The Sun. — London, England, 1806-11-27 00:00:00

MAILS. ARRIVED-1 Flamburich, Dublid, 3 WAterford. D u —4 Haraburgh, 5 Gotteaburg:l, r Wawrford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE. O'C.LOCII.. 61 !Omni= - - Consols THE SUN. SOLE: 4 QUI& D;CERZ TALSUS4 •UDEAT? L 0 ND 0 N, THURSDAY, NOVED , IBER 27, 1806. The manner in which the last French Bulletins which reached this Country spoke of the probability of the capture of the Corps uuder the Command of General WINNING and General Bnucnia, led us to apprehend that we should soon receive intelligence of that event. We certainly are not disposed to give credit in general to the gasconades for which the French are so eminently distinguished, but the retreat of Generals WINNING and BLUCHER to the Oder was so completely cut off, that it was almost im possible they should escape. We are sorry to say, that intelligence has reached this Country which justifies our apprehensions upon thiS subje&. A Gentleman of respectability, who has just ar rived from France, states, that before his de parture, the Twenty-sixth Bulletin was_ publish ed, which contained an account of the surrender of these two Corps, to the amount of 25,000 :men.— We cannot vouch for the authenticity of this state-' went, but, for the - reasons we have already stated, we are not inclined to doubt its truth. It is further stated, that the French Army was in full march to meet the Itussian. Under existing circumstances, we trust that the latter will avoid a general engage- . meat ; they cannot be at present sufficiently nume rous to risk a battle with any chance of guccess. A report las been circulated, that His Prussian Ma jesty had died of a broken heart ; but we do not think it entitled to any credit. C..ptaia FENwtelt, of the Ship Liddell, who has arrived at Yarmouth from .Eashieur, states, that when he left that place it was reported that the French had taken possession of Dantzic. It is sin gular that we should hear of the French having ar rived.on the bauks of the Vistula before .we receiv ed any intelligence of their havitt crossed the Oder. It is, however, not improbable that the French-may have pushed forward a small party to Dantzic, and, in the present unaccountable panic which prevails, we should not be surprised to hear that its gates were operied without an attempt at resistance. Stmcz writing the ahotie, the Ilaniburgh. Mail of the 14th arrived: We 'have not time. to make any comments upon the melancholy intelligence which it contains. The gallant Veteran the Duke of BRuNswicK is no more ; be died of his wound at •Altona. The following are the most interesting ar ticles of intelligence which the Mail contains : HAMBURGH, Nov. 14—It is bat too certain that the whole Prussian Army is totally ruined and dis persed; one corps after another has been obliged to lay down its arms, and alt the principal towns, viz. Stettin, Custrin, Spandau, and Magdeburgh, have capitulated. In the latter the French found an im mense treasure, as the most valuable effetas from Munster, Cassel, and oast Friesland, had been depo sited there as a place out of danger. It is rcal:y astonishing how ill provided with even the mos t common necessaries these places were, but for which they never would have fallen into the power of the French, and particularly Magdeburg - h, one of th e strongest places in Europe. As to the - King of Yrussia, no body knows where he is at present. The Army of Marshal DAVOUST is already arrived 2t. Posen ; it consists of 30,000. men. Nothing bu t accident prevented General BLUCHER from coming Harnburgh, in which case we should have shared the fate of Lubeck, which has suffered dreadfully.— The coaiva of this General was cruel in the ex treme. A Deputation has been sent from that town to claim the proteetion of the French Emperor, and one will alsu be sent from hence. 'l',e Duchy of Oldenburgh has been taken pes.• st of, in the name of the KING of HOLLAND, by -i ou D _itch Troop;. Hesse has been obliged to join the Confoderation of the Rhine, and, consequently, must act against 11ussia. LUB:.CK, Nov: 9.—The 6th of this month was the most dreadful day. in the murals of Lubec. The i'rusiian General N4TZAUR, being in our town with 4)00 men, the French, un4r the orders of Mar ina' BERNADOTTE, attached the Prussians at nine o'clock in he morning, out of t town. Both aides fought with the'greatest bravery and obstinacy. Towards noon the French appeared below the town with very superior forces. They acre receiver! at the gates with cannon charged with langrage, but it did not stop them. They were repulsed at several of the gates, but they succeeded in forcing that of dem Burgtbor. Then began in the town- Ole most dreadful con at. The Prussians had a good deal of artillery, which did much injury to the French), but nothing i could withstand the bravery or superiority of the French, 'whose . infantry entered the town ; they folloiised the Prussian t into all the houses, churches, and public buildings, where a terrible carnage was made. The slaughter lasted upwards of three hours, during which the number of killed and wounded accumulated, both in the houses - and the streetS, and particularly at the Burgthor, to a fright ful height. ' HAMZURGH, Nov. 14.—The day before yester day the body of his Most Serene Highness the DUKE of BRUNSWICX was opened and embalmed at Altona. On opening the skull it was found that the wound which this lamented Prince received was mortal. — His Highness bore the exquisite torture occasioned by the wound with the utmost fortitude and resigna tion ; but, when he learned the loss of his domi nions, his heart began to break. His son, the Duke of BRUNSWICK-OELS, who capitulated with Gene ral BLUCHER, and who so heroically defended the gate of Lubeck, arrived at his lather's house the day after his death. His Highness's horses were yester day sold by public anktion ; his jewels and other ef fefts will be sold to-morrow. An Estafette has been sent to NAPOLEON, at Ber lin, requesting that the Duke's venerable remains may be deposited in the Family Vault of his Ances tors. From the Hamburg it,Correspondent en , Nov. 4 " It appears by. a Letter from the Inn, of the 3d inst. that the Fortifications of Brannan are being strengthened and increased by the French with the utmost activity. The Cordon formed on the Inn by the Bavarian Troops is also considerably reinforced. The Head-quarters of the Commanding Gene. ral is at Old Oetting.. /1 Squadron of Austrian Hussars has taken post at Sittmaning, in the Bishop rick of Saliburgh." Letters from Saxony of the 7th inst. state, that the important Fortress Koenigstein is to be occu pied by the French and Bavarian troops, and that the Eleaor of SAXONY has acceded to the Rhenish Confederation. Magdeburgh capitulated on the Bth inst., The Capifildation was concluded between Marshal NEY and Lieutenant-General Ic.r.vsr. The Garrison is said to have consisted of .2'0,000 men. On the 12th inst. the head-ciFartT of Marshal Da ailAnorru, Prince of Pontecom, were at Lubeck. On the.same day gen Oral. BigINCIER. gave notice, that all Russian and Swedish Ships lying there might take their departure unmolested. One English Ship only was at Lubeck, w 1 it was taken by assault the Captain and three seamen of which were killed. On the loth inst. the French took po3session of Hanover, under the command of Marshal M osxn n 1 The Fortress of Hameln, in the Eleaorate of Han over, capitulated. on the 1 ith inst. It surrendered to the KING of HOLLAND, who commanded the S lege . On the 12th inst. the Duchv of Oldenburgh was taken possession of for the King of Holland, by Isa tavian Troops, who marched thither froni East Fries land. Yesterday morning HIS MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's • Palace, from Windsor. At two o'clock Hts MAJESTY held a Private Levee, which was at tended by The Archbishop of Canterbury, the . Bishop of St. Asaph, the Lord Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the three SecretariesOt State, the Alaster-General of the Ordnance, the First Lord or me. Admiralty, Lord St. Helen's, the Comptrollelr of the Navy, Admiral Sir John Betlase Warren, the Rev. Or% Cookson, General Harcourt, atui Mr. Fa wkener. The following had - the honour of being presented to His MAJESTY : The Rev. Dr. William Clever, by Earl Spencer, upon his being translated from the Bishopric k of Bangor to St. Asa" when the. Rev. Preiate did homage before Majesty, with the usual Ceremonies. Vice-Admiral Sir !ohn Borlase Warren, by the Hon. Mr. I'. Grenville, upon his return to England. The Rev. Dr. CoAsbn, by Uri Spencer, upon his being appointed.one of the Deputy Clerks belonging to the Chapel Royal. Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson, Comptroller of the Navy, by the Finn. Mr. T. Grenville, :Ton his being created a Bari. net. His MAJESTY held a Pr►vy Council, andl gave private audiences to Earl SPENCER, Lord GREN VILLE, and Viscount HowicK. At five o'clock HIS MAJESTY .. Set off on his re turn to Windsor. His MAJESTY has given direaions that a return of the salary and emoluments of his Livery Servants should be laid before him, for the purpose of aug menting them, the dedui:tions from their small salary, in consequence of the Income Tax, being so great. The Royal Livery. Servants have not re ceived any augmentation to their salaries since the reign of QUEEN ANNE. Yesterday the Bishop of ST. As.tPn, after attend ing HIS MAJESTY at the Levee, dined with Lord GRENVILLE and a sele6t party. Early in the Session the CIIANCE4LOR,of the Ex- c tiEdUER Will move for a ,liberal compensation to be made. to the Princess ofWALcs, for the surrender of the Ranger's House in Greenwich Park, which - is immediately to be fitted up a an Asylum for Boys to be trainecl . for the British Navy. The PRINcE Of WALES, we are sorry to hear, has by no means derived any. advantage in point of health from his late oxcursion. His appetite, we understand, is in a very ►ndifferent state, though be has been very abstemious during the 'whole of his journey; Captain NAXaNE is appointed to command the, Favourite Stoop of. War at Chatham. N A VA L NEW S. PitherrH, Nov. 25.—This day, at noon, the .Colas Frigate weighed from the Sound to go up Ratnoazia= to be refitted ; the wind blowing strong at southvotst, she missed stays near the • Devil's Point, and drifted on the rocks, where she remained nearly an hour ; but it being flood tide, she was fortunately got off again, and came into harbour, without receiving any material damage. Sailed the Eurydice Frigate on a cruize to the West*ard. PORTSMOiITH, NOV. 26.—Arrived the Constant Gun-brig, Lieutenant STOKES, from, a cruige off Guernsey. PooLE, Nov. 26.—The Harp, of this Port, FRAN CIS WARITAM Master, arrived this morning off the Harbour from Newfoundland, in great distress.— A heavy sea, three days after their sailing,. fell into her, which carried away both mast and bow sprit, and every person that was on the deck—uu fortunately the Master was, one of the number. — Only three men were left to navigate this wreck home. The accident happened about the 28th of last month. The Friendship, DAVIN, of this Port, from Lis bon for Newfoundland, was obliged to bear up, in consequence of the heavy and constant gales of wind, and is arrived here. SHEERNESS, Nov. 26 . —Sailed from the More yesterday evening after post, the Urgent Gun-brig with the Trade under Convoy for the Elbe, Weser, Tonningen, Bcc. with a strong breeze at S. W. DEAL, Nov. f 26.— Remaiti in the Downs the following Ships : The Edgar, Princess Of Orange, Magnificent, Regulus, and Antelope Men of War; Thames, Clyde, Vestal, and Shan non Frigates ; Combatant and Valorous Praams ; Seagull and Cormorant, Calypso, Mosquito, and Trompeuse Sloops of War; Lucifer, Explosion, Prospero, Vesuvius, and Fury Bomus; Speculator Lugger ; Phosphorous, ignition, and Thrasher Fire-vessels ; Humber Armed Ship ; Amity and Governor Wines Bomb-tenders; Arrow Schooner ; Mary Gun.brig ; Harmony Victualler ; Devaynes List Inuiarnan ; and a large Fleet of other outward-bound Vessels, Trans ports, Coasters, Colliers, &c. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship San. to Margarita, for the Capture of the French Ships Formid able. Dugssay Trouin. Mont Blanc. and Scipion, on the 4th Nov. tBe;, the proceeds of the hulls, part of 'the stores, and heiLd.ntoney, on tlitaflth instant, at Lockyer's Office, Ply. mouth, and every Tuesday and f ridgy for three months. To the Cosnmanclers„ Officers, and Companies of the Hon. United East I ndia Company's Ships Baring and United 'Kingdom, for the Capture of the Batavia Dutch East India man, on the Ltd' August., 18.3, the proceeds of the above Capture, awarded by His Majesty's Royal Grant, at At, kin's Office, 7, Walbrook, and every Thursday and Satur, day, froin ten till two. fo the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Mer-. lin, the proceeds of the Shepherdess, captured on the zed July, iBo4, and the Postillion, caotured on the 31st of lc's:, will be paid on the aSih inst, at No. 13, George-street,Vl,3l. minister. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Amazon, for tho following, Captures :--Spanish Brig Mer cides, on the uth of Yebruary, iSoc ; Spanish Ship Chriso de Gros ; Spanish Setee San Isidro, captured oft the ad of May, 181,5 ; and Spanish Tart= San Josef y los Ane. mas, captured on the agns of June, the net proceeds will be made on board the Amazon, on her arrival in Port, and every Tuesday, for three months, at No. iS, CleMent's. 1 nn. The Pomona Spanish Frigate, of 3S guns, with treasure, 4e. on board, captured on the 23a of Au gusts to leeward of the Havannah, under a battery of simteen 36-pounders, by theArethusa Frigate, in com pany with the Anson, was assisted by twelve Gun boats, each mounting one 24-pounder, and manned with one hundred men. The Pomona had twenty, men killed and thirty-wounded ; among the former the Captain. The iirethusa had two men killed and thirty wounded ; among the latter was Captain BRISBANE. The Anson had none killed or wound ed. Three of the Gun-boats were blown up,. six sunk, and the other three wrecked during the ac tion. The Pomona arrived at Jamaica on the tsth of September. Also, the same day, the Baccitante Sloop of War, with the i3rig Wrinitalt, of four guns, from Africa for . Liverpool, and two Spanish Feluccas, cot out of St. Martha, on the Spanish Main, by three of her boats, manned with thirty men, under comin:tnd of Lietnenant NAU GLIT)N. On the attack being made, a creiueivlous fire was opened from one of tae batteries, mounted with fifty-five pLeces of Ito idery, .some field-pieces on the beach, and two Guar•a Costas, which was con tinaed without inttrinisslon : only one man was wounded. . . ',. Sir JOHN WARREW wilt leave town in a few.days, to resume the command of the Ships under his or ders at Plymouth. Captain BROMLEY, of the Champion Frigate, is appointed to the command of the Solebay Frigate, at Deptford. Lord VALENTIA'S immense colleEtion of exotics, &c. will pass the Custom House in a feW days.— The Conn of Direaors. have given up the usual charge for freight, &c. ; and Government have ex pedited an order to pass the whole free,of every kind of duty. Extraordinary Adventure of two Russian Cann neers,--M. LivAK4wiTz, Secretary to the Rus sian Embassy at London, being in the Russian Fleet in the Archipelago, when, in t 773, it burned the Turkish Fleet before Smyrna, witnessed the- fol lowing extraordinary event :---The Russian Mini . rars Ship took. fate in the anion and blew up; and two earmoneers, being ciirried into tbeair by the ex plosion, fell into the sea, close by a Turkish Vessel. • They were taken up, made prisoners, and placed •in irons an the poop. Three nays after, the Turk ish Vessel being set on fire in the - Harbour by the -Kussians, blew up. also, and the . two . unfortunate men were again thrown into, the sea near the Rus sian Fleet, and taken up ; but having each. of them legs torn away, from, their being chained by them to the deck, they underwent amputation below the knee, and both survived the accident for many years. M. Du LlY4KEwrrz saw thembcath at the-time and t long aiierwards. lti L; TV P 21114 M IV MEMBERS RETURNED. MINTY of BANFF—Rt. Hon. Sir 'Wm. Grant. COUNT*I o2•FoRrAR—Hon. Win. Maule. COUNTY OF WATERFOE.D—JOIIII C. Beresford, Esq. ; Richard Power, Esq. Dx.TND4I.K.O.49hp. Metze, Esq. Cotiii'rY OP LIIMICK-HOn. Windham Quint Lieut. Col. 013:11. COUNTY OP ktutiao.Lord Robert S. Fitzge. , raid ; Robert Latoucho, Bsq-. COUNTY OF LEITRIM—HOO. Henry J. Clementi; Hon. Lieut. Col. Wm. Gore. YOUGHALL—Lord Viscount Bernard. CONTESTED ELECTIONS. BERWICK—Sir John Callender - los Dr. 'rowers - - - Sir Alex. M. Lockhart - 69 Lieut. Col. Allan - - r 5 LONDONII.ERRY—CIOSe of the Poll on the Ist day, Lord Geo. Ifereaford - Gen. Stewart - GO Col. Ponsonby - - 48 Sam. Lyle, Esq. - - - 44 COUNTY OF DusLlN—Friday there were palled-- For Mr. Hamilton - LOS Mr. Falkiuer - 86 Mr. White - 513 Gross Poll—Mr. Hamilto4 Mr. Falkiner - Mr. White 183 147 - 115 MIDDLESEX ELECTION, At the close of the Poll yesterday the numbers. were-- For Mr. HELLISH Mr. BYNG - Sir F. BURIDIETT 3029 - 2243 Mr. BYNG thanked the Eleecors and retired. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT then stepped forward and addressed the Meeting to the following effete : " gentlemen, after the disapprobation expressed yesterday by certain persons on some of the topics I then addressed to you, it will be difficult:indeed for me to speak at all on the present situation of the Country so as not to give offence to those Gentle men. We all know how delicate a thing it. is to handle a tender point—how difficult to touch a sore without causing uneasiness to those suffering under it. However much those Gentlemen may feel hurt a , or may be pleased to express their displeasure, I, notwithstanding, shall not be afraid to allude to such subje6ts as seem to me to require refortiornim The displemere of such persons, on the astral", pleases me much. , It is a proof of the.COftSeilllASe ness of those very persons beat these are points pp+. culiarly- deserving of notice, and of an inquiry . whith they will not bear. The disapprobation of those Gentlemen, however, was not confined to this place, but they . seem to have carried their resent. anent home with them, and to have retailed it out to the Public in the form of a letter or adver-, tis4ment in a Paper of to-day, under the signature of a f` Freeholder. General as this signature may be, the letter itself carries along withit so strong marks of its Author, that no person can be at It.. loss to discover him. Ittlaust be the produ&ion either of the hired libeller, Mr. Bowles, or of the hired informer, Redhead 4?ork---.(Soine cries of shame fie ! & c.) Some Gentlemen try out " shame," . but yet they esteem it no shame to put into print • the most infamous libels. against Me.—They think it no shame ;to put in pratitice againsti me the rnosg scandalous calumnies,—to accuse me of jacobinisra. And of every thing which, in their mind, may ex , pose me to public reprobation. This is the can" dour, of these Gentlemen, acct it 1;... & by np rneanl, unlike the Advertisement to, which I am about to call your attention. , The Gentleman who is the Author of it says, that the objedt of dal% EleCtion, on the part of his friends, is,' to preserve the County against a faction, whose obieort. is, to etre. cleavour to subvert its principles and independence. As to the idea of the Freeholders who poll for me being a faction, I should like to have it pointed oi:. in what that faCtion cooiists ; and also, what are the principles on Which the anthur of this advertise ment proceeds, and which he supposes to be the principles of the County. As to faction, do we vet, know that nonesuch can exist, unless formed against the - public good, for the individual advantage of those who compose it. You will judge who are here the ieterestei parties ; and who, on the other hand, have declared their principles, on all occasions, to be friendly to the public cause. The author or au-. thors of this letter affix to me, and to my sup porters, the term faction, as they have done the term jacobinism, without being able to define the meaning of either. I, however, affix to thOse very persons the term " faction," because they link to gether for their own emolument against the public interest. We all know, that, where self-interest may be promoted, there faction will be found. That where the carcase is, there will the vultures be gathered together. On such persons, therefore, as the authors of the advertisement in question, I feel myself warranted in retorting the charge of fac tion. You know that I have always atted an in dependent part. On that principle I have ever held your support ?- and knowing that the conduit of my opponents hag been oti,erwise, I cannot help considering them as imased a faCtion, dan ce gerous and pernicious to 401 Conaty. The prim« ciples—if principles they scan be called--of those persons who alt against me, and to whom I haus., already alluded, are, at the best, unknown....- 'Those on which I stand are the same on. which I have. all along acted. In this advertisement it is however said, that Mr. Mellish must learn if .his conduct be not the same with his professions, that he most never again expect to be the Member for t Middlesex. Where the writer of this advertise* ment learnt the principles of Mr. Mellish, it is im possible forme to conjecture; unquestionably it wag not froth any professions made' by him in the course of the present Election, for professions he made none. It could, therefore, only be from some intuitive no* tion of the sentiments of Mr. Mellish that he could have hazarded such a conjecture. With a similar, or rather with a greater, degree of effrontery, the authors of this advertisement presume to say, that I 1 ant swelling up my poll by every possible exertion l