The Sun. — London, England, 1804-09-06 00:00:00

TO CORPEVONDENTS. We haim tweizteda Le/ter from an ,Officer at ;Sborntl relpeZ:l - the late utfortualte Duel at that place ; but as this aubjet7 mi v be the stthi t a of Lgalinguiry, our Curly spludent,ve trait ► rill see the propiiso of our refrainlug limn all premature Opi. uigns 01 de merits of the Mo. DUE. IT 3mtiurgit 3 Li'sbon o MAILS. Ait 0 1 PRICE OF STOCKS, • TIIII DAY AT TW nit O'CLOtX. CODSOIS Omnium - 61 THE SU' N. ()LIM quts i)iczittrALiuti AuDsAT? L O'l , l ON, • „ THURSDAY, 11/I'TEMB RR. 6, .1 004. MR authentic b.:eminent 'in Our Paper of this day confirMs our preceding statements, and proves, that there is no longer any doubt.respeCting the es. traorslinary fad of, the assuniptiOn Of a New Title by the EMPRROR Of PE P.MANY. This event will probably... give rise to .many prOfound übserva. tions ; but the .matter itself lies in a very'small compass, arid MaY":be: ivery 'easily accounted . , for. - The Etosttott of GERMANY bad great reason to apprehend that the. amb i tion and in. trio of a rival C6urt end.arzered the Luccession of his House to the Imperi,il • Sovereignty over the , Gertnmic Body, particularly arsuch es,ential changes have been mule in the, Constitution ot that aidy, as gave considerable strength so the expeaations of his C'empetittir. It would have been mortifying . indeed 1,1 the ll , •ad,of the Ilouse of Austria to hi 7,14 into what he ip:ght dMil a sutwdirirerahk, arid fi n d a kobortlitnor Power hit superior,: in-the cycni of a , biture Eection for the dignity of Em . yeror of Gel 111 uy. The coodud of the new EtsteEttott of Au Tit 1A has, in fatt, its fiAltltialioll and passiorrs that will ever 'citAraeterizt. 'halm) rid. tut e, however. high and important its situation. We mu,t, therefore, feel deep concern that the de. scendant of to illustrious race, and the'cltief of one of the most ancient [too ,es in Furore, slibuld he thus driven by site rorce ut ci rctunstances, which have i:,elictis him tci endure one mortification, in order. to escape another. lie has secured his Family against any &gradation of rank, as far as any Power can be secute in the present disordered state of S,,ciety ; but he has reduced himself, to.i level with a low. bon, tip•it;w Adventurer, wifu4e example he has fol lowed, and to whom, indeed, according to seniority in point ot hereditary honours, he may be coal- . deped In the first view of this unexpeOeil rrmsanibu, no important political consequences'inay he supposed to a rise from .it ; •but 'as it lessens the influence of tank :114 .titles rfsulting• frum trans/11410 rights, and sa94tionisl by the course of ages, it may:tend to excite. an indiffereticc in the opinions'ulMan. kind that may shake thOs'e-principles of allegiance,' gild that reverence for illUILtiOUi Rulers, which' arc arnOng the - strungst bulwarks for the securiiy of Thrones, it, is nut unworthy notice, that , theje is no abso ke Trc!)gnition , rhe •31 13ortmAR..re Lit' the. , rtpertai Patent, It-speaki of the imperial court of ltoszii,i, but BONAPARTE is merely d;:signated 43 the new Sovereign of Ft'a . nce, We arc far, I)owever i .froninit...tring from 11.6 eiretnnit4rece that the E.,111e110% will not aclstiowledge - BoNAr AitTLPS Title; oofoittio4tey ihere can 1;e now no .doubt ,upon that point. The recognit,i.on, peinaps, ere this, has ben in id,!, and 'the achy oily arose, as we 6taied, yesterd.ty., front the 114ited declaration of thc. It.wpgiati Ainh4ss,sdor,' that ii it wrre 111-1 , 10 be ire t h e r , coro o f a C ou riei Which he had dispatch. ed to St. retetbure,,he would quit.Viennii.. IT ! . .v s rumoured yeitottlay, that between ,6 and 700 of the h'netny's. haat,' hat come•oot of the inner Harbour (11.800141+1e but the rcal feet T.:o'oot Readers rntr.be assured, ilhtt not a tingle Vessel, of any de.eriptioft, has come out of any of; the•Freneh Ildrbuota, except a Gun-brig on shore V:imtteux. I\th. Prrr arrived at D.,ver on Tuesday, and ye . sterd ►y m ruing set t ff for Romney, apompanied by seyeria Qincers of &stint:lion, fur the .pupuse, it if laid, 0( '4ettling a flan lot innundaing Romney Tyl casq the Enemy should approach that part of the Coma, Tim liwneWaTtl. bovnl Fleet forti the Metliter.: Tarm ac, under cooy.)y 1414itity's Stir c6urt, p4sie , tl the Isle of 'Melt, lot London . , on TuraitAy flight. • Tlleutit*Ard-houild I‘Jewfouodliind Fleet i Nist e t t •. • • . 'oy !look qt), 'fivc I:tact Bris - Privateer Pert:4, A L v ,•• • 4 • the Berg. Ships S;r and Ugion, arrived on Tuesday at Plimouih. Yesterday at three o'clock, The Swedish Alphas.; valor had an audience of Lord HARROW, at, his. Office•,4l I)owning.street ; and soon after;•l., , rd LEYESUNIGowr R hall an audience, ~,and took leav'e of his Lordship, previous to his going out Ambas sador to St. Petersburgh, •• Mr, Al:Waif:VON and family are among the most recent arrivals at.. thi pleasant little village of Worthing. , • Lady W. WYNNg and daughters have left Town upon a visa to Lei son, Sir W. W. WYNNE ) at Wynliestay, near Wrexham, in Denhighshire. Lord HUNTINGyi FL D add futility left: tOwn yes. terday, for his country seat, flevening.kiall, Suf. folk. The Duke :and 'Duteliess of Sr. ALB ANS and suite left town .yesterday, for their seat in,Canv. bridgeshire. TheHon..Mr. LACOELLES, son of Lord HAR WOOD, has sugcreciell Sir R. SUTTON, in his town. house,, Hariover.squale. The repairs are esti. tinted at to,oool. • Dowager Lady HARt WOOD left town yesterday, for Cheltenham. Miss Daumfoito, the daughter and sole heiress-. /lithe late Lord PRI:Tft, according to report in the fashionable . circles, is Soon to give her hand to Lord JAMEi MURRAY, son of the Dulce,of ATHOL. Lady CHAIthi;TTE -TOWNSFND, daughter of the Earl of LP IC EsTVR, is expelled soon to he united to Mr. BI,HOP, a Gentleman well known in the higher circles. On Wednetilay evening the Earl ref M ot kA , an d the Couotess t,f ocu N arrived at Perth, accom. panied by Miss MURKA.Y. and' Sir WILL lAM KEIL Next morning they proceeded to Blatt, on a visit to the Duke of A11101...' At• half past seven.yesterday morning the Duke of * Gloucester's Lop' Volunteers, Colonel 14 ,, rd Viscount CHETWYND, asaembled at their armoury in Mount.street, Grosvenor.square. Every• man was provided with knapsack, canteen, hivresack,: &c. in complete marching order. :They had also a stifii,icitt quantity of provisions ,t;')r, one day's• match. At a little alter eight, they marched from their rrad and 4non after nine they were all em. bilked in the following boars, from Paddington Can's; I. The Royal George, with about t so men, with several (Acerv. 2. The Kirquis of Buckingham, i.. 1 he I l ly t h e sane number of Privates and Otliceri. • 3. The William Ptaed, with attendants and friends of the Jiff rent N-blermen anti Gentlemen belonging to 'the Corps,• wirlt several L . adies and other friends of the Volunteers in diatind apartments. There were be;ides these, a, number of smaller boats to convey suchpetsons as wen; from curitniity to behold the Spectacle., The whole had the in ',it pleasing died, and they proceeded.' up the Canal with the gicatesi regularity, to Greerdord G:reen,. •near Harrow, which, with the curve a Canal un.. avoidalilv takes, is nearly' ten miles from the head. of the Cmal. The expedition of conveyance, and. the genepl good order in which the whole went 1.- 1 . ward, dors infinite credit to Mr..HOMER, the Pro prietor of the' flat s, and every person under him. The Volunteers sprnt .several hours in • the usual forrns of a slain bittie. Whin the din of war was niter', every man helped himself gift of his own havtesack ; and the whole returned in the same or der4is they hat gone forward, without any accident , whatever taking place. About eight o'ciciek in the evening they were all di , missed Wirlc the warmest expressions of avi)roltatio,n from their Olßers, 1.1 t h e i r 9 eddier.like conduct during the v. , liote of the day's; duty. ‘.w to ,• r i Att . tsTF ß • VOLUNTEFR.S.....--011 Tuesday mr,r clin g - the Grenadier company of the Royal Westminster Volnateers, about eighty in num. her, as , ernbied in'their guard room, its 11 , • Kio g i, Lowcr 'Mews, anti presented. 'to Ca r ta.'n i!ot,t4 their Commander, a very elegint .5.1.1, at a 'et. timonrof their high resirtt.-- It has peveral propriate devices embussed or inlaid . up.M. it, uneside is the Motto, " Foe tfur Count rj," and cln the' other, the maker's name, 46 /irony." At temo'clock they marched to .Wesiminster Flail, where they were drawn up, and petfort6ed several evolutions, and then proceeded to the boats which were waiting liir them at Palaee.Yard.stairs, which they reached with some difficulty, owing to the shamefully worn. out and dangerous Stelte'of the wooden.bridge or platform leading to the . VV:oct's edge. The privates to ,, k their seats in three large boats.: Captain H ot , t ,tas, and'his two Lieutenants, Mmttit stA. and , STOPFOIiTtI, 11Cortlileiiird by Caplain DUDIN Lieutenant PAN s, of the River Feneinles,' and a , party: of their it fil'ed w 9 other boats and another boat contained the. Band. Tint Tigre gun-boat accompanied them, and l a. Meted .the Flotilla on its leaving the shore, as it did again on passing •,Clielsea I - I on their landit► at Kew.Bri.lge, and again whet! the Gre. !tattlers presented arms on the at half. past twelve o'clock..—The party then, marched through Richmond, up the Hill, and. into Rieli. mend Park, where they piled artnt, end refresh. etl themselves from the o cnteßts of . Their .: havre sacks and canteens. They then marched through the Park, and by Roeltatripton to Putney Common,' Where they formed the line, two deep, and' fired volleys, anti three rounds 'in sediOns, 'with the greatest precision. .The party then proceeded for Wandsworth, *in the approach to which town they priaised the mar mavres,,ind fired fit/teen rounds,. in what is called st reel *firing, 'which was perfortned in the most soldier,iike m a n n er. P rocee di ng t h roug h the town, t h e p a rty entered 4he premi,ex of JoHN HILBURT, Esq. who regaled thrm, on his lawn, with plenty of cold ham, beef, porter, and good old port ; the Battil playing all the time, " G o d save' ibe' Kiilz," and other loyal tunes. About eight the arty left IVIr.l 4 .ll.lloRT' s flospitAtte house, and' t imehed over It_ater'ned Bridge tit . their wa y tack, to Town, di:tit:Tit clielse it thrti.ig4St. j mies's Park and the Stable Yard to wilere t!ley were disativ.ed at hAt past Aik* l o'clock, after being complunented by the Commander. for the gre4 propriety of 144 cutout{ through the clay. N 4 rIL N r Ws. aIVFII., SFPr. 5. —There is nothing, new from (40, Frcnch Coast to.day. For several days past the atmosphere has been ` , very thick on 'that side the water, which has prevented us seeing the move. ments of our Squadron and the Enemy's. It was reported yesterday that the . Frinch floats Were out in much greater numbers than they had aver before been ; by some it was said they amounted to be.. tween 6 and 700, but I could not trace the'intelli. Bence to any authentic source. The rumour was however very general. Mr. PITT came here from Walmer Castle yester. day, and dined with Erigadier.Gen. HUFF. Eally this morning he set, off for Romney, accompanied by Gen. Twzss, and some other Officers of distinc. tion, for the purpose,,it is said, pf meeting the Lords of Romney Marsh, and settling a.plan for inuodat. ing the Marsh should the Enemy approach that part of the Coast. P9ITSMOUTII, SEPT. 5.—...ta.5E night* homeward. ,bound Fleet from the Mediterranean, under Convoy of I-Es Majesty's Ship Aeincosert, passed by the back of the Isle of Wight, for London. . Sailed the Pluto Sloop of War, Capt. JEW/ERIN, for Weymouth, to attend onlits MAJESTY. Arrived the Etutynthor, COCK, from Sunderland. The Lion Armed Cutter is appointed Convoy for the I.l)wns. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—Arrived this' morning the . ktench Brig Privateer ienus, of i+ guns, be. longing to. Nantes, 'captured on the 23d Ult. in lat. 4 6, long. the Sir Pnltevy,:Elisin Ann, and Union, Country Ships,, Itoinewa,rd..bound, after a short anion, during which the F'enchmen attempted to board the Union, but failed in the attempt, and had two of their crew killed and five Wounded. 'The Indianian are 'supposed to have passed.by for the River, Arrived the ENdimioN Frigate, from a Crnize; and //e/rna Sloop . of War, with a Convoy from ;he Downs, bound to the Westward. &tied the Dispatch Sloop of War on a Cruize. DEAL, sEtir. :s.—S.iied the Ch;rorriiiaii ff:d Orestes, on a Cruizl off C.ll,lis Speraey„ on a Cruize off Wend Atlas and Diadem, Alined I):iiiice Ships, on a Craizenff Efluinine.'; and Carla rice and Srippy, Miry Tr.lll4l . yrti, with C -for Pinot, Anti Plymouth, • Arrived the Archer Guri.hrig from a Cruiv. In the Downs --Nlotwrch, Utrecht. IntL"gibie, Castor, Pier voymita, ei%norge., Argos, Sillphur . iton; Archer G on- bru: ; Anne,: I.);uceno. Ships Sir Andreve 7 Mitcbell, PArAgultu S‘tP t,e, Kingston, W, Jker, Wqiington, Loud tiltlnn, I)Asuier• Arldthke; ; , ii.l) , q(s Melpomene, London, nfilAtilitti, TO tau, Flow, EuiAls-:ltipper, and hlon;trch. ho )I,P, SETT. Lie omwatd.bound New foundland pas . bed by yesterday. YARMOUTH, SEPT. .—Yesterday morning a Brig Cutter for His Nl:jesty i s service, of 20 guns, called the Alkspits, w.is launched from the Dock yard of Mr. JOHN PR P.sToN th e h un ch affurde4 4 .most pleasant spettacie, and to.)k place amtdst the plaudits .of many hundreds of sjirztaturs. Mr• PREiTON has launched two Ships of War within the l ast three months, the other one being .a fine Sloop of War, of 20 guni, called the i/e/ena.. It is expetted• that to.mortow morning a Very handome Skop 'of War, of 20 guns, tailed the Cygnet, will he launched from Mr. NATti. PALMER'S Dlcklard, alter V ut the same turce is now in a state of forwardness. KINtIcTON' t JAMAICA, JUI.Y 2.--Saturaay His mer auperitr i r put into Pori - Royal, hay ing 10.1 her m.inina•t. The:Aincricon SOtooner El), from Curacoa to St. Jabrn,.w it'll :specie, ialt, :toil dry g Acr,iined bs , tits M , jesty's brig Yigi lunte, arrived on. Saturday . JuLy 31.--The D..iiish Schooner . Betre,y, and Slav Porturia, from St, 'ritom i's,. with, rum, d'ry gootl anti ; ,the I.irtner detained by, the .Thrtar Frigate,-aliti the ).trier by the Franchise, arrived at Port.Royalyestt May,. JULY .4.—The S )ip Annabella, of Liverpo; wi,t, a or g o of 202 t.hves on board, .tierained by ffia Makoty's Ship L'lnconstani, on the Coat o f Afrie,t, arrived yetotrkloy 4 t Porgrßoyal. YeAterttay morning the Ships Maria, Sea:. N.ym,pl. Favouriie Hannah, 11rca,de, Pally, beide., from Yott.k.iyal, under Cartel tours, fur Fpinee, having trreccli prisoners on board. The Schocinee L;mnet, from &Oahe's bound to Alexodria; with sugar,"taken by a French Piivic. teer, and re-taken by Ills Majesty's Ship Merm a i,i; arrived yesterday. . . MoNTEGO BAY I JULY 7. —ll6 Ma4nity's Schooner Giprey, Lieut,F,iTT.oa, r arrived liSt Tiles. day from Port '14.. , ) al, and hoard drAtts for the ssth Itegiment;—lht Gipr y wailed the bathe eveni.og„ Thursday arrived in Leith Roads, a Swedish Shiv, {tom the. Baitic,'wlih 111,161/1, piize to His Majesty's Arnie& Ship illesting. Sunday arrived in Leith Roads, - the. Leith Artirl, S!tip, from Orkney, and the Lord Itichtiliei Attli,rd Brig, from a CrUiZt'. The Sitanish Frigate Vengati,za is arrived at Co. rut a , Willi 3 3 200,000 dollars ibtA,ld. T(l,;AS'a. • /;/7/ anti ANAL'it rlie Sr a (11411 Frigatel sailed Trofti Vera, grim for Cadii, with 7,000,00 b dollars, on the.tlay the rivigainza : sailed. .. The . 7wro, Sown iN, from 'Newcastle to Jamaica, . is captured, aid carried into Guidaloupe. The SjbAii, HEAD, from 'London and Madeira tt? Tieqterara, has been taken, re-cal:en, and carried into Barhatioes. . , The.Chaeloitt, KERItIrON, ftorn'St.' Thomas's 'for jatniie4, was captured. the ztti of June, by a French Privateer., atter. -a severe engagement, and carried into Potter •, _ The Mercur;rts, Rourar, from Dantzic, for Loh. don, is lost on 4orithulm. • • The E/ohairt Man of War, the Urania. Frigate, and a Sloop of War, are coming to England with the 'Fleet from Jamaica. The PrinThs Charlotte Packet, •whiclt sailed front Falmouth on the 2ch of Junes arrived at Barbadoes on the Ist of Augur'. . The heaver; CUZTIS, from• Africa, has been cap. cured offßarbadoes, re-taken by the Galatea Frigate, and carried into Antigu.t.' The Abrona, -, from Labradore, is lost at Quebec. - • The /1/.20 Amp:, TuoiiesoN, riom Barbadoes, iti arrived at Liverpool ; sailed - from thence on the ad of August.. By the above. Ship-,we have. the aro count of the h sailing troru t ß )roe arb iv r al,:t esb, 0 0 0 n ha Leewardthe:22d of St. Kitty i h .frOm whence they were to proceed toSt' l Thonias's . , and to sail from thence, bound to Eng land, on the - Ist •of August, under convoy of the Blenheim Man, of Wur and ~two Frigates. The Nan:, KYSEN, Emits Liverpool (a running Sql , ), bad arrived at Barb.adoes prior to the Mary Adel sailing. Two days before her arrival she attacked by a French Privateer of IC nine_pnamiers and 170 men, which she .beat off, after a g4 ll ' ni • aCtionof 'WO hou r s;in which a passenger amino ‘," c the crew ..were wounded. An American Vess el, which arrived after the Islam, at Barbadoes, wag boarded by the rattle Privateer ; by which it appOri she .had seven men •killed, and a great number v a i s o a tti m ule u tl k : of hit .aCiolr,b`tant,in i l on g O t)h. the ..altiattarhcnanti:;s,uea (f li t o h: sr 7 ct cress, has granted themprote Ctions. Ca p t. T ) Old .stud * K ‘ a t i re i v l s:t a 4 le l . l l:d S ia A k il ‘h rld e t et ) ; nroilntioit'g ' th e u Cork, t)tft ilt it; • The Eliza Packer, from limaica, is arrived; She , . sailed from Port R.jyal on the 2011 J ul y' and. • brings nothing interesting. Ellbant.M.in of \V r, Urania Friga.e, and Renard Stoop, were alt.' • pointed • Iti sail 'lrttin Port Royalon the z 6 h of tin July, with the hinneward bid Fleet, The I.le , irle F„ gate, Cal'ti4io Wit IT BY ;. ftlign111) 1 Sloop , Ca p t. stwxii l-; and rig:lam'fi Biig, Captain Cat47l. amveti a crutze on the 9:h. The /1/4nuanr. li was s.trthk by lightning, wt.sett'killi.d 3 it,en wounded 14.; her ItHin top.inast was also carried Away, acid the_main in tat consider:tidy dam !gel ' Ye~rt•rday the Court i r io t e f r si D ite r n e i e t t o, : f r- j , 1 n r r s t 0 : .purchase of a Piece' of Platt ; anti an d Motet's Mate, c two Mid s hi pm en, tire vv•a"" ... „ as _ . . Petty Officers, and, f ur Sc , men , w h were al,o t 2 .engers. on bo:ird Bomb Code, thou be a i l • Inwed . gratuities similar 'to flings. grittlea 1) . 11 1 . , ;t gth Olt. for their gall‘htfy ULattil tl,t 1,:10 hriltiaut tAtion with Lt Nots. ' in ale aft.oit thlt was fought betweens‘ rniral Atha East lii.ltanian, Ihe rt.) (be, FIO 4 'C ,Privateer, ,Captain .M.RAE was kited, tain AME . It WOUthied, BJ11:1 were • Pas3eurfi ln that bitty. .:A.Frencb Privateer, m-unting four carriage-Bu ns ' •• and full o 1 men, passed by F ,lushuth, wider ao (39' to the it-reward ; whto off Salt Niarslhershg szt tit captured a thailhp belfme,itig 'to f 01 1 11 C' 1) tog Os Harbour, and immtdiat:ly ano de 'sad to the IN:urth ward. . - Letters weather' last scv 4 :r a a t l e C :l 6 h o a r i ;: rti, l ngArtilitlectirlif i sels and' of Transporrs arrived to .tti'e 010) 00° ,1 . . Granville and Si. WI 40, from the Eastward. P' ie viers haie at the cone titneb , en received Ctiest of Frame, that more Gun.btavt 'mill Craft are expetted - : •the...inni:.o grioce thist wail attempt 'wood be - amide agaws i Guernsey, .1 , 4 Alderney, ' as siva a batiic teP a number of vessels could he collected to carry •I 5 t ut picked men, said tot:c drbtje.ed , by B )rmr4wri; this rash undertaking, when he dark nigh 5 , 51")" permit hirer to hope for- an 4:unity to sea Ullpeleti".4l. The 1 f t inttilde:d Fxi)edision itching to the KH . I. , Wing .4 A°!: HEALS'S Army. List. io bormeq./ 60'tic7CamPi General SE 'L A.:l'l4N 1, RICSt at Sr. where L,v C. revie,ll the G• ti i i ; stM,'consistiog of 5009 in .n. he is to c:stnimi , d the I.•vA.iing Corps, others, 119 he is only to head a Div bion it t 11 .,. S1"11° ,i ii ,:i attempt be made, such tht I;repat.siii,os' In I" 6 islands, , that the Enemy Will repent of are gartiiined by braife wbi are under she F c inland of able 01 . fitert • ; andt,,e bird') ‘ )i Inhabitants. is as,grea t as the courage and ' of the Troops. • is MtINSIEURi brother of the KING'Of FgANC 11ro gone vta B► i ) sit a t i i: t ,t 7 l ( t l e de .l ' ;u " ke i '"tl' shu ioitTt, ' A h N iit4 o. party vi,ll. itrc on a • ATIIUR v i o vtaNNOlt WaS am 'rig the French E lie Hneral Uilicers who.aLeMnpanied BoNAraaps 4 •• Coast, but returned 1 , ./ 'Pali. in a he' firit A 17 A P ' A .. last mon,th ; anti, immediately set out lOC the 1 ) . 7 uiY 1 uodetAtrpeßa4o; near Brest. • l it' • An aisii*g 'act ident took place on Ntiorl :' li nt g ala by a fire breaking out in Barham Down Troops - at Cloterhury tivitight that, the firol'e4 tier, troll the 'Droops we re alt .:bustle tr 6 e . preparati : ln; however, iffi . rXl/IC 4 i , OW t) ri f „o Maid WrliitllD, which prerrote.sl the "Po o l " . 110 1, marching ; and the - fire was t►a Yty! eg3"1011° (tic without doing much smite'. . '" ~ roi ertf r Surgeon of the Guards and Ladv, ciathe's,'Zirc. w the amount of 3001...Piii.!") were luSt. Iii•a ())3 Ott Saturday l a s t a Troop, of the 7 1 h Guards lett Newcastle tut Matichesic h •