The Sun. — London, England, 1806-02-19 00:00:00

L 0 ND ,N, WEDNESDAY,,I 7 -ZIiRILIRY IC, 18Q6. LAST night we recaived Paris .Pepers to the.gth Instant, The I, 7 4,7n4ipwli"2.kraii, due on Sunday, also ved There is not yet any certain account of the• pro; gross of the French Army in Naples, The report 'Of the defeat of - the Neapolitans; which yve men tioned yesterday, continued to bp':Cireulated,with the addition, that the Prince Royal of. Naples had lost bis life in this Engagement.- Cardinal RUFEO was on his journey to Paris; but Boi:a,:a:ta is said to have iswed positive orders not: to pernile, to enter the French Territory, All hopes, therefore, :of I ► 'egotiation, were At an,end; JOSEPH - BONAPARIT was, it is said, tobeereated IS.ing of Naples. _ . . According to Letters from An;fsburgh, the Arch duke FERDIAND had proceeded, with a considerable .diyit,ion of Troops under his command, towards the • 'Turkish Frontiers. Some pains are,taken to induce ,; belief that there is no.interition dftal;ingpossqisiOn tf any of tie Turkish Provinces i - but the numerous ... • • reports circulated of insurredions and disturbances in some of those provinces, are evidently only in tended. as a pretext. for attempting to dismernke.T: them froiiithe'ottornifi ErnPire. General,LAurtisTort has taken postesslon of Ve t nice,an the nanie,of RQNAPA.RTE . :. ,-; A Letter from an Officer off Cadiz says, that .they received imf44r rn ati 14-.8 ed_ from Brest, and that the Squitdron under. Lord Imiowoola : .were.looking outdor them. • • ; A Court'of Common Council: was, yesterday held at Guildhall,, in ConseTlenp of a written Requisi, tion sent to the LOUD MAY.oa,. signed by several Mernhers,the plijea of,WhiCh vas, tore-consider the Address to His MAJESTY; as voted for at the last Cow*, alledged in this Requisition, that the Ipnguage of the. Address was'by no means so mo 4era. te,ai. the ResOlutldnTUptanwbiCh it was found . contrary to the sentiments of many wli9).4(lkit'en their vote - in fat our of it, upon a presumption that it would correspond , with. the resolution. After — tire Minutes of the former Court 1;lad bee: lead, the 1,014 D MAYOR signified that he hail.doubtedthe -propriety of convening the present buf . thit. the opinion of several Aldermen flal determined ihim in the affirmative. It was proved, . on: a .Mo'tion by Mr. KEMBLE, that pre _ , cedents in ; laved ofSuch re-considerations.were on . record.. &Motion for adjournment was moved by Mr. THORPE. Mr. Dixo).l moved an Amendment, puTporting that th - e Address should be read. A spirited debite ensped. At. length it appeared evident to the Court, that it :would be improper and absurd to present an Address to His MAJESTY which bad not been solemnly heard-and approved by those from whom it issued. This Athenanent was carried by a considerable I‘VjOrity. .Th'e' Address Was then read, .and underwent many alterations. Finally,,it was Adopted and_ the . whole Court presented it to thi l s. day', IT is generally' suppbsed that the Appointment BARLow, as. G-.p, ernor-General of Bengal, will be confirmed. Gcncral Lord LAKL expeeled home, and will; it is said, be succeeded in his; cdinmand by General S.EmooE. I • THE French bo7ernment have for some l ,time past, uscd eV - ry exertion to prevent the- transmission of any Foreign Papers to this Coun'try, and it is stated'.. in private Letters from 1 - .E:lland, that the Dutch Government !lava thc sary steps for shutting up , .the Harbour of Cabkitiic, iii order effeaually to put a stop - to the intercourse which has for some tittle been carrie& - on with. En gland from that iso:t. SEVERAI, new Writs were riy.)vecl for yesterday in the Hou , : z of Corn:lions, viz. for. Staff , r , l, in the room of Mr. SHERIDAN, appoint..%lTfeaso.-er of the . Nttvv; for the - . City of \Vaterford", in ,the - room of Sir Joins' Nwroxt, appointed Ch.in . c. , ...1 1 ...)r of the Exchequer for Ireland; and for Knaresborough and Aldborough, in the room of Lord J. TO WNS II END and Col. IVP.MA II O . N . .His INIAJEETY'this day, at two o'clock, received the Address; of ihe City of London, upob his appoint ment of the new Administration, on the Throne, at St. James's. Palace. • His MAJESTY afterwards held a Privy Council. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, the. DUKE of CAMBRIDGE, PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, attended by Generals MANNERS and FITZ• 7 ROY, and Colonel TAYLOR; took an airing on horse back,.hy Cranbourn. Yestei - day the DUKE of YoEk held a public day, at his Office in' the Horse-Guards, and saw a number of Officers in rotation, as they left their names. His Royal Highness will regularly hold public days on Tuesdays and Fridays, during the Sitting of Parlia ment. The DUKES of CUMBERLANU and CAMBRIDGE are on a visit to. THEIR MAJESTIES, at Windsor. Yesterday Lord Char.cellor RasruNE sat •in the Court-of Chancery, for the first time siuc his eleva tion to his high office. The Lord Chancellor-has written a Letter to Ma jor ItEA,..of the Tetuple Corps of Volunteers, in whichhe,states, that the various duti e s of hi s ° di ce taving modered it impossible to fulfil the trusts.re posed it hit as Colonel of the Law Association, he 'has been .under the necessity: of resigning his toin mission. • . . A new creation of Baronets is passing the Great Seal. • • It was reported yesterday, that the . Expedition ,conarnanded by Sir H. PorunNi had taken / possession of some of the Spanish' Settle Merits on, the Rio de la Plata. In the forenoon the following notice, on this sub td,' posted at the Jamaica Cotfee-nouse: EXTRACT OF A LETTER . FEOM LIVERPOOL, pF.n. 15. Capt. LEWIS, 'of the -Venerable, reports, that the day sailed the Lieutenant of . the Northum- Tim - it came on board with Letters, and informed - him that Admiral , CoonaANE bat received accounts that Sir H. PQPIIANI had taken poSsessipn of the Rio de la Plata.;! • Ir. 'PITT'S death is mentioned in the Moniteur, but with out a single 'comin en t. • The King has l),:en pleased to, grant unto LIONEL ANIFS Lincoln's Inn, in the County_ of Middle sex,"4. His RoyafticeriCe and Authority to assume .and - tne the Surname and bear the Arms cif. LY D 1.1 in' compliance with in irijunelion contained in the Will of Sir . 1,16 , 2. -- itt`''LYnt 'St. [aw xenoe, in the. County of ,i-lertford, Tart„ deceased. Earl op)Verinesday, mottling a.f re brcke oat iii a woiksi?op belonging to i'vV.l.DeriAty, last, and boot-tree maker, in Deritend, which consumed the • ' premises and a very considerable stock in trade.' PRIY:ITE CORRESPay.D.E,Nct BREMEN, Fro. tr. In thy last of stli instant, I acquainted you that . the. Brigade of Guards quitted. this City the 4th, and marched to Osterholtz, when they halted two days, and continued their route to Cuxhaven for embarka tion the 14th. Just as I hinted in my former letter it turns out to be a fact, that 'his Prussian Majesty takes possession of the Electorate of Hanover acid the Hanseatic towns till a final adjustment of the disputes betwixt England and France. One Regi ment is expeCted to arrive here the 19th, and another the 21st, the whale amounting to about four thou sand. am also informed twenty thousand Infantry and three thousand Cavalry are under orders to march to Hanover ; but the numbers destined to Hamburgh and Lubec- I have not-been ablio-to-.4r,..- certain,- butyou may rely they will be' properly plied : however, it is .corisidered. here'a .viTry for= tunate circumstance . to haVe.. Troops 'who- can:- . protea us from being eat up. by BOI'.7APARIE'S . hungry 'vultures. There .are eight, thousand of those birds of prey in. Fr4nktbrt, who make the ~ most extravagant demands upon that City ;, beside4' their Ringleader and his worthrStZ, wh6 cblnpel the Magistrates to furnish a most magnificent tablq . . . for them,. every Colonel in the Army_ quartered there insists upon the same privilege, which must be instantly complied with, to prevent-a greater evil. You have of course; heard that the Archduke CHARLES has caused a thorough investigation: into the causes of the misfortunes of the imperial Arms in Germany, and, astonishing to think,. the under mentioned persons, so high in the confidence of His _ . . :IL.kijesty,.are said to have ,had the following sen tences passed upon them, for the criminal part they have:'aaed: in.the late transaationS : Prince AtiEkSBERG, to be deprived of his nobility, his estates confiscated, and imprisoned ten years in the Fortress of Spielberg, Princel,;A mßEßTlimprisoned for life, in the said Fortress:; sehtenced . to be shot. Privy Coutisellor CALLENBACH , ordered to quit the Imperial States. „ . Counsellor FASZBENDER, to be aismissed from his . Office'. ' ' .::Field .Marshal KAUNITZ, and , Field Marshal AUFENIMIZG, have committed suicide while wider arrest. Alithe Staff Officers of the Regiments of lc:Au.. NITZ and SPORK redUccd'and disgaced. • • Count CoLENZEL'ordered - to quit the CoUntry, „ Giirleral`MACK's Plans to be submitted to a Board of Gencral,OffiCers. . " Thirty Generals diSnais ; sed, and rri:any'rn...); re tinder enfiEnatlpn. So you see BOICIAPARTE'S viaiories are not at all iurp6ing,"when the :HeadS, of Departments, and 'eyed Generals of the.highest confidence .and rank were in his•pay.—l don't suppose the Hamkurgh Correspond:- enien dare insert the names and punishments of those Traitors ; but I 'assure you the lists are hande4 abont,:here in every circle, and almost; acqu'kte as much ; r,ublicity as if they were in the p4blic Journals. 4 - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. TUESDAY, FE L'. 18. Their Lordships proceecled further in the appeal i" the Cot3itess - Dowage. - - of—Lincoln -ttvtiii-.4t the. Duke of Newcastle." The Attorney-General (Mr. Pic-orT), and Mr. PERCIVAL were heard on behalf of the ilespOndefit ; after whiCh the — turther deratiou was postponed till Moticiay‘next. Lady Sriscaptcr,s Nelson's an:l Sir Richlrd Seadrat's •Antn.tity.Bill.-A'eretiead a tich-a`firnrci and: passed ; and. a .message': ordered' to be sent.tO the Hytis.e.ofe.-Commons to, acTiall:t theM therewith. Mr. .ALtXANDeII, and several other Members of the HOus2 of Commons, brought up- the Ex.chequgr Rils Bill, and 4 ; which were severally • • read a first time. INDEMNITY Lord 1 7 .1.noi.;g4vo,,notice.that he shOilld; 'on.aVlon day next, move for the appOintrnynt, of ConAnittee to search for and report preeedet ts2of the iproceedi nsfs of that flothse.on {131113..f0r Indemnifying W-itßesses against ttly. F - a , t)sq.3 . Ttices of their Evigence: Ad= 3ourned till Monday 'next.' "' ....: ~. flousE OF COMMONS. .TtILSIVLY,%ktE. Sir MAR'rii FOA.Krs,presetiled_a.Thigon from the Perish :Of . St..Mary-le-bone;prdying , for the I.e peal of the'Additional Vorce Petitiotf. stated tint. the llnnaber of- men s . f_ipulated.-..hy the . . Mt to be raised by that Parislywai •225; wpo and that it being totally issible fu any. thing like that number, . pep:title's , to. thg.emount of 4,5001. had been incurred.—The Petitibn Ayes ordered to lie, on the Table. NEW WRITS . On the Notion of. Lord GEo. CAVENDSH, a new Wfit was ordered for Knares'VOrough, in 'the room of Lord J. Townshend, who had accepted of the Office of Joint Pay-IN/Taster of the Forces.: On the Motion of Mr. CEEVEY a similar Writ was ordered for the Borough• of Aldeburgh, in, Suffolk, in the room o: •J. M'Mahon, Esq. appoint ed Principal Storekeeper to the Ordnance. On the Motion. of Mr-VAN SITTART, a similar. - Writ was ordered for the City of Waterford ; in the room of Sir', Newpoyt, 'who had accepted of the Office of StcWard di - the Chiltern Hundreds. , And; on the Motion of Mr. WnrrtREAD, a new Writ was ordereci'forrthe Town of gtafford, in the room of the 13[Sheridat0 4 .16 since his ele6tion bad aecepted of the Z) . .ace.of:Tic.'isurer of the Navy: • . _ .-On the Motion or -Mr: VT SMIT}I,. e..l.seatJ. of Raphoe was appointed to preach before the House on, the 26th inst. being the'; day 41-xinted fo? a .1. - 11)•-• lie Fast. , '• The ,Report of the Comlnis4ioners for Paving, Lighting, &c. the Streets of Dublin, was ordeied to le printed. . . Mr. VANsvrTART - brought in the Annual Indem niti'Qualification Bill;.which was, rO4 a first, time, and ordered-•to be read a second time .ou Monday next. . Mr. PAULL renewed his, notice or a Motinr) rela tive to Bullion exported to the East Indies, for Tues day - next. ".. • The CrIANCELLOR of the Excur.qtruit rnovgd; t'iat the House at, its rising do adjourn' ,till Monday next. Mr. SPISNCEIt STANHOPE said,, that without wi4h ing to objeet to the proposed Adjournment, anxit,ui to be infbrAned by the Noble Chancellor of the Exchequer if there. was any truth in . the -report which had gone abroad, that the :Lord-Chief Jus tice of the Court of King's Bench had 'also been admitted to a share' in the Executive Government, by being appointed what is termed a Member' Of'the Cabinet ? . . The CHANCELLOR of the .ESICHR.O.VE,E.said, he , had no difficulty in informing the Honourable Mem ber that the Noble I allnded to, who Wa's,by_the office which. he held, a Member Of the.Priv,y Coln also held a seat in what is generally termed the Cabinet Council: The Motion was then , agreed to. On the motion of Mr. VANSITTART, .the Report of the Amendments on Lord Collingw(x)d's Annuity Bill was ordered to be recerved.on Tuesday next. The other Orders of the. Day were then read, and the House adjourned till Monday. ' AR iv —t 114mburgh. Harnburgh, 5 Gotten : burgh,' E SU N. ,c);.zhz QUIS picEILE A;li/EAT ? THE HAAIL)LROH MAIL. VIENNA, FEE. I.—Our Court Gazette contains the following intelligrticefroin : On the 2gih of December M. TALLEviIAND PERIGORD, the nephew of the French Minister. for Foreign ,Affairs, arrived at Rome from the Head quarters of the Emperor NAFOLEON, after haVing had a conference with Marshal MAssEtik-,- at Padua. The Neapolitan Troops, Commanded by the brave Count ROGER DAMAS, under the command in chief of LAscy, amounting to' about 57,060 men, ci:ei;d in their Camps between the great roads to Rome and Abru'zzo, at Jano, at San Germano, and on the River Tronto. The Queen had determined to re pair to the Army in person, with the Hereditary Prince, and Prince 'LEOPOLD ; but in the mean time the former was attacked by a Violent fever: Every preparation has been made, in case of-the worst, to' retire again to Palermo. The report, that the English under General CRAIG have received orders to re-embark for Malta, is unfounded." . AUGSEVRGH, JAN. 13.—This day twenty waggons laden with money, coming from Austria, pa . sseal 'through this City. The French 'Soldiers have re ceived no pay for several rrionths ' • The report which lms bLen circulated' here during the last fortnight, that .50;000 French Troops will remain in Bavaria till the affairs of the North of Ger many are finally settled, is,untbunded. FRANKFORT, FEB. advices have been .received here' from Paris, that our City will remain in its political stop quo. . - We 'have 7 - riow 6000 rreneli Troops quartOe'd -11cre. - . ... . . On Saturday 11:ouse - uf Ms. BrAm AN, in Brazier's -buildings, Fleet-markt, vas brole and robbed of cash, &c. to a large ain,ol,ll, NA VA L N E WS. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. IS, OA. Admiralty-Office, Feb. 18, 1806. Copy Va Letter from Vice Admiral Dams, Com mander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Ves sels at Jamaica; to Win. Matsden, Esq. dated at Port Royal, Dec. 19, 1805. 8:n, I inclose you a copy of a Letter I have received from Capt. Macdonnel, of the Bacchante, acquaint ing meet his ha . vinz captured the Spanish Privateer Schooner Don Azares. SrR, Ir. am, &c. J. R. DAMES. His 2Lraiesty's Ship Bacchante, at Sea, lath Nov. 1805. I have the honour of informing you, that, in cruizing off the North East End, to prote& the Ships bound to this side of the: Island, we discovered a Schooner under the land. Knowing our misfortune of not sailing well, I stood off, and was chaced by her Until - she found - her mistake; on which I tacked, and made all sail i and after a chace of seven hours we ran alOng 7 side and hoarded the Spanish Privateer Schooner Les Do'4 Azares, Captain Eailetom Garcia, of 36 then,„otat fo:az days froth Cuba, and had taken nothing, armed with twol-pounders, and in all re spe&s perfec.c.tly prepared for hmrding. Three of the Privateer's crew are badly wounded. _ _ •-• I ., bave the honour to be, &c. (Signed) 4A.NDALL MACDONNELL. ; .Te ..r. R. nacres., sq. 'Rear ildrlural of the Reif, Conikarzder in Chief Admiralty Office, Feb. 18. Copy of angther Letter from flee Admiral Dacres, to 17Tm. Alarsdcn, Esy. dated at' Port Dec. 5, 1805. SIR, .1 transmit herewith, for the information of their Lordships, the copy of a Letter from Captain Cogh inn,. acqUaintinE,; - * me 'of the 'Clipcure of the Bellona Schooner .Privateer_by.liisMajesty's Sloop Renard. I :am, &c. . - • R. DACRES. •' His Mgjesty's Sboij - Rena7rt,Port-Roya SIR, Neu: 21, 305. I have the pleasuie „to ac i rialit .witri the cap • tune of the Frond/ Privateer: Schooner Beliolli.l, the tb ulr..ythi slip, after a lonz,' cliace and 'some de of Domingo. . ' Sne. has four 'carriage guns, Cdr),&_sQ. L ..rnen ; was seven (I.ly:s from Barracona ; taken tne AJner.can She is only four 'Months is Considered - the fastottszilleriout Of:Cuba.' •'.- • - I have the'honour; • 'ThitEMIAH COGHLAN, . E. 7.ldiniral o f Ihe Red, and Coin;mander in Ciiie;,* VAR MOUT 11, tE . several Trans ports from the 'N'eser, havink- ;bo2rd the Troops rfnder the doVntrinn€l ,- of Generhl• PAGET. The Ha- noverian Legion is gone for\vaml to the Downs. . „ 70 T, FE EL*l . B.--7-11TirrnorTring;Frt eleven o'clock, lautiohid from His . lqaj'esty's . Dock:- Yard at 014 ? Port, a:fine new Frigate', called t . ll Alexander, rated '32 guns ; she was inntediatly hauled alongside.. the' Sheer-Ainik; and in less thali an h - Our 'bad got in all her' lower iiiasts. This Fri gate has been . on stdelis. 'hut'n'ver,' short time, and is built entirely of fir; to-morrow she will be taken into the Basin for the purpose Of, being cop pe red. The .ei ay being remarkably :lin a fro rd ed opportunity to several thousands of speoiatOrs of :witnessing the launch, which was a very fine one. ArriVed His Majesty's Ship Farif , , of 74 guns, Capt. IVlooaa ; Serapis Frigate, and Monkey Gun. brig, "from the Rtstward, having under Convoy the lizinehelsea, A,Toj'at, Ceres, and Durmford, from Lon.. don to Bombay and China ; Lady Jane Dundas - A Hon. - LlNnsAy'; for Coast and Bay, ; David Scott, LboxE ; Ainwick Castle, - Essex; BQN4 HAM, for Coast and China ; Walmer Castle, BOND, far .Bombay , and China';' Bengal, CUMINE, Lore .Castlereagh, ItonEßTio, for Coast and Bay; and Sir William Bensley (Extra Ship), for Madras and Bengal. Also' several . outward-bound West India Ships ; among them ,are the : Safolk Transport, for Gibraltar;, and Ann,. ATaiNsciw, gwa-powder, for, the West. Indies and 'Mediterranean. Arrived also the Henry, : 13rcttut(ii 3 and the Prince of ILales,-, from London Nancy, HUGIi, and Little Betsey, FLEFFs,froln Lynn; indaitry, STA 01.7 r, from Wisbeach ; Borough; P. ATTERSON, from Sun.. derlan'd ; Eresa, from: .Rainagate ,; arc Welcome Messenger, CRIPPS, Passed. by for Plymouth and other Ports to the 'Westward, a Fleet of Coasters, under Convoy of the above Men of War, for the Downs. Sailed the Avenger Sloop of War, Capt. WHITE, with a Convoy fur the 2‘.l,2iiterranclan ; 111,tgaret, HARD iNG; for List; ; AT, for London Newfou dland. COWES, • FEB. 1 s:—Arrived the American Ship Merrimack, Captain ADAms, from llctterdam, in ballast ; .also the American. Ship Packet, Captain J. LOZ,ELL, frdm Rotterdam;' in ballast, for orders. 'Sailed the Prussian Ships Bernhard, Capt. Schwetier, and Atalia, Captain Vrentz; . tbr Ilourdeaux, both in ballast ; the Hamburgh Ship .Secultuti,,Captain Krieger, for Vera Cruz, :with'bale goods ;- the Prussian Hoy Goede Warwagtung, . Captain Solikes,,from LontiOn for Marennes ;• the Prussian Brig Der Junge Edward, Captain Bandelili, for Bourdeau,x ; the AMer . ican Ship London Packet, Captain J. NP.Dougall, •for. Philadelphia ; the Atilezi4ti **Ship:P . 4a, Captain' J. Kist:rough, for Boston, laden' With glass ;,440 the Queen Charlotte, Captain !tunes Knight s for Jersey, with salt. --_`=_.