The Sun. — London, England, 1805-12-27 00:00:00

Arta van— t Waterford. Dn. —2. Hamhutgb, z Cotten. burgh, I Lisbon, z Dublin, I Waterford. THE SUN. 401,1141.QUiS DICYRS ►A4SUM AUDRAT L 0 N D N, FRIDtY, DECEMBEA 27, 1805. WE yesterday stopped the Press to state that an Argus of the 17th had been sent out ? I t . orn Boulogne in an open Boat, and that this Paper contained an account of the Battle of the 2d; and also of an Armis tice having been concluded between the hostile Armies. The lateness cif l/fe hour at which we re eqived this information rendered it impossible for us to Make any. observation upon.this very unexpeCted and extraordinary piece of intelligence. The Boat drifted on WednestLy into our Fleet off Boulogne, and was picked 'up' by the Acute No, person waa .45n. board, ' but on examining the Boat there was fonncl .a parcel inclokd in a tin case, 'containing the Argus . of the 17th instant (or rather the Supplement to: the Argus of that date), di . reeted . " io . .mr. Thaws RussEt4., Merchant,' HaStings." We know not whether any person of this name resides at Hastingi ; but the Pa- . pet' was of course immediately forwarded to Govern ment. This Paper, which has thus so oddly found its way hither, contains the 30th and 3 tst Bulletins' of the French Grand Ariny, the last of which is dated froth Austerlitz, the sth. 'lt gives, however, we understand, the particulars of the Battle of the 2d only, which it states to have been, most ob-. itinate and bloody, It further states, that the Russian Army had been reduced to 40;000'men, and that in consequence of the Battle the'Emizami . of GER.. NANY had solicited an Armistice, for the purpose of pegotiating a separate Peace, to which BONAPAR`iE . had acceded. The Terms are not stated, except tit ono of the Cenditithis is, that the Russian Troops shall return to Russia. The Armistice is' stated to have,been concluddd on the 4th. Thus fare have stated ,the substance of the in telligence contained in .the Areus, which we are thoroughly convinced is a forgery, and that the -Paper has been conveyed, in the manner above stated, for the purposes of fraud. The letter, of Admiral KIKHERT is fresh in the recolleCtion of our Readers. That, however, bad something like an official charaCter attached to it, although it turned out to be a gross and scandalous fraud. &it what charaCler stamped upon the, present cot-slim fiication ? Not one single feature of officially. Is it.tO be, supposed, if the. French had 'obtained a decisive victory, and BONAPARTE •:had consent-. ed to an Atinistice, begged for- by, the Allies, which would be in faa acknowledging him Com pletely and entirely the Conqueror, that Conimo dare Roem, at Boulogne,, would not have eagerly seized the. earliest opportunity of communicating the intelligence so mortifying to us, to-this Country ? But who sent Out The:Argus, or, why was it direCted to a private person at Hastings ? If any official corn manicatien was intended,Why,was het The Moniteur sent out instead of The 4rgu,s, which, ever since its establishment, has been- notorious for its base malignity. and gross falsehood, Why was there 'an interval of 8 ,days between the date of the Paper and - the time of ,jettdirig it put ?, that Elate would have readied lionlogne in -three days at , farthest, that is to say, on , the2oth, probably before. Is it to be supposed, if the intelligence was true, that 'a single moment would have been lost in communicating to us. the un'kelcorne news ? Instead. :of this, at least , fou.r. 'days elapse MON the Paper is sent out, and this t(Y a Paper which; if it is to be believed, contains intelligendef the,total discerfifi Pure of the Allies. Under such circumstances, we 'cannot 'believe 'one tittle of the intelligence thus communicated. It is besides at variance with 'all the lAtOligence, not Only prev t ieusly received, but: a 'date subsequent to that of Thii . Of tile 17th. The Battle' 4.)f the, acl, it is perfLtly clear, could not lead to an Armistice, because, we knew that the Armies ' fought on the 3d and 4th This Bulletin is -dated froth Austerlitz, the 6th. If the' Vrench hpd been victorious, why had not - they ad vanced.farther ? But if an Armistice waiconiindett on the 4th, Ounies it that" it was not known at by the ipth or 1, Oh, when there could, in the t rent, of an . Arrni4tlo, have been no interruption 'whatever to the . trAVelling'orrOouiieri ? peti3 it, that an Anntitio , F4pchitled on the •ith, was; not known at - Berlin -by the ptli, or at . 'iirthest the 1 pth ? Sty fn . froth this, the advic . ts . Which 'reached Berlin . On the lath brought thO • opv.: scions ot th6Arniids to the evettiit'Qf the 4ii.: and so far frpm'annotuning an ed that the Allies had obtained brilliant and a glb. rims Vietoty.' , Still: further crowd upon to prose, ' 'ilik this SuppWraettiaty>/rvis must be 4:for•s: goy,. American Capt4itis and Alerehants have arrived inLob4on, who SaiNci from Rott , .-rda * rn who were on tho'2otb. .1 • • . <, ~, They state, that " oe.q . ,uni,i,fto the: iirNiesliad been publ,4hed, or were lenaWn of a. later date than:Muse rela!ing ttrthe balle of the it to be Supposed for a I . rilruent, that' if the intelli gence in the Argus Wtire-' trtr, that it would not have been not, only- known, hut _trumpeted forth all over Holland long before the 20th ? - So far from: this, however, the greatest precautions have, within these few, days, been adapted in -Tolland, to pre-' vent any communication with . thiS Country. Can, this be reconciled with the supposition of there even, being any intelligence' favourable to the French Which there cannot be a doubt every` facility would be given to communicate this Country i? .. . We strongly suspea, however, that the trans :mission of this Supplementary. Argus is the result of : an artifice originating on this side of the water. It 'must strike our Readers, that if a forgery was in tended, it was much more easy to. forge an English Paper than a French one, whilst at the same time the former would be much less liable to deteaion. Did .z . the, Boat come out of Boulogne at all ?—lf it had, would there not have been some evidence on board to prove that 'Circumstance ? Might not , the Boat have drifted into our Fleet with an Argus. on . „ board, from some : other quarter than from 'Bou logne ? It was certainly no difficult matter to forge a Supplernentary Number of The Argus, and, send it adrift ini.Boat, with, a view' of its 'being picked up somewhere near Boulogne i and thus causing some efFeet ,- on the 'Stock-Exchange. These .suspicions naturally arise'frorn the circumstances of the case, for why was The Argus alone tent, unaccompanied by any French Journals, or' bow coMes it to be sent unauthenticated - , .not o.lPommandant at Boulogne, but not even having any evidence of having been sent by - any individual at Boulogne ? Want of room anal want of time prechide us from discussing the subject . more at length, but the mOre we consider it the moreare we convinced that this Supplementary Argus, thus found in a Boat, unau thenticated and adonymously communicated,' is neither more nor lest' than a forgery, and we strongly suspect originating in this Country: Since writing the above, we have he'en favoured with the following Letter from Berlin, which ap- pears to us so important, that wo. lOse no time iii aying it before our Readers. We are not permitted to Mention, 'the names of the parties, but it comes from a person of great respe&ability at Berlin, and is addressed to ,a, Gleneral Officer in His Majes- :y's Service. it is dated at Berlin the '1 lth inst• at which time the conclusten at an Armistice on the 4th, if such an event had taken place, must have leached that City. Mr. KAYE, the 'Messenger, who left Olrnutz on the night of the 3d, arrived at Berlin on the morning of the Bth. Consequently, if a Mes senger, had been dispatched on the 4th, he would have reached Berlin on the oth, and there can be no doubt but that if an Armistice - bad taken Place on the •nth, that a Courier would have been itume- diately dispatched to Berlin with the important in- tellignce. Te Letter is as follows : Berlin., Ith December., 1805:, " GENERAL,. ' • " On ganday and Monday we were in the most violent agitation, and felt the most serious uneasiness with respea to the result of the Battle which took place on the 2d and3cl of this month, from the details of which it appeared to be unfavourable to the itus- sians, atuttltAt the person of therotpcitoit was danger, he having charged in person at the head of his Guards.' 'We were two days Witllol.lt re ceiving any intelligence. It appears that tis Centre of the Russian Army was krolien, of it + IVT4SkCd 14ttery of tt pieces of cannon, which made a dreadfla slaughter on that point. Twelve hundred nun of the Fimperor's quard wt r.! I, i But, on the 4th, Gen. KlTTusaw, the b ravc . B AN _ . . (IR4TION, and the Pripce of LicittENsTxtzkr turned the right wing of the French, and restored the „ . Battle. " ti.ussians, anint;ted by the presence of their, brave Etnperor, zlnd by the dlnger to wbich he was exposed, overthrew.theVrench, and obtaidea A mosT COMPL.T4E l'hey to took the Artillery and the Prisoners which the Yrench liad taken on the 2d and 3d, • • " We anxiotuly tti•4it for the (I€:tails of these Ditties, which Ingst tleeessmily 4seeurai;e the irench, and send their Chief le the Devil; • . •• . " Our Court V/2,3 in the greatest alarm, but flies QUEEN . received yesterday, a eleven" eeloek, Courier from COUUt HAI.J&WITZ, )111 a eompletely tranquillized her. . _ We are assured' that orders have been given to the PRUSSIAN ARMY to 'ATTACK the yII.EINJCIL " I have the honour, &e." Wednesday being Christmas Day, THEIR Ma- J.4sTrEs and the PRINCESSES, accompanied by Ge n; FITZROY, COL TAYLOR, Ladies ELY, CRANLEY, SYDNEY, &C. went to St. George's Chftpel,' and heard an excellent Sermon; preached 1,/ the Dean of WINDSOR. from the 18th chapt. of the Gospel of St. John, and the latter part of the 37th verse. After Divine Service the ROYAL PARTY took an air ing to Frogmore. None of.the ROYAL FAMILY left Windsor Castle yesterday, The Plate upon. Lord-Net.sores Coffin is gold.-- The dimensions are to be 13inches by 9.. It i s t o b e the same size as th e D u k e of Gi.oucLsTEß's. His Majesty's goldsmith is preparing it. The-following inscription is to be upon it-- DEPOSI - ctIM • The Most Noble Lord 110 RATIP NE LSON, Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and Of • • 'l3iirnharn ThorPe c ,in the.CoOnty of Norfol!;:. Baron Nelson of the Nile, anctofHilborough, in tile said • County. Knight of the Mostllonourable Ords; of the Bath; Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of tile Fleet; and • Commander in Chief of His Majesty's - Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean. Also, • •. . .Duke of Pronte • in Sicily Knight Crand Cross of th e Siedian Order of St. Ferdinand, and of Merit ; Member of the Ottortian Order of the Crescent • . - and Knight Grand (Commander of . flii Order of St. 7oacltim. Il9rri4Opternber 1703 A ftei a series of transcentlant and heroic services, this .gallant •' Mara! fell gloriously, in the moment of a brilli4ni mmd decisive Vidory over the Combined Fleets (it Frinee' and Spain, ofr (;Lipe Trafalgar, on the Fast of thsl. - A very whimsical and very interesting scene took place last night at Covent-Carden Theatxe.c..Anjp nest'Tar, who, it appeared,,was.in the...glorious ac tion' which closed the earthly career of the Tannortat NELSoN, j%ras in the Pit; a little in liquor,. hut.obvii-: 'ously full Of loyalty,- patriotism, and , eVery feeling that could do honour to, our Naval Countrymen. , -- - - The Audience in the GallerieS were very noisy, and' he repeatedly desired them; in technical language, to be quiet. At length he jumped Upon one of The seats fnil exclaimed." Messmates aim t—three cheers • for NELSON and the Nile !". This signal was rap turously obeyed, not only by his Messmater but by the. whole Andience. _Honest Jack then pro duced a Medal struck in honour of the Battle of the' Nile, which he had' ornamented with a black rib bond as mourning for Lord NELSON. He afterwards made his way to the Orchestra, and demanded " Rule Britannia," which was g i ven. i n waving his Medal it fell upon the Stage, > but was restored to him. At length he contrived, to get upon the Stage himself, and asked the Audience whether they would have a hornpipe ,pr -41' song. They shoUted tbr the latter. He, however, 'withdrew.. behind the scerlos' Without exercising. his nausical powers. At ' last Mr; . lttimoir : came forward and requested that , the Audience would. permit one of: the gallant Crew of the . Viliory to join in the chorus of Rule. .11ritannia. The Audience, of course, readily corn plied.. 'The same honest Tar entered again, and the whole scene excited strong sympathy Lis t.:‘,.11 as con siderable merriment. •„T _ . " . The .Queen's H ouse i n Greenwich' Park, Com. monly known by the, appe nation, of Lady' Catharine Pelham's, is purchased. by . Govertitnent, who mean - to Convert it .into a Naval Academy, upon :L% plan „somewhat similar to the Military one-at Chelsea the rights of the Princess of - WALLs, as the presenl Ranger, and those of Her Highness's successors, have been duly considered and arranged. • A dreadful fire brOke out yesterday morning .about oneo'clock, at the premi ses ' o f Mr. JOhn arch, Lighterman, icl Lower Thames-street, Deptford, whose Warehouses ; containing sails, pitch, tar, B , :c. were destroyed... - The fjrd communicated to the adjoining 'Warehouses of Mrs. Merchant, Lighter man, and from thence, •to her dwelling,-house, which, together with three small houses on the 'South-West Ode, were also consumed.--Mrs. Mer chant:has lost the greater . part of h er property, which, unfortun a t e ly, wai not „insured. The .fire broke out in a room of • M. house called the 'Summer-Room,. which had b een f o r two or three days occupied by Mrs faflier, an infirm old man, whohad'made a large fire,' a cOal from which,, it is supposed, set fire tO the ap:lrttnent. The rooms above fApci below were used'as , warehouses, Contain , ing the inflammable articles above-mentioned, which, of course, increased • the fury of the llama.. The Volunteers Of' the neighbottrhacid and the Offic ers •of 'the Dock-y ar d rendered 'everyPossible assistance to the unhappy` sufferers. • • Cott N7EX.GIIAN:;E, DEL. 27.—Scarce any. fresh samples of most kind of grain at:lived' to-day ; wait: ing furtiter - Supplies, few sales r are effected; and those at small fiU6tuation • higher ',prices are a s k e d frir Barley ; Malt and old 'leans at little.difference ; New Tick Beans 2iii. to 3:2i. per luarter ; old as per currency ; there are larg9 supplieS of Oats, many from Scotland—this article is in demand, and sup ports last prices ; the prices of li:leur no alteration. t,vfleat 506 a c4s a 6650 d ,lrieicakns_ilean.s, 4 E 4 2s i 4 3 it od od -Fine ditto - 68 s, al Is oc: Rye ' - - , •asa 37s ad Oats 2s saUs a 3 315 od B a rley - - 3 , .s a 35 5 oil i Poland ditto 124 a ,i4s ad Matt - ~. bas a6Uod I kale 2:teed . . 4„i , 44 1 White Pease 40s .t 47s.ad 1 Piix Flout 6os a 6 s s od I G, ray (Otto 36i a 4os od 1 Saconds - Sp a 69% Ca ..............___ :k(lrtitKET, Dsc. 27. This day's market had htit a short supply of dif tc;rent kinds Cattle, and the trade for the most pin on was rather flat, the prices ctinue with littl variation the sail . * as our last report ; the business done in the Haymarket was trifiihg, and the prices continue the same as Monday4s market.--We sub join a comet statemens of the prices and numbers To sink ou per stone of Isegf 45. od. to 53 (A. —Mutton .4s. (xi, to ss. ss, J. to Gs. od.—Pork 6s. Ott to 7s. ed. ileasts p . 37cot —Calves 312„.....P1g4 40*. SAIVrtiletELD LIAYMARKIIT. Hay 31, el, tO I cm—clover -31. es. to 51. OS.—Strata 11, Qs, to NAVAL ,ArE Jr's. PLYMOUTH,' 'DEC. 135.—The Ships wh'cli sal , yesterday from Cawsand Bay were the Ville de Paris , or 110 guns, Admiral - CORNWALLIS , the Princess Royal, Glory, and Windsor .Castle; of gs guns each, N l:ag o ll it r' ll : fi r n 7 d, 4 a gu fte li r s q ea ui c lt il ing l th t e b a ‘w y; Ccescq:,,,of 80 guns, Impcteui, Captain, and illon atb'the . efiyn stoode breeze to Eastward,: for the purpose„it is supposed, of being joined by that part of the Flee t which ,bore UP fur Torbay, and were, it is understood; to sail from that anchorage yesterda • Y. The . Begona, of 74 guns, and Penelope Frigate, went ouf of Harbour yesterday; the former came to in Cawsand Bay, and the latter in the. Sound., The Bellona remains in the Bay with the St. George and Bar, of 98 - g uns, and P om p ee, of SO gulls._ The Frehch Squadron which boarded the Ocean, and have bpen since seen by the ..ilanene Is'rigate, are without doubt the Rochefort gqiiadron, and it i 5 stated that the Calcutta- (lately captured by there) haS been - seen in companp c..Fun'Ocr jury - m asts. li . , - Arrived the Swoqijk..(ialliot..:,lnt, CapppqAik:?' laden with Wheat, from Itiantei, bound to Lisbon, detained by L'Ekyptienne Frigate,. . , Powrototrin, pt c. (..:ti.---;\,:tivei the , iinkg ~. Gun-brig froni a Cruize. -`. Sailed, the Locust Gun-brigon: a Pru4e., Ca The Ludy ShaShanSt e wart Tratikort, pt. PEs ai, is captured zo d burnt by the F m re nch. Squa dron fro which the Tiber, Capt. Simrsasiescaped. Arrived the.::Di.e' - Eida.:o . Ng U4,101'.0, ' front Will'\‘,lle;t'il.a. flour, de': Nautz, bounJ to Lisbon, laineckby-L'Egir I el gate. , ,• • . • ''); ieiii ri • '•. Sailed - Lilo Alm Cattec, for Has , - . ' ' - ,* • i SHELRlcr•ss, MX. `2O:--ArriVeil t he i !rot ~ Captain E I , , • . d ..iii•itii?ii; binfill .cf!UAlf' . 1,..tt , and , ; . , MAN i; V. . . ..ii.:Cd b for the It' ' • Sail of F ait Indiaracn. y Ships as per last. •• 'led • L DEAL, DEC. 26.—Tin back the likla a l " • Convoy, which Sailed on the 0 4th inst. fOr Port - mouth, and rema in in the Downs with Or Ships as per last. been n i I s : 6 re h i O a l s et t rl o g . . . JERSEY, Die. 14.' 1 . . . 1 . r r................. . _ iv ... 1110 ' pions, for the Naval - Vigor}' off Cape Trafalgar, ti . e on ; ALlitary and Inhabitants. General Gospol, C°',:: wander in Chier mid Lieutenant -Governor, titol; the to say first in giving • a public testimony of 1 1 1 ' s J ° f' wisdotu and „steadiness of • whose •3dmill!'tretid res inu6;tabi.stiplearthoi:life-13its,1:roaij)eostitey aDo I equally prornole . .the l'fiteresti of his Sovereips the edelicacy, he prosperity of Ill'lsland, as finit in Oar , v/3 1 , 1 1 i 3 nighty achieveriaeut-Ncias celebrated by almost „.sdCiffile,... gmt dinner at the GOvernment-flonse. ' tastei'- /11 which 'was most predPal'lnest' oflols pro i t isial, V 1t, ,, or hospitality in the andLo wines} at this mu)) , ,splendid etitert3iLlfrieloq, Lord Viscount MATtatw, Major-General, _ _fi:TONE, Rear-Admiral the Duke of. Bouit.i.os..: iia.: DEAN of the Island, all the C'oininaiidera of Gf t r ; and principal Naval Officers', -foritaed a Par L , ° ,L s to _numerous, but -4erea 63invinv. Ais tieui`' " dole-- r b s ay: that -. several approPriate.loasts we , x f , '-,, - v. rhat " to the immortal memory of P )rd ' E- 13 1 ,4 spread a momentary tinge of . was received „with applause and. enthesiasin.s l o ss it was' observed that the recolleEtion of has ~„. 'i4rltY of the company. It Wll9, 11000r/i9aystii dispersed i by the reflection, that a 'o3ttilr,°, use i, g ory, in the arms of Victory,lii the beiti ?' Too ita defence of ever thing dear to Man, 1.105,, al ry ot Liberty, and Laws, is so enviable a e.staly it' ought` to alleviate sillef, and disarm otniaion T er, Inbited a grand liilltilingiOn'-" 4" a leillaC3111°11)Yle highly.pleised with the ,entertainaient, P., 51l the;attention, politene — end d banitY ,of tp , b.,r tertainer. - The en ' . liou se (!):‘ suing even i ng. o,l:Y:egeceaVtemrynahnolpuss,eiiiiiindSotv..efiltebilteie‘P‘r,:as‘i.ieidrinlSl:tii.el'iEtiEtb:°lttlielrivir:r• ::--oci'i'c:b'aiwel'i cidc was one blaze of light.. lii the tdais l i A 1)‘ a Oil Iris,,b‘,.r-viicline_oirtroutrri ci 0, dec ora tions, aaits ward o f i o d: i t e r d t a h e l had_ tt T .3lte : l e e e x i e e t 1 8 :::: c r :l e d loyal n l t l : 1 e :;°r d: r e: i t i: ll , l. l i r b ; i c tl e c it4 ' l 'l l : 1 ;1 : 1: 0 1 ;; devices each other in Manifesting; 1)y orias inge.rivai.; : f_e_. ices • and fizireS.,*their,hk;lii.seiv e,ofiti°74ttbe :tiac worth of S-01014', mid . o.lor :liappiaes4 " 7 i ces i sof his Majeity'ii - Arnas, e • : • oi)port o t f ut v i a ty lou o r f ,.w :s ge ri . n u g Ot i t h o tit pgr:ehrt:.ilieclex"tspet,;ivoans. Ladies, - . Often the inciters. as well-,•415;41 . 1 10 Accordingly the, propriety of a , Ball and Scil'P e an d ......eni:ae, suggested rsl.i‘,sav‘.aitsaldlb liy ei ld, eagerif I I tiue; , n E atai x lldn ce i ndl l t. a l i. eit(litoloc!ciaareoled:citeiolrviicaicatl with br C r y ; 1 3 o pi ß el r it ) : ::, : ,:: : , ri .,11.1 : : : ii ) : : , .1 , tei t i. a ilh b .sti l e : l.fia. : lNl t ' v t i r sh A ti: ov l , - ::: llll o P t r . l i l ia ° e i n . Ball _ ye ion. To the usual ' brightness of' a 'PT ,•, 4 01 , t. c oilier tio - ns le i ill)Per did great credit' to the taste on' m a . na 9 ` Ith:l9r-General JOJINSTONS, iiiltt t he c. , 4 SUpereerit it WIS-plentiftil, it WO elegant, it, ` t/ ':, l 'Charn wine Eagtle, -Burgnudy, . and every ' other e it. of the rr„ e• exhilerated the joyous society. 'file w'''Ts i . tiinTs is 3 Arms • ce r n ic ti h b ly y , __ , e Midst of these ineeds of vi,ttory were Vivo good 1111 , a to r ':; tl ...ietilent portrait of the revered ADAIIIIA,) do Kin7s4ll,neroy , andabove them the-British Unit!its`o, adapted to the occasion. The Coraln an At to presided, added new life arid 511 '; o ur, ti 0 .431 n !he eXcellent Toasts he proposed. This e nj w al isongt:esftivitY was CUncluded, by the favourite atit re , tired 9(t " Rule Eritannia ;" and the I. ClriZT"igr ll' 52.41° use the -expressiou of lie g•------E cuAN) " highly' delighted." • ~. IK:itlijeisclit:mattr,aildidilibi.di%ii,°i,ti :Itayilitlr*,li:ol.altit:ill tsiseorloicet elisilsoel itlia.v,eicie:cd:iiciiiej:,t,ior.ti:o;,,