The Sun. — London, England, 1812-03-19 00:00:00

AIAi LS. A/LAO/AD—I Dublin, r Waterford. DoE--r Malta, r ler sey, x Guernsey, r Brazils. ST()Cisl , „ THIS DAY A r TweLvzoieLocK Consols. . 6011460 k 5 per Cent. Navy 9., H SUN. QUIS DICIR ft A I,SUM AUWEAT ? OND ON. TIVJRSDAY, MARCH 19, ISII. The late westerly gales having driven off our blockading squadrons, four sail of the line and t%x corvettes took advantage of their absence, and on the springing up of the easterly winds, on the gth inst. put to sea from L'Orient. They were imme diately discovered by our cruizers, , and on the loth, the Tremendous and the Poiaiers got sight of them, and it is supposed engaged them, as the Diana frigate heard a firing from that quarter. These two ships were to windward of the enemy.— The Brest squadron, four :sail of the line, under Sir RICHARD KING, was Off that port; and as from the ;position of the enemy's, ships when last seen, they indicated an intention to enter Brest, vtre are vnguine in our - hopes that we shall very shortly fear a good account of them. — Having shittect -e course to the N. W. there is every reacon to b,flieve Wat their only object was to get into Brest. Since writing the above, we have received the following further Official particulars Adv!ces have been received at the Admiralty that the enemy's, squadron, of four sail of the line and two corvettes, which escaped from L'Orient on - the Oth inst. was seen , and kept company with by his Majesty's ship Dinna, 36 guns, Captain FERRIS, on the 9th and the whole of the loth. On-the latter day she fell in with his Majesty's ship Pompee, SO guns, and late in the evening shediscovered two sail, apparent'y 0 , the line, standing in pursuit of the French squadron. On the morning of the t Ith, the Diana being in lat. 48. 15. N. long. 5. 58. W. a firing was heard in the N. W. which Capt. FERRIS calculated to be the French and the two ships that were in pursuit of them. Sir R. KING writes on the 1 ith, in lat. 48. 18. N. long. 5. 46. W. Ushant, bearing E. by N. N. distant 28 mites, that he had fallen in va ith his Ma jesty's sloop Myrtle, who had communicated to him by telegraph, that the L'Orient squadron were seen on the I oth, twenty leagues N. W. of Ushant, on the starboard tick, wind N. E. his Majesty's ships Tremenclons and Poiaiers being to the windward of them. Sir RICHARD KING, with the Bulwark, North u►nberland, and Co lossus, was ploceedtng off Brest. We know not whether there is an atqual division between the Grenvilles and Foxites, or whether the, • advocates for the Party are, from mere ignorance, wounding their friends in a fe'eble and ill-direaled attempt to assail their enemies, but certain it is, that Lord GRENVILLE and his friends are most cruelly treated in most of the attacks which are daily poured forth against the PRINCE REGENT and his Ministers. The Prince of Wneas, they tell us, was educated in the principles of Mr. Fox, and the persons whom he honoured with his friendship were the leaders of the Whig Party ; and yet they rail at hi 4 ROYAL HIGHNESS because he has not seleaed Lord GRENVILLE as his Minister ; Lord GRENVILLE, the greatest part of whose life has been spent in reprobating the princi ples of Mr. Fox, and the Whig Club. We should have considered. this as the slip of some violent and unrefietling Foxite, if the attack against Lord GRENVILLE was not followed up with a degree of perseverance which shews that it pi oceeds from • design. " Hit Royal Highness" says the advocate of the Party "cannot cast his eyes round him with out seeing the successors of that cabal which in fested the present reign, float its very beginning, with the pernicious principle of gm erning by divi sion, of that cabal which caused the war, with Arne rica, and precipitated its loss ; which originated the war in 1793, and ereCied the tremendous power with which we are struggling." We had occa sion, yesterday to notice the astonishing historical actiteoess of this Gentleman. Having found out that the Elearess Surnr.v was rewarded by the Pcople of Engfand with the settlement of the Crown in her family, because that venerable Princess was a Whig, he Must of course know something about the cause of the American war : he may have heard that it arose from the determination of the Govern- client of this Country to raise a revenue in America; that the Minister who first adopted that principle, and who proposed the celebrated Stamp ASR, was Mr. GRENVILLE. Was the writer to whom we are alluding iporaot of these faas, or, know in them, did he introduce the subject for -the exist ; every one knows that Lord GRENVILI.Z ap proved of its commencement, and riot only sup potted it during its progress, but had a great share in diretainq its operation. So that the whole of the charge which is preferred against the pesent Mini,ters applies cireicily to Lord GREN VILLE. If, being the successor of those who caused the American War, and being a stre nuous supporter of the War of 1793, is a disqua lification for office, Lord GRENVILLE'S negative claims are indisputable. We must indeed do this ingenious advocate of the Party the justice to say that .he now and then evinces a little impartiality, ',and does not confine all his .hostility to Lord GREN viLL: This Gentleman's displeasure against all those whO were concerned in the war of 1793 is so great, that lie thinks they ouglit to be excluded from once; not only Lord GastqviLLE, therefore, but some of the most respeEtable of the " early friends" of his Royal Highness, mast abandon all hopes of power. Does the writer recollect that Lord FITZWILLIAM and Lord SPENCER, the two most able and most respectable Members of the Party, supported that war, that all the old Whigs, almost all the early friends of the PRINCE, abandoned Mr. Fox upon that occasion, and gave their support to that war ? Does he remember that Mr. Fox could only muster 15 persons in the House of Commons ) That not only Lord FITZWILLIAM and Lord SPENCER, but the Duke of PORTLAND, Lord CARLISLE, Lord LOUGHBOROUGH, Mr. BURKE, Mr. WINDHAM, in a word, almost ail Mr. Fox's respectable political friends supported that war, and teprobated in the strongest terms the principles of Mr. Fox, and his little heti& of modern Reformers ? The Gentle man has chosen the war of 1793 as the test— a more unlucky one he could not have chosen, be cause it would deprive•him of almost all the talent and respectability that belongs to his 'party. Ytrstelday Mr. PEECEVAL i aIId Earl CtIOLMONDE LEy 4ransaded business with the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House. The Duchess of YORK is expeaed to leave town on Monday for Oatlands. - The PRINCE REGENT is expeEted to hold a - Privy council to-morrow pt Carlton House. The Duke of LEEDS is said to have got the Blue Riband which was announced as destined for the Hereditary Prince of ORANGE. We omitted to state, in the numerous list of pre-. sentations to the PRINCE REGENT, at the last Levee, the names of Mr. Sims and Mr. P. CHURCH, Citi- Zvls of the United States of America, who were Ptesented to his Royal Highness by Mr. Russina., Anierican Charge d'Affaires at this Court. The Countess of MOUNT NORRIS intends - giving a splendid Ball and Supper to-morrow nighl,,at:her newly-fitted-up residence in Stratford-place. The late Mr. JoHN HAMMETT'S house in Park lane, now under sale by the hammer, Mr. P. WEL LESLEY viewed on Friday last, and it is said, offered fiool. per annum for it unfurnished. The Duchess of GoRDoN was last night consi dered in a very alarming state. We are sorry to say that very little hopes were entertained of her Grace's recovery. The remains of the Earl of UXBRIDGE will be removed on Saturday morning, from his Lordsnip's late house, in_Old Burltngton-street, .to Litchfield, to be interred in the Cathedral. •We may judge, from the manner in which the name of the PRINCE REGENT was received at the Anniversary Dinner in honour of St. Pa trick, because he regards the scruples of his ve nerable Father, and the safeguards of the Con stintion too much, to grant the whole of the Ca tholic claims without security or concession; what the Protestants would hereafter be in danger of sdf fering, if there ever be again in this country a Popisii ascendancy. Orders have been given for the immediate equip ment of a Naval and Military force, which is to be formed into an Expedition on . a very 'exten sive scale. Some private letters by the Anholt Mail state d that Russia and Sweden were on the point of con cluding an alliance, the basis of which was, to maintain their independence by an armed neutrality. Recant accounts from Surinam state, 'that great confusion had taken place there, in consequence of tlie Government having called upon the mer chants to render an account of all the Dutch and French property in their hands. Lettets have been received from Holland to the latter end of February, which state, that the French Government is rigorously enforcing the conscription. Letters , are said to have been received through France from Vienna, of a later dale than the ac counts in the Palk Papers, which state, that a re newal of the armistice between the Tuiks and the Russians was expeaed. A Courier, it is said, had been sent from the Turkish Head-quarters to Con stantinople, with an ultimatum proposed by Russia, which it was thought would be acceded to. It is stated that Licenses were yesterday granted for St. Petersbergh, notwithstanding the hostile ap pearances in the North of Europe.. It is to be as sumed from this circumstance, that Ministers are of opinion that ALEXANDER will continue fa%ourable to British commerce; and that France, notwith standing her immense host of preparation., will not, by conqui-st or influence, be able to disappoint the intercourse which these License are intended to assist, before the returns to the merchants are com pleted. We hear from Holy Island that it blew a hurri cane on Friday se'rthighr, yet all the fishing boats returned safely, with the exception of one bow, in which William Gray was washed overboard and drowned. He was married exactly a fortnight ago. Another boat was completely upset and lost, Leh-aenneanl NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 17..--The E/Ci,7l'a brig of war, th q sailed (ram hence on Saturty last with a small convoy tO the westward, tint back by con trary winds last night ; among the convoy is the Spanish brig Union, BABLTTA, -master, that was recapt , :red and sent into this port some days since (on her passage from Cm - Ilona, with a cargo of wool, bound to Lonclon,) by the Favourite sloop of war, Capt. CLEMENTS. Arrived the Sparrow.brig of war from a cruize to the Westward, and is appointed convoy to Cu- runna. Also arrived this day the brig Alert,' SHANi), Master, from Nova Scotia, with a cargo of timbe,, bound to Dover, put in here to wait convoy; the Betsey, F'tRROW, and Eideavour, MAYER, from . Sunderland, laden with coals, for this port. Arrived the schooner Brisk, belonging to this port, DUNSTERVILLC, Master, from Southampton, bound lo Madeira. FALMOUTH, MARCH 16.—Arrived the Drake, Maria, and Resolution coasters, from Guernsey. Sailed the Pursuit for. Madeira, nod the Ftfe for Bat badoes. PnaTssiouru, MARCH 18.-HiS Majvsty's ship Pelorus, with the ships for the Mediterranean, sailed from Spithead this diy, but are bruoght up at St. Helen's. Arrived the Amiable, COWING, from Charles- town. DEAL, MARCH iB.—Sailed it e Desiree, and Cyg net to I he Northward. Remain his Majesty's ships as per last. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. Minerva, for the Enigheelen, at 3,13 rick-court, Temple, and there recalled. , _ _........ . Ardent, Dreannovglit, Russel, and Venerable, for the lulfrovv Uregtic Kaas, Eendraght, Morgenstein, Code Ver wagting, and 1)e Vriede ; and Albion, _for the same, except the last, at the office of Mr. E. Lockyer, at Plymouth, to morrow, and th , .re recalled. Britoinart, tor the Lynbaum, to-morrow, if then in port ; recalled at 13, Great George-street, Westminster. Dryad, for the St. lean, La Louisa, and St. Francois, on her arrival at Plymouth ; recalled at 3, Brick-court, Temple. Belvidera, for the Balder, Thor, and Fortuna; Alban, for the Catherina Augusta ; Brunswick, for L'Union; and Pyra mus, for the Vrow Elizabeth, North Mod, and - Fanoe ; and Castilian, for Le Bracconier, will be paid, and recalled at 22, Arundel-street. POETRY. TRANSLATION OF TFIE EXTRAt!T From LUCILN BONAPARTE'S Poem of "CliA RI. LA& ACN ," Lately.inserted in this Paper. O'er mortal eyes the shades of darkness row, CHAR L Em AGN r, in slumber's arms, forgot his Woes ; When, with dire sound, the bosom of the earth Trembled, and gave responsive Echo birth : The loud alarm - to Pelisatia spread, And shook her lofty walls with sudden dread; Ten gallant Knights who watch'd around her tow'r, hear, at quick intervals, with deaf'ning power, Beneath their: feet the caverns deep resound, Whilst on their troops unwonted terrors frown'd. Wotz!d Pagan fury, in its madness, doom Before these walls their Monarch to the tomb ? IsAMBA R o o'er these Knights held chief command, And hears, alarm'd, the flying sounds expand Towards the walls he bends his anxious ear, • The steps of ‘Varriors and'their words to hear! The sound approaching, and increas'd in force, Is more distint, and clearer in its course; The Franks, confus'd, and fearful of their foes, Arouse their Monarch from his short repose ; The ground bursts wide before IsoMBA o's eyes, Far-glitt'ring arms and brilliant lights' arise ; - He starts amaz'd, but fearless at ate sight Assumes his sword, and gives the word for fight: Before him next 'appears a Cross of flame, And high in air its floating splendours beam; A Pontiff; by his sacred vesture known, Advances slOwls, and in solemn tone, With hands uprais'd, the peace of Co D . bestows, To aid the Paladirts against their foes ; " Unto the Monarch of the Franks," he cried, - " Our sov'reign Pastor sends us►from his side; " The clamour of your frighted troops controul, " And with fresh ardour cheer the sinking soul ; " A path,, beneath the caverns of the earth, " Conceal'd our march from eyes of mortal birth." The Chiefs encourag'd, Is.:III3ARD commands To rank in martial order all the bands ; Wh:re slow advancing, and in silence deep, CoNs V O'S Warriors o'er the ramparts ley— CoNsALvO, AORI•Zq's friend, whose gallant sway Fair Toscanello's* lofty walls obey ; • Fie, from his Sires, receiv'd the s•;v'reign power, And starts the foremost Chief in danger's hour ; Rome cherishes his zeal, his faith she knows, And by• the brave far-famed his valour rose ; The Prince and Pontiff' in the Chief unite, And in his hands he holds a double right. * Toscattella, an ancient city, situated at a short distince front the Mediterranean, in the States of the holy See, is the country of the il Ins , rious family of G 0r,,5, 1 / 4 1.v o, audits prin cipal residence is St 11 in this City. THE FIDDLES, AN EPI GRAM. Says a Scotchman, once hearing fam'd ARNOV tcH play, " Yaur feedle sae charms me, 1 downa' Weel say, " by St. Andrew ! shake hands wi' me, pray_- •" This hand, cheel, my friendship insures ;" Cries,l t,R NOV ICH, quickly witivirawing his hand, 441 V Ti 0 L T . STOCknOLM, AIiRCH yal Majesty having taken the rtsolution of sendit , Major-Go' neral Von Engelbrechten to Swedish Potneran.si' for the purpose of ascertainingthe.real extent of the French troops in.thaf province, and also to bring h Royal Majesty's troops back again from thence, and for which purpose a fie of 14 transposes was, the 25th Febrdary, dispatched from )1 - stadt, under the, escort of two. brig cutters, and two-decked gool.i boats, commanded by the Adjutant-General Maio ( NiVinsen.—This armament, on the 26th Feb. at 000 o'clock ist the af:erocon i came • to 'anchor in tf! Road of Nth. Ti:e•usual signal was made for lots to come off, and three gun , * 'fired ; but no nal was returned by the pilot station, nor did uni come. off. It was; afterWatds discovered (Ina the pilots were prohibited, on psm of death, from going off' . 10 the vessels of any nation wltatercn, their boats, which are hauled high • up on siwrel are stlitily watched by the military posted along the coast.- 7 The submissive Report transmitted by Ma jor-General Engelbrechten, concerning •the resoll of the commission with which he was charged, 11 as follows . : MOST SUBMISSIVE REPORT. " The expedition arrived here on the 26th last , jest eller noon, and as soon as the brig had brought to anchor, I immediatelye,ent my Adjutant,Thoroas, with a letter to the French General, of which copy is herewith inclosed. The Captain was re ceived by two soldiers of the troops of Berg, and tsken before the Commander of the Strand Posts at Philipillagen, who was a Captain in the said troops' and afterwards s.'nt to Stralsund from Philipshagen, to Puffins, under the guard of a Serjeant, and from thence accompanied by tn Adjutant, a Nlejot in the 2d Berg regiment. " At ten in the evening o( , he 27th, a 'pilot bolt came off with a report from Captain Th a ,6 a s, s i a v ing that he was remaining behind at Philipshagern and that the same Major-Adjutant that had; g one with him to Stralsund, and Likewise again accou panied him, and had been directed by Gen—Friar - 1r to give,a verbal reply tb my letter, Captain Thonia 9 therefore requesting to have further insiructioos given him for his proceedings, I immediately wrote him by the returning pilot boat, that' although / had expeded to rectei‘e a written reply from Ge• neral Friant, and was still in expect:Joan of 1 0 ' ceiving it, yet I was nevertheless still willing t, O have a conversation with the Officer sent to me , and that he might ithmediately return on bo:Ild with him. I, .in vain, expected - they: - corning , the whole 9( the 27th, and mornng of the 28th ;, it blew so hard, that no boat could come off from the shore, so that a launch which was sent on shore by the. Major and Knight Wersen, as Corn. mander of the Flotilla-, •to demand the, reason of . the pilot's delay, and which he hstiled up tee bring, on board the aforesaid -Officer's, was likewiAe ere' vented by the heaving- surf from retutning. A 4 this weather, according to 'the Commodore's cp'nion, was likely to contieue.for a long - r.tol - 0, and the danger of the squadron's driving 'on sfiiire, by the increasing gale, v. - as eery moment ac t ile risk of driving on shore and being loiit; and, b 6" sides, not relishing the information Chat an Adjutant Major was to give me a verbal answer, 1, discon tented with my situation, took the resoite ion of im mediately carrying your 11131 . Majesty's gracion 4 commands into execution, and as agreed w Major and Knight Wersen, to go on shore and pro ceed to Stralsund, if I should . not meet with the French Officer. I landed at Thesson on the (20), at three in the afternoon, and got on shore with', out difficulty, whin I was received by a Seri-ant 0 1 the troops tit Berg, who took me to the town, froln whence I ienthediately'sent a Messenger to Philipl" •hagen, to inform Captain Thomas of my at - 60. , 'and commanding him to invite the French Officer to give me a meeting without delay. After thou" Oration of two hours, I received intelligence, licst by a Lieutenant, and afterwards from the chief or the out-posts himself, who followed immediate y after, that while I was, on the way, and steering to, wards Thesson, to get under the lee of the land, 04 Adjutant and the French Officeis Enid embarked oa board a Danish galeasse which was lying near th© shore, and had attempted by that means to get on board the brig. As the gale at this' moment madam it impossible to return, I resolved to wait at .Philip' bagel) for the return of Gen. Priant's messenger, aatl who actually did arrive the -stme day at at night, without ever having one attetrpti:d to gee on board the brig, through fear of sea Sickness, and the danger attending it. or even to accompany MY Adjutant, who was fetched on board in a boat froto the said Galeasse. This Officer declared to me JO the name of General Friant, that - he would not enter into any correspondence with me, hut 1 must crake my application to the Prince of Euktnuhl at Hea' burgh, and therefore returned again to the squadron' On my requesting to hate this given me in writing' be said that lie was not permitted to deliver .00 r , thing in writing, neither was he to be ptevaile° ,upon to give 'me a copy of his instt uctior4, loot which I not only read myself, but likewise caused it to be read• aloud by the GovernMent's Secretary , - Mr. Thomas, who at my request accomPaniied te° on this mission. The contents of this p.per so far as I can recollect, as follows " I, the undersigned, order the Adjutant. Oa Major Tho Mas to• repair on board the ship -where General Engelbrechten now is, and inform him cat-no have any conversation with him ; but that he must apply for such purpose to his Ewe:Ulf:l the Pt ince•of Eckman), at Hamhurgh. (Signed) " FRI4NT,. _ General of Division, cornnviriding tied Er , ;icli troops in Pomernoia. - " Straisurd, Feb. 27." On my expressing my intention of going by land to Hamburgh, I received for answer, that this could not be allowed, but that I must proceed theta by sva. " After this conversation, the. Adjutant and M3' jar returned 'immediately to Stralsund, and a': I considered the treatment which .1 was obliged to suffer on shore 03 being derogatory to tt e. station tille:1 by me, a' b&ng continually klityved by a sot. , der and the officers strati t) there, who, by er'r.r. posrible means, prevented me . from Epeaking O r commw)icating with ,inv other perion v,how,totl,,efo