The Sun. — London, England, 1812-01-01 00:00:00

TO OUR READERS. WE should doubtless suhjea ourselves to the charge of ingraiiinde, 'if we neglected the opportunity which this day affords us of making our acknow ledgments for the coutir4ed patronage with which THE SUN has been I,p;cured for a long course of We hope that we shall not be deemed yeari. presuming in venturing to consider that eontinu nue,: of patronage as a proof of the uniform con , sistency of oar con-.lnd. the security of our Establishfr.ent in Church and State-has- been the chief object which the Proprietors have always had in view, and never shall we relax to our effortS to tt , at happy Establishment to the utmost of cur 14) rr. The ,revolutionary (lot:trines of Fiance, whiuli have •:broialit that Country to the inftst disgraceful and lamentable state of bondage, and ,vhieli have spread misery and ruin over other Continental States, have al ways been held by us in abhorrence; and it will be - our pride to resist those doctrines, whether they are sunorted by hostility without, or faction within. But we shall not trespass upon our Readers with professions; they know what our condua has been, attd they li;“e demonstrated their approbation of that conduel by a kind and zeahous patronage. They way he assured, that, in the ijeat principles of political duty, a:; , f in our attention to the Arts, which soften and em bellish life, we shall maintain a' firm inde pendence, and a spirit of candour, which we trust will secure us a continuance of the support which we now gr.ttelnlly acknowledge, and shall always anxiously endeavour to deserve. MAILS. A R " vED -- I Waterford. Dul—t Cadiz, t Malta, I tercey, 2. Guernsey, t Waterford. THE SUN. SOLEM ' , UIS DiCIRL FALSUM AUDZAT ? L 0 N D 0 N, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1812. Some private Letters have been received from the North, which repeat the reports of the probability of hostilities between France and Russia, and the mouth of February is again mentioned as the pe riod when they are expeated to commence. We have alwa:vs been of opinion that a rupture between the two Powers was inevitable, but we entertain some doubts .vhether it will take place so soon. The Gazette of last night contains a a.spatch from Lord WELLINGI% - N, which confirms our state ment tnat the enemy had made no movements. It is nndcrstood that the Address io,the House of Commons will be Moved by Lord J(itELYN, and seconded by Mt. VISE. Yesterday the Duke of YORK held a Military ee at his Office in the Horse Guards, when Ma, jor General Anson was presented to his Royal High ness upon his going to Portugal. There were pre sent Lieut. General .GRAY, Major General JENKIN.• SON, Major-General Ta.soN, NidjoT-General Le COUTEUR, Majut-General LEE, General Gwr NNE, and others. _ Yes:erday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, which was summoned by Mr. PERCEVAL. The Members present were the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl BATHURST; Mr. PERLE• VAL, Mr. YORKE, Lord MULGRAVE, Mr. RYDER, Alaiquis WELLESLEY, and the Earl of LIVERPOOL. The Council sat till about five o'clock. Yesterday the Commander in Chief transacted business with the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday the Duke of CUMBERLAND visited the PRINCE REGNNT. Lietlt. General WILLIAM ERSKINE has obtained two months leave of absence from the Army. By the death of G. W. THELLUSON, Esq a vacancy occurs for Barnstaple. Lieut.-General Sir WILLIAM ERSKINE has ob tained two months leave of absence fiom the army. Three hundred of the York Light Infantry em barked last week: Two Captains and 250 men of the Royal East Middlesex Militia have marched to Fort Cumber land, to assist in the duty'Of that garrison. Sir THOMAS WILLIAMS has assumed the com mand at the Note, in the room of Sir . H. STAN HOPE. The detachment of Royal Marines -in a fifty gun 0- l ip, whether bearing an Admiral's flag or not, by late Admiralty order, is to be in future command ed by a Captain. The LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, and Sir W. GRANT, atter the Queen's Council on Saturday last, mere introduced to the KING'S apart ments, where they witnessed his MAJESTY during his dinner, in order to satisfy themselves personally of the state of the Monarch. A very nnexpecaed alteration took place yesterday in the Exci-ange between this metropolis and the North of Europe. The rise in favour of this coun try is nearly ; o per cent. We understand numerous and large remittances have been received from Rus sia by the Anholt Mail. This proves that we really maintain an extensive commercial intercouse, with that part of the Continent, in spite of all the eilOrts of BUO NAPA RTE. zA meeting of the Bristol Corporation took place yesterday se'nnight, when a reyealul Petition was crdered to to prepared and presented to his Royal lighne.s tie PRINCE Rae zriT, praying a slispin. u of "OM diminat ion. t. NAVAL NEWS. PLYIAOUTH, DEC. 30.—Arrived the schooner William Henry, belonging to London, HARNTON tna:i!er, from Quebec, after a stormy passage of• five weeks, (a running ship) with a cargo consist• ing of potash and stores, bound to London ; put in here j , )tn convoy : previous to her quitting the Gulph of St. lAwrence, the winter had set in very severe, and the cold was intense. Hit 'Majesty's ship Ganymede is expeaed at this port, and will take under her proteaion the trade bound to Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. Sailed the Ann and Elizateilt, GRAY, and the Fe/icity,-TimoTitY, for Dublin,- bothwhich put in here on Friday last, from Londoa, by contrary winds. Put in here this day, the Superb, JONES, from London, bound to Dublin. Went up the Harbour to be refitted, the Armide frigate, Capt. R. D.,Puriti. The following vessels are arrived here, ~with car , goes of ruin, for . his Majesty's Victualling-Office at this port, viz. Minerva, RICHARDSON ; Fortitude, OWENS ; and the Coffee Planters, JENKINS. Also arrived the brig Mors, belonging to this port., RICHARDS master, from Lisbon, with the loss of her main-top-gallant-mast ; the Industrious, DA VIES, from Cardiff; Bebe, CRAIG, from Sunder land ; Harvest, WALTERS, fiorn Liverpool; Mary, JAMESON, from London; Fox, WATERS, from Yar mouth; the Anthony and Cornelis, FOLKES master, from the Downs; the ship George, l'Avi.,ort master, from St. Andrews, with a cargo of timber, bound to this port for orders; the Trafalgar transport, AL LEN, from Lisbon, in ballast; and the American ship Francis, BAXTER, from Wilmington, after a passage of seven weeks, with a cargo of timber, for thi, part. Came down from Barnpool, - and anchored in the Sound, after having been refitted, the Niemen fri gate, Capt. Sir M. SEYMOUR, Bart. Sailed the Laurel sloop of war, to the westward. Arrived the Misletoe schooner, with a few vessels under convoy, from the eastward. SHEERNESS, DEC. 31.—The inhabitants of this place were very much,gratifird this morning, by Rear Admiral ,Sir THOMAS WILLIAMS -.lloiSttlig his flag on board the Nanzur, as Commander in Chief. DEA L; DEC. 31 .—Sailed his Majesty's ship Cres sy for Portsmouth; and . the liedpole or. a cruize. Arrived the Attack gun-brig from Portsmouth. PURTSMOUTH DEC. 3 L. —Sailed his Ntijesty's ship Dreadnought for Plymouth the Antelope has dropt down to St. Helens; the West India convoy re- mains. FALMOUTH, DEC. 29,—The convoy for, Gibraltar and Malta are now off this port, and have been join ed by three ships Iron] hence the Latona frigate and pad / of htr convoy that left Lisbon 7th Decem ber, anchored off this harbour last night, and sailed early this tnoraing to the eastward with a fine Off - - land breeze. SHEERNESS, DEC. 29.--7zesterday a Court Mar tial was assembled and held on board the Prince of Wales, in this harbour, for the trial of James Mooney, private ma'ine, belonging to the Musquito brig, for having struck the St-Ocala of the detdchrnenv, and. for making use of 'mullions language : and having heard the evidence in support of the charges, as w... 11 as what the prisoner had to offer in his dcletice, were of opinion, that the ell3r g eS were in part proved : but in consideration of ciiCuinstances, did adjudge that he should only .receive one hundred lashes on his bare back. a; such time, and. alongside of such ships as the Conan:alder in Chief shall think fit to direct. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.--Lieutenants W. Wal ker, and Rich. Edwards, to the Royal Sovereign, at Plymouth; R. Trist, to the Cyane,at_,Portaamint.b.; T. Bourchier, to the Ferret, at Portsmouth ; E. Lloyd, to the Havarinali ; ,'Messrs. J. Smith and F. Pickmore, Midshipmen, are promoted to the rank of Lieutenants ; Capt. W. Bedford, lately appointed to the Prince of Wales, at Sheerness, is removed to the Royal Sovereigo, of 110 guns, at Plymouth, in the room of Capt. Harvey; Lieut. W. S. Clark, to the Cumberland, at Portsmouth ; Lieut. J, W. Montagu, to the F linburgl,, at Portsmouth; the Rev. H. Lloyd, to be Chaplain of the Poitaiers, in Hosely Bay; M. J. Weeks to be Purser of the Kingstisher ; r. Ophen, to be Purser of the Spider, at Portsmouth ; Mr. H. Hariny, to be Purser of the Apelles, at Sheerness ; Mr. R. Britlett, to be Puri ser of the Eurydice ; Lieut. W. Houghton, to the Royal Sovereign, at Plymouth ; Lent. G. Traherne, to the Cumberland, at Pot (smooth ; Lieut.. M. Ben net, to the Elizabeth ; Lieut. W. Smith (6), to the Prince of Wales, at Sheerness ; Lieut; T. Boardman, to the Bul% ark, at Plymouth; Mr. ./; Shield, to be Purser of the Hound ; Mr. J. R. Glover, late Secre tary to Admiral Campbell, is appointed, Secretary to Commodore Cot khurn, who, has boistea his pendant in the Grampus. The Cyane frigate, Captain COLLIER, sailed on Monday from Portsmouth, with at convoy for the West Indies; also the Mercury, :duped en flut e , Captain MLLwoin; awl Vestal, Cairn:in DttcKalt, with dp-tatAtment4 of regiments ott board, to; the Leewlrd ;,;ands. A NUOLT Mrl7L. [FURTHER EXTRA CT S ] HeLIGOLAND, DEC. 2I .—A war between Russia and France is still talked of on the. Continent. Our successes in Spain are now generally known in the North of Germany, and the disasters which the French have suffered in the Peninsula a fre quent topic of conversation among the troops.., The shipment of grain and ship-timber horn the Elbe tor Holland is still continued. DEC. 27.—We have lately had boisterous weather which, as usual, has proved detrimental to the ship ping. By the gale of the 2 Ist inst. two vessels were driven from their rinchorae and wrecked On Sandy Island ; they are the Lubenlina of farmouth, and a small Dutch vessel ; the crews got safe on store except the Master of the foreign vessel, who, anxious to save his Vessel, remained on board after-the - rest of the hands had quitted her, and perished amidst the breakers. A large Danish brig from Norway, under license, with a cargo of timber for Portsmouth, was thi s morning brought into this Harbour by the boats of the squadron - and pilot-boats totally dismasted, leaky, and almost a complete wreck : .she lost all her masts off the Fend, and with them one of her crew by the breaking of a tremendous sea in the gale of Monday, but fortunately drifted within sight of the island, when the most prompt relief was afford ed. DRESDEN, DEC. 2.—We learn that his Excel lency the Grand-Master of the Wardrobe, &c. &c. Count VON GRo'rE, is appointed Ambassador Ex traordinary and Accredited Minister of his lloyal Prussian Majesty to this Court. HAGUE, DEC. .s.—The Imperial Court of Jus• tice, which ha, its seat at this city, will in a solemn and public audience, which is to be held oti the ith December, at noon, (or the installation of the new Magisterial Persons ; grant several letters of pardon to persons that have been condemned to death, both by the Militmy Commission, and also by the former Tribunals of Justice in Holland. COPENHAGEN, Nov. ;.3.8.-4 qoyai has just been published, Contains the following Every individual without distinaion, shall be ob liged to cede his exclusive right, or the temporary use of lands which may be requisite for the defence of the country, or any other purpose of genera utility. This delay cannot be dispensed - with on any ac count or under any pretext whatever, and although, individuals are permitted t-o address Pe.itions to Go vernment on this übje&, these Petitions must not prevent them from provisionally submitting without delay to the cession. .Every individual shall upon application, be grant ed an indemnity for the entire right of Proprietor ship, or temporary use of such lands as he i shall have sacrificed for ihe general interest. VIENNA, Nov. to.—On the 2 tst of 061ober two thirds of the Russian army were on the right hank of the Danube, and concentrated before Rud schuck, so !hit this fortress is completely blockaded on the land side. The remaining third is upon the left of the Danube, opposite the Island of Slobodse - and . Rudsch uck NUREMBERG, Nov. 29.—Our Gazette, which announced that his Majesty, the Emperor of . Au- STEIA, had returned to Presburg, upon-the invita tion of the States, now declares this departure has •iot taken place, and that it is deferred to an 'indefi nite period. V teriNA, Nov. 16.—Nothing has occurred on the Banks of the Mina. The Servians hope much from . act nal circumstances. Nov. 1 . he Emperor having received a depu tation from the Hungarian Dirt, inviting him to re turn to Presburg, set out for that place the day be; tore yesterday. It is supposed the States .have agreed upon the Ar t i c warm for some - tim e , h ave occas i oned very whic h , discussions, and, ther4ore, s-tue per sonsleS, are of opinion, the Diet will be closed this wee k. What is sure is, that the Court will not 14' main at Presburg, and that all the pre;:arations have been made for its passing the winter here as usual. LUCERNE, Nov. 19.---The contingent of recruits which the canton of St. Gall was to furnish prior to the end of February next, for the service of France has tx , en completed more than a month. Not with. standing that the recruiting is continued in our can- ton. TouLos, Nov. c7:—Foluteen sail of the• line and two frigates sailed from this Rnad the 20th inst: under the Orders of I:,drniral EMERIM.T. Wo,!aw them manceuvering at a great distance from the coast till the 22d, when we lost j e ight of the main body of the squadron. Upon ,its return, we learned that it went to a great distance' in pur suit of an English ship abd a frigate, and that the ships of the line Trident and Amelia neared them, but without being able to g-t within gnod cannon •hot distance, Kiny shots were fired by the chasing and chaved ships, and several bullets from either side went through the sails. The Engli h ships threw their anchors, cables, boats, &c. ov , ...rboard, to enable them to sail quicker, notwithctanding which they would inevitably have been taken, had not our ships been continually annoyed by a calm or baffling winds. The chase lasted nine hours, during which we had hopes of reaching, and it was in the evening that the enemy, having got a good breeze, long time before our ships, who were behind, and ai such a &stance as to induce Rear Admiral BAUDIN, who cornmandeci the advance, to give over the tiur-; suit. This took place on the 221, but the squadron ditt not return till the 25th, though the very bad, which ciwurnstance appears 'to have in.; duced the Admiral to keep to sea, in order to eXer- - ; cise his crews, and protect several convoys were in motion upon the coasts. NAPLES, Nov. 14.-By a decree of the 7th of this month, the King has ordered a levy of 300t1 :tiltats, to form the crews of the ship of the line the . Capri, and the frig , ttes Caroline and Ceres. FLIONTLERS OE TURKEY, Nov. 1 3.—Accord1ng to' intelligence , froin Wallachia, the negociations conti nue, and the Turkish troops, who already cons id er its success as certain, are let utning in great num loess to their homes. Some persons pretend that Moldavia and Wallachia will be declared indepen dent Principalities. Dv the next Courier we proba bly may learn something decisive reTetli ng t h e situation of the Grand V:zier, shut up by the Rus sians in Rudschuck, and upon the results of shoi Atmistice he demanded. that about P 2,0.00 Frettch , coast troop s ti o is n ' t l i a n y t ; e w t e o l b e c an s ' Ltioned at Flamburgh, with HELIGOLAND, DEC. 20.—8 y a rr i va l s (TOM l i ar a view, no doubt, to enforce peace a bl e s; with a ny d emand; and to overawe D enmar k , objeaiiois to b e i n readiness to march to any point in the o x f ist t i ) n o g n- G co o n v i e i r ,i n i len e t North, where occasion may requi re . i t t o t case laiseee The Cadiz Gazette, of the 12th of December,. cootains two intercepted letters from BONNET tO DORSENNE, which have every appearance of being genuine, and which tend to confirm the account ~f his retreat. lie " that, itt cOnsequence of the publicity of the expedhlan against the Astuti a s. g . reit numhers, tJts gr a in ; which had rendered 1113 snun t i o „.l ) ,. too mew , ;jotl intghetheleAct)aesty;EsiTo ~eetTls to sive He ako detnand,. mire trocp, for the andatl,4ereidtclitabtlierbi.ei,:dan„tas. wit ii ettinieig"ri„ the ignra ter pl.t of the force under ipi‘li.iiiinzipNo:sioitm.tßoAefnor;cLctlaiiild' uneasiness. The Public have been informed of several suitors to Miss LING, the rich heiress, an d we have now. to record another. For these eighteen mouths nut. Gentl eman of the name o Miss Long has received numbeik letters, dated iie si n g t t o le s d t ardent, a deut, romanti c , an d entliu sirtf:srStni.cNsetoaxrt;iir'ijegcsts:ions of love, adding th a t h e knew it was ordained that they w ere to be united, was therefore impossible th at she could be married and it to any other man. These truly tender love-epistles„ from a person who was not even known to Midis Long, Lady Long, or any of the family, on l y serve d them for amusement, till he attempted to prove his attachment and devotion to her person, by personal visits, which, however, were not received or coon enanced in the slightest man ner. Ab ,ut this time twelve months, he made a b o l d attempt to introduce himself to and living at thetolMissiong,orher White'motie r b ygoing to ctip several weeks, and durin g that time continuallyt n go ing to Lady about four miles hippenham, sen di ng in his name, in quirina for Miss Long, Lady L ong, and sometimes the Ladies ; the servants being instruded on the subjed, he did . not get to s ee e i t h er, nor was he ad front adyC Long's mansion at D raycott, ad mitted. Being foiled in all these attempts, he way laid their carriages, and at length annoyed them so much, that they were prisoners in their own house; s t roub le has lately pursued similar conduct at the same places, to the very great inconvenience of the lan*tly, asserting that it was in vain for Miss Long to exped' to be married to Mr. W it was him Wellesley Pole, as and him only, that could make her happy. He took up his abode at the White lint Inn again, where he frequeptiv pretended that he was so much in love that lie could neither eat nor drink ; at others, he would not take any thing till some person partook of the food or liquids, and ate or drank of it in .his presence, assigning as a reason), 'he was tearful somebody would cause him to be poisoned. On Wednesday se'linigh; he went to Lady Long's house at Draycott, made his usual in quiries, and bein L erefosed admittance by the servant - , he endeavoured to force his way in. Mr. Wellesley Pole bring ihcre, came out to ascertain the cause, and finding him to be .his would-be rival, informed him his name, and if he had aoy communlcation to make to any of the family, he must do it tltrougt. him. This Mr. S. declined, intre3ting it as 6 particutit favour to have a personal irer7i....w with Lady Catherine. This being refused, it was with c •nsider.Vlle difficulty he could be got away Inert) the hous e , st hich caused Mt. Pole to conclude that it was ht 11) tune that protection and ease of ' mind should he. procured for his intended bride and farni!y, and he accordingly :Applied to Mr.Aucirey, .M , lgistrate, at chiprehham, who, after some consultation, ad. vised that aniintelligent Bow -street Odicer sheoid be instantly procured. Mr. Pole, in cons“uece set off for Lo n d on , an d applied for Townsen i n d, he being well known to the family, aod on Fliday se'rmigh t`Townsend left town with Mr. Pole in his carri;:ge ate 4 four. On their artival at Draycott, they found Mr. S. had been pursuing his usual conduct. Mr. S.'s ir e her had been , applied to; she wrote, and intreated him to retort) home; •Haivey, the Recorder of Norwich, was t,ppltea t o; he also interteted, to endeavour to persuade hint to .return to Norwich. M:. Audrey, the Magistrate, -had severa personal interviews with hin), to endea 'tour to persnade him to leave Chippenham,,bin had no et on him, till Towoseod went to him yesterday se'nnight, told him who he wits, and if ire did not leave Chipper ha ri without del; , y, he should take into custody for a breach o: the peace;.--- This threat had the desired effect ; atter some hesi nation he paid his bill, orderei a and left the QWI2, 1