The Sun. — London, England, 1807-05-20 00:00:00

Toth:::GENTLEAT EN, Ct. E fiGY;alid FRt.E.:IOI,DERS of tl)e COUNTY of SUSSEX. GeNTLENIEN, • YOUR VOTES and.INTEREST are earnestly. requested tor Colonel S E RGI SO N, whose Commit tees will be daily sitting at the Houses of Mr. Henry Heath cote, Ponverie-street, Fleet-street, and Mr. Samuel Gwynne, 1.6v05. The Election is held at Lewes, and the l'oll will continue open every Day, from Ten in the Morning 'till Five in the Aftirnorm. Any information that can be given to promote the Return of Colonel Sergison will be thankfully received by the Committees. The State of the Poll at the close on Tuesday, the 19th For Col. Sergison - . - 1673 Mr. Wyndham - - 3 taa Mr. Fuller - .1759 HUSUiII MAIL. COPENHAEN, MAY 9.—According to accounts . from Dantzic of the sth instant, the city still held out on that day, notwithstanding the renewed borii bardment, by which many persons were wounded, and great damage was done to the buildings, though no tire was occasioned. In the night preceding the. 29th of April, the besiegers three times attempted to carry the place by assault, but they were repuls ed; and an armistice for fourhoprsfollowed,to bu ry the dead. On the 29th, after Cciunt KALKREUTH had returned a refusal to a. summons, hostilities- be gan again. 'According to the accounts of travellers, the town has not yet suffered'much from the bom bardment. The reports we receive here with respea to the s*J - qation of Dantzic are,. however, very different ; acording to some its , suirender is to. be daily ex perled, -and according to other's it may hold ,out-yet a long time. Some Merchant Vessels which were bound to Ihntzic have returned hither. The b..teen of Prussia arrived at Konigsburgh on the,' 20th of April. She expregsed (he greatest con cern for the fate of the wounded Officers :and sol diers of the Allied Aru visited - the new barracks for the, sick, and gave a :considerable sum for the re lief of the sufferers. Many wooden battacks have : been ereaed at Ko- . nig - sburgh, for the better accommodation of the sick. In a notificatioupublished by General4uenEL,' on the 20th of April, it is said; that it was nOt , pus sihle to clear the chuiches for the Rerformance of divine service, for want of oth::..r places for the re-. ceptioti of the sick and wounded. All the waggons and horses in Konigsburgh are put in requisition for the public service; and it is forbidden,' under severe penalties, to sell horses to be taken out of the City.---(Haneb. Corsport4eniep, May 13.).. According to accounts from Morocco, the Empe ror of that'Country has, declared War against Rus sia and England. The frOclarnation was made with great pomp. The Prince, surrounded by his whole Court, was on the throne, and made a speech, in which lie recounted the great deeds . of the i'llonfish Nation, and exhorted his-subjeas to fresh proofs of their valour. Immediately afterwards the descendant of MULY TSMaEL sent orders to the English Consuls to leave the Stares, and issued Commissions. to Privateers to cruize against the English and Russian Ships. The Deys of Tunis anA Algiers have followed this exam= pie, and a great number of. Barbary Corsairs are al ready eruizing in the Mediterranean. • ' {MON THE TLILXGRAT'H.] BERLIN, MA? 9.—The accounts published by the Swedes, of the events of the war, .are either exag ferations, or misrepreseritations of the truth. - They *ay that tile} , have taken one thousand - muskets," This is true, but they were broken Muskets. . They have said that'they have 'taken about7tvventy wag, guns. This is true, but they' were abandoned by the peasants. They assert that they took one thou sand, prisoners. This is not true; they did not take nnOre than 420, the greater part of which were stragglers; nor , were. there' more than about Sixty Frenchmen among them; they Consisted principally .of Dutch ,recruits, who, fron4 inexperience, had suf fered themselVes to he surprised on their They, it is true, took ,two pieces of cannon, but ,they were only one-pounders, belonging to the town' 'of Rostock, and such as commonly belong to small /owns. To 'say the truth, the- Swedes have never gained any acNntage. In the engager - tient which . preceded that of the 16th of Aptil' the French had' four killed and eight wounded,: arid,. on the 16th l'iloriTiEit made 1100 Swedes prisoners,. and took seven or eight pieces of cannon. Had it been tor the armistice their loss must have been much E,reater.i not to mention that Marshal MORTIER, .With a considerable force, threatened the right wing of the Swedes. f • . . , The, Swedish Frigate Which w,t3s sunk at -the-en trance of the Swine on the 26th of April is named rlla 4etsen. She had on board one Major, 40 Of& cers, and 10 Seldiers, apd carried 18 guns. The -crew were saved, but as the Ship Could not be got it was found necessary to burn -her. YEEON 4 , AMU!, 25. 7 --Since the sudden pinch of liouDEF.:{nd'l\lo'i,vrbies corps 'to Gerrriahy; tfiet . e fire poly ihoie Of SERRA'44IIC MARMONT left here r §oti:o other corps which had ordprs to hold Wein selves in readiness tetrarch, are to remain in their cantonments for , the present. AUGSBURGH, MAY 3.—On the 30th nit, the I 6th regiment of the line, infantry,, marched in here from Brescia. Among them is the sharp-shooter who shot Lord NELSON in the battle of Trafalgar. Thi s man is now a Serjeaut, and a Member of the Leg ion of Honour. • Yesterday evening General BotinEr's division broke up for Saxony ; and to-morrow be will be followed by MOLITOR'S division. We observe a number of Germans ,in the French ranks. VIENNA, MAY 2.—The Emperor, who was in disposed a short time at Buda, is quite restored. The Archduke CHARLES has inspe&ed the military pre parations of this place and at Pest. The Prince of 'ANHALT PLESS is arrived here; and a Prussian Courierhas passed through this city to Buda. WARSAW, MAY 4.—According to the 'last ac counts from Dantzic, that city has not capitulated ; but this event is expeaed soon. The bombardment continues. In the last sortie the Prussians lost up wards of 800 men. It is probable they will not re peat their sorties. The' new Yolish standard of the White Eagle has been formally consecrated, and an Eagle is also ere&- eJ on the Town-heuSe. Besides the 15,090 men that are to be raised, Warsaw is to have a National Guard out of the most respeaable Burghers, under the Counsellor of State, A. PoTocv,Y. COPENHAGEN, MAY 9.—Our accounts from Dant zic are coptradiaory in the extreme ;- some repre sent the place as likely to surrender every day, and others say it may hold out a long time. In the night of the 29th the besiegers three times attempted, to storm the ,place, but were repulsed each time, and obtained an Armistice of tour hours to bury the dead. Travellers say that the place has not suf fered materially by the' bombardment. , All the wagons and horses at Konigsburgh have, been put in requisition, and persons sending a hors; out of the plate are subject to a . heavy penalty. A : number of Ships have sailed from Copenhagen for Konigsburgh, and other Prussian ports, with pro- . ‘isions. ROSTOCK, MAT 11.--SOllle thousands of pea sants are employed in repairing the. fortifications of I this place. Communication with Swedish Pomerania is no longer permitted. THORN, APRIL is generally stated, in ac counts received from the Grand Army, that Rus sian Officers have been frequently seen reconnoitring our position ; and that, from the number" of their escorts ; it is supposed they are persons of high rank. At the same time we learn, that the Russians have increased - 'considerably. in the neighbourhood of Ortelsburgh, from whence a reinforcement has been sent to Allenstein. Mtrshal DAVOVST has a re spedtable force in that neighbourhopd. The French besieging Army before Dan tzic is estimated at 26,000 Men, and that before Colberg at 8000. K9NIGSBURGH, APRIL 25.—Three large vessels, carrying from 12 to 14 guns, have been completely ,fitted is;it from Pillau, and are now lying in the Frisch Haff, between Elbing and llraunsberg. We are also extremely wive equipping block-ships and gun-boats. The whole coast is well guarded by ' a number of artillery, infantry, and cavalry. On the 14th, Prince WILLIAM, the KING'S brother, ar rived at the army. • The enemy is entrenched ,near Aliked, where he has about 0000 men. He seems also to increase his force near Ailenstein and Frohen stein ; but it is thought that his principal tbrce is ,between Osterode, Lob au , an d L auten b u rgh, a n d all his cavalry 'between Strasburgh and Reden. SToextiot.n, MAY I.—The RuSsian Imperial Chamberlain, M. RIREAMERE, who arrived here on the 19th, from Memel, by way of Finland, with a letter from the Emperor of RUSSIA, to our Soverei gn , received an answer to the letter, and left the city again on the same evening. COPEN'HAGgN, MAY T.—Respecting the late inter view between the King of Paussi4 and the Emperor 'of RosslA, the Konigsburgh Papers state the follow- ! ing :—The Emperor made his journey from St. 'Petersburgh, for the most part,in open sledges. On the Ist of April he entered Polangen„and soon after hiS Prussian Majesty arrived there in his coach, when the Emperor, without his hat, advanced seve ral paces to meet his Prussian' Majesty. The carri age stopped, and his Majesty sprung from it i nto th e open arms of the Emperor. 'They embraced for souse time without speaking, but not without tears in their eyes ; and even after they had proceeded together hand in hand, the Emperor again threw his arms round his Majesty's neck.—The King retiarnea to Memel in the afternoon. He wished, to have brought the EMperor with him in his.carriage, but he excused himself on account of his travelling dress ; but on the next day.„,at, eleven in the forenoon, he made his public entry into Memel in his Majesty's state coach. The King again advanced to meet .him ; they embraced, and proceeded hand in hand. All the Generals, the Ministers, and the- Court, were assembled in the Grand Saloon ;- but only Baron ITARDENBERG and Prince RADZIVIL were permitted to ascend the steps of the throne, 'where the aueen was standing. The Emperor, on approaching her Majesty, kissed her hand ; her .Majesty, in return, kissed both the cheeks of the Emperor. " Dear 'Cousin" were the only Words which her MajestY'4 feelings would permit her to utter. The .',mperoii afterwards gave' his guards the following parole and cour4er§igp, Menzel and Frederic."' • According to the Kmigsturgh Paper of the 25th, the arrival of the EMPEROR and the Grand Dulip CONSTANTINE has caused great joy in the army; On the gth of April, General BLUCHER and his two sons arrived at Rosenberg, near Finckenstein. On the 22d, an orderly officer waited upon him with an invitation to proceed to' Finekenstein ; he rode, ac companied by his eldest son and an Adjutant, and was admitted to an audience of the Emperor NAPO LEON, by whom he Was very graCiptNy received. On the 23d, he proceeded, with hie' Sons a n d his Adjutant, to the head-quarters of his' Prussian Ma. jesty, at Bartenstein. ' BANKS OF Tag::, , ELßp, MAY , 11 .---Ih.positions, of the French and' Russian armies have.not t;een materially altered for the last two months. . They have been considerably reinforced in the course of that time ; but the bad roads aiui thg weather have put a complete stop to 311 military operations. This inactivity was, notwithstanding,' interrup:ed by attack which th 11,n0ian t ,4 rr i a de by sea on the result of which is not yet known, 'The gar rison of Dantzic„ apprized Of this attack, flattered itself that the Enemy would be obliged to raise the siege, which, however, had not taken place on the .30th ult. as the town was vigorously bombarded,on' that day. The latest intelligence from the besieg ,ing army give's us.feason to hope that the fortress will Soon fall into our power. Exclusive of the three Sweclish....Frigates, there are several transports at Konigsburgh, destined to convey 6000 men to Stralsund. Generals BLUCFIER and TAVENZIEN, it is said, are to have the com mand of these troops; Two thousand Dalecariians lately arrived at Stralsund. HAMBURGH, MAY 1 is generally reported that his Majesty the Emperor and King has formed an army of observation, of which Marshal BRUNE is to be at the head, and that his command is to be so extensive as to cover the operations of the Grand Army. _ • Certain intelligence has been received, that up to the 4th instant nothing of the least importande 'oc curred at the Grand Army. LEIPSIC, MAY was yesterday reported that Neisse had capitulated. 'Our Fair, which is just ended, resembled a market, where a death-like silence prevailed, and no business_was transa6ted, be cause neither the Greeks nor the•PoliSh Jews were present, and consequently the streets which they. frequented were empty. Most of ihe Inns were deserted ; and the city scales; which were 'for= 'merly so much frequented, hacrUothing 16 'do; The Polish Jews pot doing business try commission, specie was scarce, the consequences of whleh:Were . much felt, as (veil by foreign as nativemerchantg: NAri.E5, ArRIL 24.-At . present English Frigates appear but seldom off our coast, .As the neighbour ing Isle, of Capri is still occupied by..the -English, 3000 men were embarked at the beginning of this month, to surprise the Enemy's troops in that: Isle. But the wind changing in the night, the expedition; which was already in sight of Capri, was obliged to. return to Bajai. APRIL 17.-,-The English haring -withdrawn the greatest part of „their troops from' Sicily,' adlthe Roytl Neapolitan Army being daily incrasing4rOM § to 10,000 French troops, which were hitifttrto stationed in this country, are now on their march to FRANKFORT ON THE MAINE, MAy ,from the Turkish Frontiers • contains the folloWing passage : " The Mussulmen will certainly ad in this war a more hononrable part than in all former Wars. French Field-officers are attached to all their corps ; who guide their movements by the rule of:guro pean taetics. Most of the Turkish troop :lip, e al;• ready taken post on the Northern or Left k,ijaj the Danube, and the Russians have evacuated • great part of Mokiavia.- Public Prints statellies Army of the Servians - to amount to 81,350 men, 16, - thjb of whom are cavalry." GOTTEBURGH,'MAt §.--:Yesterday: a 'Swedish vessel arrived from _ Colberg,. after having tarried thither a cargo of herrings. The 'Captain has brought a letter for hiS owners, wherein 'it is men tioned that Colberg is bravely defended against the French, who have not yet been able to take a single out-work, notwithstanding all the sacrifices they have already made, especially in posses Sing them selves of a fort that commands the mouth , 'of the .harbour. The inhabitants have not the least tear that the place will be taken,: but on the contrary think of awing offensively. MAY 1.,---This day the King sets out from Malmo, forYstad, accompanied by the old General Tpt4„ where they. were going dire63ly to embark for ,Stralsund. His Majesty intends to take the com mand of his army, which will in a short time be joined, according to the best information,,-by 10,000 Prussians - , and 40,000 British troops, who are daily expeited to arrive in the Baltic. • . The QUEEN, the Duchess of BRuNswttn., and and the -Royal Children, are to set out. at the.same time for this place, and preparations aremakingsberF for their reception,. MALMO ; MAY Courier arrived here yes terday from Memel, who reports, that nothing . hacl happened between the Armies on the 24th: The advanced posts . of the two Armies, however, approached each other, ,and a battle was hourly peeled. The garrison of Colberg is said .to have made a sortie; in which the French were treated so roughly, th4t little fear is entertained fot.its future safety. Some Men of War are ordered frorn,Carls crona to take on board 10,000 Prussians„,,whormare to be landed in •Swedish Pomerania :•.tlist4g - tropp are to embark at Memel and Dantiic: P. S. MAY B.—Repgrts have been received here to-day from Stockholm and other places, that a gei• neral a6tion has been fought bet Ween the. French Pd the Allies, which lasted three, days, and terminated in favour of the latter; but I cannot trace them to any ,authentic source. Negotiations .for Peace aret the same time said to he going on.—The King will leave Malmo for Stralsund to-morrow, accompanied by Mr. STRATON, the English Minister. MAILS. ARRIVED--2 Gottenburgh, c Tonningen, lltict--; qptten_ burgh, c Lisbon, z Waterforc4. PRICE - OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - - 631 Omniuw - - z pr. THE SUN. SOLEM DICERS FALSVM ALYczAT ? LONDON; • WEDNESDAY, MAY go, 1507.• LAST night Dutch Papers to the 16th inst. reach, ed town, and a HusuN Mail also ,arrived. The in telligence which we hate'extraeted from them is in teresting, though.in some instances it is rather con tradi&ory. According to some accounts, the siege Of I)antzic is pressed with so much vigour, that it is impossible that it can hold out a while others state that the b.dsieged have hitherto suffered very little from the violent bombardment which has taken Place, and that the French had been defeated with great slaughter in three several, attempts which they made to storm that City. The latter statement We are inclined to ,believe, because it is positively tnentonea in several privAe accounts which .reached . town yesterday 'from very respeEtalie quarters. loss of the French is said to have been from four to six thousand men, any it is added, that they re quested an Armistice to bury their dead. From the circumstance of BONA.PARTE having - attempted t 3 storm Dantzic, defended as it is by so numerous 3 a' Garrison, we are strongly inclined to believe that General :BENNIGSEN has put his Army in motion , for the purpose 9f raising the siege : we cannot otherwite account for so desperate an attempt. if the Russians advance, the siege of Dantzic must be 'raised, becatise, numerous as BONAPARTE'S ArmY is, it is not sufficiently so to oppose the progress of the Allies; and at the same time to spare Troops enough to besiege a City garrisoned by above 20,0010 men. If the accounts to which we have alluded, of the failure of the French in an attempt to tale Dantzic by storm, should prove to be correa. , we have very little doubt that we shall soon hear of the 'raising of the siege, • A Convention has been entered into betvvegn the KING of PRUSSIA and the KiNG of SWEDEN, by winch the former undertakes 'to supply - the latter with 13,000 men, who are to be.commanatd by Gen. BO o!lEtt : 6090 of thern..are 'expeetea, 'ininiediately at Stralsund. Ithas beewsta.teci 4 ..tha . t the Prussians might be employed moreeffeetually in Poland, but of this ire entertain considerable donbt'.' • The' Allies in Poland are sufficiently numerous to give full employment to 'the French ; and if _they could bring a large 'force to at - in their rear, "BONAPi,RTE's situation Would-. be extremely. dangerons: He is evidently aware of this, and is theretbre nuking every exer tion to collet a 'strong force upon the Elbe, both to secure his retreat, in case of a defeat ? and to prevent an'insurr'oion 'in the countries which he has ova' run. Since writing . the above; we have received intern' gence,_gn, which we place the most implicit reliance, of the defeat of the French in their attempt to stornl Dantzic. Their 'loss amounted to near 6,000 men' Our Readers will recollect, that we mentioned 4 few days Ego that a British Armed Vessel, disguised ''as a Merchantman, had entered' the Vistula, and :opened her fire upon a French Column.—We are 'happy to have it in our power, from an authentic source, to state the - particUlars of this 'gallant enter" prize, which was performed by the Sally, hire d Armed Ship. The Captain perceiving that th e French had got possession of a Fort behind a narr o .neck of land.'at the mouth of the Vistula, where th e, appeared in. considerable numbers, disguised t he .Sally . a Merchant Ship, stood into theitiver !)ut wifuitunately got aground she, h ow ever, was soon got off again, but not before the French" men had disoovered her to be a Ship of. force, an' had time to_prepare for her reception. She boldy up to the Fart, and ope ne d suc h a volley of grape from her carronades, assisted with musketry, that she soon swept the fort, and killed from three to four hundred Frenchmen. Our loss in .this daring enterprize did not exceed 14 or 15 men. • Wg have often testified our regret at the progreSS of the Westminster Eletaion, on account of the pre - ! bability that a Man will obtai n a Se a t • in the House of CoMmons whose known principles and repeated declarations indeed prove him wholly unworthy of the .chataaer of a British Senator, a Man who de. ,spiSes'the British COnstitution, and who has'unequi' vocally said, that the Country is not worth defending.. 'To every patriotic breast the pretensions of such, 5 . man must .be revolting in the extreme; and though _wp lthow that his po wers w ill b e too i ns i gn ifi cal 'to have any effect in the House of Commons s hoc" ever they may have operated upon the feelings of aq EleEtion Mob, yet, for the honour of Parliament, ire must deeply lament thatit will be disgraced by the ad' mission of one who has so long been the mere tool of faElion, and who seerns . 3,vbnlly incapable of profiting by the lessons or experience, and the dangers he has. encountered. His course seems now to be. easy and hi s .Success secure, since a Candidate has thought -privet to retire who had reasonable claims, to the supijOr ,of the Eleeiors •in general.—That Candidate is I\ ll ' a Gentleman who has condu&ed himself in such a manner during the whole of his canvass fa Westminster,as to deserve that sepportofwhich h e has been deprived by the artifice and clamour of c ertain democratical spirits, who have. obtained too much influence in that City. • He persevered as long as In' thought there was good sense enough among the Elea - tors to selea a man independent in his princil pies and in his fortune.; but when he found that those who mean well were too supine to exert, then" selves against those Who have opposite views, b e withdrew from the contest, rather than protra6l, the reign of turbulence. While we are on this sob' je&, we must do justice to Mr SHERIDAN, who, °I/. being urged yesterday to say something against M r ' ELLIOT, strenuously refused, alledging that the Gen' tlemap was not sutiered to speak in his overt defenc e ' , We must, however, add, that we Know not,in- d-- eed what Mr. SHERIDAN could have said injurious to Mr. ELLIOT, even_if he had bee n in c li n ed to Y iei a. to the suggestions Of a rabble.