The Sun. — London, England, 1812-03-16 00:00:00

'l' 11 I', S U N. SOLE,I QUIS DlCtitt FAI.SeNI AUDIAT ? L 0 IV 1) 0 N. MOND kV, MARCH 16, Isl 2. op • MAILS. ARRIIIeD—I Heligoland, t Anholt, t Dublin, z Waterford. Du A-1 Malta, t Brazils, t Dublin. PRICE OF STOCKS. THIS ',Ay AP Tvvitcvzo'cLocx Consols. - -60 ii 5 per Cent. Navy - 9t An Anholt and a Heligoland Mail arrived this morning. The continued movemenis of French troops indicate the almost immediate commence ment of hostilities between France and Russia.— The French army, it is said, is to be composed of four divisions, commsucled - by MAssENA, OUDINOT, NEr,•and BERTUIER. The Prussian Army is esti mated, rather too sanguinely, we fear, at 130,000 men. • The Ilst accounts from France state, that the price of Grin has risen very considerably, particu larly in the southern provinces., This circumstance is attributed partly to the late crops being defeelive, and partly to the immense quantity of grain which 'has been sent into Spain, for the supply of the ar mies.. The consumption of prop isions by the French in . Spain, is enorrnUtis ; almost all the convoys sent under small escorts are seized by the Guerillas ; and when the escort is very large,. the quantity of provi sions consumed by such - a number of men and horse is equal to that which they are employed to convey. Having given the first account of the political bustle said to have happened at ,Carlton-House, as represented in an Edinburgh Paper, we give also the following additional account, as it appears in the same Paper. We cannot help 'being surprised that the Party should deem it necessary 'that their reports should' thus travel North-about In my last you bad a short account of the cu rious fracas which took, place at Carlton House on Saturday fortnight last. Another somewhat re tnarktable occurrence has since taken place. It will be recolle&ed that the Duke of BEDFORD lately requested and obtained , an audience of his - Ror.l Highness. The objeEt of • that audience Was to lay certain papers before his Royal High ness, and to recal tb. his Royal Highness's recollec tion the hopes and expeaations which his Grace,while. Lord Lieutenant'of Ireland, had been authorised to hold out to the Cather . -s. The ground upon which the Duke of BEDFORD acted was', I understand, an instruction from his _Royal Highness, to hold out the Jangtiage which he' then used, and which in strnaion was contained in a letter 'from his Royal „Highness to the Duke. The Duke left a copy of the: letter, together with other paperi, re lative to the same subjek, with his Royal Highness, for his perusal, adding, that he -ex pected to be questioned as to the matter in the House of-Peers, When the Catholic question came under discussion, The answer of his Royal High •ness to the Duke was to the following effect : I will always attend, my, dear John, to whatever 3 - ou recommend ; - -rely upon ir, these papers shall have my most serious consideration." Yesterday the Duke of YoRK and Lord CASTLE. lIRAGH had audiences of the PRINCE REGENT, a Carlton House. At the nest Council at Carlton House the several Officers of State, who have so long composed the Council of the Pan4CE REGENT OS Prince 01 WALES, Ere expr:Eled to be sworn ;n as Privy Counsellors to liis NIAJESTY, and to kiss hands on their promotion to this dignity. The Messenger who conveyed to Lord WELLING. TON his creation to an Earldom by the PRINCE RN GE.NT , and the additional annuity of 20001. a year, vot'rcl,by Parliament, also conveyed to him the new Oder of the Lower and the Sword, prcisnted to him by the Prince Regent of Portugal. Dispatches have been sent from the Secretary of State's Ottiee, to be forwarded from Portsmoutl► to Sicily in the Kite sloop of war. They are supposed to be important ; the fleet for the Mediterranean, wider convoy of the Armaa, 74, having just: sailed, mu the Kite being ordered to proceed direct with vut delay. Dublin Papers of Thursday last were received in town yesterday, by which we' learn, that a meeting of the Catholics of the County of Clare took place on the 7th instant, in the County Hall of Ennis, when they approved of the Address and Petition of the Aggregate Meeting held in Dublin. BALTIC LICESISiM—The Board of Trade, after several consultations with the Merchants on the subjea of Licenses to the Baltic, hare at length come-to the determination of placing them on the followirg footing, of which they on Saturday gave riotice - ; " Licnses for importation from the Baltic will be renewed for any vessel by which an exportation has been made to the amount of five pounds per ton, or a full cargo of coals or salt, diuce the first July, 'Sri." " The Import License will be granted from the Baltic for tiny vessel by which an ex portationlils been wade as above, from the isth September, ISt 1." Th,•demlnd for seamen is so great that the im press Officers take dearly from all protections. The indulgence- which has hitherto been granted by the Admirally of discharging men on certain conditions is susienaed, according to report, during the present cLeticy. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Arrived the sloop Ho ratio, belonging to and from Guernsey, TOZER-, Master, with a cargo of paving-stories, for his Ma • . jesty's dock-yard at this port. Yesterday afternoon when about five leagues off the Bolt she discovered a French cutter privateer (late' the Cheste , field Guernsey packet, that was captured and carried into Morlaix, some time since, at which port she has been fitted out under the command of the famous Captain BLACK, who, when in a former vessel, greatly annoyed our trade), with an English brig, very deeply laden, her prizl, in tow, standing to the Southward, in the track of the Horatio, which was then steering to the Northward, and soon came within hail of the privateer, the Captain of which asked Captain TOZER from whence he came, and where bound, and, on being answered, ordered the Horatio to back and follow. him, but being some time in so doing, and finding the privateer by that time at some distance a-head, Captain TOZER, set his square-sail, and effeeted his escape. At this time a brig of war was discovered to the Northward, in chase, which proved to be the Lord Cochrane hired armed brig, when the privateer cut the tow-rope of the brig, and stood to the Southward under a press of sail, leaving the brig to her fate. When the Horatio lost sight of the Lord Cochrane,. the latter was within shot of the brig, firing at her, and there' is no doubt but she was recaptured. This priva teer has done a deal of mischief in the Channel during this month, and is by no means a superior sailer. • Put in here late last night the Hazard slorip of war, with the outward-bound Newlquadland fleet from Poole, under convoy, consisting of .11 sail ; among them are the followirg, viz. : 7 —Galena, ED.- DV, General Wolfe, Smrrx, Rover, EDDY, acid Free (lOW, BROWN._ Arrived the Sarah, belonging to London, REES, Master, and the Elizabeth, belonging to NLlford; W. REES, Master, both from Dundalk; with care goes of provisions, for this port. • Put in here for convoy the Salina, BARROW, from • Dublin, with a cargo, bound to Giaernssy. MARCH 14.—Arrived a convoy from Wales, con sisting of the following, viz. : Friends, Best; Lark, Wells ; Gratitude; ienkins ; Bed,. ford, Nicholls; I3oulton, Sanders; Villers, Dalton ; and a few others, under convoy of the Endeavour hired armed brig; also arrived the Swift, West ; Fortitude, Robinson ; lane, Frost ; Robert and Jane, Orwial e and the Comus, Canny ; from Sunderland, laden with coals . for this port ; Dove, Thomas; and Triton, Ndrman, from Bristol ; Ran ger, naval transport, from the eastward; Chepstow, Lloyd, from Chepstow ; the Dove, Cookney ; and Providence, Brown, from Lyme; Ranger, &limey, from Portswouth ; Industry, Smith, front Arundel ; and the Flirt, Foot, from Lymington. Sailed the Hazard sloop of war, with the out ward bound Newfoundland fleet, under convoy also a few merchantmen to the westward, names unknown ; the EleElra brig of war, with a convoy to the eastward; Resolute gun-bu ig for Cot k ; Swift sloop of war to the eastward; and the Mures sloop of war for Leith. The Union man of war, launched at this port, it is expeded will be put in commission in a few days. Caine down the harbour and anchored in Caw.: sand Bay, after having been refitted, the Sceptre man of war. TORBAY, MARCH 13.—The brig Ceres was board ed yesterday by a French cutter privateer, 4 leagues B.S. E. of the Start : the Ceres being in ballast was permitted to pass, when the privateer went in chace, of other vessels ; one of ,them has ben) since re taken by the Lord Cochrane armed brig, and sent into airtiuouth. DARTMOUTH, Miami! 13.—Arrived a Spanish brig laden with nuts; retaken by the Lord Cochrane armed brig ; she was left in chace . of the privateer. The privateer had taken out all the crew, andi every paper belonging to the brig, consequently her name cannot be learned. It is supposed that the above accounts all allude to the same privateer. , . i. 111M.....1.1 YARMOUTH, MAncn lb.—Sailed the Dwarf for the Downs, and the King George for the Texel. FALMOUTH, MARCH O.—Yesterday put in here, his Majesty's ship Jason, Hon. J. W. KING, with about 150 sail of vessels under convoy, bound to the West Indies, and his Majesty's brig Daring, of 14 guns, Li _.eUt. CAMPBELL, with about 40 sail, for Africa and the Brazils, the wind then blowing strong from the southward and westward : during the night it Shifted from the northward, and the whole got under weigh. This morning his Majesty's ships Bulwark and Antelope were in the 'Offing, with about nine sail of East Indiamen under convoy, but did not put The Asia East Indianian had - ran foul of the brig letter of marque Mary, Inwm, Commander, and carrried away her bowsp‘rit and foremast ; she got her damages repaired, and eailcd apin`ihis day with the fleet.; also sailed the Prilaess Mary rcliet, Capt. Pococx, with Mails for New-York and Ha lifax ; the Surly, Roam Au., for Penzance ; and the Alert, SHAND, for Dover, with timber. Arrived the Laura, -QUICK, with bale goods, &c. from 1 ristol ; and the Triton, NORMAN, also from Bristol, for Malta. _ . . Two of the outward-bound West Indiamen ran foul of so:ne others, by which they carried away their bowsprits, and will not be able to proceed with convoy. DEAL, MARCH I.s.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Thracian, with a convoy, from Portsmouth, which have sailed for different destinations. Caine down from the Rivvr, the Archduke Charles, Jcurlms, for New South Wales and China. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Derwent and nritor from a cruize. Arrived the Thracian trom the Downs, c and sailed again for the same place, with a convoy, in com pany with the Sparrow sloop of war. Dropt down to S. Helen's his Majesty's ships Veneralle and Plantaienet. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The Alexandria, for the Welkommen, at Leith, on Thurs day next; the Rolla for .L'F.spoir and Providence, the saneday, it in port : recalled at No. t 3, Clement's-inn. I'he Vengeur, for the 'Fweeti, at Spithead, On the 23d inst. recalled at Matthias, Marsh, and Co.'s, Gosport. The Astrea, for the fEolus : recalled at Messrs. Cook and Halford's, London. The Giuckstadt,' for the Fortuna. on Thursday next, at No. 70, Great Russel-street, and there recalled. The Minerva, tor the Enigheclen, to-morrow, at No. 3, Brick-court, Temple, and there recalled. The Volage, tor the I ason and Annuticiato, to morrow, at No. 3, Clillbr's-inn, and there recalled. The Pickle, for Le Cannonier, on board, at Plymouth, on Saturday next; recalled at No. a; Norfolk.street,- Strand. Captain PETERSON his son, and the Chief Mite of the North Star American ship, which was t:ken_ by a French privateer (afterwards recaptured by the Sandwich) are arrived at Ports:tile . trot') Dieppe. They do not bring any news - from thence. The treatment they received from the First Lieutenant of the privateer was brutal in the ext►eme. An Eng lish brig, from London bound to Lisbon, , hild been taken into Dieppe by a privateer; the Captain was killed in the skirmish. An alteration, it apitears, is about to take place in the uniforms of the Officers of the Navy. The Adinirals are to have white lappets to their coats, bound round with broad gold lace, and the buttons 10 be nearly similar to those worn by Field Mar shals. The dress in which the Duke of CLARENCE appeared at the recent Levee of the PRINCE REGENT was of this description, and was decorated with a profusion of gold, lace. It is supposed the altera tion will take place on the 4th of June. The pre sent dress was ordered seventeen years ago. The list of Officers of the Navy, corrected to the ISt of January last, and just published, enu merates 187 Admirals, Vice-Admirals, and Rear- Admirals; 31 superannuated Rear-Admirals; 31 re tired Captains ; 777 Post-Captains ; 586 Comonan- Eters ; 50 retired Lieutenants; and 3157 Lieu tenants; of which number ht 9 are unable to serve at sea. The Phipps, Captain WELLS, on Wednesday night last, captured the French privateer Le Cerf, of five guns, eight swiveli, and thirty-one men, which came out of Calais that morning, and brought her into Portsmouth on Friday night the privateer first made towards, a brig, which was leading the Phipps's convoy with a light, near the South Fore- - • land ; but, on nearing the Phipps, she seemed in _ . dined (mistaking her for a tberchant vessel) to board 'her. Th e Phipps instantly laid her alongside, and alter a shoit opposition, obtained po,stssion of her. The Phipps had three nien wounded ; the privateer two dangerously wounded. The following ships, which. will compose part of the next fleet For India are arrived at the Mother bank :—Wextbrd, Glutton, Marquis of Hardly, El .. phinstoPie, Bombay, Cirencester, and .41nwick Castle, for China ; Lord Keith, 1-latriet, Indus, Ann, and Sovereign, for Madras an Bengal On Thursday Lieut. John Sandys, of hii Majesty's ship Volage,- was tried by a Court-Martial at Ports mouth, o❑ a charge of intemperance on his watch at sea : he was only sentenced to be dismissed from the Vidage, in consinnence of layout able circutn stances.—C. Watson, for desertion troM the lefiyal William, was sentenced to receive 100 lashes J. Farmington -and J. Horns, for desertion from the Grampus, 200 lashes each. Rear-Admiral HA ft sGboll, President. . The houses of several Gentlemen PC s:ding at Norwood • have lately been attempted by a gang desperate villains who infest that neighbourhood ; the !reuse of Mr. Rose, near the limns, in particu lar, has been attempted two or three times, and for several nights the servant lad and a man sat up to watch the villains, but they were too cautious to come on those nights. On Wednesday the precau • tion was discontirrued, and the lad wem to bed ; about three o'clock, however, he was disturbed by a noise resembling the mewing of a cat, grid by the dog barking, and on listening attentively he then ht he heard footsteps ascending the steps leading to the back door of the house ; he was provided with. tire.- arms, and opening his window he perceived a tall 'man, with a white coloured coat on, standing at the bottom of the steps ; he instantly discharged the pistol, loaded with seven small sings, at him vibe fellow cried out " 0 Lord !" staggered a few paces, and fell against the gate: two other men imine diately ran, down the steps, raised him up, and sup ported him across the yard through a gate into. the adjoining premises. The dad by - this iil.l3C had me loaded his pistol with ball, Biid fired it in the direc tion they were going, and they in their retreat snapped a pistol at him, but it providentially missed fire. Mr. Rose got up, but thtre being no other men in the house except himself and the servant, he did not think it idudent to pursue the villains.— There was a considerable•quatitity of bklocl- at the foot of the steps, which was. trace, along the ground nf the next premises, on the fence, and into the main road leading towards Streatham. It is supposed the fellow who was wounded has some of the slugs remaining in hirn, which uay lead to his deteation, • HELIOOL.LVD AND ANHOLT ALM'S% ~._ lIRLIGOLANo, MARCH 12.—8 y a cutter which arrit ed from Tonningen on the loth inst. as well as other sources, we are again assured a hat a dt clara lion of war by the Ruhsians, in conjunaion wit the Prusians and Swedes, against France, is every day expected. Pfussia alone is said to have an army of 150,600 met) in high disciplin e an d ready for the field, and these, with the troop s w hi ch the other powers • %yd.: be able to bring into the contest, hold out a good prosped'of success. The French Officers at 171,01- burgh publicly declare that they are of opinion, if the allied forces are not overpowered at ilia com mencement by the rapidity of the movements of the F ie „ c h troops, this will be one of the hardest strug gles they have had to encounter. A division of 10,000 . French troops march through Bremen, to reinforce the army on the Polish fron tiers, most of them raw young tn. n, an ) some of them stripli9gs of not more than sixteen years of age. Ibe Prince of ECHMUHL, with most of tbe gar iison, left Harnburgh some time ~ago, and it is stated that this city is to be gal risoned by the Danes till the French are again, able to spate a sufficient number of am for the purvse, the latter being "e that it would b e highl y unsafe for them to ' e l t l it a r; re' t the Police and Go'vernment of thi‘ tows to its Civil Magistrates, without the corritauKhng aw e of military force.' This measure accounts for the late tnovements of the Danish troops in Hol-• stein. 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On the Bth ing—hail storm in t Maximum e evening. ioisterous 'F of Ther ►i ten P. .momtr in tk morn• PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES.—ThiS day, (Onlers) Storrington Road Bill, zd—Member's Oath Bill, hill, ea—Local Militia Bill, 3d—Marine Mutiny Bill, 3.1 — Dublin Coal Bill, 3d -Indemnity Bill, 3d—ltepurt lniatitt Suitors' Bill—Committees, on prohibition of intercourse be tween Jamaica and St. Domingo, on Importation of (;ctt!`i from Canada, on Pilots' Bill, Bermuda Trade, 011 ices in re version Bill, Legal Quay Bill, on Acts relating to Pilehar,:i, on Acts relating to (;lass, lritilt Sugar Drawback 13illtvc,odl and Forests Bill, and on Ways an d M eans , an d Su pply. Notices, Air. Thompson, Bill to declare the Seats of Mein hers becoming Bankrupt vacant. who shall npt pay their Debts within a hinted time—The Chancellor of the Exc!le quer, the Prince Regent's Message respecting Portugal, ia Supply—Sir Brands Burdett, Memorial of the ClLiks tit the Navy Office. _ _ To. morrow (Notice), The Chancellor of the I?,g -chequer, Bill to continue the Act of last Sesskn respecting &ink N Qv:A. —(Orders), St. Luke's ,ana Foulness ilailw3i hill, 2.cl Petition and ICounsel Lond,m Se.t..W.4ter- Ladling Lill, Petition ',id Counsel. Wejnesday (Orders), Charitable Donation 2d z Commitiee on Pilots' Bill. 'DttiriJay (Notice, Mr. Herbert, Motion' fur to quiry lido Frauds, Perjuues, and Abuses of tLe Licrasc • Friday (Orders), Commitoe on En;bezzl.einent —Eiji - tiler Consideration of Report on Penitentiary- House litll.— ( Notice),. Mr, Martin, respecting the Rep:Lat./II of the Office ltegistrar of the Court 01 Admiralty and Oat (Alice u.t Deputy RFtnetnbrancer of the E xchcquer. Officers commatuliog regimen►►al derot.s are, by an ,•rdrr of the Fcoru:lry, prohibited from act ing al pay-noistt . !i - i to the ticlatinoents un.ler thcit iiutned.ate orders. Major-GL•netwl Alontregsqr ha 4 re..ig - ned the cant inatl of the tio.ops in the Lov'es S.ha.ition district, Lei.ind, in cons ; ( - prow of being ai , pointcd to cottitnatid in Sicily. The Duebess of GORDON is.giv i en over by her physicians, _The ks yeverday were very much crow:lei with elegant carriages; srve-al of ikem displayed white favours, in hOuout of i‘ t iks Loste'4 raattiat On Thursday last, at Mansfield, a person was ap7 prehended Tor stealing a club -box. Ha proved rcr 'be one of the Lifdditcs, and confessed to a know .ledge of the peso') who bloke tint PI. 's franieFi whose name is BO; this flint has since atisconded.. The prisoner has impeached near u bitty of his Cunt ratlet, nine of whom lutve.been taken into custody. and m.iny others hare made their escape., ExPouTtoti.—This morning nCumleli and John Smith, convicted of High Treason in the: Isle of France, were executed, pursuant to the sen tence of the law, at Horsemonger-lane. ,After their bodies tad seen sus4;ended the usual time, they were beheaded, and heir remains consigned to their Mends for interment. The melawboly scene com menced at eight,o'clock. .The unfortuna.e young men had been conducted floin their veils to the- Chapel, where they rernaned some time, and were' then drawn on a hurdle to .the place of execution, attended by the - Clergyarau, vtitti whom they fer vently" engaged in prayer. They seemed to -be sensible of • their- gult, and colido6ted them selves with becoming to. titede. -The executioner, .when he held up the head (if each of these unhappy men, exclaimed, ".Eehold the head of a '!'suitor 1 ." and as no such melancholy - event had been wit nessed fora long period,-it made an awful impres sion on the. vast multitude a speCtaturs who at-. tended.