The Sun. — London, England, 1806-09-02 00:00:00

MAILS. Apatv t Lisbon, i larnale3, tbublin, t Waterford. a-- klairibufgh, a Guttenburgh, z Dublin, 1 Waterford. THE SUN. 57LE:4 f.1.J13 A!CLRZ FAL.SUM A LTDEAT? L 0 N D N, TUESDAY, SEPTEl‘ll.lgrt 2, :866. Tag following intelligence wa,s this morning re ceivtd at LLOYD'S " The China Fleet, which arrived off Po:lmonth . • Jast night, fell in with a Portuguese. Brig on the 23d July, in latitude 3. N. longitude 25: tl. who informed them that the daybefore he had parted With a French Ship of the Line" and - two Frigates, cruizing between St. Paul's Rocks and Cape-de Verd, part of a Squadron of seven Sail of the Line, that had gone to St. Salvador for Water : they had cap tur4c!, twenty five Sail of Guineamen." We are strongly inclined to doubt the truth of thin intelligence, at least so far as relates to the number of the French Squadron. Admiral GLYtt.t.n.t . umEz touched at St. Salvador, but he' could not have been in the tat. and long. men- . tioned in this account on the 23d July, as he was off Charlestown on the eoth. It is probable •that this is a second edition of the account of the Captures made on the Coast of Africa by the Hegulus ; but on the other hand it has been confidently stated that the Regu/us oined Gut LEAUNIEZ . 3 Squadron' in the West Indies. We have received Letters from "Lisbon by the Townsend Packet, which arrived at Falmouth on Saturday. Lord Sr. VINCENT continues in the Tit,„ , rns with the Hibernia, and four Sail of the , Line, The arrival of the British Squadron ins occasioned considerable alarm in Lisbon, because it is considered as a proof that an attack i either by the French. or Spaniards, is expealed. It was 4 indeed, yesterday reported, upon the authority of a Letter from Falmouth, that the Invasion of Portugal by the French and Spaniards had actually taken place ; in consequence of which Lord St. VtraCENT had given orders for the destruc tion of all the shipping in the port of Lisbon, and of all thet Portuguese property within his reach, to . prevent its falling into the hands of the Enemy.— We are enabled to state positively, that there is not the slightest ground for this report. Our Let ter'frorn Falmouth this morning, however, states, that the Government Paper at Lisbon was at a dis c4unt of 21 per cent. and that neither any of the Royal Family nor the Secretary of State had been seen since the arrival of the British Force. WE are sorry to find that the Boats.of the Spitfire Sloop of War lately failed in an attempt to cut out a large French ,Lugger from the Port of Dieppe. The Lugger was Oiled with soldiers, prepared for the attack, and was besides close under the batteries. Hanzturgh Papers to the 23d ult. reached Town last night they enable us •to anticipate the intel ligence which may be expeCted in the Mail doe on Wednesday last the faa of the French having taken possession of Goritz and Gradisca is now ascertained beyond a doubt ; but it is stated, that it was in con sequence of a previous arrangement with-Austria. The reason assigned for this extraordinary rt4asure is, that these places were taken for the purpose of i;•? ; - the march of the French Troops into Dal- and Aibania, The French hive also advanced from Brannap into the Austrian territories for this new ria of aggression no reason' what ever• is assigned. except to it 'is convenient.-- Thc inteilige.nce from Pru.sia is stilt of a warlike nature. Prince II() trgNLOIIE commands the Prus gim Army on the frontiers of Saxony. We still, however,' retain our opinion, that hostilities will not take place between France and Prussia, - although it is / positively stated that the French Troops are on tb,,:ir march to occupy Ea:A Friesland. Vitz received this morn ilig Jamaica Papers, but they are not of - a later, date than - the 13th July, They arc utolly destitute of intelligence. Mr.. Vok has derived as nuich advantage as was expe6ted . from Or operation which he underwent on Suciday last. - Ile passed thrn'lglA a refreshing night titer' the operation,. and is iri a cheerful state of It Vt'ils reported' that a Messenger arrived this morning from France; but; upon inquiry, we do trot learn that the Report is well founded. - Yesterday morning the Duke of YORK arrived at Windsor, and, after transaeting business with H i s M. asty, rode an borseback with him and the Prin cekio. On Saturday His Royal Highness the DUKE of YORK reviewed upon Hounslow Heath the Hon. Gen. HARcovity's Regiment, the 16th.(or Queen's) Light Dragoons, commanded by • Colonel Axsots. The movements were most judiciously chosen, and eecnted with such rapidity and correttUess, that the Coininanier in Chief was graciously pleased to sig nity his approbation, and His Royal Highness the Dom; of CAmnftfooE, with the other General Offi cers prsent, expressed themselves much pleased ;with their Performance. • IV.IP - AL NEWS. ,\ Ar;G. 3 ---:Orders •wei . e received' this morning for the disembarkation of. the Trcops on board the Transports laying in the Sound, which. will take place to-morrow morning ; the Expedition may be now considered as at an end, and from hence it is augured that a Peace , is likely soon to take place. Sailed the Hercule,. of 74 guns, for Chatham,. Virginia Frigate for Portsmouth: FALMOUTH, AUG. M.—Arrived this day the Tauinshencl Packet, DODD, with Mails from Lisbon : left there His Majesty's Ship Hibernia, Admiral Earl Sr. VINCENT, with four Sail of the Line. The Auckland and Walsingham PaCkets were arrived, and ordered to hold themselves in readiness to sail at one hour's notice. The Portuguese are much alarmed at the appearance of an English Squadron, and more particularly at the idea of Transports be ing expeiSted with Troops; the discount on cash has risen in conseT4ence to 2 t per cent. • His Majesty's Ship Lavinia is sent to cruize off the Bar, for the Transports expeeted, and whiel, ate ordered to come into the Tagus. Neither any of the Royal Family of Portugal, or the Secretary of State, have been seen since. the arrival of this forte: Arrived also the Prince Ernest Rieke, PaTRE, with Mails from, Jamaica ; brings no news: the Marlborough Packet was safe arrived out. Also ar rived the Hind Cutter, ALLAN, from a Cruize, and has brought in a Smuggling Schooner, with 10 casks of spirits. PEAL, SzrT..l.—Arrived. this, morning the Spit fire Sloop of War, Capt. Biigrr, from a cruize off the French 'Coast : she drove a large French Lugger Privateer into Dieppe, and in the night manned and `sent .her Boats •to endeavour to bring her out, in • which bold attempt they did•not succeed : the Lug ger made a desperate resistance, being then full of soldiers, and under their own - batteries. Several of the Officers and seamen of the Spitfire were killed and wounded. The slaughter on the Enemy's side is supposed to have been crreat. Came ck;w9 from the b Diver this morning, the Honduras Packet for the SoUth Seas, and sailed from the Downs with the • Matilda, for the East Indies, and 'several other outward-bonnd Vessels, under convoy of the Zebra Bomb, for Portsmouth. Sailed the Astrea Frigate for Sheerness; and the Bellette Sloop of War for a Cruize. SHEERNESS, AUG. 31." AT rived the Glutton, Capt. SEccomßE, from the Dawns, and the 'Valour nus Praam, Hon. W. LAKE, from the Downs ; the Inveterate Gun-brig, Liv , itenant H. PETLEY; and . Tickler Gun-vessel, Lieut. W. SKINNER, arrived. SEPT. 1.-- , -Arti'.eti he Lyra Tenier from '541, with 'impressed and volunteers for the Fleet. The Glutton receiving on board, horn tOe Re ceiving Shirs at the Nore, part of the Trellii2Zloll3 Ship's company for Portsmouth. EXTRACT OF •A LETTER FROM THE CAPE OF. GOOD• HOPE. " Cape Town,lune 10, 130. " The garrison; .I,yht'ch was, at first, extremely un healthy, is becothe quite the reverse, and is com posed of the finest troops in the un.iVerse.—Bri gddier=General BEREsror,n is employed on an ex pedition against Rio Plata ; General FERGusort went home sick. There is but one General Officer here now. Lieutenant-Colonel' VASSEL, 38th Re giment, is appointed on the Staff, as Commandant of Orpe Town ; and Major TUCKER, of the 72d Regiment, is also put.on the Staff, as Commandant of Simon's Tmen. The flank companies of the 5,4 t h RegiMent, which were taken by the French fleet, and retaken at the Cape, are quartered at Mussel burg. ,Lieutenant-Colonel }JACKET and Sir Ro- , EERT .WILSON went home in the Adamant." The Fortuna, Danish brig (valned , at 20,0001 ), has been taken by the garrison at Cape Town, and the pro perty relinquished by the claimants, as fair prize property. The Lisette, Danish Indiainan, has been seized at Simon's Bay by the Commandant, for having on bOard, secret and important dispatches from the Dutch Government. in Holland to Ad miral HARTSINCK, at Batavia, directing his opera tions, against the commerce of the English in India. The Tnree Sisters, Danish packet, has been• seized by Governor Captain of his Majesty's ship Porpoise. The. Cape ,prize ,money has been partly divided ; the shares are very handsaine—to a Field Officer, 14001. currency, and so on, agreeable to established proportions. Should StnomE BONAPARTE ultimately escape, he may - be considered. as particularly fortunate indeed. The Squadron of Sir JOH-W. B. WAR REN had aEtually headed the Veteran, it appears, in the ,run_ for Europe. On the 29th July Sir JOHN WAR KEN was in lat. 43. 23. N. long. 58. 9. W. hn which day the Champion and Quebec Convoy were in 'lat. 46. - 12 long, 58. 10. Three days after, August Ist, the Champion and Convoy were in lat. 43.41. N. long. 56. 9.. W. from which it is evident that Sir JOHN WARREN must haVe crossed to the Eastward, and headed both the Convoy and JEROME BONAPARTE. This may be considered as one of those unlucky and mortifying circumstances which sometimes attend the best concerted measures. A letter from Weyntouth i dated - Aug. 30, says, " Our Jersey CorrcApotulent ,informs us that Capt. BoswEr.i.,, of the Gun-brig Conquest, put in the 28th inst. for shc4; - er,' says, jte spoke a neutral from France, who told him, that they made so sure of Peace when be sailed, that they began to tit out their Merchant Ships. • - Capt. TRUNK, .of Hi, Majesty's Packet Rover, from Guernsey, brings intelligence of the capture of three French, Sloops, whom it is strongly reported, that Preliminaries tvcr::, actually signed at 'Paris the day before they. were taken, being the 25th inst. They were taker by the Kent Gun-brig." "ANTICIPATION OF THE 1141118 Uji CII MAIL (DUE nti WEDNESDAY BERLIN', AUG,/ 1V.,-The Prince of HonEt , itonE, who was 'expeaed here, proceeded dirthly---from Ochringen to the Army. • It has been lately remarked, that Count HAUG WITZ has attended his Majesty--qt- Charlottenburgh morefregtiently than usual, and- has • remained in conference with hiS Majesty an hour at a time. Two thonsand five hundred horses were brought here .to 7 -day, to be distribtited among various regi ments. A. Courier arrived yesterday at the Russian Ambassador's from St. Petersburgh. Baron FIAA DENBERG has been here, but has again set out for Temp l eb NANOVER, AUG. 20 .—The Prince of HonEN- OnE is tOlfave , the command on the Saxon Fron tier; and another German Prince is to take the command of the Army of Reserve. This garri son is daily reinforced ; Nieuberg is strengthened, and, as well as Hameln, supplied with provisions. General ELUCHER is shortly expected from West phalia. - - The French General VICTOR has passed through this city on his way from Copenhagen to Paris. FROM THE MAINE, AUG. .18. Marshal MGR TIER has reviewed upwards of 10,000 men near Schweinfurt!). It is now said, that the French took possession of a part of Frioul, and of the fgrtress of Gradiska, near Gritz, with the consent of the Austrian Government, in order to corer their march to Dalmatia and . Albania ; ,and that they by no means interfere in the civil administration of the GoVernment of those places. A part of the French troops that were at Brannan have entered the Im perial part of the Innviertel ; but only for con venience, without any hostile views, and under the assurance that they will pay for every thing they want in ready money ; which has accordingly been done. .- The Public Prints say, that the Eletior of Saxony, incorporating all the Dukedoms of that country, will take upon himself the title of King. S 2. PETERSBURGH, AUG. 6.—Our Court Ga zette contains the tbllowing " Vice-Admiral SENEWIN, the Commandant of our Siluadron in the Adriatic,. has transmitted a Dis patch, dated June 17, of which the foll Owing is the substance ". After I, hid learned, on the 224 of May, that the French had passed over the Turkish territory into the Republic of Ragusa, and taken possesSion of that city, I sailed on the same day, with the Ships Selajail and St. Peter, from Trieste, - to the Rocca di ,Cataro, and ordered the Frigates Venus and )lwtroil to take the Vessels under convoy that were ready to Mi. I also • ordered Captain BAILLIE to leave his station at Curzolo, and to follow Me with the Vesseki•under his command. On the 27th I arrived • before the Cataro, where I found Vice-Admiral SOROKIN, with the Ships Pareskemcsa and Helena; the Ship Urzyl was, by his orders, stationed in the Port of Old . Ragusa, Where I also arrived with the Selafail on the 2gth. Here I ie:trned, from the Metropolitan of the Monte negrins, that as the French seemed disposed to proceed from Ragusa to the Cataro, two companies of the Witchskitdien Regiment of Musketeers; led by the Metropolitan in person, had joined, and were advaocing to meet the Enemy. The French, iii ZonjUnctionwith the Ragusans, fell upon the . ad vanced gu , rd of the Montenegrins, about fiv e I.versts from Old 'Ragtisa ; and a battle en s ui n g, M a j or SWAGLN immediately look part with the latter, and tie Enemy was defeatud and driven back to Old Ragusa. On our side one Jager and nine Monte negrins 1 / 4 % ere killed. Several Muntenegrins were wounded, and five Soldiers of the Regulars. About ::no of the Fr'euch and Ragusans were killed ; and a Fre,ich Oificer, who threw himself into the sea, was drowned. " On the 22d Major SWAGIN'S Detachment was reinforced, and the .French left Ragusa, which our troops immediately occupied. On the 23d and 25th the inhabitlats of the Coast and the Montenegrins, supported by the Regular Troops, had two skir mishes with the French and the Ragusans, when one •Montenegrin was killed and twelve wounded. The - Enemy lost six Officers and eighty Privates ; a pair of colours, a drum, and about 150 muskets were also taken from them.. After this the Enemy threw up several works, and never spewed themselves be yond them:. , " Having agreed with the Metropolitan of the Montenegrins upon the attack of New Ragusa„or otherwise to occupy every channel by which the Enemy might receive praisions or reinforcements, and with this view to enclose the place on all sides, the Montenegrins and the inhabitants of the Coait marched on the tld of June, under the com mand of the Metropolitan, supported by a Corps of Regulars. " As the Enemy had about 3000 men at this post, to which several hundreds of well•armed Ragusans :were added, who are very good marksmen ; and as, besides these, he was in momentary expectation of a reinforcement, he seemed to be under no appre hensions of an attack. We, on the other hand, had 1200 Regulars and about 2000 Montenegrins ; but notwithstanding. this inequality of numbers, and the Strength of the Enemy's position, it was deter mined to make , ourselves masters of the heights near Ragusa. [Here follows a description of several confiids, in which the French - -displayed much courage ; and the Admiral adds,] " The French always halted in their third posi tion, and augmented their force from their third line. Our Troops threw themselves upon the Enemy's front with great impetuosity, and at length drove them out of the third position. Driven 'to desperation, the Enemy at length wished to attack in their turn ; but being taken in flank by Major JEERSI(V'S column, their, deSign was entirely frus trated. After this they collected their whole force behind their fourth position, upon the hills that command Ragusa, with the intention of acing upon the defensive ; but they were even driven from this, after they had defended themselves scarcely ten minutes. This occurred just at the dusk of the evening, and the Enemy retreated in disorder to the fortress ; which our Troops, not withstanding they were in the rear of the hills, were not able to prevent, in Consegnence of the daritness of the night. At this instant, also the. Enemy 'reccjveld a reinforcement from O.A Ragusa: This last affair lasted_ from two o'clock in the after. noon till eight at night. On our side one Ensign and nine Privates were 1611 ed, and about 30 were wounded and missing..' The Montenegrins lost 38 men.' The French lost their ,General, LAGOGUE 42 Officers, and about 300,. Privates' ' • they had about ton wounded, whuni they carried with then into the pl4,Ce. , We 1.0Qk„.2J Prisoners, and 13 pieces of cannon from the Enemy, of different. Calibre. , In this manner was Tlnguia enclosed by the Troop's on shore and the Vessels in the port: - We have created two 'batteries upon the heights in our possession, which. have been supplied with cannon from 'the Ships ; and they are already brought to bear upon the fortress. Vice-Admiral SENEWIN does justice to the heroism and the . prudent diSpo, sitions adopted by Major-General Prince JVASE- WYSE', and commends sevoral other Officers.:The first, by his exertions at the head of ..his column, three. times obliged the Enemy to fly, and as often defeated their intentions by his skilful manceuvres • he also made himself master of two pieces of can non, and used them against the Enemy," • PARI S, Auc. 16.—0 n the day before yesterday, the vigil of his Majesty's Birth-day, the solemnities in honour of that happy event began with an uni versal rejoicing. The Theatres were thrown open to the Public gratis, and there was a Drawing Room at St. Cloud most brilliantly attended. The day it-. self began with the pompous installation of General JusOr as Governor of Paris, who immediately pro ceeded with the Prefect and the. whole train of Mayors and subordinate Magistrates, and other per 'sons in magisterial employ, in procession, from the Town-house to St. Cloud. There was at the Im perial Residence a Grand Gala and State Levee ; and no • idea can be formed of the immense intth. titudes of horses, carriages, men and women, swarmed upon - all the roach. High Mass was cele brated, and a re Dews chaunted in the Cathedral of Notre Dame: In the Reformed Churches the Festival was ob served with no less solemnity. The Jews had an Extraordinary Thanksgiving at their Synagogue in the street of Saint Auoie, at which the whole of the Assembly convoked in Paris were present. — Three of the Members of the Assembiy, Rabbi ANDRADE, of Bayonne; Rabbi SINTZHEIMER, Of Strasburgh ; and Rabbi SEGER, of Turin, pro nounced an Oration, each in his respective local tongue. _ _ After the celebration of Divine Service in the dif ferent Churches, &c. a numerous party of all per suasions,Jews Lutherans, and Dissenters, were en tertained at dinner by the Minister of Worship, and united at the same table in social brotherhood among each other and with Cdrdinals MAunky and SPINA, and a long list of Priests and thshops.-7. The Arch-Chancellor CAMBACERES dined with the Minister of the Home Department, who enter tained the Secretaries and Tellers of the Jewish As. sem bly. All Paris assembled tit-the Thuilleries in the even. ing. The Garden was superbly illuminated. There were Concerts and most splendid fire-works ; but above all, the presence of his Majesty, who was received with clapping of hailds, and every .other demonstration of joy, contributed to the general satislaaion. The Eire-works played -off in the Garden of the Luxembourg Palace, And, from the Bridge of Austerlitz, were such as even to surpass the high expectations that had been formed of them. • The Elysian Fields, as well as the Thuilleries and the whole city, were illuminated, and every ,place was a scene of transport and delight. All the inhabitants vied with each other who should do most honour to the Birth-Anniversary of . their magnificent Monarch. In short, it was . a most agreeable festivity, no t w i t h stan di ng a short storm, with some rain, about the middle of thesday ; but the weather Soon cleared up, and . all was hilarity and animation. AUGUST 17. T.--The Banking-house. of GLYLERand JOURDAN have obtained a reversion of tile Decree passed in their suit with M. BOURIENNE, the pre sent Minister at Hamburgtt, and formerly Secretary to the-Chief Consul. The official Paper contaits several Decrees of the new King of Naples and Sicily : one is on the subject of a total abolition of feudal rights and tenures; the second respects there-estanii,litnent of a Navy; and a third is for the t;,ral suppression and banishment of the Jesuits from all his Majesty's territories. A Letter from Hamburgh, August ig, states--i. I '"Our Correspondents from Paris, of the 1 kth, inen• don the appointment of the learned FtJRTADO, as Pre sident of the Jewish Assembly, and of hiS two Se cretaries, to the Legion of Honour, by' a thcree in the hand-writing of his Majesty the Emperor and King himself. The former has been dignified with the Great Cross of the Order. Indeed such is the extraordinary multiplication of Crosses and Stars, in these latter times, among Jews, Turks, and chris tians, that the Editors of the Bamberg Gazette have not hesitated to insert in their Paper of the . 1 Itfl. instant an article from Trieste, under date of July 19, which states, that " the English Government has sent the Order of the Garter to the Bishop of Mon tenegro, with a considerable sum for the support of his troops, their widows, the wounded, &c."— We are sorry that this addition should cast some -shade of doubt upon the preceding part of the at'. ticle, viz.—" Intelligence from Daltriatia brings the news of the French having been at length beat back to Marcarska, 18 miles from Ragusa, by the Mon ` tenegrins, Russians and Albanese, with the loss of 9000 men (among whom is one General), and four pieces of artillery, between Stagno and Marcarska, where the thion was principally - ±bught." - • .• THE ARTS.—Tbe twenty Piaures which Mr. ALEX. DAVISON 'has commksioned some of our best Artists to paint, in order to form an English School, are to be taken entirely' from the History of this Country. The lineral Patron of this undertaking has already sent a hundred pounds to several of these Artists, by way of a retaining fee. WILKIE, whose Piefure of the Village Politicians was so couch ad 7 mi;ed in the last Exhibition, is engaged fur thisplan. He has succeeded admirably in: the representation of .rus:ic life, but it.would be surprising tudeed if his genius should rise to historic digoi,v.