The Sun. — London, England, 1806-08-05 00:00:00

OUR Letter from Dover this morning states, that' a report was very current there that the Preliminaries of Peace had been signed between this Country and France. It cannot be necessary for us to assure our Readers that this report is entirely without foundation ; and we should not bate even attended to it, but that we wish again to caution the public against rumours which will • 4 now be almost hourly circulated; of the Preliminaries hi.'iug been signed, or of the Negotiation having been broken off, tic. &c. just as the interest of the person who fabricates the : report may 'happen to dictate. When any authentic intelligence shall ar rive, we may venture contidently to 'state,' that we shall be at least as early as any of our competitors in communicating it to the Public. Yesterday morning a ,Messenger, with Dis patches for ,Lord LAUDERDLR, arrived at Deal, immediately embarked on board a Gun-beat. for Calais.—The Clyde Frigate, which conveyed Lord LAUDERDALE to_France, has returned to the Downs. His Lordship was not expe&ed to reach Paris ill this tnOrning. Wa received last night a Hanzturgh Paper of the 26thnit. which is one day later than those brought by the Mail which arrived on Saturday. The only intelligence of importance which it contains is, that the Prussian Troops on the frontiers of Pomerania have received consideratile reinforcements, and that it was expe&ed thqt they would enter that Pro .vince and commence hostilities on the 25th ult.— Notwithstanding these threatening ajpearauces, we think it highly probable that the differences between these Powers will be adjusted with out an appeal to arms. The KING' Of SWEDE/4 has not only manifested a. most rigid adherence to Treaties, but has displayed a degree of magnaniMity which entitles him to the admiration of mankind. We trust, however, this gallant Prince will not force on a contest which now can have no object, and which might be attended with- disastrous conse quences 'to him unless he derived effe&ual as sistance from 'Russia, The Emperor ALEXANDER -would, we have no doubt, in the event of a War be tween Siveden and Prussia, striEtly adhere to the Treaties by which he is bound to support the for mer ; but the assistance which is given merely in compliance with the terms of a Treaty is essentially different from that cordial and waive co-operation which perhaps, in the present posture of 'affairs, is not to be expeaecr. His Imperial Majesty is using all his influence to effea a reconciliation, and we think his efforts mustbe successful. Letters from Holland state, ',that the new King is making very great retrenchments, particularly in the Army, which is to be very considerably reduced; but it is not stated that the number of French Troops in Holland are to be diminished ; we do not think that would be a very prudent measure, even in the event of a Peace. WE have received American Papers to the 2gth of June.—The latest accounts of MIRANDA fully con firm all we have' said in opposition to the reports so confi dently urged, that his Expedition hadentirely failed. We stated, that the loss of .the two Schooners was chiefly to be regretted on account of the- treatment which the unfortunate Captives were likely to re ceive from the Agents of the Spanish Govern ment, and that MIRANDA would certainly re new the attempt. We stated also, that the ge neral sentiments of the people were in favour of MIRANDA, and that they would resolutely assist him, as, in _fa& the whole purpose of his plan was to rescue them from a miserable state of subjeaion little.different from absolute slavery., This state ment we doubt not that the inext accounts will abundantly confirm, as it is very probable he has by this time obtained the powerful co-operation of Bri tish force ; and that, seconded by the efforts of the Natives, he may be confidently expecaed ,to put an end to the feeble Government of the Spaniards. Tt . may be urged, indeed, that the delay produced by the temporary obstruelion of MIRANDA'S 'design; has . afforded the Spanish Government more opportunity to prepare for defence ; but as the hopes of freedom have been delayed in the same proportion, there,. will probably be an increased eagerness to pit mote his success, and in such a state 'of thing s all barriers must be weak when opposed by the general spirit of a ,people. The public may depend on the authenticity of the last accounts respe&ing this extraordinary Enterprize, if any thing can be extraordinary in these eventful times. The Transports, with the Troops which embarked et Ramsgate, sailed yesterday with a fair wind for Portsmouth. LETTERS brought by the Lisbon Mail state,- that BONAPARTE has demanded of Spain that CatalOnia, Navarre, Arragen, and Biscay, should be ceded, to France. We do ,not know whether this report be entitled to credit, but it was circulated some-months ago, and mentioned in this Paper. It is also stated, that BONAPARTE has insisted upon His Catholic Majesty's receiving an Ambassador from the new King of Naples. Mr. Fox, we are assured, remains in nearly the same state as yesterday. The promenade on the Terrace, on Sunday even ing was most numerously attended'; the Royal Fa mily, viz. the KING, QUEEN, and PRiNCESSES, inade their appearance about seven o'clock, and walked till half-past eight. Their MAJESTIES Were in high health and .spirits, and the beautiful and beneficent countenances of the Pity:crssEs; as they folloWed their Royal Parents, seemed feelingly, though 'silent ly, to express how happy they Were to witness it. — None of the Royal Dukes were present; but the crowd of persons of rank andlashion'was so im mense, the Royal Family were nearly an hour before they had paid the usual compliments of gratulation, which is always done at the upper.end of the Ter race, before they commence the promenade for, the evening. In the circle were, the Marquis of SALIS EUEY,Lords HAWItESBITRY, RIVERS, and ST. HE LEN'S, and several dignified Clergy. The Great Park, immediately under the Terrttee, displayed a shew equal in point of numbers,.though not so'croWded together, from; the ample space they had to walk in ; but it was far more variegated than the other, from the greater 'number of military, dressed in red and blue, than could have admission to the Terrace; and, from the .fineness of the .eVen ing, formea a oup d'mil much easier to be :con ceived then described, The streets of Windsor were crowded with carriages on each side, an snchselus ters, that a foreigner would naturally suppose thei-e was some jubilee or carnival, like that of Venice. It was past nine before the company left the Ter race. Yesterday an overland paCket was received at the East India House, which brings no intelligence of a . 11terdate than has been already received. . His Ma jesty's Ship Antelope, with the East India Compa ny's &lip Dover Castle, Capt. RICHARDSON, and the fleet which sailed from Portsmouth. thc ipth of June, (Indus, WELTDER, Tottenham, JONES, Huddart, BAYLIFV, Harriet, LYNCH, Lord Eldon, Yourlo, Lord ,Keith, RAVAGE,. and Oceans M`TAGGART), Were off Madeira the 27th of that month. :Letters from Madeira state, that Sir JOHN Bort- Lasz ,WARAEN, who arrived off that - island on the igth of June, sailed on the 21st' for the West Indies, The report of the renewal of hostilities in India arose from the condu& of a refradory Zemindar, who bad the command of `the Fort of Goltud, and who refused to give it up, according to the terms of the Treaty of Peace. The British forces, therefore, were under the necessity of taking it by storm. The French General, MICHAUD; has began to set the example of 'giving splendid fetes in Holland. A very fine entertainment of this kind took place at the Hague a few nights ago. • If thin species of amusement should become prevalent in Holland, the heavy cbara6ter of the Dutch will be changed into the airy gaiety of Frenchmen. They might, indeed, en deavour to shake off their spleen by dancing if they were not, by a Royal squeese, so lamentably corn pelled " t,o pay the piper." There was no Court of Aldermen held to-day. The LORD MAYOR, after inspe&ing the returns of the Mealweighers, ordered the price of Bread to remain as last week. Sunday morning, at five o'clock, a duel was fought on Hounslow Heath, between Captain G•.-••••"'N and 4' Captain After exchanging five shots each, Captain G----N received a bullet in the thigh. Two young men, of fashionable appearance, have been committing depredations in, the Metropolis, by ordering goods to be sent to different houses, chiefly uninhabited, and defrauding trades-people of the same. In two instances houSes have been taken by the offenders, in order to carry on the cheat the bet ter ; and when the goods were delivered, they were immediately removed, and the, tradesman and the landlord of the house left in a similar predicament. They are accompanied about town by two dashing females, who are by no means backward in promot ing the artifices of their gallants. At a Provincial Assembly, ,an Irish Gentle Man; who danced with great spirit, though not perhaps with all the grace of a VESTRIS, was observed by a Maccaroni . , who immediately began mimicking , him in the most extrixagant manner. The Irish man took no notice- for some ,time , but Seeing himself the, 'general objea of laughter, came very deliberately up to 'the mimic, and asked, " Why he presumed to take him 03 - '?" ". You, Sir, !" the other, " you mis!ake thi , matter ;, it is my.natu ral way. , of dancing." " It. is,", says the Hiber nian, seemingly accepting the e&cusr.:, " Well ! to be sure, nobody can help what's natural ; but hark ye, my friend, be sure you continue in that natural step all night ; for, by G-d, it you once attempt to make it artificial, I will brea:-. every bone in your skin." ', • A very distressing accident occurred on Saturday to two Gentlemen; returning to Brighton, in a one ' horse gig; from Lewes :—As they had nearly got to the bottom of the Hill, close to Lewes Barracks, the horse became restive, and overturned the gig . ; which rolled over and over, on account of the descent; both the Gentlemen were entangled with the traces, which the horse broke, and ran off towards Lewes. The two Gentlemen were immediately conveyed to the Surgeon's Room of Lewes Barracks • they are a Mr. Adams, an attorney ; and a . Mr. Pollard. Mr. Adams's leg is broken ; it is a cqmpound fra6ture. He remains at the Barracks. Mr. Pollard's face is cut, but not badly ; he is nnich recovered: On Saturday evening, as the Norwich double bodied coach was turning the corner by the Eagle, at SnareSbrook, on its way to Norwich, it was over turned. There were 14 persons on the outside, one of whom had two ribs broken, and an arm ; a Clergyman, an inside passenger, had his arm broken ; another received a: violent contusion on his head; the coachmansplintered the small bone of his leg ; and many others were severely hurt: . Friday se'nnight a most shocking murder was perpetrated in the fields between Roc•.eston and Ca . binteely, near Dublin. .The unfortunate vi6tim was a servant out of place, who had gone into the coun try fbr the purpose of earning a subsistence by hay making : he was . avell-dressed, and had a watch.— These, it'apPears, were the causes of, his unhappy catastrophe. A villain, who was working in the same field, under pretence of bringing him to an employer, who gave higher wages, inveigled him into the fields, where . he knocked lain down with the handle of his pitchfork, and afterwards, with' the- prongs, stabbed him repeatedly in the body, • which . was found the succeeding morning naked—the wretch. having fled with the clothes and watch. • A feW days since the following singular incident happened at North Curry, near Taunton : a woman, Who is a basket-maker in that neighbourhood, out of revenge to a poor labourer who had built a hut on 4 spot •of waste land, near her orchard, under took, at different times, to dilate het' ditch beyond its lawful bounds, so as to undermine the poor fel low's ,habitation, with a design to throw it down : after making a' hearty meal, she swore that she would finish her work before she slept, and at last completed her heinous intention; the house fell, and she was crushed to death, and appeared , a most shocking espeaacle. Luckily the poor man, and one of his children, who were at that time in the . hoUse, escaped unhurt, though they were in imminent danger. ' ... • this position behind the village bf 011schau. Its left wgssuppc')rted by the March.; its right extended iti.relf upon the heiihts beyond Tobolau. It thus pasted the night in three lines. -The Austrian Corp-, under the orders of Prince Jon of Lich ten -tein, formed the heights behind Sehalmiln, and was chiefly destined to secure, in case of a re . verse, the passage over the March. Several bridges, - construeted for this purpose over the River be tween Nimelau and Qlmiitz, would facilitate this movement., This-position of the Army presented great advantages. Throughout its whole extent it - was elevated in such a way, that in case• of attack, the movements of the Enemy could be seen at the distance ()fa league, from which all. the heights had a gentle declivity. Behind them were large ravines, sufficient to conceal from the Enemy the columns which could surprise them by their attacks, and which facilitated the Means of manceuvrinToffen . sively behind the shelter of the -heights. There Were also strong points on the -heights which um- . tthilly defended each other, and cn which the nu-. merous artillery of the Army could be employed with success. A marsh covered the right of the Army and part of its centre ; the Blata ran along at the foot of the -heights ; and this little stream, though insignifiCant of itself, presented obstacles un der the fire .of the artillery. General BAGRATHION was with his advanced guard at Procnitz. General KIENM - AYER, with his on the left at Kralitz, pushed forward detachments upon Klenowitz. The ad vanced posts were at Predlitz. An Austrian party was sent along the March upon Tobitschau, Koge stein, and Kremsir, to observe this Country. A French party was also sent out from Goeding to HradiSch and Kremsir, but .was driven back, and the' Austrian detachments remained masters of the March. It will oat escape enlightened military men, 'that this was an advantage which might have facilitated the manoeuvres of the Allies on 7 thelr left, by thus securing , their right, then supported by the March, and of masking the movement in such a way, that it would have been possible to gain two marches at least. The relations with Prussia appeared then to be of such a nature, that the Allied Army should have thought of establishing a communication with the, Archduke CHARLES ; but, in determining to rtEt on the defensive, they only thought of march -lug grWard. " M. DE KUTUZOW had also sent out Austrian parties on his right, who marched on Tribau and ~ vittau, where the Archduke FERDINAND . , who was at Czaslan, had sent parties of light troops to preserve the chain of communication. , Prince MURAT arrived .on the 18th of No vember at Brunn ; hiS advanced guard, under Ge neral SEBASTIAN!, pushed on. immediately -to Rausnitz, and then entered Wischau, after it had been evacuated by Prince fitioaAtnioN. BONA PARTE, on the 20th, of November, established at Brunn, and there put his Army in can tonments, comp acted, in the following manner : The carps of Guards, the Grenadiers, and the Tr'oups of Mashal LANNES, were in Brunn and its ent irons ; the . Cavalry of Prince Mut:Ay, on the right and left of the great road between Brunn and Pos6rsitz, ; Marshal So.uvroit Austerlitz, and the three ilia isions which formed his Corps between that town, Btuschowitz, Nieuwies4tz, Stanitz, and on thy road to fiuboary. At Gajahe had a large de tachment, which kept tip the - co oununication with that v hiCh observed the March,' in order to secure the right of the Army. _ _ _ 'fi Oa the 25th of NOvember the; Grand Duke CONSTANTINE arrived' at Oltmtz, - with the Corps of Gurds which that Prince• commanded. After• a lotio-,atid forced march froth St. Petersburgh, this fine body of men was in the best state. " Tais-Corps was composcd of ten Battalions.and eighteen Squadrons, the whole force of which was 10,000 men, of whom there were not then more than 8,500 under arms. .At this time the total of the Army of M. BE KUTUZOW might be computed at more than 80,000 men, as will appear• in a de tailed manner. " We still expthed a reinforcement of 10,000 men, under General EssEN, and be aetually ar r:ved in,-the environs of Olmutz at the moment when the Allied Army, commenced offensive ope rations. General ESSF.N'S Corps .ves at Kremsir on th* day of ,the Battle of Austerlitz, and afforded no assistance. It is very certain that Gen. Kuruzow's Army was stronger than that which was opposed to him; but while this was concentrated in one single point, and afterwards formed itself intorriasses, the other, in proportion as it advanced, scattered its force. (Tole continued.) MAILS. AR Si Ivan—l Dublin. I Waterford. Duz—t Hamburgh, 2 Gottoburgh, I Dublin. Consols PRICE OF STOCKS THIS pAy AT TWELVE. O'CLOCK. - 6 . 011 Omni= - - - tzi THE SU N. SOLEM QUIS DICIER fiALSUM AUDILAT L"0 N D 0 N, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1806. NA L NEw S. DovEti, AUG. 4.--‘it has been confidently ru tnedted here- to-day, that Preliminaries of Peace have been signed between this Country and France, and which lias' , .obtained . general credit, insomuch that several large Cuttersare now fitting out as 'Bye boats; to - add•to which, the Atuerican'Ship Navi gator arrived this afternoon from Ansterdan, and brings accounts to the same effed, as it was there stated they were signed at the time of the signing. of the Preliminaries between Russia and France; therefore we are all waiting with , ankioUS - expeetation• the arrival of 'a Messenger from France to =firth the above. The different Transports composing the Expedi tion (about 50 Sail) are now passing by with a fair wind from the Downs. PORTSMOUTU, AUG. 4.---Arrived the, Tisiphone from I,ymington. DEAL, AUG. 4.—This morning a Messenger ar rived from London with Dispatches, and embarked on board a Gun-boat, which sailed for Calais imme diatelV. Arrived the Cigde Frigate, and remains in the Downs with the Ships as per last. • Sailed the Earl St. Vincent East Indiaman, Trans ports, a Fleet of Merchant Ships, 'Coasters, and Colliers, under convoy of three Bombs; several Cruizers'to the French Coast. FALmocrn, AUG. 2.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Lavinia, from the Channel Fleet; left them yester day off Brest. Also the American Brig- Hamlet, TALLMAN, from Baltimore, in 26 days ; and liar _ many, FISNLEY, 'from Swansea. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Defiance to join the Fleet off Brest; and American Ship Diana, NOBLE' for London. SH EER NESS, AUG. 4.—Came down yesterday from Chatham, and anchored at the Nore, the ,Shannon, Capt. BROOK, a beautiful' new Frigate, of 40 guns. Arrived the Excellent, of 74 guns, Captain F. SOTHERON. Upwards of • eighty Sail have passe&the Nore for the River: this day. Arrived His Majesty's Ship Cormorant, Captain PHILLIMORE, to refit, from Yarmouth. Sailed the Lucifer, Capt. ELLIOTT, for Deal. Passed the Excelrent for Chitham. Ships at this Port -- The Zealand, Wincheisea, and Ceres, Receiving Ships; Princess of Orange and Excellent, 74; Ilindostan, 5o; Blanche and Shannon, 40; Falcon• Sloop; Lucifer Bomb ; Susset Hospital . Ship.; Magnanime Harbour Duty Ship ; Alkmaar Store-ship ; • Wrangler Gun.brig ; Quail, Pidgeon, jackdaw, Magpie, Crane, and %Vaterwagtail, Sehouneis. "DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY To the Officers and C.-....mpar::r's of I: , .; Majesty's Ships . ll- Itistrious and for the kt:capture of the Mars, paid on Saturday Plymouth ; io be recalled for trace years: at No CeLit-street. To the Officers and Coml , anyof His M'ajesty's Stoop Ro sario, for the Re-capture of :ne Gabriel, to be paid on Thurs tiny • • ;ch inst. at No. r 3, Clemeneb- Inn; and to be re called there every Monday and Thursday rJr three months.- „ . O❑ Thursday right the Spanish Lugger La BUOna Esperanza, of 8 guns, arrived 3.. - Plymouth, cut oat from a Port in Spain in the most gallant manner, from tinder the tire of a battery of seven 24-pounders, b)' the Boats manned and armed of .the Haughty Gun brig, of 14 guns, and the Cdpoys, of 16 guns, Lieut. USHER. After the Boats' Crews had. secured the . Spanish Logger, the Crews, seconded by the fire of the two Brigs, bravely landed, stormed the B:Ateries, drove out the guard, spiked the cannon, and tumbled them over the rocks into the sea. All this - business was performed with the cool intrepidity of British seamen, without any material loss on our The Spanish Lugger is laden on account of the Spanish Government, and is a fine Vessel of her class. The following Letter was yesterday received, but we have reason to believe that the statement it con tains is totally unfounded. The American Papers, to the 2gth of June, are silent upon the subjea : " St. John's, Newfoundland, July 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - " The Leander and Cambrian ,Men of War - have captured an American Frigate. 'These Ships were turning into their usual anchorage at New York; an American Frigate was sent down from New Yorlc to order them oti, which was done, and hereceived for ansWer, that the order amounted to a challenge, which could be 'considered in no other light that hostile. He was then ordered on board his Ship to defend himself, when the boats of the Leander and Cambrian went alongside and took possession of her, and brought her to Halifax. So far we have the tale from a Master of a Ship, 'arrived yesterday in five days from Sydney." The Annual Prize Wherry, given by the Proprie tors of Vauxhall Gordens, was yesterday rowed . for by seven pair :)t . oars. Thefirst heat, from Black friars' Bridge, commenced exactly at six o'clock. The boats proceeded through the centre arch of Westminster Bridge, and round a boat moored off Lambeth. This heat was won with great. ease ,by John Gregory and John Tymms, both of Vauxhall. ' All the other boats, however, having saved their dis tance, were entitled to start for the second, which was the decisive heat. They accordingly started three several tit6es ; but having run foul of each other, were called back.—The fourth start, however, was a fair one, and took place at seven o'clock. It Was won with difficulty by Abraham 'Lod( and William Leonard, who experienced much foul play from Sheppard and Adams, who frequently crossed them. They were, however, ultimately successful, and took possession of 'their prize 'as soon as they passed it. James Taylbr and Charles Gingell, the second boat, were entitled to three guineas, and John . Gregory and James Tymms, the third.o4, to two guineas. -- • • _:~