh provitices of Moldavia and Wall,i6hia. The governik family was compelled to einigrale. They took up their residence at Altana. It was here that, on the sth of July, they were rejoiced by tii6 arrival of a Courier from the frontiers of East Prussih, an ,nouneing the sudden change of their fortune. • " The following is the letter sent by the Emperor of Russia to his brother-in-law, the Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburgh : MY DIA* BROTHER, "Tilsit, Rune 27, 1807. " On the happy approximation which has' aken place be. tween the EMperor of the French and 'tnyseVf, it was one of 'my first concerns to provide for the interests of your family. My wishes have been crowned with success, and I . hastr to send you duplicates of the orders addressed to the French Commanders in Mecklcnburgh. Be pleased to communi cate them to the Duke your Father, that they may be for warded by him. I rejoice that it has been in my power to be useful to you, and to give you this new proof of the sincere friendship which I personally bear you. ' " ALEXANDER." So far the Gerrhan Journal. We add, from giiod authority, that, though4n the command sent by Mar shal BERTHIER to General LAVAL, to reinstate the Duke immediately in his dominions, considering him . " as, a Sovereign for whom the Emperor especially interested himself;" though the military intendants, Bre. were ordered to suspend all their fundions, yet no immediate relief followed. Even after the Duke had re-appeared in his capital, no change took place, save that, instead of authoritatively command ing requisitions of every kind, the decisive tbrrn of a polite request was employed. Independently of the enormous expence of nourishing the soldiers quar tered on the inhabitants, the costs in requisitions alone amounted to 10,000 dollars 'daily ; and this had not ceased at the time of the departure of the, Mecklentiergh Court from Holstein on the 28th of July. THE THEATRE.-Mr. YOUNG performed again • last night the part of Sir Edward Mortinier, iii The Iron Chest, at the Haymarket Theatre, and sup ported 'it with great ability and powerful effetl. In the last scene he was particularly impressive, and, received great applause throughout. Coottg was very attractive during his late trip to Edinburgh. He is now performing with Auccess . at Berwick. He -and Miss Smirit brought many full houses. BELLAMY and Mrs. MOUNTAIN are now %vitll Root's Company, performing some nights at Edin burgh, and some at Glasgow. Roca. is much re speated for his condua as a Manager, as well as a' favourite in his theatrical charat-ter. BEVERLEY' the Richmond Manager, and Mrs. Saturn, late MiSS DAVIS, of Covent-garden Thea tre, have been engaged in a literary contest, irr con sequence of some discords that have passed between the Lady and the orchestra._ ;' strange that such difference should be , o'Twixt wordie dm* and ' , wad& riff ." The: Corporation of LOndon, it is said, rather, went beyond the usual ceremonies in presenting the Address to. the Duchess of BRUNSWICK. If this be true, they deserve commendation for their zeal, to chew more than common resped to 1 Princess of °the most amiable charaaer, and who is endeared by misfortune as well as virtue. Mr. SHERIDAN., in his late Parliamentary orations in favour of, Publicans, was very severe in his at -tacks on the Magistracy, but it must be acknow ledged that he' proved himself at the same time a great friend .to the Bar. Though every species of flattery seems to have been exhausted in homage to BONAPARTE, the Uni versity of Leipsic, in deposing 0510 N, and allotting his sword and girdle to the former, have ventured upon a higher flight than edogy had ever before ascended. it is some gratification to find that the Sword of FREDERICK THE GREAT was not included in the spoils of Prussia, taken by the French, as the pos session of such a relique may keep alive a patriotic iiivUlse in ,the people of that country, and dispose them to be more resolute in their resistance on any future invasion. _ _ --- - King JOSRPH has passed aDecree, compelling the agents of all the proprietors of lands in his dominions, Who have left the Kingdom without having taken the oath of allegiance, to pay the rents into the Royal Treasury, on pain of forfeiting double the value. On the 30th of June, in the Swiss Diet, the Com mission appointed to prevent the introdu6tion of English goods, delivered their report, with an ac count of their expences ; and from this it appears that, within nine months, i o,ooolbs. of English twisti, and 200,0001b5. of other goods, had passed the Eastern frontier. There are now lilting at Chumleigh, a small town in the north of Devon, three women, whose united ages form a total of 277 years, Two of them bear. the same name, but are not related to each other ; the elder (Mary Collins), who completed her 93d year last December, succeeded her husband many years ago in the capacity of sexton of the parish, and, until within these few months, she diligently performed the duties of that office. No one was more methodical nor expeditious in the digging of a grave ; and at this time she regularly tolls the bell, and, during divine service, perambulates the church to keep idle boys under proper discipline; indeed the watchful eye of the old sexton is frequently made known to the congregation by the resounding lashes of her whip on the backs of the little' cul prits. Her statute is rather masculine, her walk perfectly upright, her chief food tea, and her strength so well preserved that she occasionally as sists her daughter, who is a poor washerwoman, in that laborious employment. Thursday, at Hammersmith, a farmer's servant drank, for a trifling wager, a quart of Hands, in the space of four minutes; after which he imme diately left the public-house where he drank it, and was found in an adjoining field, about an hour after, in a state of total Insensibility ; and, notwithstanding every assistance was rendered him, he expired in a few hours. - c ~~s~~r: r • • We have been favoureo ' .!;.Vith a Copy 'of the Rus:. Sian Ciitut -Gazette of the e6th ult. from which wt have fransited the folloiviug 'Official Note: Ron fiTi 'IMPERIAL ;1. 1 `./...1E.,TY TO 'IIIIIOEtiE 4 RAL OF 'SIINISTLIt OF THE LAND FORCES, ctizEr CONIMANDANr.AT ST. rurEftsnuithit, AND 4CNIOIIT•SERGEI E.OSI,IITSCH WASMITINOW. 10S1;ItsCEI, " The obstinate and sanguinary Wat between Russia and France, every step and every:enterprize whereof has been Marked with the unstaken for titude and brivefy Of 'the Russian troop's . , has been terminated, thank Oar), by a Peace, which vas ra tified on the 27111 of this month (gth July,) ficial tranquillity has been restored . ; the integrity and security of the Russian lcOniiers are secured by an increase of territory, and Russia'is indebted for ibis solely to the heroic exploits, and to the unremitting exertions and zeal, with, which her valiant sons have undauntedly stepped forward and braved ever} , dan ger even to death itself. • " I hasten to inform you of this happy event, in order that general publicity may be given to it." " ALEXANDER." `f Tatiruggirt, 28th, June, Old Style, 1807." Some vessets .are arrived from St. Peter3burgh, the Masten Of whit!) state, that at their, departure the Ernperor AtE3CANDRR was at one of his Pa laces, about thirty from that city. The Nobles 'and principal Inhabitants. had expressed great displeasure nt the Peace, General BENNIGSEN'S dispatches having prepared them for a Very sdifferent result. TIP: Russian forces on their march at the time to join the army in Poland, were immense, and several thousands of theme cloSe up with the' army of litrortostm. The Peace was so unpopular, that a general, but doubtless Unfounded, hope was enter tained at St, Petersburgh that a renewal of hostilities would take place. CARDINA L YORK. HRNRY tRNEDICT-MARIE-CLEMENT, Cardinal YORK, was born on the 6th of 'March, 1725, at, Rome. The Regent, Duke of ORLEANS had (by a threat to withdraw the pension paid by France), to please the Cabinet of St. James's, obliged the first Pretender, his father, to reside in that City. After, the issue . of the Invasion of Scotland,- in 1745; French policy again humbled the. fallen STUARTSi and obliged this Prince, by brilliant persuasions, to enter the Church. In 1747 he was, by the Pope BENEDICT xiy. nominated a Cardinal; as such, be passed his days in quiet and dignified. retirement at his villa, near Rome, .until 1798, when a French revolutionary banditti forced him to renounce his comforts and property, if would save his life. — He arrived at Venice in the winter, i 798, infirm as Well as destitute ; • but no sooner was our-beloved Monarch inlOrmed-of his distressful situation, than, unreguested, his MAJESTY condescended to order his Minister. to the Republic, to offer the Cardinal, with all possible delicacy, a pensioo,of 4;0001. for hi s life. This amiable trait in the character of GKORGIR 111. does equal honour to the King and to the man. Cardinal YORK was a studious and well-informed Prince, and a sincerely pious Prelate. His purse was always open to suffering humanity, and British travellers particularly, whether ruined by misfortune or imprudence, found in him, on all occasions, a compassionate benefador. He possessed, before 1 7 98, a very valuable Collesition of Curiosities at his villa, where very scarce traits and very interesting manu scripts concerning the unfortunate House of STU ART were among the ornaments of his Library.— In tits will, made in January 1798, he had left the latter to his relation Count STUARTqN ; but they wer e all, in 1798, either plundered by the French and Italian Jacobins- at Itome, or confiscated by French Commissaries, for the Libraries or Mu seums at Paris. 'Cardinal Yout returned to Rome in 1801, and died the Doyen of the Sacred. College, after, being one o f its most virtuous and disinterested Members upwards of sixty years. ' A Letter from Galsten, dated August 4,_ says, " On Saturday, the Ist instant, this village was visited by a dreadful inundatio'n, which, from its Magnitude and rapidity, must leave a lasting impres sion on the minds of those who witnessed its de struaive consequences. It was supposed to have been occasioned by a water spout which fell in the upper part of the parish near the seat of nem. Blows% Esq. of Waterhaughs. The property of this Gentleman suffered much damage, part of the garden wall being completely destroyed, and many trees and hedges entirely rooted out. A bridge also in the neighbourhood was thrown down by the violence of the current. - The water made its way into several of the coal pits near Cessnoek ; fortu. nately, however, all the workmen being apprised of their danger. escaped unhurt. When the flood reached Colston, the scene became truly alarming ; many families were obliged to fly from their houseS',. :sonic of them at the hazard of their lives.' A few individuals have suffered severely in their property, and 'many in,a slighter degree have felt the, destruc tive effeas of this overwhelming clement. Had this calamity taken place during the night, many lies might have been lost, and property injured to a much greater extent, so that in the midst of this providential dispensation, a great mixture of mercy is to be remarked." A. few evenings since, the counting-house of Mr. Weatherbead, in Wapping, was forcibly entered, and Bank notes. stolen to a large amount. Yesterday :nominee country - waggoner, who came to take away stable dung from a MeWs in Bolton row, received a kick frum the shaft-horse, which broke several of his ribs. He was taken in a hack ney coach to the Middlesex Hospital ; but he died before he reached there. At a meeting of the 'Wing Magistrates for Kes teven, held at Bourn, in Lincolnshire, on Saturday se'nniipt, John Lunn, labourer, was convicted in the mitigated penalty of 40s. for lopping timber-tres on the estate of the Marquis of Exeter. This practice, it is feared, is too general among tenants, who are not aware of the severe penalty imposed by-the sta. tote of Gill Geo. I. fur cutting timber Without con tent of the owner. 04ZIN ZPRS • • • . We feel,happy in the oppertneity.ofeieiogeireAl e time, at this important moment, to ihe. key,* rank ? mated appeal to the spirit and understandit Of:the Country. We trust that this exartfOle' ofextraerili e nary OoeuenFe, end energy RIM be, read with cones... trondent attention by all ranki of People. • m a Regimetal. Order, issued to the st dingy drgra Regiment on :t he 28 th ult. by the Right Hon. Lieutef Cdlonel HOPE, that Officer, after communicating to the Regiment under his•coMmand, the approbation, by, Major-General MACKAY, of their soldierly ap e pearance at :their Review on the . etlf, expressing his satisfaelion iii the high state of discipline in which the Regiment at present stands, and his regret at the great falling off in point of numbers (the real effeetive strength of the Regiment being now esti mated at little snore than 600 rank and file), adds: "-That a great diminUtion of Our original number should have taken place, is not surprising; be canse several Gentletnen are .dead, many have left this city and neighbourhood entirely ) and many have fallen into a bad state of health. But the melancholy consideration is, that, id such times as these, there should be such tenant of zeal, such thoughtless indifference, among the young men of this city, in not coming forward to 'supply the vacancies occasioned, by the above necessary causes. Ii thii backwardness arose from the want of 'spirit, or from real indifference as to the fate of the Country, thi prospedt before us would be alarming indeed. The name of Europe may now be blotted froth the map of the world, and what 'once was Europe may now be divided- into Britain and' France ; with this dif:: ference, that in the division - Britain has gained, no thing, while the whole po w e r o f Eu ro p e i s no * at the absolute disposal of our . rival. The whole of hi's immense force, he is now at liberty, without the posSibility of further diversion in our favour, to di- . re& . against this country ; .and, if he 'should successful, the result will be worse than the Saxon or Nortnan conquest. But let not this consideration drive us to despair, but animate us to resistance) and, above all, to submit cheerfully to 'the meani which are to qualify us for successful resistance.— They deceive themselves who think that the French are not a brave people. They are a very brave pee- . ple, and their onset is terrible. To great bravery, their troops now add exact discipline, and their offi cers great skill and experience; and if against great courage, great skill, and great experience, we have nothing to oppose, but.innate intrepid courage, all history can tell us what must be the result of the contest. If we hope to resist with success, we must add to our native courage, numbers—to num bers, discipline—and to discipline, that fixed and patient submission to every burden, priiation, and hardship, which our slorious freedom should in spire, and without which, as we should sliew our selves unworthy of that freedoin, we cannot expect that Providence should preserve it. We have one great advantage over the people of the Continent we have a Sovereign who is not to be daunted into submission ; and our public Men, whether in or out of office, are true to their country. The pedele, there- • fore, have only to be true to themselves, and under . God, we have every reason to be confident of the issue of the greatest stake that ever was contencled for by any Nation. To some of the Nation s now sub dued by France, tbeie was no great motive 'of reaise ance ; their own Sovereigns were deiptitic, and it made little difference whether they were to be ruled by one tyrant or another. There might-be a diffe rence in the personal . charaCter of the men, but the degree of freedom under both Governments was to be the same. But it is not so with Britain. The alternative with us is, whether we shall continue the happiest people the sun ever sad', or the most miser able and degraded: miserable in proportion to our former happiness—degraded in proportion to the im placable rancour,with which our enemy beholds us ? Language cannot describe, imagination ,Cannot eon 'ceive the horrors to which conquest would subject us. • ". Let, then, our yoUng Men step forward, if they would save themselves from slavery, their wives,their sisters, and daughters, from violation. Let our .wo men animate our men. They have much in their. power. Let them treat with scorn, let them exclude from their society,every man capable of bearing arms, Who dees not serve in some corps or other, and we shall have no need of ballots ,or compulsion to fill the ranks of every deseription of force. Maio are not ordinary times, and those who live in them must not hope for the ordinary repose of civil life. Every man must now be a soldier, if he does not mean to be a slave. Exemptions and privileges from service are out of the question. It is the privilege of being a free man which is at stake; it is the liberty of Bri-, Lain which is in danger; and if Britons will not an swer to that call, they are unworthy of the name, and unworthy of the liberty which their ancestors aeqUired. Tall they must, and fall they ought. But let us che,ish better hopes. Let us do our duty, and trust in God; and, as the privileges which he has. given us to defend are beyoutt all price, let our resistance have ao.measure but our fortuees and our lives." The friends of Vaccination are informed, that the late report of the College of Physicians is printed in a cheap forth, for general circulation, and may be had at Three-pence each, or Twenty-five for Four Shillings and Sixpence, being the, Cost price, of Messrs. LONGMAN, }tar, REFS, and ORME, pa ternoster-row; and all other Booksellers. If Gen. tlemen 'of the Faculty were to carry this little Trail with them in their professional visits, to . distribute them among such persons as are yet unconvinced of the efficacy of Vaccination, much good would no doubt be done to the cautie. CORN-EXCHANGE, AXIG. 13.—The supply of Wheat to-day is again rather large, and expeding a further reduaion in prices, lew Sales are effeCted, and those at less ; Barley and Malt are ratty, r cheaper • the few White Pease at further RCIVAIICV ; Beans o f two kinds rather lower; Oats are in abundance, with many arrivals, foreign and cow. ways,, and this trade is cheaper; Flour likev.ise neat ss. per sack. Wheal 441 BOSa OS Ott Cleans (Old) 44S 2 ses cti Finc ditto -70 S a 74s ac; Tick ditto (do.) , to y a 46S cti 'Rye . . 44s a 43s od Oats - 2IS 2 4 2 3 -../1. e 4 Barley - . 34$ a 3gs 6d 1 Poland ditto 3.:4 43 is 04i Malt y a .. ° 646 a 7 23 oil i Rape Seed - 221 a 2611 as White Pent lati . a 128 s od I Fine Flour . 65.. a boy od Grey ditto . slls a 431 ad t Seconds . . sus a si* ad i ire ~,d tea