The Sun. — London, England, 1806-12-08 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. • the Letterjrom PRILo-VERITAS, retpening Sie FRANCIS t; Carr's Address to the Freeholders of .itlisidle:sex, has been receitfed, and we should most willingly insert is if the Baronet's Citation Irons a repealed Al of Parliament' had not been noticed in thit and several other Paper:. MAILS. AaatvED--I Lisbon, r New-York, z Dubl in, 3 Waterford. Dus-4 ILunburgh, i Gottenburgp, r Dublin, z Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CL'Odlt• Consols for Opening 6o it I Red. Ann. . . sgi THE SUN. SOLEM QuIS DICERE FALSUM AUDZAT? L 0 N D 0 N, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1806, WE commiinicted our Readers, on Saturday, the substance of an extraordinary Decree, by which 140 - NAPARTI3 has placed the British Islands in a state of Blockade, ordered the Seizure of all . British Fro- perty in those, Countries which have the misfor tune to be under his domination, and the arrest of all British Subje&s who may be found in those Countries. - This Decree is not only a vio- lation of every right ticknowledged and exercised by all Nations, but is so grossly repugnant to his own conclua, that it seems, to be an ad of wan ton-insult, as well as an outrage of every principle of justice.. Li fad, in many points of this most in- famous Decree, he imputes to the English Govern- went that very pra6tice which is adopted only by himself. He begins. with an utter contempt of i I truth, in saying, what is really applicable to him self, " England has ceased to observe the Laws of Nations, recognized by all civilized States." Change but the 'word England for France, and all Europe will assent to the , position. But the most bare faced eifrontry in the whole of this unparalleled ex tension of .arbitrary power, is that passage in the Decree which declares that its consequences shall be considered as fixed . fundatnental laws of the - En= . . pire, till . England " ceases to extend, to the persons of individuals who are not engaged. in military ope- rations, the principle by which She .at present treats *in as Prisoners of War." And this he says af. -ter all his wanton breath of every right and usage of CiVilized States, in detaining , the English Cap tives at Verdun, and at the very moment when he is committing another aSt' of the same un jT4st and cruel nature in seizing all the , English in Harnburgh, known "only by their commercial pur suits, and sending theL into the'saine deptivity, in violation of the rights of an independent place, en tirely of a Mercantile charaaer, and whbse Neutra lity he has. so. often promised to respeet. Such con .dua as this can be considered only.as the madness of power, or a proud disdain of the opinions and common sense of mankind. But when we consider that the man who has decreed the British Isles toy be in a . State •of blockade, - has not a Ship that, be can send to sea to • carry that Decree into execution,. because all his Ports are blocked .up by British Ships ; nay, more, that the very rea son he assigns for blockading theßritish Isles, is the striEtness with which we blockaded his ports, we are almost tempted to, smile at the folly which could dictate such a measure. The other part of this decree he has unfortunately had the - means of carrying into execution, viz. that of seizing the per ions of several British Merchants resident at Ham burgh, awl ordering them to be marched to Verdun as Prisoners of War. Mr.. PARISH, an EngliSh Gentle man of the fiat respe&ability, who resided at Ham.: burgh, had the good fortune to escape to Altona but the French Commander sent him word that he would detain his family as prisoners, and Mr. PARISH -surrendered, himself, and we believe has been march ed into France.. Two of his daughters arrived at Yarmouth on Friday last, in the same Vessel with Mr. THOR NTONT. —The Hamburgh Correspondenten of the 2. sth ult.• from which we have extra&ed the .Decree alluded to, contains many other articles of minor importance, which will be found in the sub sequent Columns. The strong Fortress of Hameln has surrendered to the French, apparently -with as little resistance as Magdeburgh, Stettin, or Custrin. WE have not received any intelligence from the Continent which enables us to confirm or contradia the account which we on Saturday laid before our .Readers from the Gotteuburgh Mail, respe&ing the decisive ViEtory supposed to have been gained by the Russians over the French Corps commanded by Gen.. ,DAVOUST. We do not, however, consider the silence OEII4II a niburghCorrespondoten upon this subje& as a proof that no such anion has. taken place, because while the French remain in possession of Ham burgh, no intelligence that i 3 unfavourable to them will of course appear .in that Paper .but on the other hand, we confess we, do not see sufficient grounds to induce us to give implicit credit to- the report, Two Almoners 4rrived in town on Saturn day with Dispatches from Mr. STEWART, the 136- tish Charge d'Affaires at the Curt of St. Peters burgh. One of them left St. Petersburgh on the , 13th, and the other on the 17th ult. but the former having been detained by contrary winds, they both arrived together. No account of any battle had reached SuPetersburgh, but certain ly the report was very current at Elsineur. The Captain of a Vessel, who arrived at Gottenburgh from Elsineur, declared, upon oath, that when he was at Stettin he saw 0 waggons full of wounded Frenchmen arrive there. If the Battle were fought in the neighbourhood of Posen, it is highly impro bable that the wounded would be brought to Stet- tin. - The report of ,an Armistice having been conduct; ed between France and Prussia is in Circulation, and we believe upon good authority. It is pOsitiVely stat ed that' the Terms of the Arrnistice, which are sign ed on the part of Prussia by M. Luomi MINI, are in the Thirty-tird Bulletin, and that each of the, Cori, tra6ting Parties may iecommence hostilities on giving ten days notice. Wa received this morning New York . Papers to the gth ult. but they are wholly destitute-of intelli gence: The Federal Republicans, as they term them selves, in New York, seem to have taken consider able alarm at what they con ider as the defenceless state of that City, and have had several Meetings for the purpose. of petitioning GovernMent to erectper manent Fortifications for the defence of that City. The following article was this day received at LLOYDS Extra. of a Letter from Malta, dated the I 6th October :—" This goes by the .scout Brig of \\l'r, which sails immediately with Dispatches from Lord COLLINGWOOD. She carne in here, from Palermo, where it seems there is an account of the Toulon -Fleet being at sea." Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, :attended by Count MuNsTErt;. Generals PRICE, WEATHERBY, and several others, inspected the Royal Horse Guards and Stafford . Militia in Windsor Courtyard; the Bands playing " God Save the King." The KING afterwardi went to St. George's Chapel, with Prin , cesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, MARY, and A/NIELIA, La dies ELY, SUDLEY, and Wm-DEGKAVE, and heard a Sermon by Dr. HEATH, flOlll the sth chapter of St. John, and 39th. verse. Atter Divine service they went to Frugmore to dine, where, , ,sbey were met by the Qum.; and PrillC69 ELIZABETH. • His Royal Highness the '`:.ace - of WALES will're- . turn on Thursday to Cariton-House, from the Pa- Brighton, for the Winter. • His RoyaCHighness . the Duke of SUSSEX, we un derstand, continues With their MAJESTIES at Wind sor Castle.. . . ' . Saturday . afternoon, about four - O'clock, a Mr. R & arrived at tht,Toreign Office, in Downinpv stft.et, with Dispatches from Mr. STENI;ART, this British Charg, des 4fraires,. at St: PeterWourgh ; I.v.hiton place he on the loth ult. He gates, , that at Stockholm he heard an account of the French having . been defeated with great loss by . the Russians. Mr. STEWART laving no Messenger with him at. St. P.etersburgh, was compelled to eMploy who'is the Keeper of an English Hotelatthat place. Mr. Ross, the Messenger, who. .was lately dis patched to Edinburgh, returned to town yesterday, and set out afterwards with dispatches to t he Prince .of WALES, at Brighton. • tormvrs. Government, we are assured, is become so tho roughly convinced of the value of Falmouth har bour, from the security it. has afforded in the late j. storms to the Men of War and Transports,. which have rode it out there. ,without straining a rope-yarn, that it intends to extend the present naval depOt.;at that port, and 'to add considerable new works tOthoSe already formed. The Royal .Cornish Miners. have, returned again to Dover from Sandown Castle and Forts, adjacent, in consequence of the.CoMmanding Engineer hav ing reported to the Secretary at War, and General Sir GEORGE LUDLOW, Commander in Chief of the SOuthern Distriet, the impossibility of competing the subterraneous 'works of the heights without the aid of this valuable Corps, which, it is thought, Go vernment intends making a perma'nentone..% Do&or BEATTIE, who extraeted the mortal bail from Lord NELSON, was last week at Falmouth. — He had the. ball ,with him, mounted in an' elegant case in the form of a, watch, which, suspended by a watch-chain, he carries in his left lob.. He has„ refused a tho6sand guineas for this interesting re lia Mr. GEORGE AN DREW, of Falmouth, who was- Clerk to Mr. SCOTT, Lord NELSON'S Secretary, had the honour of supporting the dying nero in his arms while the ball was extracted. It appears by the account of a. seaman arrived at Shields, who saw the Battle of Luheck, that a Corps of Swedes got on board a British 'Vessel; planting cannon upon her decks, which they played in a mas terly nianner upon the - French, before the latter en tered jhe town. The carnage was dreadful, and this seanian after the Battle Waded mid-leg deep in blood, in helping to remove the slain and woundLd near one of the gates.. • THE TIIiATRES.LOITfOr Love was represented at Drury-lane Theatre on Saturday, and the charac ers. in gen eral were well' supported. If ELLISTON ,was not sufficiently easy in the part of Va4etaine, allowance should be made for an, aCtor of suelvver satile abilities. The Romance of ,Tekell and was ' much applauded.—At Covent-G irden the Comedy of jam Bull, as usual, 'excited many a hearty laugh in the galleries. MARA again performed the part of Dennis Brulgruciciay, nqt in such a manner as to add much to Lti c .- 311cce ,s o f t h e piece. He has a mode of speaking whico ~! cius to indicate that his mouth is emba - rrossed with potat,,,, or-gonie other obstruction. Tke,Descris of .Arabia continue; to attrad by its show and the merit of the per t./ JAL N E WS.' PORTSMOUTH * DEC. 7.—Arrived yesterday La Fleche Sloop, Capt. WHITE, from off Havre, and the Helena Sloop, Capt. WORii, from Cork ; and to-day the Cormorant Sloop, Capt. PHILLIMORE, from the Eastward, with about 20 Sail of outward bound Indiamen from the Downs. Yesterday the Cracker Gun-vessel sailed to join the Havre Squadron. FALMOUTH, DEC. S.—Yesterday arrived the Man chester Packet, DAVIS, with Mails from New-York, 24 days passage—no news. Arrived this•day His Majesty's Ship Plantagenet, of 74 guns, Capt. Wm. BRbADLEY,,from the Chan nel' Fleet . ; and .Plover, of 18 guns, from Plymouth. The Sant4,lllargarita Frigate, of 36 guns, sailed yesterday, and put back again this day. The Wind blowing strong at S.S.W. has prevented the sailing of - His. Majesty's Ship Blonde with the West India Convoy; also His Majesty's Ship Lively for Lisbon. The Auckland, Widsingham, and" Princess Mary Packets, • which sailed from hence the ad instant, remain at sea although the wind has . been very un tavourable since their sailing. .Atrived this evening the Prince of Mlles Packet in eleven days crom Lisbon ; left: lying there the, Townsfiend Packet, Jamaica, Pylades, and Raven Sloops - of War, with the Constitution American Frigate. • _ PLYMOUTII, DEC. 6.--Arrived the SOnlsh Pri : vateer La Con fianee,. lately captured by the Gannet Sloop of War; also the CHOKER; laden with mahogany and logwood, from the Bay of Hon duras, bound •to London and the 'Danish Brig Killerstadt, OLSEN, froM Valencia, laden with brandy & last from Torbay. Sailed the Pigmy Sloop of War with a Convoy for Guernsey. Two light Transports sailed under her convoy for that place. SftEErai.tBs, DEC. 6.—Sailed for Elsinore with the Baltic Convoy, the Forrester Sloop of War, Capt. RICHARDS. The Bonetta, which arrived from thence, has brought fifty-six Prussians; escaped from Gen. BLUCHER'S Army, and inlisted for the Queen's German Legion. _ _ Sailed. the Speedy Sloop of War, Capt. MUDDLE, for the Downs. Arrived the _Sonata Sloop of War, Capt. Pni urs,. with Convoy from the. Baltic ; also the Amu ranthe, Seagull, Hermes, and ''Kangaroo from, the Downs ; the ay° last to undergo some repairs, hav ing suffered from the late severe gales; arrived also the Tickler Gun-brig, Lieut. SKINNER. HARWICH, 6.—The Ladj Frances Packet, Ca; t. FLYN, sailed this awning, with a fair wind, for Gottenbu'rgh with a Mail. _ _ Capt. HAMILTON, of the Dorset Packet, arrived from Gottenburgh. The Acute and Aggressor arrived yesterday from a cruize ; the latter brougi►t in a Danish Vessel from Harnburgh as Prize. ' The A rgus Cutter arrived this tpornipg from a cruize, ana+einains with' the Acute, Gallant, and Aggressor, Gun-brigs. No arrival from Holland. . , DEAL, DEC. 7.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Science; HOWARD, from New-York, in four weeks- passage. Arrived the ,111-umuito Sloop of War, and several Gun-brigs from the French Coast, and remain in.the. Downs with the Ships as per last, and several more outward-bound Ships. . . GLIEENOCK, DEc. 5., —The Margaret Packet, of Ayr, from this port, in attempting to make. that har bour on Friday evening, fzt,st ult. got on shore at the back of the South Dyke. The goods have all been got out, and she was taken off, having sustained no•great damage, • •. On Saturday the Dispatches were finally closed at. the East-India House, and delivered to the Pur'sers of the foll Owing Ship, being the last of the season 1805-6 ; viz. • Devaynes, Captain W-Adderley ; General Stuart, Captain •J. Rogers—Madras and 7,Zirtgal. • - • J. • Carmarthen. Capt. I. Ross; Travers, Capt. J. Cosens— Bombay direct. PASSENGARS PER GENERAL STUART—For Bergra:/;Mess. P. Mathew and G. O. Gardner, Assistant-Surgeons; - Lieut. G. Hunter, Mrs. Nicholson, Mrs. M. Smith and child, and Miss I. Hunter; Messrs. W..G. Walcott, G. Macdonnell, I. 0. Clarkson, I. Welsh, I. and W . Todd, R. E. Fergu son, J. H. Hyde, T. Maw, and A. H. Wood, Cadets; Richard Jackson and Alexander Tree, Merchants.— For Ma. dray, Mr. I. F. Lane, Writer; Messrs. T, Sutt&a, A. Spiel's, and W. S. Anderson, ASsistant- Surgeons; Mr. P. Winter. bottom, Win...Mordaunt, and Mrs. A. Spiers ; ,Nlessr,. W. Shaw, W. I. Daker, I. Dodgson, G. Gell, C. S. Wilrianis, R. P. Mart, W. Birch, I. Herring, RAuilivant, W. Hamil ton, U. Wien, .E. - lioydell, A. Wilson, G. W. Crocke, G. Newman,. W. R. Thompson, G.. and I .. T. O' fteily, M. 1111 lames, G. Harris, Estcourt Cresswell, and 1, Weir, Cadets. l'assaNcsas PER DENA YPILS.—For Keiigal, Mr. I : Norris, and J. Jones, :Assistant Surgeons ; Mr. C. Walters, Mr. I . Orr, Rev. W. Eales, land Mrs. Robinson ; Messrs. E. W. Stretteil, F. Bidduiph, E. Kiniper,.W. W.. Ford, J. F. Brigner, C. Pellidiody, W. Cr001t..%).' Robson, W. I;ngley,'asad 11. Sandys, Cadets. For iliadr-ra, Mr: H. lluckwoctli ; Messrs Mortnner, H. 'ones, C. d.'i.fro'fAi . , I. Watson, G. Carnegale, W. Limiest, 0 werilon*Fs,,artd..l , „ Jamieson, CadetS. PASSENGER'S PER TRAVERS.—For Brnga., Mr. T. D. Finet., Free Niarirrer,-- For Bombay, Mr. I. Maughan ; C.'p. tains E. Lo..se, T.; B. liellasis, and E. Margotty ; Mr H. Thompson. and. Misses H. and G. Margoity'; arid Mr. Ham mond. , Cadet.. . , , I'A#3INGKRs PER CARMARTI:EN..—Fdr D,proay, Lieut. H. huge; and LS4f4. S. hot;i:; Nlessrs, - T. anal C. Roe, Ca. dew, • , larr 'PARLIAMENT. MEMBERS ETURNTED. Ross-SHLRE—Major Gen. Alexander Mackenzie Frazer. INVERNESS-SHlRE —Charier Grant, Esq. ELECTION OF SCOTS PEERS. B.dinburgh, Thursday Evening. Tars day came on at Holyrood House, the Elec. tion of the Siiteen Scots Mrs. The Peers present were the following: Duke Buccleugh Earl Glasgow - Argyle - Lauderdale Earl Errol - Hume - Elgin Breadalbanb Morton ' -- Stair Aboyne Lord Northesk Haddington - Somerville --- Leven -- Arbuthnot - Dalhouaie Napier y. Reay la K lcarres Kinnaird • • -- Selkirk Sempill - Crawford Ellibank --- Aberdeen - Rollo Klonnul • - FOrbes - Cathcart - Blantyre Elphinstone - Belhaven: POLL OF THE ELECTION OF THE SIXTEEN PEERS OF SCOTLAND, DEC. 4, 1806. •THE CANDIDATES WERE THE EOLLOWII4G Errol •• 44 Somerville . Elgin - 46 Blantyre - Leven -4; Reay Selkirk . - 46 Kinnaircl Northesk - - 48 Strathmore - Balcarres - - s 3 Kelly - - - Aberdeen - 43 Haddington - Stair - i .1.4 Dalhousie Glasgow .- .. So Ahoyne - - Forbes - 53 Saltoun - - Cathcart - 54 Setnpill - Elphinstone - - 53 Napier . - The first Sixteen were elected. - 47 - SE -4; - 41 - 35 - 37 - 33 - 22 . 26 The.Eleaion took place in the Painted Hall,which was magnificently fitted up. The number of speEta tors, particularly ladies, most of them of 'the first rank, was Very great: The Lord Justice Clerk pre sided, accompanied by the proper Officers. At twelve o'clock the Peers took thsir places, and proclamation and other documents being read, the names of the Peers were called over according to their rank, and proxies were examined. None of -the Royal Family voted, except the. Prince of Wales as Duke of Rothsay. A Petition was presented by aperson claiming the ,title of the Duke of Roxburgh ; their Letrashio . it . fused to receive or acknowledge the . clatm, as i s pending in the House of Lords. Another Petition was presented by a Lieutenant litfmz, of the Navy, claiming the t4le of Earl of Marchmont. It was refused, and the Claimant re ferred to the. House of Lords. Lord CATHCART pretested now, as on former oc., casions, against Lord SALTOUN'S name preceding his iu the Peerage. The Elution finished about seven o'clock, after which the Peers present dined together at Fortune's Tavern.. _ To-morrow, Friday, the Peers give a grand Ball to the Nobility and Gentry at Edinburgh and in its. neighbourhood. DUBLIY, DEC. 4. This day Mr.-D. the Peace, Officer, Who a fery nights since Bred a pistol at an Officer in at? affray in Capel-street, and wounded him severely in , the thigh, was brought to this city, and lodged in gaol. He was, I understand, apprehended in Scotland, whither' he fled immediately after the commission of the 'faCt. The circumstances are, as lam credibl' "informed, as follows: Two women of the town, Were quarrelling, and a watchman was taking part with one of them, when two Officers of the Mona ghan Militia came up and jocularly desired the watch Man to let them 'fight it out ; .he refused to do this, and after some noise, Mr. D. who is a Peace Officer. for one of the distriets of the city, came up with a party of watchmen, and supposing . the Officers were the aggressors, desired them to surrender to him and. give up their swords. The Officers said, to prevent any thing unpleasant, they would go to the watch-house peaceably', and there clear up the business but they positively refused to give up their sworCls. • This did not satisfy Mr. D. and he-ordered thtWatchinen to charge bayonets • they did so accordingly, but the Officers defended themselves with. their swords, and still refused to • part with them. Mr. D. then, being armed with pistols, again summoned the Officers to give up their swords, and in consequence of a refusal, fired and wounded one of .them in the thigh. The Officers were then taken to the watch-house, and the busi ness, on investigation; not appearing favourable to Mr. D. he made his escape. He is to be tried at the next Commission. The Officer's life is despaired of. Miss D. a beautiful young Lady, of considerable fortune, in this City, was found drowned yesterday in the Canal : she-is supposed to have thrown her self in in consequence of a quarrel with her father about a young Gentleinan with whom she had en.- - tered into An engagement to marry when 416 was of age. On Saturday the Glee Club held their first Har monic Meeting, at the Crown and Anchor, which was numerously attended both by Amateurs and the Most distinguished Professors. On Friday evening a woman, residing Turn mill-street, Clerkenwell, going from home to make some little petchase, locked her son, a boy about seven years of age, in her . room, which was on the. second floor. On her return towards the house, she saw the child open. the window, and leap into the street. She ran toile spot, expelling to find him dashed to pieces ; but he got up in the instant and ran to her, without having sustained. the slightest apparent injury. A somewhat similar, but still more extraordinary escape, was on the , same day experienced by a cor pulent woman, in Grevilie-street, Ha , ton-gard, n. She was cleaning a two pair of stairs window, when, by part at the window-frame giving way, she fell into the street. She got •up without assist ance,. and returned • into the house ; and her only complaint was, that the soles of , her feet w , 're hurt. -She has, however, since required medical assistance.. A pension of 1•2061. per annum has been settled' upon the relictof the: late Mr. Fox. I 7