The Sun. — London, England, 1807-02-26 00:00:00

only a feut to deceive the Allies, bechnse at tl - ,e very moment he was talking. of puttinglilis troops into cantonments, BER'NADOTTE was advancing Avith all possible speed towards Elbing, for the purposes we have mentioned: The advance of the. Russians, 'however, totally .disconcerted this plan, and BERNADOTTE was obliged to retreat from El bing with at least as much rapidity as he advanced towards it. We do not, however, see any reason for believing that BERNADOTTE'S Corps was cut off from the train army after the Battle of Mob ringen ; on the contrary, it seems clear that he had effe&ed his retreat to Loebau, for the pur pose of rejoining the main army. So far BERNA DOTTE appears to have succeeded —ghat is to say, though he was defeated with considerable loss, he was not completely cut off. The Hamburgh ac count, as well as the Bulletin, claims the viaory for the French, at Mohringen. The Russians are re. I presented to have tied in every direction; yet so great was BERNADOTTE'S apprehensions of being overtaken by these Russians who were running away from him, that he retreated upwards of thirty m iles in tw o , clays, viz. froth Mohringen to Loebau, and upon ltii arrival at the latter place; he drew up his men to wait for the Enemy. The consequence of this retreat 'of the french was, as we stated 3esterday,. that the Siege of Graudentt was raised, and Calm and MarienWerder were taken possession of by the Allies. It was also stated in some of the accounts, 'that the KING of PRUSSIA and his Fa 'mily had returned from Memel to,Konigsburgb.-ae This, however, is not correct. His PRUSSIAN MA• JESTY, at the time of the last Dispatches, re mained at Memel. There seems strong reason to believe that BONAPARTE had left WARsAw,with the intention of putting himself at the head of his troops, in order to try the event of a general battle. If Gen. BENNwassti should depart from the system _which hes-hitherto been prciduaive of so 'much ad vantage, we are bound to suppose that it must be upon good groundi. Undoubtedly, in the present ituation of affairs, the consequence of a defeat would be infinitely more fatal to the French than it would be to the Russians. The Dispatches which were yesterday received from Lord HUTCHINSON fully confirm the account a the defeat. of the Wrench at Mohringen, though not quite to the 'extent stated in the Prussian ac counts. Two French Generals, I)4.7rotia. and LES CURE, and all BERNADOTTSeg baggage, fell into the hands of the viaors. It is stated ) that at the time his Lordship was writing the Dispatch, intelligence 'was received that the French General Tutrapreis had deserted to the Rusiiaes, and declared that if his desertion was made knower at the advanced posts, be was convinced that several other French Officers would follow his example. seme private Letters were yesterday received from very respeaable quart ters, and of a later date than the public intelligence . brought by the Mail, or the official Dispatches, which state, that the French had evacuated the whole of the eastern side of the Vistula; but this account does not appear to us deserving of credit. Jr affords us great satisfaEtion to find that the gal lant General BLUCHER, whose retreat after the fa tal battle of Auerstadt attra&ed the observation and admiration of all Europe, is again likely to be cm. played. He is, it is said, to be exchanged for Ge neral Vicron. It is also stated, that his Regiment of Cuirassiers, which Was taken Prisoners at Potz dam, have made their escape, man by man, and have reached Memel, where they now form the King's I3ody-Guard. It is certainly true that Generals KANIINSKOI and BU.FIOVDEN are recalled, and that BANNINGSEN is now invested with the chief command. Prince BAGRATIIIOII, who distinguished himself so much in the Campaign of 1805, is the second in command. WE are happy to find that the beliwce, of 74 guns, which was driven from the Downs in the late violent gales, and for the safety of which some apprehensions were entertained, has arrived in safety at Portsmouth. Y-esterday being the Fast-day their MAJESTIES, the Prince of I .VALEs, Duke of CAMBRIDGE, Prill te3ses AUGUSTA, SOPIIIA, and AMELIA, attended by the Marchioness of BATII and daughter, Lady CARO- LtNE DANER, Generals DE BUDR, GWYNNE, MAN NERS, and FIT4ROY, and MajOl-PRICE, Went to gt. George's Chapel, Windsor, where a sem= was preached h' the Rev. Dr. CoomoN, from 2a Chro nicles, 2C.ith chap. and 6th verse. Afterwards the Royal Family returned to the Palace. ' On Tuesday the DUKE of CA MDRYDGE completed his 33d year, upon which occasion His Royal High- Doss Spent the da\ with TIIEIR MAJESTIES and the PittNt r.ssEs; with the. Dui of KENT, at Windsor. In the . evening the PRINCE of WALES arrived at Windsor, and joined the rest of the ROYAL FAMILY ill the celebration of his Royal Brother's Birth-day. Hts MAlss•ry, we understand, means to confer the hoi•ionr of Knighthood on Capt. 1811 l SIIA NE, who so gallantly iondneted himself at the taking of Cu racoa. F(lur of the Lieutenants who were engaged in the heroic eatcrprize arc tube promoted to the rank of Commanders, and one Mid-hipinan is to be appointed Lieutenant. • Honorary medals are to be given to. each of tint Captains, in crder to comme naorate their - concern in the noble achievement. NAVAL NEWS. FEB. e 4. —The ihrckland Captain HAMMOND, and the Lord lk r elYon, Captain STEWARD, arrived this day from Heligoland, with the Husum Mails and Passengers. Mr. WAGs-rAfr, one of the King's Messengers, came over in the Lord Nelson, with Dispatches of the utmost im portance. FEB. 25.---Capt. BRIDGE, of the Auckland Panket, arrived early this morning from Heligoland, with another Danish Mail. The Mails of this day will be conveyed by the Lark Packet, Capt. DELL, and the King George, Capt. SAUNDERS : these Packets remain, with the .lonetta Sloop of 'War, Constant and Aggressor Gun brigs, Badger, Viper, and Iris Revenue Cruizers. PLYMOUTH, FEB. Sailed the Dryad, of 36 guns, and Druid, tlf 32 guns, for Cork. Arrived the Nintrod cutter with Dispatches from the :Nlediterranean. • PORTSMOUTU ) FEB. 21 .--Arrived the Revenge, of 74 guns, from the Downs ; arrived also a French Ship Privateer, of about 14 guns, taken, by the Diana Frigate, Capt. NIALINQ, off the coast of Ireland ; also the Dale, CHIVERS ) from London, for the West ladies, with the loss of an anchor and cable. Vice• Admiral VA SLION hoisted his flag this morn jag on board the Camilla Frigate. DOVER, FEB. 25.--The Ship which foundered off here in the gale of the 18th inst. proves to be the Ship Union, of and from London, Capt. Davis, for 'Liverpool. Several attempts hale been made to weigh and bring her in, but have not been attended with success, though she in very much lightened, by five of her guns (g-pottuders) having been got off her deck. DEAL, rgt. 25.—Itentain in the Downs His Ma jesty's Ships as per last ; also the Dalrymple, GRAHAM, for Demerara ; Duckenfield Hall, HOOD, for Antigua; Alfred, CHAMBERS, for Jamaica; and Corn Planter, GILLES, for Philadelphia. This morning the Virago Gan-brig, Lieutenan t HANCIIETT, ran on shore on the South Foreland Head ) but is since got off, and gone to Broadstairs' Pier. DISTRIBUTION OF PIUZE-MONEY. To the O ffi cers and Crew of His Majesty's Ship Peterel, who Wereon board at the Capture of the Marie ‘'i.:! - ge (C la Garde, in ts 33, CO be paid oil ti,c arrival of the Peteret in Port ; to be recalled every Tuesday and Thursday, for three years, at the Chamber of Commerce, in Portsmouth.. To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's G un-brig Ma riner, who were oti board at the Capture of the Morgen Stern, on the tgth Feb. tBos, Dogter Catharma 14th tune, 1805, and the Commerce, 3oth September, dos, to be paid at Chatham on the 21St Feb. Ole, ; and to be recalled at the offlee of Messrs. Tbulrnin and Copland, 23, Surrey.stieet, every Tuesday and Thursday. To the Officers and Crew Of His Majesty's Ship La Po mone,.*ho 'were on board at the Capture of the Fgalito,, on the 23t1 August, t 797 (three-pence per man), to be paid a t N. 3. Salter's Hall-court ; and to be recalled every Monday and Thursday for three years. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Or, ter, for the It c-capture of the kriterprize, on the 31st lan. 180, the Salvage thereof, every Wednesday and Thursday, between eleven and three, at No. 9, New Broad-street, for three months. , , ... To the Lieutenant, Officers, Seamen, and °dies, of His Majesty's Hired Brig the Colpoys, for the ke-capture of the Eddystone, on the tot September, tBO6, the salvage, on board the Colpoys, on her arrival at Plymouth ; and every day after, for three months, at No. 25, New,llroad„ street, London. To the -Officers and CoMpany of His Majesty's Ship Amelia, for the detention of the long,: Willem Van Ling, on the igth May, 1803, two-thirds of the net e roceoas of the Ship and Cargo, granted by His Majesty's Sign Manual, on the ad March, at No. 6, Stanhope-street, Strand ; and every day atter tor three years. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Amelia, tor the Capture of L'Al-erte French Lugger, on the 'flit August, tBu3, the net proceeds, with Head-money, on the ad March, at No. 6, Stanhope.street, Strand; and every day, tor three years, from that tune. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Amelia, for the detention of the lunge jerrick, Slide Best, and Drey Gebroders, Dutch Fishing Vessels, on the loth June, a the net proceeds of the Ships and Cargoes, grant ed by His Majesty's Sign Manual, on the 2fl Marcit,,at No. 6. Stanhope-street, Strand ; and every day, for three years, at the same place. , To the Officers and CoMpanies of His Majesty's Ship Amelia, and Gun-brigs Escort, Jackal!, and iylinx, for the Capture of sundry Dutch Fishin,; YeSsels, on the zsth June, 18-,3, on the .ad &larch, at No. 6. Stanhope- street, Strand; and every day, fur three years, at the same place. To the Officers and 'Companies of His Majesty's Ship Stately, and Sloop %Sri:Azle, for the Capture of Les Trois Antoines, on the Bth August, x 1303, an advance payment of the said Prize, on the 27th inst. at No. 1 . 3, ',Nortolk-street, Strand ; and every Tuesday and Friday, f or three years, at the same place., An order 'was issued from head-quarterS at Ply tnouth, on Monday, for all the Officers of the Ist Battalion of the 87th Regiment, and Coo of the 2d Battalion of the same regiment, now in Dock Bar racks, to get ready for. immediate embarkation for the depot in the Isle of Wight : they are destined for foreign service. It is thought that the Bth, 13th, and 63d, which at one time were intended to go to join the South American Army; will not now proceed there; Ge neral WurTELocK having declared that he waited only for the 89th, in addition to the force - already out,, and that he conceives this formidable force suf ficient for any service there. . Lord PERCY began his parliamentary career on Monday last, in a manner that was highly creditable to his feelings and good sense. The idea wine : suggested to the Committee ; on the subject of , Slave Trade, was obviously founded in the pu benevolence, and manifested a . regard for the true principles of liberty, worthy the high rank and rela 7 tive importance of his. ftinily. In a young Noble man of his great expeaations, if he should direct his attention to political subjects, the country to ly fairly hope to see a disinterested patriot, and a flit!' supporter of ocr excellent cons.,i tution. ;'`ETRY. -4. • • • . oN BiRT4I AND DEATH OF A SOH AND HEIR TO TIIE ILL. :NIOIRA, FEB. 14TII AND 14TII, 1807. Tol2 n w ooN's Lin; 211(1 Do N'S high Dontain-- -4 . 1:11;:e dklingoish'd for unsullied Birth-- A Spii is born— prophetic be the strain Which breathes the record of increasing Worth. k,Oll ! may the Son his Father's virtues own i Wl,iiht all the Mother's in the Daughter rise— Be Freilotn's friend•, yet faithful to the throne: In Battles fearless, and in Council wise. So sung the Muse, whilst floPt inspird her lay: Alas ! how baseless is all human pride ! Scar.:e did thiflossom open into day, . When FAT r. obsctd it, and it . aeiddied ! •. JEFFER ON ,'TTIE ACTOR.--This theatrical Veteran died la•)t week, in a very advanced age, at Rippon, in Yorkshire. He was contemporary with GAttnibx on the London Stage, and studiously copied the manner of that great Altor. JEFFERSON possessed respectable talents, with an agreeable and manly person ; but though he always supported the cha milers that he assumed with Judgment, he was by no means qualified to undertake those of a higher order; however, he acquitted himself very credit ably, even when 'engaged in the Scene with the . . great Aotor alluded to. He had good sense, enough never to attempt any, cliaraaer on the London Stage beyond the reach of his abilities.—He was, perhaps, the oldest Member of the ther.trical CoMmunity, except the venerable HULL, who has long been considered as the Father of the Stage.-7—JEFFERsoNs maintained a i•espe&able chara6ter in private life, was esteemed for his companionable qualities, and abounded in theatrical anecdotes, which rendeied his conversation very entertaining.• He had for many years been a martyr to the gout. Mr. COLMAN has, written 'an Epilogue . for his friend MottroN's new Comedy, of . which report speaks highly. This Epilogue, it seer*, is •of the interlocutory kind, and partakes strongly of the ati- thor's whimsical originality of humour. Mr. TAYLOREit seems, grounds his claim to the resumption of the Management of the Opera upon the contract betvieen him and the late Mr. GOOLD, as well as upon the superiority of shares in which he' has an interest. According to the terms of that contrast, it is said, that in case of Mr. Goot.i)'s death, this privilege was reserved for the. former Manager. Mr. ELLISTON, of Drury-lane Theatre, obtains, it k said, considerable property, in consequence of tLe death of his uncle. His Royal Highness the DUKE of YORK used on Her Majesty's Birth-day a new fashioned harrimer cloth, which was much admired. It is. Canada .1;..,t Bear Skin, rich crimson Genoa silk velvet, plaited very full, bordered round the bottom with a deep gold fringe,- between which and a broad gold lace is seen a stripe of the velvet. The "royal arras, sup porters, &c: are embroidered in gold'on the centre, and the pelisse is festooned all round with gold rope and double tassels of gold, supported by lions' heads of burnished The part taken by the Duke of GLOUCESTER on the subject of the Slave Trade, does honour to the principles and feelings of his Highness's character.— The Duke is indeed considered by all who have the honour to know him; as one of the. most amiable and accomplished. Princes in Europe; and the digni ty with which be conducts himself, without pride or ostentation, eminently entitle& him to public re spect, as well as private esteem. The Dutch Frogs are very soon to be gratified it seems with a Spettacle wholly novel in Holland, the Coronation of their Bing LOG. By an old laW of Chester; recorded zn Doomsday book, it was declared, that " rir sive mai& malam cervisiam facienl ant in Catliedril, stei:enis pnebatur ant ?nattier solidos &bat preepositis'."—T4is law, we believe, never was adopted hi London dr, if it.was, it bas long become obsolete. The verdit of eo,oool. recently obtained, in Dub lin, by Lord CLoticuttay against Sir .TOHN.PIERS, is the greatest ever recorded in the annals of Crim. Con. In the celebrated case of Lot C44O6VENO4t au the Duke of CUMBERLAND, though the 'damages .sere laid also at . 100,0001. yet tbe, Noble 'pl a i n tiff 'i N a s awarded no more than 10,0001, A Letter from Elsineur, of th 4 loth, says, c‘ thy abOut Six days before, the French forces in Poser.,. nia atteMpte'd to crps; from thenee to the Island of, lingen, in thirty WaSels, but they were 'vigorously \ attacked by some Swedish Gun-boats, which de stroyed twenty-eight of them." This intelligence was received from Ystadt and Landscrona,• at Hel singberg, and from thence at Elsineur. • Our private accounts from the Continent inform us, that an order, signed by BONAPARTE at Warsaw, , has been received by BOURIENNE, at Hamburgh, direCting the immediate disposal of the confiscated English property at that place, some of which is to be seat to France, some to the Army in Poland, and the remainder to be sold upon the spot. By the overland Dispatch which arrived at the East India House a few days since from Sir G. H. liAacow, we learn-, that that country is now enjoy ing the blessings of the Peace lately concluded by him. The Paper Currency, which had beep for a considerable time before at i 2 per cent. discount, was at the date of his Dispatch (viz. Sept. 1806) at par: The Cork Mail Coach, on its way to Dublin, was attacked on Monday se'nnight, about ten o'clock; between Castledermot and Timolin, by a number of persons armed, who fired several shots at the coachman and guards, by one of which the former was slightly wounded; but owing to the extreme good conduCt and spirit of the guards, one of whom shot the person who" held the leading horses, the coach and mail escaped. The passen gers, Ole gentleman and three ladies, received no iiajiity. whatever. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, as William and James Williams, two young W 3 texmen, were rowing through London Bridge, at low water, the boat till , ed and sunk. The youngest brother, a fine youth, about nineteen years of age, wlts , drowned ; the other, being able to swim, kept lumielf-above rt ater, and - ,vas soon, taken tip. 2ifft. STEEL's .11 ,s L ;R. The faaWring 'aiiannistatice 'excited on Tuesday' no inconsiderable degree of curiosity. It relates tO an idea; most probably erroneous, that Hantield, the accomplice, whose testimony occasioned the Execution of Holloway and Haggerty for the Mur der of Mr. Strict., has not been precisely correa in his evidence . . It is said that a Mr. HAllmouli, a Solicitor, who was employed for the sufferers, hal. been doWn to Cold-Bath-Fields Prison ; and, from a man confined there, has taken the follos.vin4 De position's which. were entrusted to him by Hadfield On Sunday Hanfield appeared particularly de= jeaed ; upon which the person alluded to inquired the reason. He replied, " that Holloway and Hag= gerty ought not to suffer; that he thought his evidence would not hang them; 'but that they might probably have six months iniprionment,w hich vas better than his being sent to th'e hulks ; and that he would rather hang all the men who were killed in Lord Nelson's anion at Copenhagen, than go on board the hulks again."—Upon this his confidant retorted Why, if this be true, how can you expect any quiet in your conscience afterwards ?' Hanfield replied— 0h,.1 intend to grow religious, and if I sincerely re pent, all• will be well." That such a deposition has been made, we have no doubt, on the authority of a Gentleman who has seen it ; bat to what portion of credit it is entitled, our readers must determine—we merely state the fit&. We are happy to state, that none of the unfor tunate persons hurt at the late execution,.and tak,2ll alive to St. Baitholomew's Hospital, have died. Se veral have , 6ince been sufficiently recovere,l to be re move:l; and not the most distant apprehension is entertained for the safety of the pc,..rso — ns remain-mg- in this noble institution. It is aaid that the dreadful catastrophe which oc curred at the execution, last Mond morning, was, in a very considerable degree, prorneei by the brntal Violence of several gatis of pick .potketi and hustlers ; these unfeelitig74:ri . ;,t , ,:hes, furrne:i into se- veral su tiler parties, embr,iced every opvornanity of increasing the co fusion, au t persiited in their de -predations, notwithstanding the shcicks and groans of the dying who were-falling around them., Some private Letters have been received in town, by some mercantile houses of :Dutch connexion. The state of Holland is here. represented as very dif ferent from what has been reported. The whole form.o(Administration, :as wolf as of . Government,.. has,been new-modelled., 'Frenchmen are put at the head of the Police, and the.systern itself nis been modelled, after that of France. The Central as it is called, is established at Amsterdam ; and every town in . the Provinces has a Police-Office of its own, which has a direa correspondence with the above-Mentioned General Office at Am sterdam.- The name and description of. every tra veller, in every town, is taken at' these several Of fices, and transmitted to the General Office. The warehouses of the merchants are likewise put under . the inspeaion of these miscreants, who have it in general order to prevent the introduction and coo, sutnption of English goods. The place from which` any. colonial produce has.been received, must be ve rified by oath of the merchant importer. The re tailer of the smallest quantities must give in, on de mand, the name of the wholesale,dealer who supplies him ; and the wholesale dealer must satisfy the Officers of Police, as well as those of the Excise, that the article in question was of French, Dutch,' or Neutral produce or mantilla:Mc.. Thus trade in Holland is suoje&ed at once to two modes of oppression—the Police and the Excise. it is a subject of surprise, how, under such a system, even .the most inconsiderahle dealings can maintain their existence. The tyranny of the Police in the small towns is described as beyond all tolerance op pressive. They are responsible to no anthority but that of the General Office ;- which, as above said, is compoied of Frenchmen, whose salaries are pro . portionate to their success in plunder. Amongst the new taxes, is one of five per cent. On the esti mated value of houses ; and which is not exempted even though the house should be untenanted. Those who are acquainted with Holland, must well under-. stand the weight of such a tax, in a country so cir cumstanced. In England, the rent of a hocise sel dom exceeds seven per cent. on its estimated value— a tax ,of five per cent. therefore, even in England, would take from the landlord five pounds out of seven. in Holland, where rents are lower, the I . saute sax must be, in proportion, more oppressive. character of the Parisians is most wonder• fay changed since the-days of the Emperor JULIA who declared that " he loved to reside in that city, on acemant of Me grave character of its inha bitants,"- .Wednesday morning the 13th inst. between seven and eight o'clock; a fire broke out in the parish of Turistall, Kent, in a large cott4ge, inhabited by several families, which raged with such violence as to preclude all hope of saving it. When the fire began, the wind, which was very. violept, blew di redly towards a large depot of gunpowder and other . combustibles, the principal part of which is thatched, and certainly is not distant. from it more than one hundred yards. Providentially the wind changed almost immediately, or the whole neighbourhood, most probably, would have been involved in one tremendous ruin. By the change of the wind, which still continued. very violent, the barns and stable, and the•house, belonging to the Rector, were in the most imminent danger; but by the cxertionl • and vigilance .of the inhabitants of the neighbour hood, and still more by the snow, ‘vhieli was pro videntially falling, the lire was extinguished with out doing any farther damage. This is th e seco nd fire which has happened within the year in the parish, and within a very small distance of the de pot ; which has occasioned the most lively alarms ,for the safety of the inhabitants and 'its vicinity. Ayoung man, clerk in the Bapk of England, whos.f name we forbear to mention, on Sunday int a perioj to his existence, by shouting through the head. He had applied to izis mot for pecuniary assistance, and requested 3al. having got into embarrassment : she said she could not give it, having done so much for him already, that she really Could not spare it ; upon which tic, retired abruptly into the next room and shot hLtu• pelf.