The Sun. — London, England, 1806-12-29 00:00:00

' hat' to promote tl:e success of the Expedition h.cir was meditated against Buenos Ayres. This conduci, which was manifestly incompatible vita the the just authority and even existence of a Govern ment at home, was the cause of their recall, and is a most satisfactory justification of those who advised it. Mr:CANNING commenced and courted the dis ctission, and thuS compelled Lord HOWICK to state these circumstances, or Submit to the censures which were passed upon 'him. The case of Sir J. STUART'S Expedition to Calabria has been cited as a parallel* instance, but 'surely it (toes not require any effort of reasoning to ' discover that there is no analogy either in principle or circumstance. The enter prise. which led to, the Battle of Maida was in no respe& a deiation from the nature.of the, ser vice in which Sir J. STUART was employed, and obviously fell within the bounds of that discretion which a Commanding Officer is fairly entitled to exercise. 'Lord Howicn's allusion to .the Pa triotic Fund has been another subjea of misrepre sentation ,and source of cavil. In adverting to Sir H. POPHAM'S communication toe he manufaeturers, his Lordship 'did certainly express his disapprobation of that Institution, which it is feared must be pro . Pounced impolitic, and under some circumstances might become dangerous, inasmuch as it seems to encourage a disposition to swerve fro l th that maxim of. our Constitution which considers the Crow i n as the fountain of the public honours and rewards which are due to military merit. The accusations advanced against the. Naval Ad- ministration were effeaually answered by the state-' • meats of Lord HowrcK. Lordship observed, tbat s the Enemy's Squadron had been at sea for two. months before the appointment' of the preient Ad ministration. The first sailed in the end of Ootober,.. and the other on the 11th of December. They cob, sisted of eleven" Sail, which separated in two dif ferent destinations. Not a line of instru&ions was left at the Admiralty to assist in tracing those Squa drons. Sir J. Ducxworurn terminated a glorious cruize by the de.struaion.of one of these Squadrons, and the Ships, composing the other ,had escaped one by one. Measures had since been taken to, prevent the sailing of any other Squadron, and these - measures had been completely successful.. Only one Squadron had ventured to put to sea, and of five . Frigates, of which it consisted, four were taken. No Ship had been able to re-enter the .Enemy's harbourS without being chased.; and it was only in a little port, almost inaccessible to Ships of War, that the Vessel containing JEROME BONAPARTE had been able to take refuge. The charges which have been urged in refer , ence to subje&s conne6ted with the late Negotia• tion are totally disproved by the authentic Docu ments , of the discussionS with , France, .and Lord HowicK's exposition of the state of our relations with Prussia. After the Message o the, 29th of April, , Baron JAC . OIII remained - in this COlintrY till the 15th of August, when no attempt at con ciliation had been made. • War with Prussia Was undoubtedly a subje& of most serious concern and regret, but the bc3tile disposition and positive -ag gressions of Prussia left this Country no alternative.. Will it be contended that we were bound to abstain from negotiating with France because we were en gaged in a war with Prussia, or to forbear from de.• manding the restitution of Hanover, because Prussia had definitively occupied that territory ? Can it be urged that we should have sacrificed our just to the - faint prOsp6a of remote probabilities and doubtful contingencies, and. for, such considerations have relinquished our right for ever ? It cannot be said that the Negotiation at Paris prevented this Country from concerting warlike measures With Prussia, as the Court of Berlin shewed no disposition to such a concert. Baron KNOBELSDOBF, the Suc cessor of LuCCH,ESSINI, who was dismissed because ' he had incurred the displeasure of•BoNArARTE, had never visited Lord LAUDERDALE at Paris, and it was T eported that the disputes between Prussia and France • were in a train of adjustment, till the day before th:lt on which BONAPARTE set out to join the Army. On the 19th of September a letter was received front Mr. THORNTON, eti . closing a Communicatio❑ from Baron JACOBI, who informed the Minister of Fo reign Affairs that he was Coming, to England in some Public CharaEter, When Baron .TAcoßr did arrive, his Propositions were unsatisfaaory; but the Em bargo was withdrawn from all Prussian Vessels, the Adjudication of Prussian Prizes was suspended, and the Blockade of the Prussian Ports was raised. , Lord • Moarnm had also been 4ent to the Head-Quarters Qf His Prussian Majesty. Baron JACOBI did not reach England till the 30th of September; he did not wait upon Lord Howici till the itth of Oc - Acker,. and the Battle of Auerstadt was fought on the 14t h. • The designs of Prussia were not known at St. Petersburgh till the 30th of Sept. and Gen. BEN , -KING3UN'S Army could not s begin to march before the ith of 06tober. These faEts most completely falsify the charge of goading Prussia into hostilities against ' • - France; and prove the impossibility of sending a - .large tip co-operate in the War on the Contiheut. without a 4110 consideration of the relations which subilsted between this Country and Prnisia, it had been resolved to afford succour which was not invited, and which might not be willingly , accepted=- , if, in such circumstances, a force had been precipi- . tately dispatched to the Continent, what security presented itself that Prussia would not purchase the sanEtion of France - to the Northern Confederation by betraying our Army to the Enemy) The faEts which we have stated require no farther comment, and afford incontestible evidence of the judicious and provident condua of GovernMent. The peru sal of Mr. CANNING'S prolix Amendment, and Lord HOWICK'S most able and impressive Reply, must produce a universal corivielion, that Charges more causeless were never preferred by'any Opposition, or more substantially refuted by any Ministers. Nine . Sail of the Line and three Frigates were ready for'sea at Brest on the gth instant. The Latona Frigate s from Cork, with a Fleet tin der convoy also the Orpheus Frigate, from Ports meuth, with a convoy, are arrived at ,Jamaica. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, attended by Generals SPENCER, DE RUDE, and FITZROY; Co lonel TAYLOR, &c. inspeaed the Royal HorSe- Guards and King's Own•.k\lilitia,' in Windsor Court- yard afterwards vent to St. George's Chapel, with Princesses AUGUSTA, MARY, SOPHIA, and .AmEt.tA, accompanied by Ladies ELY, WA L DEGRAVE, &c. where a Sermon was preached by Dr. HE A TH, from -the 2d Psalms, 2d and 4th verses. After Divine Service th'ey went to Frogmore to dinner, where they were met by .Her MAJESTY and Princess ELIZABETH.. • On Saturday afternoon a Messenger arrived at Lord Howicx's Office with dispatches from Mr. ThotrisrroN, brought to,Yartnouth by -the Carrier Cutter in five days from the Elbe. His MAJESTY has been pleased to direa, that a pension of tool. per annum be settled on Sir SAMUEL Hoon, in consideration of the loss of his•arm. The New York, Paper of the 29th nit. men tions? that the Aa which prohibited the inter course- of American Vessels with St. Domingo was about to be 'repealed, at the, desire of the French Minister, under whose ditation it. was en a&ed, in consequence of the trade having fallen en tirely into the hands of the English. • Marshal MORTIER having pushed A strong corps across the Peene, an occupied Stolpe, from whence a small Swedish guard retired, the French after wards advanced to Lugershagen, where Baron ARNIFELDT was posted with about three thousand men; He .resisted, and defeated several attacks of the enemy ; but deeming the post not tenable against the accumulating force which were opposed to him, he withdrew to Griefswald, and on the 10th he had taken.a strong position about six. miles from • Stralsund. On Saturday some letters were received in town from Daptzic, by the Caledonia, arrived in the River, which brings intelligence from thence to the sth or \ th of December. The four Russian divisions had then formed a jun6lion on the Vistula, and were joined by 40,000 Prussians, under the orders of General KALEREUTII. The, King continued at Osterode:. Captain AlooKE understood before he sailed, that the French had suffered very much from sickness occasioned by. numerous privations, and almost con stant exposure to cold and wet. The Holpitals at Posen and Guesna were .stated to contain 13,00 u sick. The insurrection in Poland has by to means corresponded with the expeiitations of: BoNAPARTE. The Woywodship of Lenezyc, which was most ac tive in the cause, and which seized that fortress'from the Prussians, and defended it against them until the arrival of a body of French cavalry, has not 'pro duced more than 800 men. The Woywodship 'of .Siradia, and the Department of Menia, have fur niihed 1648 soldiers, and 1822 horses. The skele tons of four regiments have been formed at Gnesen, Ilogolia, Rawick, and Casten, bu, they are not yet complete. At Dresden and Leipsig all English property has been teized, and seals have been put on the possessions of the rich Lord FIN N'LAYTER, and on all the effeds left: by the English Envoy. Yesterday evening, the 28th inst., the Hon. Mrs. Hunts PEncv was safely delivered of a Daughter, at Lambeth Palace. SMITHFIELD MARKET, DEe. 29. This day's market afforded am unusual supply of prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in other re speds was rather plentiful; Beef, Mutton, Pork, and Veal, are somewhat cheaper than our last report, and the trade in general was pretty good.---The sales in the Haymarket .were rather considerable ; Hay obtained a better price than Friday's, market ; Clo ver has fallen in price ; Straw fetched last price.— We annex an accurate statement of the prices and numbers : To si,ik the Offal per stone of 81h, Beef 45. 6d. to ss. od.—Mutton 4s. 4d. to 4s. rod.—Veal ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d.—Lamb os. od. to os. od.—Pork ss. od. to 6s. od. Beasts. 356o.—Sheep and Lambs, to6so.— Calves, .140. — Pigs, 320. SMITHFIELD HAY •MARKET. Hay 21. toa. to 51. os.—Clover 31. cos to 51. Ss.—Straw 11. los. to 21. los. CORN-EXCHANGE, DEC. 2g.--Wheat for to-day's market is arrived in tolerable supplies, and this trade for second and ordinary qualities is at the reduction in price of 2s. and 3s. per quarter, but the few prime samples nearly support last prices.; of Bar ley a short supply, and it is dearer ; , Malt and White Pease keep their prices ; Beans of both sorts a trifle lower.,; there are several arrivals of Oats, and this article is named at small variation ; Flour is dull in sale's at its present prices. . Wheat 54s a 7os a 84s oil I•Beans 44s a cos of Fine ditto -85 s a BSs o(: 1 Tick Beans 38, a 44s od Rye - 40 S a 455 od I Oats 23S a 27s a 315 . Barley - ",:tos a 45s 6d Poland ditto 325 a 34s 01 Malt —64 s 75s od Rape Seed it4l. 281. as. cd White Peace Sos a 88s ad Finn Flour. 7... s a 755 od Gtey ditt6 46$ a 51$ ad Seconds bp tt.jos ad 4/, NA A L L' S. Pcirmotrrit, DEC. 26.—Arrived His Majesty's Sloop Laurel, 0f•24 ;nips, from—Cork.' Saßed His Majestys Ship Virginie, of 44 guns, Capt. BRACE, for Portsmouth. Blemain in Cawsand Bay, His Majesty's Ships Glory, Tonnant, Formidable, Warrior, Courageur, Terrible, Plustrims, and Colossus. In the Sound, Egyptienne, Acasta, incltfatigabk, Sylille; and Prim:o Frigates ; Fly, Moselle, • Ila zard, anctLeiure/ Stoops of \\*. Between the , Island and Main, His Majesty's Sloop Rose. In Barn Pool,: the 2Eu/us Frigate, and Helena Sloop, repairing. DECEMBER 27.—Arrived the Danish Ship Con 7 cordia, J. EOItDT Master, from Barcelona, bound to Tonningen, laden with wine the Danish Barque Ppovidentia,`M. OTTSON Master, from Archangel, bound to Barcelona, laden with Wheat and flax. Sailed HiS Majesty's Sloop Moselle, and 'Plate Schooner,, on a eruize to the Westward. • . Came in His Majetty's Ship Revenge ; of 74 guns, from the Squadron off Rochefort, and Niobe • Frigate from Torbay. PORTS: , ;IOUTH, DEC. 26 .-iTesterday naorning Rear Admiral MutatAy again put to Sea, with the Fleet under his command, viz. Polyphetims, of 64 guns, Capt. HAYWOOD ; Africa, 64, Capt. BAY N TITN ; Camel Store-ship, Capt. JOYCE ; 'Cormorant Sloop, Capt: HUGHES ; Flying Fish Schooner,' Lient. Gonwiti ; and the 0/kmpia,Cutter, Lieut. TA YLOR, with Sealed Orders: The Cutter put back again this morning, and it is feared the Squadron 'cannot keep at Sea. • 4 • Sailed this evening the Crocodile Frigate, 'Captain BETTESWORTH,' to resume his station off Guernsey. : I ,The Gannett Sloop is appointed Convoy to Oporto. •, The Boreas Frigate. has detained the Lord Dun can Smuggling Cutter, and sent her into this Port. FALMOUTH ) DEC. 16. Arrived this ,day the Prince Ernest Packet, PETRE, in 30 days from Tor tola', and the Princess Charlotte Packet, KERR, ill 38 daysfrom Jamaica, with the Leewarcl Island and Ja maica Mails ; the mike yr Kent Packet was going into Jamaica as the.: lirii'zc'ess Charlotte ,acket came out ; it was reported at Tortola that the Packet with the Leeward Island Mail had arrived at•Barbadoes Also arrived the American Ship Kitty,Capt. HOLMES, from Baltimore, in 25 days, with coffee, for orders ; left at Baltimore, seven Sail of French Men of War. Sailed this day HiS Majesty's Ship Lavinia, of 48 guns, and. Suidllow Brig,. 18 guns, on a Cruize; flis Majesty's Ship Rosario, 20 guns, for the West Ladies, with Dispatches ; the Endeavour and Eliza- Tenders, With Convoy of Coasters. for Wales ; and Celia Tender,. with a Fleet for Cork. The Cornwallis is safe arrived at Gibraltar. • DEAL,. Dec. .'2B.—Came down from the River the Hon:.East India Company's Ship Seatesty Cos tle ; also several other outward-bound Vessels from the River,, and remain in the Downs with the Ships as per last. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Ruty for Yarmouth. JAMAICA. 'able. KINGSTON, Nov. 12.--The Peterell Sloop of War, of 18 guns, Capt. LAMDORN, arrived on Sa ttirday from a crnize, With the Spanish Schooner El Fier de Mayo, from the Port of Trinidad, bound to Carrhagena, with naval stores, captured off Porto- Bello on the 20111 of September. On the 2d of that month, off the island of Ro sario, the Peterell descried three gun-boats, having a number of vessels under their convoy, when .she in stantly gave chace, and at 5 p. m. opened her fire upon them, which the gun-boats immediately re turned ; but it being shoal water the Peterell could not get close enough to do execution, and the enemy made for Carthagena. The next day the Peterell anchored off a river near that place, for the purpose of obtaining a sup ply of water, and early in the morning of the fol lowing day she discovered seven very large and heavy Gun-boats approaching towards her. At this time, it being almost a calm, she weighed anchor, and with the assistance of her sweeps and boats was enabled to get about six miles from the shore before the Enemy could come up with her. At half-past eight an anion commenced, which continued with great \ warmth for half an hour, when the fire of the Gun-boats slackened; and, after an engagement of two hours and an half, in conse quence of the Pe . terell being beCalmed and almost unmanageable, they escaped, and succeeded in get, ting into Carthagena. Every boat had two 18, 24, and 12-pounders, with go men in each. • The Peterell was much injured in her sails and rigging, and . received several shot between wind acid water. She had five men 1- - .Xed and four nmbrig `the former I've, ire sorry iiic:n.;• Lion Mr. GEOLGE R A MS;DO.N, M1d;11.11)61.1L). The enemy must have also suffered cottsiderably ; 'one of the boats bad, a mast ?tot away. The Peterell fell iii with Le Cochin Mig, of . I'6' tin's, Captain LYSAGHT, off POIIO-4ello, on the . 20:11 ult. KINGSTON, Nov. Etcpiarrt, of 74 guns, Capt. DoNoAs, and Veteran, of 64, Cmt E , . xvs, left Port-iioyal on Monday morning. We Utider. , stand that they arc to proceed to CUraco4, for the purpose-:ofinaking an attack upon that Nand, of which, we have every'reason to suppose, from the present dissati:h6lion of the inhabitatits, they wild make an easy conquest. The Anson Frigate, of 40 guns, Capt. LYDIARD, arrived the same day at Port Royal from a cruize off the Coast of Cuba. By tli~ arrival of theiin. son We ar&eilabled to pre sentour Readers with the particulars of her rents contre with the Poudroy ant French 80 . gun-ship; commanded by Admiral VILLEAUMEZ : On the 15th September, at day-light, the An son' discovered a Ship under jury -masts, the Ha-, vannah bearing W. S.'W. distance four leagues.:-- , ! All sail was immediately made in chase, on the sup- position thai the Ship in sight was the' Sail Loren' On nearer approach-she huited French colours, and a Ifeai-Adt, rays Flag—the wind light and \ a ri- " The• French ship continued a steady course for the Havannah until she passed Fort Cogirno orCaymo i. and was near the Moro-Castle, when she' hove Jo. * with her head off shore, and engaged the Anson as she arrived up. The French ship had received pilots from the shore, who placed hex very skilfully in a manner which prevented the Anson from going un der her stern ; if the Anson had passed under her stern she would have been exposed to the fire of the , - Moro—she had already received that of Fort-Cogi mo in passing-tier rigging much cut—two meq killed on board and thirteen wounded. " The French Ship was Le Foudroygnt, 0f,.84 guns and 875 men, and had, according to good in formation, 27 men killed and, wounded, among . whom were three Officers. The a&ion lasted about 40 minutes. The fire of the Foudrayant-was dread ful. - Had the Anson met her in the. middle of the ocean, it wotild:have been a tnore favourable circum stance 3 . but,.with thelight and Variable wind which prevailed, the proximity of the shore,, and thp Moro-Castle, nothing more could be done. The San renzo made an half attempt to come out. i t ." t was somewhat singular that Fort-Cogitno fired a few shot at the Anson in,passing, but when the a&ion with the•.Foudroyant ceased, and the iinson was much closer, they thought it prudent to reserve their fire: Fort-Cogitno (a small.tort) is the same under which. the Pomona lay when captured by the APethusa and Anson," . The Elk Brig, of 18 guns, Captain Mon riffs, from a crUize, and an Americam Schooner, from New Orleans, bound to St. ',Tag° de CUba; with provi sions, detained by La Supelsieure Brig, arrived the same day. The Elk left the . Diana Packet, Capt.,. GIBBONS, on the isth September, in lat. G. long. 72. all well ; and,, on Saturday last, otf Altavela, spoke the Hawke Brig, of 16 4uns, Captain AYS COUGH. • Off the Navassa, on the Ist ult. at day-light, the Elk descried a Vessel, and immediately gave chace, during which she carried away her maintop-gallant mast, fore and maintop-mast studding-sail booms, and after a chace of nine hours the Elk, in a heavy ran aboard the Privateer, when she' shortly after went down ; and it was with much exertion that her crew were got out before she sank. She proved to be a French Privateer, belonging to Guadaloupe, commanded by a renegado Englishman, of the name of Loy: E, who unfortunately escaped by jumping into a small boat which he had previsly placed along side the Privateer for the purpose ; but who must have inevitably perished, as the boat was observed to be filled with water before she was lost sight of. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. THURSDAY, Nov. 6. Chief Sustice's Salary Bill presented, and read the first tirne.—Ordered a second reading to-morrow. House in Committee on the State of the Island; and being, resumed, the following ResulUtion was agteed to : To send a Message to his Honour the Lieutenant- Governor, in answer to his second Message of the 88th of 061ober, to thank his Honour fin- the coin-- munication ; to assure , his Honour that the House are most grateful for His Majesty's paternal care in dirthing the intercourse between this ,Island and the United States to be placed on a more regular and certain footing, by allowing the, importation of provisions,.with certain exceptions, ant of lumber, and the exportation of ruin and molas,es, until sx months notice shall be given of any alteration in the said intercourse; and to express our part iculiir sense obligation to his Honour, for his early audition' to the evils brought on this Island from a ccntcary svn tern having begin pursued, and his prompt measures to atibrd relief by the Proclaination tie has been Pleased to issue on the subject of the intercourse with the United States of America. 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