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

STATEMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTIO .TISII NAVAL FORCE TO TII In Port and fitting Guard-Ships • - In the English and Irish 13 • o Channels - - On the Downs and North 2 Sta Stations, - S At the West India Islands ? and on the Passage S o On the Jamaiaa . Station 2 0 Atherican & Newfound- 2 land Stations i 1 east Indies, : and on the 2 Passaic . - - S 9 • 3 Coast of Africa o o Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar 17 Mediterranean and on Passage o Hospital and Prison Ships i 8 o Secret Expedition - o 0 With sealed Orders - Line I so's ) 4 451, n I 6 Total in Commission 127 Reeeiving Ships - . 7 Serviceable and repairing it for Service - - In ordinary - - - 25 Building - - - 31 Total 20 t STATE OF THE ORIPINAR Portsmouth - P I y mouth - C ha tham Sheerness kiver E xtraneous AS3 • 3 4 33 MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER. BR!- Tot. 169 THE forward Wheats in general are growing too' luxuriantly from the long continuance of moist, mild weather ; and on many wet lands are much soiled with black grass : the plants last sown are, in Most distri&s of the fairest promise. The eddishes plough kindly for Beans and Pease, but none of any conse quence will be got 'in until the weather becomes more dry. Clover Seed rises well, and is likely to yield-a fair average crop. The feed of Turnips ,and Cole Seed continue abundant; but Sheep nor Beasts have done well at either . of them this season. Hay is, rather lower ih price. Wool has had a further ad- Niance in the short fine fleeces. The Meat markets have had abundant supplies through the month. - The ChriStmas market at Smithfield 'was the fullest ever reffiembered, and exhibited more prime Oxen than ever were seen before on one day ; the prices, however, did not satisfy the expeetations of the Graziers, it proving one of the dullest markets that had been known for some months. Veal and House Lamb are dear, but all other articles are reasonable. So little business was done this month in lean stock, ' that no variation can be noted in prices since our last Report. FASHIONS FOR JANUARY, 1806. MORNING AND EVENING DRESSES. t. A morning dress of long cloth, with robings fastened to the shoulders, which hang looie to the bottom ; the dress made to button close over the bosom, and high in the neck, wih a collar, which is trimmed with a puffing of musliit; long sleeves. Hat of white or grey beaver. Swansdown tippet. 2. A short dress of plain or worked muslin over- a long train of the same, the dress open behind, and trimmed'all rOund with white lace; the body plain, with a lace tucker fastened to the ba..k of the dress with a brooch ; the sleeves •very short, and - looped up with white cord and tassels. The hair dressed anti ornamented with a large comb. White kid gloves and shoes. HEAD DRESSES. r. A cap of leno, rri - ade open atthe top to admit the hair, with a quilling of net round the front, and trimmed with blue ribband.-2..The hairdresser' with combs, and ornamented with roses.,-,-3. The Trafalgar cap of crimson velvet, with quillings of net round the edge.-4. Hat of fur, turned up all round ; a black feather in front. -5. 'Le Brun's pelisse; and bonnet of Georgian cloth, embroidered all round with oak. leaves in coloured silk. OtS Ea V AT lONS.—The prevailing colours are grey, crim son, scarlet, and fawn colour. Pelisses of all descriptions are universally worn; chiefly of coloured or bla.:k velvet, and trimmed with embossed velvet of the same colour. The mob cap of worked lend, or muslin, with a quilling of net round the front,continues to be worn ; and for full dress, tur bans of white satin trimmed with swansdown, and ornament ed with white ostrich feathers. Also pearl or coral neck laces. In confirmation of the intelligence in our Paper of yesterday, relative to the return of the Rochefort Squadron to Port, the following official Bulletin was yesterday sent to LLOYD'S : " Admiralty-Office, Dec. 3 7,.750c. " His Majesty's Ship Iris, Captain LAVIE, observed a French Squadron standing for Port on-the 23d instant, sup posed to be the same as that seen by the Alcmene and La Loire on the 16th. La Loire spoke a Swede, who reported of his having fallen in with a French Squadron the day before in lat. 46. long. 14. a part of which was in chace of a Con voy of twenty Sail, under convoy of two Frigates; the re mainder was steering S. S. W." THE THEATRE.--The injudicious friends of Mas ter BETTY last night suffered him to appear again in the arduous part pf Hamlet,„ at Drury-lane Theatre. We say the friends of Master BETTY, because attempts have been made:, to ' throw the blame upon the Managers, When he has assumed a charaCter in which his talents have not appeared to , advantage. The sele&ion of charaacrs has wholly depended upon the-young Ador himself, or upon those immediately connected with him, and the lat ter have obstinately persevered in placing him for ward in some charaCters (particularly Oaavian) contrary to the ada'ice of persons at the Theatre who knew better how to estimate his powers, and wilt) wished to preserve his reputation.— HaMlet. is a part far above his reach, and it is a,' proof of temerity and folly in those who continue to force him to perform it. He does not represent it with less merit than last year, except that, as hiS voice is much worse, he is less capable of the re quisite variety of expression. —He was best in the closet-scene, and in passages of emotion.—Mrs. MOUNTAIN'S Ophelia was highly interesting, and she warbled the melodies with delightful drat.— .The boxes were not at first well attended, but at last had a numerous Audience. A fellow in . the Gallery at Covent-garden Theatre threw an orange, last night, at MUNDEN, who per formed the part of Scrub. The A&or took it up, and bowed with much gravity towards the quarter whence it issued. The audience applauded very much,, but much more when he, the moment after, contrived to say in charader--" It was a Scrubby trick." The-death of the charming Mrs. DUFF has struck a panic through the world of fashion, which, we hope, will be produetive of some salutary etieCts. This Lady's death was occasioned by a cold caught in cOming'ffOrn 2-faihionably crowded room-at Edin burgh. ,w OF THE Is DAY. Fri. Sps. 8 3 4 ! 0 z 8 87 I 1 1 138 I 9 291 91 30 I 42 AT K 34 28 I 7 I 2 041 49 8 1 945 ACH PORT. Line. go's Fri. (Sps. I Tot. 1 9 6 2 4 :3 4 c 3 5 X 37 39 53 7 3 1 28 I I 3 8 13 `4 3 II 6 I 24 0 of 2.1 II 3 Total 43 I ' l 7 I 4 6 3 8 1 144 AGRICULTURE, &c. FIOM THE PREATCH P4PERSb . . blvxtcx, Drc. 5.----'The Clerks belonging to his Excellency M. DE TALLEYAAND PEUICiediD, Mini ster of Foreign Aff'airs to the Emperor N.kroLEox, arrived here the day before yesterday. It is pre sumed that his Excellency will soon follow them, and that our City will be, at the same time, the centre of the most important Negotiations and the theatre of the mc,st remarkable events. A few days ago a Gazette in the North of Ger many contained, three times successively; the fol lowing Article Prussia has a populaAtin of eight millions, an Army of 252,000 men, of whom 160,000 can be _brought into the field."—Atiother German Paper immediately inserted; on three suc cessive days, 'this other Article :—" Austria had a population of twenty-four millions of souls ; she had an Army of 4 18,000 men, of which 280,000 were brought into the field ; and this formidable POWer crumbled in seven weeks, under the blows of the Emperor NAPOLEON." MUNICH, DEC. 7.—The four Municipal Officers, deputed by the City, of Paris to His Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON, are still at Vienna. Gen. MASSENA is at this moment at Laybach, The Bavarian Army is ordered to cover the . rear of the French Army in Bohemia; it is said, that it 'will be augmented to eighty thousand men, which seems to denote that 'the power of the Elector is to be considerably increased : and that his States will be sufficiently extended to provide for the maintenance of so, numerous an Army. The sound est policy requires, that Austria should no longer be too formidable a neighbour to Bavaria, and • that the latter should be placed in . a situation to resist sudden attacks; until she may receive the succours secured to her by her alliance with France. The moment seems to be Arrived for establishing this sa lutary balance, which is to assure the, tranquil lity of Germany, and of the Continent. NUREMBERG, DEC. 6,—Marshal AUGEREAU is arrived with his Corps on the Eastern borders of Franconia, on the side cif ithe Upper Palatinate. GENOA, DEC. 5.--Letters froIR Naples informus, that several FrenCh merch s ants resident in that city have been subject to some vexations, and even to ill-treatment, notwithstanding the 'famous Royal Proclamation which takes them under its pro teetiOlt In consequence of the orders of his Serene High ness the PRINCE, Arch-Treasurer, the afros of his Sicilian Majesty, which were placed over the gate of the Hotel of his 'Agent here, 'have been taken down. • - At Bologna a new Army is forming, to which all the Corps of geserve in the military division are to be attached. It is to march, it is said, to Bat tMglione, where the different corps of which it con sists will be made acquainted-with their far►her des tination. It is reported thAt , they are intended to observe the moreinents of the Anglollussians .at Naples. Letters from Ancona announce, that five or six hundred Russians have landed on the Coast of Fermo. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER. [FROM' IRE MONITEUR.) MUNICH, DEc. 7.—" Her Majesty the Empress is now traversing a part of Germany, on her way to Munich, and is in this strange country surround ed with the same honours as in. France. It seems as if she had not quitted. her own States—every one hastens to receive the Empress of the French. People run to meet her ; the zeal of the cities se cond that of 'their. Sovereigns—Courts display the majesty of ancient usages, and the ceremonials they long since observed are revived in•her favour. The re-union of all these parti,culars will furnish an in teresting detail.; though a number of them must escape us in the rapidity of their course. I shall, • therefore, confine, myself to the recital of a few, with as much accuracy. as possible. " On the.27th ult. at nine in the morning, her Majesty left Strasburgh. Her suite was composed of one 'Dame d'Honnehr, and * several Ladies of the Palace ; the first Equerry, four Chamberlains, an , Equerry Cavalcadour, and other Officers. The Elec tors of BADEN and - WiatEmsurtO ,having solicited her Majesty to remain with them some time, her Majesty dispatched a Chamberlain to announce her approach, accompanied by a Prefea of the Palace, ordered to make arrangements with the Marshals of the Court respeaing the apartments intended for her Majesty.' • • " At the moment Of her departure, the inhabi tants of Strasburgh exhibited sensible marks of their regret at losing the pleasing opportunity of seeing • her amongst them. The same sentiments were re peated at Kehl by the Civil and 11ilitary Authorities • united, 'and the Ladies admitted into the Empress's Circles.. „ The. Prefea addressed a speech to her, in. the name of the Department ; and the Empress an swered the addressers; including the Ladies, ita•SuCh a manner, that her emotions Were the strongest tes timonies of her own sensibility. . After passing the Bridge of Kehl, her Majesty found the Grand Chamberlain of the Elejtor of Baden in waiting, with a detachment of Ele&oral Troops, when the Guard of H o n our which 'accom panied her from Strasbourg, and several pickets of cavalry, ranged themselves in battalion, and coin- • mitted the guard of her person to the escort from Baden. Her horses were also replaced by others from the stables of the Ele6tor ; and at each of the stations she found .an Equerry belonging to the Ele&or, a detachment of Troops, and eight t horses for her carriage. The weather was very fine, the roads pleasant, and the ground firm, in consequence of a slight frost ; , the aspe& of the country was very agreeable; consisting of wood, well cultivated farms, and forests- of firs. • Her Majesty, stopping . at Rastadt to break- ; fast, _was _receivt. l 4 at.. the Palace by .the Eleeto ral Prince, accompanied by the Grand Chamber lain, the Grand . Marshal of the Court, and two other Chamberlains, presented by Ills Highness, viz. M. .Le Major-General D'Eex, and Le. Baron DE BERK,ENI, with M. •Le Baron RIND (a Page); an Officer of the French Co urt , M.•MAsSins; was also Tregent. The Empress breakfitsted with the Prince, and the Ladies of her suite in one of the halls occupied by the Emperor during the sitting of the Congress at Rastadt: This_palace is..a very large, edifice, but is not inhabited. Her Ma,;tstA, 'key. lug Rastadt, took the road to Carlsruhe, the rest duce of ale EleCto - r during a part of the year. This palace was merdy a !Milting-box some years ago, but has. been since considerabl7 embellished, One of his ancestors being buried at Carlsruhe, it is from that tireumstance the palace derives its name. The Palace is situated between the city and the park, forming .on each side of it a semi circle—a position , which aftbrds a very agreeable prospect, as the streets in th e city, and the avenues of the park,' :equal in number, it at their ex tremities, near the Palace, as at one point. In the front of the Palace there are a suite of arcades . and edifices construded upon a similar plan.— Nothing could be more imposing than the illumi nations of these arcades and buildings at the MO , mein of the Empress's arrival, having, in the centre of them, a golumn, bearing her 'Majesty's cypher. -Her Majesty expressed much pleasure in viewing the gardens belonging to. the Margtave Louis Of BADEN, illuminated with Much taste, and ornamented with ingenious emblems. This Prince met' the Empress two miles from Carls ruhe, with a company of his body guards. Her Majesty entered Carlsruhe about seven in the even ing, with the bells ringing and firing of cannon, escorted by Prince Louis on "horseback, and, his military household. Alighting from her carriage,' her Majesty was received by his Royal Highness the Elector; the streets of Carlsruhe being lined with double files of soldiers. At the bottOm of the grand staircase of the Palace, her Majesty found her Royal Highness Madame La Margravine of BADEN L born Princess of Hesse4:tarmstadt, and Madame La Margravine FREDERIC Of BADEN, born Pri'ncess of Nassau Usingen. The EleCtor presented them all to her Imperial Majesty; and conducted her to the Hall of the Throne which had been prepared for her. Soon a ft er s h e h a d retired to her apartment, the EleCtor announced his intention of paying her a family visit, when the Empress returned into the Hall 'of. the Throne to receive him.' . The people assembled in the 'avenues of the palace in great crowds to see her. The sound of music was heard on all side's ; and there, as well as on the road, she had the pleasure of witnessing the cares and the attachment of the EleCtor to our Sovereign as well as that general sentiment of ad miration already produced among these people by the splendid name of the Emperor, the glorious proofs he is now giving of his fidelity to his Allies,. arid his readiness to defend them. " The day after the Empress's arrival, all the most,, distinguished personages of Carisruhe were presented to her. After receiving a visit from the Electoral family, .and visiting the two Princesses; her Majesty admitted the Diplomatic Corps, with the Great Officers, Minitters, and Ladies attached to the court. A Concert was perfornied in the evening, at which all the Ladies displayed them selves in their richest dresses, and almost all in the French taste. If this preference granted to our fashions be in its kind a flattering degree of tri umph, the noble and elegant dress>f the Empress could not but justify their choice, and promote the • exampled it afforded. " On' Saturday morning, at nine o'clock., ti Em press quitted Carlsruhe, the same ceremonial be ing observed by the Eleßor. and his . Court as Upon her ;arrival, The - Electoral .Prince, and the Nlargrave accompanied her on horseback to Pfortzlieim, •where they breakfasted, and then proceeded to Ensberg, at the extremity of the ter. ritory of Baden. Here, as the States of the Duke ,of WIRTEMBER@ commence, the Grand Chamber lain M. Le Comte -DENISON, attended upon the Empress. She also fbund, as before,. cavalry. sta tioned at the diife.rent pests. The Electoral Prince and the Margrave • Louis then took leave of Her Majesty, with all their suite :.and, I believe I might' say, without any violation of the truth, or the deli cacy of the persons who composed this Court, that it would be difficult to unite more dignity and sim plicity than they possess. At Carisruhe, and every other plaCe where the Empress was received, she •constantly:made the customary presents. • " They had scarcely left the States of Baden, when night overtook them ; the procession no* be came more Majestic.' Besides the numerous'fiam beaux borne by • the attendants, the country'' people 'had lighted tires almost all the way at equal distances ; others put straw, &c. upon the ex tremities of long poles. About halt way between Ensberg and .\ Stutgard the Ele6toral Prince came to receive her Majesty, presenting to her M. le Compte DE WINTZINGERODE and M. le Baron DE WINIFFP,N, for Chamberlains of Service, besides four Pages, two for the Chamber, and two' for riding. The Prince th en rode 'before her to `Stutgard. Before she approached that City, a sig nal, placed upon, an eminence, announced her ar rival. Cannon was again heard ; the military, with bands of musicians, and a crowing populace, ex tended thernselves'all the way to the gates of Stut gard, where a tripmplial arch :was - erecled ; from thence to the Palace was one continued illumina tion. - Here again her Majesty . was received, as at Carlsruhe; by the Eleetor and Madame the Elec. tress. . • " The order of 'the visits was the same; and On the following day the' Empress received the Mini sters and - Ambassadors, and the Ladies of several 'Princes, who, •reiding far from StUtgard, had' availed themselves of the opportunity to be presented to her Majesiy. " This Palace is still a fine building, notwith standing a 'partof it was consumed by ••fire a few years since. Order, grandeur, and magnificence, 'vie with each other in the household and the ser vice of the Ele&or. We had an occasion 'of wit nessing all its pomp, in the banquet given on Sun day. - In the Saloon, appropriated for this pur pose, a table of eight cov ers • as elevated upon several steps, -over which a canopy was suspended. In a Tribune, at a small distance, a sele& orthes tra was placed. On each side of the table, but lower down, two other tables were placed, containing nearly one hundred covers each. The Empress then made her appearance, condu&ed by the. Elec tor, •preceded ~.by the Grand Officers, 'among whom were the Grand; and the First Marshal,' each bearing the' insignia of their dignity, viz, a headed with the Eletioral Crown. The. music commenced, and the EmpreSs seating her self under‘the canopy at the table, with eight co vers, was followed by the Ele&or and the Ele&ress, seating themselves on each side of her. The rest et . tho Lledcaral kuoily at a Pone Hanneur, ,p..y Seated themselves at this table, the Grand Officeri standing in waiting arourid-while the attendants of the Empress were seated at one of the otfidt tables, with the Ladies pros nted by, or attachei to the two. Colifts. Their dresses were of the most brilliant description ; and the richness and profusion of the service added to the elle& of this granie speCtacle. " The banquet being finished, her Majesty went to the Theatre with their, Royal Highnesses, and, which, though very capacious, could not contain the number of persons who wished to be present.-- 7 An Opera was performed, the words of which were I, German, and 'the music Italian. The dresses'of the performers were solendid, and the deeoration . very handsome; all supported by the Ere:' or'sene rosity, which makes up for the deficiency of the re ceipts., A display of fire-works in the .front of dri Palace succeeded to. the Opera. " The Elector has another residence, riot less agreeable, at Lonisburgin where the Einpress breakhSted on Monday morning. The gardeus are laid out in the English style. It is not to them that 'we can apply the charming veeees of LILLE, calculated to depreciate the' English of :te when it is confined to y narrow limits - . :Here, .en the con trary-, a tract, several mites in ''CotzipasA, olfers itself for the exercise-of genius and art ; and expellee has been proportioned to its vast extent, In faCt, it re quires time to examine all these Curious objetis.— Her' Majesty remained at Stutgard from Saturday to Monday morning;_ a visit which Their nesses wished to extend, but which, however, was only a continued series of civilities and obliging an ticipations with respect to Her Majesty and ilersuite. The presentation of the great (iiiicers deputed to meet Her Majesty by the Elector of _BAVARIA then followed, viz. M. le 13aron Dc KERSLING, Grand Equerry ; M. de Contrite De Tausp.Eac o‘ Grand Cup-bearer; and M. le Baron -De WREDE these two last were nominated Chamberlains of Ser vice 'for Her Majesty's per Son. Her Majesty proceeded without delay fitm Goppengen to Munich ; but still there are several very interesting places that demand our attention ; these they which the prodigies of the present Campaign e kvill for ever render celebrated. Some thing of This nature was expreSsed in a device to one. of the illuminations at Carlsruhe—' Her ors visura triamphos.' ' " .Approaching Ulm, it was natural to look for the plain where the Enemy's Army had defiled be fore the Emperor, and laid down its arms. Beyond Vim, the Wood and the Abbey of &hlingen, Guns . bourg, ,and all the-point s mar k e d i n ' t h e Bulletins , catl46t fail exciting a lively curiosity, One feels a pride in viewing them, and in being able to antiei= pate the sentiments. of posterity. But, in the midst of these martial - monuments, the -jae! eey of the Empress seemed tootter a very striking contrast.--; Near Ulm, then , Marshal AIIGEREACS head-quar ters, she was met by th e Preoeh Troops; pined with Excellency at their h e ad; 'when they J a de tachment from Wirtemberg, and the Guard of Jdonour belonging to the City. At Aligsburgh Her Majesty was received by the Bishop ; who sent for ward several Officers of the Household, and eight • horses. for her carriage. In fine, the way '.froth Augsburgh to Munich wits decorated by s number of triumphal arches and orchestras, the melody of which was only 'hurt by their proximity. On this route; several guards of honour arrived in succession, to escort and increase the cavalcade,' the whole presenting-a swell of pomp, softened by the most agreeable sensations. It was a degree of. zeal, r the successor to fear, a ,display of festivity con trasted with the late anourning for, 'the, cohseqdences of the battle. Every thing that liad been previously asserted of the Empress's benevolence, seemed ! still to attend . ' her, - and forM'lsart of her train. In fast,, 'it might hare, been saide,that the..thigel 1?"? Peace had visited those regions. I cannot oncludenny. detail of Her Majesty's journey, ..but .wit. mentioning e some particulars of her reception at Munich, where the arrived eight] days after her departure froM Stra3bourgh. ate: • forths of etiquette were the shine as at the other.: places, but the pleasure her presence inspired wore a more distinguished aspea. In almost every street tapestry was . to be seen npon the fronts of the houses, with the windows ornamented with trans parencies, and the most flattering allegorical devices; while the expenses Of"linliViduals in illdmihations, seemed to rival those of the public buildings. 'Sense state carriages had been sett into the .environs of Munich, for Her Majesty and her,suite ; but though • she preferred ber travelling carriages, her entry i.vas . not , theless brilliant, and the testimony of the neral joy proved its brightest ornament." _ . . Yesterday evening,. between 4 and 5 o'clock, as one of the Bath long stage coaches, from the Sara cen's Head,_yriday-stree, was prdc . ceding dos.vii.the Stand, near Hangeriord-street, on its way out of town; :the off hind whi!el . brdlce‘ in pieces, the car riage, was.overset, and the outside passengers, coach man; . &c. Wert: precipitated with great violence against the iron rails,of•an opposite shop, and one • or two were actually thrown some distance into'the shop. A poor man who was on - the top came with such violence to theground;that his head was dread fully bruised, and his - arms, legs, and other parts of his' body, so fraalured, that he wa s t a k en up sense- .. less, and - immediately Carried- to t! - .4.: WLstininster Infirmary. An elderly Lady, who ‘ , ..as an .insido passenger, , had her hand lacerated in a•shockang•nian— ner by the glass, and it was generally suppOsed that . it must be cut off; being a large woman, it was with great difficulty she was extricated from the coach. Several other .passengers were bruised and otlierWise injured, but not materially. It was a car riage of the descriptiOn called a double coach, and the accident arose from the nbt being sufficiently stronvo sustain the weight of the vehicle. CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. I.—khe fresh arrivals of Wheat to-day are few, but" a tolerable 'quantity' at band—much inferior foreig - n at low price —.some .. fine samples on Monday and to-day - rather , ex ceed. the Currency ; •good Barley keeps its price; White Pease and Rape Seed at less; new lick, Beans, in abundance this week, 2.45. to 30s. per quarter ; Oats are in good supply, heavy of sale, anti lower; Flour at last price. Wheat 48s a 56i aO4 fa,: Beans - ses aOs 0:1 • Fine ditto -68 s a 71C o[. Ttek ISe3IIS .42., a 4Sa ca Rye - - 3i a 36s ed Oats 23s a aSS a 3LS .0t) Barley - -36 s a 355 od Poland ditto 325 a .4:-; 6(1 Malt - -64 s a 704 otl Rape Seed— - Si•- 42i White Pease 3ss a . 1 3s o d Fi ne 1-• lour 6os a 6, ,S ,0.. , .. Grey ditto 3zs a 3 74 ot t Seconds - s ss• ais of