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GENERAL ELECTrON: To _tin WORTHY and INDEPENDENT FREEHOLD. ERS of the COUNTY of CONSCIOUS that I have endeavoured to dis clw a my duty' during the short time I have had the Ilunder of rzpresenting you in Parliament; I again solicit the Ilonaitr or •your Vote and Interest at the ensuing Election ; au& trust lOU will be tonvineed that a regular attention tO that duty has alone prevented me from' paying my personal acknowledgments to every individual Freeholder.' - \% heni first 'Aired myself to your notice, 1 rAquested you to judge a me by triy past ZoiduCtVl'iM dd the sarrie, con fident that I have not rditlered' Myself unworthy of that dlst4ignished and honourable support Which 1: experienced at the last Elthion, ' • • ' • I have the Hollow to be, . . Gentlemen, - . n•J . your obliged and devoted Servant, .. Zush-laitl Pail:, Apnl2.7. , ', ' . WM: MELLISH. `The Committees for conducing Mr. 'Mellish's Eledirin will . sit daily at his house:No:lt - 4 nisho v isgate--street -With , in. and-at Mr. Thomas Mellish's Chambers, No.'4, Slone I,Duiid . ngs, Lincoln's-!an. - . ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL gU.lt'qvp.E. LAND. • rri-HE. 'WRITS for Eleeiina .a PEER. to succeed to the Vacancy made in the Represehtation of the Peerage of Ireland, by the Death of the Earl of ROSSE, ..wili..ne.ready to be delivered at this Office, on Tuesday, the 19th day of May instant, to the several Lords entitled to TtCC . :Ve site carne; a List .of whose Names and Titles of Ho nour will be then published in the London and Dublin Ga tettes. The Writs - Will be forwarded by Post to eVefy such lord - Who shall ,send Ditediona in writing for that purpose, and his Address to this Office ; and those.fOr Peers resident in Dublin ‘:ill be delivered at• their respedive houses. By the Ad of Union Peer (except the 28- Representative Peers) can Vote, without_ first taking the Oaths in Ireland 60inetime - between the- Date and Return of the. Writs. • THOMAS BOURCHIER, Deputy Clerk of the Ciow'n in Ireland. Crown and Hanaper Office, Dublin, • May 9 , 1307. FOREIGN lATELLIGENCE, SEVENTY-FIRST BULLETIN of the C RAND.AR MY. " FINCKENSTEIN", APRIL 19.—The 'viaory of Ey lau having . fruStrated i all the plans which the enemy had formed against the Lower Vistula, has enabled us to surround Dantzic, and to commence the siege of that Fortress. :But it was necessary to•draw the bat tering artillery from the Fortresses 'of Silesia and along thekider, 'so that it had. to come upWards. of Fon leagues, through' a"country in which ther6 are Igo roads. 'This: difficulty is'now got over, and a part of that artillery is already'arrived. One hundred Oleces of cannon .are , now , on.theiv:way . from .Stettin, pustrin, Glogau, and'Breslau, and /in a few days we shall be provided with every thing necessary. The Prussian General ic.A LKiEUTiI has the coat i-nand at 1../Intzic. The garrisOn consists of 14,000 Prussians, and. aopo Russians. The. inundations and mar*!les, 'several - lines of Fortifications . , and the Fort of Weix,eltnunde, have rendered it: difficult to sur round the;Fortress.. " The annexed Report of the siege of Dantzic will shew what progress had been ,inade.to the 17th inst. par works 'already extend to within eighty rods of the: Fortress; we have even attacked , the coVered to ay several times; and haVe da►naged the palisadoes thereof. Marshal LEFEBVRE displays all the a&ivity of youth.'fiels - very sUCcessfully assisted .by General 6AVAItY j but the latter is now lying ill of a bilious Icver, at the Abbey of Oliva, not far from the town. Tlis illnesS 7' was of so serious a nature, that his life was in Clanger for several days. General LEFEBVRE bas also found able assistants in the General of Bri gade SCII4ANNI, the general of. Artillery LARI 201SSIERE, and in the General of Engineers 'Ku- GENER. • The General of Engineers CITASSELOUP is also arrived near Dantzic. . The Saxon, the Polish, and the /Wen troops, since the Hereditary Prince of BADE 4 at their head, are Vying•with each other in bravery, - The enemy has not tried any other_ method : of • comnig to the assistance of Dantzic than ; by sending a few battalions and some provisions to the place by • In 'Silesia, Prince JEROME continues the siege of Neisse vigoionsfy. ' , " . Since the Princeiof , PLEss has declined, to ail, Baron KLEIST, Aid-de Camp to the King of PROSIA, is arrived at Glatz, by way of Vienna, with the title If Governor General of Silesia. He 'is accompanied hr an English Commissary, wha, must.keep an eye upo!" the. manner iiiwhich the eighty thousand pounds sterling are laid out, which Were given by Englani to the King On the t 31 h inst. that Prussian Officer advanced from Qlatz ssith a corps of 4660 men, 'and attacked General. LEFEBVRE (who commands - the , corps, of oipiervation which covers the siege of Neisse) at: Frankenstein. This operation has been ineffeCtual. Baron •K1•21:.r..7 was repulsed with vigour. " On the 14th, Prince JEROME fixed I , is head enartet,"i at Mmisterbeig. General LotsO:4 * has taken upon him the com mand at the' siege of Colberg. The means for.pro se cuting the ia,ryi are colletting. They have been . subjeel to some delay, because it was, necessary not - hinder the a - ssetubling of thetrain of artilleiy des-. - ' tined for the Liege of Dantzic. " MarSkal 11.1ther1Ec, who has the dirthipn of tJ siege of Coiberg, had gond to, that fortress, leav ing General GRANDJEAN in Ponierania„ with a Corps .o(Observation, after,, he had, given him orders to take post on the Banks of the Peelle. " The Garrison of Stralsund having, in the mean received a reinforcetnent of several Regiments' by sea, and being informed' of the moyeM.ent of • Gen. .MORtiER, Marched out in a numerous body. General. NE!JEA 1‘?, COnfOrMity, to his inStllo; fiOns, crossed the . Peene, and took post •at AnClami The numerous flotilla of the Swedes afforded them opportunity to land at different .places,. 44d to:surz prise 'a Dutch post of 30 men; and an Italian post of 37 Men. 'On being informed of 'these movements, Marshal Moixtiut, 'on the .13th, proceeded to Stet tin, and having colleeted his forces, lie manCeuvred d 'entice . the Swedes, whose' force did not amount to 12,000 men, to advance. .`• itor'tlieSe two 'months past, the Grand Army 'has beet' quiet in- 4s. cantOnMents. This time has • been employed in.. recruiting the. cavalry, and pro ,. , •,-Kting - there With horses",' repairing_ the arms, eStab .. iiziting, large Magazines • of. bistuit and brandy, and i.ilniShing-the:spicliers - ; vith Shoes. Independent of one pair in wear, each' man -has - two. more pair in • • ' • Silesia f.militi - ePrifid . of N'c't - at 'ffirtiisied a number' of good horses to the Cuirassiers, to the and to the Light Cavalry. In the beginning of May, an Army of Obser vation, consisting or 50,000 French and Spanish Troops, will 'l3e asserrible - d on the Elbe. Whilst Russia had asserohled in Poland nearly the whole of her troops, there is only a part of the French m4ilary force in that country. This, however, is a conse quence of the great difference which exsts between the essential strength of the two countries.. rne 500,000 Russians, which the writers of newspapers made to march to the right and again to • the left, pill} , exist in their papers; and in the itnaginatiOn of some readers, who are the easier misled, by being sheWil the immense extent' of the Russian territory, without the least mention of its extensive 4eserty and Uncultivated distrias. • It is said, that the Guards of the Emperor of . . Russ have reaehed the Army. They will See, on the first Meeting, whether the' imperial Guard is annihilated,' as the Enemy's Generals have assured. That Guard is now' more numerous than eve], and almost.dOuble 'the nuMber it was at Austerlitz.. Exchisive of the bridge . thrown across the Na rew, another is forthing on piles between Warsaw and Praga ; the work is in a very forward state. The bridges on, piles are stronger ttod more serviceable than those of boats. 'Although it is very laborious to construct such bridges across a river of 400 rods in breadth, it is renderodyasy through the' skill and aCtivity of the Officers under whose direellan it is performed, and from the abundance of timber. " The Prince of BENEVENTO iS still at Warsaw, negotiating with' the'Ambassadors• of the Porte and of the 'Emperor of PERSIA.- Independent of .the ser vices which he renders to the Emperor as a Minis ter, some important operations are frequently en trtgted to him relative to the wants of the army.' " Finckenstein, where the Emperor has fixed his residence, in order to have his head-quarters nearer to 'the station of the army, is a very fine Castle, built by M. DE FINCKENSTEIN, Governor of FREDERIC 11. and at present belongs to M. Volg DonNA, Great Marshal of 'the Court of Prussia. The cold weather has again set in for these two days: the thaw is the only symptornve have of the Spring; the earliest, shrubs do not yet presea the least sign of verdure." SEVENTY-SECOND BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. FINCKENSTE-111, APRIL e3.—The operations cf Marshal MoaTiza have had the desired effect. The Swedes were, so. inconsiderate as to. cross the River Peene, to advance upon Anclarn and Dernmin, and to move towards Passewaik. On the 16th, before break of day, Marshal MoRTIER assembled his troops, advanced from Passewalk on the road to An clam, overthreW the posts at Belling and Ferdinands, hoff, took 400 prisoners, and two pieces of cannon, entered Anclam at the same time with the enemy, and made himself master of the bridge on the Peene. " The column of,the Swedish General CARDELL was cnt off., It remained at Uckermunde when we were already at Anclam. The Swedish ,General in' ARMFELDT has been wounded by a grape shOt. All the enemy's magazines are taken. " The colurnn of General CARDELL, which has been cut off, was attacked on the 17th, by the Ge neral of Brigade VEAU, near Uckermunde, when the enemy lost three pieces of cannon, and 500 men, Which were taken. The rest escaped by get ting on board the gun-boats in the Haff. Two more pieces of cannon, and too' men were taken, near Demmin. • " Baron VON ESSEN, who commands the Sw e .. , dish 'army during the absence of General AR Al FE LEIT, proposed an Armistice to General MORTI ER, inforin ing him, that the King had gr a nted ,him a special Tower to conclude the same.. A peace, or even an armistice, granted to Sweden, would accomplish the most sanguine wishes of the Emperor, who has a l.. ways been very.reluetant to carry on a war against a generous and brave nation, which, upon local and . political grounds, is the friend of France. Must Swedish blood flow, either to prote& or to subvert . the Ottoman Empire ? Is it to flow for maintaining the balance, or for supporting the slavery, of the seas ? What has Sweden to fear from France No -thitig. What has she to fear from Russia ) Every thing. These reasons are too evident not to prompt an enlightened Cabinet, and a Nation which pos sesses clearness of mind and independence of 'opi nion, to put a speedy stop to the war. " Immediately after the battle of Jena the Em peror made known his desire to restore the ancient relations between Sweden and France. 'These first overtures were made to the Swedish Minister at HaMburgh, but reje&ed. The Emperor constantly direaed his Generals to treat the Swedes as friends with whom we are at variance, and with whom we shall soon be reconciled, from the nature of 'things. Behold the true interests of both Nations. If' they did us any harm, they would regret it ; and we, on our part, should wish to repair the wrongs which we have done them- The. interests of the State at last rise superior to all differences and petty quarrels.' These were the Emperor's own words, in his Or ders. • " Animated by such sentiments, the Emperor or dered the military operations for the siege of Stral .sund to be'discontinuekand the mortars and cannon which were sent from Stettin for that purpose to be sent back. He wrote to General MoRTIER in the following wordl I already regret what has been done.. I am sorry that the fine suburb of Stralsund is burnt. Is it our business to hurt Sweden ? This is a mere dread'. It is our business to prote&, not to do ber any injtry. In the latter, let us be . as mo derate as possible: 'PropoSe to the Governor of Stral sund an Armistice, or a cessation of hostilities, in or der to ease the burden, and lessen the calamities of a war, which I consider as wicked, because it is impo litie.' 'On the Bth, the Armistice was concluded 'be tween Marshal MoRTIER and Baron Von Essgtc.— Annexed,iS a copy of the Articles. [Here the Articles follow.] " The Siege of Dantzic is continued without in terruption. Annexed is the Report of the : Military Oper4tions at that place.--..-(Th4 Ifeport is omitted in the 'Dutch Gazette, being of importance only to mili tary inen) „ . 0 , t h e 1 6 t h A pr il, a t eight .in the evening, a detachment of 000 inen, from the Garrison of Giatz, advanced with 'six pieces of cannon against the'right wing, of the post Of Frankenstein. On the follow ing day, thet7th, at break of day, another column, of 800 . men; niarched 'From Silber.berg. These troops, atier their junaion; advanced twon Franken stein, anal commenced an attack, at five in the moruhig ► with au intention .0 attack General - - Flavttcil-'.4 7 119 was posted there with 4is Corps of Ob- Servation. • f' Prince .4RQME spt off from Munsterburgh when the first gun was fired, and arrived at Frank enstein' at ten in the morning. The enemy was Completely dispersed, and pursued to the covered way s of Glatz. Six hundred of were taken, together with three weces of cannon. , One Major and eight Officers are among the prisoners : three hundred men were left dead op the field of battle,: four hundred men, that had. escaped in the woods ; were attacked and taken, at eleven in the forenoon. ColonelßEckEas, commanding the sixth Bavarian regiment 'of the line, and Colonel SCHARFENSTEIN, of the Wirtemburgh troops, have done wonders.'-- The former would not quit the .field of battle, although he was wounded in the shoulder; he cd himself every where at the head of 'his battalion, : . and every where he performed wonders. The Ern- : peror has granted to 'each of these Officers,the Eagle .of the Legion of Honour. • Capt. giO-CE:FELD, Who provisionally commands the WurtertibUrgh Horse Cbasseurs, has likewise distinguished himself ; and' it was; hethat took the several pieces of cannon. The siege Of Neisse is going on proTerously, Qne hall of the town is already burnt, and the trenches are approaching very peat the Fortress." BERLIN, MAY 1. 7 . 7 -(e.40.14 Tl-1 TELEGRAPH.)— Twenty-three Swedish OtEceri, Prisoners. of - War, set out yesterday on their way to Franee An Qfficer has been appointed to accompany them, that they might not experience any difficulties on the route. 'They appear satisfied with :.the distinc tion with which they are treated. They enjoyed great liberty when at Berlin. They condu6ted them selves like men of honour, bearing arms, and their parole was sufficient to'allow them to have many com forts which their situation admitted of. The Stvedes. never aEt contrary to their word, and it is known that their King would not permit apy of his sub jetas to depart from the paths of honbur. ;Jot/I,s, XII. said, that if honour was banished from the' .earth, it would be foUnd in the hearts of Kings. It was also known that the King of Prussia has de-: prived of his military rank M. De P. who had dared to ask his Majesty to reinstate him ip the army while he was a prisoner on his parole to the French. MAY 2.-,-Orders 'have beeti given to prepare. lodging for 50,600` FrePah troops, who are to through tfii's city ontheirway to the Grand Army. BANKS OF TILE ELBE, MA 4.—Letters "from Leipsic and Vienna state, that the English Fleet; re inforced by the Russian Vessels e bas again passed thR Dardanelles. According to, official report the Rus sians have made a fruitless attack against Giurgewo, and have raised the siege of that place. VIENNA, APRIL 22.—The following is the snb-, stance of the business proposed_to the Hungarian Diet on the toth. • The States, in 1802, having ac knowledged the :necessity of raising a sufficient land force in the course of three years, and that period having expired, his Majesty recommends it to hiS, faithful States, to take the necessary measures for putting this force upon a proper footing.. The ex pence for support of the military having necessarily increased, his Majesty wishes the States to take this into their consideration, and to increase the contri butions in proportion. The levy en masse, another infallible 'means of defence, which circumstances prevented from being called 'out last war ; his Ma , ' jesty requires to be put in such a state of readiness as to be called out upon the shortest notice possible, whenever it may be found necessary. .The Trea sury haVing suffered considerably, in consequence ,of almost 20 years incessant war, it is necessary to find out new means for replenishing it. And as the . support of justice contributes much , to the prosperity of the Country, his Majesty recommends the eSta meat of a Court to take cognizance of all. affitirs, relative to Bills of Exchange. The States' are also recommended to take measures for bet-' tering the condition of the poor,, for employing them, &c. We are assured that the Archduke CHARLES has Tanned the plan for a military conscription through all the Austrian States exactly upon 'the French model. All the youth in the Austrian Mo narchy, not excepting the 'Nobles, are to be sub je& to this new, law. , The number of conscripts for each year_ will be settled by law ; but' the youth of good families, the Nobles, &c. as soon as they' understand the nature of the Service in a cornpe .tent degree, are to be promoted to the rank of Officers. AUGSZURGH, APRIL 22.—1 n this city, where we receive news from Constantinople thtough two channels, viz. over-land by way of Hungary, and by sea from Trieste, we are acquainted with parti culars of which the Newspapers make no mention. Hence we learn, that the Russians have attempted' a landing upon the island of Candia, but were re-.. pulsed with considerable loss.---From Constantinople we.also learn, that the Grand Signior has been to the principal' Mosque with the greatest solemnity, and there laying his hand upon the Koran, had. sworn rather to die than deviate from the alliance and friendship of his brother NAPOLEON Having re-.: turned to his Palace, he dispatched Couriers to Syria,: Natolia, Arabia, and Egypt; ordering the Gov4rnors to declare war against the English, and take posses sion of their property. He has also ordered the: Beys to exert themselves to the utmost to disap.;:. point the designs of the Enemy at Alexandria. — The orders for seizing English-property in Natolia • have been executed with such dispatch,' that • the GoVernors of Stuyrna and'Salimica have already sent . .word that the seizures amount to upwards of eighty • millions. The Turkish Fleet is ordered to attack the three Russian Ships of the Line which are in the Black Sea. BERLIN, APRIL 28.—For some time after •Col berg was invested, a natnter of the garrison shewed themselves in several places, particularly near Ru- genwalde. These troops, however, are at length driven into the place and for more than a week past the Polish General HENRY has closely invested C(.Win with a numerous cavalry and'some infantry. According to latei accounts, Colberg is warply can nonaded. Protu Neisse, in Silesia, we learn, that the bom bardment bad excited a disposition in the Com mandant to capitulate ; but that his' Prussian Ma iesty bad issued the stri&est orders to all the Com mandants of pikes still in his poirer, to detend themselves to. the last extremity►, without any co,n uideratifn of the inhal?itaats. Atswsisun . APlitt. t7.--Within these roar day" we have - riltetVedinformation, thatthe French Army colleeted in theFrioul, and intended for Dalmatia, had suddenly received a new destinatiort; and that the divisions under the Generals Mouron and BOUDET, fOillipg a part of that army, are expeded to pass througbiour city to join the Grand' Army in Poland. This news was ,brought here on the 24th by the French General HEcToit. These troops will pro teed in columns, and be quartered provisionally in our city and its environs, and upon- the Lech. The day before yesterday Qeneral Box4IET arrived hi ,person, with a• tinmerptis suite ; and yesterday the 56th regiment of infantry arrived hero in 'l4 days , from Verona. Two divisions of this regiment haVe. 'contioned - theit rnetrch The 84th has since arrived, and snore are expeaed in a few days. NArt.,,Es, Arah, 15.—The Government here ha;. undergone great changes. The number of lYlini sters, consequence,of uniting their funetions, 13 reduced to three. The War Department is now cotute6ed with the Police. M. DullAs, the ci• devant Minister of War, is appoitited Grand Marshal of the. Palace. . SCH - WE n IN, MAY . 77 .TbeTruce with the Swedes, whiCh was the forttinate result of the bloodshed which had so uselesslY been Spilt in Pomerania, ap , pears likely to be of longer duration than was at first expected at least there was, on 'the (.4gth of )as, month,' a new article added to• the Armistice, by- Marshal MOuTiEit and General VON ESSEN, stating, That hostilities between the French and S we di s troops cannot commence, unless a previous notice is given Of one month,. instead of ten days, as had been stipulated." MEMEL, APRIL, W.—The Emperor of Russia at rived on the first instant at Polangen. His Majesty went: there to visit him. Some of.. his Majesty's horsevwere sent forward to Polangen • and on tiP.t. 'L'A,lat noon, hiS Imperial Majesty arrived here. Th 9 szttne.day beforedinner, he visited Prince WlLLimu and Princess LoutsA After . dinner the .Emperor went to see the PRINCE ROYAL, Vi4o is indisposed, the Prince of . ORANGE V I ILDA, and the . Catinet Minister, M. De HARDENBERG, with whor4 hiS Majesty 'had, a tete-a-tete of two boars. After supperhis Majesty went - to his, apartments, applied himself to business until one o'clock, and dispatched three conriers,,,... On,the : 3d there_yras.a great dinner, The Emperor made sorne-Nisita,-among which was one to General, 3A/ICLAY*:'!it these visits, which his Majesty made. on horseback, and in his carriage, be was ad compiihied by Colonel KRUSEMARK, except who he went to Bardii'HARDENBER6's.- On the 3d, after a. light s4Per, his Majestfk • Was' employed in his capinet until near three . in the rnorning; and .Qn the 4:tll,:at font in the morning, he set out for Georges burgh:-Their Majesties ; the King arid Queen, set . . 01.1 t at 'seven o'clock, by. the w# of "Tilsit , for Key ciellen, which is opposite Georgenburgh.. On:the'-'6th instant, the guards, with the Grand .bn'ke-1- - c*TaNTINE at their head, began to paSs tha Meniel. On the n 7th 'inst. all these selec' i t troopi. ..paSsed that river', W•as 'still frozen. They • • - . • . were just iatime, for oh- account of the winds, t he rain, and the thaw; the-river has n becoMe iinpassa,ble Within the three last days. Their: Majesties, tile Emperor and - the King, it is 'supposed, are still'at Keydellen, • • On the day of the Emperor's 41 - r i va l a t wind, the City was illuminated. Baron' H annsNaERG, Cc.. lOpelS KLEIST and KRUSEMARK, and Major JAGOWI travel in.the suite of 'the KI . NG ind QUEUti. Lord HITTCIIINEON, the British Envoy, will set out to-morrow morning fok Keydepen. MAILS. It X - VAD —4 Dublin. Do A---1 Gottenburgb , _ 2 Waterford. PRICE' OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE, O'CLOCI7.• ' Consols - - - 63 ilf I Ununoin - - - 1 i pr. ~.. ~ THE SUN. soczst Ltuls Diqx,Ric PALIUM AVDELT?, L 0 N D ON, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1907. OUP, Letter from Penzance this morning moi tions, that the Anna and Joseph had arrived there , from Madeira, in eleven days the Captain Q€ which states, that while he was at Madeira he was 'lnformed by the Captain of His Majesty Ship Sr bille, that he had fallen in with Sir SAmucr, HO OO cruititig off the Canaries, by. whom he was told-that Buenos Ayres had been retaken. No official ipsel haS reached Government upon. the subjo , bUt . we are ,strongly inclined to give credit to tb o '• above account.' Wn have recfpived Hamburgh and Data Papers , the former to the 6th, and the latter 'to the 12th inst. They• contain the Sevt':nty- first and Seventy-secon d Bulletins of the' Fren . ch Army : They announce o° new Military successes, but they state, what w e ::44arthere is too much foundation for, viz.. that the French Army has received immense Reinforce' ,• nients,":, and that BONAPARTE has taken adva°' tage Of the cessation - of hthaties to repleni•44 "his Magazines and to re-mount his Cavalry. W l6 have, however, the satisfaction of .knowing tb 3t an equal degree of aaivity has been displayed 31 Russia, and that her armies have also been grea tl t reinforced.' The Siege of Dantzic proceeds b` IC slowly ; the French were obliged to bring th eif heavy artillery " from Silesia, and along the. Ode r ' upwards of zoo leagues, through a Country in vvi there are no roads." These difficulties, howev er ', had been in part surmounted, and, at the dat e the Bulletin (April 1g), a part of the artillery 133 ' ) arrived. It appears that BONAPARTE still ellP= ll3 it some suspicions of the intentions of Austria, for 'do le , stated in the Foreign Journals, that - a form !. I ec l '' French Army is about to "Assembled on the