The Sun. — London, England, 1806-09-11 00:00:00

# ~. 0 i 7:•.: .....,, ~.-: ~. ... :~~,.d.,,.~..~.- ~~.,H..~..-.~.-~..~,~-,,..,,.,.Ya u F.-2 'itar;iburgh, Co!sols lAILS PRICE OF STOCKS • UAN' A T TWELVE o'tLexlc. - 63 - THE SUN. SOLEII4 QUI& DICgRE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, : 806. 2 oottcnburKh, s Dublin, 2, Waterford. The accounts which have been receivedfrom va rious quarters, respeCting the Fleet of Admiral GUILLEAUMEZ, are rather .contradictory tb each -other: On Saturday last we stated, , on the autho rity of accounts from Greenock; that the Europe, Capt. STEEL, one of . the Quebec Fleet, had ar rived ,at that Port,, and that Captain STEEL stated, that on the evening of the day on which a part of the Quebec Fleet was captured he saw lino French Line-of-battle Ships, besides the Veteran, and the day following three more, making altogether six Sail of the Line. If this account had been cor rea, we should of course have heard before this time of GUILLEALIMSZ having endeavoured to get into- some French Port. But as none of our nume rous Cruizers have seen any thing of the French Squadron near the Coast of Europe, we are induced to believe that JEaciiit aetually cams home alone, and that AdmirikkoiLLEAumEz remained in the West Indies, in tlk hope of striking a blow against our Commerce. This 'supposition is strongly con firmed by the accounts which have been 'received at , LLovn.'k, and which we yesterday laid before our -Readers. According to these 'statements; the French Squadron on the Bth of August was in lat. 34. 64. N. long. 6s. So. W. and on- the i oth of August it was still farther to the Westward, viz. in long. 69.'6. : and : was then steering a westerly course.— On the 20th of July we know that the French Squa drop was , . off Charlestown, in long. 79. ; between that, day and the Bth of August it had therefore sailed 11 degrees to the eastward, and on . the 10th we find. it again shaping a westerly course,: - From these different accounts (supposing them to be correet) it appears very probable that GumtrAUMEZ was crui in g about in the hope of intercepting our homeward beund West-India Fleet. Sir J. B. WARREN was off Newfoundland on the gth August, and therefore there is strong reason to hope that he may yet be . enabled to intercept the French Squadron. Mr. PARSONS, the Messenger, arrived in town this morning about two o'clock, with Dispatches from Lord LAUDERDALE.' It would be ,absurd to suppose that Ministry would suffr any thing re speeling the nature of those Dispatches to transpire; but they are, in some degree, interesting to the Public, inasmueb- as the arrival of them manifests, at least, the continuance of the Negotiations. Mx. Fox .—A change for the bettey, very upex pe&edty took place last night in Mr. Fox's Disorder, but it is not of so very favourable a kind as to warrant hiS Friends in the indulgence of a hope that . any essential improvement can possibly oc cur, thOugh it certainly lessens their apprehensions of an immediate dissolution. ,The following is the Bulletin of this day : " Chiswick-House, Thursday Morning. • " Dr. MOSELY has the honour to inform Lady EL:ZABETH FOSTER, that Mr, Fox has, had a better night than usual. His pulse is more firm, and he is less weak than lie was yesterday.—Dr. M. has also to add, that some of . the alarming symp torts whicl\ charaderised his situation 'Yesterday morning have much abated." Some private LetterS which have been received from . frolland mention a circumstance to which we are not inclined to give much credit, though it is stated - in very positive terms. This said that the EMPEROR Of RUSSIA WIN so displeased with M. D'OuE Ric for ex ceeding his powers,and signing so disgraceful a Treaty, that he had banished him to Siberia. Although M. D'Ooaan. may have been over-reached in his Nego tiation with TALLEYRAND, we cannot suspe& him of trdachery, and nothing less, we are sure, could have induced the Emperor ALEXANDERtO infli& so severe a punishment upon him—lt is*, however, said, in de fence of M. D'OeaRIL, that the instrument which he signed at Paris was got aaually a Preliminary Treaty, bgt merely a kind of Projet, or outline of the terms upon which France was willing to _ conclude a Peace. M. D'Ounart. being prevailed . .„ufion to, set out immediately fot .St.. Petersburgh with this Projet, the French GoVernment took ad vantage of his absence to assert that a Treaty. had been signed with a view probably of hurrying Vngland into a Peace before the falsehood of the as sertion was . diScoverecl. A third report in circUla- Con on the Continent is, that TALLEYRAND, in or der tä gain over the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, had sub mitted to M. D'Ousam a plan for the Partition, be . twden France .and , Russia, of the Territories of the KING of Pitusst.t, and the 'EL,ECTOI43 of HESSE and SAXONY. That M. D'O 7,2ving obtained a copy of this extraordinary 'proposition, u►ider`"pretence of taking it to St. Petersburgh for the purpose of submitting it to his Sovereign, im mediately transmitted a copy of it to the KING of PRUSSIA, which . had led to the warlike preparations ,in Prussia, &c. We have mentioned the above-as the floating rumours on the Continent; _but we think it our duty to add, that we do not at tach any *credit to them. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, His MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, escorted by a party of Light Horse. Soon after two o'clock His MAJESTY gave private . audiences to Abe LORD CHANCELLOR, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial. Departments ; after which His MAJESTY held a private, Levee, which was attended by. the above Ministers, and he Lord Privy Seal. The President of the Board of Controul. Lords Ileatlitield and Arden (in waiting). Sirs H. IV. Neale and E. Berry. Mr. N. Vansittart. The fohowing had the honour of being presented to HIS MAJESTY : Colonel Morison. upon his arrival from Bengal, and being appointed Aid •de.Camp to His Majesty. a Sir Edward Herr! , , 'Captain in the Royal "Navy; on his re - - turn from the West Indies, by Earl Spencer. Mr. Vansittart, upon h►s marriage. Lord HEATHFIELD carried the gold stick for Earl HARRINGTON, who is in Ireland. At the conclusion of the Court His MAJESTY set off on his return to Windsor. Yesterday morning - HER MAJESTY anti the PRIN CESSES visited the Duchess of YORK, at Oatlands, and, after taking some refreshment, returned to Windsor. The Duke of YORK is slightly indisposed with ,an inward complaint. His Royal Highness the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE, accompanied by, General TURNER, left town yester day morning for Canterbury. His Royal Highness will return to town to-morrow. Lord GRENVILLE, who• has been somewhat i - disposed for the last two days, was much bette, this morning, but had not ventured abroad. Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOR gave a turtle dinner to the Cabinet Ministers, at ,the delightful little cottage at the back of his house at Hampstead. Earl• SPENCER proceeded from thence to his mo ther's, at St. Alban's. We understand that in the event of the death of Mr. Fox, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT intends to propose himself as a Candidate for Westminster. HUNTER, the Messenger, left town last night with a reprieve for Holland, who is sentenced to be hung on Saturday - next at Lancaster. The Troops belonging to the Expedition, and which since their landing have been encamped on BuCkland Down, near Plymouth, are to have a grand field-day previous to their re-embarkation. The German Artillery remains for the present at Dock., +he long intended marriage between Lord MAR.. SHAM, only son of the Eat-Ca ROMNEY, and Miss PITT, daughter and' sole heiress of Wm. MoarOx PITT, Esq. M. P. tbr Dorset, with a fortune of 60,0001. and an estate of 12,0001. per annum, in dependent of the estates of her father, took place on Tuesday last, at twelve o'clock, by the Rev. Wm. FLOYER, at Stingford Church, Dor setshire, in the presence of Lord RIVERS, Mr. and Mrs. LASCELLES, Lord BARHA.M, Mr. and Mrs. M. PITT, Mrs. IREMONGER, &C. Mr. and Mrs. M. PITT gave the Lady away, while Colonel NOEL and. Miss BECKFORD officiated on the occasion. The early part of the morning the whole of the unmar ried female branches of the neighbouring tenantry and villages attended at Kingston-houSe, the seat of W. M. PITT, Esq. every female attired in an elegant white muslin dress, provided fOr them, as a present on the occasion, by Miss PITT ; after refreshments about forty couple proceeded two-and-two before the procession to the Church, strewing on the way (before the happy couple), in the antient style, flow ers of every description, and after the ceremony they returned in:the same order, attended by near three hundred speetators, to Kingston-house, where' a dinner, consisting of English hospitality, 'was pro vided on the occasion, in booths on the lawn, and the festive eve concluded with a Ball on the green, in which , the Nobility present shared in the mirth. Early in the evening the happy cou ple and Suite set otnn post-carriages to pass the honeymoon at the Lady's own seat, iiinchcombe house, Dorset. It is rather surprising that the POPE, instead of re moving all the Images of the blessed Virgin from the Churches, because the pecTle believed that those Images have lately been in the habit of opening and shutting their - eyes, did not, in justification of his own condud in his memorable' journey to Paris, en deavour to confirm the deluilon, by representing that these:lmages had also opened their mouths ; in re commending a religious acquiescence in the new order of things. The next aCk of BONAPARTE'S wanton• as well as daring ambition, which we may expect to hear, will probably be the resignation of the present Pok, and that the Conclave have, with the most cordial una nimity, appointed Cardinal FEscH his successor. In that case the Imperial COrSiCan will perhaps not lessen the Papal Territories, that a branch of his au gust. Family May have a Sovereignty. IPSWICH.-011MOnday lasi came on the ele;t:;), for Bailiffs for the Borough of Ipswich, for the ), ensuing, when the strength of the rival pal and Yellows, was fairly tried, and the forther, have had the rule and management, together with the loaves and fishes of the Corporation, for twenty one years, were' obliged to yield to the latter. Messrs..KERRIDGE and TROTMAN were candidates in Cm Blue Interest ; Messrs. SPCONER and FOR FETT, supported by the most respeaable' Gentle men awl Merchants of the town, were candidates in aa ••. • • .••• • the Yellow. Upwards of 50Q freemen voted ; and at the close of the Poll, about seven in the evening, the numbers were, For Mr. Kerritige - . 224 for Mr. Spooner 29 Mr. Trotman 22 5 Mr. Follett - 231 1 The latter Gentlemen were declared duly eleaed. .1 PAL NE /VS. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 9.—Sailed last evening La Loire Frigate for the Nore to be paid off. Arrived the American Ship Aurora, JAMES R4kx., Master, from Rio de la Plata, bound to London, laden with hides, &c. detained 'by the Trafalgar Privateer; the Rostock Galliot George Phillips, SCIIWDEN, from Rotterdam, for Liverpool, laden with bark, detained by the Lion Privateer. The Brig Shillaly, , stated in my last to have ran on shore on Mount Batten, was this morning got off, and towed into Sutton Pool, much damaged and full of water; the greater part of her cargo' has been landed without damage. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 10. —The Newfoundland Convoy got under way this morning, but the , wind shortly after proving foul, obliged them to come to again. SHEERNESS, SEPT. B.—Sailed the Tickler Gun brig, Lieut. PETLEY, for Tonningen. SEPT. g.—Arrived, tiom the West Indies, the Hera,le; of 74 guns, Capt. DACRES, and Bustler and Inveterate Gun-brigs from the Downs. SBET. 10.—Sailed again the Bustler and Inveterate Gun-brigs. • DEAL, SEPT. W.—Sailed the Naiad Frigate, and the Spitfire Sloop of War, on a Cruize. Put back, by adverse winds, the Lucifer Bomb, with her Convoy, which sailed yesterday from the Downs for Portsmouth. Arrived the Clyde Frigate, Kangaroo, Mosquito, and Trompeuse Sloops of War, Arrow Schooner, and several Gun-brigs, from off the French Coast, and re main in the Downs with the rest of the Ships as per last. s -P. S. Just landed from one of His Majesty's 1 ` loops of War a Messenger, with Dispatches from 1 oulogne; and immediately proceeded for London. FALMOUTH, SEPT. B.—Sailed the Blanche Fri gate, with Dispatches for the Channel Fleet. ' !' BRIXHAM QUAY, SETT. 9.—Sailed from Torbay the Humber Armed Ship, BORING, and Liberty and Redbreast Gun-brigs, on a cruize. By an Extract of a Letter from an Officer in the Jason l ri ate,,cc,mmatided by Captain COC BRA NE, son of Sir A xA N DER Cdc Hit ANB, we are informed, that the . Boats of that Ship, and of the Maria Schooner, under the command of Lieut. C. KERR, of the Jason, were sent on the Ist of July to silence a small Fort on the coast of Porto Rico, which had annoyed the Maria very much the day before; On landing close under the Fort, the Boats grounded at such a distance, that the men were up to their mid dles in the .water, by which all their ammunition was spoiled, and they consequently could not fire a single musket against the Enemy. The Spaniards kept up a Smart and well-directed fire, which kilied and wounded a number of our people; and, among others, the second in command, Master of the Maria, was struck at once by four bullets, and almost in stantly expired. In this situation Lieut. KERR, considering that hesitation or retreat were equally certain destruetion to the whole party, instantly stormed the Fort, and carried it without farther resistance—the . Spaniards . all running off the mo ment our . brave Tars began to advance. In the Fort, instead of a single cannon, which they only supposed it to possesS, were found' five ; an iron 24-pounder, three brass twelves, and an iron eight pounder. The. first four were immediately spiked, and. the, last turned, against the Spaniards, who still lurked in the bushes near the Fort. When just about to leave the Fort, by some unfortunate mis take, a cartridge, much too large, was brought from the Magazine of the Fort ; the people cut it, and' left the overplus powder on the ground under the gun. On firing, some spark set this loose powder on fire, which communicated' to the ,Magazine, and blew it up, by which two of our men were killed 'and three badly wounded. Lieut. KERR was wounded in .the leg by a splinter, and had his face so much burnt, as to be in danger of losing his • sight. Of forty men who landed from the boats, twenty two 'were killed or wounded, all before storming, ex cepting those killed and wounded by the explosion. We have the pleasure to add, that when the account was written, about a month -after ,the affair,' Lieut. KERR was very much recovered, and almost fit to resume his duty. The Hydra, which was fitted for the Artillery Horses, - and which had partly received them, when they were again re-landed in consequence of the sail ing of the Expedition being suspended, is now fitting for .the reception of Troops, and is to be completed with all-possible speed to carry 320 men. A Lett , ‘r from . Plymouth, • dated Monday last, says—" 'The Weather is now very fine, and, the Caw!) at Bichleigh and Buckland is quite the rage- - to \ iait the evening parade for a lounge, to see the picquets mounted, and the whole line of 6000 men turned out for roll-call, with the bands of music piaying . in front, making the vale of Bichligh re sound again by its echo of their martial tunes. The butcher:, have contratied'for supplying the Army in the above Camp with provisions at Aid. per lb. tak ing the carcase ,round of ;bullocks and sheep, which is, thought very reasonable." HER ROY AL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OP WALES. illustrious and amiable Lady, whose feel- 7 ings are ever alive to the cause of the poor, has, within these few days, humanely given a very-mu mficent'donation to the " Philanthropic and Friend ly Dispensary," in Kennington-lane. Her Royal Highness was at the same time pleased to confer upon that benevolent Institution the distinguished honour of her Royal Patronage and approbation. GENERAL REGNIER. IT is not probable that a detailed account of the Battle of Maida will ever be published in the Moni teur, but if the French Government should think pro per to give any account of it, there.are few 01E6 ers in the French service snore capable of misrepresent ing the fa&, by exaggerating the numbers of the Enemy, and diminishing the numbers di his-ow4a Army—in a word, of snaking any assertion to suit his own purpose, than General REGNIER. We may. therefore expe&'to find it positively stated, that the English, Army consisted of 10,000 men, while the French did not exceed 2000 ; that the English displayed their usual timidity and want of . shill ; and that when the French retired, merely on .ac count of their great inferiority of numbers, the former dare not pursue them. We presurrie this , is the language General REGNUR would use, because it is exa&ly similar to that which he employed in his account of the Campaign in Egypt. In speak ing of the Aetion which took place on the 13th of March, five days after the British Army landed in Egypt, he says—" The French Army consisted only of 3850 Infantry, ) 520 Cavalry, and 21 pieces of cannon ; while the English had 16,000 Infantry, 2000 Marines from the Fleet, 200 Cavalry, and 10 pieces, of cannon. And yet, notwithstanding this immense superiority of number, the English. did not dare to begin the attack." His ac count of the Battle of the 21st , March, which decided the fate of Egypt, is equally. candid and cor concludes his account of the campaign in the following words :—" The Expedition of the Engliih has succeeded, but they have gathered only the laurels of success ; for never did they ensure vidory by their military movements, their courage, or their enterprize. Their timid march, notwithstand ing their enormous superiority, perfeetly points out what would have been their fate if the Chief of the French Army (MENou) had been worthy of his Troops." THE VICTORY IN CALABR' EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A MEDICAL OFFICER IN THE S;CILIA.N ARMY TO A FRIEND. " Plains of Maida. July 7. " I snatch a few moments to give you an ac count of our success over the Enemy. A landing, it was evident, had been intended for some time, and King JOSEPH accordingly prepared his picked men under REGNIEE to oppose us. We marched about ten miles before coming up with him ; about ,half past nine our men were in high glee when they came in sight of his positiOn. The Light Infantry Battalion, under Colonel KEMPT, were immediately engaged, and on coming to the bayonet son put them to flight ; the Enemy almost immediately wheeled, and were dreadfully cut. up. A ,strong Brigade, who stood firm, were attacked by Brigadier- General ACKLAND'S two Corps, the 78th and 81st4 and here, for a short time, a contest was maintained highly honourable to the British arms. After two or three volleys they closed, when these two Regi ments, commanded by daring Offices, the former by Lieut. Colonel M`Lcon, and the latter by Major PcshinancitArn, and consisting chiefly of young men, soon drove the Enemy before them, and with the Light Infantry pursued them in every direetion. The Enemy, as if willing to retrieve the day on the right, were gallantly repulsed by the brave General COLE'S Brigade; and the masterly- manoeuvre or Lieut. Col. Ross, in keeping off the Cavalry, could not fail of being attended with success. It was a fine morning, and there - being comparatively little use of musquetry, was a fine sight for a spectator; never, perhaps, did Britist courage and coolness more eniinentlydistinguish themselves. As you may suppose, I have enough to do, and, have scarcely time to write these few lines,- An order has been received at the Dock-yard, Portsmouth, to communicate how soon the Flat bottomed-boats; which are usuallyemployed in dis.• embarking troops, can be got ready for service. A letter from Cassel, dated August 18, says— o' Our Sovereign has acceded to the Confederacy of the North, under the immediate diretion of Prussia." A letter from Dresden, dated August tO, says— " Our Court had entertained the intent on of en tering into the Comederacy of the North : but, situated between tour Powers, Austria, France, Russia, and Prussia, it will not come to a deter mination without consulting them. Our Sovereign would wish to remain neuter, that he may not be involved in foreign quarrels, and preserve perfea independence. As yet the Ambassadors of France, Russia, and Austria, have been silent ; the Prus sian Minister alone has made overtures to our Ca binet." The Racehorse Stoop, Capt. FORBES, is at Ports mouth, repairing her losses by the dreadful hurri cane she sustained on her passage froM Lord COL LINGWOOD, in which she was nearly lost. On Wednesday se'nnight, off Cape Finisterre, she was running, with a flit- wind; at the rate of eleven knots ; the gale increased so much, that she went thirteen knots when only under her fore-sail ;in a moment the wind shifted to the Northward, which occasioned a tremendous sea, so that they were obliged to bring her to, to prevent her'being pooped, which, had it happened, would have sunk her. The wind still increased, and blew so excessively hard, that, although the top-gallant-most was secured by the rigging and stays, and not a stitch of can vas was set, the mast went over the side; she was at this moment so pressed by the wind, that she lay quite down with the dead-eyes of her lower, rigging in the water, and shipped so much that she became ungovernable. Captain FORBES, at this critical moment, ordered the ports to ie knocked out, that the water might pass out, or she would inevitably have gone down. During this perilous time not a sail was set; and her crew be haved with the utmost coolness and fortitude; the top-men (brave fellows!) went up the rigging, with tomabawks and knives, to cut away the wreck of the top-gallant -mast, which they did without the ‘ smallest accident, anu the ship consequently right ed. Captain FORBES was so highly dieased with the behaviour of his brave crew, that he afterwards called them together, and thanked them for their steady, praise-worthy, and British seaman-like con duet.