The Sun. — London, England, 1807-05-22 00:00:00

WE have this day made some more Ettraas from the French, arid ,Dutch . Papers which arrived ye*l-7 day. The Russians; we are happy to finds, continue • ••• to advance with uninterrupted success against the. Turk :;; . The few details which are given. yespeeling the Siege of Pantzit: seem to have llien written with studied obscurity : we have no doubt , that the French have suffered most severely,iri their attempt to Storm that place. We are 'sorry to :find it stated in the Moniteur, that the Seuhorse Frigate has been captured by the Toulon Squadron, and carried into Corsica; No in telligence of this capture has reached the Admiralty, but we by no means think it improbablC., It is. very. • likely that the Toulon Squadron would push out for the purpose of intercepting our convoys, when nit was known that Sir JouN Ducxwowni's Squa dron was employed, before i _ . /Vm:andria, 'upon, an xpedition which we think notNtili,..ely to be pro- duaive. of any auvantage to thi.c, Car:nary.- • 'EVE 'steted,sbme•tiwe. ago, that one of the'first objeCts to which the Ministers turned their at- teotioo,. NA . 'as to restore that harmony • between , ¶bis Country and' Russia which ha , ,,1 unfortunately been interrupted, and lt affords us srest pleasure to be-able to state s that their efforts have already ,been very successful. • Some arrangements have been made with respe& to Passports, which will greatly facilitate our commercial intercourse with that Country. - • "'ti'l't: are sorry to learn, that in •consequence of the failure of our attempt upon Constantinople, ail the Barbary Powers .have declared war against this Country. We fear that our Mediterranean Trade • • will suffer considerably by..this piratical i.varfare. Lord flowices friends, it,is said, are confident that he must have succeeded if he had persevered in the contest, but allecige that he was not, disposed to purchase a viaory at the risk of the peace of the County being disturbed by the cry of " No Popery." But -surely if the Noble Lord had interest enough to procure a return,. there was some likelihood that the same strength of interest would have prevented .the peace of the County from being much disturbed by such : a clamour: But it was not entirely the fear of disturbing the County, it seems, for his friends . . think that Lord HowicK was also deterred by the great expence whichwould have attended the contest. —Now as to, this latter point ) we think the fears• of the Noble Lord's friends are unnecessary, - for we hqve so good an opinicin of the attach Merit of the County tki Church and State, as to believe that the measure upon which his Lordship and his Colleagues were removed from office constitute the chief cause of his failure in 'Northumberland, however much his .charaaer might have been ; respe&ed in 'the County before• that very impolitic', measure was brought forward. But.the,truth is, that the cry Of " Ni Popery," which has, been charged upon the supporters of the present Administration, was really the result of a trick put in praaice by their opponents, for . the sake of bringing 'opprobrium, if possible, s on the true friends of our Ecclesiastical Establishment, and of . kindling the fury of religious diSsentidil through the Country, in order to influence, to stir the. rabble, and deter the loyal from coming forward in behalf of the friends of the ConstitutiOn. Sir CHRISTOPHER BAYNES, next to Mr. MEL LISH, has the support• of the, most respe&able part, of fhe County of -Middlesex ; atigl.:t hough he does not.stand very high upon the. poll - at present, there are no "doubts of his final success. \He is one of those ,charaCters that may be said to represen . t the landed interest of the Country. He is independ ent in principle 'arid in, fortune. Old English hospitality, spirit, and sincerity, are the essential qua lities of his charader, with a strong mixture of good hum Our, that render him totally inaccessible to party spleen, and that disposes,hitn to return the peevish irritability of his political adversaries '(foe be can have no other) with easy,pleasantry. Such a Man will be a fit associate with Mr. HELLISH, the representation of the chief County of the British Empire. • It has bees said that a very serious riot had taken place at Leeds on Tuesday. The cause of it, we un. , derStand, arose Out'of the present contest " for the County of York. We only know, , that the military were called iu to quell the disturbance ; that some persons were killed in, the affray, and that the town was in a state of great confusion and urroar at th e departure. of the post. • ffie allusions to Mr. ,ELLIOT, as a Brewer, are too contetnptible even for eleationeering contests, which in general tend to degrade the charaeter of all parties ; but whatever may be said against that Gentleman, he can never be styled a breuier cf mis chief, which is more than can be justly affirmed of his political enemies. Last night Mrs. THOMPSON Opened the doors of her elegant Mansion in Grosvenor-square to more than 500 persons of fashion and distinction. Egyp tian conservatories,' green -houses, &c. were Stem porarily erected, and storectwith all the choice exotic and other blooming plants the Country could afford, the whole tastefully illuminated with Grecian lamps,. vases, &c. Mrs. BOEHM entertained the fashionable world, last night, with ,one of the most splendid balls and suppers of the season,. at her elegant mansion in St. James's-square. The superb suite of apartments on the drawing-room floor were fitted up with uncom mon taste and elegance ;. each room was enriched with pink draperies, ornamented with black border, looped up with rich' rope, hung all round with fes toons of roses, and othcrartificial flowers, with nu merous pots of the most odoriferous flowers.- 7 -..:, The principal drawing-room, which was appro 7 priated for dancing, was hung all round with an tique pink drapery, intermixed with artificial flowers; . in this room were four beautiful .Mirrors of large. dimensions, .encircled by wreaths of.flowers, and. suspended by the same, supPorting•or moulu giran-' doles, containing lights ; in the centre was sus pended• a most costly and magnificent Grecian .cut diamond ldstre with patent,hurners.• All round the room were aprofusion of the choicest flowers; the floorwas painted in water-colours: in thetentre were the Prince's 'feathers, trophies Of music, dancing figures, encircled by a border of oak leaves and laurel. ' The adjoining room was also appropriated for danc ing,-the sides illuminated with bronze female figures `on pedestal's, supporting or tuoulu branches; floor of this room was chalked in a very tasteful manner. From this room the company passed through a grotto to if long temporary room, where they promenaded; it was illumined with three brilliant cut diamond lustres, The supper was prepared in the large din ing-parlour,' library; and next 'room, where -covers were laid for about 25U.---Among the trees in the garden were numerous variegated l4mps, which formed a charming coup d' • A Candidate being very. anxious hi §oiiciting oft unwilling Vote, the Eletior lost patience, anti an swered, " I have told you No, a dozen of times : wish there was an A& against entreating a 3 well as treating, to save me frotn your botheration . n • NA I/ ..,‘ L NEW $. PORTSMOUTII, MAY 21 .—The Diamond Frigate, Cart. .ARGLES, is appointed the Convoy for Africa. 'This afternoonrone'of the LauiiChes of the Su perb, of 74 guns, in going out of the harbour, upset, 'and, unfbrtunately, out of 13 men, three perished before assistance. came to hand ; two or three Boats iimnediately put off, or in all probability the whole crew would have shared the same fate in a few mi nutes More. It blew extremely bard, attended with a great, swell. The Ann, PIN Hong, from Lymington to London, laden with stone, casks, &c. is supposed to have foundered at sea, she having been seen on the es th ult. in a very distressed situation, with all her sails blown away, and has not been heard of since. Arrived the Marquis of Huntley, and the Caledonia, MILLER, from London, bound .to the Coast-of Africa. The George, of London, Favourite, and Neptune, of Liverpool, are arrived in („;onaives, in St. Do mingo; Adventure, of London, and Stebrick, HALL, are arrived at Jaquemel, in St. Domingo ; Royal Sovereign, ,of Liverpool, Satyr, of London, and another Ship, name unknown, are arrived at Aux Cayes,, in St. Domingo. SHEERNESS, MAY 2:o.—The Excellent, 74, CaOt. WEST, was yesterday paid bounty, and two months, wages in advance. The Zebra Bomb convoys the trade io.Tannin, gen,: and the Alacrity . Sloop of War the trade t 6 the Baltic. Lieut; OSMAR, of the Twi'lent Gun-brig, is ap pointed to the Winchelsea at the Nore. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Malabar, Capt.TEMPLE, for Deal, and broUght up below the Wore. MAY 2 1 .—The Alacrity and Zebra, with the Baltic Convoy, continue here, wind bound. DEAL, MAY 20.—Came down from Sheerness last night four Sail of Transports, which early this morning sailed again for Sheerness, with the Sisters, George, -Elizabeth, Beatrix, and Lioness Transports, and the Diligent Store-ship, for the River. Arrived His Majesty's Ships Kangaroo and Tur bulent' from a Cruize. Yesterday afternoon Vice-Admiral ROWLEY ; re turned to Deal from London, and again hoisted his Flag on board the Princess of in the Downs. MAY 2 1 .—Sailed His Majesty's Ships Clyde, COCO, modore OWEN, and Kangaroo, Capt. BAKER, On a Cruizc. ' Arrived the Blazer Gun-brig 'from a Cruize, and remains in the Downs with the rest of the Ships as per last. LIVERPOOL, MAY 22 e Governor Dowdes well, YOUNG, from hence to Africa, was boarded by in Officer from his Majesty's Ship Captain, one of, Sir S. HOOD'S Squadron, on the 12th of - April, in lat. 29. 54. long., 19..6. out twelve days, all well. A Cutter from ,this port to Africa was boarded the day before in the same latitude. The Hercules, As,. HENVITT, arrived the 16th of May from Baltimore; spoke the Ship Sheffield on the Ist of May, bound from hence to N or f o lk, i n lat: 42. long. 47. out' 15 days, all well. The. Fleet that sailed from Cork for the West Indies the 28th of March, were patted with on the 7th of April, in lat. 34. 37. N.,long. 18. 62. W. all well ;. wind at N. E. 'the Nubby, CtANDELL, that arrived on Friday, from Portland, Massachu§ets, sailed .the 7th April, fell in with a British frigate in lat. 48. lorig. the Captain of which informed him he had re-taken an American Ship from Liverpool, which had been captured by the French, and had sent her for Hali fax;; the Captain of the French privateer had taken out of the American ship two boat loads of goods and her long boat, previous to the re-capture. The Fleetwood, that arrived the same day, from St: Kites, was dined the day before she made the land, by a French privateer, who seeing she was ready to receive het, bore away. GENERAL ELECTION. To the INDEPENDENT ELECTORS of WESTAIIN- sTE R GENTLEMEN, TRUST you will not permit the Assertions of those who. have no regarcLfor Trtith to bias you in any dezree"; I 'have to contend with those-hackneyed in Elec tioneering Tricks, and whose obje& is only to mislead and defeat you in yotir tree Choice. To. t norrowthe Poll will commence at Eighto'Clock pre cisely, andfinal I y close at Three, Let me entreat you to ackfta thsj'avours,)ou.haire already'conferred, by attending to give your Vote in my favour, that we may have such a Majority arwill convince our Adversaries that misrepresentation is n.)t the mode by which . your Suffrages are to be obtained. Believe me, with every sentiment of gratitude and respe&, Gentlethen, Your much obliged and faithful ,Servint, , • COCHRANE. Richardson's Hotel, Covent:garden, May 22, ISO 7, To the LOYAL FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY of • SUSSEX.. WE '. is ligie'lNTOmes bricleirbenuoyfed, being, the COMMITTEE just now forrried in the City of Chichester, for Promoting the.Eledion"of Mr. FULLER as the Eastern Representative of the County, being anxious that our 'Motives May"nOt be mistaken or misrepresented, beg leave thus publicly to state them. Firmly persuaded. that His Majesty has exercised his un doubted Prerogative conscientiously, wisely, and-magnani mously, our Affealion and Gratitude to the best of Sove. our.earnest wishes to contribute to the Comfort of his declining Years, and ..bur regard for the Honour of the County . of : Sussex, have determined usi• in the present Contest, to support Mr. FULLER,, who appears to us to_have•bcen an independent - , and attentive Member of the Mouse of: Commons, and to' have voted with the Geutle man, whois considered as the iWestern Reptesentatative,in support of the King,on the gubjea Which led to the Dissolt.l-• • tiara of the last Parliament; we think we shoUld be deficient in Consistenc.y as well as Loyalty, were, we to vote for a Candidate whose Parliamentary Comilla,' we may conclude; fic':n that of the Party by whom fie is Principally supported, will be diametrically opposite to his Colleague's. Much has been said, in the way of objedion to Mr. Fuller, • on his con iud with respea to the Slave Trade. It is : upon_ record that Mr. Fuller was afriend to its gradual, though he opposed (on principles of Sound pbliby, as it appeared to him) its immediate abolition.. • We are no friends to Slavery of any kind, or in any Coun try, and we sincerely wish the piediclions of the advocates far the immediate abolition may - be verified. In urging•to our Fellow Subjects the Duties of ,AfFeaton and Gratitude to cur gracious. SoVereign, we mean not to re quire from' our Representatives an indiscriminate Attach ment to any-particular Set of Ministers; but as the Consti tution has v'ested the. Appointment of them in the Crown, we think it incumbent orn the Subje&to support • that Ap, p.)intmcnt, until they shall appear to be ading contrary. to the public good. ' To such of the Eleaors, as may -.coincide ,in these, Senti ments, the Committee will be happy to attbrd every facility in their power• for giving them an opportunity di avowing by voting tor Mr. Fuller. The-Committee will sit at the Swan Inn, every Day, dur ing the EleCtion, front the Hours of Eleven till One.. - , ChOiester, may tS,' • JOHN PEACHEY, W I LIAAM FOWLER, MOSES TOG-HILL, CHARLES PILKINGTON,' • EDWARD JOHNSON, ' JOHN NEWLAND, IVI.LLIAWDEARLING, THOMAS RI-IDADES. Mr. Fuller's Committee in London,- will sit at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, from Eleven to. Three. • The State of the Poll at the close on Thursday, the 2ist : I For Col. Sergison - 10 40 r. Wyndham 3463 . Mr. Fuller - 2017 To tlic INDEPEND - ENT ELECTORS of the TOWil'of LIVERPOOL, GENTLEVEN, • • N my return from the Country yesterday even *. I was much surprised at seeing my Name an rounce.l in, the as a Candidate, at the efosea the roll, for the Representation Or your Town. This Nomination having taken place , without my know ledgenr consent; and ptis ibly having originated in views not consonant to my own peridit me to say, that however may be flat tered by your good opinion, stilt as I never had an inten tion Of intruding myself upon your notice, 'I cannot in mmr countenance e.fiY steps, under •these circumstances, wincit might operate to ,the disadvantage of your present l‘leinbers, thougit differing with them most widely on Poll ttcal SubjeCis. • Attached trom my prlie:st - youth to yoUr opulent and. flourishing Town by every tie of Friendship, Pratitu4, and AfteCtion, I cannot but lament, tlfat at a Crisis'like the pre sent, you should, from causes Of a temptirary nature, be de- Fri% c:t of the Servicws,of my HOn. Friend, your late amiable, cling:l=o, and patriotic Representative ' Mr. ROSCO E. Tiiat this ciamour and delusion whiCh His Majesty's Mi nisters have'too ,Successfully excited may speedily stibside, that thesc'Alinisters may dire& their attention to the awful events which surround us, instead of ,inflaming the minds of their Countrymen whit religious animosity, and that your wealthy and respeetable - Town may increase and prosper tlarough every change,' and in every vicissitdde, is, Gentlemen, the heartfelt wish,of YOUr most - obliged, Devoted and faithful Servant, W. 1. InNISON. London, trst May, WC.* DuR-IGottenburgh; r Libon, 2 Dublin, 3 Water'.Ord. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY if,T TWELVE O'CLCVOC.- - - 63 I OMDIIII/1 . Consols, THE SUN. SOLIM QUIS DICERS VALSVM AUDZtT? .4,01VD0N,, FRIDAY, 5I Y , 22, 1807. DISTIUI3UTION OF. PRIZE MONEY., To the Officers and Crew of His MajeStv's Ship Raven, for the Re-capture.of the Brigs Sparkes and Rebecca, on the nth April lasts on board, on the zist .inst. ; or at No. zS. High-street, Portsmouth, every Thursday for three months.. To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's hired Armed , Cutter lsritannia, lor the Re-capture of the Ocean, on the 4th.)anuary, 1807, on board . , on cite 7.9 th inst. and afterwards at No. 14, Clement's I nn. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Dis, patch, for the Capture of the Prench.Corvette'Pandour, on theist May, iSob, on board, on her arrival in port, on Or, after the 2.stb inst. and afterwards at No. jo,' George-street,- Pi mouth Dock. To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Ship Leda, the proceeds of the Bodes Lust, captured on the ryth May, 1803, on board, nn.or.betore the zzd inst.'s and afterwards at"No, james.street,'Adclphi, to three years. The Hope, COLE, a arrived at Liverpool from Charleston, was bOarded the 401 inSt: in lat. 43'. 22. long. 21.30. by a French Privateer, of tti guns, who insisted that eapt.CoLt shouldthrow his cargo .of rice overboard, as he told him' England was in a state,of blockade, and no provisions • would - be, al lowed by .the ,French to be carried in there ; but it blowing a gale of wind, prevented , his putting his threat into execution. . We are happy to contradi& the report .of the loss of the Moucheron sloop of war, Capt. E(AwEs. Captain BAKER, of the Tribune Frigate, has de stroyeu a convoy Of Spanish Gun-boats and Coasters, it a very spirited action ; but, unfortunately, in the contest, , he lost 1G nien, killed, wounded, and miss ing. Capt. 1341u:a had a very narrow escape : a ball struck the .llnt out of a musket which he was about lire Uis Coxswain was one Cif throe. wounded. F3REIGN INTZL,I,r;EiVCE, - VigNNA, MAY 6.—The Presburgh Journal con tains an important article frum trued Ajril 21; froilltlx.thich it appears, that the Ru.sians, after hawing-three times stormed GiurgeWo, had taken that tort Fess; and consequently that General MI C SON had paved. the Danube : his advanced guard already !reached Rudschuck, Oh the 2cl of April, czEliNt GEolloEs, after a very severe aEtion with the Turks, passed the .Morawa . with 32,000 o men, and proceeded, b e y on d Nissa, n- his way to Sophia. On the 29th of March the Servian Synod:. received an Address by a Russian Courier, encourag ing them to pass the Morawa. The Presbergii Journal further observes, that the junetion of the Russians- With the Servians was hour ly expeeteth PARIS, MAY 13.—Her Majesty the Empress•'is gone to Brub'sels, there to pass same time with the king bf - Holland and the Grand Duchess of Berg, .at the castle of Laeken. On- the gth the Princess BORGIIESE left this city:to take the waters of Greons, in the Lovvez Alps. • .•. - _ Besides the - Bulletins of the Grand Army, we have thecontinuation of the Journal of the Siege of Dantzic to the 3oth of April. From 'this it appears, that at one o'clock in the morning of the 24th the bombardment began from mortars and howitzers, and was continued in the course of the day from all the artillery before the plaCe. The fire has been in cessant ever since, and the works of the besiegers considerably advanced, notwithstanding the vigorous fire of the enemy, and some sorties. It has only been now and then, in conseqbence of these sorties, that the ,besiegers' :fire has ceased; once, for instance,. on the afternoon' of the 27th, from five till seven .o'clock * 111 consequence of General C.ALKREUTH'S request to bury the dead, who had fallen in the sortie of the preceding night.. _ The principal sorties occurred in the night be t-Weer': the 26th and .t7th, when the enemy had 140 - /Olieci, and we had only 11 killed, and 29' wounded:. and_ 'iii the night of the 28th, when the enemy had 70 killed, anti a number of wounded, and upwards ot . 900 made prisoners, on'which occasion our loss did not exCeed'eight killed, and 25 wounded. TheicommunicatiOn bet Ween the"Forr of Weixel munde had already been cut off, and, of course, the arrival of reinforcements at Dantzic Was impossrible,s in consequence of the batteries we had thrown up, .": and the number Of „armed vesselt which. we had in. the river. . , pA.4“s, MAY 14.--According to letters frompe- , noa i of the Ist inst. intelligence had been- received - there that the Seahorse Frigate, 0.'44 ktins; hid been ,taken -by a ,French Squadron from Toulon, and cp*- red into Corsica. The 14414evanche and Le Rocleur, Privateers have -talon and. Brought into Calais the three . following English Vessels, viz. the Anna, of 90 tons, laacil with-glass the Betsey ) . of Igo ; and the Catherine Elie a,l of 130 The Napoleon Privateer has also sent into Calais the English Brig Garland, of 130 tons. - The three last mentioned Vessels have Iristi goes for the sea service. The Josephine Corvette, belonging to Granville , has sent into St.‘Malges the English Brig Jane, of 117 tons, bound to Greenock, laden with salt, A lthite wine, oranges, &c. BRUSStLS, MAY 15.--Within the last two days, several corps pf troop have passed through this city from the neighbourhood of Boulogne towarda Wesel, where they are to wait further orders. • BERLIN, MAY 9,—tip to the 4th nothing had occurred between either of the armies. The enemy's preparations indicate that lie will direet his grand attack along the coast, as, in case of succeeding, be will be,in.kbctter situation for relieving Dantzie,, and also for.receiving support from the Shipping of England,, lussia, and Sweden. Besides the three Swedish..Wrigates at Iconigsburgh, intended for tak-. ing, troops on board, several thousand Russians have been embarked at Pillau, in order to be. landed upon, the Frisch-Nerung, near Dantzic. By land, the advanced poSts of the Russians and Prussians are extended in the front of Braunsburgh, mad Muhlsack. The French advanced posts on the left side are at Frauenburgh, Mulhausen, and WOrm ditt. The latter place is occupied .by 8000 of the Marshal Prince of. Ponte Corvo's corps. Within the circuit of six leagues ,about thirty thousand men are, efitamped ; and, in faft, the whole army is in such a position as to be ready for a general action itl a few hours. About the end of last mop;h, couriers were dispatched froth the head-quarters to all the- re inforcements on their march, to hasten their approach, With all possible speed. . An uncommon scarcity of provisions pr eva ils' at Dantzic, and all the Prussian ports. In the- interim, General KIALKILEUTH hag replied, in answer to the summons sent , him alter the first bombardment, that it would be time enough to think of proposals .vhe a breach sh ou ld b e ma d e. . E very t hi ng is now i ll readiness for the bombardment of Colberg, and. _Graudentz. BoNArAnTE is said to have solicited the Emperor of Germany to become mediator between him and the Allied Powers ; but the Emperor refused, in ' sisting,.as a pre:-iininary,. that the Emperor NAP"' LEON should withdraw all' his forces across the It is farther stated, that Gen. 141tcHELsog has ci*pletely defeated the . Turks on the Danube. The embankment and draining of the extensive ..marsheetdthe south-West of Carnarvon are about to be carried into immediate execution; by which 3000 acres. of , land, hitherto . of little value, will be brought into cultivation. The Mr. BELLNDEN" KER, who gled as Sir F. BURDETT'S. friend in the late rencontre with Nir e '' PAULL, is one of the clai mants o f the Dukedom 0 0 Roxburgh. His Petition to that effect, presented by Lord SPENCER,. is now before the House of Peers. BONAPARTE, we are told, on hearing that there WAS a Life of Alexander the Great in Persia, gave or- , tiers that it should be translated into' the Fiend!. language. This is quite in the imperative style Of a, Congocror. Surlily before B ONAPARTE Sigiline his sublime pleasure upon th is subje&, he ,nigh t have condescended to ask *per m i ss i on o f t h e Co"' , of Persia. But BONAPARTE is in the habit of treat ing all other Potentates as tributary. and obsequio ll vassals,,