The Sun. — London, England, 1807-01-05 00:00:00

' MAILS., , Waterford, Du 2-1 Gottenburgh, I ilitateefOrd. • PRICE OF STO i ckS THIS DAY AT TWEI.VrWCtdcK. COMO'S - - 60 it c}, AFIn;-‘ 59 THE SE N, SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEIT? L 0 N D 0 A", MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1807. Tin reports brought by the Lisbon -Mail of the re -capture of Buenos Ayres, have cre:lted consider-' able uneasiness in the Mercantile World ; we are, however, inclined to entertain some hope that they Will turn out to be wholly unfounded: ;Ache Letters from Lisbon give very different accdit3t;:4Ohe Man ter of the re-capture of this-valuable Possession. One of them states, that an Expedition consisting of 1200 men in Schooners, and 600 men in . Gun=boati, had been sent from Monte Video against Buenos Ayres, and that they had succeeded in taking it. This does not appear a very probable account. The Navai force 'that Sir HOME POPHAM bad with 'him .consisted of 'the Diadem and the Raisonable, of 64 guns, the Dio .tnede, also guns, the NarCiisus, of 36 guns, and the. encounter, of guns. After thesarrender of Bue 110s Ayres, the Narcissus, Captain DONNEL.LY, Was ,sent home With, the Dispatches; but the Squadron .that, remained was more than sufficient to defeat any, na val force that could be brought against it. Another account states, that the Goyernor of. Bue nos Ayres had colle6ted a force of near 8000 'nen-, and advanced against that place ; that General litithstrOßD marched out to meet the vii) ole_British force, and that, after a very obstinate ' a vian, the latter were completely defeated, and - the General , A. 'third account states that the British were de feated; but that Gen. 'BERESPORD had effected his retreat into the tort, with a part of his forces, and that he was resolved to defend it to the last ex tremity. Such are the various reports contained in Letters tom Lisbon upon this interesting subjet. Govern -1 ent hive not . received any Dispatches, and therefore v.ie are, of course, unable td contradict them ; but if the accounts from Lisbon be correa, Buenos Ayres Past have been re-taken very early in Oaober, and it is singular that three months should have elapsed without any authentic intelligence reach ing this Country, for it will be recollected, that the account of the Capture reached England in six weeks. It is not mentioned in - any of the Letters fr om Lisbon that any part of our Squadron wa s taken, it i s t heref ore the more - singular that no ac councs'should have been received. We have thuS shortly stated our grounds for the doubts which we entertain ; at the sana:i....tile we must confess that we feel considerable anxiety upon 'the subjea. • Tut.latest accounts from Ireland, and upoii4ich We 'place entire dependence, state, that the riotous . bands, who styled .themselves " THRESHERS," have I?een„ so vigilantly thitlitEtively pursued, tliat little mischief is to be cxpeded from them But the most giatifying part of these accounts fa, - the certainty .th.lt these rUlSCreantS had no political aims, and had not any connexion with the designs of Our Foreign . • • . . —rte jv yll2 Pails Papers to the .I., , d , inst. lave been recei4d Vhich contain 'the th and an abstraa They give an account of the surfeßkr of Il assernbUrgh and Glogau, and fully- , eonfirrri: opinion:which we' have repeatedly expres6eA l thg . , no Battle had taken place between the itussians.ancl, t he French. The former, Ave are happy to find, have /vi sely determined not to hazard a battle until the hole of their forces are colleaed. BONAPARTE ap- Pa tvalready tOfeel the inconvenience which must result to him from the adoption of this system by the Russians, and he complains of it rather peevishly- in the 39th B u ll e ti n . I t is pos i t i ve l y stated, that R uss i a bas declared War against Turkey, and that . hostilil' ave aaually commenced. W e still, howev er, ' enter tain strong-doubts - of the t ru th o f t hi s, iptPll.i--. ReAc e • th e • Proclamation issued by the. ,Emperor 4 / 3 , • --AmaER, on tne .12.8 th November, is silent upon t e subj . ,22. pt the Subje&, and when Mr. MOR IER l e ft Constant 4Ple, on . the "moth Oaober, it was und e r s t oo d t h at e differences between Russia and :Turkey . were 411licablymcljtisted. I.'esterday afternoon the West India Fleet, under t he convoy of the Prince George, of ps guns, a Fri ate, and three Gun-brigs, sailed from Portsmouth, Il e Oporto, -Lisbon,. and,Mediterranean Convoys, d four East Indamen, sailed at . the sarn9 tip - IR J ititr ;7 , a favourable wind. In )91E511 od the Debate' on Friday Lord FlAwKurkwvgald-. h e r d EL) appro ve d the cor.du& of Ministers in a 1 1e substantial point s o ff - th e N egot i at i on; 4,34 i rdsilipi doubted whether there :was puflicieuil. 11 , cle4 ce . to establish the alkgation that the Fteaff' Government bad agreed to treat on the basis of anal possession. In reply it was ably contended, that, if there should appear to be any'failure of proof in the Papers laid before Parliament, the deficiency was amply supplied by the personal testimony of Lord YARMOUTH, which was the best evidence that could be adduced. Verbal communications were on many occasions deemed most expedient and politic, and were authorized by the opinion and pra&ice of the ablest Negoiiators. • Verbal communications ne cessarily received verbal answers, and ,from such sources Ministers were fully impressed with the idea, that the Government of France proposed to negotiate on the principle of uti possidetis.— The want of written Evidence, expressed in dire& and positive terms, did not change the state of the Fa&. To the unquestioned declaration of Lord YARMOUTH was superadded the attestation . of Lord LAUDERDALE, who affirmed, that - in. his presence Lord YARsiotrTH recalled the circumstance to the attention of the French Negotiators, who did not attempt to deny it, though they betrayed every disposition to prevaricate, and to 'evade compliance - with their first :Propositions. The weight of M. Talleyrand's, expression, conveying in substance an offer to• treat on the basis of actual possession, is diminished by the silence of the British Minister on this topic in - his three subsequent letters, as the ques iion of . admitting Russia to become a Party in the Discussions was then actually- the subject matter of debate. It will scarcely be argued that Mr. Fox was not justified in demandin die - Recognition of the Parties to the Negotiation antecedently to the acknowledg ment or acceptance-of a basis, even though he-con sidered M. TALLEYRAND'S otter explicit and satis faAory, and amounting to all that the fOrmal statement and elm& terms ,of the basis could express: The dispute respecting, .the separa tion of the - British and Russian interests had alone brought- the Correspondence between Mr. Fox and. M. TALLEYRAND to a close,- and would . have terminated the Negotiation if a change of cir cumstances and Lord YARMOUTH'S communications had not occasioned a renewal of .the disCussions.— In proof of the allegation,' therefore, there are the very significant words of M. TALLEYRAND in his letter to Mr. Fox " L'EMpereur n'a rein A desirer de ce que possede l'Angleterre"—there is the Written communication of Lord YARMOUTH to Mr. Fox— there is his Lordship's personal testimouyand there is also the authority of Lord LAUDERDALE, who testified, that in a - conference, at which be was present, Lord YARMOUTH_ asserted the_ fa&, which was not contradi&ed by the, French Ministers. —No chain of evidence was ever more complete, and no conclusion can be :more incontestible i -than that the French Government agreed - to treat on the basis of actual possession. Lord ELDON urged that the Negotiation had been too long protracted ; but -Ltird Gitz*VriLE and the Earl of LAUDERDALE challenged his Lordship to specify an earlier periOd at which the discussions could have been terminated consistently with the sincere desire which Mini sters had expressed for the restoration of Peace, and compatibly with the duties of the Negotiator...-- . When the rupture of the Negotiation appeat4d inevitable, and passports were demanded,' Lord :LAUDERDALE could not be insensible to communi cations of a more pacific tendency, and t 6 the ma nifestation of a disposition to concede and 'to conci liate. If, in such circumstances, his Lordship had refused to- accede to the invitations to renew the conferences, ,the French Government would have seized the opportunity to charge the British Ministry with insincerity, or to accuse the Nego liator of being averse to the purpose which it was the avowed objed of his mission to efi'eta. Yesterday morning Hi s MAJESTY, attended - by - Earl MAC.CLESFIELD,. Generals FITZROY, .TAY-LOR, and SiENCER, inspeaed the Royal Horse Guards, and Royal Stafford Shire Militia, in .Windsor Court yard, and afterwards went to St. George's Chapel, with the PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, MARY, and SoPtifii, Ladies W.4.LIDtGRE and ELY, and heard a -Sermon. A Russian Courier arrived iii town on - Saturday morning with` Dispatches. He was also entrusted. with letters for Count Wonortzow,.frorn St.-Peters burgh. The Messenger got 'to the Count's house about three o'clock in 'the morning, and finding that he was not .in town, after changing horses, proceed "ed, with all possible dispatch, fot Sonthainpten, ii,i , here: he at present resides. LetterSfroni.the Fleet off Cadiz were received by The 'Lisbon Mail of . Friday,- which state, that 13 Fr<hich and Spanish Ships of the Line, and three Fri gates, were lying in Cadiz ready for sea ;: the daily expectation of their sailing had, induced Ltird Col litigWpod to detain the force under Sir J. T. puck orrth, which was _intended to ad in the 'Mediter ranean. 1 . By letters froth' Oiott . o - ,,0f the 12th Wt. we learn,' that there are one Ship of the Line, two Frigates, and a Schooner, 'cruizing off the Bar, which have destroyed nine or ten 'row-boat Privateers. , A Fri gate, with the Newfoundland Chnvoy, .arrived off , : .0:)oiqko on the i 2th of Dec. and the Frigate•was to ;eke thein safe over the Bar. al;' The Gazette of Saturday night contains an Or ler-id Council, prohibiting, from the tith itiAt. the exportation, into any parts out of this kingdom; •with' the exception of Ireland, and the varoi .s . foreign irPossessions of Great Britain; of Naval Stores of every description; wit h ova - first :obtaining permission atiestrii. Council, N<4 PAL N E WS. from hie LONDON G AZ ET TE, ran. 3, iBO7. Admiralty Office, JWZ. 3.. Copy of a Letter from the Ilitr,ht Ifon. Lord Keith, K. Admiral of the White, &c. to . William 'Marsden, Esq. dated at liamsgate, tust of Decem ber last. SIR, I transmit, for their Lordships' information, a Coprof a Letter whiCh I have'received frOm Com -mcidore.Owen,- and Of the Ingloure" to which it re- fors, fers, • reporting the 'Capture of the Deux Freres French Privateer, and the Ite-6ptme ofan English Trader, by Lieutenant Parry, at present a6l - ing in the Command of His Majesty's Sloop the Spitfire. • I have the honour to be, Bce. KEITEL His illaje.oy's Ship Clyde, iralm7_Ro4; • Mt . LORD, • 30th December, 1800.. I have the honour to inclose a Letter from Lieu tenant_ Parry, the A&ing Coturnander of His Majes . .., ty's Sloop Spitfire, reporting the Capture of the French Lugger Privateer, which he intercepted on her. return . from Beachy Head, having just before Re-captured the Friendship English Brig from IVlo gadore, which had been taken by this Privateer, in company with another Vessel of the same descrip tion. I have had frequent reason to commend the vigi.; lance of Lieutenant Parr►= since he was intrusted with the command of this Sloop, as well as his perseverance in remaining on his station during the tempestuous weather we have lately experienced; mil, should do him great inj , istice were . l not to avail myself of this occasion to intbrin your Lordship of the merit he has uniformly shewn. I have, &c. (Signed) E. W. C. IL OWEN. Admiral Lord Keith, K.B. &c. &c. &c. His Illafestys . Sloop Spitfire, _Downs, Sitt, 29tlL December, .1806. .1 beg leave to acquaint you, for the . inforMation of the Commander in Chief, that I' had scarce dis patched the'Friendship (re•captured ,Brig) for the llowris, of which I had informed you by letter, but that I discovered a SaiL in the E. N.E. being then on our lee beam, to which I immediately gave . chace,. and am happy to acquaint. you that by . balf past five A.M. I got up with her;. but in consequence of her temerity and perseverance she would not bring-to till nearly under the muzzles of our guns, by wiiich her Captain and third Offieer'werekilled, ,and A:l,ln m= Severely wounded, one of whom had hiS arm amputated by our Surgeon. She proves to ,be the Deux Freres Lugger Privateer, of fourteen guns, four of which only were mounted, the•rest in the bold, and with fifty-five men. She was at the taking _of the Friendship yesterday, in company with L'Espoir, another Lugger, and which I am sorry to say has escaped, as she had the Master and Crew of the Friendship on board. Having so many prisoners, I thought it necessary to bear up with the Lugger for the Downs, of which I hope you will approve. The Officers and Crew behaved with every ala crity during the chace. I have, &c. Commodore E. Tr C. B. Owen, Clyde. R. PARRY. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Arrived the Barque Patent, of London, ROB. BVRRAGH, laden with sugar, cot ton, &c. from the Bahama Islands, bound to London : she was captured on the 29th ult. in lat. 4g. 48. N. long. 8. 30. W. by the French Privateer General Perpignan, mounting 22 guns, with 150 men, and re-taken on the 31st, after a short anion, by the hired Armed Cutter Britannia, of to. guns, about two leagues from the Island of Guernsey, in sight of the Sharpshooter Gun-brig. Fifteen Frenclixnen were taken in the-Patent. It is much feared that the Trade of this Country will Suffer ainsiderably unless the Channel is cleared of the numerous Privateers of the Enemy which have lately infeited it : one of which was discovered from Cawsand Hills, on Thursday last, cruizing Within the Edystone. • Arrived .the N. S. Conceraid, Capt. DE from. Bilboa, bound to Tonningen, with cliesnuts 3 the Danish Sloop Manieqe, SWENSON, from Bilboa, bound to Tonningen, liden•with chesnuts; :and the Sty eclish Brig Orpheus, 14. ~_AYBERG, from Memel, With timber for this Port ; also the Magnificent, of 7,4 guns, 'from the River, and a . Fleet of 'Coasters 'from the' Downs, under. convoy of the Humber Sloop of Wtr. . . arrived the Danish Dogger Schwimmer, from Tonningen, laden with cheese and flax, detained by the Lion Privateer. . - PoaTsmourn, JAN. 4.—This afternoon the Prince . Cetirge, of 98'g - um, Capt. LOSACK, together with the Wesi Indiamen, got under way ; also .the Me teor -Bomb, Capt. COLLINS, Siibriila Sloop, • Capt . . KzaroE-, and Lucifer Smith,' Capt....ELLurr; with the Mediterranean Convoy ;' and the Gannet Sloop, Capt. '••i'EVENSCIN,- with the Lisbon and. Oporto Convoys: There being a fine Breeze from the North-east, it is hoped they will clear the Channel, without being obliged to come to anchor again. • Sailed also the Forward Gun-vessel, and the Hardy, with the Millbrook Schooner; and the Diana Frigate, Capt. MALING, accompanying the above Fleets dowu the C.iannel ; also sailed the General Stewart, Carmarthen, Travers, and Dcvaynes East Indiamen. FALMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Arrived the Brig Anna Catharina from Plymouth, to wait Convoy for Lis bon ; and this day the Brig. Noton, from Plymouth ; the Ship Faulkener, from DGler ; and Jane Schooner, from L-ndon ; also the Snap Dragon Privateer, from Plymouth on .a. Cruiz t ei and the Queen, CLEMENTS, from Shields. Arrived off this Port the Am rican Ship Carpenter, Capt. Miynas, from Lordon„ bound to St. Ives, to load fish for the Mediterranean. Sailed yesterday His Majesty's Ship Plantogenet, of 4 guns, Capt. LAADLEY, to join the Channel Fleet ; the Savage and Saracen-Sloops.Of War, the former on a Cruize, and the latter to join Admiral MortßAv's Squadron, then off this Port, 'for Buenos Ayres. The Ship Aurora sailed also to join the same Convoy; and the American Ship Hetty, Capt. DAY, with fish, for the Mediterranean. His Majesty's Ship Blonde and Moselle Sloop of War are now laying at single anchor, in hourly ex pe6t2tion of. the. West India and Mediterranean :Convoy appearing off. : , 'ALlNlessenger arrived this day for Lisbon---tcitl Auckland Packet will sail in a few days. DEAL, JAN. 4. ---Arrived His , Majesty's Ships Trumpeuse, 'from a cruize; Otter, from Sheerness; and the Prospero, from Dungeneis, and rzmain i the Downs with the Ships as per last. Sailed through the Downs, the Frede rich, APDO` NALD, for Africa; and the Laurel, HEADLY, fof Malta. ITARWICH, JAN. 4.—The Earl of Leicester Packe', Capt. THOMPSON, and the ilucle'land Capt. 1 - lAm- MOND, sailed yesterday on the trrival of the Co<ch from London ; the former for Heligoland, and the hater, with. two Mails, for Gottenburgh. Arrived the .4sigr'essor and. Gallant Gun-brigs from the Northward.' The' Viper Excise Cutter, Capt. MO fiGAN, d yesterday, with eighty small casks - of Geneva. Remain'the Charger , AgiTessor, and Gallant Gun brigs, Iris and Viper Revenue'Cruizers. TRURO, JAN. 3.-'---The wind, which has for so long a pelicid blown from the south-west, having within these feW days paSt come round to the east ward, has enabled many wind-bound Vessels t o pro ceed for their destinati on s. The Fleet from Ports- Mouth, under Rear-Admiral MURhAY, consisting of the Polyphemus, Of .64 guns, Africa, of 64, Camel, Of 40, Oiyinpiq and Flying Fisk Schooners, passed Falmouth on Thursday, and were joined from thence by the Aurora, Of London, bound to Buenos Ayres.. As the wind continued to the eastward throughout the whole of yesterday, there can be no dPubt of their having cleared the Channel. . , SHEERNESS, JAN. 3.-- 7 -The Otter Sloop was paid to 7 day npto six mouths; and sailed tOr the Downs; the V4en for Yarmouth. Arrived the Deptford Tender, Lieut. ANTRAM, from the Tower, with men foi the Fleet. . I. 4ll.4.—Arrived the Rcilleur Sloop of War from the Downs, and Pincher Brig. Sa;led the DeptfurdTendc:r for the Tower; Ken, garov for the Downs. 7 Just tirri , :ed His Majesty's Ship Flamer, from El sincur, with 28 Sal of Weasels. under Convoy, which are arrived in the River. The Va:zze of British Produce and Manufaeures exported from the Port of London alone to all Coun tries, except the East Indies and China, in the three quarters ending the i °di of Odober, -7Do. in the three quart ers en di ng ,797 6 sth O. ac.s. 8.691,81t67 Balance in favour of the present year - 894,144 Value of Articles of Foreign and Colonial growth and Manuladure exported from the Port of London alone; in the three quarters ending loth of Otto ber, 1805— Do. ending :I.)'.h Oct. iBo6. Balance in favour of the present year £ 4,';6.6 9 2, 4,176,620 '9,9 24 Owing to the encouragement given by the present Government to the Newfoundland Fisheries, it ap pears, that whereas in the year 1805, 467 ships, 52,997, tons burthen, and 3,514 men were employed in the export of its produce; there have been, in the year 1806, 577 ships, t 54,667 tons burthen, and 4336 men employed ; making an increase to the shipping interests of this Country of 110 ships, t 1,670 tons burthen, and 822 men, in this trade alone The man who stood c h arge d with the murder of a woman in St. Giles's, was on Saturday liberated at Marlborough street Otlice ; the Surgeon who exa mined the body Having given his opinion that the, deceased had not met her death in consequence of the blows she bad, received. . • CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 5 .—The remaining quan tities of Wheat here, with the fresh arrivals to day, make tolerable .supplies, prime samples fully keep their price, but inferior are heavy in sales - Cu: supplies of Barley a re ver y cons id era bl e, but ' ls, in requesL with ready sales, and not lower; in Malt and Beans of both sorts but little alteration ; the sup plies of -Oats are very considerable, good satrapies support last prices, inferior are rather lower ; and the prices of Flour nearly as last week. Wheat •:.• , 54s a 7.-)s a F4s od 1 Beans -44 s a scs cd Fine ditto , 4,5 . s6.i a 8 9 s o,: I Tick Bean.; . 3 7 s a 44$ 0 3 Rye ' . .. .- s a 465 od. Oats 23s a 26 s a 3os od Barley - -38 s a 4.4 s od i Poland ditto 3is a 33 6d Malt - . 63s a 74ti 6(..! 1 Rape Seed 24.. 2gl, os. od White Peace 84s a9is od Fine Flour 7.,s a 75.: od Grey ditto 455 a sos od 'Seconds ' 6ss a ' t . - ..as cd SMITHFIELD MARKET, lAN. 5. • This day's market aiFordecta -good supply of prime Beasts, and the show- of Cattle in general was con siderable; Beef, Mutton, and Veal are somewhat dearer than Friday's market ; Pork is something. cheaper; and the trade for the most part was pretty brisk.—The sales in the Haymarket were rather live ly ; Hay obtained last price ; Straw fetched a bet ter'price ; Clover has fallen in price since,cur last report.—We subjoin a correct: statement of the prices and ntimbers : • To sick the OM! per stone of Eih. Beef ss. rd. to 6s. cd.—Mutton ss. od. to 6s. od.._l' ; • a ? is. od. to Ss. od:--..Lamb oi. od. to Gs. od.--PoiksS. cd. to 6s. ad. Beasts, 2470. —Sheep and Lambs, r746o.—Calves, 107._ Pigs, 380. SMITHFIELD HAY 41ARKFT. Hay 21. x Ss. to if. os,—Clover 4 7 . 4 , . tO 0. 1.5...-:StraW 21. lOS. to al. 16s.