The Sun. — London, England, 1806-09-19 00:00:00

hE ELECTORS* nf WESTMINSTER, • in the Interest of Earl PERCY, are requested to ineet,at ‘k , IL LI S's Great Room, King-street, St. James's, on Mon day next, at . 12 o'Clock at Noon, precisely, - to consider of pryer Measures for securing the Election of his Lordship. Sept. 19, igb6. • • AR RrvEn-- 7 t Dublin, x Waterford. Duz—z Gottruour,gh, r I)(iPtat, I Waterford. PRICE . OF STOCKS ' THIS DAY AT TYILLVE, O'CLOCK . . .63 a 62,i 1 . own i ulli • - Consols T.li E SU N. SOLEM QJIS DICERS FALSUM nUDEAT? LONDON, FRIDAY,. SEPTEMBER 19, : 806. THE Haa zba Mail' due on Wednesday last arrived this morning. It does not add much to the intelligence which. we have alroudy received. Sur Correspondent at Bremen, whose Letter is d.tted the 1 t th• inst. states, that Letters had been re ceived there that Morning, asserting that France had declared War against Prussia. We do not attach much credit to this report. _ . IT is not yet finally determined who is to succeed Mr. Fox. • We beli6re that if LOrd HOWICK should be' appointed Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of BUCKINGHAM Will be placed at the head of the Admiralty. THE following accoant was this mornhig received at LLOYD'S : " The Tippoo'Saib,' from Savannah, lost near Liverpool, spoke on the lath ult. in lat. 33. 40. long. 6). 20. the French Squadron, and on the i 3th, in lat. 42. t 6. long. 44. 30. the Squadron under command of Sir J. B, WARREN, and received a num ber of letters from the Admiral's Ship, the Amazon Frigate, which unfortunately Went down in the Tippoo Saif)." There is obviously some mistake either in . the dates or in the account uf the latitude and longitude in which the .two SqUadronsiare'represented.to have been seen, because, it is impossble that the Tippoo Saib could have been.on the 10th in tong. 6g, and on the 33th in long. 44. OUR Readers will find in our subsequent Columns a detailed account of / the proceedings which took place yesterday at the Meeting of the Ejectors of Westminster, at the: Crown and 'Anchor. Mr. SHERIDAN, in a Speech of uncommon eloquence, declined offering himself as a Candidate for West minster on thiS occasion,.and. as Mr. O'BRYnx with drew his pretensions, and itroposed Lord PERCY, hiS Lord - Ship is uow the only Candidate', and will, we have no doubt, be returned without opposition. .Yesterllay, at two o'clock, Earl SPENCER attended at the Foreign Office, in `Downing - -street, an&con- . tinned there till four. All or most of the. Foreign 'Ministers waited upon him, when he announced to them the death. of Mr. Fox, and that they were to communicate with him; in their official characters, farther notice. NK.—Yeiterday, pursuant to. notice, 41 General and Quarterly Court was held at the •Bank, • when a Bonus of live per cent. was proposed—present pay seven per cent—the Bank to pay the Income Tax ; which being agreed to near. con. the meeting was dissolved very soon after it was convened. _ . . An individual yesterday, -at the Meeting of the Electors of Westminster, objcaed to Lord PaacY as a fit Representative, on the score of his youth.— This objeaiou was once urged, though,upon 'a dif= ferc..nt point, against the great i Loat CiWTHAM, and the Still greater - WILLIA , NI PITT, both of whom were in their early days the supports and ornaments of this Country. No other objection could fle made against those illustrious men ; and it is highly honourable to Lord l'Excy that no other could be urged against 1110. The Court of Common Council met yesterday, for the purpose of determining, by ballot, which of the models should be adcpted for a monument to be erecledin Guildhall to the memory ofthe late Right' Honouraole Wu. PITT, The five_ modelsrecom mended by the Committee were inspe&ed by the Court, and, on the show of hands, instead of by ballot, the model, No.- 12, (by 'Mr. J. G. BUBB, of the Strand,) was adopted, ,and it was referred to' the Committee to give dirOions for carrying the same into execution. The one chosen by the . Corpora tion is plain but elegant; it is principally composed of lotir full-sized figures, the cite on the top is of Mr. PI,TT, in his Chancellor's robes, holding out his right hand in a speaking attitude,' with Wisdom and Prudence on each side, and Britannia on a Seahorse, at the bottom, with several appropriate emblems.—:- . The price l iven in' with the •esiimate was 36751. It is to be, placed a at the East End of the Hall, oppo site t'l:e late Earl of CHATHAM. After the 88th and 36th Regiments, another de tachment of Artillery will be embarked at Ports mouth; thereafter, the sth Foot, 'Gen. ENGLAND'S Regiment; and the next the 17th Light Dragoons dis►nounted. The rest of the Cavalry, particularly the heavy, will be - embarked at Plymouth ; *here, it is supposed, that the galfa'ni C6lohel DoRiEN, and the Blues, will immediately go. Mr. Anthony Daify Swinton was, on .Wednes day, again ; brought up from Newgate before the Connuissioners of Bankrupts, at Guildhall, in the hope that his confinement would have disposed him to amend his schedule 5' Tut Mr. Swinton treated their proceedings with ridicule and contempt; re fu•ed to make . any amendment of his schedule; told them, that the worst they could do was to corn him to Newgate; they itight do so as often end as long as they chose: lie could' live there as comfortably as he could' . tift%i 'Where ''else:• S inton was accordingly remanded, PRWATE CORRESPONISENCE BIZMEN, Szpr. 14. Never has the Continent been in such &conjec tural state as at this moment. Russia, the - Eleolors of Hesse-Cassel and _Saxony, are making every mi , litary preparation, as if they were pxpeaing irnrne diate hostilities; while 13oNA - vARTE iswithdrawing his troops from their frontiers, and pretending to give orders for their passage across the Rhine. In deed some are of opinion, that he does not feel much disposed to attack Prussia at present, for fear of being kept in check with his Army too far ad vanced to resist the combined 'efforts of Russia and Prussia, and therefore prefers taking a position which may enable hin4o combat with both Powers, or to retreat with safety in case •of a disaster. Others . suppose (and I think with more plausibility) that his retrograde movement is only a political blind to con ceal his real objeet, and to give such a colour of sin - cerity to ,his jiegociations, as may induce the Ern. : peror of Russia to postpone the march of his troops, and lull. FREDERICK-WILLIAM the Second into a gentle slumber; while he, under pretence of going to Franckfort to regulate his riew Confederation, can very conveniently put himself at the head of his armies, and by one desperate effort clip the wings of the Prussian Eagle so closely, (if found in' a torpid state) as to prevent its flight for some months, and then the power of Russia cannot prevent his gigantic views in Germany. However, I find it to be the general received opinion, that the French and their Allies, on_ this side of Abe Rhine, cannot easily carry their projeti into execution, nor even make any serious impression on the Prussian. Army, before they are reinforced from France, ) if BONAPARTE do not succeed to dupe ,the Cabinet of Berlin ny some political stratagem, which is not a likely eircutn- - stance at the present conjuncture. The Soldiery are, in high'spirits, and, considering the abilities of their Generals, excellent discipline, and uncommon patriotism, 'an obstinate display of bravery may be expected. P. S. Since writing the above, I am this moment informed that there are several letters in town, re ceived from respe6table houses in Holland, men tioning that France had aelually declared War against Prussia.—Letters from Berlin, dated the sth, also mention the intended departure of His Prussian Majesty from that 'Capital the day following. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 18. Arrived the Danish Barque Twelve Brothers, BALL, from Dram, with timber; the Devenish, PURVIS, from Dublin, with provisions for the ViCtualling Office; and the Peace, LANG, from Riga, laden with hemp, for this Port. Also arrived the carnation Brig Sloop of War from Bideford (where she was built); to be fitted. • PoRtSMOUTH, SEPT. 1 8.—Last night the Naiad Frigate.from Plymouth for this Port overshot the Port i arkt got on shore near Langston Harbour, but is got off again, and is'safely riding at anchor at Spit head. Arrived the Leander, of 50 guns, from America ; also the Maria Roseitkrantz, FALKENEURG, from Frederickstadt, jiadstry; TR vATF, from Water ford ; and Dove, FISHER, from London. Sailed the Prospero bomb with a Convoy from the Downs Passed by the, Wilhelmina, from St. Thomas's, bound to Hatuburgh,- from which Ship several Pas sengers were landed at this. Port. , The Rebuff Gun-brig is' .appointed the Convoy for Lisbon and Oporto. - FALMOUTH, SEPT. 16. —Arrived His. Majesty's Ship CoViance, of 16 guns, Capt. YEo, to give in struetions ,to Vessels bound to Lisbon, Oporto, &c. ; also the Charlotte, WATSON, from Greenock; . Salty, POPE, from St. Petersburgh ; and Royal Charlotte, , LIDDLE, from London. DEAL, SEPT. IB.—Arrived from Plyrbouth and Sailedfor the Nore the Echo Sloop of War; also the , Three Brothers, PATRICK, and the ,Selina, Moons, from Oporto, for the River. Sailed the Sea Gull Sloop of War, and several Gun-brigs, fOr the French Coast, and the Zebra Bomb for Sheernes. Came down from Sheerness the Diamond Frigate, and remains in the Downs with the rest of the Ships as per last. . DOVER, SEPT. 1 8 .—His Majesty's Gun-brig. Tur bulent, Lieut. OSMER, has detained and sent in the Ship Romeo, CURRAN, with . cotton and tobacco, from Norfolk, Virginia, to'Rotterdain. SHEERNESS, SEPT. The Bonet ta Sloop Of War, Capt..PIIILLIPS, made the Signal of Convoy for Tonningen, to sail the 210 instant. Sailed the Goshawk Sloop of War, Capt. 'HOARE, for Portsmouth ; and the Centinel Gun-brig for . Harwich. Came out of Harbour the. Quail Advice-boat, Lieut. LoNvE. 'The Spencer, of 74 gnus, at Portsmouth, is to be fitted for foreign service without . delay. Capt. EYRE, Ortht. Ardent, of 64 gums, is appoint ed to command the Mirpiificent, of 74 guns, recent-' ly launched at Woolwich. Capt. Ross DONNELLY, of the . Narcissi's. Frigate, who brought the.account of the capture of Buenos Ayres, is appointed '.to command the Ardent, at the Nore • and Captain CaARLES MALCOLg, to command tile .Narcissus Frigate. The Stfiftsfae, of 74 guns, taken from the French in the glorious battle of Tratlllgar, and. - which had previously been captured lay them, is ordered to be prepared for.service at Chatham, and to be called the Irresistible. ~.~.~-~ 7i 7 THE HAVGIEVI?GH MAIL. ST. PETERSBURGH, AUG. 26.—The fcllou ing has been published in a Supplement to our Court Ga- zette : Petersburgb, - 13th (256) Aug " The Councillor of State, PETER OUIMIL, on his mission in the heginning of May; to provide for the support of the "Russian prisoners, received at the same time instruaions, in sCase`an , opportunity should offer, for an 'amicable accommodation between Russia and France. He returned hither with extraordinary speed, and brought with him a Convention for a Peace which he had signed the sth (20th) of July with General CLARK, appointed. Plenipotentiary for that purpose by the French GovernMent. " BAs agreeable as such an event would have been to his Imperial Majesty, had this Convention been in any manner conformable to the dignity of his Majesty, to his engagements to his Allies, and to the tranquillity. of Europe, it was as unpleasant to his Imperial. Majesty to perceive that the same by no means held forth any good and benevolent c views. " The Treaty .was as follows : I. From the present day there shall be Peace. and Friendship fOr ever between . his Majesty - the Em peror of Russia and his Majesty the y Emperor of France and King..ofltaly, their heirs and successors, their empires `and subje&s. 11. As a consequence of the first Article, all Hos tilities, both by sea and land, shall cease between the two Nations. The necessary orders for which shall be issued within twenty-four hours after signing the present Convention. All Ships of War- or other Vessels' belonging to either of the two Powers, or their subje&s, that shall be taken after the signing of this Convention, in any part of the world, shall be restored to the owners. HI. The Russian Troops shall give up to the French the country known by the'name o Rocca di Cataro,, as also Dalmati . a, which, by the fourth Ar ticle of the Treaty of Presburgh, belongs to his French Imperial Majesty as 'King of Italy. Every facility shall be afforded the Russian Troops for the evacuation of Cataro,. as also of the Ragusan Territory, Montenegro, and Dalmatia, if the cir cumstances of the war should have occasioned them to occupy those territories. Immediately after this ConVention shall be ratified, the Commanders of the two Powers, by land and sea, shall enter into an agreement with respe& to the marching out of the Troops and the surrender of the country. IV: His Majesty the Emperor of ,France ,and Icing of Italy consents, at the rewest of the Em peror of All the Russias, Ist; To restore the Republic of Ragusa to its for mer independence; under the condition that it shall enjoy, as heretofore, the proteetion of the Ottoman Porte. The French shall retain the position of Stagno, on the peninsula Sabionello; to secure the commu nication with Catiro. d, To cease from any hostile undertaking against the Montenegrins, from the day .of the signing of this Convention, so long as they shall remain peace able, as Subje&s of the Porte. They shall imme diately return home, and his Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON' engages not to molest them, nor to make any inquiries relative to the parts they have taken in the hostile attacks that have been made in the territory of Ragusa and the neighbouring teal_ tories. • V, The independence of the Republic of the Se ven Islands is acknowledged by both PoWers. The Russian Troops - now in the Mediterranean shall. remove. to the lonian Islands.. His Russian Im perial Majesty, to give a proof .of his sincere dis position to Peace, shall not leave more than 4000 of his Troops there, which he shall remove as soon as his Imperial Majesty shall judge necessary. • VI. The independence of the Ottoman Porte shall be acknowledged on both, sides, and .both the High ContraCting Parties engage to proted it, and the, integrity, of its possessions. VII. As soon as in, conseqUence of the concluding " of the present Convention, orders shall have been given for the Troops to leave Bocca di Cataro, all occasion of Hostilities being removed, the French .• Troops shall retire from Get:many. His Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON declares, that within three months after the signing of the Treaty, all, his Troops shall have returned to France. VIII. Both the High ContraCting parties shall em ploy their good offices to terminate as speedily as possible the war between Prussia and Sweden. IX. As the two high contra&ing Powers wish, ' as much as depends upon them; to hasten the Peaceby Sea, his French Imperial Majesty will willingly ac cept the 'good offices of his Russian Imperial Majesty for the attainment of that object. • The commercial relations between the Sub- JeBs of the twO Empires shall be restored to, the same footing on which they were before the break ing out of hcistilities, by which they were disturbed. and separated:: Xl. All Prisoners of both - Nations shall he deli vered up to the Agents of the respective Govern- _ ment3 ‘vithout.exception; as Soon as fießatificat on, shall be exchanged. XII. The regulations of the missions and cen .rnonials between the two High Coiltradtitig• Powers shall be plated on the same footing as before the War. XIII. The lnification:of this Convention shall be exchanged at St. Pctersburg,ii within 5 days, by Plenipotentiaries appointed on each side. Done and signed at Paris, the• Bth (2.di4) : July, '1896. (Signed) PETER D'OUBRIL. CLARIfE. " His Ithperial Majesty has been pleased to lby this ACt of Pacification before a Council summoned spe daily for that purpose, that it might be compared both,with the iiistruaionsgiven to M.D'Oun am here, and with the . orders sent to him at A'ienna, before his departure from -that City ; and it has appeared that when M.D'Ounß I L signed the Convention,he had - not only departed from the instructions he had re ceived, but had, acted cliredly contrary to the sense. and intention of the Commission given him. • " Thelniperial Council, With a common feeling for the honour of the Country; and abiding by the known principles of• his Imperial Majesty, which - are founded on the striaest Justice, have 4Felared as their - common opinion, that this ad, which is in no manner conformable to the views of his Im perial Majesty, cannot receive his Majesty's ratifica tion and his Imperial Majesty has ordered this to be notified . to the FrencbGovernment. His Ma jesty, at the same time, has signified his willing ness to renew the Negotiations for Peace, but only on such principles as are. suitable to the dignity of His Majesty." BERLIN, SEPT. 9.—Yesterday the King's field equipage, that of Field-Marshal MOLLEKDORF, and the Suite belonging to his Majesty, were sent of to the Army; whence it is concluded that our Mo narch will soon follow. Mrs; SHERIDAN, with Mr. SCOTT and some other friends, were yesterday in the Orchestra of the Great ' Room at the Crown and Anchor. She appeared to be materially interested in the proceedings. THE THEATRE.—The Beaux Stratagem'was well attended last night at Drury-lane Theatre. The only novelty in the performance was the -Scrub of Mr. PE/C.1.E1, who first appeared as Jaques in The Honey .11406 n. Mr. PENLEY is a good actors for ge neral effect upon - a mixed audience. He colours With force, but wants the finishing touches .which obtain critical approbation. He plays too much to the galleries, towards, which his eyes seem to.be constantly direEted. Fle has also the common fault of most actors and actresses, in addressing almost everything heutters to the audience, and notto his partners in the scene. However, 'he is a spirited bustling actor, and will be of service to the Theatre in low comedy. The settlement of Buenos Ayres, which has now' yielded to the British arms, made a gallant acid successful resistance to a private Expedition ,sent out against it in the year 1762. The Government of that day having succeeded against the Fhivan nah, and planned the reduction of Manilla, gave every encouragement to a set of private adventurers (English and Portuguese), who had' conceived the daring project of taking Buenos Ayres. The Expedition sailed from the Tagus, on the 20th of August, 1762, and arrived in th e mout h of the River. Plata on the 2d of November in the same year. It consisted of three stout Frieates, besides several smaller Armed Vessels and Store- ships, and had on board 500 soldiers, independent of the crews. This Expedition was commanded by Capt. MACNAMARA, an adventurer of great spirit and enterprize. On, their entering the river they ex - perienced a violent storm - of thunder and lightning, and -found considerable obstru&ions from the shoal- , ness of the water, and the difficulty of the naviga tion. - At length, however, they met with an Eng lish Pilot in a Portuguese Vessel, who conduaed them into the Harbour of Buenos Ayres, where he laid ' the Commodore's Ship abreast of the principal bat tery. The Battle between the Ships and the Fort • was continued 'with great obstinacy for near four hours ; but at the moment when the adventurers expeaed tQ see the Spanish flag hauled down, they perceived the Commodore's Ship in flames. Nearly the Whole: crew, together with the Commodore, were drowned in the attempt to escape from the Ship. After so great a loss, the remainder of the Frigates anti Armed Vessels were obliged to give up the Expedition, and save themselVes in the 'F.ortu guese Harbour of Rio Janeiro. This was the con cluding blow of that War, which 'ended in 1763. SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEI-r. 19. This . day's market afforded but a short supply of different kinds of Cattle; Beef, Mutton, Veal, Lamb, and • POrk, are cheaper than our last report, and the trade in general was rather, flat —The sales in the Haymarket were somewhat dull ; Hay and Clo- Ner fetched better prices thin. Ationday's market; Straw has dropped in price.- 7 -We subjoin a correct statement of the prices and numbers : To sink the Offal per stone of Blb. Beef 4s. od. to ss. od --Mutton 4s. od. to 4s.`6d.—Veat ss. od. to 6s. od.--Latnb 6s. od. to 7s. od.—Pork 4s. ed. to ss. od. Beasts, 470. —Sheep and Lambs, 4763. —Calves, 82.-- Pigs 3,0. SMITIIFIELD HAY MARKET. 'Hay 21. 15s. to 4L ;oS.—Clover 31. 3s, to 51. os.--Straw 11. 18s. to 2.1. 4s. CORN EXCHANGE, SEPT. 19.-L,-There are to-day some few further arrivals of Wheat coastwise, and some foreign ; fine samples' fully support the cur rency, but other qualities still continue with }ew buyers ; but short supplies' of Barley, for which higher prices are asked ;. White Pease give way in price ; but new Grey fetch 503. per quarter; Beans of both sorts are more ready sale ; some fresh car goes of Oats are come to hand, and the few fine samples are rather .dearer in :Flour no. alteration.