The Sun. — London, England, 1807-04-22 00:00:00

nip L . NAVAL NEWS. Dvei ; S O eld- iree oy lay, my on Arrived La Minerre Frigate from a cruize. Pe , In:I leri pie or ily ha Departure of the Convoys for their Destinations : PLYMOLTTA, APRs. 20.--Sailed the imperieuse Frigate, of 38 guns, Capt. Lord 'COCHRANE, on a cruize to the West Ward. Arrived the Grithstadt, SCI;IONV., from Tonsberg ; and the Feronia, Gonmr.Y, from Dublin. Sailed the Insolent Gun Brig, with eight ViEtual - under convoy, laden with supplies, for the Chan nel Fleet. Sailed L' Aigle Frigate, and Plover Sloop of War, on a cruize to the Westward. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 21.--SSiled the Strenuous Gun-brig on a Cruize. FALMOUTH, APRIL Ig.—Arrived this day His Majesty's Ship Brisk, of 18 guns, Capt. COODE, from Ireland, with a convoy of Coasters for this port and the Eastward ; also the Prince Adolphus Pacl:et, BOULDIMSON, with Mails from Jamaica, 34 days passage; the Brig Beaver, STEPHEN'S, from Liver. pool, for Oporto; the Brig John and Mary, JURY, from Cardiff, for Lynn ; the Brig Neptune, HUT-. CHINS, from Ireland, bound to Milford ; the Brig Ann, BALL, from Liverpool, bound to Falmouth ; - ind last evening His Majesty's Schooner Supericure, of 16 guns, Capt. E. RIISHFORD, from . Portsmouth, to give instructions and prepare Vessels waiting Con voy here for the West Indies—the Fleet for which, about 70 Sail, under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship Lecade, of 36 guns, Capt. J. STuAttr, appeared ;off here this morning, when the following Ships sailed to join them :—His Majesty's Schooner Sriperieuie ; Lady St. John, CATTENEOUGH, for St. Kitt's and Nevis ; Lady Creinorne, HUTCHINSON, for Jamaica ; favaurite, PATERtiON ; and Ann Eliza, for Tabago ; Lord Collingwood, WALLIS ; and Magdalen, RICH ARDS, for Antigua. The Prince Adolphus ..„114tktt spoke in tat. 48. 13. -long. 10.24. West, His. Majesty's Ship Amethyst. His Majesty's Ship Blonde r 4,36 guns, with Con voy from ,Eugland, arrived at Jamaica the frt-h -of &MUMS, Amt. tg.—Arrived the 211ary Ten der, from Leith, with Volunteers for the Fleet. APRIL 20.—The Swift Sloop of 'War, Capt. \\NIGHT, convoys the Trade to Heligoland in lieu of the Railleur. Came into the Little Nore„tha Malabar, of 5.0 liqns, Capt. TEMPLE. The 4strea Frigate is on shore= the Shears, ancZ leas made the signal of distress, and the Admiral's Ship has per signal ordered the Urgent Gun-brig, eicrow Schooner, and the Launch of the Ceres, to Proceed immediately to her assistance. A Court-Martial was this day held on board the Magnanime, for the trial of the Surgeon of the Er cell"t for beating a man who complained of being u nwell ; the charge was proved, and he was sentenced to be dismissed the Ship and lose twelve months Rank. • APart 21.—The Astrea has got off and proceeded to Yarmouth ; the Deptford Tender, Lieut. Ati taAx, with impressed Men and Volunteers for the Meet, has sailed for Chatham, having on beard French -Prisoners that navigated the East India Ships borne, • DEAL S Ar RIL I.—Sailed His Majesty's Ships 2 L'32.staftre and Kangaroo on Cruize. Arrived His Alajesty's Ships Solebay and Furious from a Cruize, and remain in the Downs with - the rest of the Ships - as per last. The Zebra Bomb has a Signal for a Convoy to the Westward. Feb. 2.1 =lsis Majesty's Ship Blonde sailed from arbadoes, with the Ships which arrived under can- Voy of his Majesty's Ships St. George and Ramillies, for Jamaica: The St. Vincent Trade sailed in corn ?any, and all..arrived in safety on the Ist of March. On the 28th of February, his Majesty'i Brig Grenada sailed from Barbadoes, with the 'Grenada Trade and was seen in sight of Grenada,on the tit 'of 'larch. On the Ist of March, his Majesty's Schooner l i forne Fortune, Lieut, BROWN, sailed from Barba 4oes, with the Trade for St. Lucia. • On the 2d of March, his Majesty's Ship Osprey sailed from Barbadoes with the. Trade for Tobago and Trinidad. On the 3d of March, His Majesty's Ships Cerle- P4 s, Melville,' and Wolverine, sailed from Barbadoes, With the Trade for Dominica, Athigna, Montserrat, l evis, St. Kitt's, Tortola, and St. Thomas's. The Ship Actiue, Capt. Mrtr...est, bound to Tri llidad, was run aboard of, by. Ship of the Convoy, a nd much injured. The Brig Progress, bound to St., lost her mainmast, and remains at Barbadoes r efitting. The Cicero, T URNER , f ro M L on d On to Jamaica,- Is lost off,Barbadoes. The 4ritannia, GIBBS, from London to Jamaica,. has been taken, re-t a k en , an d arriv-d' at Bgbadoes.• the 23c1 of February, the Ramillies Man of_ War, and Fleet from Cork, conSisting of 100 S. arrived at Barbadoes. On th e 25th of February, the St: George Man of tsar, and Fleet frotn Portsmouth, consisting of 154. arrived at the same Island ; and on the Moth of kebruary, the 'Blonde Frigate, and 12 SalF Irvin FAL- I touth, also arrived at ILzhadues. 7 ; 0 THE EDITOR OF TFIE SIR, t read, %vitt', a great deal of attention, the com ments of SCZEVOLA on the Prerogative ; and though I frankly avow I applaud their tendency, Since they most evidently lead to establish a haughty and daring Aristocracy, yet, I do not admire the sentiments in thernselves. They are not bold, undisguised, and ins 6. lent enough for me ; and though both I and SCJEVOLA may possibly agree sufficiently well in the objeEt we wish to obtain," my sentence is for open war"— , his for " wiles"—which, though my vanity prompts me to think I could as well pra&ise them, I do not design to adopt. Like the apostate BURKE, who, troubled by qualms of conscience, and for paltry ease of mind, basely diverted the exercise of his splendid abilities from the 'glorious struggle for 'pre-eminence, and tendered it to/the welfare of his Sovereign and the suppoft of the Constitution—by which conduEt he abandoned all his high expeEtations, and for which, notwithstanding his great attainments, he will ever be branded with the epithet weak by superior spirits. Like this once exalted man;" I adore the principles of a pure and genuine Republic." By pure and genuine, however, I mean aristocratic, perfeElly, absolutely, and disdainfully aristocratic.' I would indeed consent to make use of the people—that k to say, when I .could not do without them. They. are easily kindled into sedition - to answer the pur poses of ambition, and as easily abandoned to un relenting and ignominious punishment when they have answered the end for which they were in. flamed. The inutile ,lignum naturally burns out of itself—while the pure gold remains uninjured by: the ire. SOEVT,.A would, in the same manner, make use of the pageant of a king, who, nevertheless, would always remain completely secure,, considering the discretion he would allow him: for if the crown were placed upon the statue Of the Apollo Belvidere, if 13014 /PARTE would spare it for such a purpose, the statue would iti - every respect be equally as ser viceable as the ideal puppet SC.EVOLA wishes 'to invest with the Royal Dignity. But I detest Royal Dignity, and execrate the names of Sovereign and Subje&. Like CJESAR, I have no objedion to make a few silly people believe, that I consider them as my equals ; but I must have no superior, not even in exterior, appearances. My soul sickens at the idea. Pride, genius, and education, forbid the en durance of a condition so humiliating to a - being who feels it necessary to his happiness to indulge a passion for command. • As to the Catholic Question, like an enlightened Roman, I really entertain so thorough an indiffet ence for all religion, that were not the subjeL•t blended with politics I should blush to consider it even for a moment ; but I am ready to acknowledge it appears a powerful lever, if properly managed; in the cause of Republicanism. To say this, is as much as the obje& in contemplation is worth ; for religion, unlike . the " elegant mythology of the Greeks," is too insipid for a haughty, classical, a n d liberal mind to dwell upon for an instant, une;n ... bellished as it is by poetic fi&ion, and the fascinatin g charms of a cultivated imagination. With respect to the doEtrine of pledges, °Pow whiCh so great a clamour has been raised, that too may be of use, if adroitly treated ; not that it is of , any value in itself—nor is thought to be so by ! SCiEVOLA, except he be a person of very . inferior principles and understanding, and that parvunz parva decent ; for every theory, which includes a king, is more than contemptible; but the doEtrine in ques tion tends to curtail the action and essence of 'the regal chargter, and finally to complete its destruc flop' SCZVOLA may, therefore, make the mo s t o f his subjea. He is subordinately effecting a bai ness which the master genius of lofty repubaauism does not, indeed, condescend to dire&; but, like the lordly savage of the woods, he will tear, from the. pigmy grasp of the trembling Jackal, the prey that his huMble industry has with so much diligence ob tained. Juxtus. A Trinidad Paper, of the 21 st of February, says,' " At the moment of sending our Paper to press, we were informed, from good authority, that intelligence had just been received front Cumana, announcing the capture of that place by the Forces under Gene ral CRAUFCIU), amounting to 6000 Men."—Advices however, from the Ri ver Plata contradict the above account, which indeed is not probable, and assert that Colonel CRA(YLWRD is arrived at Monte Video. Landed at Gravesend, on Saturday, the veteran remains of his Majesty's i9th Dragoons, after an absence of twenty-tour years from their native laud. During that time they have highly distinguished thenrrielves in almost every engagement that has been fought in India. THE OPERA.—The new Comi c Op era of Il Prin cipe di Taranto, was represented last night at the- King's Theatre, and was well supported by NALDI . , SIBON/, and Signor PERINI, who all re',:eired great applause. The splendid Ballet of La Siege de Troye, having undergone some curtailments, was repealed with great success, and Madamoiselle NoaA particu larly well received. She is - a considerable acquisi tion. to the corps de ballet. The theatre was much better attended than is usual on a Tuesday, unless It has the attraction of CATALANI:. FIiQM THE DUTCH PAPERS . . HactiE, Aintir, Mall 4 frdm the Ger man Empire have brought letter's down to the 12th instant, and the Vienna Gazette of the 4th instant, which contain; the folla4ina farther intelligence frorii Turkey The English Fleet, which had dire&ed its course tOr the Sea of :Martnora, has net made its 're-appearance off Constantinople, as Was appre hend;ed. It re-passed the Dardanelles on the sth • Of - March without any fresh aat of hostility, and has resumed its station off Tenedos. The reasons of this important event are not sufficiently un derstood. • " The intelligence of the appearance in the Archipelago of a Russiki Squadron, commanded by Vice-Admiral SINIAVIN, is fully confirmed. " A very considerable body of Turkist which had advanced from Braila to Rittinik and Basco, has been defeated by the van of the Russian Army; and compelled to re-cross the Danube; consequence of which General MICHELSON has sent forward a part of his Army, under the command of the Generals MILLARADOWICH E TsEPIsCH, and . UHLANIUS, from' the environs of Buchse - est .to Ka pulstilan and Kalagren." • The important occurrence of the retreat of the English, which was stated in articles froth Berlin and Munich, is farther confirmed. by the following account from Constantinople We have , at last escaped the terrible danger with'which we wele threatened; for, on the - utt. expeeted appearance of the English Fleet off this capital, which was entirely defenceless, it depended on the Enemy's AdMirals alone to enter our port; to• • bombard Constantinople, and to reduce it to ashes; The Porte was saved, from this pressing danger by the aaivitv and the skilful .measures of General SE BASTIAN' : by his advice the English were kept in negotiation, whilst the General was employed in, making the most vigorous preparations, and eleo &Hying, as it were, the Grand Signior, his Mini sters, and the Inhabitants, with his manly and elo quent language ; so that nothing else was ultimately thought of than to make a gallant resistance. For tunately .several Eneineers and French Officers ar rived •on the same day that . the English Fleet ap peared : with their assistance, General, SEBASTIANI caused 600 pieces t f heavy cannon to be mounted in the most convenient places for defence, and grates to be placed to fire with red-hot shot, in Case the English should attempt to approach. At the same time the French General had sent several of his Of , ficers to the Lower Dardanelles, to place them 'in such a state of defence as to be able to annihilate •the English Fleet if it should pass the Straits. The Enemy's Admirals got scent of this ; and on the Ist of March they quitted, with the whole Fleet, the Station off Constantinople, and re-passed the Dar , danelles on the 3d to return to the Archipelago. In less than twenty days the Upper, as well as the Lower Ddrdanelles, and Constantinople itself, IA 11l be rendered so strong, that any hostile Fleet which would dare to attempt any fresh operations will as suredly meet with entire destruction." • They write \ from Vienna, the 4th instant, that the. Emperor had set off from Buda on the pre ceding day„ at eight in the morning. After open ing the Hung4rian Diet:, the Emperor will pt'oceed • to Semlin and to Galicia, to survey the Austrian Cordon on the frontiers. The Archduke CHARLES will, go on the. same journey on the - 6th Gr .7th of April. PARIS, APRIL I).—The Levy of the Conscripts of 1808' haS already been published .in the Depart ments adjoining to Paris. I n t h ose o f t h e S e i ne and Oise the young men are obliged to get their -names registered in the list of Conscripts before the 25th of this month. Thus the Levy will be efi - eeled nearly at the,same time throughout the Emt3iTe. One hundred and six Hessians, who had a share • in the disturbances of that country, have been sent to Besancon. APRIL I2.—A 'person of the name of FOUCAUD • and some other persons in the Department of the Rhone, endeavoured to facilitate the escape of a conscript they were delivered . up to the Tribunals, and condemned to pay a fine of 5000 francs, and to he imprisoned a twelvemonth: The Tribunal of Montayse imposed a fine of 300 'francs, and con 'deained to a year's imprisonment, CoN±E the younger, a labouring husbandman, at Mezieres, con vieted of having applied an herb of corrosive .quality Lo the leg of ANTOINE BRUNET, a conscript of the year 1807, for the purpose of disabling him: from military service for a time. . The Charlemagne, and another Ship of the2Line, lately built at Antiverp, were launched on the .Bth instant in the Scheldt, with great success, amidst, an immense concourse of people, not only from this city, butfrom different countries, whom that spec tacle, previously announced, attraeled to Antwerp..: ELBING, APRIL is reported, that the Em peror will soon arrive here. We expect hint eery moment. There are many cavalry quartered in the environs of this city, and all our leather-cutters are employed in working f o r them. ,The number of horses which the Vreoch have obtained from the Isle of Nog;:t (certainly one of the, best districts of Prossia,) is estimated at 4000.. Large trains of ar tillery are arrived before Dantzic front Warsaw by the Vistula. [From the Koniobargh, Gazette.] KONIGSBURGH, MARCH 25.—0 f the different rencontres het‘i,een the Cossacks und er the com , wand of the • Hettinan, Lieutenant General PLATOW, and the Enemy, the affair of the 12th instant, in the environs of Altkirch,-near Guttstadt, deserves par ticular:notice; as it 'furnishes a very interesting spe clinen'of the originality of that Commander, as well as the simple, uncorrupted, and nervous character of the people under his orders. . _ On tbe morning of the 12th instant, the Enemy had, with their whole line of advanced posts, re treated from Zechern, Peterswalde, Marcon, and Worniditt : however, the Cossacks, led on by the nettman, were continually following them close, but 'cautiously. They marched through Peterfi wahle, and passed, by GronaU, to the village of Altkirch, where they overtook the Enemy, who fired from the village with small arms ; and several balls passed so close to the Hetiman, that his life was in great danger. Nevertheless, his corps con tinued to advance ; he dismounted, and ordered a vine' of his Cossacks to dismount and fire on foot, *liiA he direled in perscti, under a Shottrer of musket hails, hiS Adjutants being about nlanitA•re, though probably qiiite new to (he Co sacks; was performed by theni with the greatest Skill, whilst the other, regirnents', not dismounted, stopped stoppedwith the greatest cOolnesi; waiting Anther orderS. In the mean while, the Eneiny advanced from the wood between Peteri‘italile aiid Altkirch but 'no sooner did they appear; than the Hettruan dispatehed one of his Adjutants to the nearest regi- Mem of Cossacks; with an billet• to commence the Attack. Here a ' scene ensued, which, in this situa 7 tidti, could not fail most powerfully to raise- the en thnSiasm• of every per Son. The COssacks bleised theMselves with fi Iblid voice, Saying - , " P'fospOdi po milli'!" (God have mercy upon me,) and trade the sigii of the CroSs upon their own breasts; according to the custom of the Greek Church. The Cloie of this ShOrt, but very soleMn and religious Ceremony, was the Signal fdr the attack. In a mOttient the re-. girnent set . orf full speed, expanding like A' swarm of bees, exclaiming Hurrah ! and tOok ap dire6tly the whole . tfuoo of Frenchiun Oppdsed to then]; each Cossack seizing his tudn by the collar: It Was a pity that 'the Enemy were not suffi c i ent ly nurnetbus; as- . several Cosacks returned slow . ,_ And with an empty hand. _ After this successful trianceuvre, the enemy advane ed from the wood with the , whole of their force, and With some cannon. But, as• their intention was not to light a battle, but merely to watch the move ments of the enemy, the Hetunan ordered his men to desist, took up a position between Grouau an d Altkirch, and waited till . the ravening. • He fixed his head-quarters at Gronau, distributed the other Pulki in the adjacent villages, and i e l e et e d a p art y . o f 3o men,whom lie charged to alarm the-enemy at Alt kirch the whole night. This was performed with such elfeel, that the enemy were obliged; during the night, to send for several coniderabe reitdorce ' ments from Guttstadt. But in spite of them, and nOtwithstanding the enemy occupied the wcod tween Altkirch and Peterswalde, the brave 14,-t tmari remained ih the midst of his Cossacks, whose unsha ken fidelity he could safely trust. The great esteeni in which he is held is not the result of qranny or despotism ; but it is the highest degree of hive and respect for his person, arising from a series of gene rous actions and true magnanimity. Every Cossack is ready to sacrifice his own life for the Hettman; being attached to the person of his beloved leader front principles of religion as well as from the bonds of esteem and affection they all burn with desire to distinguish themselves in his eyes ; for, after the glorious and honourable termination of the war, when the Heitman shall conduta his faithful -men home to their own cherished country, that Cossack who should have been guilty of any act of cowardice or meanness in the field, would not be permitted to enjoy that happiness, but turned away as an outcast, with ignominy and conterript. . On the lath and 14th, the Hettman continued at Gronau and its environs, well convinced that the enemy would not dare to attempt any thing. Nor did he enemy venture a single step ; and the Flett man, having delivered up his command to the brave and distinguished Prince BAGRATHION, hastened to the left wing of the army, where he would have the same influence on his troops to produce similar elfe6.ls. He employs his men every day to take some of the enemy, and frequently by hundreds ; arnwtst them there are frequently a number of in.. surgents, who (at least according to their own unit IlialOUS declaration) are - soldiers only from. compul sion. These troops are hardly worth the cloathing, though, indeed, that costs the enemy nothing. They have a great dread of the Cossacks, and are almost afraid of firing a musket at them. BARTRNSTELN, MARCH 22.—The affair of the .Igth,.between the Hettman PLArow and the ene-; my, near Passenheim, tends greatly to his Credit; by reason of thaable disposition he had made. Seve ral thousands of the enemy were surprised by hini on two points at once, upwards of 700' of whom were killed , and i i .officers and 340 men taken The principal objet was obtained at the same time,, that of alarming the whole French Army, and th 6 enemy was obliged to remain under arms tier a long While. The Heitman did not males✓ any use of the numerous body of regulars Which the Russian Com- wander had sent to his support ; nor was there any room for it, from the great rapidity with which these athirs were executed. The Gazette of last night contain§ an baler in Council, dated April 15, allowing for a further space of six months, from the t 6th instant, the importation into any port or place of Great Britain, any, beans, called kidney or French beans,- tares; calavancies, and all other. sorts of pulse; and also of bulls, cows, oxen, calves, sheep; lambs; and swine ; and of beet, pork, mutton, veal; and lamb, (except salted, beet and pork), and of bacon, hams, tongues, butter, cheese, potatoes, Sago, sago powder, tapioca, vermicelli, millet seed, poultry, fowls, eggs, game, and sour-crout, in any British Vessel, or in any other belonging to persons of any State in - amity with his MAJE,TY, and navig,ited any manner whatever, without payment of any dtity .whatsoever ; provided that a due entry shell be made of such articles, agreeable to an Att passlM in the 9th year of his-present AUJESTY." On Monday a Smuggling Boat was brought into Dover by the Tide Surveyor of Folkestone. She was driven on shore there by the Lively . Excise Cut ter, of Dover, Capt. L3LBURNE : 3he hod on board between 5 and tioo kegs of spirits, besides tea and tobacco. It is said, that, after the vessel had been in possession °Pate officers, she was fired at from the shore. She has several shot holes, and. other marks of violence. Two dragoon horses, it is said, have been killed by the tire from the shore. CORN-EXCHANGE, APRIL 22.--:The Atipply of Wheat , is short, fine is much u 1 reque4t; and wOhlci fetch an advance, other qualities go off heavily ; 'Bar. ley likewise in short supply, and rather clearer :.Malt dull sale; White Pease are very scarce; Grey Pease and Beans of both sorts vary but little ;- the sopplie3 o f Oa t s are considerable, with some cargoes of Ft.)- reign, and this trade is cheaper; Flour zaeariy at last prices. Wheat 475 a 62.5 a 765 od Fine ditto . Sos a 63. Rye . . ps a 45i od Barley . 355 a od Matt 6 4 5 a 70a od White Peax Sls a 9zs Grey ditto vs a 4 Beans Os a 40 01 Yickiseans . 3;N a zits oil Oars 2rs a 2ss a 2.Ss Poland ditto jos a 3ts Rape Seed 281. 321 ch. cd Fine Flout bus d 6 5 0 , 1 CC onds sc.; a ftas of