The Sun. — London, England, 1806-07-26 00:00:00

vigorous return to this fire. There has been alio a severe skirmish, in which the Turks bad several men i . v:Cd, wounded, and taken. The insurgents, cut off the heads of last. The Lower. Town of Eel:rade is deserted, 'those of the- iiThabitants wi.o still remained having retired into the Upper Town: It continues to be asserted that a :very nu nte(rous Turkish Army is on its .march to Servia, Commanded by 'the '.Pacha of, Romelia. CZERNI GEORGE is, it is said, in the ,environs Of Drina, where he making the necessary preparations to resist 'this Army._ • PARIS, JULY 13.—A: secrecy impenetrable to the' Public covers the motives and progress. of the Cor 7 respondence between the Governments of France and England, which is,, hOwever, condated' with Uninterrupted aaivity. . The 'same secrecy prevails_ with reprd to 'the Negotiations which ,have been entered into in this capital with the Russian Coun- _ senor of Stat e , M. IYOUBRIL. Nevertheless, one of the objecis of these Negotiations, though we can not believe' it to be the only, or the most important one, is publicly known. The avowed, -object is an 'arrangement for the exchange of Russian prisoners of war, and also regarding the expenee which their subsistence has caused. These prisoners, as well as all those whom the fate of war has thrown into the „hands 'of Oe.French, have experienced in France,, on the part of the Magistrates and inhabitants, a treatment for which foreign Princes should maze it a duty to shew themselves grateful. - PARIS, JULY 17.—Lord YARMOUTH expeeted a Conrier yesterday, who, according to report, it was supposed would bring him something decisive. M. 'D'OLTBRIL: has already had some cOnferericet relative to the exchange of prisoners. .. . Though the possibility of an approaching Peace with England occupies the public mind, the . secret of the Negotiations remains between the, two Ca binets. But. it is ,permitted to 'us at least to cite facts that announce a degree of good will on'both sides, which was totally excluded by the tone'of asperity used under. Mr. Prr4s AdministratiOri.— It is said, that when Mr. Fox gave permission to General. LAPOYPE and two other military Gentle= men to return to France upon their parole, he.de manded the same' indulgence of his Imperial Ma jesty for five English prisoners, in whose behalf he interested himself, and which was not refused. It is also stated, that Dr. JENNER, author -of the Viccine discovery, addresSed the Emperor to ob tain the liberty of two of his friends, Dr. WIND HAM and Mr. .WILLIAMS. , This request did not reach the EMperor 'for a considerable time; bu t as soon as it came to. his Majesty's,knowledge or ders were given for the liberation of these Gen tlemen ; and they will set, Out for Morlaix in a few days, where they are to embark for England. Lastly, the case of another English prisoner is cited, the son of an eminent Astronomer, and who had given - lihnself up to \ the study of the sciences; he, has also obtained leave to return , his own Country. It is that - several Member s o f th e. • Institute interested themselves very warmly- in fa vonr of this young and learned Englishman. These foals, though they prove nothing in favour of a general Peace, still have their use in shewing the tern' er in , which the Nogotiations 'Lave . com menced.. The preparations for the triumphal Fetes are carried on with activity ; bowever,it is impossible to determine the precise epoch when they will take place. 'Though several periods have been mentioned, and among them the 15th of August; yet as this indication is not supported by any au thority, many people are inclined to think the Fetes will not be celebrated before the middle ,of September.. Indeed, as every one is sensible tha t the celebration of the Peace of the Continent is the °bp& of these Fetes, it is indispensibly necessary that the Treaty of Peace should previously 'receive a full and ainple execution. M. DE ZEDEMTROPT, Privy Councillor of the Cabinet of Russia, passed through Nancy on the 15th instant, as' a Courier, on his way to St. Pe tersl;urgh. • HAGUE, JULT 4.—Early this morning the King and Queen of Holland set out from their 'Palace in the Wood for the Waters of Wisbaden, attended by a part of,the Court. The King,- before he com menced his journey, the necessity of which resulted from the state of his health, gave orders for a very l i important movement among , the French Troops. The greatest part of them are upon the point of quitting the territory of Holland, where only two Regiments are to remain stationary. Some of these Troops are ordered to Wesel ,and Co logne, and the 19th Regiment of the Line to toulogne. AMERgroRT, JULY 22.—0 n the evening of the 19th their Majesties arrived in this town; and after passing the night here they proCeeded on the following day towards icimeguen; perfeelly incog. VitA4' P . • r Juc 13:4-Among the reports, with.. 'numb , which circulate in Germany,,one in par ticular has' Axed the l,ubiic attention,' but more t rotigh its impo Lance than the confidence which it merits. It is said, that Grandeei of the Empire of Russia have attempted to treat the Emperoi ALEXANDER, In the same manner as his unfortunate Father was treated ; but that the Emperor de fended himself with the greatest courage, and that his Guards had time to come to his assistance. The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE also arrived at the s ame time. The rebels were apprehended, and the most culpable lost their heads on the scaffold on the folloWing day. A Foreign Power, it is said, has taken a very active part in this affair. It is added, that the Emperor ALEXANDER has informed the English Government, that be shall make a separate Peace with the Emperor NAPOLEON. We shall make no reflections upon a report of this nature ; but it is. certain that the English Funds have fallen, and that it is believed in England that Russia certainly will make a separate Peace with France." - MENTZ, JULY 13.—The Gazette of this place contains the. following article :—" According to rumours that we cannot authenticate, 'General BEL LEGARD.E, who had sailed with a Corps of Austrian t roo p s for the Mouths of the Cataro, which-. was to have been delivered up to Tim by the Russian, upon his arriVal there, found that, post in the hands of the English, the Russians having' given it up to them." GENOA, JULY 9.—They write from Naples, that the Commandant of Gaeta, not having had any intelligence of the faaious persons .who he had sent out in a sortie to excite the people to 'revolt, had sent a person of the nathe of FiItINCESCO Ton- RELLT to obtain information ; and who had no sooner left the place, than he gave 'himself up to' the Constituted Authorities nearest' Gaeta, 'declaring that he did not accept of the 'Prince of I-l'essE , LTPSTAHL'S. Commission with any other view than to withdraw *Jai . the oppression 'under which ~:he people of Gaeta laboured'. He deposed at the same time, that the Prince dared not undertake any thing without the approbation of the English • ,Cotn mandant, who had assumed all the authority.. The intelligence dire& from Sicily would make it appear, that the English no longer think of defending' that Island against the French ; and that apart of their artillery, and all their Camp equipage, were already embarked. They write from Capna, under date of June 3(4 that the 32d Regiment of Light Infantry, pass= ing. 'through that place, had received orders to halt 01 the surrender of Gaeta; as they were assured that the attack would,be made in fire or six days. HAGUE, JULY 1 7.-By Rpyal Decrees of the i Ith inst. Lieut. Gen. BONHOMME is appointed Direaor , General of the Affairs of War, in the room of M. PYMAN, who is destined for another emp!oyment. The late Governor of the Cape of Good has caused the following Letter, signed by him, to be published, for the reasons therein assigned : " In the Rotterdam Courtmt of July 10, I find the following article inserted : ," In a Foreign NeWspaper we have noticed a Letter writ. ten at the Cape of Good Hope, March az, 18 , 36, in which, among other things, it is mentioned, that'Sir Dior to . 11 fit u . had shewn His commission there,' by which he was appointed Lieutenant. Governor, of that Colony, with a salary. of I°,oool. per annu:n ; that M. VAN ItYNLVBLn was .ap. pointed Supreme'Magistrate of the whole Colony, with un limited power and atillnirity ; anc that a large sun► of money had been recovered, which the Members of the Government had taken from the Treasury and shard among them; When it was agreed to surrendei the Colony. " That . which may appear regarding me per sonally, I conceivei-upon the whole; nOtworth my while to refute in public ; but in th article cited, there is something which, thOugh not regarding me, may make an unfavourable impression in the coun try, in respe& to the Civil iNlembtrs of the former Dutch Governthent at the bi'pe of Good Hope 3 and those Gentlemen, being 3000 leagues frOM' hence, . , may expea me to elucidate matters in which,they are concerned. " On the 6th' of January.last I left Cape Town , . with the Troops, in order to, give the enemy a meet ing. I left a'part of the cash to the disposition of . ,the Political Council,which, in toy absence, exercised the supreme authority. ThoSe Gentle Men, as well as every one else, foresaw that the Colony would be lost, considering the magnitude of the :English force., They wished the Enemy to derive as little advan . • tage as, possible, and at the same tinie - wished the . Civil Officers: to have the mean's of returning to their - Mother Country, or to preserve their inde pendence for a time,' that poverty, or the 'pre tence of poverty, might not furnish them with an excuse for entering into the-service-of the Ene my. ; To accomplish this, they came ,to a resolve, Jan. 6, and thus not only before the capitulation, but before such an event could be suspeded—since the fatal affair which decided'therate of the Colony- . in the plain of Blaanwberg, on the Bth, had not Oc curred—to draw money from the extraordinary trea-, sury:c hesi for the several placemen, wl lc h they . were to restore if the Governor should succeed in expe! ?: ling the enemy ; and with the meaning, that if tlre:'• Colony were subdued, the Asiatic PQIII3CIi shou-1,1 account. with them for that matey in some way or tilhe Governor learnt these transactions for the fitst.time, when.he returned to Cape Town on the Ind of January, and it was the first of the diffi cult points in which his mediation was requested. a I shall confine myself to the above explanatioh, without being supposed to view, or_to have viewed, this e& of the Civil Members of the Government of the Cape as well planned and executed, but only shewimg that their aims were honourable. " S. W. SaNsSENs." RATISBON, JULY is reported that M. OTT°, Minister of France, will soon make a journey to Pa-, ris ; a presumption which is, perhaps, founded only on the departure of Madame OTTO, who has pro ceeded with all possible speed to thetapital of the French Empire, to attend on one of her brothers, who is dangerously ill ; but, as the public mind is engaged with the Rene with England, and M. OTTO was AmbasSador at London during the Negotiation which led to the Treaty of Amiens, it may easily be imagined what causes are assigned for his journey. It is, however, uncertaj whether his departure has ever been thought of. A list of reforms proposed as the basis of the Con , c'ordat between the Holy See and Germany is hand 'ed about here; we are silent on this important sub jet ; bacause proposals are very different from De finitive Articles, and reports are frequently nothing more than the opinions of people who ace not 'con sulted. ,Though the Diet has decreed that ifs long vaca tion shall continue till the month of Oalober, it has been agreed, that if, in that interval, any important Message on the part of Foreign PowerS, or of a Member of the Germanic Body, should be addressed to the Diet, the Ministers at Ratisbon should as semble, and take cognizance of the fa&, with the usual for Ms. This precaution induces a still stronger belief that some 'proposal ,of great moment will be' submitted to the Diet. COnjeCtures on tills head are carried to a great length. It is said 'that tlte - :fate Of the city of Frankf6rt is to be•deeided, that it is to be given to the Electoral Arch-Chancellor, and thus to become the futire seat of the Diet. A voluntary subscription for a bronze equestrian statue of his Imperial and Royal Majesty, - to trans• mit to posterity an imperishable pledge of the attach ment they bear to their august Sovereign, was open ed. on tile fAth of .March, by a great number of distinguished inhabitants of'the department of the Seine. TO CORRESPONDENTS, Ityaula r .zvillleglyt oblige ourrorreiponient at Lciminiter by M. ,rerting the 'Account of the Trial which he sent sts, did we have .nta.le it an invariable rale Irta to publith Reports of Proceedings in Court: of Law - :iron any ant;ol„vntosts authority. II have received a Letter diced the '• Fleet 1 7 tison," ; anti will With plearure comply with the request which it contains: MAILS. AR RI V to—t Cottenburgb, 2 Dublin, I Waterford. Duz—i Dublin, z ‘Vaterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY At TWiLVE O'CLOCK. Consols 61i Otnnitnn • - . - 7 6 TH, E SUN. snLtn4 QV 1S DICTRZ FALSUM AUDICAT ? LONDON,. SATURDAY, JULY CO, 1806. WE last night received Paris and Dutch Papers, the former to'the loth, and the latter to - the .23d inst. The French Papers have at length ventured • to take notice of the Negotiations. with this Coun try. ' They do not - indeed give any opinion as . to their probable result; but they mention some 'circumstances to' show. that . there is a greater dis position in thC Governments of the two Countries to conciliate each other than subsiSted heretofore ; such as the permission granted to several Prisoners in England and 'Trance .to return home. N. nuif., the new Russian Minister at Paris, - has already had some conferences with the French Ministry upon the subjc of an Exchange of Prisoners, as it is stated in the• French Papers.; tint there can be no doubt that they related to a Pacification between RusSia and France. The plans which'BotarAttrz has evidently formed upon Greee, ao'probably upon the adjacent Turkish Provinces, . and the force which he is colleEtirig in Dalmatia 'for the ac complishment of those plans, must prove s&• rioui obstacles to a Peace between Russia and rrance ; ! because it is not probable that Bo- NAPAUTE will give up a favourite object of his ambition. On the other hand, Russia cannot con sent to See herself shut wit of the Mediterranean, which would be the inevitable consequence of the success of BoNAPARTE's* ptoje&s. • But though tliee are very serious difficulties, we do. not think that they are insurmountable. On the con trary, we lOok upon a Peace between Russia and' France as an event very likely to take place; and the recent change la the Russian Ministry will probably tend to, accelerate it. A Letter from Frankfort of the 6th inst. states, that, a Conspiracy was formed against the Etnperor ALEX /11IDEA, and that an attempt was adually made upon his life; There does not appear to be the slightest foundation for the report ; it is evidently a French Fabrication. The Grand Military Fetes, which were to be given at Paris, are again postponed till September. the King and Queen of - Holland have left their new Kingdom, and are gone to drink the waters at Wisbaden. The people of Holland, are no doubt inconsolable for their absence, — General JANSSENS, the late Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, has published a. Letter in answer to an article which appeared in THE SUN some time ago, respeEting the distribution of the money of Govern ment to private individuals at the Cape, previous to its surrender to the English, with a view of defraud ing the captors. General JANSSEN'S Letter, though it tends to exculpate himself individually, fully con firms the accuracy of our statement. THE account of Mt. Fox this day varies little from the-report - of the last three' or four days. He does not recover very fast, - but his friends have. still the satisfadion of hearing that .he is actually getting better, though very slowly. A' clear proof that he is much bettet in the opinion of his Medi cal Attendants is, that they permit ain'to take part, in such business as his.Colleagites think' proper :to submit to his judgment. The Princess SOPHIA is at present cOnfir.ed by in disposition, which, however, we are happy to state, 'is not of a serious nature. Mr. and:Mrs. SHERIDAN, with a krty of friends, went to Greenwich, yesterday, in the official barge, and,. after,viowing the Hospital, dined at the Ship Tavern. The latest. Dispatches from Ceylon were brought by Mr. `Noon, a Gentleman. of the Civil Establish ment. They are said to be very important. Th& Settlement was in a state of perfect tranquillity and rapid improvement. THE LIC.PEDITION.--L-The Ist Brigade of GUardi,- from Chatham, has, inconsequence of the Transports being arrived, began its march for Ramsgate in four Divisions .:_. the Ist yesterday morning, the other Di visions foltow on this day and to-morrow, and thh whole will arric'e at Ramsgate by Tuesday. The 2d Brigade of Guards awe!) from Deal for Chatham in, four Divisions, on Tuesday next, andsthree ing days. By this movement the Barracks at Deal are left open for the halt of the 62d Regiment, from Shorncliffe, and 52d ( stlattalion), from Brabourne Lees, which will by that' time probably be on their march for embarkation. The 2d Battalion of the 5 ed Regiment removed yesterday morning from Maid stone to Reading-street Barracks, on acount of the approaching Assizes. The Guards are seaainly go ing to Sicily. The Troops that embark at Portsmouth are going first to the Cape. On Tuesday three companies of the Rifle Corps were embarked at Portsmouth, and yesterday morn ing the 45th Regiment, commanded by Major Ni- C,IIOLLS.—This completes the enindt4ation. A large Medical Staff accompanies the Portsmouth Expedi tion. Tyr:s BERRI, Esq. brother of Sir EDWARD BEttRY, is the Staff Stirgeon of this Expedition. As' soon as some vidualling Transports shall have ar rived, this Expediti on i s o r de re d to S a il . -T hr= - Lne of Battle ships and two Frigates are in readi ness to sail ; it is supposed to accompany them. His •Royal Highness the Cominander in Chief goes down iminediately to Portsmouth, and ire is himself to go on board; and inspei the Troops be fore they sail. Admirals MONTADUE and MARTIA'. are making preparations for the DtiK . E of YORE, 'at • Portsmouth. _ The Opponents of Ministry are still very warm in their complaints against the King's Speech, on ac count of its silence respthing ouf Allies. Though it has been usual to speak Of our Allies, it cannot be absolutely necessary at all times, and particularlv when ,it is well known that the most important of Our Allies is governed by the highest principles of, honour, and is hearty in the cause im which, not only thiS Country is embarked, bit the, welfa‘e of every civilized Nation not yet in the, gripe of: France. , To state- that the Emperor ALEXANDER adheres to his engagements, would, in some de grees appear to admit the possibility of -a doubt, which would be iu effe& an insult• to .so nanimous a Sovereign. We acknowledge the pro priety of speaking of our Allies, as has been often the case upon the prorogation of Parliament ; .but upon the present occasion we really do not see the necessity of introducing them, notwithstanding the efforts which some of our CompetitorS'hava so 'zeal ously made to open our eyes and enlighten our un derstandings. • LORD MELVILLE.-i-PS Lordship-has transmitted the following Letter to the Loßn PraivosT of Edin burgh, in answer to that enclosing the Address of the Convention of Scotch Burghs upon his acquit- tal : • " London. July t 2, 1800. "My Lord—l am this Moment faVoirred..with,your phlg ing letter, conveying to' e the Address from the Represen tativesof the 'Royal Burghs.of Scotland. The sentinients it dai.tains are highly gratifying to me, not 'only on account . . the very resped;ble body from whence they come,.but te•-• cause I receive them as the general sense of a great class of my Countrymen and Fellow-subjects ' I have no words ade_ quate to express the deep sense .1 entertain - of the repeated -. marks of attactintent which have been calle.i forth by•tlie re. cent events so interesting to : my Charader and tielings. I :trust to your Lordship's goodness to make known to the Members of the Convention the' impression .which. their, kindness has excited in my breast ;, and it shall at ail tiates give me infinite . satithdion , %then I am able, •by an y exer . tions,of mine, to co n trib ute to the happiness and prosperity . of the Burghs of Scotla,.d. " I have the honour to he, &c. " MELVILLE." v ,y ,~