The Sun. — London, England, 1807-12-16 00:00:00

MAILS. Attltpi ap'-1 Dublin, Waterford. Dor—t GrAtenbtpth, Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELV•K O'CLOCK. COUSOIS •- 1 , ..R0. - _ , "THE. SUN. Q.VI6 DIC>4RB TALSUM AUDLAT ? LONDON, wrmqpn.ay,•DEcsmi!Eß I i, 18P7• THERE appears to be little 'reason, to doubt. that, the object of Sir. Siptgay St44m, is the Tagus, and. report, wall current ..at*otterdant that he had ac cntered,that:•River; :ff this be true, he must, ti :•1e entered it with the consent 'of the. Portuguep t ;overnrnetit, becaqse h had - not sufficient ,trength , 19 - force the passage, if the Porttiguese had thought proper to oppose . him with their Polls and their T'Fieet., Unless there be some secret understanclina . c BIJONAVAIiTg and the P,A;N'CEAUCE::I', the , declaration .of the former, that the ifol,lse of, /410.GANZA shall no longer reign in Portqgal, must, ' , vie. should . think., instantly induce the Prince tole -11L::4/ his contimtion with.this Country, 4s the only means by which Le can hope to retain any part of his dominions. It therefore, by nn means im probable that the Prince, , finding that no concession' would appease ByONAPARTE, has received, in a; friendly manner, the British Squadron in his ports., A very general opinion seems to prev,il in Tiol- 4, land, that the presentSovercio of HolOtnd is to - be 11%inibted to anether Kingdom, and his . place sup-. by MtutAT, pr by tlio., misery of his Subjeats 'win' not induCe him too endcavour' to seften , the rigor: b 1 BuoNAPARTEss! 4lthough. the Monarchical limn .of . GO eminent Ras receive 4 'by the ,Tedplez of I-101- : 17. d the; utmost reludance, 'Mtge especial 'Ay .vsliett they found they were. to have a .ro-f ' .. .Wi'gfier sent, to rtilc over thew, yet such ,has been . the mild conciliating .;condua ,of Louis ..tilt.tO.Al'AitTliA that he ,is • hi come;' really popular :Pe endeavoured, as far as he could',.lettered. and' ...z)ntiotilecl . as he has been, to protnOte , the happi ,tiess and interest of his Subjeas but by so doing, lie has, in some degree, counteraefe,d his brother's - schemes Co injure the Commerce of this Codntry, and the conseqUence probably will be his removal to another Kingdom. , r . On Monday the Duke of toll; arrived at Wind sor, from Oatlands, and transaaed buiiness with 1-11's IVIAJEsTy tilt ten o'clock; after which kits Mais. Princesses AUGUSTA, and Asmia, and the Dus of YORK, accompanied ,by Lady CamiLLY, Count MUNSTER, General Fla-zany, and . • Coiorlel TAYLOR, took an airing in the'Great , Park,. and returned at twelve o'clock. The Qui= and PRIUCESi ELIZABETH took an air-. in k ; to 'FrogmOra Lodge. The Duke of YORK dined early with , the Quit Hat and PUINCII6P3S, and in. the . evening returned to London. • Yesterday Morningturning out very unfavourable, " Tits IvinJasTY did not take his usual ride; butithe ,Poticass4s, with their mina) attendants, rode out, and returned•to the Palace at one o'clock. ' - Yesterday an English Gentleman arrived in town Com Holland, who ?.riade his escape, with eight other potions, in p small boat, and was picked up at sea by a Vessel, with whose Captain they all agreed for t',,: ;r passage to England'. On the 'Vessel's "arrival , Gravesend, this Gentleman was permitted to land; t.it tt,c rasi of the passengers, being Foreigners, were not suffered to come on shore, conformably to the •determinaton of Government. The`passengers do not bring intelligence of much importance, ilthollgb they left, Rotterdam only on Thersday last. The people h( large, have expressed their inability to pay. the taxes with which' threw are bui'thened, in consequence of the total stagnation ot', trade. The King of Holland,. in some of his late Pornintini(Aions,' has throWn out some hint,; - which can hardii be mistaken ; they import an itn-' 'mediate cirmgc of din Government. fie -makes known h.% health has been for some thin; frast 'in a progro.isive state of 'decay, and - that he has no hope of. a t.s ourable change. This is understoOd by twAt persons to imply, that the management of the Regal Power is top biwihensobie for him, and that the government is about to be new-Modelled. TALt.a.ittAtin was,exPaaed at the -Hague oti'Fri., day., under a Jiatterice of assisting in • a scheme of fm;stn.m ; Lit men of discernment and otpiervaition belie Vcd that his journey has a ditlerent object. It does not' appear by these acconnts that the, .ht telligelice received . from Flushing is corred,' resped. ing '4 prohibitory Decree to prevent•the negotiation O 1)1110 OfiKaange• . . it WA4 inefitioned at RottertiatTi, that advices had arrived there from the Tagus to the tith nit. at which th4e Sir Stn: , IEY SMATII was Bil:C1 cc, be, iii that • -• ' were received ye:,terdi,y from Bremen. Th v y tc,r ntK 11,several ArnericanY l e4sels 'have been . i:ffib:lrgued: A st:ionielit Q t.* . .01,;ir. TWOC6'S has'lieen triade out,, and sent to the Atnericon, Constil at liarnburgh, rairough the medium' of the 3t 'Bremen.. A strong rernOomance_on t i, e 4u`pjea (lags en dr„.‘k n . up 4,)) , the Captains, and forwarded to the I..'wz)ch „I‘linister - ot,ll3LnburAh. .: , = In colp,i.:(itier,...:o (if Dr. 2v01.fr.:11 havlngdeduied 1.1)e hr.:pt .- Cc x)f die 110 V.. Dr, GQoDet44)t-i-olf; . tllat' d s;::6..: 1 4 1 1 ,1 Li o PC ;it CX11!: tQ, t O , '4' nYe sign'rilltVLl.. 1 , ;1. the tirst t iii thek: six sreol;,s, and soya af. The following is an accurate List of the Staff .y. pointed tn the Expedition now about to from Portsmo4th ' Major-Gesteral Spneer, gomn ? aptler. Brlgadier-Cenera Earlane. Lieut.-Col. Geo. Tucker, Stith. Astsistw 4djutakt.Gcn. Capt. Bradford, 34 Guards, Peputy Assistant Adjutant- Capt. Bogle, 57th, ditto ditto ditto. Capt. Cook, e:Oldi'treain Guards, ditto ditto ditto. Lieut..Col.Bathurbt, §ath, Assistant Quartet Mastet-Pe. peral: • ' Major Rainey, Sad, Deputy ditto ditto. Capt. Hardinge, ditto dittO ditto. ' • Brigade Major Preston, 4th` Regiment.. runen le lilt, King'f pop:pan Legion. ditto:. Capt. Balfour, Aid-de-Camp: Shaptcri In ! i'pe4Or of Hospital s . Dr.- Webber,. Deputy, ditto, ditto. - pr. Deane, • PhysiciAn. • • Dr. Meuser, ditto. • StairSurgoons I>licolay. • Krackaise.' Yesterday the Second and Third Lotteries for• tile preSent year were contraCted foe: the bidding" were updia— wAtlll AND NISBETT. ' • ist LotterS'ill 30,600 Tickets, 610 6 I • zd " I 30,010 "15 r 4 Ist 25,000 17 4 c . ! 3,n•:25,0,20 " 16 a 6 4 1 1 11 ) swlrr; InctIARD;(4I4, COPS AND URAWIMOMB.' ist"Lottety,lf 25,G00 '6 9 6 zd 2 50 00 1 5 9 6 / HENSLEY AND PULLEY. Ist Lottery,-/If 2 5 ,000 CIS .5 • 2a. 25,000 14 5 0 - ' - 'llpOn which - theCHANCE•Lt.oIt of the Excitetata deplamd,..that Messrs. SVALsit and N,isneTT 'kv re to have both Lotteries ; and as they had bid so a pricei he save them their choice whether they would hav;c: two Lotteries in: f2;000 Tickets, or two, of 3.i))000 Tickets each. :they chOse thelatter, but with liberty to adopt the former to-morrow, if they: should think proper; in* on these conditions tift . the coutracl.of cause. -• As the bargain now stands.— •) • • • Tt,le Ist I,ottetyi.of 3 , ,oooTicket, is taken at'i6l. tcs. 6d.' per Ticket. •• •-• The. I.(i Lottery, of 3a,ooo . Tickets, at 151. 145. per Ticket. , Tu e last LotteryA to finish .by the 15th of Au- gust, 180'd. • , . • . A highly respeEtahle meeting of the Noblemen • and Gcniletnen interested in the mining concerns of the:county of Cornwall, assenibled at the Red Lion, Inn; in TrA;ro, 'on Wednesday last, to consider of; Measures ti)r the fetid of the mines ; when it was' resolved to petition Government and the East India ; Company to take off a portion of the copper uowl in the niarket. Four Gentlemen were depUted by the Meeting to wait upon the Board . of Trade, &c.: on this. business, and they aceordinf o ly set off for London. 'The weekly sales of copper Ore ), we un derstand, wilLbe suspended till theresult of this ap plication,is known. • Thu operation upon Lord WILLIAM RUSSEL'S son was not-performed immediately after he received the, bite from the dog, but ‘a*; done on SatiardaY, at his Lordship's house, add the accident happened Friday', when a great part of the flesh of his hand: was cut away.,roundthe wound. The following cominonication was made yester day evening to the Merchants conneeted ,with the tia.lsb tadeT; • • Mr. CHArmes GR4NT has the honour to ac quaint the Gentlemen who attended the meeting at 11411ON'i Coffee-house, on the t t tli intitant, that he had'. this day.an audience of Mr. ROSE, for the pur pose of presenting to the Lords in Council a Me morial, praying toi.'the liberation of all Russian. Merchant Ships and cargoes. Mr. Rose,. in reply,: informed him, that , orders wotild be issued to those at the time, of the etubargoon pApish•aips, by which all ittissiau Ships, having licenees;dated previous to the toth inst. would, together with their. cargoes, be immediately released; ; but that it was for 'the Cabinet to consider whether an indiSrim 7 i, nate release u•oulci le. granted, • ''Mr. Ro-o. proposed, that a Memorial, signed all those preieut at the last Meeting,, should he drawn up, stating. the. gruunis. for a geperal. release." In consevence of ,the suggestion" - of .Mr. losr, a General, Meeting . of the Russian. M,erehants is appointed to take place at .134tsoti's •Coffee-house,, on Thursday :next. The ltotitication 'is signed by Mr. L; It A N'r. •••••1,.M. The Edinburgh and: Leith Shipping CompanyN Sithiel:, the FOTth, GEonc,l ['ono, Commander, in tht.:.c , ,ursie of her voyage from Leith to London, or in 1.0..ce R stoffe oads the titd inst. after hay. had. , a.stpitrt a6tion di Dun wich on the preceding afternoon with' it Stradron 'of four French Priva teers t;twq(.:,utter Brigs arid two Sloops), mounting friat six: irk ten gums each; and full of men ; the Sloops were at first mistaken for Fishing Smacks, ;ind the for English Ctuizers ; the Privateers attacked . the Port 4 in succession, and discharged of musketry, round and grape shot, , whiCh )Vp.i - quickly returned frOm au 18-pounder,' and soon after a whole broadside. Night. coming on, and the Enemy experiencing a more undaunted recep tion than they eNpeaed, thought proper to sheer off; whole Squadron therefore tacked, and'stood ottt to sea, hoisting distinguishing lights of a blue colour, and I - eat/Mg' the Furth to proceed on her voyage. "Her sails and rigging' were very much cut; but the' crew and•pasSengers unhurt. T uds he rriohip, flo6` KING, with copper ore, from Plymouth to. Wales, also foundered, of Hayle. Utpt. 1103KINn, with ht;' wife, who happened to be on hoard, stud, L'tli his crew perished. Itecruits - of tricii and Officers go out to all the • timents , at the 011ie fl(1 India, : with . . the Fleet is , preparing to Thel4zileers, and second battalion of the :H.th regiment, it is said; go to. India - . ' Some troops will soon .1? . 14:11t -t4,) th e Wes(indies. Condidqrahle felolort.;drnot wi!! pecdily bc soot . out 'to :the' garrison of Gihr, ;v: present . N AVA NEWS. ow the LONDAIN GAZETTE ! ts, 11!o7. admiralty OFce, pep. 4. Copy of a Letter from Captain E. Heywood, 0 . 1 His Majesty's -Ship Astrea, to the HOC IV. IV. Pole ? datO on Po,c,rd that Ship . this Joh in#. SIR, 1 haire to acquaint you of the capture of ;he French Lugger privateer Providence, mounting 14 guns, and! '52 nien, tiy, his Majesty'i! ship Astrea, under my' commani, who was Ipsine4 In the c hase by his Ma- j ~ • , esty l s fr ig Roalist. I - am, Sir, &*. - ---- - - - (Signed), E. HEYWOOD. P9RTSMOPiII, tic. 15.—NROng arrived yesterday or to74ay. The 14th and e2d Regiments of Foot yesterday; • PrOn liCed -cirra•SeOrtt ykastotritr, DEC. is.- 7 .4rrived in the !Ws : 'His Majesty's Ships Vanguard, Quqq, rota, and SVC: guard, froin the Baltic: pEAL, Dkc. 15.—Catise down from the River the . Ludy Sinclair, qApcsoN, for New South Wales; Palk's, !unto, for St. Vincent's HAN IC, bpd Ole Sieding, LYE, for JaTaica ; 'and re main In the powns with the Ships as per last; also. , the Susan, from St. Petersburgh, for New.: York, detained by Majesty's Ship Blow. ..--~. SHEERNESS, DEC. 14.—Arrived the 'Sloops of .W - dr l V;iiinc.4 and Musquito, CaptarufSTEsi:Ose'at kid GOATE, from the North Sea.. - " 'Went out of harbour to the Great 1V:.; , :,:14i5,,Ma. jesty's Ship QueLec, of. 3Q guns, thu . Copt: G... p ow L ET . i ; . - • • • , -. COPT OF A LETTEit FROM MR. ROBERT BI.YTH, SIT- PIiICARGO OF' Pig JUMKB, MUD ; or AIthROATII, LATELY' CAPTURED BY VANES, GEN E NOV. ! . . 1 2,, 1807. ; " I wroie t you en the Jttli,lo.",'Tilforniig you of my being taken prisoner, ancV-nov. , give yon'thePar tiudats :—We left Memel on (Le ;e;tth October, for: reasons, .which I. supposs-yoki-w-ill-have- been .in formed 'ere this reaches . you; , atid arrived in Deur Roads oil the : ith itiSt. We spoke tv:o or three English Brig-cutters in coming thrOup the droUnds, but they did not inform us that .t here -WRS any danger. " We came to an anchor a little above Elsineur, and about half a 4111i6 from an English Brig-cutter, about nine o'clock in the morning, blowiug harsh— not long after,. wo saw 3 bOat, and thought she was going to windward or tts ; when they had got upon ,• our weather bow, tbpy_put the heIEILP.P,_.P. I 4 alongside immediately, when twelve !lien jumped i aboard, and told us WOnust go down to the Cagle thiy cut, the cable, and:B6on got the Ship close tin der(o die guns of the Castle , Mid we' were presentlyi on dead shore. The men gave . us,leave to take eve ry thing: we_ could claim as our own. `" The only - hope :we have of being ,exchanged soon is,. that bur Men of War here u(ill be taking : aortae of the Danish Privateers,-and then the men are sent ashore, and the same number (of English are ,returned, The Crown Prin,ce will not , allow any communication whatevariwith England ; ,hejs going to send his Yatcl4acli„ l ,il4cu,:k the King of gngland him a pr(!ient. cif twenty .years ago. A Master, Mate, and fifteen :::...iilors,4lvho- are Pri . soners here, are to be put on boaiii, to navigate bur hurne, by which opportunity. ,1 send this letter."' AA four o'clock on T111.:5(12 , X morning, .it blowing of, wiod, with . a heavy snow, a til t e re s n i f i ‘ p iid i T n t. le, c g ai n , Captain Stritrsori, of Hull, Irina -St. Peteriburgli,.with .hemp`; flax, tallow, Bit=. struck on the Holderness coast, balla mile to the S. of tbe- SisterChurchesr - At twelve—o'clock,- the Captain, who was an excellent swimmer, committed :himself; to the waves, with a rope, hoping - to bel able to gain the shore, but Was overWheimed.hy the breakers, and perished in the attempt.-=The inate,.and, ano ther.of, the crew k lfalinwed , his e)iatnple, and met wiih a•sitnifar fate. The remaining part Of. the Ship's-company were seen clinging to the rigging and wreck, by.numerous spesiators. .After several in etfeOtual attempts, Mr. Git,v.s liar! recourse.to.tbe 4 following : he procured a leaden half pound weight, hod making a hole through it, be fastened to ,it a long. - piece of whip-cord, and seleaccl thiln the' spec tators the most athletic man, to cast it atithe wreck. After many f ru itless trials; the Man,' following - o're- ' eeding wave, succeeded in throwi,ng it. yttcinss lie Vessel. The Carpenter, fastening the cord round his,arm, was , dragged through the surf to the shore, apparently . lifteless, but :afterwards recovered, the cord was again cast, and another boy rescued from the Vessel. in the same manner, thii„ a per-1 son named JoiiN (44F.EN$ThES, notw itlistanding,the heavy surf, rushed thrOugh it oto the - Vessel, aad thipi4ll ft" .13 hidden repeatedly from the view of tli spet:Aa,ol4.ay tremendous waves 4tici could net swan, succeeded its 'gaining the wreck, and brought 'to land 4nolliir boy, in' his passage to the 'shore, 1 bt was twice thrown -down. by the violence of the back water. He again returned to the wreck, andat hazard:of' his . own, saved the life of another ,-;,..linan. At six o'clock tour persons ventuted through the to the Ship, and brought away t.wo otbers,.w.h9 d'iti.Jherfly after' their gaining the .shore. bodies of the Captain and Mate have been v.a;!lod ashorq. ' • The FricTre',;,„ NIA F , foundered off Hayle.; the IVEY MOVTII, Dnc. 14. the arrival of the 2d battalion of the 62c1 Rqt; meat of Foot, and the Ist and 2d Regiments of ;tight Dragoons of the King's German Legion, amounting to ,upwards of 1200 men, and horses, `hive more than filled the barracks.; .the hips have in consequence their share, and the garii`s'on Was never .napre crowded than at present. The Hanoverians have been stationed here!before, and their soldier like condua was such as to gain theesteem of the inbakints, and to receive a most welcome return. The 2d Battalion of the 53d liegiment was this day reviewed by General Col-Ton, ir • they are a line body of men, well iliScipline4 nearly,complete, and fit for foreign service. • ' lt is-e'xpeaed that the horses of the German gion will he turned Orgrli) the ytli Light Dragoons' lately rpuiped d;srnountdd from uiDas Ayres. We•have had in agreeable change of the\veatbert .R4O l to the gratification of cur sportsme n. This ipOr9ing no' les> than . four paclis of hounds were thrown Or, at diO n rent places i this neighbourboo d, viz. the 'County Subscription .Pack, the 'ley. Mr. Pr.OcNorr's,, Mr. WE Les, and 'the one kept by M r. N otirl,3anker here ;,each NTilis well attend - B pd. by a loge party of horsemen and 4iforde4 most excellent sport. The Lovers of Oe.Chae, s)r Grotto and La d !, .PRiSCOTT, with 'a large party of Fashionables, wiF be elegantly entertained-on Wednesday Next, at t 4e tra4tiful villa of C. BUXTON, Esq. • - Mr. PAULL i 3 determined tq persevere ir! hii t taelci'upOri Marquis WELLESLEY ; a proof Oat u', 4 old sore is still rintkring.' * The best measure tint cientl4rw.tn cad adopt is quietly . to sink:, intO !f lat ,ohscurityfrom which he ought never to have aw' ed. To do him jostico, however, he h3s effectu^ aqy triiiiiplied over HoittiE Toeho and Sirff.tit4C ," liy,4tDirr, -whom he has at least put to • s Ance,, not to shame. . ' ' ' - It is somewhat whitn n sica . I that the Sectretaq t° the .sqc.isty of Briederi'is named G It 'has been observed of the late 4attAlfAm L 4 4l that . though he had probohly scriirrn''qw w ' than most of his contemporaries, his produetioal were ., hardly at all known by'fiteraf..rn?ni. • Appear ir. ALister Bwrrv, it seems, is going t 9 thg cliaroeter of an d u thor , a nd Means to give the dramaticHistorle owne d thatolhisl,ite few ti‘ forthilirrastfivvs, sil' eltye:uf:A' t indeed area/pus: in their natnrei can be mere pri4ing than an account far the sverifieriof hiss:ool . 1 e The University of Oxford, it is sajd, kg. 14 ' cently obtained very fine copies of 4,4,4A4 1 -4 celP prated Cdrioens, which were presented 1)9 1 r of MARLBOROUGH: They were paints by JAMES THOlitilllLL; WhqsC •taleptS as ary Artist appear to great - advantage in St. Paul's thAral. The Americans may possibly repine at the necO f sity of touching at a British pert before H ill,el,7ri: eared to proceed to any Ste at vaiiiince wi„,"'*„o ; Country, but how would Holland be if rra"- d. would allow them to enjoy the same privilegd ' 4ll yet it is probable that the,Duteh ,understand th e 1//r tore of 'commerce full as well as the Americans'"'' kk But,' indeed, there is not one State on ,the Con t '; neat that 'would 'not exult if BU O N A PARTS wou l ' ,:permit them to enjoy that privilege which GO Britain so readily concedes to America. :There.never etas a greater bustle at portsmetill' than at present •In addition to 'the dlifereut Floc ,of King's Ships lying at Spiiliekid; there is a fOrC9t4l -Transports-; . those with-General sygNesit's tion, _with. the regiments protteditig to Ireland, Wil l i reinforcements to"the • Mediterranean, and the i 1 Fleets now:obi:tut to , proceed to the Kast . 44 v' w, f s. Indies. . • There are nu less, than 18,000 SpanisktrooPt In Liamburgh,end' it is very probable that there 3 r ° " -. proportion of French—a circumstance tb 'Will, of cour s e,. give the inhabitants full security Ws. the exercise of all the ancient rights and privilig t :i of that free city, to •say nettling of the 'sacred regoL. to pz. , t2:!1l which will doubtless be obseoo.4-. Me CIF Ti tioriTro riaers. .Earl Cra.osycNor. lin been setting a s able s x! ample to people of wank _and fortune by 1 115 Us .act's of benevolence', - his capacitY °. Mayor, o poor in th at Chester, to the bULITLICXXL- About the beginning of last months Vessel bou nd to Ireland was put ashore near the south end of Arg -ran ; a part of the cargo was taken out to ,her, among whi,lll were about 30 small 'casks markt. barley." These having excited suspicion , in the era minds of the Officers of the Excise, they •-' opened, and they . found that they ware filled wit gun-powder,. They then got aparty Alt . 1351 7 1 , sAy'a detachment. of the garr isod bittalionf °L I seized the Vessel, on board of which, under cabin, they found ,to casks more. They have tak ee . the Veisel into Campbel-town. se Major-General Bocaorow, who lately bs l - narrol.•.. an escape from the attack of an armed NT: ditti, in the vicinity of Dublin, is the Officer or% ,distinguished. himself in stigallant a t uanuer t l ; taking of Toulon he is son to Major lifig"te of lt vit th ; a u n i d of Drury rby lane r-ot Theatre, ertpthe late , 1,1 , fr.1 . V o , E d Ba An xn•der; the are' informed, was given.,t° 4 oll l4 King's Pilots, at Plyrnooth, on Saturdar , ' to b ° .the alert, and-to , hold .themselves'in. readiness t ha t moment's notice. It was interred from some crippled Alps might shortly : b e expetteO its from notes issued by the Bank of. Englan and after ,the Ist of January next,.ere to be 1 , the new Cashier to t i t~ p pa n y n e y b i le in t . o th lk e i r r oo . ' • I been taken . -toy the. Rkijitlist another was chrve Frenob , Privateer, of inns, frOm Calais, HtriAoSir sh'ore and destsoyed. - ,'Clocks a n; w 141)6x:41)11'A if .—Yesterday; alioOti ) , l - for i lia , persoli'orti parne.ut Callahan, ho ny years 'held tiii,ty and respect fired, ,•etable ti°:' in bit Covent . -G I . 'nea . tigo r ,. s oddenly exp