The Sun. — London, England, 1806-11-29 00:00:00

) 1 " General would listen to remonstrances or entrea; ties. He positively refused to grant the slightest relaxation. W are sorry to add, that the French did n,,c conti:ie themselves to the confiscation of British Property—Priv!ie Letters state, thatsome of the most respe&able British Inhabitants of Ham burgh have bL,:n arrested. It appears that consi derable pains were taken by the French to in culcate a belief that the Neutrality of Hamburgh would be respect: d, for the purpose, of course, Of preventing .the removal of British Property ; and we tear that it was attended. with considerable success. No positive account has reached us of the French having entered Bremen, but we have not the slightest doubt of the fael. We stated yesterday, upon authority on which we place the greatest re liance, that considerable apprehensions were enter tained in Copenhagen respecting the designs of the French. It is true that. Denmark has not, since the Commencement of the Revolution, taken any share in the Wars against France, and the aaive part which she took in the Northern Confederacy against Great Bri tain in the.year t sot, might naturally be supposed to exempt her from any danger of an attack from France. But all this will weigh but little with BONA , . PASTE, when put in competition with his favourite obje&, viz. the Shutting the Sound against our Com merce ; and we have no - doubt that we shall very soon hear of a peremptory- application from him to the Danish Government upon that subjea It is posi tively stated, tlLit the Russian Army which was ad vancing to the assistance of Prussia has fallen back. Under the present circumstances such a measure - was absolutely necessary, but the Russian Army will soon be so reinforced as to render firther retreat unneces sary, even without any assistance from the Prussians, forthe EMPEROR of RUSSIA has given orders for almost the whole disposable Force of his Empire to advance towards the frontiers of Poland. We have not re ceived any account of the amount of the Prussian Force which is collected behind the Vistula, but it certainly cannot be so contemptible in point of num bers as it is represented in the French accounts. The Prussian Army on the right bank of the Vistula cani. not be much short of 60,000 men. The Correspondenten contains an article respeEting the movements of. the Austrian Army, to which, though it is stated in a .doubtful manner, we are inclined to give credit. It is sa;.l that the French liinister at Vienna has' insisted that the Aus trian Army should be withdrawn from the Frontiers.of Bohemia, and that he also expressly declared, that BONAPARTE would consider 'the departure - of the Archduke CILARLES to join the Army as a Declaration of War. The King and QUeen of PRUSSIA have, it is said, arrived at St. Petersburgh. • The following Bulletin was this morning sent from the Foreign Office to the LORD MAYOR, and by him transmitted to LLOYD'S : " Foreign.o . ffice, Nov. " MY LORD, " it is with the deepest concern that I inform rur Lordship that the City of Hamburgh was occu pied by a French Corps under General MORTIER on the igth inst. The property of English Merchants was immediately confiscated. " On the night of the 2 tst all English Merchants were arrested, but were afterwards released, on their word not at any moment to absent themselves till the determination of BONAPARTE respe&ing them should be received. " Mr. THORNTON, His Majesty's Minister at flambutgh, was proceeding to Keil, and Mr. NI CHOLAS, His Majesty's Vice-Consul, was gone to Gluckstadt, in order to provide for the English Ships proceeding, for that Port in safety. He was then to go to Cuxhaven and , Husum. All proper precau tions had been takers for the security of the Mer- Chants remaining in Harnburgh, and their property. (Signed) HOWICK." " Right Holt. Lord Mayor." A report has been circulated, upon the authority ref the Master of a Vessel from Newfoundland, that 'Monte Video has been taken by our Expedition fitted out by Sir HOME POPIIAM . and General BE zEsrono. No such intelli4Aglce has reached Go- On Monday another Committee of the Privy Council was held r.t the Board of Trade Office, is Whitehall, to take into consideration the propriety of Government accepting the surrender. of the Co-.. .lony of Sierra Leone, by the Company. Mr. TnottYroN, the -Chairman of the Company, at tended, and was upwards of three hours in . delibe ration with the Committee. Thf - : Members of the Coll;:cil present were—Lord AUCKLAND, the Earl of Blicx:NoilAmsllta4, Sir ..7osEpn BANKES, and Mr. VANsirrAwr. The result of the Meeting did not transpire. Thnrsday morn;ng a Bowl of Trade wa held at the Office in Whitehall, at which Lords HOLLAND, AUCKLAND, and the A.TToit.NEY-Gr.NERAL attended. Several Merchanti attended, and presooted Petitioni for leave to trade to certain Port-;. At one &clock. the Board hr, 1 ; 7 ; when l.a dHoLLAND and . Lord AtICKLANn 'at t) ;he ij'oreign Oilice, and met Mf.SS7'3. to ?I,7cc - s.:czy, the American Am bassi ors, dofY,q"CacL.'S cy.ls;l:ig I);..t\ve;:n the - 1 oLt (27)\-2rom--.7:t• AT A frA L N E .1V ,S% PLYMOUTii, Nov. inortiltig the 13' . riA. Jane, of Ilfracombe, employed in the Tender-service, missed stays in turning out of the harbour of Cat water, and struck on the rocks of Mount Batten, where she bilged, and it is feared will go to pieces. Fortunately she was in ballast, and the crew were saved. • Sailed the London, of 98 guns, for Torbay ; and the James Cartel, BEER, for Morlaix, with the Lady of Colonel HALL, to join her husband, who is a Prisoner at Verdun. Mumma, Nov. - 28.—The Lady Frances Packet, Cipt. FLYNN, and the Diana, Capt. M'llosouGu, arrived from Cuxhaven with Mails and Passengers. By these Packets we have the distressing account ; of the French: having marched 15,000 troops into Hamburgh, and required of the Merchants an ac count of their property to be rendered within 24 hours, under punishment of death. • Mr. THORNTON, our Minister resident there, made his escape; and Mr. CROCKET, his Secretary, with some valuable effects and papers, came over in the Lady Frances. Frigate and several Gun-brigs. are at anchor off Cuxhaven, so that no apprehensions can be entertained for the safety of such property as was shipped off on its passage from Hamburgh to Cux haven. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. '2 I.—Arrived the norms Frigate, Capt. SCOTT, and Insolent Gun-vessel from a Crui ze. Sailed the Amelia, TINIBLER, for Dantzic. DOVER, Nov. 28.—Arrived the Goode Hanna, EWERS, from St. Thomas's, with sugar, coffee, and tobacco, for Copenhagen, having lost her anchors and cables.—During the voyage the Captain And Officers were in danger of being murdered, the crew having mutinied. SHEERNESS, Nov. 28.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Dielator from Yarmouth ; the Eliza Tender from Shields; and Rapid Tender, from Lynn, with impressed Men and Volunteers for the Fleet. Came into Harbour from the Great Nore His Majesty's Ship Trusty. Arrived the Tigress from the Downs ; also His Majesty's Gun•brig Bloodhound from Deal. DEAL, Nov. 2.B.—The Devaynes East Indiaman, with the greatest part of the outward-bound 'Mer chantmen which sailed yesterday' rom the Downs, put.back This Molting by adverse winds, and re main with His Majesty's Ships as per last, and se veral other outward-bound Vessels. FALMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Coi?fiance from a Cruize, and remain with His Majesty's Ships Princess Royal, conqueror, Gibral tar, Santa Margarita, Lively, Blonde, Saracen, Swallow, Plover, and the Abundant.e, with the out ' ward-bound West 'lndia Fleet. His Majesty's Ships Prince - ss Royal and Con queror are expe6led to sail to-morrow, the former for Plyinonth; and the latter on a Cruise. EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED SEPT. 6, 1 80G, AT SEA, OFF THE CITY OF . ST. DOMINGO. A very gallant and spirited attempt was made by Lieut. JOSEPH LEWIS, of the Alexandria, with the boats of that Ship, on - the morning of the 24th of August, to cut out of Rio de la Plata, a Spanish • Port on the Coast of South America, a Polacca Brig and a Guarda Costa Schooner, which have for some time past materially injured the Jamaica trade. The boats were dispatched in the night of the .22d, under the command of Lieut. LF.wts, in the barge, accompanied by Lieutenant NAGLE, .in the launch, a cutter with Mr. SMITH, 'Master's Mate, and the jolly-boat ; but, most unfortunately, from the dark ness of the night, and not having sufficient land marks to know the place by, they rowed all night without being.able to find it, and consequently re , turned on board the Ship (at anchor) in' the morn ing. - The enemy, from the circumstance of see ing a Frigate lying off ' their Port, now prepared themselves for an attack, which has proved of the most melancholy, consequence. Lieut. LEWIs, with his detachment, set off again on the night of the 23d, towed within six or seven miles of the place by the Gracieuse Schooner, which joined us here, in the most deterHiined manner, moved into the harbour under a tremendous fire of grape 7 shot, from three well ere&ed batteries, and an inimenso fire of Spanish musketry, as well as from both vessels, which they instantly boarded, having forced their crew to desert them. They were now em ployed, ;amidst this galling fire, ten hours and twenty minutes, in endeavouring to get the vessels clear for towing, but without effea, for the Spaniards had, in the course ,of their preparations, hauled them aground, stripped them of their sails and running rigging, and lashed them to the shore, so that it was impossible to remove them ; and as the men were now fast falling in the boats, it was deemed proper to destroy the vessels, which was completely eitekSted,. and they retreated tinder an incessant fire until they were - out of gun-shot. It is with • extreme concern I add, we had 19 of the best of the Ship's. Company killed and wounded ; and, for the infor mation of their relatives, I send you their names. Killed—Win. Hall, Gunner's Mate ; Charles Chinsen, Seaman ; o,aniel Crawly, Scanlan ; Isaac fonts, Seaman ; and lohn Thomas, Marine. Badly Wound , A,--Mr. Alfred Smith (since dead), Master's ; Mate; Mr. Marshall, Midshipman ; lohn Galloway, Quar-" ter-Master ; lohn Wiliiams, Carpentcr's Mate ; Beni:anin B ea l, sailmaker ; W. Hait(lcoA, lOW ,SV Moil, 1 aineN NI u set ‘N site, and John Franklin, Seamen ;. and John Toliy, Ma. .. rine. - Slightly Wounded -loszph Lewis, Fir . t Lieutenant ; Ed- Inw d Na s 4e, Stx , TaLicurz"wat i •ruld MI . ; Heavy,Gunner, NE P./IRLY,DIENT. MEMi3ERS IItTURNgD. EURGI'.S OF AIR, INVERAIIY, ItOTIISAY, and CIMPBELTON—John Casa - Then, Esq. COUNTY OF AliEltbEEN—Jathes rerguSsan, Esq. ARGYLESHIRE—Joha Campbell, Esq: NoRTHANIPTONSHIRk—Lord Althorp ; W. it. Cartwright, Esq. BURGHS OF NORRES, NAIRN, INVERNESS, and Francis Wm. Grath. BURGHS OF DUMFRIES, ANNAN, LOCHMAREN, SANQUHAR, and KIRKCUDBRIGHT—HOH. Henry Erskine. BURGHS OP LANARK, LINLITHGOW, PEEBLES, and SELKIRK—Lieut. Gen. Sir Charles ROSS. SELKIRKSHIRE—WHI. Elliot Lockhart, Esq. CONTESTED .ELECTIONS. State of Poll. • BERSPTCK—Sir John Callender - - 486 Dr. Towers - - 386 Sir Alex. M. Lockhart - 353 Lieut. Col. Allah - 6t DUB L IN—Mr. Hamilton - - - 362 Mr. Falkiner - - - - 302 Mr. White - - - - 257 GALWAY—Mr. Daly - - - 114 Mr. Eyre - - - - 112 Mr. Martin - - - 25 FERMANAGH—Gen. Cole - - - 1311 Gcn. Aradall - 1162 Henry Brooke - 583 Rd. Brooke - - 399 WATERFORD—Mr. Beresford - - 454 Mr. Power - - - 427 Mr. Lee . - 285 Mr: Bolton - - - • ERRATUM.-I. A. S. Wortley, Esq. and Lord Louvaine, have ben reported as returned for Bossing—the Members re turned Are 1. A. S. Wortley, Esq. and Henry Baring, Esq. - The DUKES of YORK and CLARENCE dined with HER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES on Thursday. In the .evening the DUKE of YORK went to Oat lands, and the DUKE of CLARENCE to Bushy Park. The Marquis of DOUGLAS is to b e arrcaripanied on his journey to ,St. Petersburgh only by a Russian Nobleman ; C. STUART, Esq. Secretary to Lord GRANVILLE LEVESON GOWER, continues in the same situation under the new Minister. Thursday the IMPERIAL AMBASSADOR bad an in terview with Lord Viscount Howtcx., for a consi derable time. / Letters have been received from Holland, by the way of Hamburgh, which state, that an Embargo continued to be enforced on all the vessels in the Dutch ports. Letters, which had been sent from Amsterdam to Rotterdam to be forwarded to this country, had been returned from the latter place, as it was not certain when any vessel would be per mitted to sail. DUEL PRRVENTED.—ln•consequence of the lan guage used by Sir FRANCIS BVPPETT on the Hust ings, at Brentford, in speaking, of Mr: RE.DREA.D YORE., the latter sent on Thursday night, a letter to the Baronet on the subject; and it being apprehend ed by their respeaiVe friends that a duel would be the consequence, Mr. YORK was yesterday arrested, and obliged to find bail to keep the peace; and, we understand, that Sir FRANCIS was at the same time obliged to give a similar security. A duel, which it is feared will prove fatal in its consequences, was fought on Wednesday last, at Waltham Grove, Bucks, between Mr. B -7.—R, an Irish Gentleman of fortune, and Mr. N—, an Officer in the Marines. The quarrel which led to the combat, arose out of an attitir of gallantry, Mr. B. having been found in possession of a Lady, the niece of the Officer, who eloped from her friend§ in the vicinity of Newbury, in August last. 'the parties exchanged three fires, and Mr. N. received a wound in the left- breast, which, it is feared, will prove mortal. Mr. Carmana, surgeon, dressed the wound at the house ofMr. Churchill, near where the duel was fought,.but he did not succeed in extraEting the ball. An ancient Oracle mentions, when some of For tune's Suitors coniplained of their bad hick, and that she was both blind and deaf to them, that she made. them this reply, " You delayed your suit too long ; and when you commenced making it, you relaxed in your attentions. Perseverance should be if prin cipal chara6leristic of my votaries - What a use ful lesson this to Lottery adventurers ; particularly when so momentous a Scheme as the present one is offered to their embrace. It is evident that many lost the opportunity of not participating of her fa vours in the late Scheme, either from delaying their purchases too long, or by ceasing in their pursuit when they ought to-have persevered. CALCUTTA GAZETTE, MAY 6, ,806. O. the Ist instant anchored abreast of Calcutta the American Ship Argo, Capt. NOR THEY, from Salem, touched at Batavia, where she remained two months. The Argo left at Batavia, a Dutch Frigate, of 40 guns, under repairs, and two acrned Brigs. The Frigate struck the ground on going in, which obliged them to run her ashore, when it was found that one of her butt-ends had started. The chief part of the &ew of the.above vessels were sick and in the hospi tal. While - the Argo laid at Batavia nothing was heard of the Dutch Admiral HAR I'SINCK. MADRAS COURIER, APR IL. 16, 1806. A letter from the isle of France has the following paragraph : The Semillante and Bellona have sailed, supposed for the Cape of Good Hope. Two•small Privateers are now fitting out tier India, one a Brig, with s guns and 30 men ; the other, a Schooner, with 6 guns and 4,0 men. They are supposed to be bound for the Eastward of Penang—they both sail badly. • The Princess Charlotte ;ci-deviant Indiaman) has been disarmed, and has sated, it is said, for the Cape or Batavia. _ Btt . ,)re the Charger Guts-big left• Bengal, several vessels were about to ti;; c ape of Go , d Hope, with supplies of d.ilfereit ki.iMs ftg that Strt , ttt: LATi 7 REPORT COURT oi , CHANCERY, Nov. ZB. runcEd. DIAtNAMARA. . , . . . This Case, which haS been so. tong pending id th'd Court of Chancery, came forward this day in a news Shape. The principal fads which transpired in the course of the proceedings; with the obServationt of Counsel, and the Judgment of the present Lon CaANCELLOit and.tlie MASTEtS of the ROLLS, have been before the public its the several statements Made in the Daily Newspapers, as far as their limitS Would permit. For our report of the proceedings and final judgment, we beg leave to refer our Readers to out Paper of the loth of August last. ...The SOLICITOR-GENERAL this day moved. the Court, that the Defendant, JameS Macnatuara; Esq. and Mr. George Farquharson ; Messr's. Orme and Byrne, the - two ostensible Proprietors,of The Morn.: ing Post Newspaper ; and Messrs. Walters and Mac. donnell ; the Ostensible Proprietors. of The Morning Herald,l\Tesespaper, should stand committed for mis representing the case of S Purcell v. Macnamara,' in the Newspapers called The Morning Post and The Morning Herald. He said—" this case is not only of importance to the suitors of this Court, but ge nerally to the PubliC at large. I do - not mean to contend, upon the present Motion, that any of His Majesty's subje&s have not a right to publish the proceeding of a 'Court of Justice, but quite the con:. trary—l think it extremely beneficial that such a right should exist, and I think that a great part of the good administration of justice is to be ascribed to nothing more than the various proceedings of the Courts being laid open, through this channel, to every individual ; neither shall I contend,, that it is incumbent upon such person to whom it is intrust ed to make them public, that he shall do it .with the greatest accuracy. It is necessary to allow a great deal for human infirmity, and It is quite impossible that they should be able to take such proceedings without some incorreatseSs ; but if your Lordship should find that the mode of conveying information and instrudicas to the Puba lie is converted into the means of destroying . the characters of individuals, and libelling the due administration of the justice of the country, and if your Lordship should find that one party pays a consideration for the abuse of the Liberty of the Press, and another expeas such pecuniary von,:itli.r anon, the Court cannot render a more important service to the Liberty of the Press, than in punishing these parties. The Gentlemen who report law pro ceedings are bound to do their duty to their em ployers and the public, but they are not to make themselves the tools of designing men. I shall un dertake to prove to your Lordship, that the puba ligation of which' I complain it not only a libel upon the parties in the cause; but the grossest libel upon the Court itself; which I. will shew by reading - some of the passages. The Court is there made to say that which it did not . and could not have said. ' This I will shew, not only by Mr. Macnamara himself, but by the Gentleman who took the money for the insertion. of it. This aca count in the Papers which I' have mentioned, begins by stating what are supposed to be the fail - As of the case, and then proceeds to give what they imagine to have been said by the' Counsel of Mr. Macnamara, Messrs. Fonblanque and Agar ; next they state the reply of Mr. Fonblanque, and here they have introdued a libel as coming from thei mouth of a Gentleman of the highest honour and in tegrity." The Learned Counsel here read the passages alluded to, from one of the said News papers, in which Mr. Fonblanque is made to charge a conspiraca between the Plaintiff and her Attor ney, with othets, against Mr. Macnamara." Then," he continued, " it goes on to the judgment of the Master of the Rolls and your Lordship." Here the Solicitor-General read another passage froro the publication, which was the same in both Papers, Wherein the Chancellor is mode to profess much personal respell for Mr. Macnamara, and entirely reversed the sentiments he aaually expressed.— " Here," he resumed, " your Lordship is made to pass an encomium upon Macnamara, and a com pliment is also paid him by the Master of the Rolls, for his candour and humanity. Tuis, I think, no man will hesitate to say, is holding up the proceedings of the Court to public derision and contempt. If a man were to state that the Court had paid the highest compliment to the Defendant for his justice and humanity, but that your Lordship .had proa nounced a decree against him, he would not be be lieved. In this case, however, it comes under the high authority of your Lordship's name, and was it the fact, .this Court would only be fit to admi nister justice in Bedlam. Of such description Is this publication ; and I Shall show, that it was riot only taken by a person attending by order of Mr. Mac- namsra, but that it was written under his express dilation. The Reporters to the public Newspapers not only owe a duty to their Proprietors, but to the public in general, and shdald not be induced to accept bribes to betray the interests of their em= ployers. The Gentleman who made the report I allude to, was Mr. George Farquharson, who was paid for altering the account of another Gentleman, who had attended the previous proceedings for Mr. Macnamara. This account Mr. Macnamara cara ried to The Morning Post, and offered payment for its insertion ; but this Mr. Byrne, the Editor, with great propriety, refused, and thought it dishonour able to take money ter such. a publication ; at the same time, he. said, he should insert it provided Mr. Macnamara would satisfy bins that it was a true and impartial account. The teur other persons who are Proprietors of those Papers against whom I move ; are, without doubt, liable, both civily and crimi nally, for any person they may employ ; but I am not disposed to press this application agaihst theai j • as any blame which can be attached to them is . only for employing a Gentleman upon whom they cannot rely. Application was made to Mr. Mac donnell, the Editor of the Morning Herald, who enia ployed Mr. Farquharson to take an aecotinf of the law proceedings, and in consequence of inquiries, the original manuscript was found upon their files, and paved to be the band-writing of Mr. Far quhar,ona And from the affidavit of Macdotinell it • afterwards appeared, that he had informed him, tnat being at a loss for some of the proceedings, he .(Farquharson) applied personally to Mr. Macna mara, who gave him some papers in the cause ; tie admitted that several pauses in the account were didated - to him by Macnamara, and that he had k aid him a certain sum of motley at a sromunereson.