The Sun. — London, England, 1806-03-24 00:00:00

IMPERIAL - PA RL LAME NT. HOUSE OF, PEERS. SATURDAY, MARCH 22. The Royal Assent was given by Cornmision to Lord Collingwood'a Annuity Bill, Duties,. Irisl) Sugar - Drawback Bills, the 'Mtitiny Bill, the 'Royal Marine 'Mutiny, Bill, the Arunial Indemnity Bill-, the American Treaty Foreign Troops Bill, 'the.Enifisll and Irish' Militia Pay and Clothing Bills,- the . . Militia terns' .Bill, the Militia Adjutants' Bill, the Greenland Whale Fishery 33 I ; the Scotch Bankrupt' Bill, and 15 Road and .Plivate Bills.- The - COmmissioners were the. Lord c!iANCELLOR, LUX) WALSINGITAM., and Lord AUCKLAND. In the Appeal Glassell v. the Earl, of Wemyss,:‘' Mr..GRANT was heard on the part of the Appellant; after, which, Counsel having withdrawn, . IThe LORD CHANCELLOR - submitted to the House, whether it was, necessary, in this easel() hear the Counseffor the Respondent, it not appearing by any thing that had been said by the Learned (ivuti sel for the Appellant that ~ any rule or maxini of the Law of Scotland had been infringed by the decision of, the Court of Session ; or that the JUdge§ of that Court had 43cided contrary to the fads of the case as they appeared in evidence: Considering the num- Ver of Appeals that awaited - the decision of the' House; it was certainly of importance that their Lordships' time should not be improvidently wasted. The Noble and Learned Lord then briefly, but, perspicuously; , recapitulated the different points of the case, and concluded by expressing his opinion, That ehe Decree of the Court of . Session ought to be afß rincd.—Ordered. Adjourned till till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS SATURDAY, MARCH 22. Mr.QuAII?.IE; the Deputy Usher of theßlack Rod, came to the House about half past three'o'dock, and summoned the Speaker and Members to the; House of PeerS, to hear a Royal Commission for passing Bills read. When .the SPEAKER returned he an nounceci that- the Royal. Assent had'heen given to Lord Collingwood's Annuity Bill, the Sugar Draw back Bill, the Mutiny Bills, the; Atnerican Wool Bill, the Militia Subalterns' Bill, the 'Foi , eign -Sol diers' Bill, the Greenland Fishery Bill, the York Court-House Bill, the Irish Excise Duty Bill, and' several Private Bills. • NIALTST,ERS. • Lo ci 'HENNIKER presented a Petition from the Malt tern of Rutland, praying, for the Repear of a Oertairt Clause in tilt.: Malt Amt.--Ordered to lie on 'Table'.—Adjourned. • PRICE OF STOCKS DeY AT•TWKLVE: O'CLOCK. Consals licit I I,S. ARRIViD.— 4 Dublin, .2 I.Vatcrtbßl. DUE- T liarnburgh,, • Gotteuburgh, c Dublin, t .Waterford. THE SUN. SOLZM QIJIS DICERL• rAtsum AuDEAT L 0 ND 0-IV, MONDAY, 7,3 ,‘ LICH 24, 1806. IT is with the - most sincere satisfa&ion that announce to our Readers another most glorious and decisive Naval Vi&ory..: At a very early hour yes terday Morning the Honourable Capt. COCHRANE arrived at the Admiralty with Dispatches from Vice. DuCRWORTH, dated. off the Town of St. Domingo, the 7th . and Bth ult. containing an account of the capture and &Arnelion of a French Squa.: tiron of five Sail of . the Line, under . the command of . Admi . ;-aISIEOLE, on. the 6th ult. after an a&ion of little more than two hours. A Letter was sent to the LORD MAyolit to apprize him of this glorious es-ent, and in the. course of the afternoon the for- lowing Gazette Dxtraordinary was pUblished TH. E 4,ONDON GAZETTE EXT.R.AORDIN.A.RY; SUNDAY, MARCII 23; 1806. dialhiralty Office, March 1805. The Hon. Capt. Cochrane, late of His 11Mesty's 'Sloop King4fisher, arriated e.trly this morning with' dispatches from Vice-Admiral Sir J. T. DOck worth*, K. 11. dated off the town. of _St. Domingo, on the 7th and 8 thultialo, giving an account Of his having, on the 6th.of that month, discovered a Squadron of French Ship 3, consisting' of five Sail of the Line (one of them, L'lmperiafe, of three decks), t\vr, Frigates, and one Corvette; at arichor in the EP: I o f St.. Domingo, which, with the Squadron u, ic i er , hi s ;command, consisting of seven Sail of tke line, two Frigates, and-two Sloops, Irwit - nmeJf i ately attacked, and, after an adtion' of tvio ho9r:s, be. entirely de 7 feated. Three Ships of the Enf4ny's Lino fell into his bands, and two (including; the three-decker, bearing Rear-Mrniral Le SeigitZs Flag) were driven on shore in a disabled state, !and afterwards taken possession of, and burned. the Frigate and Corvette et-id:led their escape. The killed and wounded on hOard the Enemy's Ships are supposed to exceed twelve hundred men ; ono Ship lost three hundred. The toss in His Nla : jesty's Ship's, in killed and wound, , d, ~ i nounted 'to !hive hundred and thirty-eight. xvo British Officer was killed. The Hon. Capt. Stopford.waa aqd Lieuienant Seymour, of 6i.t; Northumbet'iand - (whieh Ship suffered the most in the ziaion),. •e -/ verely wounded; but the latter' is sinct: recovered, end arrived in the Kingsfisher.. The' Vice-Admiral had proceeded with his prize to Jarnalea. N. B. The - I)lpate'nee from; Vice-Admiral Sir jobri Tho mas auckvicrth, K. B. w . :11 be .published in a Supple mentr,ary Gazette Dxtraorcliaary. to-morn:Av. _,`V :are happy, to have it in our power to lay be fore our Readers. the following additional 'particulars : When . it was ascertained_ that a Siluadrob of the Enemy i a Fleet 'had, escaped from Brest,. Vice-Ad miral Sir J. T. DUCKWORTH was detached by Lord CO.LLINGWOOD . froru tl,e Fleet - before Cadiz, - in pursuit of them; with,the folltreving Shills," viz. Ships. Guns. ' Commanders. Superb, - • - 74 Capt. KEATtS. Canopus, - so S Capt. Louis. /AUSTEN. Spencer; • - - 74 Capt. STOP FORD., Donegal, - 74 Capt. MALcoLht. Powerful, - - - 74 Capt. PI.AMPI N. Agamemnon, • - 64 Capt. Sir E. B.ltft Y. With a few Frigates and Sloops. It will be recolleEted that the Vice-AdMiral, either suspe&ing,: or having received some intelligetice that the Enemy were, gone .to the West Indies, also shaped his course to the Westward, and thathe fell in with and chaced French Sqnadron on his passage; but, in consequence of some of his Ships being yery heavy-sailers lost sight of them. We have not been • able to ascertain with certainty whether this, Squa dron was the one Which Vice-Admiral DticKwonm afterwards captured and destroyed. Upon his ar rival at Barbadees, no intelligence could be obtained of any French Squadron .having been seen in those Seas ;. the . Vic...,i.Adrniral, 'therefore, detached the Powerful to the East Indies, ,with . the intelligence Of-, a French Squadron being at iea, and of his having unstetessfully ptirsqed theth to the West Indies.— DUCKWORTH was joined upon his arriyal in the West Indies by the 2:, - Orthumberland,„ of 74 guns, Rear-Admiral . COctnAxu, 'and the of 74; - Captain PY:q. With, this force Vice-Admiral DUCKWORTH cruized for some time oft 'Martinique, when- he fortunately - received intelligence that the Enemy . had gone to :Sr. Domingo to land some TroepS, and that they :weie then in.the Bay. The Vice-Admiral did not lose a moment in going in quest of the Enerny, and on the morning of the 6th February he had the satisfa&ion of, seeing the Enemy's Squaciten, riding at anchor in' the Bayl - off. St. Domingo. It consisted-of Guns: Ships. L'imper4lle - 140 Le Jupiter - . 74 L'Alepndre . - -8) Le biorneciee." -.- 74 Le Brave • 7 ' - 74 With two Frigates and a Corvette. • ' This_Squar!ron was at anchor about three miles from the shore, and" conSennently could derive no • protealiozi from the batteries. Upon the approach, howeve,t, of the 'British Squadron, .they weighed :Dichar„ with the intent; as was supposed, of get ting 'under :shelter of the Fort Aux - Cayes this plan was, however,. frustrated by the skill and intrepidity of the. British Tars, who succeeded in get ting .between the Enemy and the Shore/and there,, ' by effectually cutting off their retreat. We under stand that immediately previous ,to the commence- Ment of the a&ion, Vice=Adtniral - DUCKWORTH . . made the following Signal :by Telegraph, " Tuts ts• GLontous," The attack was' led in the .most gallant style, by Rear-Admiral CocH-,. RANI,' and after an Action -of about two hoir„, their. ' and quarter, the ShipS strucl' Col'ours and *were immediately taken pow' e , • f. o , viz. L'Alexan'dre, Le Brave, add Lc Jupiter ; the , other two, viz. :L'lmpe - yzgie, of "-ro 0 ( - funs and Le Dimede, of 74, /finding - all 1- - resistance use less, - ran on shore, : ,an the greater part of their CrewS escapec).,,,, These two Vessels were afterwards taken ye,ssession of, but it was found impossible , td them off.; Orders were therefore .oo.fire, which vas done, and they given to set ,0• 1 : e were coror:',, t el-: y deStroied. Our loss in the .A.etion coMparison.ivith,that of the .Enemy,' it ~.• cot fist ed 'of 338• in killed and wounded, while the .7..Denly had above 1 ',),00 men killed and wounded ; and ive are happy to add that no British Officer was killed : the only • ones ,wounded were the ilonour. , able Captain STOPFORD and Lieutenant SEYMOUR, , The 'French, Admiral, we believe, escaped on shore. Vice-Admir2l DUCKWORTH; after securing his Prizes, sailed for Jamaica, where they have ar rived in safety. This is the. first action' which haS tals.en place for : many years in which the :British force has been 'superior, in point of numbers, to that of the Enemy ; but when it is recollected that one of the French ShipS was a three decker, the disparity of force )V ,not so great as appears at first view. If the advantage had been on the side of the Lueny, *the action rip h; have been prolonged, but , the result, 'we have no doubt, would have bleu the same, 'lt cannot be necessary - for us ,to offer any observations to .Our,lteaders uppn , the importance of this cleoisis `Victory. The extraor dinary success of the . ll.ochcfprt Squadron, in eseap --mg, from. our Cruizets, had probably ,encouraged)4oNATAut f.o'• Send out. ether's tram 4rect, for tho purpose -of distraah)g our atteitton, _and attacking our Commerce, career 0f , ..th4 SVadrou ,-beenAut,a short one, and we trUgt that wt 811111 In a short time,-be able to_ . -give__-as satisfaamy an account of the .9ther Squadron which sailed from Brest, and which is supposed to be under . the .command. of JEROME BONAPA-RTE...--The as sertion made IDY' BONAPARTE, • on the 21st of Oc tober last; triat . he -- wanted Ships, has been:Verified to an extent bf which he - had then no conception. Within the last fed ,, monthi no less-thatt. thirty Sail- Of the Line belonging tOth'e Enerny have been taken anddestrOyed, of which by far the gfeatet:riart were Fi - eitc . n. In this number are included the two largest Ships that ever werebuilt, the. Sadissii4a Trinidada and L'lnzperiale ;. the - latter, we under stand _was..built upon the model' of the Commerce de Marseilles: • " • It is expeaed.that a Szti)plementary Gazette, con the details of this glorious ViCtor l y; will be published this -evening. Vv'E received this indruing •Dutch and Paris Pa pers, the 'former to the 20th, .and the latter to the •16th. • Their contents will be - found in a subsequent . • Hide Park Was thronged yesterday with gay visi 'tors. The promenade, about three o'clock, extended 'to . the garden-gate at:Kensington. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, PRINCFSSES AU- GtJ TA 'MARY, attended by Generals MANNERS and FITZROY, Sir IsAA HF.AI:D, and Major PRICE, event t o to 'St. George's Chapel, and heard 2 Sermon by Dr. HALLAyi, from the. 6th chapter . of tiie EPhe 4sians, and 15th verse. ; . = ' Yesterday morning, at eleven, o'cloCk; a Messen ger arrived A Windsor With Dispatches froth Mr. GREY, With the pleasing information of Admiral Pacitwon - rn's Vitlory . aver the French Fleet.- Lord LAKE'S last dispatches announce. that a nu merous body of rnsurgents, from theupper provinces, havMg attempted to crosS, the - Jumna dtirit 4 g the pe riodical rains, when theV'suppcised our troops would Inot be able. to pursue them, were swept away by a isudden'augmentation of the Waters from the, hilts. — It is supposed that upwards of-1000 men. and horses were lost, With the principal part of their baggage, and sotne plunder which they had canceled in their • progress. ' • - , •. An' Insurreaion, comprising seseral persons of has.arisen. in Jaya ; fumerotis connias had takep place, on thG I , ltlvJuly, the' date of the lasbatetiMitii; 'but they had not led to any decisive A considerable redit6tion has lately been made, in. the military.establishMent at Seringapatain.. Some encroachments. made by. the Boptqnsitajah, on the. Cooch 13ehar,.and 'others . Of his neighbours, have occasioned: hostilities .in those distri,Sts; but the matters in oiSpute leave been referred to the Lama. Some new military arrangements have been made by the Cruicowar, 'ta protect his frontiers from the banditti w' is infest the Northern ptovinces. JOHN ModitE, V undetstand,"' is to succeed Lord I: A 1 as •Cocumancle;. in .Csief ,in India: It is added, that tiie gallant,,C4eneral is to be accompanied by his Regiment (pate 52d) one of the finest in the Service. - Advic6 was yesterday received at- the Admiralty that four Ships of the Enemy's Lin , c„ captured at Tra falgar, had 11en completely mtlted at Gibraltar, and had sailed for Enqiand.. The French three-decy L' lmperiale, Admiral DE-, flag-ship, was formerly Le lengeur, and mounted 112 gui7, s . • . Yesterdaythe Yesterday.' Master-General of Ordnance,. Earl returned to his house in St. Jame's place, ft- I s) M a survey.of :the new fortifications on the East'''. - n Coast. • ANECDOTE oik-BON'APARTS.---Among the •-blas 'plieinotis and sacrilegious acts committed by BOI,TA PARTE at, the time of his Egyptian Eipedition, the folloWing is not the least retnarkablf". It has been communicated ,to,us from an authority on which we' can rely. When he was marching - his Ariny into Syria; with a view of taking the different towns.Of that Province; he signified to his Soldiers, that the first man who fell ,in the ,attack' of Jerusalem should be buried in the tomb of our, Saviour l—His . disgrace fui defeat At Acre frustrated the impious design. The followinacommunication, received bytlie GO vernor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank from,Mr. VA NSITTART, I.vas read at the Stock Exchange on Saturday. ".TREASURY CHAMBERS, MARcitit. " GENTLEMEN—I am direaed by Lord GRENVII.LE and Lord HENRY PETTY to request you will give notice at the Stock Exchange, in the usual manner, that their Lordships will be ready to confer with such persons as may .he disposed tii'eontrat7t for'the Loan for the service of the prt•sent,year, next Tuesday, at eleven o'clock, at the Treasury Chambers, on which occasion their Lordships particularly request the honour of your company " I have the honour ,to be, • • " Gent lemen, - your very obedient Servant, N. VANSITTART:" " To the Governor and beputyGoVernor of the Bank." SOCIETY OF ARTS.-:.=-On Saturday the Eledioti of Officers for the ensuing year took place at . their ,house in the Acklphi,,wheri'.the following were una:- nirnously chosen : • - . • President, the Duke of Norfolk ; Vice-Presidents, the Dukes of Richmond, Portland, and Northumberland, Earls Liverpool' and Romney; -Sir's W. Dolben,, R. Peele, and W. Lewes, the Hon. Robert Clifford, R.' Clarke, T. Rowcroft, C. Whiteford, N. Conant, and R. Powel, Ess. ; Secre tary, Dr.. C. Taylor ,• Assistant ditto, Mr. C. Coombe ; Housekeeper, Miss A. B. Cockingc ; Collector, S. B. Bow_ man. . We :are sorry to find that Mr. TIERNEY'S Treating treated with levity' in a Morning Print, as a matter that the rrechOlders. will, not stiipiacii. Such remarks', on a'subjeJ that deeply atlctis the popular branch of the -Constitutiot3, is not only ineohsistent with sound„ policy, but with good 'taste. • The LORD 'CHANCELLOR has'presented the Vi carage of Ebrington to the Rev. Joni' Mon, a h Gentleman well kno‘i.'n for hisliterary efforts in the cause of Religion and - Morals. This appointment is '4 striking, example• of bounty well placed ; and as. it is •the Very . first :ecclesiastical preferment which has fallen within hls Lordship's gift, be-con sidered as a proof 'that will be exercised in behalf uf nierit. FROM THE FRENCH RAPERS. PARIS, MARCH 13.—The Marquis Luctu MINI res. turned here on the 1 s th inst. since which it has. been asserted that we are - to remain on an- amicable. foot- ing with Prussia. Count ST. VINCENT, an-Austrian. General, ikar rived here as Ambassador, proviSiotially, from the Court of_Yienna-. Prince ArdaAT has left us ; some report for Italy, while others assert he is gone for Holland. By a recent Decree, all Vessas" re-taken at Sea by Frenchmen, prisoners' on board, shall be lawfuk, prizes to the Captors. FLORENCE.—On the 20th Febroary, his Excel lency 14Ir. BEAUITAUNOIS, 'Minister of France, had a Special Audience of- the Queen, when ha. deli vered to her 'Majesty a letter frcrtn the .mperorl NAPOLEON, declaratory of bis friendly regard to wards her Majesty. , FROM'THE GERMAN PAPERS, VIENNA, MARCH O.—Our late Amhassador, tq. Paris, Count PVIILIE COBENTZEL, by a Convention.' ; agreed upon. with France, returns thither, and M. DE LA iI&pIIEFAI/CAULT is looked for in this City. . Belgrade is said to have surrendered to the Set,- vians. 1. • MARCIi s.—General BERDHIER, the Nephew- of ' • the:French Minister at War, and General TALLEY RAND, Nephew of the French Ministerfor Foreign Affairs, lately arrived here, Daily conferences have ' since been held among out _Ministers, but the sub , jeCt has been kept profoundly secret. • , . From Croatia they write, that the French who had occupied that Country "have now all marched for Dalmatia. There are still 5000 Men in Trieste, , .who will probably remain there some time longer ) , the inhabitants' as - yet being unable to pay thecon. tributiOnS levied on 'them. A report was current here to-day, that-The French ',Emperor had requested permission for the free pas sage of his Troops through Bohemia, and through. Istria and Croatia, for those destined to take posses ; sion of Venetian Dalmatia. . Baron THLIGUT will remain here till April next. The State Paper has again experienced a considerable depression. • AtioSistriow, MARCH. t.- 4 -Several Bavarian Sour. naksay; that his Majesty has received a Corte from Paris, bringing the agreeable intelligence that the differences between France and Prussia had bees adjusted; adding, that the plan of a Convention, carried to Berlin by 'the Marquis Loccrt,EsiNx,' flail beeGn asseuted tv b:y. the Prussian Cabinet in all parts. - Statzttrito, "Auto? 2.—On the 2Gth ult. the French Troops in this Country began to make pre., parations for their d e parture, since which time a rep giment has marched out daily. Marshal NEY has also left us. 'The Citizens now do duty. St. PETEROURGIX, FEB. Q.--The Reigni n g Duke of BRoNs\vren arrived here on the tBth inst. frota Berlin. Be resides in the Castle, and has three Chamberlains to - wait ort him, among whom are the two Princes of ,G4'Eden. I mm ediately after hiS arrival the Emperor presented him with a Pelisse of gredt Value. His Highness is treated- with -the 'Most marked respe&, as well by our EMperor the . whole Court. F. 22.-Our Court Gazetto of to-day, contains the following article, datod Kjachta, Dec. 16 " TLc Chinese Einbassy, consisting of 124 per-. SOW, Will enter on the territory of our neighbours the 20th inst. on its way to The Ambassador, Cqunt GALowlut4, in ordet to facilitate his journey, and to prevent misunder:. standings, dispatched the Secretary of Embassy, BAYIZOW, to Urg, in the beginning of October, where he received fromthe:Chinese Mandarines, \VAtialTd AMBAAN, the most amicable professionk in the name of their Sovereign. " The whole road from Kjachta to Pckin hag been divided into 60 stages, at each ot . • 'which the Government .ofthina has caused, 2,09 camels and 700' horses to ,be 'stationed. Two IVlOngoes Princes and 1 i Officers have been charged to accompany the Embassy to the vicinity of Urga, where a feast is to be prepared for it ; from thence it will be con tintaed to • Pekin by the Warier; the -Ernperdr's brother-in-law, and on its arrival' within the gre4 walls of Kulga, will blreceived by a :Minister of the Imperial Tribunate. • " During the abode of the Embassy at Kjachta, which had been longer than was intended, in cone sequence of the measures to be tlken for'colleeting camels and'horses, in the-desert of. Icobi, there ar rived there a body .Physician of his Chinese Majesty, who had. been charged by-his Monarch to repair from. Pekin of Kjachta, to offer his'-services to the Am► hassador,. his. Majesty having learnt that the Ambas. sailor was unwell atter his long journey." The gallant Prince and General BARGRATIOI.4 a;110 so. highly distinguitLecl hina - self durtng the late short ;campaign, and who covered; the retreat of the . Russian Army at Austerlitz, has received a Letter