The Sun. — London, England, 1806-09-20 00:00:00

HE ELECTORS of WESTMINSTER, in'the Interest -rcirEari PE RC V, are requested to meet at WILLI S's mit Room, King-street, St. James's, on Tues day next, o'Clock at Noon, precisely, to consider of proper Measures for securing the Llettion of his Lordship. Sept. 19, ►Ro6. - MAILS. .4 RR Iv En-1 Dubll4'; DUE-z Got l enj)lirgli, Dublin, Mte 2 . irtbrcl. Corsols PRICE OF STOCKS THIS•DAY AT 17':VELVE O'CLOCK. - -63 i I - 71i THE SUN, SOLEM QUIS DICERS FALSI33I ATJDZAT ? LONION, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER rO, 1806. Though . no Messenger has arrived from France, yet Mr. DUFF, Nephew of the Earl,,of ,FiFE„, who reached thiS . Country on Thursday last, and who dined with Lord LAUDERDALE the day before his departure from Paris, was,most probably the bearer of some private information to' Government from his Lordship. Mr. DUFF was one of the English Cap tives so.unjustly.detained by the French Ruler on the termination of the Peace, contrary to the Law of Nations, and the praEticp of every legitimate Go verameiat. 1 .Al Cabinet Council assembled this morning at I o'clock, which had not bthke u 2 when this Paper was put to Press. It is probable that the successor to Ir. Fox will be this day determined upon. The Wind haying come round to tbe.S. W. the Expedition under Admiral IDUCKWORTH is still de tained at Plymouth. It will,..however, sail as soon as the wind permits. TIIE Menie, GAMEI-L; arrived in the Clyde from St. Vincent's she sailed on the 10th August. The Captain reports,. that Sir. R. STRACIIAN'S Squadron, consisting of seven -Sail of :the Line, arrived at Bar badoes on the Bth, and iinniediatelY sailed for Mar- 7 tinique. This morning exhibited a spe&acle gratifying to every Englishman. Eight waggons, laden With the Treasure taken at Buenos'Ayres, arrived in Town, from Portsmouth, under an escort of, the Loyal Bri tons and the Lambeth Volunteers, commanded by Colonel BASTED. On each of the Waggons was painted in large letters the word c‘ Treasure."--The Sailors on the roof bearing the colours taken from the Spaniards in the Action.. The Cavalcade proceeded through Parliament-street, passing the Admiralty, along ,Pall-Mall s and returning to the Tower. Each waggon contained near 5 tons weight of dollars, and the whole was escorted . by a detach ment of the Sailors who were trained to the use of small arms, and formed part of the Bri-, tish Army • upon that memorable occasion. They were attired in the same uniform in which, they fought. They set put from Portsmouth on Wednesday af ternoon, and from Esher, in Surrey, this rpornin4; oarly. SIR Homr, POPHAZ%I, with a prompt regard to the mercantile interest of this Country, correspondent with his professional spirit and judgment, has ad dressed a Letter, which we insert • this day, to the &lief manufaauring Towns of Great Byitain,who will of course, with the same promptness, avail them selves of the information it affords, as well with re spe&, to what our new territorial-acquisitions can, supply, as to what . they may require : Hence will all those commercial advantages most probably arise. - vhich We confidently held forth when we first I f • • • had the pleasure of communicating to our Leaders intelligence of this new.and importr Ant addition to the,British Empire,. t, • .ttElate hour, at which the Nail arrived yester 7 day only ,permitted us to lay: before our Readers the copy of the Treaty signed by M. D'Onaßin 'at. W Paris : e' have this day resumed out extraets. .It is impossible to read the. Treaty without attribut ing to. M. D'Qt.ll3r,ti, either treachery ox folly, un less indeed the Treaty was signed merely tb gain If the Emr FlOll of RUSSIA had ratified the • - Treaty, he would have been effectually - excluded ~f rom the Mediterranean, ap,d one of the favourite objeets of the Court of • St. Pet:; sburgh corn.- 'pletely defeated. We sincerely-rejoice in the failure of this . Negotiation, because' the conclusion . 'of such a Peace' betwieen Russia and France would have deprived,us of every hope .of seeing the Cou nt-lent restored to anything like a state of independ ence. tire. The differences between Prussia and Swe . ..den are definitively-settled, and the PrusSian 'Army, „which was 'stationed under Gen. IcAucßupf on the - frontiers of Swedis'h Pomerania,. is now advancing by rapid marches for ,the prote&ion of Hanover; awl if his,Pßissian Majesty should engage in hostilities with' France, we venture to predia that he will find. an aCive'ind zealous - Ally in the KING: of SWEDEN. Vl:e:re' is . [11 . .0 reasonto believe that eiTarts . haVe been phicle to adjust. the differences between Great 1,•41p lad -,Prussia and as the Cabinet of Berlin'must now be convinced of the impolicy, as well as the injustice of ttl.e measures which were adopted • . against this Country, it is by no means improbable that those efforts will be attended with success. The report mentioned in the Letter of our private Correspondent at Bremen (which we 'published yes, . terday); - of - Hostilities - having actually commenced' between. Fran* and Prussia, we are:Still inclined to^ doubt, although , the same •.report is 'contained in several otlier Letters. We •do not think that either of ;these Powers are yet'. disposed to push matters to an extremity. " The accounts from Italy contain . nothing of importance, except the appointment of!MASSENA to be:Viceroy of Sicily. We consider this intelligence, if it be true, as . ,highly important, because it is well known that • :one of the points upon which the greatest difficulty 'has arisen in the Negotiation between this 'Coon= try and'France, was the future fate of Sicily; and 80.- . NAPARTE has by this step evinced a determination to' wrest it, if he can; from its lawful Sovereign. The manner in which this determination is manifested, has so much the appearance of studied insult to this • Country, that it does not augur very favourably. as • to the result of the pending Negotiatiop. It is now settled that the remains of Mr. FQX will be deposited in Westminster Abbey, on the 7th of next mouth. The Funeral, which wilt be suitable to his charader, but not marked with much cere mony, will proceed from his house in the ,Stahle, yard, St. James's. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, PRINCESSES AUGUSTA SOPHIA, and AMELIA, attended by Ge neral MANNINGHAM, the Hon. Mr. BUCKLEY, and Lady GEORGE ANNA BUCKLEY, took their. usual ride in Windsor Forest. HER MAJESTY, 'PRIN.: CESS ELIZABETH, and Lady ILCHESTER, took an,air ing in their carriage and four by Old Windsor. Lord AucKr.ANrcattended HIS MAJESTY in Conn , - cilitn Wednesday in'his official capacity as President of the Board of Trade, and laid before him the dif4 ferent proceedings that had taken place. between him, the Committee of the Privy Council, and a number of Merchants, upon 'the subje& of opening a trade with Buenos Ayres; when, after due deliberation thereupon, His MAJESTY, by the advice of his Privy Council, was pleased to sign an Order for opening a trade with that place; and we understand it is ex adly according to the rules observed in trading, to the West Indies.- - On all linens and goods of Russia inanufadure imported into Buenos Ayres a‘ high duty of 25 per cent. is to be impose 4: We likewise understand another . Order of Coun cil was made for taking off the fifteen days per formance of quarantine imposed upon Vessels trading from the Baltic to the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, &c. The Hon. Artillery Company with their field pieces, and several ether Regiment§ of Volunteer In fantry, are to proceed on Monday morning next dnwn We River, in _boats provided by Commodore LUCAS, of the River Fencibles; and effect a landing near Greenwich, which the Volunteer Regiments in that neighbourhood are to oppose. After landing, a regular mode of attack and defence will 'be prac ticed, by which they will learn more than they could attain at half a dozen reviews or field-days.-7- If the Regiments muster in sufficient strength, it will be a gratifying sight. A Letter received from Hamburgh, dated the 12th instant, says, ." This moment it is reported, that 1700 Prussians have defeated 3000 Bavarians on the borders of Saxony; and a Declaration of-War from France against Prussia is hourly expeeted." Mr. SHERIDAN, by his conduCt" with resped to the vacant seat in the representation of Westminster, has added to his, high eharader in the public opinion. His recent speech, at the Westminster Meeting, was a master-piece of eloquence, and nothing could be more liberal or more just than his tribute to the cha rider of Lord PERCY, of whom he expressed himself in a manner that deserves to be repeated " I turn to him (Earl PkItCY), rejoicing that I shall net be hi s antagonist.l turn to him with the respe& due to an early character of the highest promise, with the 'strong assurance of those qualities which engage af fedion,.andicommand respe&. On these grounds shall give him my cordial support."—Such condud from one Candidate to another is a new event in the history of Eledion rivalry ; but we fear it 'is not likely to . operate as a precedent. The Whim, ,EORBES, arrived off Dover, from Al giers, sailed from Gibraltar, with a Fleet, on the 24th ult. and parted on the 12th instant, in a 'gale and thick weather. • • The Aurora, DACE, and another Dane, are de tained in the Mediterranean, by the Emperor of MorOcco's Cruizers. - On Saturday morning, about seven o'clock, 4 large and beautiful' Vessel, with three decks, destin. ed for the - West-India trade, belonging to Mr. MAXSE, was launched in Bristol River. 'lt being high tide, she went off in a graceful style; and was baptised " The Bristol," amidst the cheers Of a vast concourse of people, who Were highly gratified at the sight: . THE THEATRE.-The dramatic •attra&•ion' last .night at Covent Garden Theatre was Tice -Voun taineers. The part of Oaavian, purposely.written to give scope to the powers of KEMBLE, was sup ported in such a manner,as to shew how well the Author has estimated the abilities of the Aaor.— There was a romantic spirit, .energy, and feeling through the whole performance, that powerfully in terested the feelings of the audienCe. Miss LOGAN, in Florantke,• more than justified the favourable ac- count which we gave Of her. talents. Her figure appeared to considerable 'advantage in virile attire, and sire supported the 'chara6ter with truth and sen-. pihdity. KisA TAYLOR,' who, appeard last sea son at this Theatre, in the part of Zorageitz, as suned it again last night, and evidently displayed improved merit in, net performance. She ha's the advantage .of a very beautiful and elegant person. BLANCHARD deserves a particular notice for his. 'ac tiVity, spirit, anti humour, in time part of Sa(fi, Tho Piece altocrethet waq very well represented, and was n;ucb applauded by a 1411 m i -en's audience; • NA VA N E I 8, J PL.:YX'6I.I TIT, SEPT. 18.—Arrived the liiriypbausen Treue, P - ATZ EN, froth Alpsterdzni, laden with bark,S.cc. for tins Port; the Hatribuigh- Brig Mi nerva, SILVERS, from .Philadelphia; bothid to lifarn burgh, laden, with sugar.,-&c: detained by , oe •4010. ugh Privateer ; Danish Ship Etz,F, NIES, from St. Ulte's for Copenhagen, laden with coffee, detained py the Happy Return Privateer. ° This . rnorning the'Sloop l'riitce Eu'wdril, Cow ,_ - laden 'with slates; from 'Padstow, in aiming into missed Stays, and,., was ndriven - on the NiCholas's Islands; and •it is - expeaect will receive cOnsiderable damage, thoughPes.are. entertained that she will be.got off,' n. ,n • The Transports,, with the Troops, still remain : the Royal: George has the Convoy-signal flying; but the wind having shifted to the S. W. with the ap pearance -of blowing a gale, it i 4 hot they will sail for some days. . Ariived. Confiance Sloop ,of War frodi mouth. . _ PORTSMOUTH, SETT, 19. —Arrived the Thisbe Frigate, Capt. SHEPHERD, from Guernsey ; and this evening- a Gun-brig from Plymouth; also, detained by 'the Steady Gun-brig, the onerc Portuguese Schooner Jupiter, from Viana, bound to Caen, laden with cot . ton, hides;'apd barilla ; also a Spanish Xepec Sailed the Atlas, Pheasant, Cracker, and ?aceloi•se Gun-brigs, on a Cruize; DOVER, SEPT. ArriVed' and passed by the American Ship Kingston, LESLIE, from New York ; WILLIAM Ttmon, Esq. late Minister at Madrid, Colonel in the American Army, and late Aid-de- Camp to Major WASHINGTON ; and DAVID HUM- . •PHREYS, Esq. came Passengers in the above Ship, SHEERNESS, SEPT. 18.—Arrived the Star ISloop of War, Captain StmrsoN, from ..Portsmouth, and. Deptford Tender, Lieut. ANTRAM, from.the River, with imprest men and volunteers for the Fleet. SEPT. J 9.—The Zealand Flag-ship is ordered into the Harbour to undergo some repairs. LIVERPOOL, SEPT: 18.—It is reported that one of the Leemard Island Fleet is arrived, and that she parted from the convoy 20 days ago, but cannot learn particulzrs, ' DEAL, SEPT. 19.—Arrived the Lucifer Bomb from Portsmouth with a Convoy, which are sailed for the River ; the Lucifer remains. Sailed the Diamond Frigate on a,Cruize off France. Arrived the Satellite Sloop - of War from a Cruize,.. and Ardent Man of War from Sheerness, and re main in the Downs -with the rest of the as'per last. GREENOCK, SEPT. 17.—The Menie, GAMELL (2 running Ship) arrived at Port Glasgow yesterday from St. Vincent's; sailed, thence the loth.August ; spoke the Brig, Friends, of Bristol, on the 3d i,nst. in lat. 43. long. 40. bound to St. John's, New Brunswick, out six weeks, all well ; spoke -also,. on the. 14th August, His Majesty's Sloop !Melv,We., all well, cruizing off St. Martin's . and artholomew's, and kept by her two days. The Captain reports, that Sir RICHARD STRACHAN, with 7 Sail of 'the Line, arrived at Barbadoes the sth August ; and im mediately sailed for Martinique. The Brig Reco' very arrived at St. Vincent's the 26th July, and was loading for Port-Glasgow before the Menie. The'Leviathan, JAaKSON, arrived at Plymouth from Grenada, parted from the Fleet about the 17th of August, lat. 29. long. 62..—four Sail of the Line in company. Of the expeaed Fleet from Jamaica, there are 7 for the Clyde) 19 for Liverpool ; from the Windward Islands, 35 for Clyde ; 59 for Liverpool; 13 for Bristol ; 3 for Newfoundland; 2 for QUebec, This Fleet is too large, being near 300 Sail. The Mary, ATHOL, arrived here on Saturday from Archangel; sailed with a Schooner (name unknown) for Leith. Capt. A. when coming round the North Cape, fell in with the W. - jive, STIRLING, of and for Irvine, in company with a number of Vessels that sailed from Archangel some time befOre the' ?Mary. The ViaOri, CONNELL, Of this Port, had 'arrived at Archangel before the Mary came 'away. INTERESTING PAETICULAKS OF THE LOSS OF THE KING GEORGE PACKET ON SALISBURY BANK, NEAR PARK-GATE. The King George Packet, Capt. WALKER, bound from Park-gate to Dublin, sailed from Park-gate ex aelly at twelve o'clock on' Sunday last, with, a flag at her - top-mast head, full tide, weather hazy, and (fiz zling rain,with the wind nearly direa South. At 'half past one o'clock she' struck on the Salisbury Saud Bank,' and remained nearly four hours dry, with part of her crew on the Sands,, waiting for.the next tide. 'No apprehensions Were then entertained 'of her hating received - any injury. ' On the'return of the tide, the wind veered round -to the West, and -she received-the 'wind and tide right on her side, resting against her anchor. As' the . tide came, in, she filled- rapidly with -water the night was dark, with. rain. • Her passengers, mostly Irish harvest, men, above one hundred in - number, who were go ing• home. with the pittatices of their labours to their familie:4, were under hatches. 'The *pumps were soon chocked, and the water came so, fast on the Irishmen in the held-, that they drew,,their large. harvest pocket knives, and with a desperation that a _dread of death alone, inspires, slew one another to make their way up - an deck. The wind and waves heating hard upon her side; her cable broke, and she was drifted, round 'with her head towards the • tide, and Jay upon - her:side: • They were three miles frem any vessel, and could. not, Drat :least - did not, give any signal that was , heard.. 'The. boat was -lannched, and ten : persons, among whom was th e Captainand an Irish Gentleman, 'got • into it. It. was nearly full Of water, and death,on all sides stared them in the face; Her Captain, seeing some of his ~ best sailors still with the'vessel, and falsely hoping she might remain, the tide, which had an hour and half to now, went again on. board ;' the Irish Gen tleman and three others followed him. - One of the : sailors in the beat, seeing a pow , Irish, .sailor boy • Clinging to the side:Of the vessel, pulled him by the, hair of the head into the boat, cut the rope that fas teried it to the vessel; and the tide drove them away. At this time great numbers ran screaming IT the mast ; a woman, With , a child fastened to her back, was at the :top-mast head ; the mast brbke, the ves serbeing•on her side, and they were - all precipitated into the. waves ! Only five men and the poor Irish, sailor boy have escaped; the remainder, 125 in `number, among whom were seven cabin passengers, perished ! The boat and her little crew were driven trp by the tide to within a quarter.of a mile of Park-. gate. They heard the cries of the sufferers-distinftly for half:an hour.' The ebb tide washed the vessel down into the deep waters, and shwas seen no more till thenext tide drove her up; She is ncw fastened by an anclior'to a sand bank, and lies on her stde, with her keel towards Park-gate, and her head to the .welch Coast ; her 'lower mast and rigging out of water.' Tie King ,Ceorg - g.Packet - belengS to Mr. Bnow of Liverpool; she was formerly a Privateer, . and carried 1. 1 .3 guns; was aftewards employed as, a 'Harwich. Packet. Nene of. the bodies of the stif:., 'terers haVe yet been found. Two fishermen froth Chester were• lost on the Sands the same night, owing to their boats being drifted by the' tide, while they were in search of. PreY. B/11211/NGIMM, SEFT. 17. . . .ON Sunday. last the sphsequent Letter. was re ceived by our High Bailiff. from the gallant Sir HOME POPHAM : - , (CO • . TO THE MAYOR. AND CORPORATION or EIRMTNGIIAM. GZNTLAME'N, Buenos A)reS,juty t, 466. - Although I may not have the hpno - ur-of • being personally known to some of your Corporation, I nevertheless. consider it as a duty to the commerci'al'intcre;:ts of .Great Britain, and a resped due to you, as one of its great inanufaauring towns; to state, in a few.words, that the conquest of this place opens) an extensive channel' for the nianufadirre's of Creat Britain. • Hitherto the ttade'of this Country has been cramped beyond helief,•and the mantifaaures of Great Britain could only find their way to this rich Province by neutral bottoms anti eon— fraband intrigues ; hut him) this Moment its trade Will be thrown open. I need not point out to therchants .91 your extensive information, how beneficial the coimnerce of this hitherto neglederl Country will be; and you may form some judgment of its immense population.' by that'of this City, which alone contains .70,000 inhabitiints, 'wanting all sorts of goods' of European manufacture.. ,The produthous of this Country are ityligo, tobacco, Vin. Centa . Wool,' cotton, tiger.sking, .seal-skins, copperas, figs, dried tongues, beef and harivs,saffron, cochineal, cocoa, hair, wheat, gums, drugs, gold, silver, arid precious stones, exclusive of hides' and tallow, which I consider the great staple, one million four hundred thousand of the form,er Lielng annually exported. The short time we have bi:en m pose's.. sion, and thp hurry of business, will not admit of my giving you any further information for the present ; but it I can 01)4 tatn - a list of the.articles Most wanted, I will inclose:it. I have the Honour to be, Geotlemen, _ Your , most obedient humble Servant, . HOME POPHAM. . , . It is understood that the above. Letter is circular„ being addressed to the principal manufaauring= towns...We think that Sir HOME PopnAm Merits the g ratitude of the commercial part, o f the coromu-' nity.for this marked attention to their interests: it would therefore be a just tribute of re:l)eCt, to con- verse a public meetin g in this town,, to ev inc e the grateful sense the inhabitants entertain for the favour. conferred upon them by Sir IiomE•VOPJIAM. LIVERPOOL, 1 The bustle and animatio n ‘ yhi c h h ave p reva il e d i n this town since the arrival of the Prince of WALES in our neighbourhood exceed every thing . we ever remember on a similar occasion.—The PRINCE and his brother, the Duke of CLARENCE, haVint,'ybeeri expected to visit Knowsley-Park, \rvre met b3' a de.! tachment of the Knowsley Volunteers and Liver pool Light Horse before they reached PrescoL and were escorted by their to the hospitable man , iO4 of the Earl of DERBY. The Duke of GLOUCESTER joined his illustrious relatives yesterday, arid gal'e Return of this Distriet, which is under - the coin 7.7 mand of his Highness.. The, dinner given .by the Earl of DERBY to his Royal Guests, and about forty of the most . distinauished persons, of this vicinity, Was in the !true style' of Old English hospitality e.aw.;,elegance, gaiety ,and* . social humour . presided, and . which were kept up in full spirits, as well by the Noble Hoit and his amiable Consort,*as by their. august Visitors. • ' The Worshipful Mayor, vi 411 'tile COrporation; attended 'oh the PRINCE Of WALES at.Knowsley thiS day, to present him with the Freedom of our antient Town. The Recorder •delivered a suitable 'Address on the occasion, expressive of our loyalty and attathMent to the Illustrious House Of,BIIIINS WICK. His Royal Highness'ausweied this Address in' the -most elegant . and' . interesting - manner.- His 'Speech was appropriate and impressive, and his Mode of delivery was , characterized by that easy dignity and 'affable condescensidri far Whibh 'he is distinguished: • Tomorrow 'we expea their Royal Highnesses in Liverpool, where every preparation that respet ful loyalty can make. will be ready to receive themi The Illustrious Party and a large group of friends Of Lord DERBY, are invited, and a mld collation will take place in the . liotanic Garder, after they have; seen every thing worthyof notice that we, can sub: mit to their ohservation • • The servant who stole Mrs. , FORSYTH'S jewels had, it seems, lived in the family twenty-nine, years,' and was entirely in, their confidence. When she found What a large reward was retied she was ,duced to return them in the manner already de; , scrikd.