The Sun. — London, England, 1807-11-23 00:00:00

y.Fw ywryr ~ To cbRREspoNDEArrs. W e are ex trern;ly sorry that we aie uhligetl to 4ifer . t h e Fifth 'l,teter of our invaluable Correspondent Die 4 .1,4 till Ino:row. MAILS. Au It ii 1228 —r Dublin. Uu4---1 Gottenburgh, s Lisbon, 3 Dublin, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY •AT TWELVI O'CLOCK. Co; is THE S 15 N. 101.11. M QUI' DlCtitE JALSUt.I AULEAT ? LONDON, tstpvEm r sEit 23, 1807. poch ail Hamburgh Papers, the former to the awl the lattcr to the 14th imst. reached town They announce the departure of the ?Wnister, St ftAsTr AN from Constatitino t p!e. •. i Whether SEBASTIAN! wilSilidtiCca to take this step ficult cot sidcratious . of personal safety, ,or whether' he was instruEtect to pick a quarrel with the Porte, in ,;Her to afford soMethin; like a plausible pretext the march of the French troops front Dalmatia into 11)0 Curkish Provinces, is not stated ; -but it is cvic.kut thiethe dissolution of the Turkish Empire is ab.lut to -take place, or. at least that it• will bp . stripped of all its European Dominions: . Souie.of theYrivate Letters which have been re , . eeived from the Continent state, that BUONAPATiTE htis issued a reeree, prohibiting the hnportmion Of tfoll-re, sugar, and tobacco Into Vranw, even •b . )'' . Neutral Vessels, We should not be : glii -) Pfised to sQ•e him_ adopt sb violent a. ineastire,i , absurd to suppose that could be' carried • I Da() ctieEt, or that If it cou ld, the 'People:or Ftline, enslaved as they are, would'Subinit to it, loe, re pot t of the 'American Minister, General ARM.. iSTriONG, being' about to quit Patis, is confidently repealed in several of the Privateletters, . ON Saturday evening the Laviaia Frigate; Lord Wm. STUART, arrived at Portsmouth fromQporto. She sailed front Oporto on the fed inst. wiikk.con vriy of 35 Sail, but parted front them on.the 7th off C:tpe.Finisterre. The Briti:ilt Consul, Mr: WmittE, and ail the British Merch.mts, are contiug,.kpino with this Convoy. There is not now'a BritishiSub. jest left behind at Oporto.. "' . "Y . .•9erdity morning, soon after ten o'clock, His Al , rt_oirv, 'Princesses AUGUSTA, MARY, and AME- Lili, eittended by WieS• WALDEGB AV c and Cow- Lev.,Gteuerist k‘l,lrzitoY,-41rP• 'went in two darriages. 11 . 1,01 .Winthor. Castle. to 'St,:george's CiNpel, and a sermon by the. Hon and Rev. Dr. L,aGG, iizt ref Windsor,, from the - f2th .chapter o f St. 11,10 i the, ar, and ;30111verse--.` fie that is not with me is against Me, and he that gathered' not with c ro, .scattereth abroad." ()it accnunt, of the un favourable state of 'the weather, HislcinstwY did tit?"' go to Fragmore to dinner, but returned to 'the • Castle; and 'dined' soon after one o'clock.,,, The Princess SOPHIA Was not sracientiv rcc. ,., verec4,from her Indisposition to ac 49, Cape), but ittenclec? with lite QUV.EN - zild .Y! 1.1;', A nvrn , to hear the church service'iead by, one : , tio.MAJawcy's Chaplains in the Qastle.„ Dispatches were received on Saturday inorniug , at the Admiralty from Admir4 Lord GARDNea, dated un board - the Ville Parisi; the: t Bth instant. At .th,it date the Channel Fleet was all well. The Ene my had ,64.0 no movement., Dispatches were also yeeeired, yesterday morning, from our SqUadron off T , xel,.dated the i9th. We do not understand that they tiontain any news of importance, LicENcEs.-- 7 17ire are lolly aware of the iMport stre t 4 the subjea treated under this head in a INlornMg Paper, hut rhure appears some con in the article tw which we allude.. It is that the I,iiences ate granted at the Council Oh icy, hit,d., si4tted by LON HAWKEBBUIII". 1\1(,)vy ? is corral, the , Licences are issued, n(a frook, l chp,i Coancil (Mice, but front his Lordship's Q#4. f ts Soretary of State, in whi c h case no person in ihe.' 02f1...e derives any sort of advautage or emolinuent from the tratisadion. The Fees are carried to is cailed.the Fee Ele'l, out of which all &ditties, &e. r&c. are paid. We shall wait tortin:i her information on the sobjeat, but it eer iiovs not appear to us unreasonabie that a : dis tiitviloti should be triage between Licenceit for the importation of uue a riii t., ,aad those in which a I.,:fiytii Of goods hi Ncluded. for any latitude" that is " given for e?ttra for dispatch, tit• preftrente" tic. s e can ...my say; that ktich. practices have beep discounte haoced'by ,the Si,:cretark.s.of State, and that Wilily of that sort is made, the applicant ought to v,i‘ a immediate notice ; but we kn o w' tltatiitt t..)tli've.:a it has 'wen found. almost .iniptissi6laS tt sfly to destroy this abuse, becatiSe the: 11 not teed their anistonce.. It they O'er t deseript:on, r.tr sequice in the detnanda.pl thcrl they ought not to complain of ,Gaverlynent blvcauAt i some . persons ,ill its employ cannot withstand the:l temptation of acquiring money so easily.. N AVAL NEWS. Frain tilt LUND& GAIZRTTE, Nev. z►, 'lOO7. Adinirctily.OffiCe, , Nov. 21, 1807 Copy of a .Letter from Admiral Young, Commander ip Chief of His Majesty's Ships and V.Fssels l'lymooth, to the, Hon. William Wellesley.-Pole, rimed on board His Majes. ty's Ship Salvador dej Munclo, Hamoaze, the 18th inst. I herewith transmit .to you a Letter .which I -have received from the Commander of the Swallow, giv ing an account of his having captured the French Schooner Privateer Friedland, which you will b(; pleased to lay before the Lords Commiisioners ,of. ib . e Admiralty. 1 have the honour' to be, Ike. 1 , W. YOUNG. Swallow, Mount's Bay, Nov. 16, 1807. SIR, I have to acquaint you that yesterday, the Lizard bearing North seven or eight leagues, His-Majesty's Sloop underlay command fell it! with and 'captured the French Schooner Privateer Friedland, of two guns (which were thrown overboard„in the chace), rpd forty-one men she 'sailed from Modal% the day bifore;. and bad made no captures. • I have the honour to be, &c. A. MILNER. ‘Villiam Young, lisq. Admiral of the mile, Commander in Chief, &c. &c. Plyinoutti. • Aldiniraliy , ()glee, Nov. 21 ~.T6'o7. Extraa of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Russell to the . Hon. W, W.. Pole, dated cni'board His Majesty's Ship Majegnu, in Yarniouth Roads, the isith I3e plepsed tc acqUaint my Lords Commissioners of the AdMiralty, that the Carrier Cutter has :taken, and yesterday sent in here, a French Cutter Priva, teer ; and I am happy in being able to add, that is the third Privateer brought in here within five days. Admiralty-Office, Nov. 21, 1807. 'Copy of a Lett& from Captain Lake, of His Majesty's Sloop Surinam, addressed t o th e Ri g h t H on. Acitn i ral Lord Gard ner, a Duplicate of which has been transmitted to this Of. fice by Admiral Young. - • His Majesty's Stoop Surinam, Plymouth. MY LORD, Sound, 'Nov: 18, 1807.. After leaving your Lordship's' Fleet on the 1.5111 inst. to proceett to Plymouth, at three 4. M. on the . 17th, Ushant S. seventeen leagues, I fell in , with, and, after a chace to the N. E. of ten 'hours, cap tured the French Privateer L'Amiral I.)eeres, rnottnt ing 14 long six-pounders, and 76 men, Jean G. .Michel Master ; sailed from. St. Malo the day be for'e, made no Capture. She is a large Vessel, quite new, well forma this being her first cruize. I have the honour to be, 8 . 4 e.. • JOHN LAKE. To the Right Hon. Miniral Lord Gardner, Admiral of the White, see: &c. 44d64ircilty-Office, Nov. 21, 1807. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Nilliam Milne, acing Lieute. nant of His Majesty'li Cutter Carnet, to"the Hon, William Wellesley Pole, dated Grimthy, the 17th inst. SIR S I beg leaie to acquaint you', fur the 'information of my Lords Commissioners of tlie Admiralty, that about half-past three.o'clock P. M. on the 14th inst. seeing a strange Sail a-head, which I conceived to be a Fishing-boat, I steered towards her (not being out of our course), in hopes of gaining information aboUt the land, as we had no observation for three days.' At four we *ere nearly.alongiido of her, wh'..l `she hoisted French colours, Awl commenced a6lion, 'At that time blowing very , hard, and' a great sea 'running, on this account it. was half an hour befbre she struck, for we could . make very little use of our great guns, being only four in number; andthis she would not have dote so soon, a s it was her in tention .toboard its : at that m oment ' we s h ot awa y her colours and main haulyards, when they called out for . xittarters ; Cromar light bearing, by our reckoning, S. \V, distance ten leagues. She proved to be the - L'Adif French Privateer, cutter-rigged, and a fast sailer, though not calcti , =: lated for BIS Majesty's service, commanded by Nor- , bat Corenwinder, commissioned for eight guns, but, had only two on board taken, With thirty-two' 'men. she left Dunkirk three weeks before, and had captured two Vessels, one a Gallior, detainfd' by the Sybille'Frigate, and an English Sloop, itatuecr, the Lord Keith.. I have the satisfatition of hearing testimony to the good conduct of my Officers and Crew, consisting of sixteen men, with A. S. ISTewall,, Purser of His Majesty's, Sloop Aciaion (who ‘tas painienger on botn.d),. for the able assistance he all'ordeci me during, the action. I have-the pleaeure of informing you, that no Jives were lost on either side, but the Privateer had tour men wounded. I am, &c. (Signed) W. MILNE, A&ing Lieut. P. S. Having sent an Officer and a party of 'then on board of the Privateer, I ordered her to proceed to Yarmouth, acid ported company , with her on the foll Owing evening, in a heavy gale of wind, .oir Cro-- mar. Light. POI( r 8 MOUT ir Nov. :12'.-:-ArriVed yeSigrdaY the - Racehorse Sloop of War, C;pt. nut ett frorn . a, Cruize; and L' apiegle Sloop, Capt. MORRIS, with a Convoy of Transports froth Cork. . Sailed yesterday the 'Phao Sloop of War, Capt. JANVER,IN, on. a Cruize ; Frig me, Capt. aI I ,GGE TTi Snetss Frigate, Cant. AYSCoUtAt ; and 44innet join the Squadron 'eolle6ting at Plymouth. . Put-back this day the Crocodile Frigate and 4bun-. dance Store , .thip, 'which sailed last 'Thursday -with - the Penelope under Convoy for the 'Cape . of good 1. is an,iminnce of vigour, -hitherto, we believe, iiiipe; which is also pit back, . in t he history of this Country, , that, • .after the Ntux.n of, so argeo,Flect as apt. ARREIT is appointed to the Minotaur; of: l,- A,llllit'a GA l NIEJ,Ehti, whit.hi b could not licit be ex- ips., It this Port, instead of ca *. 10ANSIZEL D posed considerably to wear and t t; ar," severa l other - indkposed. Capt. A. Lows is appointed to the ," 6 w , be ' i " a "ate„ ttl I f lbr ; Curiew; Capt J. 11. Pitit.t.ws, of the Bonttta, is i4,ll',lllc'SS as.tnose of, Si r aIOKEY A dmiral • ' promoted to a Post Captain ; the H on . 'C apt . Pe n- V,ATS, and, we have now to add, of Sir S'Amticr,_ Tlh,! first i$ bout either at Cork, or turtkr kETT is appointed to the Quebec', instead of Lord upon ita dest4u3tiou Adttliral ,KLATS'S Squudion , ~ .iscotini' FALKLAND, diSMiS3ed the command, for ,Itc, at single anchor, •at St. Helen's; and Sir SA.".le linothc behaviour; Mr. J A c Ksobi er-like ~ the . win %cry shortly be ready at Plymouti„ Satarclay the Ballot for the Westtninsta I .• tly, • promoted to a Lieutenant ; Mr. 'W. A. began at the Guildhall in King-street. DAviP.3, Purser of the Poulette, is appointed to the TIIE LATE OIWERS IN CdENCIL. Hotspur Frigate, building at Parsons's Yar3,`\Var• 'sash: The Swiftsure, ,74, Capt. Co,NN is fitting with the utmost expedition to receive the Flag of Sir.l JOHN BORLASE WARREN.> It is expe&ed that §ir: JOHN will sail in .a few days, to assume the Com-_ msnd on the American station. The Northumberland, 74, Captain iiißcoon; Diana Frigate, CaPt. C. G1417`, Topazei GitlVlTrus, and Milltrook Schooner,:Lieut,j4Acu i are In Dock at this Port; and the Belle Poule airs} La Gloire Frigates . are also in Dock, repairing for commission. ,The Garland Fri 'Capt. WHITTEIi, sailed from *Cork on Wednesday se'nnight, with 6t ships under convoy,. for the West Indies. The Dryad will accompany them to Madeira. Thirteen Sail of the Line and two Frigates, of the late Danish .Navy, have arrived at this Port, viz.. Christian Seventh, 96, Waldenwar, 84, Crown Princess Maria, Norge, Justitia, Heir Apparent, Frederick, Princess Sophia Fredericka, Odin, Skiold, Princess • Caroline,. Crown Prince Frederkk, p en. mark, and Three. Crowns, o f 7 . 4 guns eac h, the Venus, of 44 guns, and the Fredelicste, n , of 2 Siguns. The Surveillante Frigate, Sir OEORGE COLLIER, is.ordered into doCk to be examined. She ground ed in - turning into Kioge Bay, in consequence of the awes cutting away the buoys. ' B l 3c n i3 Our d article of Friday upon this subjea, we Imve r a that Great Britain has a perfeb I,right, under 4 1 1e i resent,ciicurnstances, to adopt such ineasures loccqiiickni,cn the commerce of Neutrals - with tfrlncid her Allies, as may be most -suitable to her - interests. We showed that thiaright was equally. unvestionable, in whatever-light we considered the measures of BUOLCAPARTE. It only remains, there fore, to. inquire whether •frlie •measures,, which we have adopted are oreformable,to sound policy. But 'it nny be useful previous ly to ,recollect the .. . . . ... nature and the extent of the restridions : which have been imposed by France. 'BYthe Decree — issued at Berlin on the 21st of Na eiiihei-; 1806, " T h e BRITISH ISLANDS are declared ;‘ to be iii ' ci'' st(zte of Atocii.ADE," ' (Art. 1.) " Al l " CommgliCE' and all CDRIiiSiONDiNCE with the, 1 • r • • • • , " BRITISH ISLES .axe prohibited," (Art. 2.) . " . TheTrade in English Commodities isprohibite4, , and every article which belongs to England, or is Me PRODUCE of her MANirF Acrylics and'COLONIRS, ii declared go o d prize." (Art: 6:) " No Ship whirl} . comes dire from England, or'has been there aftet... the publication of the present Decree, shall be ad' !flitted' into any harbour." - '(Art. 8.) These Extras are suffiCient, to spew the injurious tendency of thisTamous Decice.' Neutrals are inter.: dided frOm every' species of Gotnweree with ENO"•' , LAND, and are forbidden to acquire a property in aut article of English 'Produce or 3fanufaelUre ;" and I°, , t thisahititibmit. If the acquiescence of .Neutr;' , fi un the hestildiarohibitions of'One Belligerent, can ei-erjustilrfttaliation in the other fr fleVer cer tawly wailuelir a "Case more clearly made out.' ' ' Gendeiving,that We, have disposed of the,questi o n: of 'tight, we shall now, therefore, proced to PIL.a . mine the Policy of our recent condud..' . ..., 1. LI , our axpedationS that the riaSiire' will ili duce BUONAPARTE to adopt a ntild(ir system of war fare, we do not pretend to be 'ianguine ; it is his • nature rather to be provoked 'loan intimidated by. y o b:O lP r d ij r ilies t : c s i ,:h . : i e: l l i ß oo ,, u ,,, ,t i s t w a n t h .o c i t l o e tu nc 4 l e i k e s e sko m h n ' i e m e w t r f s it it h i o r p e u o p n s :te it t i i n t o_ p n w t. w ill it l a l i ' le4sf prevent: him ,frAna despising us. The least symptom, of apprehension, on the part of an Enemy, he looks uptina sure indication of victory.; if he once ._ 'strikes 'a panic, la.foildsi it up till he has obtained ' his gbje&. He is deeply impressed with • the idea that we exist only by our commerce ; he conceives s t u h g at a:i e a t s t p tfi r er ass a ia s min:uumt:lltotj'reonjoisasodfitpuipiliaisnlide.d export of thee,, • rather than incur the risk of hating any branch , of out Trade, we continue to act purely upon the defensive in Commercial .Regulations ; if' we leave it to him to determine how much or how little of intercourse we shall have w ith the Continent, and rather thtinoffend, ~. a Customer of J our own, we sutler him tb supply him- . ~ self vvitti`wliatever he,may want ;—if such .be oLlt .. ' . ' conchal . ' we; sfit. b. -ftheti his injurious suspicion.q , Ond encourage his. fanciful ideas.. Buerra.rmtyi • has s right to say, €i I shall tire v themout i a li i ie last th , e i ll t• would be be folly in me to think of Peace, while . England is. in a train of. silent accomp li s hment."- - , i.' Let us not be understood aim saying, .that the 14011 - effect Of••Bnon,trAara'S measures, ,if left to their operatien, would be the rein of .England. We only contend, that, by tameness, we lead him to•think 50 , .. and that, thinking so, lie will be leis imiclinable to PEACE, which must never be lost sight of, as th e ultiinate . i oWect of .all,eur hostile acts. ' If we can! • , kJ ' noe l doropattiat ,to " recall his Orders,". we 001 :\ at,lp4sq•-by-oi:A - r retaliation, -make him doubt ' etfirLict. : l ~,...„ ~! , ~ . , - . lleglitirvations apply to the Peneial elia . a cIiATHA N , Nov . 22..--Came up to. Gillingham, ..1 . . - • '• • ' eti" retaliatton, as to the Enerny;', the pal ticular ,ten d s ll Reach, the WooliviCh Tender an d Brie * 31' . ' s s on- one or will . be the subjed of future inquiry.' ; , that . anchorage being so full, it is imagined that ano •• - But if, beneficial as our policy May be, there I t' Cher Ship will be commissioned for the purpose of a ; receiving, the Dane's. . •no great expedation of its 'Producing a change. • ' :• —' system in'Fraric w.- •• , . . consider it ac"' , L. are ti..).t to , . AiTivea, in the coUrse of the Prince of .. . cording lb 'thq Order in Council, as to its induclet Wales, Orion, lidtitesola tip - n, ' . .. . Neutral's "1611)u:rouse wit( •tf.d " for the stl OO ,Y Sailed se.veral - Transports for the , River, hating ' . - .. . ' t t 1 k t,O for .t... purpose. And here, ‘t e are nut merely lOW ° , discharged the troops and baggage broagh t over from the Baltic. - • the probability' of Neutral Notions raising such ; 313 of their. r.l'he PIC - biry has been, taken into Deck h.;. 9_P_Osrri mon ';t e che t necreei of France, as to proouer: purpose of having her poop cot off, p rev io us to b e- their! 1144-Allit.twe. should here, as in the form_ , ing commissioned ; alse the fffai•spite to be Copper • ed. ' o u n t e w o it f h ti e le ver fk y lle di t sp l a ?r t i e r ti ; the. case)rf I ok' . nr=lthdlieneral effed upon Neutrals, . 0 . 1 t! :l , 'ile rv G ic u c e , rr is ie t r i , tt i i 7 g w o D ates in and bi g ciimimind of her is given.to Capt.' SKRI4E . ‘;‘ l 4,lc ePit,ig P,atois•in mind as the ultimate ()bleu . ' Ceti idering - Ole nature of Be oNAr.ARTE . 1., tieedi, acsoep as •ready,- with the Duke Of i I'Vl'Ast-1 Gover - meat, it probably never was very sangut , I,v io pro- • • ' • der tha t CHESTER and suite, tO.Jlimaica. His Grace is going .ly eXpeded," by the framers of the former Or , out that Island as Captain-General. . .! any remonstrances of rnerica, . Denmark, or Porto' '` s • * ill k" - shipg in Commission to this 1 , 6 04 , • -,,,,,; i i _. •• i l But it was ri - ht to a - n • rßcimation, Trident, centurion ...! pr,;re,Qi.t. %.1v ....... _ non - 7 1 ga l wo uld . produce ‘s a , N0v. 2. , ...-AtriVed the American Shins' tii LIS, Cal lam,. and several pan i i iii Til,i i r is l ot tV ariP"ut' Nau. . 1 theref o re we lost 110 time in asserting- the , rela e s : a'a. the p ex o pti, f• t r h in e le li t o lt st:l: ci s lt :; ii s cp r of ' , 1 . .. . , . COWES NO 0 ' England to retaliate, and we commenced instant l y , partial ,exercise ,of our just riglit-we Century, - e, HILL, from Rot- ' f the P e ' terdatrr ; also the Bremen Hoy House, BRUNi,frorn 't Neutral States might resist the execution 0 • it w" 14ndon, bound to Lisbon,laden ".l creel, la ad'bectine'orar'Allies in the War • , with - ot j 'lire. hay- - it 't ; ,-,,-- ,1, i- ? ' , fFr oll ' ing tistaineil considerable damage;Possible, age kt - allay ; the violent measures 0 , o and the Pert u- gnese Scitootter Nostra Sego re Comeecat, MIR Would' il cliwelltqin to look with a morelavou . ~. AUDO, : is 08 3 !"" from Oporto, bound - to London, with wine. 1- towatdi us;a - nci tO`consider us as their prate.%) paus ~ t Nov: 2 1 .--Arrived the Pomone Fri gate from a cruize in the Channel : and the Fir= tu4 Frigate from the Squadron oil Rodhefort, with Dispatches. Sailed L'Aigle Frigate on a four months' cruize to the West ward. A;cived the Ceres, .iticti AliDs, from Cork, with provisions, last from Scilly. She brings intelligence that Ilrigs - Ann, LANGDON, and Trinte, Blit -111:13, both belonging to this Port, were driven on the rocks of Scilly on Monday last, and totally wrecked; crew saved. They were both in ballast bound to Ireland. Arrived the Avon, STRATTER, from St. Peters • • • burgh, laden with` hemp,. bound to Bristoll the Jo sephus, Hoocou•r, frOm Riga, with masts . for • the Dock-yard . ; and a French Chasse Mar6e,ladedwith brandy, captured by the Rapid Gun-brig. Arrived fhe• Plover Sloop of War from a cruize. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 2i.--Arrived oil this Port this evening His Majesty's Ship Lavinia, from Oporto : she sailed from 'thence on the 2d inst. with . 4 si,Pleet, consisting of about :3.5 Sail,. under .convoy, and virred in 1 gale on the 8 th, only two Sail now in A.01111).111, one of thearthe Gosport, DEAL., NOV. 2.2.—The Vessel 'mentioned in my last Letter, as having driven to sea,, , proves to be the Brig Bonetta i , MAINLAND, from the Streights, bound to'London. The Crew' was saved by a Thuat's-crew from hence ) who at the risk of their lives followed lier to sea and took them out. The other Vessel which the Bonetta run fool of is the Bremen Brig Alcibiades, KLEVENHUSEN, from Bilboa to London. The Ship which was supposed to be sunk near the Goodwin Sand, i ant happy to say, after cutting away all, her masts, brought up in the Bite, where she now 'rides; but, from the gale of wind which now blows from the S. S. E. still is in great danger. The Blazer Gun-brig brought . ' in seven French Schuyts lasi night. The Nautilus came down this day, and remains in the Downa with the Ships as per last.