The Sun. — London, England, 1806-02-20 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. PARrs, FEB. Royal Highness 'Prince Jo, sErn arrived • at Rome incog. :and bad entered the French .Pa - lace before- his Holiness "kneN . v.of his This Prince was received by his Holiness with that native goodness which distinguishes this illus triOUS PONTIFF: -After resting two days; Prince JosEnr set outfor the Camp, to review the different divisions of the French Army. La Rdeiirocite French Privateer, Capt. VINCENT PORCHIN, has sent into Chcrburgh the Diana Eng lish prize, from Boston to Portsmouth, with canvas for sAls, white cordage; Ititter,cheese, leather, and corn. They write from Flushing, that in the night of the 19th . January a small Cutter foundered at -a short distance from that port : in the morning, at the turn of -the tia'e, she was seen water-logged in the midst-of the IA aies, and it was supposed, that all on board perished. About eleven o'clock a piece of wixsd,upon' which a .man Was lashed, came float ing towards the. shore some:American ,sailors di reedy jumped into two boats, and rowed towards . it in defiance of the tempest. One of the boats reach ed it; and picked up ,the .man, who at first gave no signs of life ; but upon being revived, by medical assistance, he gave the following account of him self: that . he 'lras Lours nt TAME, of Dunkirk, Captain of Le Vengeur Privateer, which, in convey ing a prize to France, in Odober last, was captured by the English, and carried into Chatham with her whole . crew ; and on the I'2th of January, he con trived to make his escape out of his confinement wit - another Frenchman, called VAUTIER having afterwards met with three other Officers of French Privateers, who were also endeavouring to escape from England, they all went, together along the coast to Harwich, where they seized upon an Eng lish Cutter laden with oysters, and put to sea on the night of the 17th. On the isth they cast anchor off Blankenberg ; but the violence of the storm forced the vessel from her anchors; and drove her upon the coast of Flushing, where she was wrecked. Messrs. s P rtiß and VAUTIER being upon deck, the former lashed himsself to it, but the latter was washed off, and drowned, as were also the three other Officers. PARIS, FEB. 11.—Letters from Vienna give us reason to suppose, that the Austrian Treasury will. soon recommence its payments. On the 3d inst. the Courageux, of 74 guns, was launched at L'Orient, amidst shouts of" Long live the EMPEROR !" An epidemic disease prevails in Suabia, which has proved very fatal ; it is said to have been introduced by, the Russians. Count HAUGWITZ was at the Opera on Tuesday, TALLEYRAND'S box. • Kis 'Excellency . M. thhitHlE . R, Minister of War, and Commander in Chief of the French Army since the departure of his Majesty, arrived at Munich the 00,th ult. People-will have it, that the whole, of the .Brest Fleet is at sea. Government, however; observe a' profound - silence, and not a word upon this subje& has transpired through any of the Newspapers. • JAN. 12.---,A Portugueze Frigate, arrived from Brazil, -has broUght the following intelligence Au English .Fleet, consisting of sixty TranspcirtA, with eight or ten thousand Soldiers on board, be ing hr the Roads of Brazil, sent a B r i g t o Bap, to announce that, in consequence of a storm they had been caught in, they were forced to•put in there, b.ing in wantof refreshments, and unable tO -Con tinte their voyage, the.vessel carrying the sealed or ders concerning their destination having been entirely lost on the rocks of Fernando. • (f The day after the arrival of the Brig, the ,Squa ' dron entered the Port,. and anchored ; the Portu gueze Commander in Chief had .put all the Forts in a state of defence, and had armed all the free men, and even the slaves ; and with his GarrisOn; was preparing to defend himself, in case - the English slioald attempt to a& as they haddone at Goa. The English - General sent to demand refresh mepts, and was answeied, that he should be fur nished with every thing- possible. He asked per thission to laud his Troops, which was peremptorily refused ; but leave was granted him to send four hundred men every day ashore, unarmed, who might walk in an appointed place, and should be Bolden to return op ,b,3ard in the evening. A place was also allotted huu to ere& an hospital in for the sick. It appears that this SqUadron is there for a long time, if it be really true that it is obliged to wait for pew instrations., " From the rurriou4ilie English Commander got circulated at Madeira, when he put in there; and where he also wished to land his Troops, it is pre ;umed that the true . destintion of this SqUalron was Brazil, or the Spanish Possessions." STUTGARDT i JAN. 30.—Count COLLERF.DQ and his Lath are banished from Court, and are in future to resiae in Hungary. Another person will be no m.nated to the place of Governess to the young Arch-duchess of Austria, hitherto filled by_ Madame CULLEREDO. . VIENNA, JAN. 2.s.—Count SATJEAU, Marshal of Lower Austria, is nominated Governor •of Styria ; General ZACII, Commandant of Trieste; General 11 , 1 AR GU:ET, of Carlstadt; the l‘lajor-General4 KLEtv, PR BASK!, and KOLEEL, are . nominated - Members of the Aune Council of War. Gen. MEERVELDT is gone to St, Petersburgh, Ambassador from Austria. The dislocation of /the Archduke CHARLES'S Army has beep effected ; the Regiments conjposing it are gone into their respe,::- tive garrisons. BORDERS OF TfjE 3. _The greatest part of the Aus rian States are • eVacuated .by the French Troops : their march is concluded in the b.-;k order, and :hey maintain a strid rdisCipline.— The Weal Authorities of Austria have every where a&ed in - concprt with this French Cotnmis:,ioners, and together they procured:provisions apd 'forage in places where ` there were n o -French Magazine 4, Or where these Were-hot stacieritly stocked. ST. I ErEI4.BURGI-I, JAN. 15.—1 t is said that the Erhperei- will 'set Qut on the 4 .2.4th .ipstant f>r Bra vsc, in L;.tiwia . . Yesterday b e i ng 'tile first 'clz)y irf ti:e-phe acco,-4ing to the It ussiia complztgtiori ; ~l there was a brillia;t and crowded masquerade at the Courtr - tt which nnly-trn thousand persons were present. •_ • , MILAN, AN. 24.-7-Marshal NIASSENA, after his arrival 13;iogitafrom the Anstrian -States, imm,e,- Otely purstil hii . journeY for his new - destination. On the 17th inst. he . .joncd, on' the frontiers of the Papal States,. the Army on its march Naples. -7- Having arrived at4e Head-quarters at,Spoletta. the same day, he instantly toOk the cOmmand . of "it';4lld addressed, the next day the.folloWing ProclarnatiOn to the Troops GENERAL STAFF-ODDER OF / THE DAY. " SOLDIERS, " :Majesty the Empercir and , Kitig has in trusted to me the:honour of conduding.you to a new ,Theatre of War. Whilst his arms-were con solidating the foundations lurope, a perjured Ccprt its:Harbours to the English, those eternal disturbers; of the Continent, and. to those Russians, whom, he has vanquished and hum bled in the Plains .of Austerlitz. - Soldiers of Italy, the memory of that immortal day then excited the transports:of : your - enthusiasm. Your Emperor, has fixed his eyes on you : he will shortly judge whether you, are Worthy of partaking of that 'glory with which so . many . brave fellows baye : corered them selves in this Campaign. You are going to the as sistance of a Country which knows the rights of hospitality. you will always shew yourselves„ I hope, faithful to the laws. of discipline, without, which true glory cannot exist. Reeolleel, however, Soldiers, when your arms have opened to,you the Territory occupied by the Enemy, that though ewe ought to punish a Power unfaithful to Treaties, we are not at War with the 'People : the annals of our Country aftbrd more thau.one example of union and good understanding between the French and Nea politans. Spolett.a, Jan. 11. (Signed). MASSENA. ,4 The Marshal of the Empire, General in Chief." . It is not clear, however, that Marshal MASSENA, who has superseded General GOUVION ST. CYR in the command of the Army proceeding against Naples, will long retain the: command of it. We learn that Prince•JosEi;ll . , brother of the Emperor and King NAPOLEON, is arrived in ',ltaly from France, to put hiniself at • the head of the Expedi tion against . Naples. It is ascertained, that the Co lumn which - arrived on the 19th inst. at Rome, was quartered near the gate Del PopuTh.- It was, after some days rest, to continue its march.upbn Naples. All the Officers of this Corps paid a visit to Cardinal FESCH, the -French Mitiister to the POPE. It ap pears.tliat the interposition of- his Holiness has been requested by the Sicilian Court, to divert the storm ready to burst upon. Naples. Such is supposed to - have been the obje& 'of 'Cardinal RUFFO'S tipro dudive journey to Rome; - It is even said, that the- POPE refused to receive him . .as the Minister of the King of . NAPLES. This Prelate afterwards set- out for France, to make a personal application to the Emperor; but it is. very doubtful whether his jour ney to Paris will turn to more account than that to RoMe. Besides, it is to be . ekpeded that the fate of Naples soon, be decided by arms. The aaual state- of affilirs in that Kingdom is,very perfedly known ; for example, no authentic ac counts have been received. respecting the MOVeirit'LltS of the Foreign Troops which' are assembled there. Reports 'continue of the re-embarkation of the Russians. . VENICE, 22.—Last Sunday 3,500 French , entered the City, under the command ;Of General MIOLLIS. The French fancied at the place ofSt. Mark, where they vJerc =weir received by`the people. General .Mlom..ta: has' in'. nouneed by. Troclama t ion , that now all the Venetians. are the Children of \;,k roLE.,oN• th GREAT. At the. sarne.time he tmlde known, that :in future the CarniVal 'should be cele: brated in the same way as in the times of ,the - Re and - aii every person shall be ..allowed to weak masks. This-gave .r . ise to general joy.;. and the Carnival this ytar promises to be very brilliant. General Mioi,Lis has also invited the principal Merchants .to a -conference,- in which he desired them .to communicate - to him their ideas upon the best means oiTrestoring the Venetian commerce, and re-establishing the credit of the - He is a man of sound judgment, .and it is the wish of the Em-, peror NArot.teN to render Venice once mere'rlour ishitm In the Arsenal a Fleet of War is to be built, and, Dalmatia will 'furnish. excellent eainen. The Vice Rei and the - Vice Reine of Italy - are soon ex peiaed hero, and feStivities are- already preparing against , their arrival. FRANKFOXT, JAR, 30..---The Prussian Troops which .have fallen back7upOn 'Westphalia and the Waldeck Territory, have - again .advanced, and oc cupy a number of posts in Wettaravia. MADRID, JAN. 20.—The Coast of Catalonia has become the scene of an achievement worthy of a place in theannals of English Piracy. An Officer who was - leading a- detachment froni Tortosa to Reuss, states, that a small body of armed.Engiish had land, ed, for thepurpos'e of carrying off his sheep. He went to meet these modern, Buccaneers, killed'one of them, and took three prisoners. The rest took to their boats in, haSte, carrying ',along with them, as their only booty, die curses of, the peaceable in habitants they intended to plunder. RONIE j IJAN. Engtish and Rusians are re \embarking•at X'aples, Wit-h the intention, as it is said, of :taking possession of Sicily. The French Array in our 'iseighbotirhood is on . iks march to Na ples, where - art iminediate change in the Govern, merit Marshal MAssENA is arrived here. Generitl - s'3,-..Cya commands under hirrt--- The Neapelititu , Envoy, Cardinal RUFF°, has re que i - tedffie'n'iddiatit2n of - the Pope,. to avert- the ap 'pm.ch of the. French Al-my, to 'Naples,. and has now : proceeded to Paris. -No success, however, is expecte4 floqhis VIENNA, FEB. -I .—This day a Deputation of, the brave Tyroliaps came here in order to reqUeSt per mission. from:our-1,11 'yea Moil'itrai to buy thenp selves off from-Bay:I - la.- Though this projosal is irrecondilable . )yitli "kite . Of - PresbUrgh - , it is . a strjking proof Qf the, purest ittachiniitit on 'their part to their Prince and Native Country, and tnt;!st be 0 - o ratify: a• tb trieleart - of Noia:ctrkshio 0-!kr;' , d finds lais hqppinc i ss .the Lae...Lion of his .tibjeels. His Imperial Mojesty has accepted the resignatlon• of 4 Atl . jutiut-Gcrler;tl. fiieldMilfsllal Coilut I,A.t htityt,,on nerount of the weak state of his health ; buf proof of his appropation, of his long ser vices, has left him the post of Captain-Lieutenant of the German Body Guard, and appointed him Gene ral of Cavalry. _g. '! Count PHILIP COBENTZEL and the Baron . DT. FELZ have received orders; the - former to repair in quAy.of Ambassador to Paris, the latter to the Hague,-in quality of Minister of ais Imperial Ma jesty. • • - . - MAILS. ' RivE Waterford. DUE : — . - . 1 Harnbcrgh, 5 Gotten burgh, I.isbon, i Dublin, I Watciford. • PRICE OF STOCKS' THIS DAY AT TWZI.VA O'CLOCK. Consols - - 6i* I Red. Ann. '6l 1' HE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DtCERE FALSUM AUDEAT L O.N-1) 0 N, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1800. LAST night we received Paris PaPers to the 12th inst. and Dutch Journals to the 16th. The Moniteur has not yet, as might have been expeeted, made any observations on the death of Mr. PITT. It contents itself, with copying, upon this subje&, from the English Papers. The Dutch Journals are equally silent. A contribution of'our millions of francs has been demanded from the City of Frankfort by Marshal AUGEREAU, by order of BONAPA RTE. For this ex tortion no reason whatever is given, except that it is the will and pleasure of the Emperor of the French and King of Italy ; and the Senate are informed, that if the money is not paid the City will be given. up to military execution ! The Army of AUGE REAU, already formidable, was to be joined by the whole of the. Division under the command of BER NADOTTE. The purposes for which such an Army is stationed in Germany •may, we think, now be. colle&ed from the conduel of AUGEREAU at Frank fort. The hitherto free and Imperial Cities of Ger many are to be first drained of all the Cash that can' be extorted frona, them by the thr6t of military ex ecution, and are then to be annexed-to theterritories of some neighbouring Sovereign. • This ,:"win: also probably o the fate of most of the smaller States of the--Empire. The French Troops , may likewise lie intended to serve another purpose, that of forming an Araiy i ol_Obseiyation upon the conduet of Prussia. Great and i►npor+alt CIIA/ItS Will doubtless soon be etiettel. • The Secret Articles of to e Trt2aty of Pres burgh rertiain stiii to be carried.inte execution ; and we are persuaded that' they mu , .:11 „more materially htled the 'es.isting relations cf EUrope than has hitherto been supposed. An article in.the Mottifiar; dated from the _Banks of the Mein, darkly Hints at the deigns of France upon the Turkish de,igns, the object of which will very soon be de veloped, and '‘khielrit will requite ally the power and intiuence of Russia. to counteract. These 'Papers contain no authentic account re, specting any action between the I'rench and Neapo- _ litans. 'There is, however, no hope of the latter be ing:enabled -to make any effedual resistance.— The Proclamation of MASSENA to. the Army which he Was leading against Naples breathes all that spirit of Jacobinism w:oich has invariably elm-, rae,lerized the ads of the Leaders of the French Ar mies, Whether 'under a Republican Of Imperial Go vernment. The people of Naples are, if possible, to be excited,tq rebellion against their Sovereign, and disaffedion and treason are to he put in requi sition, in aid.of the French arms. Venice, as we stated yesterday, has bee] taken possession of by the French, and a formidable Navy, we are told, is to be immediately constructed in the Venetian Dock-yards, the timber for which purPose is to be drawn from Dalmatia, which Pro vince is also to furnish some excellent Sailors. We have no doubt that the French will inuneliately set about Making the most of every advantage which it is possible to derive from the situation and resources of Venice. On Tuesday night and yestciday morning up wards of one hundred Sail of Transports arrived in the Downs from the Conline.nt, under Convoy of the Ariadne, Hon. Capt. KING.--The• Regiments on board this Fleet are the Coldstream uards, Ow 3d or Old Biiffs; the 4th Regiment of infiAiltry, the re , mainder of the German Legion, and the de tachments of the, Royal Artillery. Several of the Transports have sailed for Rams gate Pier, to disembark their • Troops, and those with the German Legion . to . Portsmonthl•the latter under Convoy of the 4riacine Frigate and Wrangler Gun brig. ACCOUNTS - have been this morning received from pobiin, of partial disturbances having arisen in the County ef Mayo, but wholly unconneCt ed, We Understand, with any political, question, hey are stated to have originated solely in the ve:catiogs manner,. to the poorer classes, in which the Ty thei fire let, and Yr which they are c9llteecl. NA VA L JV E IrS. .--' PLYMOUTH, FEE. 18.—Arrived the Prince of Wales, of 98 guns, from Portsmouth : and the Lady Warren Armed Ship from the Downs. That part - of the Channel Fleet which lay in Tor bay sailed this morning, and passed the Sound this afternoon, to the Westward to resume their station: off Brest. DEAL, Fan. lg.—Arrived the Ariadne, Romulus, Bold, Havock, and ! Sparkler, from the Weser, hav ing under Convoy about 150 Sail of Transports, with the German Legion, Coldstream Guards, and a great many other Regiments of Infantry and Cavalry on boird. The Ariadne has since sailed with about 50 Sa:i Cf Transports for Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, FEII. Ig.—Arrived the Mercurius, from Jamaica; Laurel, WiLxiNsoic, and . Harriott, PEARSON, from Sunderland. This day the Ship Isabella, lately stranded on the- Horse Sand, was weighed by persons under the di: reetion of Mr. HEATHER, Merchant, at this Port, and brought to a place close to the Harbour to be broken up :—she is Upwards of 600 tons burthen. ; This day Aamiral MARKH&M, Cite of the . Lords of Admiralty, Was unanimously re-eleeted ; and the " Hon. T. ERSKINE was unanimously ele&ed, in the room of Lord ERSKINE, Members of Parliament for this Borough. FALMOUTH, FEB. 17..--Arrived the Swalt&w, TYACK; from London; Peggy, LON GMAID, from Dartmouth ; and Concord, TONKIN, from London. Sailed the. Taamshend Packet, ,Cocx, for Lisbpn, with Mails ; Lady Arabella Packet, PORTBU . S, for _ Jamaica, with Mails ; Diana Packet, GIBBONS, for.,. New York,' with Mails ; , Agatha Dorothea, BIRCH . , for Spain ; .His . Majesty's Brig Gannet, Capt. Bass, for a cruize ; Jathes, PASCOE, f►ir Bristol; ViTrum., and Francis,. JERM6ND, for 'Neath., BRIXHAM QUAY, FEB. 18.—Sailed from Torbay this: , m,orning, the whole of the Channel Fleet, un der col'tl,ll44od of Admiral COENWALLIS, to resume his station cilrßrgst Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, His MAJESTY arrived at St. James's Palace in his travelling carriage, from Windsor, His MAJESTY , as usual, dined at one o'clock.. At two o'clock HFS MAJESTY held a Levee, which was attended by The Chancellor. 1;or pi tiie Exchequer. Ti►e Set:retarres of State Mr Fox, Earl Spencer, and Mr. Windham. The Secretary at War;.-Ceneral Fitzpatrick. Tile First Lord of the Treasury —Lord Grenville. 'the First Lord of the Admiralty —Mr Grey . Earls— Moira, 5 pencier, vart, Marclesfield, 11am, Lauderdale, Dartmouth, Aylesford, and k.glintoun. Viscount Sidinouth. Lordr—j. Thynne, G. Thynne, Heathfield, Rer.dlesham, Crewe, Anson, Boston, Selsea, St. Helen's, and SOrnCr 1 C•. Sirs—W. Burroughs and G. Osborne. The Lord Mayor of London. The following Presentations took place to tin MAJESTY : Earls Lauderdale and Eglintoun, Lords Anson and Crewe, upon their Creation to the Britisb, Peerage, and Lord Rendle sham upon his being created an Irish Peer : upon which 0c... casion they had the honour to kiss His Majesty's hand. Earl Fitzwillian had the honour to kiss I his Majesty't hand on his being appointed Presidcnt of the , Council. It was reported Earl LAUDERDALE had likewise the honour to kiss His ntsusty's hand upon his be ing appointed Keeper of the Signet in Scotland. Sir WILLIAM BURROtIGISS had the honour to kiss His MAJESTY'S hand on his appointment at J3engal, and took leave of MS MAJESTY. The . LORD Mt. ttE ES4l.olldob, was introduced,, and had the - honour to kiss. His IVlA.rasTY's hand upon his presenting the City Address. After the Leviv - His MAJESTY retired to the Grand COunCil hamber, and took his seat upon4elrhro e ; attended by the. blaster of the Horse, Earl C RNARVON (for the first time), the Lord Chambe i n , Vic e -Ch a mb er l a i n , an d Comp i troller of the Household, the Gold Stick, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guards, and a number of the Gentlemen Pensioners. The Corporation of Loi:- don being in waiting in 411 anti-room to present an Address to His MAJESTY, upon his appointment of the New AdmiiiiStration, they were introduced by some Gentlemen in waiting in the folloWing order : The Mace, Sword of State, and a number of City Officers. The Lord Mayor. Aldermen—Newnham, Combe, Hunter, Hankey, Prinsep, Boycleli, Scholey, Smith, and Ainsley. T hq C hainberlain. The'Sneritts. . . - . Tile Recorder. The Common Serjeant. City Council, and about7o Gentlemen of the Common. Council. The RECORDER read the Address. IVlAatsTY's Answer was read by Earl SPEN CER, Secretary pf State for the Home Depart ment. After the• Citizens had retired, His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, which was attended by The .Lord bads Moira, Spencer, •Fitzwilliarn, Caniavon, Aylc's. ford, inlet oartmouth. mdrnouth. • Lurds—H. Petty, and Grenville. Messrs. —Fos, Windham, Fitzpatrick, and Grey. Sir STEPHEN COTTERELL and Mr. FAWKENER attended the Council as Clerks. 'Earl FITZWILLIAM was introduced and re-sworn, in' consequence of the Noble Earl not having at tended a Council since the Uhion with Ireland, and took his seat as President. The Council sat but a very short tine ; after which a Cabinet Council was held; at the conclu sion of which His MAJESTY gave audience to Vis count SIDMOUTH, Mr. GREY, Mr. WINDHAM, Mr. Fox, and Lord GRENVILLE. At a quarter before four o'clock He IVlAnsstr set oft for Windion ,~ :~