The Sun. — London, England, 1806-10-01 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM HAMBURGET. PARIS, SEPT. 20,—When the riing of . Sweden makes Manifestoes or preparatiohs for war against France, Europe is quiet, nbt a town looks upon itself as menred. The people may murmur at Stock . holm ; hut they dread rather the expellees and the I ridicule than the fatal consequences of a War•which affords no- field or battle. AVhen a more aweful Power, a. graver Court, and which has acquired to itself, at the expence of glory and good faith, the re- , nown of an extreme circumspeCtion ; when Prussia arms and appears to defy France, one is aitdmshed; one is apprehensive of the ,storm which she. draWs Upon 'the North of Germany. Prussia arms.—What are her grievances - ? What are her hopes ? .1 t is easier to find the grievances which the French.:Govern mem has had against that Power, and the:wrongs it has pardoned. After the death of Mr. PlTT„the linist t erS who had • been his collea g ues read to the Parhaurnt of England .the Papers and Treaties upon which were founded a' great coalition, which three mOnths sufficed to destroy... `tile King of Prussia figured in all these. Negoti ations. He spoke, or was made to speak in them, as, a declared Enemy of France ; he made promises in them which the Allied Courts considered as 'posi tive engagements. " Stop (cried, many Members of Parliament who were provo - ked at hearing these Papers readj = stop, it is great indiscretion." No, there was no indiscretion in it ; they did not reveal to the North of Germany, nor to Francenor, above all, to the-Emperor of the French—a single fa& un known, or even obscure to them. Several French Generals had hopes of finding a Prussian Army to vanquish at Austerlitz. I have seen several of the letters in w'aich they gave an 'account of the Vic tory„ and which concluded with . these; or the:like words :—" The whole regret of the Aiiny is that the Prussians were not in this affair."-=Of the twb Emper6rs who were just vanquished, the one, by the generosity of. the conquerors, took 'back with him to his States the feeble wreck of an Army which . had no longer either Chiefs or Artillery; or, above ail s any glory ; and the. other, by a gene rosity still More memorable, returned into a capital which the Conqueror had studied' to preserve to him submissive and even, aifeEtionate. What must the K i ing of Prussia not ,have feared at that time ? His Grand Uncle, FREDERIC 11. had not been pro voked so much as the Emperor NAPOLEON, when; in loWerieg the power of Saxony, he said'-!.shall Ind in the Elector's Palace the Treaty which binds him a g ainst ine ; and in fa& be, did find-it there. ' NAPoLtot; did not condescend to go and examine ' the =hives of Berlin—yet, by undertaking an 'Ex peditien; then, and; even at this day e se easy, he would have satisfied the deep. resentment of the two Powers ss horn he had yAnquished, as much as_the warlike wishes of his Army, and as that sentiment which governs heroes, indignation against perfidy.- The Emperor NAPOLEnN, saved the StateS and even the honour of the .King .of Prussia—he was unwilling. to see in hint any perfidy—he corn plained.dnlY of a Mipistgr ; and Prussia did not ex piate the criminal and mercenary policy of 'BarOn lIARDENBEIZG. See what Prussia now is—she has acquired a Pro vince, the objet of her ambition ; —she, has ceded Some countries, which are very_ far from making an 'exact compensation for what she obtains. - The Emperor of the' French has, however, not set too high a price upon his alliance, and has had 'no oc casion to lay snares for his ambition. Ile/ grants no preminin to the machiavelism .of Courts, in re- forming the policy in which Europe has been for a long time enmed, and the detestilale .principles of which the. English Oovernment has endeavoured' to preserve and twend—he keeps rewards in store for frankness and fidelity. .To these titles the Court of Prussia has, indeed, no great claims. Hence, pro bably, arise the grievances she has against France.— She may . say to 'Russia, and even to Sweden— /dg not think myself sufficiently paid for having excited, or at least encouraged, you to a disastrous • war by false promises. ,It belongs to you to revenge me and snake me obtain, at the expense of the trait , 'tiuillity and the strength of your 'States, the full re ward that is due tome." I hear this approximation made in every conversation. But it is only the French who can make it with gaiety. Here the utmost apprehension is entertained. We trem ble for the North of Germany.. The only hope we bave is in the known wisdom of some Sovereig o ns.— . We often conclude by saying, that the evidence of the dangers which Prussia •runs will strike a Mo narch who has hitherto sheen great love for his People. • I - will explain to via in another Letter how people reason bere• on the chances of this war. • • SEPT. 22.—The, Publicists. of the lgth instant inserted an . article which contains several hazardous assertions.—The Author of this article asserts, that PruSsia was concerned in the last Coa lition., and he quotes oti this head the Papers which Were published by the English Ministry. We have also read these State Papers, bqt have not seen a word in them m'hich concerns Prussia. To,pr,:tend to argue from this silence of thetabinet of Lin • don, that Prussia was concerned in the third Coa lition, is to hazard to reason in a manner that will certainly persuade nobody. The English had, at that time, no motive to spare Prussia, neither have • they had any since. • We see, its well as the Publiciste, that several mi litary movements ate now going. on •at Paris. We - have remarked, like himself, that for this month past many have been carried on at Berlin ;. but we also -know that the Emperor never . draws his sword without' having made the, nation acquainted with his motives, and that no doubt he will not, deviate from this custom, which he has constantly adopted, and which is so conformable to his dignity, and the rights of the French People.. Now nothing has ' taught us that he has manifested this intention. No one; ipcieed, is: ignorant that priTarations are order , ed, and it is well known that the Emperor is not in the humour to spend two or three millions without reason. On the other hand we behold M. KNOBELSDORFF arrive at Paris, where he has been well received; we also know that at the time these armaments were going forward at Berlin, Marshal MOLLEN DO:tFF, and several of the King of Prussia's Ministers, toasted the .Emperols health at a dinner given by • M. LAFORET. , Lord MOrtrETII sets out this afternoon. for Berlin. A Frigate is in waiting at Yarmouth to convey him to the Continent. Wei have no doubt that the, final adjustment of the, differences between this Country and Prussia will speedily be effe&ed. The condn& of Ministers upon this occasion has ,been diaated by true wisdom and sound policy, and even their opponents admit that nothing could be more wise or judicious„ The moment Prussia evinced, a desire to recede - from those pretensions which had given just cause 'of offence to this Coun try, she was Met by our Government in the true spi rit of cordiality, and 'every measure was adapted that could give effe& to the reconciliation. We, have no doubt also that our Government will not be back ward in, rendering ev , cry possible, assistance to -Prus sia in the approaching contest between that Power and France, in the issue of which this Country is deeply interested. It Certainly is possible that the result of the Nego tiation between . Prussia and France may yet prevent the sword from being drawn ; but of this we see but little chance. In the contemplation, of an altinost inevitable War between those Powers, there could certainly be no wiser policy than to effe& a reconci liation bet Ween this Country and Prussia, in order that a strong and united effort may be made to pull down that Colossal Power which threatens to • be stride the whole 9f Europe. THE departure of the French Ruler rind hig Mi nister from Paris, while Negotiations are pending between France and this Country, has naturally ek cited much surprise, and has been considered as an insult to the British Government, unles's some ex planaton had been previously given of a satisfactory nature to the Earl of LAUDERDALE. We repose, however, too confidently upon Administratiou to doubt that they will a 0 upon the occasion with.dig , nity and spirit, as well as caution and prudence,•and that they will give full iustruaions to Lord LAUDER • WE e?ctraft, the following from a Charleston Pa per of the 234 of August A Tornado., little in ferior to - that of September, t $O4, commenced yes terday morning about two o'clock, and continued unabated the whole of yesterday ; it has done less injury, as yet, than the September gale, owing, it is supposed, to the wind being northerly, and the Ship,- ping and Wharfs being sheltered from its effefts by the houses in the City. We have nn heard of an y N • damage sustained in the ' town, except a few feneeS being blown down, and several trees: torn up by the roots.:—We regret we cannot give an equally fa vourable account i of the Harbour—the Ship Halcyon, Capt. MANLY ; and• the. Ship ikipe, Capt. HUNT, are on shore at James's Island, and it is feared both will be bilged.; the Ship AsLiue, at quarantine, is on *shore at Port Reef, and likely to meet the same fate.. Many other Vessels are critically situated, and will inevitably be injured should the wind- shift unfa vourably,". No doubt the gale extended to the West Indies, and is the same which dispersed. the homeward - bound Jamaica - Fleet, and Sir RICHARD STRAcHAN'S Squadron," as it is the same day the Ships-(arrived) parted from the Fleet. THE ConwEiicut, M`LEAN* 4 from Charlestown, arriyed at Liverpool, spoke on the isth inst. His Majesty's .Ship Man:ague (one of Sir R. STaAcgAN's Squadron), from the West Indies to England, tin der a jury -mast, in lat. 41. 11. N. long. W. whom she supplied with fowls, ruin, &c. A Cabinet Council was held yesterd.ay At Vis, count• Howtc,x's Office, which was attended by all the Ministers in town No Messenger went off yesterday for Paris, as re ported, but one has been in readiness ever since Saturday. General FITZPATRICK is appointed General of the Ordnance, i in the room of Sir THOMAS TRIGG. _ _ . . Colonel CRAWFURD, with the rank of 8ri,..,0 - adie'i General, goes in command of the Troops at Perts month, on a separate and particulak service. It is said that Government have appointed Gene ral BERESFORD as Commander in Chief at Buenos Ayres, with the same salary as possessed by the Spanish Governor, viz. 10,0001. per annum, The letter Which BONAPARTE addressed to the Prince Primate exhibitan affeded spirit of modera 7 tion, which is totally inconsistent wifh the arrogance of his temper, and the all-grasping nature of his chara&er. This afre&ation of a conciliating tem perance in his views; either shows that he is appre hensive of a4eversd of fortune, resulting from, the aroused vetigeance of Prussia, combined with other States, or that ,he has some deep insidious design, which he endeavours to conceal under fair pretences. Else would such a proud, haughty, and ambitious Despot declare that he merely intended, in:-Ac cepting. the office of I;'roW6tor of the edhfe 7 deration of the Rhine, to guard the Members from the inroads of each other, and the at tacks of a Foreign Enemy, and that the Princes of that Confederation are Sovereigns without any Sovereign over them ? Such declarations from such a man are not to be regarded as, " the idle wind," any ,more than they are'to be relied on for their sin cerity. BONAPARTE has some obje& in all he does 9r says; and though' he declares the Princes are all independent Sovereigns, he will. anxiously attempt to render them all nothing but his submissive Vas sals, and instruments fOr the attainment of still greater designs upon the liberties of all other States. Baron JACOBI is returning to London. He was expected to pass through Hamburgh on the f4eth ult. and his arrival by the next Packet may' be lool;ed, for. ' Yesterday Lord How lex gave a farewell dinner at the Admiralty.. There were present, Viscount HOOD, ..Earl PERCY, Lords KENSINGTON and WIL LIAM RUS4EL, Sir C. POLE, Admiral MARKHAM, Messrs. MARSDEN, TUCKER, &C. FIE,NRX GRANT, Esq. Private Secretary to Lord 4ppcinted Naval Storekeeper at Ma dras. If Mr. I.lVkliTi3rißAD had been present at the last Meeting at the Crown and Anchor, he.wOuld . not, referring to Lor'd PERCY, have said, ‘‘ It is with great concern I find that any . part of the Westrnin ,ster FieEtors have resolved that he is not a fit person to represent this great City in Parliament i". for considering the ignorance, turbulence, and mis chievous.disposition manifested by the Agitators of that Meeting, and the tatterdemalions who ap plauded them, Mr: WHITBREAD would have bedn highly gratified in finding that Lord FllscY had only such adversaries. HARWICH, SEPT. '3o.—The Auckland Packet, Capt. 1341p0p, and the Auckland, Capt. HAMMOND, arrived yesterday from "Husurn with the Hambra' and Bremen Mails. The passengers by this route are now very few; owir.g to the clanger of the pas sage, occasioned by the perilous situation of the Coast at this time. Passengers pass to and from the Continent in great numbers, by the way pf 'Ton ningen, and dire& from and to Uambro'. The Ckaqever Ship of War sailed this rgorninic on a Crthe. Remain the Cmtinel, .Iggress3r, anct Charger Gan -brigs. DEAL, SEPT. 30.-,,-Sailed the remainder of the homeward-bound Leeward Island Fleet, for the River. Arrived the Devaqation, Prospero, and Zebra Bombs, with Convoys from the Wpstward, which are sailed for the Itiyer also the Sea cull Sloop yf War, and several Gttn-brigs, from a Cruize, and ro-- main' in the powas with pis Majesty's Shins as pe4 • last. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 30.—The Winclzelsea has made the Signal for Convoy to the Baltic; and tbs. 441:$ for Tonningep. . . . Passed by for Portsmouth the Seraph, of 44 toitls., Went out of Harbour His Majesty's Ship Zef_tio.l.l4.l STATEMENT OF THE DISTRI TISH NAVAL. FQRCE Line In Port and fitting - la In the English and Irish 2 32 Channels - - $ The Do'ivns and North Sea 9 Spain; Portugal amd Gibraltar Mediterranean and Passage' 8 . Coast of Africa - - o lITIO West Indies and Passage 4 Jamaica Station , - American and NewfoUndland o Cape of Good Hope - .4 East Indies and Passage - 7 On return frorri Foreign Service. o Intended for Foreign Service o In pursuit cif a French . Squad. 1 4 Guard-Ships - 4 Hospital and Prison Ships 19 of pi. Total in Commission '1 . 33 Receiving Shies - 6. Serviceable and repairing' • 18 l In ordinary - 25 Building - - 34 I '0 Ti IS DAY. so's 4 1 4 1 I • g Total 21S I 3, 1 1 STATE 01 IBS ORDINARY AT z, Line. so's \ Portsmouth - - i x .; Plymouth - - 1 9 , 3 Chatham - - is b Sheerness , - - 21 1 River . - z 4 Extraneous - - o 1 0 1 S 22 24 26 2 4 I I ACH P I Fri, Sps. a 6 3 2 4g 1 1 184 L 0 Tot. 44 72 38 27 I 494 1 /II .§I 'Si. 3 6 9. 4 , 49 [ 275 I 764 . °RT. 1 SP I 4 S ; l'ot ; 8, 46. I t 1 3'k B zz i X 1 4 Total 49 I 1 7 1 S. l j 4 2 1 159. From Letters brought by the Lisbon Mail,. we learn, that the Venus Frigate and iloolverine Sloop. of War arrived at Madeira on the gth of August, with a Fleet under Convoy from Portsmouth, and sailed on the 244th for-the West Indies. The Orpheus Frigate arrived at Madeira on the 12th of August, with a Fleet from Portsmouth, and sailed with the above Fleet for the West Indies :, the Milford, LAUDELL, bound to Bombay, sailed from Madeira on the 18th ult. Extra& from the Journal of the Clarendon, DREW, arrived at Bristol ;rom Jamaica : 17th August—Cleared the Gulph. 22d ,ditto, in the afternoon—A violent gale commenced, ' which lasted till six the next morning —wind veered from N. W. to S.W. ; in the night torrents of rain fell—during the height of gale, the Ship's lee-waist was under water, both pumps constantly going from tour in the afternoon till six the next morning, when the Ship bore up, and irran our reduced the water to r 3 inches. On bearing lip only ten Sail in sight, three disabled, and one with a signal of distress --on sad passed near a Brig with a signal of distress, and on ti: contrary tack. *. 23d—I t blew strong. 7th Sept.—Sounding on the banks. Ilth —Got off them.% 23d—Saw the land offlreland. 26th—Arrived in King's Road. The Rhin and Gue7tier Frigates, lately captured from the French, are purchased for our Navy, and will be fitted for immediate service at Plymouth and Chatham. • The Gazette of last night contains notice from the Secretary at War, for the encot:; age vent and extension of the Recruiting Service. It is proof that Government entertains I,ttle iao,:e of Peace. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. Nothing.official from the Cabinet of Berlin, nor from that of the Thu4-leries e nor from any other part, can induce us to think that Prussia is resolved orilfight ing ; and, perhaps, the Publiciste, before speaking with so little circunispe6tion of a Power who, it is true, marched against us at the beginning of the War' of the Revolution, but who has since laid down her arms, and neither participated in the second nor third coalition, ought to. haverefrained; and waited . till the question was started. - - Perhaps he will say that . the Prussian News writers, and more espeeially the Gazetteer of Ba ; .reuth, write and declaim against France with' the ' greatest animosity; bit it is well knoWp that the Bareuth 'Gazette, which appears to he the repertory of all the follies in circulation against the Fiench melon, ha,s carried .on this trade tor a tWelv4notith past, and has so much fallen into discredit and cone, tempt, that it is very probable /he King of 'Prussia is ignorant of its existence. The extravegancies of an obscure Journalist, who makes a bustle in a town al most unknOwn, cannot justify the errors of a Paper I so justly esteemed as the Pullic iste.. Whence then proceed these armaments of Prus'.., Sia ? Against whom are they direaed ? We know no more than the Pub/i,e4te; but, more circumspect, we observe, attend, and welt. The author of the article of Hamburgh will per haps also bring forward in his defence a warlike song, which was, it is . said, ordered to be sung on the Berlin Theatre, and printed in the Official Gazette. Fie has seen in this fa& a prevecation against izrance. This, we confess, become§ graver; we think that it in consideration . of this 'deviation which the in habitants of Berlin publicly witnessed, that the Ad., ministration here wish to remain ignorant of the articles of the Publiciste against Prussia. But after all, what does - this circurnstapce prove, . however remarkable it may be ?- 7 -. Thet the same men! who caused Count Hauc;wiTz's windows to be broken when he foresaw the greatest misfortune for his Prince and Country, who have frequently drawn on themselves the displeasure of their King by the hatred they bore to . France, are constant in their delirium and fury, and that they seduced and de- 7 ceived in order to obtain a 'triumph of Oazetfes.—, What had 'the French journalists to do ? At most answer a song, by songs. The'Berlin Poet cett l . pared France to a storm 'which held thunder, and he said that Prussia would burst this steno by can- non balls. - A French'songster. might have replied, that it would be easier to avoid the .storm • than to draw the thunder on one'r, head. We know, moreover, who is the author of this bullying—we know also that the General who com , mands at Munster has written against France a most insulting Proclamation—but more accustomed to get inebtiated like a HUssar than to write poli tics, he is 'not probably of the number of those .men whom the Court of Berlin calls to its Coun ells. Besides, were it necessary to colle6t all the observations of the Officers, the measure would be equal on both .sides ; for if several Prussians -do not like the French, there are also Frenchmen who do not like the Prussians.. Besides ; what sig.!. nify all these disputes, which certainly form no part in the combination of Powers and Cabinets ? What is positive in all this is, that Prussia has been arming for a month past, and France only for :hose eight days. This fa& must strike every: one—the rest is only obscurity—time alone can euly enlighten us. MAI LS. ARRIVED-3 Gottenburgh. Hamburgh, I Lisbon. PRICE OF STOCKS • THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - - ,63 1 Oinnitun - - THE SUN.' SOLEM QUIS DICER'S FALSUM ♦UDEAT L 0 ND 0 N, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1806. DALE in what manner to condp& himself in a situa tion that may be considered' as unexampled in the history of Negotiations, and such as it was inipossi ble to expe& from any regular Government in Eu-: rope, however, suitable it may be to the capricious and arbitrary chara&er of that under the present French Emperor. Three Gottenburgh Mails arrived this morning, The only article of intelligence which they bring is the following Letter : " GOTTENBURGH, S'EPT. t i .—By letters, received from Stralsund yesterday, we learn that Peace is concluded between this Country and Prussia ; but as it has not been officially announced, the Prussian Prize-ship lying in this harbour (the only one brought in here during hostilities) has not yet obtained het: release." WE insert this day some further Extraas from. the Paris Papers, relating chiefly to the dispute hetween Prussia and France, and which are by no means uninteresting. _ NAVAL N E WS. ..,',,PLtmoorit, SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Harnbrek r Gillliot Anna Maria, Captain SPEARMAN, from Baito rine, laden with' turpentine, &c. bound to Ton ningen, detained by therhornbrqugli Privateer; the Danish Galliot Susannah Charlotta, P. PETERSEtq, from Tonningen, laden with linen dnd glass, bound to Malaga, detained by the Happy Return Privateer. Arrived the Hecla Bomb from the Eastward. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 30.--Arrived La , Fleche Sloop of War, Capt. WHITE, from a cruize off Havre; Good Intent, CHIVERS, from. Tobago; and the Bee, BEAL, from London.. Sailed the Narcissus Frigate, with a Convoy, for the Downs ; and the Ddender Gun-brig, Lieut. Noes, on a cruize. FiLmor-rg, SEPT. 2.--Arrii-ed- this day the Brig Flaxley, TRENERY, from London-; and His Majesty's Brig Piave'', Capt. 'HANcecx., with about 40 Sail of Vessels from Plymouth, bound to Lis bon; Gibraltar, &c. Sailed His Majesty's Brig Richmond, of 16 guns, Lieut. FLEMING, with 15 Sail of Vessels for Oporto ; and the Auckland Packet, SCHUYLER, with Nails for Lisbon.