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1 the 'torn aron orn elny the ther NAVAL NEWS. )nel :cu- Was r he eu uds ad- Ist -1 at 2n, the rom Ps (M I to ;01- and rn left Cu- de- re )10- ER, -, ae. . xe- :he eery rni eh superior orders, of which his Excellency ts at picsr. ignorant, the like trObps be landed in Stralsund, in this case his Excellency- engages; that no hostilities shall he committed by them against the French ar. Mies, during the continuance of this Arniistice.• Art. 6. NO - hostilities shall be recomMericed .be tween the two armies befbro the expiration of ten days after notice shall have been given that the Armistice is at an end. Art. 7. All persons belonging to the military of either army, who may be taken prisoners after the date of this Armistice, shall be mutually liberated. Schlatkow, the 18th April, 1837, at 8 &Clock at Night. PLYMOUTH, lIAY 4.—Sailed the Gitra!tar, of 80 guns, to juin the Channel Fleet. Arrived the Santa Margarita Frigate, 0f36 guns, from a Cruize to the Westward. Arrived the American Ship Zulema, S. HOWARD, from Philadelphia, bound to Liverpool, laden with flour, captured by La Laura French Privateer, and -re-taken bar the Emerald Frigate. Arrived the Cliarlotta Danish Indiaman, Mut.- Len, from Tranquebar, laden with sugar, coffee, &c. bound to', Copenhagen, detained by the Busy Privateer. Arrivel the Danish. Ship Ha4et, NIEUMAN, from Smyrna, laden with currants, detained by the Thomas and John Privateer ; and the. Hamburgh Ship Han- , :;enitica, laden with tides and P e r uv i an b ar k, fro m . Lima, detained, after her arrival here, by the ,Port! SHEEENES, MAY 4.—Arrived the Stately, iof d 4 guns, Capt. G. PAIMER, and Hindo.stan, of 60 guns, Capt. BOWEN, from Yarmouth ; the former Wants canking and other repairs. Went out of Harbour to the Great Nore, the Claudia Cutter. DEAL, MA.Y 5.—;-The Fury BoMb did not sail from the Downs with the outward bound, as men tioned yesterday. Se%eral Vessls sailed vithout Convoy. Sailed for Ramsgate Fier, several Transperts; to . take Troops on board. Early this morning the 13th and 26th Regiments marched from the South Barracks, at this place, for Dams gate, to embark: Captain BrAzsPottia is appointed to command the illustrious of 74 guns; and Captain SHIELD, late of the litastricvs, to the Queen of 98 guns, off Cadiz. _LW, Wool), the Barrister, is appointeda- Baron of the Exchequer, The Gazette of last night contains Addresses, con. gratulating His MAJESTY on the line.of conduet he Wag plea,ed to pursue on a recent occasion, from Copy, Preston, City of Oxford; Renfrew, Bt4dling ton, Maidstone, Carlisle, Glasgow, City of Clouces- - ter, Huntingdon, Kingston-upon-Hull, Bridport, and the Churelt of St. David. On Monday next, Lord .Meeros, son of Earl rinwiCLlA:4 ; will come of age, in consequence of Which; preparations have been making, for some time paste at Wentworth, for his Lordship's tehents and friends to celebrate the day, and who are to--be entertained in the house. We understand that there will be three oxen 'roasted Whole, for those without doors, one- of which has been feeding for Upwards of three years past, and is -supposed to be th e fattest and heaviest ever fed in this country ; also a number of casks of ale will he given, contain ing eight hogshead's each, and , which was brewed several years since. We are also infornaed, that there will be a fat ox roasted at 'Alalton on the same day, with great plenty olother pr ov i s i ons , an d eeoeegal lons o ale, and upwards, for the entertainment of that town and neighbourhood ; dinners will also be provided at . the2different ,Inns in Melton, for his Lordship's friends. Similar entertainrnents will take place at Milton House, Nortiaamptonshire e and the neighbourhood, and in other parts . of liis'Lard ship's.estates. . The celebration of'Lord MILT° er!S birth-day will be after the manner of old English hoa, , pitality ; and, we believe never eqUalled since the" birth-day of his Lordship's great uncle, the Marquis of et. eeKlNGeAet , which took place at WentWortte. Fiße.--=A fire broke out some days ago in East S mithfield, at a. house kept for the reception of Prostitutes of the lowest description, which was ex t4iguisbed in the course of an hour., by the timely arrival of e n gi nes . While the firemeti were busily employed in the. house, the Mother ° Abbess most a nxiously called out to one. of them,. to rescue a Parcel she had lenr , concealed in the fire-place un known to h er husband. The parcel was 'saved, and Contained a sum of no less than seven hundred pounds! ' - .F.Re.ure—A very serious fraud has of late been .PraEtised upon several country banks. One of the Person; implicated is a Man of considerable property, consequence in the county in which 14 reside s . 7 L' 'Yesterdav underwent'a private examination bef ore e Lord M a y or a t t h e . Mansion House. Mr. A C . 7 r EY attended as his Counsel. An immense quaint ?of notes were produced, wbtch purported to be e by various Bahks in the country. 'A s f ar as dated to the engravings,.no one c ou ld cl;eitiuguish stn from the notes they were intended to repre nt, but t h e s i gnatures were not the Same as Were u " ally attached to them. This variation, it' is sup . P° "-(- 1 , was f or th e purpose of avoidingfelony.. We rbe ar stating more in the pre s ent s t age o f t h e b us i- Le ss. To f',l or te m, 'ft the prisoners ch arge d w i t h var i ous des will be removed from the different prisons ~, ,xet \ i e City of London and county of MiddleieX, to .gete, preparatory to their trials the ensuing th ssi tms, which commence on Weilitesday next, at 4ustice Hall in the Old Bailey. .TIE 11/ rt. L1..42;:.2:,..% T. ELEtrg.o. NO) TNAMPTON:--Th Right Hon. Spencer rerce val ; the Hon. Edwici Bonverie. BRACKLEY---R., H. Rracishaw,, Esq.; ,AnthOny Hon derson, Esq. STOCKBRIDGE—U. F. Barharri, Esq. ; General Porter . ' WINCHESTER—Sir Richard Gammon; Henry C. Mildrnay, Esq. Supstrßy—Sir John Cox HippiSley ; Capt. EMa nuel Felix Agar. DoRcH'EsTEk--RObeit Williams, Esq.; HQn. Crop ley Ashley: HASLEMEIIE—HOH. Charles Long; ,Robert Ward, Esq. ABINGDON—Ceorge Knapp, Esq. BRISTOL—J. B. Bathurst, Esq. ; Esq. HASTINGS—The Right Hon. George Canning; Sir Abraham Hume, Bart. SpUTHAMPTON— . -George Henry Rose, Esq. ;: Jos:as Jackson, Esq. ANDOVER—Thomas Asheton Smith, Esq. Hon. Newton Fellowes. NORWICH, MAY 4.—The Ele6uion is finished.— At a quarter past 5 o'clock, Mr. Pellowes, finding hirrisell in a considerable 'nfinority, gave up the con test. The numbers were— Patterson s - 1464_ ' Smith - - 1156 lo we s -54 ti COVENTRY, MAY s.—State of the Poll at One o'clock— P. Moore, Esq. - 310 Wm. Mills, Esq. - . 312 H. C. Montgomery, Esq. 84 M. Shawe, Esq. - 82 COLCHESTER, MAY b.—At the close of the first day's Poll tilt numbers were—' Mr. Davies - - 632 Mr. Thornton - 587 Colonel Tufnell - Mt. Davies is the popular Candidate,, and no doubt will be Considerablya-head on The close of the Poll. R ()cf.: E sTrAi .- 2 -State of the Poll— J. Calrraft Esq. - 144 104 Single Votes ' Sir T. B Thompson 137 Sir Thomas Trigge 119 Polleti,2s IPSWICH, M. s.—State of the Poll— Sir Home Popham Mr. Crickett Mr. Richard Wilson Captain Bennett 2a6 2Y4 155 154, SOUTHIPWRK ELECTION. SECOND DAY.—TUESDAY, Way 5. At the close of the poll, the numbers' stood - thus For Mr. Thornton - 619 • • ' Sir T. Turron - 608 Mr. - Caivert - 498 On the numbers being declared, • . Mr. THORNTON came forward; - and returned' his thanks to the Ele&ors for' the post of honour in which they had just placed him. To this heat-. tachA the highest value ; but he valued, still more the place of safety in which he stood ; and he hoped this safety would be' still more on the fol lowing day. His situation on the Poll this day was much more favourable than on the second day of the last Eleaion. As he thought it was proper that those who bad most votes should make but .sliort speeches, be would not detain - the • EleCtori any longer in the rain. He would merely observe, that his cause was theirs—it was the cause of honest English refOrm and constitutional independence. Sir Tuoikr,ts Therom obserted, that, although it bad been just laid 'down as a rule, that those w he h a d high numbers on the Poll should ma k e s h or t speeches, .yet, whether the rain fell; or the sun shone, be would not leave his friends without thanking them for their support. The situation he now stood_ ;placed in was most enviable. On the preceding day he was 20 below Mr. Thornton ; ou that day, only two. With i-eSpett to the New Candidate, who now stood before them,- he was very differently circumstanced from either himself or Mr. Thornton. The one was untried; the others had already served • faithfully; they were two old, tried,. and well-seasoned I hrick/ce,y horses ;"but !Ir. Calvert was a y oung bit 'qf H ood , just beginning 'to start, ,'who might be 'able to get through the first aiid second' heat, but HlSt,give in at the third. Ot her .Candidates might boast of their independence; but it was shewn at the last Ele(tien Whether be - was or not an independent Candidate. He had not one 'influenced vote ; and: he would not give a single farthing for a vote that was either to'be constrained orprocured by favour. Mr. CALVERT returned thanks to the Eleaurs for their extraordinary exertions in hi* . favour. The circumstance of his not 'being higher on the Poll did not at'all•Jliscourage bim. Fle had only hegne to,canvass on Saturday last, whereas the other Can didates had been canvassing for ten days before, "' Now, ,my friends kcentinued he), it you back this young bit ,of &acid , by your exertions, I hate. no doubt but that we shall beat the two old kacknar. I particularly request the:exertions of my friends in . St. John's, Parish ; and if they come up as I expea they will to-morrow, I have no' doubt of my heiag at,' the head - of the poll.. As to my cause, it is the Cause ofindependence, and that will always hear me up-againsr every kind of unconstitutional influence. Do you only support toe handsomely, and I will serveyon honestly." CORN Exen A gor,.MAy 4.—The supply of Wheat is rather considerable, with Sorne foreign arrived, sales of which are heavily effeEted, and at rather less prices; Barley iS,again in large supply; Alalt and Beans'of the, two kinds likewise; •but feui .White Pease, and rather dearer ; Oats are here in considera ble quantities; .and this trade is also named at less prices, excepting the few prime samples •Flonr 10 - wer ; fine American in great abundance, from 1.05. to 445. per barrel. Wheat . 47s 'a 6oS a 16i od Beans ... 40S a :''S ol Fine ditt o . . SoS a :'.:3g 30. Tick Bean; 3is a 44 ;a (xi Rye ~.. , ... .35s a 42s ad Oats 2tS a 2;s a 280 od B ar l e y . . 30s a 3fis 6ti i Poland ditto 29s a 3os cd Malt . . 'fiqs a 67s od i Rape :x-ell 271. 321. o ; :. a d White Pea:::: ' Bes a 895 od 1 Fine Flour 6,-, A 6 3. (i 3 Circ.; ;littu 4 16 a 4;5 10 4 I SeCCaltiS s.:s a 64; lb rorn t. e LONDON G;eIZETTE; , . ... . .. , - . Admiralty-Office, lifrifj 4, 1 807: • . , .. .. pan:l a a Letter and if s .itkelOsres', which haie been re. c.oived at this Office froin ti Niee-Admiral "Lord Coiling wood, Coiprriandzr in Chief of his Majesty's. Silips and o lresieiS iii.ifi'e Mediterranean, addressed to Wl!lrani Mars 'den, Esq. dated on. board his Majesty's Ship .oi:ean, off Cadiz, the Bth of April, 1807. .• . - . Sta—His Majesty's Sloop L'Espoir haS joined Me to-day, 'bringing dispatches from Vice-Admiral Sir John T. DuckWeith and .Mr..Arbutlinot. Copies .of the Vice-Admires Letters to me; detailing the proceediogs of the Sliladron in 'passing arikre passing the Dardanelles, the burning : the Turkish Ships which layoff Point Pesquies, with lists of the killed . and wounded on the, 19th and 27th,Of Fe bruary, and Id of March, are herewith transmitted. I am, &c. COLLINGWOOtt...; Royal George, without.the - Darclanelles, • March 6, :807. 'My LOin—Together with this Letter, I transmit to your LOrdship tw o L ett e rs o f the ',2lst: and - ,'2Bth ultimo; the former of which will have informed you of my arrival, with the Squadron near, Con stantinople, and thelatter of an. unlucky attempt, in which the Marines and Boats' Crew of the Cano pus, Royal George, Windsor Castle, and Standard, bad been•engaged.. • It is now my auty to acquaint your Lordshiawith the result of the 'resolution Nrhich, for. the •Asons I "have already detailed, I had ad - Opted of forcing the. passage, of. the Dardanelles, My -Let ter of the is dated at anchor eight miles front Constantinople, the I,vioci not admitting of a nearer approach ; but the Endyrnion, Which had been' sent n-head with a Flag of Truce, at the request of the Ambassador, was enabled to anchor within four miles.. Had it beep then.in our power, 'we should' have taken. .our station off the- town- immediately ; but as that could not; be done, from the'rapidity of thecurreut, I was rather pleased than otherwise with the posi tion we bad been forced to take'; for in the con ferences between his Majesty's Minister, Mr. -Ar .buthriot, "and tl:e Captain Pacha ) .. of the ;parti •culars of which your Lordship is in possession, it.. was promised by, Mr. Arbuthnot, that, even when the Squadron had arrived before Constantinople, the .door to Pacification should remain .open, and 'that he should be willing to negotiate on terms of equality' and justice. In consideration, of this pro-. mise, and as it would convince the Porte of• His. Ma jesty's earnest &ire to preserve Peace, as well ..as possess her Ministers With a confidence of the sin eerily of our professions, it was the opinion of Mr. Arbuthnot, in which I concurred, that it was .fortu nate we had anchored a little distance from the Ca pital, as a nearer approach might have given •cause . for suspicion and alarm, and have cut off the prospea. of an amicable adjustment of.the differences .‘Vhich ; had arisen. At-noon of the 21st, Ysak Bey, a Minister of the Porte, came off; from whose e*pressions Mr. Ar-• buthnot thought it impossible not to believe that,in, the Head - of the Government (for in the present in stance emery circumstance proved, that,, between him - and the armed populace: a great - distinelion into be made) there really existed a sincere desire lot' Feate; . and the Negotiation was carried on, as will appear ,by-the ducuments.transmitted to your Lordship,till -.The 27th; but from the moment of, cur. 'anchorage fll we, s.reighed, on thembrning of the •Ist of 'March, -such was the unfortunate state of the weather; that. it Was not at,any t i me i n our power to-have occu-- pied a situation which would have enabled the Squa drowto commence offensive operations against Con 'statitinopic.- On Sunday the 22d alone, for a few .hours, the breeze: was sufficient haVesternmed', the current-where we ivere,placed;.,hdt Such:was the rapidity on shbre where the Endymion was at anchor, that-- Capt.. Capel -thought it very doubtful. whether the Squadron 'mild' have obtained ; an an- • chorage, though it - had been held in ,preparative readiness-,- by signal; from day break lint the pe culiarly unsettled state of the weather, 'and the Mi nister's-desire that 1 , 611 . 001 d give 'a few hours for an.. answer to . his Letter,2ofrough Ysak Bey, prevented. me froth Arying... Before =five o'clock P. M. it, was nearly calm and in the evening the wind ,was•en tirelyfrom,the eastward, and - continued light airs or, calm till the evening' . of the2Bth, when . it blew fresh from the ME: and-rendered it impossible to change our position. • • Two - days after our arrival 'near Constantinople, the. Ambassador found himself indisposed, and has been ever since confined • with a fit -of Illness, so severe as to prevent him froth attendintin business. Under. ,these circumstances he • had - dbliVered 'in the 22d to the Turkish %Minister. a, 'proje..3, as:the'basis on which peace might be preServed, and at his de sire the subsequent part of the Negotiation was car ried on in- tnyname, with his advice-and assistance and while I lamentinost deeply .that it has not ended in the re-establishment of Veace, I derive consolation frOm the'refledion that no effoft has been wanting on , the part . ofMr. ArlatthnOt and mY'self to obtain stich a result, which '=was 'soon seen from the state Of the preparations at C.onstantinople could, be, of pa,tl by Negociation only, as the - strength of the current from the BeSphorus; with the circuitous ed dies of the port, rendered it impra&icable to ,place Ships .for.an attack without a commanding breeze ; which; during the ten days I was off the town,, it was not my good . fortune to'meet I now come. to the paint *Of explaining to your -01 - ,ofdthip ttie motives which fixed the to decide in repassing the Channel of the Dardanelles, and 're linquishing every idea of attacking the. Capital, and I feel confident it will require no argument to con vince your Lordship of the utter iinpratlicability of our force having made any impression, as- at this timethe whole line of the coast presented -a chain of batteries : That Twelve Turkish Line-of,Battle Ships, two of them three-deckers, with ninePri gates,- were - with their sails bent, and apparently in readiness, filled with_ trobps: add to. this near two hundred thousand were'said to be in Consttin 7 tinople A to march against the Russians ; besides there Were an innumerable quantity of small craft, with boats ; and fire vessels . had been prepared to a& fiaagainst T ith the batteries alone we might have. cop 0; or with the ships, could we have-got them out (4 their strong hold; but your. Lordship will be aware, that after.combating the opposition which resources of an Empire had been 'Many weeks cruploycd in preparing, we should .have been in :no state to have defended ourselves against them as ' described, and then repass the Dardanelles. I know it was my duty, in obe,diente- to - your Lordship's . , orders, to attqmpt evety thing (go erred by Opinion of the: Aiibas!iador) that appeai-ed. the compass of possibility - 5 but when the able-Sac:tit - ice of , the Squadron committed to riiy charge, yv,aicli must have arisen, had I waited for a wind.to - have enabled me to., cannonade the town; unattended by the remotesLchance of obtainincr any advantage for his Majesty's Service),must h ave Been the.consequence of pursuing - that obje&„ it at on:•e became yur.positive duty, however_ wounded hi pride and,,ambition, to relinqui h it, 'and if I had tic; been already satisfied on the subje& the increased opposition in the Dardanelles would have convinced Me I had done right, wltett I resolved on . the mea; ilre.as indispensably necessary. I therefore weigh ed with the Squadron on th e mor ni ng o f t h e f i rst; and as it had been .ieported that the TurkiSh Fleet designed to make an effort against us, to.give them an opportunity, if such was really their intention. continued to stand on.ando4eduring the day, but they - shewf..cl no diTosition.to move. I therefore, as every.hour was of importance,:bore hp, at duSlOvith the squadron 5 N.l . re - arrived. of Moir;t Pesquies .towara the • evening of the- .ed„ instanr, bat the daylight. would not admit of our attemilAing tai pass the Castles, and the squatron came to an chor fbr the night ;we weighed in-the ,morning, and, whenl add that every ship was in safety out side of the Passage about. noon ; it is not witliont the most lively sense of the good fortune that has attended The "forks' had .been occupied unceasingly in adding to the number of their Forts, some had been already completed, and others were in a forwa r d state. • The fire of the two inner Castles had, on our going up been severe, but, I ani sorry to say, the eireeTs they have, had on (Air Ships returning, has proved them to be doubly formidable in short, had they been allowed another Week to complete their defences :throughout the Channel, it would havci been a very doubtful point, whether a return lay open to us at all. The manner in which they einployed the ihterval.of our absence has proved their a.sitlni ty. I transmit your Lordship an account of the da mages sustained_by the respeUve Ships, as also their lossin, killed and wounded, which, your. Lordihip will perceive is farfrom trifling . . The mainmast of the Windsor Castle being more than three qucriers cut through by a granite shot of Bpo weight, we have four 4 great difficulty in saving it. I haVe the honour to be, Scd. J. T. DUCK:W - 011'M, (Signed) Right Hon.• Lord Collingwood, &c. &c. P.S. I. am sorry to obserVe that, in the coursd of this letter to your. Lordship,. I have omitted to men tion, that, having placed the Hon. Ciptain C:lpel iri the Endymion; which had been advanced in iLe Stream of the Bosphorus, for the purpose o f as 6 er ..: taining the Squadron could stem' the cnrrent,, and for a watchful observation of the mmement of the Turks, as well a , : to-facilitate communication with the Porte, :I feel myself indebted to chat Officer for his zealonsattention.andassidnity-during the time be was placedin that arduous situation. J. T. D. Rogal George ; of Constantinople, MY LORD, Feb. 21, -1807. I had the honour of transmitting to your LokLbiu, bythe late. 'First Lieutenant of the Ajax, the various details r'elting to the transaaions of the Squadron titi the 17th Your Lordstip will ffom thence have been inforrtied•'of my resolutio❑ of passing the Mr cLinelles the first fair wind. A fine wind from the southward' permitted me to carry it into eaa on the morning of the fgth. • 'had been given me by his Majesty's Minister, Mr. Arbuthnot, and Sir Thomas Louis, ihat.the Turk'tsh 'Squadron, consisting of a sixty •fott.t font Friptcs, and sevei'alCol:vettcs; had'beeit'forsotne tithe, at Anchor within the In ner Castle and conceiving it possible they might htiv.elr•ctoained , there, had given orders to dear Admiral Sir - Sydiley Smith to bring up with the Thimderer, Standard, and Active, and destroy them should our passage be opposed: At a:quatter before Mile o'clock the whole o f th e Squadron had passed the outer Castles, without haV ing.returned a shot to their fire. (which occasioned but little injury). This forbearance Nr.ss produced, by the desire ..of his Majesty's Minister, expriesqed to, preserve every appearance of ;amity, that - , be might negotiate with' the strOngest proof Of the eific e dispositiOn of Our Sovereign towards , the Yore : a second. battery,,on the European s id e , fired with as little etie&. At half-past nine o'clock, the Canopus, _which, on account of Sir Thomas Louis' knowledge. of the _Channel, joined to . the steady gallantry which I had before experienced, had been appointed to • lead, entered the narrow passage of Sestos and Abydos, and sustained a very heavy can nonade from both - Castles, within point-blank sh o t of each. They' opened their fire upon our Ships as they continued to pass in succession, ;although was happy in observing that the very spirited return it met with had so considerably diminished its force, that the ea& on the sternmost Ships could not have been so Severe. ' • Immediately to,the N.E. of the Castles, and be t Ween theni and Point Pesquies, in which g formt dablebattery had been newly meted, the small . Squ adron whiCh I,have already allUded to were at ati chor. The Van Divison of our Squadron gave theta their Broadsides,. as they passed, and Sir Sydney Smith with his Ijivision'closed into the midst, a-nd the - effeet; of the fire was such that in half an hour the Turks had,all cut their cables to run on shore. , The objet of the Rear-Admiral was then tq , destroy them, which was, most rapidly effeitcd; as in-leis than fourhours the whole of them, had exploded, ex cept a stilt Corvette, and a Gun-boat, which it was thought' proper to preserve.' I inclose to your Lordship a statement of their number, and when I add also an account of the loss His Majesty's Ships have sustained, I cannot' help expressing my satis fa6tion that we have suffered so slightly ; as, had any 'of their stone shot, Some of which exceed eight hundred weight,. made such a breach between w ind anti water, as they have done in our sides, th e Slop must have Sunk ;'„orhad. they struck a lower mast in the centre, it must evidently have been cut in two ; in.the - rigging too, no accident occurred that was not perre6ly arranged in thecourse of the next day. The sprit-sail yard of the Royal George, the gaft of the Canopus,.and the maintop-sail yard of the Standard, are the'only spars that:were injured. •' It' is - with peculiar pleasure that I embrace the op pertUnity, wbleh has been at this time aßorded„l