The Sun. — London, England, 1805-08-23 00:00:00

IMPERML PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, TIitYIISDAY, AVG. 22. AT four o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of HARRINGTON', and Lord MULGRAVE, took their seats as His Majesty's Commissioners. The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod was sent to the House of Commons to require their attendance. . Mr. DYSON, as the Representative of the Com mons, attended by the Officers of the House, shortly afterwards appeared at the Bar. The Commission for further proroguing Parlia ment was then read ; after which the LORD CHAN CELLOR, by virtue of the said Commission, and in His Majesty's Name, declared the Parliament to be prorogued to Thursday the 17th of Oetober next. MAILS. Alt /co/ zn—.z Dublin, z Waterford. I)uc —I Gottenburgh, . i Lisbon, t Waterford. Consols PRICE 01. STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWILLVE O'CLOCK. 38 ii I Red. Ann. 58i 59 Omniurn 31i E S $411.104 QUIS DICERS, IALSUM AUDLAT ? L 0 N D 0 N, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1805. WE shall probably, have to announce another `Ge- ncral ALTion before forty-eight hags are at an end. The Iris, on the 13th, reconnoitred the Combined Fleets, of 28 Sail of the Line, not then got into Per- ra, but endeavouring, to work in against the wind. They, were, in fa&, in the same situation as when stien on the loth by the Nimble. On the 14th they were also seen by the Naiad in the same state. On the 17th 'S,ir R, Cm- DER was' detached with 26 Sail of the Line, and as the wind was northerly, and consequently favourable fbr him, and against the E: - .emy, it is probable he would bring them to a&ion on the I gal, unless they h'ave given up.the.atterniit on seeing our cruizing Frig4tes, and set off to the Southward. Lord NELSON'S Ships are among the detached Squadron. The French Fleet is said to consist of 28 Sail of the Lute and five Frigates ; but we doubt very much whether it is so numerous. Tms morning, at two o'clock, Mr. ELSWORTII, one of His Majesty's Messengers, arrived at Lord Mulgrare's Office, i►i Downing-street, with Dis patches from St. Petersburgh. We have reason to believe that they are of the most satisfaaory nature. WE are happy to learn, that the ,French Brig La Farr,* of 16 guns and ga men, one of the Squadron that engaged the Blanche, was captured by. His Majesty's Ship Goliath, in company with the. Camilla, on the tath inst. in lat. 45. 18. long. 7. 36. La Faune has bc-en brought into Portsmouth by the Camilla. Twenty-three of the brave Crew of the Blanche were on board La.Faune. Tun over-land Divatch from the B'.ist Indies, the arrival of which we announced yesterday, brought no further intelligence from the Armies, neither does it confirm thrtunour of the conclusion of Peace.— It is stud, however, that little doubt existed but that 'the War would very soon be terminated. The Let-- ters received by this conveyance are dated the 2d of April from • Benzal, the day after the Belle packet s ; ant the l i dth of the same front Bombay. , have this 'clay made .son - w farther Extraas . from the Papera•brought by the Hamburgh Letters from Vienna confirm what we stated a ew days since that a Note had been presented on the part ol the French' Government to the Court of. Vienna, peremptorily demanding an explanation of the objeas of the warlike preparations going forward 'in the Austrian Dominions ; and also whether it was the intention of Austria to go to war with France; whether any recent Treaty had been concluded with Ituisia, or whether any alliance with that Power was on the point of being concluded ? The answer of the Court of Vienna is stated to have been, that the al,embling of such large bodies of French £roops in Italy had rendered precautions on the part of Austria ludispensible ; that all the Negotiations with Ituola had solely for their *ea an Armed Noutril. ity ; ,and that any more, intimate connexion with Foreign Powers must depend solely upon circumstances. We have little doubt that the statement on the part of Austria, that the maintenance of Neutrality is the ohjea of lien, reparations, is merely a pretext urged with the view of gaining time, until her armaments, a; we ll as those of Russia, r.re complete and ready for nation. This, however, has given rise to a variety of rtports„ vv4ich appear to have been industriously circulated by the agents of France, that the expla, iutions between that Power and Austria have been perftiliy satisfaCtory, and that'every matter in dispute tlai been ornie'ably 'settled , ,An article from the of the IVlaine, a ftrtile source of French `fa brication, states, that several Conferences had lately taken. place at Paris between TALLEYRAND ' and Count Con TrEL, the Austrian Minister, the re sult of which was an amicable adjustment of differ. ences.- Ap these reports and statements are, h owever, completely belied by the aCtive and continued pre parations of Austria, which clearly indicate .her war like intentions. Various articles of intelligence, which we laid before our Readers yesterday, are likewise equally conclusive with resped to the active warlike preparation,sof Ruisia. The recent condat of BONAPARTE evidently spews that he fearsfthe gathering storm, and seeks to have recourse to 'ex pedients to avoid it. Vie trust, however, that nei ther force nor fraud will now avail him, and that his insatiable ambition and atrocious cruelty will, ere long, meet with their just reward. The Writer in a Morning Paper devoted to Op position, and who is anxious to find an -opportunity of attacking the present Board of Admiralty, does not seem to know that Sir CHARLES COT , TOW, being Senior Officer and Second in Command in the Channel Fleet, since the commencement of the War, necessarily takes the Command of the detached Squadron, and does not supersede Sir ROBERT CALDER ; but, truth or falsehood, sense or absurdity, fill the coluMns of the Paper to which we allude, just. as they may suit the malicious pur poses of the Party for whom it labours. The merits of the present Board of Admiralty are evident, in the censure which is every day poured upon them by faEtious discontent ; censure which they would be sure to escape in that quarter, if they deserved it. Lord NELSON was at the Admiralty this day. The populace stood at the gates with great eagerness to watch the movements of this great example of Wi tish heroism. The PRINCE of WALES and the Duke of CAM samGE dined at Bushy Park on Wednesday. it be ing the Birth 7 day of the Duke of CLA RENC E, he gave .a Ball in the evening, which was attended by his Royal Brothers. Yesterday morning, at five o'clock, His Royal Highness the Dom; of YORK, as Commander in Chief, attended by Adjutant-General CALVERT, Ba ron DAK:4, the Adjutant-General of the German Legion ; Colonel iirroN, Captain UNTON, and se veral other Military Officers, set off to inspetl the different Regiments and Troops in' the County of Kent. The cause to which the late disorder in HIS MA .ILSTY'S eyes has .been imputed, viz. the effea of the sand arising from the Reviews, is by no means satisfaEtory, for why i - shoUld HIS MAJESTY'S eyes alone have been affe6ted by it ? .But whatever was the cause, it must give . pleasure to the People to know, that the KING is so much benefited by change of air, that be is now fully able to partake ixf all his usual ainuerneilts, • ti Lord HAWKES4II./RY has gone to Weymouth, to attend a Council to be held there ; and sir. PITT has deferred his intended journey to Walmer Castle, in consequence of the present state .of public affairs. The Dux.E of GLOUCESTER, we have the pleasure to 'inform the Public, was much better during the whole of yesterday, and at a late hour remained O. The First Battalion of Reading Volunteers, com manded by Lieut.-Colonel ANWESLEY, have una nimously volunteered their services' to Government,: without any limitation of time or plaCe. We hope, and doubt not, but that their example will be fol lowed by every other Corps in, the Kingdom. A proportion of one-fifth of the military is now permitted, to go on furlough, to get in the harvest. A. woman is , going about with a kind of Pass, signed, she says, by, a Justice of the Peace of Dart mouth, wherein 'she is called " Betty Mlen, widow of a seaman who was killed in the late engagement with the Combined Fleets." She has had the ad dress to get several Gentlemen's name's of Bristol to it, who credited her story, but on he'r being cross examined by a Gentleman, she so far tbrgot herself as to say her name 'cvas Betty Saunders ; and she has been dete6ted in several other untruths. The Comedy of The Three and the Deuce, and tho Farce of Tarn Phanib drew a very crowded Audience last night to the Haymarket Theatre. The former Piece is a whimsical proclation of Mr. HOAR &LISTON performed the part originally assigned to BANNISTZR Witt) much spirit, and varied his triple. charabler with divertingflexihility. The rest of the chargters were well supported. Tom Thumb seems to become more popular then ever : it kept the house in a continued roar of merriment till the dropping of the curtain, Mrs. SIDDOWi was nearly as attraaive in her Se:- lea Readings at Dublin, as she has always 'been in her Theatrical assumptions. She has quttted that City, and is gone to gratify the good folks of *Edin burgh with the same kind of entertainment. The Church Bells at Ne%veastle, it 'seems, were set a ringing on the arrival of Littl e BETTY at that place'. We have seen enough of /..igottt , d infatuation . in town, but it vas hardly to be expected thaernat ters would have proceeded, in any pike, to - such an extent of theatrical idolatry. The Monitear, weolnerve, frequently quotes arti cles from THE SUN.—We trust we 'may fairly'say that if the lifoniteur wishes to excite confidence in its Readers, it has Only to be as faithful in its details of what passes in France, as we are in every thing that relates to thih Country. Some of the Public Prints, in their accounts of fashionable fetes, have made several of the hosts burst into long citaiialis from the Poets, in-honour of some conspicuous &linty who graced the scene. If these /tots really clid arrest the course of their en tBrtainment with such long-winded and unseaWn able 'effusions, their 'memories . mist have hactno slight Stimulus from their vanity. Yesterday w:l3 married, at St. Anne:s, Middlesex, by the Rev. G. WILLIANts, EnwAitn Thum', Esq. of Eduthatn, in the County of Warwick, to .Nei SuurrLawawrit, e dauguter t3,1.11/TTLE.:; WORTni Esq. of London, . Ni NEWS. POBTO.IOI7TII, At7O. 22.--Last evening came. to S(. Helen's ; arid this morning to anchor at Spithead, the Camilla Sloop of War, Captain TAYLOR. She has on board French Prisoners of War from a Gun brig lately captured, and which formed a part of the Squadron that fought the Blanche nigate in the. West Indies. She is expected in hourly. Arrived theTricndsbip, Foster, from Rigs ; Autumn, Aid read,lindeavour, Combin, and Charlotte, I ames,. from Dept ford ; Nancy, Beavis, from Londou; Ceres, Warlow, from Geneva ; Roebuck, Palmer, from Sunderland ; and Alex ander, Ward, froth Barbadoes. Sailed the John, Brown, and Thetis, Norey, for Sunder land; Plymouth, Marley, and Speedy, Aldridge, for London; and longe johannis, for Embden. The H2ll'aung, KONEDE, from Amsterdam, laden with cheese, &-c. is detained and sent into this port. The PRINCESS of WALEs, attended by Captain BEAUCLERK, of the Royal Navy, has taken another cruize in. the Commissioner's Yacht. It is now half-past seven P. M. and there is no appearance of the Yacht. It is supposed they 'Are close under the Isle of Wight. The whole of the Fleet got away yesterday, but as the wind has got round to the Westward, they cannothave proceeded farther than Portland. The Viaory and the Superb were to have gone into Harbour to-day, but the wind being too short, the signal was countermanded. PLYMOUTH ' , AUG. 21.—Arrived the Revolution airr, of 38 guns, from a Cruize and the Trio, BROWN, from Dantzie. • DEAL, AUG. 2g.—ln consequence of the menacing position of the Dutch Armament in the Texel, it has been thought expedient to reinforce the Squadron under Admiral RUSSELL, and the Dit7ator and Ag;n court sailed from the Downs this moaning for that station. Every thing seems to indicate that the long threatened attack is on the eve of taking place. Sailed a Fleet of homeward-bound Ships for the River. ArriVed the Cygnet Sloop of War from a cruize, and remains with the rest of His Majesty's Ships as per last ; Andalusia, LONDON, for . Demerara ; Nile, Ethalia, and Emerald Transports ; and two East India Pilot Yachts. YARMOUTH, Auo. mac.---The Baltic, DARNELL, arrived this morning from Mcmel : she left Elsineur under, convoy of the Rooina Armed Ship, 14 days since, which she parted With yesterday P. M. to the southward of this place : passed an outward-bound Baltic Fleet on the 12tii inSt. in the Categut, and another on the 17th, supposed to be that which sailed from hence last week under convoy of the Arrived the Cues, LAws, from Christiana. Extrad of a Letter from Mr. HUGH MONK, Surgeon of His MajeNry's late Ship Blanche, dated 7th August, on board the French Frigate La Topaz; lat. 45. 1 9. long. 36. 4 5 • West. " We were unlucky enough to fall, in with a division of the Enemy, in long. 64. -40. West, lat. 20. 21. North, consisting of La Topaze, of 44 guns, 'Captain JEAN. BAE.T. BEAtiniN, long eighteens and forty-two 'pound carronades4 Le Department des Landes, 22 long nine-pounders ; La Torche, 18 long twelve pounders ; La Plane, i 6 long nine-pounders ; and one Brig. The :Blanche's cop per being in such a bad state, and the superionr :oil ing of the enemy such as to leave us no chance but what might result from the event of an adion. Captain Munon, his brave Officers . , and Crew, itnme diittly determined to fight to the last extremity, and to sell their Ship as: dear as possible ; nor was it until our rigging was nearly all cut to pieces; eleven shot received in our fore -mast, several in the main mast, the spanker-boom shot away, seven of our guns disabled, above six feet water in the hold, and our Enemy on all sides in the aft of boarding, that we had any thought of surrendering. , It,was then, and not till then, that our Captain, by the advice of his Officers, and, from motives of humanity, consented to strike. The Enemy found our Ship so complete a wreck that they immediately set tire to her. She went down with all her guns, stores, and ammuni tion, without au explosion. We had but 215 men at the commencement of the Mtion : our loss is, thank God, comparatively small, being only 8 killed and 15 woanded. There were thirty-three of our crew absent in aetained Vessels, and eight more left on board the Diana at Jamaica. We had 17 boys included in the above, and 14 men on the sick list ; so that, every thing considered; oar Enemy has very little to boast of. We are all in good health, and as well as 'circumstances, will permit. I,ient. Tuosins PUBLVS, of the Marines, who had his leg broken, is now out of danger : Mr. Hawn., Boat swain, who was also wounded, is recovering. We are bound dire& for France. There were several detachments of troops on board the Enemy, all ready for boarding us, As I am not considered a fighting man, it is probable they will permit me to grapple once more with Old England, and ,to ern. j brace you shortly.--Adieu." ' • The following Letter from Captain MnpoE was received yesterday bested the French Natiamal SoipTopaze, at Sea, July 2 2 . " July 17th, Sornher's Island S. S. E. 4o leagues, spoke 'the nglish Ship it,pr, frhiti Grenada to Dublin ; informed me the Leeward Island Fleet were to sail in lor 4 days. under Convoy of the,Prextelyte, 18th, weather hazy; a'nd wind from the E .N. E-standing to the S. E. . 19th, at 8 A.M. tell in' with a Squadron of French Ships cruizing ; at tt, close aetion with the same At half past tl, reduced to a perfc4t wreck, Ship tilting fae,t ; at tz struck our Colours ; and a; 6 she sunk. As soon as the Squadron had repaired their de mages, made all sail to -Atte Northward, leaving the pasaage clear ter the.Ccnvoy. , (Signed) " ZACHARY MUDG E. " Captain of His NI ajeiity's late Ship Bhurill."" " To the Zvi - Aster of 4.loyci's.' l . • • •• Extra of' a lA:ttter from an 1..,,.._ the / Mane, dated Dover Roads, August 21:-- " We tan ia here this morning from off foul , with the Inonortatito, Bonetta, Devastation, Leciftl) .Blazer, Furious, Bol d, and Basilisk. While lying. to off Boulogne on Monday night, w e p toewards rceiv• ed : a large Boat, full of goods, making the Ariadne from the shore. We speedily took her alongside;, when she proved to be a Boat fro one of the Boulogne. Flotilla, which had been Sel li to GravelOes for provisions. She was according . ly tilled :with provisions of a ll sorts, a nd on e: rn retu liar Boulogne , wh en the crew, consisting oi seven Dutchtnen,.d e serted with her . They a re Low all on board our ship. Five of them have engl to enter into His Majesty's service i the othewo , Who . seem much in fear, are desirous of being Pont to prison. The intelligence they give, and which must be received with caution, is, that every thig at 'Boulogne is now in readiness fors he intended invasion, the Enemy considering thernelvesso fig" provided with the means of conveying the troops to this . country as not to require any addition to; their number. They represent, as the motio of their desertion, their detestation of the Freud) , an resentment of the violence used to press them into their service to assist in the Expedition 3gaills t tills UGII Nil] lb, lllb Country." c Y eievse t dero d % a re y rl t a h i e ld fo a l t lo t v ie in E g a S s l t ii i p n p a it i t a gg in o t ti c o llige° : %V : 3' irnetT9hßeoi4nbevayay, nes, ADPERLEY, mid Sh it° "site' NORMAND, were at Bombay the 4th of March. . The Brunswick, J. L. GRANT, fro she Ch il " P u ` unloaded and The Ocean, APTAG GARD • Alliggf‘,),A- -11'19.; Harriet, LYNCH ; and Lord Keith, RA:stAGg!it; rived at Madras the 17th of Febntary, and sailed Bengal on the sth of March. The Baring, MEADOWS ; Lord Hatuktiary,Tl* onegl'avi having into sp dock.rt 4 lea!, , si v ie itgvid ban Cfn' MULL ; and i lirly Castle, Mr.banstt, Were ployed in carrying nce to Ganjant from M 3 dr il ' o f which place they were dispatched under 4,, His Majesty's Ship Wilhelmina, the Stil 011011 The Worcester, WooD, was dispatched IP; Malabar Coast, with Recruits for Ms MajeitYs giments, on the i id) of March. The United Kingdom, PatLy, sailed from 0 for 'Bengal the Bth of March. i sl cid The St. Fiorenzo, after the capture of the P French Frigate, proceeded to Calcutta for tip ; pose of being repaired. A meeting of the CaP — ,, o3 , Insurance Company took place, when it 015i,1'14 nimously resolved that 12,00 rip ee s ° °l.l t e Si. distributed among the Officers and Crew of t h e i4ip Fiorenzo, tbr their gallant conca& in oPtu . rin,g, lL !:c that had been so successful against eat trgu e '' East.----. . IFEYMOUTR,,Auo. 111. ............50...-." Public, that HIS ,MAJ ESTY'S eyes ar e S ° 4 lll „ s ei. NbtvoeandtY\tteViellere, have great near -le waltcs and rides without using 1 1,3 s n ' : o 4 esterd evening His M.tagsTY 3 04 thefipla aetigphletasou,rdeoinab:i::::::llp:oo::6. n Dukes; with several attendants, walked 0 1) the d the of the Rovia, FAMILY honoated lb,,.,eywas 3 nad o e e ßooms with their presence, where gots • grand Ball. The Quazg's and s Dugs of C i t s '; e d 4 1. the °Rroot Band attended thesioa, ard I: ,I,,,tereti t erna p tl the ;° Y. Soon after ROYAL FA 4 , 11 ',,, o 'CIOC the ins' dancing commenced. At eio-"coed is a, sh RO YAL FAMILY retired. The dociog c il , 0 time after, and the rest ofth e tertainm ins' highly delighted with their evtio ,ericris i •'3O r eat. There were upwards 0 . ' present. • e 1 0 Hts MAJESTY rode (Alt at his 001 t irll l , 0 4 1ni.,171141g, attended by a _enerals covoio lii 11 , ZRoy, Colonels TAYI.,OR and gw,oe, Count MuNiTEn. go° Soon after f tho t FAm ten o'clock the wil olo ° O , On ILY, except the Dots of CoinsaLA 1 o i e l on boa rd , 1 the Ropil Yacht. They were gc c goefi l Of Earls PAut.l•ri‘ and MAccLassarLD _vow S C T artwright and FITZROY ; Colollel4 Cross'? •IvART, ' HOWARD, TAYLOR, an. a d , 2: 0 0 9) ._ Cou ntesses Ragwort, PAIJLEVT, 2lld ini"-'s'loo COIIIII, er LadY BULKELEY ; Messa. GREVIO,IO, WO' : 11 1 PRO SVEN= i MN. GROSVENOR 3110 .0"', 0 4 21 l it 13 . It .being a very fine day, 6(0 vislr d i o a ent show of boats to accompany them. great number of craft in the road. AUGUST 2E, ~i a l tO t 4t This 4 morning Has MA,lssri rode 35 13" - /0 , : ;,,eci bY j Camps, and on his return he was .I° so' r Alt • MAJESTY andthe ,•,11 ti 1,;..• Patticassgs, Ak I, goi ants. The .Royal Part •• o 1 boat 11 0 ~,s y wen t Yacht , , and sailed round the AterganeesY, t , ' l oi 1 e ira'ot beingat work. Ilts MA.1145•11' lllSpeae. 4 t' l ; - , ' and highly approved of the construaioa, . illA air In the evening th e ROYAL FAMILY 11° 11 " . o i , l Sir, Theatre . with their presence to see the 11 11 ( le , obe Ant isoity Absolute, Me, Si-tears g.ssol°' . j(l* pi livered a Canto from the works of SiogsrD ' breP" d re ssed.to the Army and INtavy, on th e t patinolvntil'ildsoiletn:llC'avalriand infantry in both C311)15 c 0 1 nsßtAxt:Diiidea-idnradayc,olytazidMsHaadzipgdtoll3l7Cse3Sstitei,:ell,b)tilvext tolleo.lll9PL f CO' terAdalydeirnmialni9 Sir WILLIAM CIIIITIS OrriVeet )14 )15' From the number of Naval Officers who :ore,rieJt7o o sent on Wednesday evening at Vaoliall 6301:10 to .therwise numerous company looked 00. 1 ',, t oo "cover the Hero of the Nip, aticl it was 11101;,iieve once rumoured that he had arrived ►; bu t ,weve weri) ile did not make his appearance, t1103P)%,,a beel) confidently informed that a private tool 1. 1 : 1 , , 11 for prepared for his reception. lt is therefore. 1 . : r tb o granted,, that he will speedily, IK)weltrie,i9rivy°`o, ire Np;rleclealonlettcuissprotiintle\triniestbtprce;lii:leanitflseiegseiot:;3l,Po3l jr`ticalliree's ; 41lic h A rsty, consisting of °illy three Geogelu'ofir,:t Wh' itehaven, shut nearly sixty brace 0 , 1. g li si „ or week, upon Stsiumore ; all of svili°l4 I'l ' steren, were old birds. ,~_~