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.GENERAL ELECTION. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. iHE COMMITTEE for ConduBifig the ELte- TioN of Sir CHM STOPH R. BA Y N ES, request the Attendance of his Friends at Hyde Park Curlier, on Mon d.), - Morning, the 18rh instant, at Half-past Seven o'Clock, to accompany him from thence to the Hustings. COUNTY OF DURHAM ELECTION HE FRIENDS of Sir THOMAS HENRY D E -13 art. are particularly requested to meet at the White Hart Tavern, in Holborn, on ►Monday next, at Twelve o'clock, to consider of the best measures to be adopt ed in order to secure that Gentleman's Re-election for the said County.. N B. The E le6tion is fixed for Wednesday the loth of May. TJ the INHABITANTS of the TOWN of SHREWS- BURY. ( ENTLEMEN, A l? I'ER the Attack made upon me in Court, by Mr. (ones, on Thursday last, I feel it due to myself, and to tne Inhabitants, from whom I have ever received the greatest kindness and civility, to publish the reasons for my present Condud. The Papers alluded to in my Letter to a particular Friend o Mr. tones, hereto annexed, have been seen by many of you ; and the circumstances by which my feelings have been so cruelly wounded are likewise well known. I remain, Gentlemen, Your most obedient, And obliged humble Servant, IOHN CORSET. Sundom, May 9, 1807. COPY of a LETTER to EDWARD T. RICKETS, Esq. DEAR Sin, Suntiorn, May 8, do. I beg the Favour of you ro say to Mr. Jones, that 1 was in such a Situation in Court, upon the first Day of Eke. tion, that I could not get forward to make any Reply to the Explanation Mr. Jones demanded of Jny Conduct} to wards him. When Mr. Jones first applied to me for my Interest, he must recoiled that 1 stated I should certainly support the Sitting Members. as it was my wish to do all I could to preserve the Peace of the Town, and avoid the Evils of a Contest. Circurnstancep have since arisen which certainly have r , use(l my Indignation, and urged me td take a stronger part tan. I first intended. The Papers you have seen will best exp.lai❑ the cause of my present Conduit : Mr. Jones- may see them if lie will appoint a time tor that purpose. I hope you will excuse the trouble I give you. I am, Dear Sir, Vow - most obedient humble Servant. , 101-IN COlO3l r. FOREIGN iNfELLIG.ENCE. FINCKENSTEIU, APRIL 2 . h e Emperor has di vided the Grand Army into three principal carps, - Which he has reviewed in succession. The Officers 'who were lately promoted were present on this oc casion with their respective regiments. His Majesty frequently addressed the troops, in the most encou raging language.. Besides, all. the corps which were detached have orders to join these three principal corps, acid the jun6tion is etfedino - t' with great expe dition. The artillery of the Grand Army has never been in so forMidable a state. It is in the midst of these preparations that we wait for the commence ment of Iw/wax - able weather to'open the campaign by military 'operations, which must decide this great quarrel. The first shocks will he terrible, if we are to judge from the preparations on both sides. While tie French are making the most formidable prepara tiuns, the Russians and Prussians employ on their pal all their resources, and make the greatest exer tions to place tlicirielves in a cbnditiou to sup port the arduous struggle which is about - to coot• w:rd-41,1, 1 vi*AL t .. h ene_ruv h alsu ' 4l --h 1 4." - its force into three principal corps. One is to be commanded by the Emperor. of Russlit in person, with General BENNIGSEN under him. Another will be led on by the King of PLUSSIA, assisted by Gene rals RUCkLEL, BLUGHER, and LEsToco.. The third will be commanded by the Grand Duke CONSTAII VINE.and General ToLszov. The principal advanced guard remains under the orders Of Prince BAGRA TRION. It appears to be almost certain, that every prospect of peace has vanished, the Courts of Russia and Prussia having rejected the proposals made by the Emperor NAPOLEON. The Turkish and Persian Ambassadors have ar rived at Finc:xnstein, and, after the usual ceremo nies, have been admitted to an audience of the Em peror. - PARIS, MAY s.—The Emperor having received the Senatus Cons4ltu7n at Finckenstein, rehtive to the anticipated levy of 80,000 men for the Conscrip tion of 1808, together with the Address of the Se n ite in answer to the Message containing the pro vpial ti - that purpose, his ajesty has ordered both d)cuments to be printed. The following is the Ad dress : " SIRE, • " The Message which your - Imperial and Royal Majesty has addressed from the Imperial Camp at Osterode; and the Senates Consulturn which we have adopted, are fresh proolS of the subliMe fore sight ,of your Majesty, ..which leaves nothing to • chance, when the clearest interests of France and the destiny at Europe tire concerned. The country is going to pot , arms into the:hands of 80,000 of its children who, in 1808, would have assembled round your Majesty's Eagles. The desire of putting a n speedy end to a just. and glorious war, by a perma- • nent peace, and not to leave any appearance. of in nisnn 010 , 1)111)Hr• mind , has di , !terratilledi your Majesty to assemble, the young Conscripts around your Standard six months sooner than they would have been called out under circumstances less im portant. " During the time that must transpire before the epoch when their military career will be opened to them, t hey, being retained in France, and as we may- , say aboat their own homes, will acquire the habits of a military life in a manner more easy, More ,salu tary, and more useful to the State than otherwise.— Your Imperial and Royal Majesty is going to give , them the honour of cietending the coasts•and the frontiers of the Empire. In the camps in the interior of France, they may supply the place of those corps who have grown old in battles, and who ultimate ly receive that noble recompense which *they claim with so much. ardour, viz. the honour of combating • again under your Majesty's eye. :If the Islanders, abandoning the element which protects them, Should dare to venture upon a Country covered with camps and strong places, this youthf u l a r my w ill convince them that French valour is of every age, and soot) nuke them repent an enterp;ze, which the consci2 ousness of our strength would rather lead us to wish fur than avoid. "Victory, faithful to your Majesty, has forcedback the ravages of war 300 leaguds frbni our frontiers: Tnel.4pons of Reserve which will be fOrined of the new 'Conscripu, will hasten to . maintaiii that trait-: spiny in the interior of our provinces which they owe to your Majesty's triumphs. In this nithi s employment, and in that of sguaranteeieg our fron tiers by land and sea front invasion, they may di tninish the faticsues, and the constant assiduity on the part of those brave and respectable fathers of families, who, under the standards of the national guards, have generously devoted, their time, so pre cious to their children and to the State, to the de fence of the Empire. Thus, your Majesty, in the midst of your phalanxes, and beyond the Vistula, never loses , sight either of the interest of the manu factures, agriculture, commerce, or the domestic happiness of families; while jou never cease to watch over the safety of our country, to interest yourself in its general prosperity, and prepare for the repose of Europe. " Your Imperial and Royal Majesty has been pleased to call to the command of these Legions, the Members of the Senate who bad distinguished them selves in the career of glory before they took their. seats among us. In the midst, Sire, of camps and citadels, the same as within the walls of Paris, France will behold all her Senators giving the same exam ples of absolute devotion to their Country and to your Majesty. Our colleagues will watch over the condua of those young men whom your Majesty will entrust to thetn,-as fathers attentive to their children, worthy of so lively an interest. They. will have no occasion to teach them to love glory, their Country, and your Majestya but they will convince them that good discipline will increase their strength against the enemy; and that, by the habit of mili tary exercises, they will overcome the difficulties of distance, climates, and seasons, without danger. They will acquaint them with the rapid advances with which they may become habituated. They will, hold out to them the moment when, restored back to 'all that 'is dear to them, they will receive the esteem of their fellow-citizens as a new reward of their courage. They will convince them that public gratitude is not manifested in any country equal to. France, towards those, warriors whose Wounds and honourable infirmities compel them to quit the standards under which they have fought ; and they will point out to them that distinction, not less bril liant than glorious, with which your Majesty re wards the splendid &aims of the Soldier equally with those of the General. " Your Majesty has said, that your confidence hi' the Senate is unlimited. Sire, the Senate and the whole nation are penetrated with- the most lively,: perfeal, and re.speCtful confidance in your Majesty's genius, in your wisdom, in your virtues, and yew love of the French People. " Ina few words, Sire, the Grand Army, command, ed by the greatest of Warriors, has passed the Elbe, upon the borders of which Charlemagne was com pelled to put a period .to his conquests ; and the Oder, astonished at seeing the French ensigns glit tering upon its banks ; the Vistula, and so many morrasses, sands, and deserts which divide it from the Oder. Nine of those places, fortified as strongly by art as by nature, the taking of any one of which would haVe illustrated a whole campaign under the most famous Generals during the two last ages, have fallen into the hands of your Majesty: Six hundred pieces of cannon taken upon the field of battle -4000 pieces of heavy artillery-400, standards, a whole kingdom disarmed; and 200,000 prisoners, all Attest the formidable power of your Majesty's arms. " The generous Polish Cohorts, the brave Legions of Bavarians, Saxons, Wirtemburghets, Badois, and :other Germans, who make a part of the Confedera tion of the Rhine, display, in the midst oft your Eagles, those ancient banners which their valour has decorated with new laurels. " The ranks of your army now present 130,000 combatants More than your Majesty had at the com mencement of the fourth Coalition. Winter, p th e only ally of. the Russians, will soon cease tp defend the Muscovite frontiers hy its frost, itasyinsopwre,aadtstd iits inundations, and th ose wa t ers t h a t stagnate in its immense deserts.. Disease, every day, ravages among your enemies. " However, Sire, greater precautions have never been concerted. From the Pyrennees to the Pregel, from Holland to Calabria, from , Finisterre to the borders of Cataro, e ve ry thi ng i s connected by an immense system of defence, as well as of attack. The union of these`calculationa of a. prudence which can foresee and prevent every kind of reverse ; and those sublinde conceptions of genius which appre ciates and secures the most astonishing success, have always preceded the great events that have marked the principal epochs of the career of your Majesty's glory, which has always been connected with those plans, the execution of which has decided the fate of EmPireS. Possibly, within 'a short time, your. Majesty, by one of th o s e gran d manoeu v res , inspired. by the most sublime thoughts, perfeeted by the ,re sults of long experience, me dit a ted i n secret , deve loped with art, and executed with the rapislity of lightning, may place the Grand Army in a position - which nature never discloses but to the skilful eye of the great Captain, and 'where the Enemy, sur prized, trisect and surrounded, must either receive death or law from the comperes. Your Majesty will only dictate that of peace, necessary to Eur Ope, and that peace which you have never ceased to offer: " With what astoeishment, Sire, will posterity !earn, th a t i n s pi te o f so , many prodigies, which it will scarcely credit, and in spite of the prospereus, situation of the finances of that State to which yotir Majesty has no need to have recourse for a new contribution, nothing has been able to diminish your Majesty's moderation ? It is always the same--that moderation equally as admirable on the borders of th e Rhine, as in the Palace of the Thuilleries, and at Berlin just the same as before' the battle of Jena"; upon the field, of battle strewed with Russian slain . . . at Eylan, the same_ as in the capital of the great FKEDERI. • Sfire, irou say in the, message you have addressed to us —c If at this I.4kte we ask our people for new sacrifices, and to invest us with new means of lower, we dO not heitate 'to declare, that it is not to abuse them in prolonging the war.' gur litici are' fixed. We offered Peace to England be fore she brought for Ward the foUrth Coalition : this Peice we otter hi T The principal Alinister whom she employed in the Ne \ gotiation has tively declared,. in the Public Assemblies, that this j Peae would have been hOnourable and advantageous to Enahird. He has thus given evidence to the justice: of our cause: We arc ready to conclude Peacd with littsoa - opt) the same conditions wiiich its Ne , gotiwoi: bad sigiicd, and intri - ties and in- licience of England compelled the- Emperor ALE ANDER to reject. We are ready to restore tranquilli ty to.the eig - ht millions of_ people conquered by us, and 'the Capital of Prussia to its Sovereign.' But, Sire, how affeaing are words which you and : Fretichmen,:we will brave all dangers for the glory and the repose of our children.' Sire, every Frenchman will brave all dangers for their Country' and its dear Father. (Signed) " CAMBACERES, " Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, " Pitzsmcigr." " Paris, April 7. HUSUM MAILS. WARSAW, APRIL (2,9.—According to accounts re ceived here the day before yesterday, the bombard ment of Dantzic began on the 24th instant. One hundred pieces of artillery, 24-pounders and mor tars, are employed day and night ; and notwith standing the obstinate resistance of, Count Km.- xitEurn, it is not doubted but that, as the commu nication with the sea is cut off, by the taking clan outwork on the Vistula, the City will soon be obliged to surrender. Count BIELINSKI is appointed President of War- saw. Taoarr, APRIL 26.—The night before last the Persian Envoy arrived here from Warsaw, and yes terday proceeded on his journey to the French Im perial bead-quarters. Notwithstanding the enemy are still at a consider able distance from this place 4 the trenches are car ried on with the greatest adivity. A' ditch is like wise digging, which will surround the trenches, and . being`filled with water, will farm a strong defence: , Several transports of besieging artillery have been embarked here for Dantzic, and waggons laden with powder and bombs .are continually arriving here from Silesia. The report that .Dantzic had been taken by storm is not yet confirmed. BANKS OF THE . MA I N, MAY 2.—There is. talk of a great Expedition which the Porte and Persia will make in conjunction against Soilt4qn and particularly the Crimea. Yesterday 1500 Fusileers of the French Imperial, Guard arrived at Frankfort, and to-day 200 . Men from the two Regiments of Infantry raised in the Hessian States for the French Service; they retain their old uniform, and are going, it is understood, to Mentz. Last night three French Couriers, from the army Passed through Frankfort. A French Army of Reserve will be formed and encamped bear Augsburgh, and in the neighbour hood of Giessen. AUGSBURGH, APRIL 20,—We have at present .here the , two Generals of Division, Mot.tToja and EnnrivT, tr4l,), 01p. ! , ;tntf of '4otli, Divisions. Cif troops we !Jaye the Ist battalion of the 5.6:th regiment of infantry of the line: To-day the 2d regiment of infantry of the line arrived here from Itzly. It will only pass the night here, and proceed to Wertingen, to its cantonments. To-morrow the itith regiment of infantry of the line is expected, of which one battalion_ will remain in this city. B,oth the .divi t sions of BOUDET and MoLero,a will be captoned on this and the other side of the Lech, till they receive their farther destination. COPENHAOEN; MAY ',earn . from Colberg that the garrison of that fortress has been reinfor&.d by Russian troops,: The French troops which were in, Frioul have re ceived orders to march, to Pa.lrriatia, the Bashaw .pf which Province is direCied by the Po,rte to treat them as, friend;, and aux.iliaries of the Qttoman pire. The. Russians hall; advanced within 40 miles from Constantinople., According to. letters from Konisb,urah the Prince .ek of BENEVENT O i s sa id to have • had a conference with the Emp.tror of Russia, not far from Braunsburgh, - , The day and place is, not mentioned, , The Vrench have taken possession of the Islands of Usedom andWollen, in pursua.nce oftheArmi, nice, which the: King of Sweden has not ratified. The'Swedish. troops, in Pomerania receive consi, • derable reinforcements,: Marshal IVORTICR was on the 28th April at Stettin, whence 4 strong body, of troops marched..to Anclam. The Swedish General E , Nq ELBRECHT is arrived in Konigsburgh„ with dispatches from his Swedish Majesty. The Russian troops, which have reinforced the garrison of D.antzic, are commanded by Prince SJERBATOW. Three English Ships of the Line are lying near Dantzic. Since the beginning of March the Russian Army Under the orders of General BENNIGSEN has been reinforced with 85,000 men.—(Copenhagen Gazette, sth May.) . • STUTGARD, APRIL 27.—Official accounts from Silesia state that the present position of the Wurtern burgh troops, and the events that have taken place since the loth inst. are as follow : The body reAment Ot I:glit horse, and the infantry regithents of Secken 7 , dorf 'and Romig are at . present' unconneeted with that corps.' . The destination of the former appears to be to form, a junilion with the Grand Army ' • that of: the other to be empl o y e d a t t h e s i ege of Colberg; for ‘,,vhiCh place : it has already marched. The regi-: 1,11,en,t, (A . 'horse chasseurs, Duke'Louts, and the se. cond battalion of foot chasseurs; with two pieces or cannon, and as many Bavarian troops, are posted the' . tqcin ty of Glatz as an 'Army Of Observation. The rest Of , the Wurtemburgh troops, those. in garrisoa in the Silesian fortresses excepted, besiege Ncisse.— On the 3th inst. in the evening, the besieging ar tillery bad arrived; in the morning was placed in the batteries ; and on the. 16th the bombardment began 'with so much effect, that by the first discharge a depot of ammunition,' with .two Officers and ten Grinners, were blown up. A few hours afterwards several houses were. in flames ; and as the fire was not extinguished for ten hours, a nember of houses and several buildings were laid in ashes.' COPENHAGEN, MAY s.—According . to the most recent accounts from Dantzic,' Gen. KALillEuTif, has positively declared, that he will not surrender that fortress on any condition whatever. But it is said, that the want of provisions will probably ac celerate its redbaion. BRESLAU, MAY 2.—CAMP IrEFO',lll3 morning, at three o'clock, the Wirtemburgh troops, who, form the siege, attacked the block-house, two mills,. and the Prince's garden, which are all out works of the fortress, , with fixed bayonets, carried them, and took five pieces of-cannon, and 103 •prisoners, among whom are three Officers. • VI ENNA, APRIL 29.—Our Court Gazette contains the folloWing article from Turkey :—cc After the re turn of the English Fleet from Constantinople, it was reinforced off Tenedos by a numerous Russian Fleet, • under the command of Admiral SitknAviri, which blockades the' StreightS o f Constantinople An attempt Made by the Russians on the Castle of Tenedos, tailed. On the 24th of March the JaniS-' saries received, as usual, three months pay, and on the 30th of March the Grand Vizier proceeded with standard to the ca m p w hi c h i s t o b l‘' e h f h° ort as' n e e t d 's n hly e o arAdrianople. _" The Turks still continue to strengthen th e Dar danelles. As soon ,as they are completed neutral vessels will again he permitted to enter the Channel, `the sea of Marmora, and the Black Sea, The state of aff:ins in Moldavia and Wallachia has not experi enced any change. General MICHELSON has taken up a more concentrated poSition, and in two sorties male by t 4 'garrison of Ismael and Guirgewo, the Turk's have been repulsedy considerable The . exportation of All sorts of provisions from the Austrian dominions is probibited.—(Handt, Car, of the sth of May.) MAILS. Rt V En-3 Husum, i Dublin, z Waterford. Gottenburgh, I Dublin, WatertOA. PRICE 01: STOCKS Tlifs pAY AT TwELys.o'cLatlt• Conpl . s - - Offinium - 16 pr. THE SUN. 5 , 00,M QUIS 11 , 10;R YALSUM AUDIAT? 40NDQN, SATUIWAY, MAY 16; 1307. AT a very late hour last night three Mails a rived from Tonningen., They confirm the state' rrketAt which we made a few days ag o , that 11).0 .ISt o of Swineti had refused to ratify the Artnial tieecogcluded between General Essen and Genet 4 AiORTIER. It is positively stated, that his MajestY, has disgraced General EasEm, and has ordered 15,0,0,0 Swedish Troops to he embarked for Stralet sand. There is every reason to. believe that the neg,otiations, which .certainly have been pending for some time, are entirely at - an end, and that the propositions made by BioLtrARTE hate been eetini-t tively rejeCie4. : TEFrenchare pressing the siege off. D.anizie very vigoronsly„bnt bithes,to they have made but very little. progress. They succeeded lately • in gaining possession of the heads of one of the Ca.* nak, which would have eqnsider4bly facilitated their operationi if - they could have retained it, but the Garrison dislo.dged Them from it, after a very severe and obstinate conflift. We are happy to. And that oar Allies have at length began . ..to • feel the effect of our assistance. One of Our Gun-brigs lately, dis- . , .guised, Merchantman,. sailed up the. Vioula, near Dantzic, and opened a heavy fire upon a French :cOhlmn, which immediately broke, and fled in everydite6tion, leaving- behind them between Goo and , • • 760- men killed. We trust that the time is not far • dii.tant when' we shall afford them mote effe6tual support. TILE •Earl of PE.mnAoKE sets off on Monday next fox Vienna, as Ambassador to• the EMPEROR of . AUSTE4A. His Lordship's two Secretaries, the Stir° geon, and Mr. Ross, the Messenger, leave town 'this day. The PRINCESS OFWALES.—The Public hardly ever enjoyed a more gratifying spe6tacle, than. was pre sented to them last night, in the appearance of ;nig amiable PRINCESS at the King's Theatre. The mo ment she entered (about ten o'clock) an inooechafe movement, as if by instinct, took place—the audience rose to testifyttheir respect, and she wAs•received with the warmest and most affeding proofs of popular re gard,esteem, and admiration. The PRINCESS seemed to be deeply sensible of this enthusiastic homage, which may indeed be considered as a test of :he general sense of the People of this Country. She repeatedly curtsied,and appeared to feel a strong em otion agate ful pleasure. The curtain was drawn up while tbi s pleasing scene was passing in the front of :1;e House), all the Singers appeared, an d " G o d save the Kul was given with great spirit, and with a po+vei tul 'Operation upon the feelings of the Audienc as %k - ii• manifested by the most ardent testimonies of ueiver' 7 sal loyalty. The Audience greeted the Princes- mil'e l3 she retired with three distind peals of applause. 6 . 1)e was accompanied on her entrance and departuie the Dulie of CUMBERLAND and time iViarchiono s TC4NSiIEND.