The Sun. — London, England, 1807-05-26 00:00:00

GENERAL ELECTION. May ts, tBe7. T a MEETING of the FREEHOLDERS of _EL, the COLIN FY of MT DULESE X, in the Interest of Sir CH i STO E R .L3AY N ES, Bart. hi;:ci _this day at the rceinasoosr 'raver►►, JOHN BOWLES, Esq. ir;the Chair; Resolved Unanimously, That in.the opinion of this Meet ing, Mr: Byng's ,and Conduct in general, and more espet;iAlly the Duplik:ity with which he acied at the Elethuns in tEaz . and 11304-, and the part which : he took on Cie n:at Questi,n, on which His Majesty has called tor, an expres Qt the pub!i,; voice, merit the geneial disappro bation of the Couniy of MiddiJsex. Resolved Uniiiiimously, That, notwithstanding the solemn professions of each of the Candidates, to standon the grounds of perfect indepe ittetice and neutrality, Sir Christopher Baynes bas alone adhered to such profussions and that there are strong reasons to suspect an- understanding and co-operation between the two other Candidates. ' . Resolved Unanimously, That this Meeting feel it to be due to Sir Christopher Baynes, to declare, that the con tinuance of the-Poll, since Saturday last, has been the sole act of the friends of the cause which Sir Clirist,p4ler Baynes Supports; and that' this measure was resolved upon by them without his privity or c onc u m nee . , • Resolved unanimously, That this Meeting, under All the circumstances of the case, are of opinion, that the prestnt Contest for the County should be discontinued; awl they promise to support Sit CHRISTOPHER BA Y N ES, witn their bast eitiLts, on a. future occasion. JOHN BOWLES, Chairman. _ _ Resolved unanimously, That the Thanks Ot this Meeting be given to the Chairman, tot his patriotic zeal on all occa 31011S, and mere especial►y for his cumiu,t in the Chair. • . TotheGENTLEMEN, CLERGY,and FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY utLEDFORD. GEDITLEASEN; • IF; upon the Eleetion of anew. Pa'Aiament, accord- JL to t he accust-med constitutional exercise of the lcoy al _Prerogative; it had been my fortune to have been deputed to the House of Commons as Representative of.the County . of Redtord, 1 'should not without due gratitude have received so distinguished a mark of your contidence ; but under the pe-: ouliar circumstances which accompany the choice of the en suing Parliament, and the more titan ordinary importance at tachect to thetask which your favour has imposed upon me, the pride whiiih such a diaunction might naturally inspire is checked by the 'consciousness of my own inadequacy to the due discharge of so arduous a duty.- • The solemn manner in which your attention _has been di rected to toe circumstances alluded -to, renders it unnecessary here farther to dilate upon them, than to remark,' that the A pp , :al which His Majesty has been advised to make to the sense of his People, b : the sUdden Dissolution of the late Parnatmxu, called upon the whole Elective. Body of the Kingdom minutely to investigate the conduct of their Re.presentatives upon those great - and momentous Ques ti•uis which kid been recently the 'subject. of Parliamentary deliberatinn. The active and forward part taken by one of oui . Niembers in these memorable disc El - siutis, seemed, per haps, niofe espeOally to requireinat the sense of the County of.l3.cdterishould be clearly and decidedly pronounced, and, by the return or rejection of that Metnbcr, tile constitutional soescion s between the contending parties were fairly put h issue. -71., ;e event o f the contest allZirds the most unequivocal testi mony of your titter .repronantin both of the principles and cuni.uct.ot.. those Ministers who have been lately called into Efts M.ajesty's Councils, since a Gentleman resittent amongst you, nightly and justly uespecteti in his private capacity, and tine who nas in t..ur suceLssi l'ailiaments enjoyed the ho nour ol representing the County of lceuford, ap ; ..:ars, in con sequence- or nis too zealous Support 01 , thC , A - ;liStetS; to, have forfeited the confidence :01 . his Constituents i and has been - discaraed from that eminent - station to which your fa vour and ti opinion so repeatedly had raised him. That the- change in - your sentiments. t.an only. be ascribed to your disapprobation of his parliamentary conduct, is the more evi dent trout ) our having transterret the honour of which he has been disposstssed, to a pason who, though throu,;h comieetion, by inuris an absolute- stranger to the County, can upon the present crisis, on pubic principles alone, have been nominated a (. tar that important and sacred trust with 04licla you have been pleased to - invest 11iy opponent, it seems, considers it as a subject of some doli,solatwa to lion for the loss ut your confidenee, that the cause he has espoused seems likely to prove triumphant in every part of the . Kingdom. Whether tins observation he the mere expression ut his own personal:feelings, or intended to convey saint reproach upon ills Lite Constituents, oil account of their ditring front a laqti'majority of their Countrymen, I Can only contemplate the tact (ii indeed it he such), as re - tetting additional lasi re Upon the gond seilse and liberal prin ciples of the Inhabitants ut the •Coulity of -1-leciford, which have enabled them to withstand tindniumph over that blind, 'wicked, and disgraCeM I delusion, the offspring of faction anti hypocrisy, that has in too many parts of Inc Kingdom misled the ignoiant and unenlighten.d, and from the fatal inritua tom of which tne CoUntry already appears to be, recovering. In en ieling upon lb,: diseleL - i. 7 of the important trust you 'have conferred upon me, 1 tech encuulai;ed by the conscious n.:ss toat the princip4es front whttil, through a long cour, , !. of P4ltatrient..ry Duty , l liaise never varied, are those that have, won tii. pr:Scut Electrfal, recom.menuel, - me to your notic e , anti'by a strict and unalterable adherence to I shall best evince the Unbquiuted gratitude I feel for the dis tinguished Honour you have conferred upon, • Gentlemen, yOur most taithtul, -and devoted Servant, • • . RICHARD FITZPATRICK. Arlington-street, May 2 ;; - i ce r MAILS. AAR so—t Tonningen, c Waterford. Duir—r Gotten. L►.oon, z Dublin, t Waterford. ~ Consols Val CE 01 , 3'COCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. - 63 011H-HUIII - 2 pr. THE SU N. SOLktd QULS DICERS FALSUM AUDEsT ? L 0 N D 0 .N, TUESDAY, MAY 26, ISO 7. WE are at length enabled to communicate to the P&iblic some i!)telligence respeaing the Expedition un‘.lcr General CRAUFURD, with respeft to which these have becn so many conjeaures. This morn ing Government received Dispatches from that OtE- Cer and from Admiral MeaaAy, 'dated at the Cape of Good Hope, March '26. Admiral 'AitritliAlr 'ar tived there early in March, and was very shortly after joined by Gen. CHAUFURD and Captain STOP FORD, with the transports and troops. These Dis patches were brought by the Pauline, and when she left the Cape, the whole Expedition was preparing to sail. The Troops, we are happy to state, were all in high'health and..spirits. It is now evident ihat the conje6tures which have been formed with respe& to the objet of this Expedition, were erro brous. The general opinion was, that it was des tined for 'South America ; but we are now inclined to think that it is destined kr.the Mauritius. About a month before the Pauline sailed, the Harrier had arrived at the Cape from India. She ITid parted from the Blenheim, bearing Sir THOMAS TROUBRIDGX'S Flag, and the Jason Frigate, in hurricane, to the Eastward of the Island of Mada gascar. It was supposed that these Vessels had run for that Island, as neither of them had reached the Cape when the Pauline came away. This morning a Teleg • tphic Di , p,i.i:.) + 1 reached the Admiralty ft= Plymouth, stating that the Royal Georgi, bearing Sir Jour: Ducxwowries Flag, was in sight. Tnis morning a Mail from Toaningen arrived.' Our Readers will find. in a subsequent ColuMn the most interesting articles of intelligence which it con- tains. By ‘ Letters from Barbadoes we learn, that, on the, evening of the gth of April, the Morne Fortunee, Schooner arrived there from St. Lucia, with Bence, that the Rochefort Squadron, consisting of five Sail of the Line and three Frigates, with 3500 Troops on board, were on their passage_ and , hourly expe&ed at Martinique. Sir A. COCHRANE, who was lying at Barbadoes with his Squadron, put to sea on the following day, to cruize off Martinique, in the hope of intercepting tivlrn. The Curieux Sloop of War, Capt...SHERIFF, which was sent into Falmouth early in March, for: ships waiting there to join the West India Convoy, under the Hippomenes, and afterwards to join the Commodore off the Lizard, succeeded in bringing out six sail ; .but a strong gale of wind coming„ on at East, he missed the convoy, and made the best of his way to Barbadoes, where he arrived safe with the Vessels under his charge. early in April. The Hippomenes,with the rest of the Convoy, arrived - on the loth. The Curieux was to sail on the 11th, with the imh Regiment on board, for Grenada, and, afterwards to join Sir A. COCI4RANE off Martinique. ! AT paragraph has appeared in several Papers, stat ing, from, authority, that in consequence of Sir F. BURDETT'S health, the chairing cannot take place these three or four weeks. We do not pretend to be accurately acquainted with thestate of Sir FR AN ci s BtJnDETT'S health, bat we have heard another cause assigned for the delay of the ceremony of chairing. We have heard that it is the intention of the friends of Sir FRANCIS that the chairing should take place on the day of the meeting of Parliament, and that he is to be conveyed in triumph to the House of Commons, attended by an immense mob. We do not vouch for the truth of this report, but it is by no means improbable. Those who could pre vail upon that unfortunate young man to publish the atrocious Advertisement which has appeared in his name (for we do not suspe& him of Writing it) may induce him to insult the City of Westminster and the Legislature in the manner to which we have alluded. We trust, howe' , that due care will be taken to preserve the -_,ice of the MetrOOolis, and to prevent the Le;.:*,,aturo from being insulted by a licentious meta. The deplorable state of the Continental Press, which is obliged to bend to the will, of an haughty Usurper, who holds "so many of thy' Continent a l Powers in disgraceful vassalage, has prevented any authentic accounts of the real condition of th e French Army in Poland froth being known to .the world at large. Private reports, however, which seem well entitled to credit, say, that . the French troops now in that country are in the most lament able distress, wanting almost every. thing to satisfy nature; and to keep them in a state of stibordina 4 tion.' The utmost efforts are made by BoNiqARTE his Officers to prevent all communiccition of this miserable state of his troops from reaching France • but, notwith stan di ng a ll t h e i r attempts, i t is confi dently said that not only the Government at home' are well aware of the, situation of the Army, l•nt that it is also well known to the friends and rela latives of those unhappy men who have been draWn to such a distance from their country, tnerely to, indulge the pride .of an unfeeling Usurper, and to be the sacrifices of insatiable ambition :—Nay• it is also positively stated, that even the French Se nate, submissive and fawning as it has hitherto been, upon every requisition from their. Despot, a6tually ventured to deliberate upon the Message which he lately transmitted, ordering a new leVy of Con scripts, and not merely to deliberate, for vehement debates ensued; and these debates, it' is said, oc cupied no less th4n three days before the Senate could bring itself into a disposition to accede to die command which they had received. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, PRINCESSES SOPHIA, and AMELIA, attended by the Hon. Miss . EGERTON, Generals GARTH and F ITZROY , C o l on el s ' TAYLOR and Desanow, rode in the Great Park, till twelve o'clock. HER MAJESTY and PRINCESS ELIZABETH took an airing to Frogunore Lodge and Gardens, and returned at two o'clock. Sunday evening His MAJESTY, the DUKE of Sussex, and the fetNcessrs walked on the terrace,• for the first time this season, till eight o'clock. The company was extremely numerous. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALRS gave a grand break fast, yesterday, at her house, at Black heath, which was attended by a large partyof wl:o left town at an early hour. Lady l'xivra and the Hon. Miss DRUNI MOND arrived at heath, at I o'clock, in an elegAt landan, dra xi) by four greys. D4N1571 MAIL. (FRObi THE TELEGRAPH.) BERLIN, MAY 13.—The Courier CRET`F.T . , who arrived here yesterday from the head-quarters, has brought intelligence, that His Majesty the Emperor of the French was on the Bth inst. at Elbing, where he reviewed on that day 18,000 cavalry, making part of the corps of His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of ,Berg. His Majesty was extremely satisfied with these troops, which he found in good condition. On the right bank of the Vistula, below Dantzic, there is a canal which forms an island. This was defended by'iooo Russians. The French attacked the island-400_Russians were killed and 600 made prisoners : all the redoubts were taken and 17 pieces of cannon. The French have made a lodgement in the covered way of Dantzic. The siege 'of that city proceeds with all the success that can be expeFled. The Prince of Benevento remains at Finckenstein, ,whither the Emperor is expe&ed to return on the 9th or loth of this month. VIENNA, MAY 9.—The Court Gazette of this day contains the following intelligence, under the head Turkey : The celebrated Mameluke Chief, ELNII 33,1 r, died suddenly on the 3oth of January, while on a journey between Damanhoura and Mansur. • Bartm SE FT. Dx PILSOCK, the Prussian Minister .to the Sublime Porte, arrived at Constantinople on the 3d of April. • - • TURKISH FRONTIERS, APRIL 20.—The new Pa sha of Widdin, the successor of PASWAN OGLOU, when he learned that Pasha SULEIMAN, after he had left Belgrade, had been murdered by the Servians, caused all the Christians in Widdin, about 3000 in numbers, to be massacred. ' CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 11. .The English and Russians,have detained a richly laden Austrian Slip , from Trieste, and another, under the same flag-, coming from Smyrna to Constantinople. After a feWdays, however, they released both, and they have arrived •here. It appears, thetefore, that they will resped the Austrian flag at least in the Archi pelago. On the 3th April. the Capitan Pasha sailed with his whole Fleet, which hay hitherto laid at anchor near the Seven Towers, for the Dardanelles. The Fleet has on board a corps of cuosen troops. The Captain Pasha, a brave and experienced man, has po , iitive orders from the Porte to attack the Russian . Feet, which has, at• present, only a few English Ships of War with it. We therefore hoprly aped, . advice of a. Sea Engagement. - COPEN'HAGEN', MAY i : Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia, according to ithiCes from East PruSsia, were on the, 4th of May at.Barten. stein, where General HUTCHINSON likewise was. General RUCHEL, who has received• another ap pointment, is succeeded in the ,Government of Konigsburgh by CII.LE3TOCCI. General BLUCHER has received the command of the Prussian troops.— (Hamburo Cur. May 20.) SCHWERIN, MAY I'7.L="i i .esterday evening an Ad jutant of Baron VON ESpEN, Governor of S we di s h Pomerania, arrived heti:: he is the bearer of dis patches: hts 4 , :celiency Marshal BRUNE relative to the exchaoge of prisoners.' The report's of i he rupture of the Armistice concluded between Marshal AloairiF.B . , and Baron VON ESSEN, which were Circulated in consequence of the arrival ofthe King of SiIX iDEN at .Stralsund; were' entirely unfounded. His 'Majesty has given Baron VON EssEx the most i.onoura'ule proofs of his-satisfaaion with .his cond:tct relative to the events in Pomera nia, as he alighted at his quarters, and presented him with the Grand CroSs of the Order of the Sword. EXTRACT o A PRIVATE LETTER.—" The King of SWEDEN has left Malmoe, and is already arrived at Stralsund. Il is said that 0000 Prussians and 10,000 Russians will land there, and that his y w ill take the comma n d of these troops, Gene ra l • J est Ruoff EL commanding under him." Yesterday being Trinity Monday, the Corpora tion of Trinity House , held their Anniversary Meet ing, and proceeded in barges to their hall. at Dept ford, where his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND was unanimously eleNed Master tbr the ensuing year ; and after attending Divine Service at the Church of St. Nicholas, where an excellent Sermon was preached by the Rev. • Dr. CA RLi ?, Head-Master of Westminsier-school, they returned to dinner at the London Tavern, where were present many Nobi lity,.Admirals, and persons of Air..HAatits, of Covent-garden Theatre, who has been some time indisposed, is now at Bath,. where every friend to liberal wurth must hope that his health will. be fully reinstated. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, be fore the Right Hun. EDWARD Lord ELLENBUnouGn, Lord Chief Justice, in and after Trintty Term, 1807. IN TERM. itII3DLISEX. LONDON. zcinedny, . lune 3 Saturday, - June Monday, . - Pune 8 Weduesday,p - lune to June is Tues lay, - lune 16 AFTER TERSj. Tlinrsaciy, (We a Friday, June 19 N N , A T., NEWS. PORTSMOUTH', MAY 25.--Arrived the St. tans, of 64 guns, Capt. STUART., from the Dawns; and the Malabar Store-eip, Capt. TEMPLE, from Woolwich. Sailed the Hibernia, of HO guns,' Capt. Ric- KETT'.4, for'the Channel Fleet, and, the. Alcmene Fri gate, apt. BRISBANE, to the Eastward, being one of the Ships forming the Squadron commanded by Admiral Lord GARDNER. Rear-Admiral MARTIN is shoe ly exlit_aed here to hoist his Flag on board the Montague, of 74 guns, Cap . t.,OrwAY, for the Mediterranean station. The Admiral is, to shift his Flag, to the Queen, of 98 guns, off Cadiz, and Capt. INGLES is appointed to command her. 'Sir AR Tali PAGET, Minister to Constantinople, also goes out in the Montague.— She will sail in a few days. Capt. T. B. MARTIN is appointed to the Prince of Wales, Capt. BERESFORD to the Hero, Capt. Roun.- 11AGEN, to the Vcdage, Capt. SKEPUERD to the Xanter. This day a Court-I.Viartial was held at his own request) on Capt. ASCOUOH, of His Majesty's Ship Success,, for having ordered a musket, loaded with ball, to be fired into the 4fred, a- Ship under his convoy from Jamaica, whereby CHARLES BUTT wai wounded. The charges were not proved, and Capt. ASCOUGH was fully acquitted. Rear-Admiral Sir I. COFFIN, President. Captain JOHN WRIGHT, of His Majesty's Sloop Swift, has been tried by a Court-Martial, at Sheer ness, for striking one of his Lieutenants, and dis missed His Majesty's Service. SHEERNESS,• MAY 25.—Carne down from Chat. barn, and anchored at the Great Nore, the Sappho Sloop of War; Capt. LANGFORD. A number of Transports are colle&ing here. The Satellite Sloop of War, Capt. HOPKIItg, went out of harbour to the Little Nom A Tender with impressed - men and volunteers, fat the Fleet, came down froni the Tower, and sailed. again immediately. Arrived the Carricr Cutter; The satellite is this day paid, atxtsails to-morrow morning for Deal. DEAL, MAY 25.---Saileci,through thenownsibi, morning, from Sheerness- to the West.l.vard, Majesty's Ship Excellent. Arrived the. Phosphorus Fire:Vessel, from a cruivro i and remains in the Downs, with tha.rratty, di?frat and Princess of Orange Men of War ; ClyitErigatei Mosquito and Star Sloops of War; hlevastatie Bomb ; Lively Revenue Cutter; Harmony Vietusfr ler ; Fearless and the Jarkall Qttn-brigs. The firing on the French coss4 . l2eattion ThtztO day and Friday, at Dover, whibh, wee- supposed to hare proceeded from the batteries tiring at - ifrC/yde Frigate. General PAYsts, itT appears . who mu , mands in the Kent Distritt, eviv m d a wish to sa il down the Vrench COist, and he.tva.s 3Ccerdingly- in' riled to take a trip with..COmmcdoreQWEl4. The General went on board the Cl,pde; id the Dovvng, and that Frigate, accompanied- by the Moysito. Captain JACKSON, sailed imgoediately from the anchorage tor Calais, and continued their course 1 0 the Westward, so Close in with tilb trehch share, that the whole coast was in a perfed blaze from the , . fire of the rang e of batt eries t h at li ne tie shut* The Clyde andMusquito, however, purs.aec: theif route, without even condescending to fire a gun in return. The numerous shells that were tiirowt l ft r om the mortar batteries, were aimed with suc!l little precision, that the greater pert fell nerriy quarter of a mile outside the frigat e , w hil e the shot s from the other batteries fell as much too short. No loss was sustained by either of. the vessels, and too General has probably gained much information of our enemy's situation from his nautical tour. Another instance of the superior bravery and dis cipline of our Navy lately occurred in the Mediter ranean. His Majesty's Ship Ch&'onne, Capt. WAIN WRIGHT, cruizing off Minorca, fell' in with two Spanish Settees, one of which she captured without resistance, the other rap on shore. on the Island 'of Minorca, and was -ursued by the boats of the Cliff ` fonne, manned and armed under the command 01 Lieut. HALL, First of that Ship, who boarded her ill the most gallant manner, and after a severe contliett for she was obstinately defended by her crew, con' sisting of v 5 seamen and _.50 soldiers, they wOre f obliged to give way to the irresistible intrepidiiy 9 Lieut. HALL and the brave officers and men under his command,- who took possession of het, Biia brought her to Cork. The enemy had several inerl killed and wounded. Of the. Chib l Ontte's *men two were killed and five wounded. Sir SIDNAY SMITu.--i'revioiis to that gallant Ott' cer's quitting his command in Sicily, for Constanti" nople, he received the Order of St. Ferdinand, aci l If eompanied with the tbllowing letter from his Tian Majesty, which fully expresses the sentiment entertained of his service at that Cogrt : Paiertho, tan. 25, 0107 ' " DEAR ADMIRAL " Great is the sorrow I tee! learning your nes/ destination, and your departure from my States," The • services that you ,have done to them, to met and the g ood cause, are s u c h as t o ca ll f or m y ac" know:edgment and gratitude. c " To give you a convincing-proof therein, - Boa that it may be manifest to all the vtorld, accept - If, mark of distinction which I send to you ( th e Ofekc' of St. Ferdinand, with which Lord Neison bad gel , . invested) ; and, in the m ain tit/4e, nelteVe me, ` 441 7 i the highest esteem - and gratitude, at all times atl places, and upon every occasion, xour affedionnte„. (Signed) " FrtAnnrANC•