The Sun. — London, England, 1806-12-27 00:00:00

~} • 'MIDDLESEX ELECTION. rrHE INDEPENDENT FREEHOLDERS of 'this METROPOLITAN COUNTY, and the Friends of the Freedonyof. Eleaion in general, are requested to Dine at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, on Tuesday the 6th Day of January next, tb testify their Appro bation of the Conduti, and their Support of the Principles, .ot Sir FRANCIS BUR D ETT, Baronet; . . TIMOTHY BROWN, Esq. in the Chair. N , .8; , -Tickets, 'at izs. 6d. each, will be ready at the Bar of the Tavern on Monday next;. but none will be delivered after Two o'Clock on the Day of Meeting, nor any more be issued than will conveniently accommodate the Company in the Great Room. Dinner on Tablc at Half-past your o'Clock. MAILS. AR Riv $11—..1 Dtzblin, zlVaterford. Gottenburgh, Dgblixr, t Waterford. THE S N. SCILILM - QDI . 3 DICERS rP.L.SUM AUDEAT? LON 1) 0 , SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1806. No intelligence whatever arrived this morning from the Continent; . nor is it .likely that any au- . thentic information reSpeEting the hostile Armies will r. reach this Country until Lord 1 - ftrrctifssolg's, patches are received. The . Foreign Papers F which . id . reach this Country- are almost universally ,Under. Li - French influence, and consequently would not give any very impartial accounts, even if they - had the means; but in the present distraaed state of the North of Europe, when almost all the usual modes ): of intercourse are interrupted, it is almost impossi- • ble that they should obtain any accurate information ' of the operations of the Armies. Dispatches, how- L ever, may soon be euetaed from Lord HUTCHJN- • ' SON, which will put government in. possession 'of the real state of affairs at the Seat of War, and of' the strength as well as the disposition of tae Prus sians. • . THE Opponents of Administration condemn the measure of a Dissolution of Parliament. They are justified . •in doing ssa--4or the- sehtimenti" of the People were so manifestly in favour of the GoVern ' meat, that their new Representatives must naturally be disposed to .their supiiort.* The Returns that have been made, if we are to judge from connexions, from professions, and from former habits, are evi , dentliin favour of the Ministers ; and probably on the sth of next month, when the Opposition inean to try their strength by the first division, we shall see our judgment confirmed by the largest and most indepen7 dent majority in favour of qoVerinnent, that ever divid ed in a new Parliament, notwithstanding the indefati able exertions, by_publiCations, by speeches, and by every other manceuvre, which the Opposition have employed to render the %testier' . -of the'Negotiatien unpopular. The reply of Lord finwrax to the speech Mr. CANNI N G made, on the motion for an, Amendment to the. Address; was the most convincing, manly, and energetic flow of eloquence that ever fell , frotu the lips of an orator. It added to the elegance of. Mr. PITT and the acuteness and reasoning Of Nri. Fox, all the variety and energy of his own correct and masterly reasoning. The Oldest,: Members of Par liament have since acknowledged that therenever was a Speech delivered in Parliament which made a more powerful impression upon the House. By the close , ness of the arguments,. the candour and liberality Of the sentiments, and the . feeling arid warmth of the descriptions,' it preserved 'throughout the whole of the delivery (near an hour and a half) an uninter:- rupted, and, at the same time, a.most interesting attention. WE understand that private Letters have been re reireci from America, which state that the Non ' importation A.a has buen - partially put' in force against this Country. 44 the terms of that Law were precise and imperative, -and,the President had no power to suspend us operations, they of course c..)rurneaced on . the day specified,' viz. the of NOvember. There is, however, every reason to believe that not only the Government, but all dis - passionate People in America, are fully convinced of the impolicy as well as the injustice of the measure, and that .it will be • repealed immediately upon the meeting of COngress. A Deputation of Arue • rican Merchants waited yesterday upon Lord GRE yILLE, to receive instruc-tions respecting the line of eonduCt most prudent to be adopted, under the pre ;ent c;rcumstances; 9nd the answer they received 7,v0, •we understand-, that it was .not , probable that the inconvenience would be of long .d'urati'on. •On Christmas-day their MAJESTIES and the PRIN eESSES, DlikES of KENT and .CAminitoGi, attended Divine . '‘erv ‘ ice.at.'St., George's Chapel, accompanied by Ladies ELY, WA LDECHAVE,3IId 'MACCLESFIELD, fOriZtS .13.ivtn . , and IVI.Ncen.:EsFIELD, Count AWN.; an beard a •Sertnun by Dr. cooxsoN, frott the I st CoritithianS, 3d chapter atid 1 ith verse. Afterwi4ds received the Sacrament- troth the Arch- , bishop Of CA:4KERBUILY.-111 the evOli log: tb'eir MA JESTIeS had a Concert in the Castle: There is „not the least foundation 'for the intelli gence received at . Gottenhurgli ftutn Elsineur, that the Court of Dentnark,lys, at flip requisition of BO NAP the' ports . of Htl5t111;1' 4nd Touhixigen ainst the British Vessels. NA FA L N E I, S. PorrsiveuTEt, DEC. 46.---Arrived ,the Jamaica Frigate and the Whiting Schooner, .and Mermaid, with fruit, from Lisbon ; Boreas Frigate and the ColurabiY Brig of War from a cruize. Sailed the Forward Gijn-velsel, with seven Sail under her prote6lion, for the Downs ; also L'lltanie Frigate on a cruize. Put back Admiral MURRAY with part of the Squadron under his command, viz. Payp4elliu.s., Africa, 64', COMS, 22, . Cormorant, 14i, Olympia, 10, 'and one other Schooner. The Centaur, of 74_ guns, Sir S. HOOD, with the Regulus, 44,. and In constant Frigate, notwithstanding the prevalency of the Westerly . ),Ninds, still continue at sea. Went out of the. Harbour the Diana Frigate, Capt.!MA LING. FALMOVTN, DEC. 24. Arrived the Princess Augusta Packet, Capt. Sr. AUZYN, with Mails . from Malta and Gibraltar, in ten days passage frotn the latter place, and brings no news. ' . , . Remain His Majesty's Ships Plantagenet, 131ondc, - Lavinia , Furtu4e, Savage, Swallow, Saracen, Rosario, and ; Abund ,ance, with the outward-bound West India Convoy ; Endea vour Armed Brig, with a Convoy fOi the Westward;. ruoutli,Naval 'Transport; and .the Cecilia and Eliza hired A rnied•Tenders. • • • • • • DEAL, DEC. 26.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Leeds, HuTcntxs,.and th e L on d on Packet, CONNELLY, from Lisbon. Sailed the OM* and the Bonetta Sloops of War for Sheerness. ' .SHERRNESS;DEC. i ?s.—Came down from Chatham and anchored at the Nore a, fine new Sloop, the Favourite, of la guns. DEC. g6...-Arrived from. the Downs the . Bonata, Capt. Pnimrs. DOVER, DEC. 26.—Passed by for London the Ship Galen, of Boston, Capt. PlNK.Lny,froni Bos ton ;also the Goldllunter, CaPt.Nosr,. frow New- York. GREENEICK, DEC. 24.—The Spanish Felucca, mentioned in our last, Prize to the Minerva, 11 / PKIN-' LAY, of this Port, was laden with indigo, cochineal,. . . and spice, and only a Spaniard and Bremener saved. ELSINORE, DEC. 2.—List of Vessels which have parted from their anchors and cables, and received other damage, in thi, Road, in a gale of wind On the 28th ult. viz. The Albion, KtaxEs, of and for Hull, from 11,-mel, lost anchors and cables, and drove. to sea.; arrived at Hull the 23d : the Equity, of and for London, PELTIER, from St. Petersburgh, drove to sea, with hiss of anchors and cables . ; returned yes terday without any particular damage,: the Espe rance, of and for London, LINDSAY, Iran ilfemel, drifted down below the Castle, lost his bowsprit, one anchor and cable the Mary, of and for Flull, Cox, from Riga, drove below the, Castle, lost both his anchors and cables, 'and the rigging much da• maged : the Mercury, of and for Hull, SNEETH, from St. Petersburgh, lost best bower anchor - and cable, drOveld sea, and has likewise suffered a deal of damage : the Lively, of Burlington, BATHE, from St. Petersburg!), lost his best bower anchor and cable, also a hawser, broke the boom, and suffered other damage : the Unity, of Newcastle,. HAttat- SON, from Riga to Newcastle, ditto : the Flora, of Gottenburgh, YOUNG, from ,Dantzic ,to Grange month, lost his main - mast, bowsprit,.and one an chor and cable: the Minerva, of Hull, STOKE, trom Memel to London, lost beSt bower' and cable, main rigging, quarter-rails, stancheons, jibl.hoon), and sundry other damages : the Two Brothers,- of and: for Dundee, CATHROW, from Palau, lost anchors and:cables, drove to sea, and not yet returned : the Amity, of Dundee, BOWMAN,. from Dantzie to New castle, lost anchors and cables, drove to i sea, and was put on shore at the Dronning Mill, but got off again without any damage, and• lies at present in the Roads : the George, of'Dundec, AVATsox, frOm t 9 Kirka)dy, lost anchors and cables . :! the. Thor nton, of and for. Bull, JUBB, from Memel, cat away from both his anchors on account of a large Ship falling aboard of him : the Bell, of and for Hull, WOOD, from St. PeterSburgh, cut from anchors on account of other Ships driving upon him : ,tlleCom 7 tnercial Packet, of Liverpool, HEWSON, from .Liebau -to Liverpool, drove away tQse.a Avithlos& &f anchor, and returned the 3oth ult. with some damage, and put into this harbour to repair. • • Letters from the Fmnch Coast, of the iGth continue to state, that in all the ports to the , West ward, the utmost exertions are using in the equip ment of Privateers destined to capture - Neutral Ships bound to EngliSh Ports ; and that upwards of sixty of them were expeEted to,put to sea in a few days. The Hope,, Tpcicca, arrived at Southampton from Lisbon, 'parted from Iter convoy, the Jamaica Fri gate, on the 2.2 d iirst. twenty-four leagues from all well. ' The Board of Trade has appointed Monday next, twelve o'clock, for a conteVence With the Sugar ,efiners, West Ipdia Merchants, ana Planters. A Deputy eAch Body will'fonsequently at tend at.their Lordships' Oflice in,Whitehall,: REMAIMAM,E WAGER.—A Shropshiit trait; of the name of Glanville, started yesterday morning; for a wager of 80 guineas, to go 14 'miles in 3(.! hours. The gronnd lixedon for this extraordinary attempt, is, wd understand, from the foortfenth mile -stone on the Bath road, to the eighty-fifth, and hack, again to the fourteenth. /Tbe . pedestrian started at seven o'clock yesterday morning, .with the odds against thv performance, which is four miles and a half an heor„ without stopkagc. UpWards of twenty mail robberieS have cornruitted in different parts of IreLtnd: A.47I,ERICA. N.iw-Yong, Nov. ee:---We have been favoured with the following interesting cxtra&ofa letter from Alexandria, North America, the contents of which our Readers may rely on as fa& : " ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 29, 1806.—The city of Washington is now a scene of bUstle. Colonel BURR has publicly announced his projea to sepzi rate the Western Territory from the United States. He has WILKINSON at the head of the army, in league/with him. There has been a Council"sitting for three ,days at Washington ; the result of which is, that process goes out to the: Marshal of the terri tory to arrest BURR and Witacit4oN; and, till the return of the Marshal and the judge .of the distri&, that the law cannot be carried into died. The Militia of the Union is imm e di a t e l y to b e called out; but if two millions of people are determined, not to be under the Government of the United States, I do not know what King Tom will do." ATEIVILd PEN. I . The long meditated plan for the enlargement of V the Harbour of Newhaven is :about to be car ried into &feet. Of 'all the public measures that have lately been adopted for the • convenience and protection of our numerous coasters; none perhaps is more important, ' either in policy 'or national : utility, than the making a safe and commodious harbour between the Downs and Spithead- The want. of such a Haven. has been Severely felt, not only by the Royal Navy, but by the" commercial ^ part yf the community in particular. That it his ' becorhe infinitely more necessary than heret9- fore,, in consequence of the determination ,of a bitter and formidable enemy to attack the .Coun try whenever he shall have an otiportunity,, must be admitted. Newham) is confessedly an excel-.• lent place for su c h a h ar b our . I n respect t to its praalicability, able naval Engineers, and others, have made the most: satisfaCtory reports on the subject.' A bold shore. renders our coast much more fa vourable fur 'ships of burthen,:than the foul and flat shores of the opposite coast, where, how ever, under great difficulties, by means of an ex .) :mdittire vastly beyond what would be required in . the.present instance, such harbours have. been form ed, as at Dieppe, Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk, and Os tend. The local advantages, at the same time, to be derived from such a work, would far exceed ,our - most sanguine expeaations.... ,A navigable canal, likewise, with facility, might be Made to commune-^^ cate with the counties of Surrey and Kent; and the greatest possible benefitS, embracing even - theiuture security of the Empire, would be the result. New haven is situated nearly midway between Deal and Portsmouth,, and is admirably calculated to atford a proteCtion to our Marine, as well from the Etieniy, — as from the . weather. In Dungeness Roads our small craft is not only exposed . to the predatory ex cursions of the horde of Privateers that infest this part of the Channel, but Vessels which Come to an anchorage there for safety are sometimes detained for several days together; at great •expence and immi nent hazard, by being unable to double Beachy-head Point. These considerations are sufficiently mate-, rial to insure to such a projeal every tncceis . and every encouragement. . _ Yesterday morning his Royal Highness the Prince Of WALES set off in his barouche and four for the Oaks, the seat of the Earl of DERBY, on, Epsom Downs, where his Royal Highness is expeeted to pass two or three days : the Countess of DERBY has fitted up a suite of apartments entirely new; foil the reception of their illustrious Visitor, th e ,b e d= room of which is 'arranged in a Most superb and= tasteful style. The Duke of GLOUCESTER and Suite arrived on Tuesday evening at Trinity Lodge, Cambridge, on a visit to the Rev.Dr.MANszL, the Master, when the . . whole Society were invited to meet•his Royal High • ness at a very elegant dinner. On Wednesday, : being Commemoration-day at Trinity College, ,his Royal Highness dined in the 7 College Hall,* where there was nearly 300 persons. ' NUPTIAL WONDER.—According to a report which has for several days been current in the higher cir cles, a venerable Peer, who used formerly to take an • aelive part in the political world, has lately declared himself a Benedict, to the deep concern of his fa mily, and the astonishment of his friends. The Lady, it"seems, is of low die, and occupied a very subordinate situation in the mansion ,of the Nobleman alluded to. S ome y ears ago, it, 4; said,, her titled Partner made gallant overtures to her—, bUt not, as was supposed, of such a kind as to re•' quire the santlion, of the ChUrch,---nor was the Lady thought to have been impregnably fortified against these advances. Matters, it is understood, remained to this:state for a long period; but the exhausted state which protraeted illness, operating upon worn-out frame, had produced, has dispoSed the* aged Peer .to acknowl e dg e th e Lady as his lawful Consort.. What renders the matter still worse for lineal relations is, that several children ,have been the issue of this mysteiiouS connexion, who will, of course, succeed to all the family honouts and exten sive property if their birth had the Hymeneal Ta-. tification in due time.. 1-tow this vexatious business' 'will end nobody can tell at thiS moment, but it is the subject of much profound conje&ure and active dis cussion in the fashionable world. Si)crling.—His Grace the Duke of RUTLAND, whilst hunting with his fox-hound i a few days ago, met with an extraordinaryaccldent. The chace lying across a division drain at Screddington, near Sleaford, several of the sportsmen attempted to pats , over a wood( n bridge, prote&ed at each end as well as on the sides by a railing, The bridge,is 30 yards long, and the weight of four dr five horses and.their riders Ossing at the same,tiroth occasioned it to break in the middle The consequence was, that the Duke and all the other passengers were preCiiiitated into the drain, whiehis . a great depth, and, retaining their seats, were with their horses immersed completely over head. With some difficulty all the party regained the terra firma. Dukt never I)st his seat ; but, on his, horse find iog his f‘.et again; pursued his. course 'with unabated Gilbert Heathcote's hounds will meet on ~L)il i ay next at. Lyndon on 'Wednesday, at Ilo v:irt .on Thursday; at Greetharn WOod; and on Saturday the 3d of January, at Piior's Copiiiee—at itelif past tviL 711. t LATE b U., 4 7 2 la 33 1tL 7 7 4 1S PG7C PROM THE PAIZIS FAPER3. The subsequent Article is curious both in its matter and man. ner—part of the histry is true—but/the deduet- , ns an. liberal and unmanly in the extreme, and can only flow • ront a pen direcied hy the deep-rooted malignity of Bonaparte. Such are the successful attempts to pervert kistcrical trn,th ; 'and thence it is evident, that Bonaparte; to accom plish his ends, is as anxious_ to pollute the sources of teal • information as he is to destroy the physical pow' ." %of Lis Opponents.—English Editor. " Charles Williaa j t Ferdinand, * Duke) iruns wick Wolfenbuttel, son of Charles Duke of Bruns wick, and p sister of Frederick the Great, was born the ,lOth of Udtober, 1735, and brought up to the art" military by his uncle Prince Ferdi nand, under when he commanded the troops of Brunswick, who, during the Seven Years—War, composed a part of the Army of the Allies. He distinguished himself- ót liastenbeck .and -Bergen, where the Allies were defeated by the French, and at' , Crevelt and Minden, where the French were beaten by the Allies. ": In 1760, he commanded the advancecl guard of the Allied Army, and' ,engaging the French Army too rashly, he was disconcerted; but.his retreat did him much honour.- On this occasion he was wound ed ; and three months after, at the battle of Kloster lamp, he was again wounded. " In 1761, he was present at the vi&ories obtain ed over the French - at - Willinghausen and Warberg ; he was alsO,present at Johannisber g -, where, how ever, the French had the advantage. In this latter a,ffair the Duke received a 4angc Qll3 Wound in the lover part of the Stomach. ° ." When the war Was . terMiliated, the late Duke returned to Brunswick, where he assisted his father in the lnana4ernent ,of - the adthinistration of public affair's.; and, on his death •in 1780, he succeeded to the Sovereignty of his States, which he go‘erned with much judgment and moderation. He pro- ; teaed and encouraged men of letters.; and various artists, together with. several literary chara6ers in different parts of Gertn;jny, found in Brunswick a certain asylum, where they enjoyed the utmost lie b - rFty in their persons and'opintons. - ..;„.." The Duke of Brunswick still remained en the List of Prussian General Officers ; and when f're derick the Sccond was about to invade Holland in 1787, he .enii•Usted him with the cornp . Lind of the rmy. The weakness of the Fre nc h G over nment. was then sea, that the Dutch were left destitwe of the succour whiCh had been promised - them : the Duke of Brunswiek had consequently less difficulty in accomplishing the objets qt the Expediiioa, iu which he was s econded by the Stadth o ld er , an d t ae numerous Partizans of the . HOuse Of Orange. kill easy success on this occasion, tberefCre, could add "hething to his military glory. • 7, 1 " The Duke's reputation-, however, obtained for in 1792, the command of the CoMbined Army designed for the conquest of France. The Alohifesto published by him, his' incursion into: Champagne, . and his retreat before an army consisting of regi ments half disorganized, and half raw recruits that had not yet received instraaiens for even their tirst exercise—are circumstances from Which much. cre dit cannot be derived to him in the pages of history; and notwithstanding the talents which he shewed in the Severe Years' War,' if his military career be hht compared with what,' es an Administrator, he has done foritte good of his subjects-4.it'will lie imp,os- : sible not to acknowledge, that the Duke ót Bruns e wick was' better calchlated to govern in time of Peace than to command in time of War. " The disast,ers . which prepeded his death have been dreadful ; and if, as Frenchmen, .we rejoice at the lesson given to his mad presumption ; as men, we cannot but lament to see an aged Sovereign, who was beloved by his subjects, and a (Gen e ral enjo yi ng a, sigh reputation, vanquished, .fOrced to fly; and to march night and . day in spite of his wutiPs to escape falling into the hands of the Conquerot ; zutd, when searceli arrived upon a Fo re i gn or Nctiiral Territory, tq sink into the grave, tortured wito tn , A , grief of knpwing,. that by his fault his chluren are fileprived of the inheritance of their fatherq. and' nip' Subjeas deyuted to all fht.-`calainities of war ! • • " The Mike - of Brunswtok.. vas married' 4). a Princess of England (AuguSta, sixter t his. Ma- . jesty the king). From this union'have arisen seve-* ral i children. The late ,liereditary Prince .lied al most suddenly last year. The eldest daughter of the Duke is married to the Prince of Wale."—(Gazette de France.) -'s - Yesterday a Naval Officer undertook, fir a wager Of ten guineas, to swim a very fine model of a ship,, with sails set, across the Serpentine, in H y de Park, in seven minutes. _ A number of genteel spect.nors at tended, the .aquatic exploit, and the breeze being ra ther strong, tile little vessel sailed in the most plea sant and, regular manner across, in about five mi. flutes. • ANECDOTE OF THE. DUKE DE ROHAN.—Travel ling in Switzerland he was taken ill, and sent for the first Physician of the Canton. Dr. THIBAN . D, who was reckoned the tbst; being introduced, the Duke observed, that the face was very familiar to him.— •" No wonder (replied the ()odor) for I had the ho nour to be Marechal (A ng li ce. F arr i er ) to your Grace's Stables."—" And how the devil (said ~ the Duke) happens it that I find you here a phys:cian and how do you treat your patients ?"—‘• As I treated your .Grace's horses:—l kill a great many, but cure a few and therefore, for (od's sake, let me continue • here to gain my bread among the honest Swiss." • Last week as a man was walking along the shore, near Northfleet, with a gun, for the purpose of shooting gulls, he took aim at one Which was on the wing, near a vessel within gun-shot, and fired at t►he instant that a man, who was on board the vessel, was coming. up from the hold.• Nearly the whole quantity of shot• with which the gun was loa. e 4 struck, and lodged in the head of the unfortunate man,' and wounded him so badly that his life is de. spai red of. Qn the night of the ioth instant some daring vil lains, by forcing out the glass and the iron bars of the vestry window, of the ancient church of Bridling= toil; entered therein; and. broke open a chest, in p)(peatation of finding' the communion.plate, which had fortun4tely been taken away by the church-: wardcns on the day preceding. Tae thieves left behind _them a hammer, peir of pincers, and a plougll's counter.