The Sun. — London, England, 1807-03-04 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION, SUN-OFFICE, ?RAPE O'CLOCK, P. M. WE have• this moment received the following im- portant intelligence from the Continent : A series of Mlions took place between the French and Combined Armies from the 4th to the Bth February inclusive, the last was fought on the Bth, at Eylau, and lasted him 6 in the morning till 8 at night. . The Combined Army began the attack. The French Emperor's Adjutant-General, -Constwuntr, was killed, and Marshals AUGEREAU . and LANNES wounded. , The French claim the Viciory, and say that they 1? - aye taken from 12 to 15,000 prisoners, 18 stand of colours, and 45 pieces 'of cannon ; but though Eylau is only a few leagues from Konig.burgh, it does not appear that the French have advanced to that Capital. The French admit that they lost in the Aetion of the Bth, goo Men killed, and above 5000 wounded, which is a greater number than they cot fessed to have lost in the Battles of Austerlitz or Auerstadt The whole loss of the Hessians in the difierein battles, from the 4th to the sth, is, as estimated by the French, 30,000 men. I'ASHIONS FOR MARCH, 180.- tExtra6ed from the Fifth N-urnber of i.e Deau Monte ; or ; Literary and Fashionable Magazine for March.l Ail ELEGANT WALKING DRESS — is a straw gyp s y h at, tied down with a white bilk or rich half lace handkerchief , a muslin gown, ornamented with knotted work crossing the skottlder, to correspond with the bottom of the dress.. The body is made quite plain to draw round the bosom, and fulled In the back, to imitate the frock waist, with alight yellow .arsnet or camel hair scarf, richly drapered at the ends with various colours; the-Scarf is worn so that the dress may be exposed, tastefully tied with a careless knot in to-mt.-- Lilac gloves and hail.boots made 'of . kid, and a beautiful white Muff; adds ninch tp the eleganCe and splendour of this rnuch•admired Walking Spring Dress. Art HAL? FU'LL DEESS . .—A pale pink satin cap made close to the head, trimmed with a narrow and dark leopard fur round the face, and to cross the crown in various .direc tions, with ttvo large curls on the left side to reach to the thin ; rich light brown stud' gowns trimmed with narrow -Pale pink satin ribbon, sleeves chequered with pink ribbon, as also the .trout and nottom of the dress; an Indian shawl o the same colour as the gown, with Turkish embroidery ; White satin shoes • perkale gloves. This fashionable Half Dress which has been introduced, far surpasses , all others for its peculiar elegance and simplicity. Fut.'. Da es s —A train of pale blue crape, showered with silver spangles, worn over a white satin train petticoat, with a narrow silver fringe round the bottom the gown is made with only one sleeve, which is on the left side, and to con_ fine the left breast, fastened under the right arm with silver <lasps down to the knee ; the petticoat is gathered into a lace body with a sleeve of rich white lace made close to the right arm ; from the middle of the back is suspended a rich pearl necklace, crossing over the left side of the neck, and fastened with the body of the diess,d fawn down the right side Of the bo ' • som with a magnificent brooch composed of pearls, as brooches are no longer considered fashionable when worn in the front of the bosom. A pale blue satin cap, i'•!hiy ornamented with silo vet to correspond with the dress ; a shroud of white lace sus pended front the centre of the cap, with a rich ornament of pearls flowing gracefully over the whole of the dress has a most beautiful elle& White kid gloves and shoes, terminate the whole of this superb and elegant dress. PARISIAN COSTILME. [From La Belle Assemblee PARtaIAN WINTER DRESS. —A promenade coat of soft Circassian' cloth, a pale olive colour, buttoned down the front, and formed high in the back, with open round taupe's at the bosom, double roll trimming,round the arm-hole, and wrist ; full lace tucker, and double demi ruff:a la Queen Eliza verb, plaited in vandyke. Sash of pale salmon colour, crpirik sarsoet, tied in small bows, and long ends on the right side. Equestrian hat, composed with similar materials with the coat, projeding leaves in front of the same. Hair close cropt behind, divided on the forehead, and curled on the sides. Shawl of pale salmon colour, with blue and crimson border, carelessly thrown , over the left arm. Necklace, two rows o f tine pearl ; ear-rings of gold; and fan of white tiffany, em broidered in blue and gold. Straw-coloured gloves and shoes. TUE OPERA.—Madarne CATALAN! was suffi ciently recovered last night to resume her part in. II Ritorno cle Serse; at the King's Theatre.' She. exerted herself with so much zeal., that no traces of her indisposition were apparent, and she was receiv ed throughout with the warmest applause. The au dience was numerous and Gpl ep d d The Curfew, which maintained all its usual at tra&ion last night at Drury-lane Theatre, was fol lowed by Tekeii. An apology was made for the indisposition of Mrs. BLAND in the latter Piece, and her part was taken by Miss KELLY. The illness of Miss GAYTON 'also occasioned an omission of the little incidental ,dance. A dispute, it is said, has arisen between Colonel GitEvr,LLE and the husband of CATALAN!, tespeet ing her engagement to sing in the new entertain ment brought forward by the former,. tinier the name of ‘. The Fashionable institution." The Colonel offered to give the fair Warbler 400' gui rieas fur singing two nights, or 500 guineas if she sung a third night. Her Caro Sposo accepted the latter condition ; but on her being required to sing in a duet with NALm, the husband positively refused to let her sing with any body, and expressed liis dissent in . the most unbecoming tern-is. Th e Colonel perseveres in his requisition, and unless the modest Frenchman relents, the whole engagement will be annulled. according to private accounts, Ir 4 . 1 Holland, has recently fallen a victim - by poisolnx. the jealousy of a rival in that country. We, shall be very glad to hear that this, report is unfounded, as very tew foreigners of her profession have con du&ed themselves with so much propriety as GRAS sxxx during her residence in this country. Mr. LISTON, the a&or, who has long opened, his h6nourable' trenches before 'Miss TYRER, is on the eve of receivinethe fair prize by a conjugal -capita.; lat ion. . ELLISTON is to perform ilanilet this evening at tie Maidstone Theatre. -~=-I ~- ~ iuj EXTRACT OF T E REPORTS RECEIVED FROM BENNINGSEN. " ST. PETER SBURGII, JAN. 7.—Lieut.-Colonel VLASTOFF was detached with two companies of Chasseurs and 200 Cossacks, who surrounded a party of the enemy; killed 200, and made 18 prisoners. " JAN. B.—General GOLLTZIN having learnt that the enemy was near Langheim, detached. a party of Cossacks, whO surrounded a whole squadron, of the ad Regiment of French Hussars, killed a part, and took Capt. ST. 02.A1N LEBRUN, two Officers, and .5j men, prisoners. " On the gth, our army took possession of those quarters' which the enemy had evacuated on the 4th. That day one French Officer 'and seven men were taken prisoners. " On the 1 till Generals MARKOFF and OsTER mAN were ordered by the Commander in Chief to • move forward; the former with his Van-guard from the side of HeiWburgh and Gurstadt, and the latter, with the Second Division, .and, the Detachment of. General BAGGOEUT, towards Seburg, to harass the enemy in the night. They report, that the enemy retreated speedily from those places. " JAN. 12.—Gen.DE TOLLY reports, that he bad detached a squadron of Hussars and 60 Cossacks, who fell in with two squadrons of French cavalry, of which they killed a part, took two Captains and 25 men prisoners.—Gen. Marmon , reports, that on his arrival at ,Ebediten, be learnt`that the enemy was at Liebstadt, with two regiments. of dragoons, one of hussars, and several hundred infantry ;, and that hay ing received information of our troopS advancing, was preparing to retreat. General MA RXOEF humedia ately collealed those of his men who were- the leaSt fatigued, advanced speedily towards Liebstadt : be-, fore reaching it, however, lie fell in with out-posts of the enemy,supported strongly. by infautry,which he repulsed, and forced out of the said place : 18 Offi cers, amongst them one Lieutenant-Colonel, and 291 men, were taken prisoners, and about 300 --- killed ; our loss, which Was, very inConSideral;le,-'is not exa&ly ascertained - yet. " -General MARK-OFF having pro ceeded from Liebstadt to pursue the enemy, who had retreated With 4000 men to Mohringen, fell in with the rear-guard of the same, and commenced an en gagement. The enemy then received succours from all his corps de reserve, under the. personal command of BEoNADOTTE, Notwithstanding this, the enetny was twice repulsed. Two regiments of French ad vanced with the bayonet against our regiment of Eka terinoslau, who faced them With such firmness - that both regiments stopped short within 20 paces of it. Qn account of the great increase of the enemy, our Van-guard retreated somewhat, which was done with the greatest order,,but having been joined shortly by part of the cavalry under Gen. ANREF, who having heard the report of cannon, had hastened to its assist ance, the enemy was again attacked, and defeated.— I On this occasion one French standard was taken, two Officers and 53 men made prisoners. In this engage ment, the particulars of which have not as yet been received, the IOSs in killed and wounded on our part is not above 500 'Men, but the loss of the enemy is at least 1500. The great loss of the enemy has been effeaed by the skiltul management of our 'artillery, and the brave. onset 'of our battalions with the bayonet. To the general regret of all the army, we have on this occasion lost the brave and 'ingenious General Arca Et, who was shot in the head by Frelich Tiralleurs, as he was reconnoitring with" Gen. MAR koFr and two other Officers. General GOLITZIN reports, that Col. DOLGORUCKY, -who commanded three squadrons of dragoons, having been 'informed that the greatest part of the troops under BERNA DOTTE, at Mohringen, were moving towards our van guard, 'on the road to Liebstadt, had attacked the enemy at Mohringen, in order to cause a diversion, had killed and taken about 100 men, and seized the baggage of General BERNADOTTE, consisting of Some carriages', wgg - ons, and ,riding horses. The Commander in Chief, BIiNINGSEN, particularly re commends the courageous •onduel of Colonel GORUCKY." FROM THE BRITISH MERCHANTS TO COUNT' KOTCHUBEV. ," The British Merchants, .residing_ in St. Peters burgh, .participating in the-general loyalty and pub lic spirit, 'so happily and conspicuously manifested at present in this country, and anxious to` give a proof of their sentiments, avail themselves of his Imperial Majesty's most gracious permission to.pre 7 . sent the sum of 135,000 roubles, towards the .ex pencesof the measures which his wisdom has adopted • against the general Enethy of Europe. • - " They are perfeetly sensible of the small im portance of such a rum, from a few foreign indivi duals, in the expenditure of this great Empire ; but. they venture to hope that his Imperial Majesty will, in his goodness, be most graciously pleased -to regard it as a testimony. of. their attachment to his person and Government, and of their sincere wishes for the prosperity of those extensive dominions over which he reigns, and of which tl,ey pray that Divine Pro videnCe may long preserve ••him the happy and be loved Sovereign." • Answer to the above, dated January 21 : " The Minister of the Interior has esteemed it as a duty imposed upon him,•to lay before his Imperial Majesty the communication by which the body of British Merchants trading in Russia, in expressing their feelings of attachment and zeal towards the Person of his Imperial Majesty, have offered to con tribute on their part a sum of 135,000 roubles, to wards defraying the expences incurred at present by all ranks and stations in the Empire, in arming the Militia. His Majesty the Emperor, being always most graciously disposed towards the English Merchants, as one of the most antient commercial bodies . . esta blished in this metropolis, has been pleaseci to permit t heir participating in the general contributions above mentioned, according to their wishes; at.d to order that, on, this occasion, his Majesty's especial satis faaion shall be made known to such of his Britannic Majesty's subjeds as have ►nade this gratuitous do nation. " The Minister of the Interior, in fulfilling these his 'Majesty's commands, has the honour of commu nicating them to the Gentlemen deputed to him from the English Merchants ; at the same time in forming them, that the money, destined by them in zidof the present extraordinary military preparations, can be paid, at their own con ~nieney, into the Imperial Treasury. (Originally sig►ud) ," Count V. KUTCHLME COURT OF KING's BENCH, MARCH ELLTOT V. SMITH, ESQ. SEDUCTIOti. - This was an .aCtion brought to recover &triage's for the sedudion of the 'Plaintiff's daughter. Immediately after the Jury were sworn, the.Coun - - sel for the- Parties Consulted together, and it was agreed that a vet:did should be entered for the Plaintiff, with 5 0 001. daniages, subjeet to the award of James Losh, Esci..of Newcastle. THE OPERA BOX. HOPKINS V. J. MILES, ISS(4. • Mr. PMuia states, that the Defendant was Jo . nathan Miles, Esq. one of the Sheriffs . of Middle sex and London, and the a&ioO was brought against him to recover the sum of 7? 101:the amount of a Bill- of Exchange. The edtisideration Of the Bill in question w• is an Opera Box'. The Plain tiff had advertised it, and Mr. Miles became the purchaser. Two witnesses proved the hand-Writing of Mr. Miles, the acceptor of the Bill, and alsOof Mr. Jor dan'Hookham, the drawer, who, it appeared; was a bookseller in Bond-street, and agent for persons who had Opera Boxes to dispose of. • Mr. GARttow, for the Defendant, • contended, Box on his client thought he was purchasing a on the second tier, on the ''Prince's side whereas this Box was on the fourth tier, outhe• opposite side, and so situate that it did not command a view of the stage. • Master Miles, the Defendant's son, deposed, that Mr. HoOklizitu had described the:Box as on . the se cond tier, about five from the stage; on the Prince's side, and as the best Box'in the house. He NA; . ent to the. Opera with his father, sister, and ,Miss Senior. The 'Box was' at the top of the house; oppOsite the one they were to have had, and a good way from the stage ; it was near the corner, on' the fourth tier. His father was to have' had:tile Box to himself, but there were a number of people in it. • Miss Senior's evidence was to the same efFe&. She added, that it was impossible to see any thing upon the stage, owing to alustre before the Box. She could neither see nor hear, or be convenient ly seen; ..Upon •her cross-examination 'by Mr. PAIIKE, she, thot4l with reluctance, admitted, that shp lived in . Mr. Miles's house, was Called by his name, and that Mrs. Miles dia - not live with her husband. Miss Miles was examined to the same effect'. Mr. Hookharn proved, that the situation of the Box Nvas delineated on a plan, to which the De fendant could ha , ;'e had access. Mr. Seguin, Clerk of the Opera-bouse, corrobo rated his testimony ; and further proved, that if the Defendant had thought proper, he could not only have seen the plan, but might have viewed the Box while be was treating for the purchase of it. _ 'Lord ELLENBOROUGH oberved, it was evident that there was but one Box at the Opera-house numbered 1 obi ; and consequently, unless there had been some deception practised upon the Defendant, he was bound to fulfil his contrail.--Verditi. for the Plaintiff' 2 1 01, MARCH 3. SWAINS AND CO. V. NASH AND GO. This was am aEtion brought to recover damages from the Defendants,, who are hop-brokers.: The Defendants bad, in 1f4)4, sold .to the Plainti& a quantity of hops, by sample, with which the bulk was found, on - lexamination, to correspond. The hops, however, remained in; a warehouse, for near nine months after the Plaintiffs had examined them, and paid for them at the. rate of 9:35. per cwt. At the expiration of this period of time; the Plaintiffs found the luips considerably damaged, ; which they contended was owing to the improper manner in which they had . been dried, commonly called slack-drying, and accordingly 'demanded the' restitution of the ,purchase-Money, which being refused, the Plaintiff's 'had brought the present action, for damages since sustained by the hops, owing to a concealed defeit at the time of the sale. ~ Witnesses were examined, - who — proved that if such a defeel existed; it could never be known to the fa&Or, who only received them on commission, and frequently never saw them.till"they, were sold. Lord ELLLENBOROUGII observed, that such a mode of keeping open a perpetual Warranty was ex tremely, Unrearionable ; and, except fraud could be proved, it' would be extremely prejudicial to the commercial interest of this Country that such an application should meet with encouragement. The Plaintiffs were nonsaited. THE KING V. NULLS. This wr;san indidinent for perjury. Mr. GARRow stated, that on the 18th* July, 1805, a Cause was tried, in which David Price was Plain tiff, and Andrew Mitchel, Defendant. The whole event of the trial depended upon the identity of the Defendant, Wlio was present in Court. The Pri- soner, :1 hone Mills, tiad been subpoenaed as a wit ness to ascertain his person, - - Andrew Mitchell hav ing lodged in his house during nine months. When Mills came to give his evidence, he was . required to 'point out the Defendant ; and instead of declaring . Mitchell was the man, he applied his hand to a per son calling himself John Craig, and persisted, after repeated questions, that the man he thus distinguish- ed was Andrei , Mitchell. For this perjury he now appeared before the Court ; the 'crime would. be most distindly proved to Bove been committed, and it would be shewn that the Prisoner bad received a bribe fOr the perpetration of it. The offence ,was ) in, the public Court of Justice in which the Learned' Counsel was then speaking. Nothing was more necessary than to preserve,, in the highest purity, the source of evidenee ;* and if such atrocities 'were passed over with impunity, .there would be no secu rity foriroperty, liberty, or lite, and all the great ends of the administration of the laws would ba,ut-- terly defeated.' David Price being called, deposed that the Prisoner accompanied him to Wolverhampton, where he then saw Andrew Mitchell, who' had changed his em -ployment of a hawker to that of an innkeeper,:--- Mills had no doubt of his person, and frequently assured the witness of hiS perted conviction of it. He also gave evidence to other fads noticed in the opening of the Learned Counsel. The Record. of that trial being produced, a clues_ tion arose on the propriety of receiving it in evL. It was, however, traced through the hands of the various Officers, and this difficulty was removed.' The next objetiun thaf occurred to his Lordship was, that in the indiEtrnent, the per Son whom Mills declared to be Andrew Mitchellwas said to lye John Craig, and not, one .calling hi m self' —TO :this his lordship considered no answer could be given ; he held it to - be fatal ; it was a Aerial allegation, not :supported in any part of the testimony; on the contrary, John Craig appearing to be Robert Harvey. The Jury were therefore , reaed to acquit the Prisoner. The following letter from ,St. Petersburgh, from a .Person of the highest respectability, though ,not of a late_date, will be found interesting : • ".ST. PETERSBURGII, JAN. 20.---;7We are in high spirits. The army is daily receiving reinforcements, is in perfect 9rder„ and evinces a good deal of con fidence. PLATOW HETAIAN, of the Cossacks, is at hand with 50,000 Men, besides the Tartars and Calmocks expeaed from - Orenburgh. Moldavia, with Yassi, and all its fortresses, is in our posses sion. We have obtained a fortress on the Danube, and a bay in the Channel of Constantindple for the security of our transports and ships of the line, SP that the army in Moldavia is in the best condition imaginable to a against- the French. A militia of 600,000 men is thrilling, divided into six divisions ; • that of,.Moscow is commanded by Count ALEXIS ORLOFF that of Livonio„ by .BECLESHOW ; that oft e Ukraine, by Prince GEORGE DOLGORUCKY.;,, that of KiOw by ARCIIAROW j that of the j crimea„ by PROZOROWSKV find•thatlif St. PetersbuT,h, by. WlAsmyrixow. Every Commander strives to outdo the rest in forming his Corps. The Nobles -vie with each other in military equipments ; while, those' who have ,not the same means, make all,the saCritices in their power. In a word, our tire-sides will shortly be defended hy- a most formidable army. Both offi cers and soldiers .burn with --an ardent desire to dis- - tinguish themselves, . " The fruits of patriotism are now conspicuously visible. The Merchants of Moscow offered sii million roubles to ;aye Emperor, which were, how- ever, refused. :count ORLOFF gave two million :, roubles,' and .9..000 -peasants of his own to the ser- - vice. Something similar .happens every .:A German artificer, an. inhabit.int of St. Petersburgh; where he has mi:de his . fottnne, presented his Ma jesty 40,000 muskets, I.vhiclr he. had in his ware- house:-. 'A,private Gentleman sold all he was wort h; to the amount,of t MO() roubles, gave the .who!o to the State, aria enrolled himself in .the Such is the. spirit which at present pervades the whole country:. A Vessel, laden with brandy, arrived on Monrlay from Caen, in Nor Mandy, which place she left on the 20th ult. , The letters brought by her relate chiefly% to mercantile transadions. and are altogether unim portant. The. Captain states, that previous to his departure, an Order had been issued by the stet . of Marine: for the restoration of all Vessels bear,. ing„the Kniphausen Flag which have been de mined by French Cruizers in consequence of the late ridiculous pecree . of Blockade. ' The -New York Gazette, of the- c2d of January, states the following to be the diSposition of the British Ships of War on the American Coast, viz. The Ca-!sar, of 80 guns ; Triumph, ; and To paze, 3ti, iii Lynhaven Bay, on the t4th ; and Bellona, 74, and Leopard, 50, in Hampton Roads. The Melainpus sailed from the latter station on the loth Of January. The t‘vo men who jumped out of a two pair of stairs window, at apdblic 7 house in Shoreditch, on Saturday morning last, on an alarm of tire; dicd on Sunday, in St. Bartholomew's HoSpital. • A youn g female,' of good appearance, who was tried at the Old Bailey during the last Sessions, on a charge of felony, has, it is said, within a few days, come into the possession of 10,0001. by the death of a relative. A more anxious' enquiry has Seldoin been wit nessed' than what took place (in Monday last:. On. the promulgation of the new Lottery Schenid in the Morning Papers of that (fay, a muh.itnde of.petsbn s speedily.anerwar(is tio.cked to the 1 - arions ()like's, to ascertain to a certainty - when `Fic;-ketq 111,1 Shares ,Wcx• ill he issued., A v(')lmilit of rein :Ark calinOt tnbre ,clear))' substantiate the superior merits and interest of the ne,A. , Schema than this very - striking occurrence: A seiv::mt Poniance, a few days ago; lying abed longer than usual, her ;nis!ress,' on seeking the cause, discovered an infant child CY f which she had delivered, hid under the, pillow !—Coroner's Yeidi I,orn. An extraordinary and - recent event in Saddleworth creates touch Onjeaure. *Ou the l oih ult. Mr. GAIIDNER, of White Lee, having attended Man chester market, returoed homeward, and was seen :hot at a public-house called Shea. Hjll, at no great distance from his own dwelling, where be is said to bave called about twelve at night, and remained till bear four:in the morning, having drank during that time only one glass of ruin and water : on his depar ture from thence he was cautioned against fording the river, then much flooded ; but he scouted all idea.of danger, nor ha's he since been Heard of, notwithstand ing every possible search. One of his boots, and upper coat, withOnly'one sleeve, were found at the river side-some time afterwards. His horse was found in the morning near his own house upon the whole ; as; the ill 7 tated man is supposed to have had considerable property about him, strong suspi cions are entertained ofhis having been robbed and •murdered. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARCH 4.—To-day there are few fresh imports of Wheat, but considerable re maining quantities, prime samples are heavy of sale, and second, with omiinary qualities, are extremely Bull, and at lower prices ; of Barley the arrivals are again very considerable, and heavy of sale at rather less prices ; White and Grey Pease, with the two sorts of Beans are each in large supply, and a trifle . lower ; Oats are in plenty, and sales in this trade are somewhat chesper ; in Flour but little variation ; fine American 48s. to 50s. per barrel. Wheat 4E5 a 64s a 82S od Beans , -44 s a 49 $ 01 Pine ditto - _ 85s a 87s od Tick Beans 3s, .., 4 , s od it ye . - - 42, a . 4E, od o)ats 2.25 a 26s a 2Si od Parley - -33 s a 40S o&1 Poland ditto 29 a 3ts 6d Malt - - ..- 64s•a 7os 041 Rape Seed , 261. 291. os. cd VVltite.Peaso Sos a,58, od Fine Flour 63s a 703 cd Grey ditto 455 a 49$ od Seconds - 6oa a 65, od