The Sun. — London, England, 1806-07-31 00:00:00

• MAILS. • _ Aa R svet-1 Cntteitltqgh, ‘Vaterfbra. Due-'t Clam- burgh, t Gotteoburi,4, i Dublin, ‘VatetliEd. PR C 1 7 .:(YE. S'('OCKS. - Tuts DAY•AT TWELVE o t 'cLoCit• -6 . 11 i I .Ann 6 31' 64i 0 a-niucz't 8 A T H_E SU N. SOLENI QUIS D,IcERE F.9,1.1[31 , 4 A.UDEAT LONDOIV, • .11./LY 31, 18.116. A igessen&er arrived 'in town yesterday with pis . paiches fr . oln Paris, and a Cabinet Qouncil •kyas soon after held. The result of their delibeiations we un derqqnd'was, that Lord LAUDERDALE 51101i14 1111 7 set otlt for P.arii„ and we ,have no . doubt Lordship will leave town in the. course of this cisv. '4Z stated our belief yesterday,, ihat hi •, • J..c,'-dsh:,p o.ulcl pot lie employed on .a diplomatic 'to Paris, but that he would , succeed Fox as Secretary for the Foreign- avart talent, j the continued ill - health of that Right Ifoncuralsle Pentlqrnan should,render him incspahle - o t tending to business. That arrangement, we be lICY'e, was determined , upon, l,ut was altered, at , • • eazt for the present, in consequence of the Dis-, • ... 'patelles receiftd,yesterday from Parii. - • ;WI: are softy -to state. that the, account of Mr. Fox's health this clay was much more unfavourable. I: it a . s.bee scale n for e _time cchats(',tor the • e • has, ‘iie understand, taken_ place, which has OC - cazioned the most' aoptehensions to. his . 'Friends, teCcived list night ruris and . .Putc,ii Papers, the former to the 23d, and the latter to the 28th in stant. .The French Papers preserve their usual • si lence with respect to the Negotiations z bit it' is •latecl in a Ditch Paper, under the -head Paris, • . . July 22; that a ruMour was in circulation. of a Se.. karate .r-Yeae having been concluded between France dod ;tussia. If we have not been 'much misin forme:b. 014 'Treaty s is signed at Paris on the Mb instant.' That no notice is taken in the Paril Papers on-, 22d; of Such an event, is not, in our opinion, evidence that has not taken - The i,l'itcr3 of the unofficial Papers dare not mention the % - :ithont the sanction of the 117.0nite.ur, A.m:t the French Governtnent may not think it pro 'per to putilihh the Treaty officially cntil it. has been formally fled: The: Dat6 Pners contain a. short statement. of Ole fic;'eritle ona Expenditure of the K . ingdom of hy Which it appears that the latter consi- 'n11,11)/ .4.kqe&ls the tomtit-. We are inclined to - . think the amount of the Revome has been'ton- Aiderahly over-rated, for the impolitic anti tyrannical restriCtiOnS Which the French. Government have,for - • . . tiruc past ii - npbsed upon- Dutch Commerce havenerjy arinih!k)ted all tae Revenue deriVed tiorn bat scarce,. A report was circulated ,in and . . is•mentionek - 1 in private Letters, _that the KING "iif_,P„a•oirlA had hesitated to acknowledge the new of HoLt.A.N . D* evie.entix desti- Ote.offoundation. The unfortunate policy, of the far)iffei e Berlin has: left his PRUSSIAN-MAJESTY aftt-rnat,ive ; must: noyv submit to all the con sequences, however• 1111111iljating, which have :resulted fr vacillating - system. The Sie fi e . of Gaeta still con!inue4, - but it 'is said that the PRINCE h. - ,s .proptv:,!cl terms 'of cVltutarion'; but this is stated in so vague a man -1164-, that we do not attach arty credit to it:' 'The French Papers, however, say, that it cannot hold o!-.t twenty - days after the fire of the besieprs Allan ha'ye, commenced, - • A Mail from Gottenburgh arrived this morning. The following is the only article of intelligenCe -,;,.11ich it brings : " torrnNstrsox, JULY 21..-,-Yesterday sailed ,the bicifer ,El'..mb-vessel, and the Ifebe 'Arrhed with the Convoys for London and Long viel:e obliged, by d gale of wind, to ptit'in 13. ere a fc.-.:v OUR Letter from Flythouth contains a detailed accotint ox the gallant attack tyhich we mentioned i • 3-e;:crday, nviiq by the Boats of the Centaur and ppicfreror, upon a French National Brio' in the giver ct Bourdeaux.--We ar3 exttcmelysorry to find that dcliieir6rnent,l though titte'ndgd with complete 'success, cost the lives i of ti , o'gallatit Officers. - • . _ . .His MxsEsrry came to. town yelterday about , 12 • r;clOck, escorted by a party Utbe Light Horse. At rwel-oscloc,it •fits'..MATE,iTv . held a private - Levee ,at the Queen's Palace, whiCh was at tguar4l by .. ----4-117eii-frari•C-14g4Thestw1; l'-riases..G e•J rg e _awl A u gum u s of -linst en Oldenbourg, and suite, and I)rince Castel,..icalir, . . - I';, e 1), I; wl, Imperial, PoritiAuese, Russian, Sarci•nian, Swedi;h, the 1'wO: Sitiliet, and A inerican Ambassadors. ' - . ' _,T. he. Lord Chafleellor.. • , , -"rhe'VVEl Lord of the Treasuly... 4 Th. Chancellor of the. h xclieqiier. ' 7 et 14415..ire;ary oftitate liir The Home Department. T ,, e l' 1 rat Lord of the Aurniralty. . . . . ' 'I k; tihister General of the Ordnance. i• -.1 ,rd. Cathc4rt and St. Helen's. T hP iclifi ‘''in'g ha the hinont g p resented of hein .. 1 .. .....1 . • to 13 414 NIAJEST I : - t . t , . Bar.mi keden, by Count Munster, upon his arrival from t it.tishon. . . • . The Hnn. Captain C rey, upon hi; heinzappointed tem. missioi;er of the Navy at Slice“te.t.s,. tly hi. brotner, Visc'oui.t. Ilowick. ('mint Palsy, upon his arrival from nungar?`, by Earl Spencer. . • , , • Str John A nst"futher, Upon,his return frorrt Madras; by the Hon l',ltomas Gienvil le. , . ... . , - At the chise of , Levee His MAJP.STY . gAve p diene to Lord Pn.NVILLi!.. 'After which His IVA JESTY had, a Privy Connell,' :Ind then - gave' an audi ence to Mr. BOND, . whi) laid before His nistsT the proceedings of geveral Courts Martial. At half pa,st five o'clock His MAJESTY set off on his return to Windsor, , • Yesterday afternoon, soon after;four o'clock, the DUKE of YORK, accompanied by his Royal Brother the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE, set off in his Travelling carriage, from the Horse Guards, to proCeed on his inspedion oldie WeSternCoast. Their Royal High nesses dined at- HertfOrd Bridge, and proCeeded to Cna - nels, the seat of Mr. Rose, to sleep. Cap- AGET and ,I,TrroN, the DUKE'S Aids-de-Camp fillowed,i in another carriage. The Dune returns to town on Tuesday. • . _ • Yesterday the Officers of the First negitnent• of Life Guards.gave a grand dinuer to - the Duke of NEXT, and .the General Officers and Sniff Officers of thFyDuke of CAMBRIDGE'S DistriCt. .the Band of the Reginient attended in their 'full uniform. .Yesterday morning,.. at half past four o'clock, Ge-, neral GREY left town for Plymouth, on his way to the' Cape Ofi GoOd-k-lope - • IN . pIA klo S E —4zesterdaY a Court . of Directors was held, when Captain Jo to MACINTOSH, - of the, Ship Union, took leave of the Court previous to de parting for Madras - and- Bengal. The Extra Ships, pet:apes, Travers, Cin ararthen,anci General Stuart, • were taken . up- : in a , ,idition to ; the Ships of the pre-. sent season, and or leled to be afloat the c!oth of AngnFt. C.'ne,rai Lord LAKE was appointed Second in Cw - incil, and commander in Chief, at Fort 'Wil liam, in Bengal; HENRY THOMAS *COLEBROOKE, ''ytqiS appointed ProVisional Counsellor at Fort William, in, Bengal ; and JAMES HENRY CASA MAJOR, ,Esci. was appointed Provisional Counsellor at. Fort, St. • George. The REv. Wie. EALES, took the usual oath on being appointed, one of the Com pany's. Chaplains for Bengal. grand masonic procession is to take place at Glasgow to-morrow, when the foundation stone is o be , laid Of the ebelisk in me mory Of Lord NELSON. Pursuant to the notice given, the 'Livery of Lon donyesterday assembled in Guildhall for the elec tion of a Sheriff, to serve with ;JONATHAN • MILES,' Esq. It was not until two o'clock that the Loan MAYOR and Alden - Oen ascended the Hustings, at-' tended by the Sheriffs and City Officers. The LORD MAYOR, immediately after the usual proclamation, advanced between the Mace and Sword Bearers in the front of the Hustings, and apologized for his late attendance ; he belieVed . it ' Was the first time that he was under the necessity of 'excusing himself on such an occasion, and the delay was. not to be attributed to any, negleCt on his part, but to the/ pnblic btsines4 in which he had been, until that moment, engaged. Ali': aI:CORDER thenearae forward, and•stated, the obje& for which the N.tteeting was held. Mr. VA IL LANT next mentioned the names of the,Cifizens to be proposed - to the Livery; after which his Lord Ship again addressed the Hall, ex-' preSsing his convi6tion that,the,:Gentlernn present would ”orminate a, person to the important : office wit 6 was .perfeetly . cbmpetent' to discharge its duties. The' several following .Gentlemen were excused from,their nomination for the Office, of Sheriff, on plying a tine of 4001. and 2-0 marks, with the usual tees Th - mias Baskerfield, Esq. John Calvert Clarke, Esq. Richard MouattOrd; Esq. George Wiltshire, Esq. uhy Brick wood. Lsq. W i ham RoMatt, Esq.' tV,llliain Marriott, Esq. . join Butts, Esq. and Rohcr~ Std Esq. Sir lohn Arundelli Kitt.•. V.sq. WILLIAM AXE, Esq. was discharged froCn. his romination, on account of his ill health, without the payment of _any fine. . . . • Previous to the eletaion; , . WArrnmot eicpressed his hope that the choice of the LiVery would not tall upon 'Mr. ALJAN .PEAJ:SOI7, whose age and infirmities ren dered him wholly unable to fill the station for which he had been proposed. He was followed by a Gentleman (whose name we could not learn),who ,produced four certifiCat. - ,S from medical persons, to slim Mr. PERSON'S total Iticapacit, from - the state of hiS health, to be _removed from his present resi dence, which was ?00miles from the City. Mr. TATLOCK then. proposed JAMES BiIAttiSCOMB, ESCl,:eitiZell and Glover, to fill the office of Sheriff He said, this Gentleman was distinguished for the respeQability of his politiCal condad, and fOr his warm attachment to the principles of the British COitsqtution. A General Elea on was now ap prOaching, and .it was peculiarly necessary that the ,choice of the Livery should devolve upon one who would with cOnrage arid ability 'discharge the sacred functions of the °thee. 'it had been before seen that Sheriffs could forget their charataer and situa ., • _ Some strong marks of disapprobation being shewn, Mr.-'. desisted from p.lessing the s bbjea, and concluded with warmly recommending the Gentl9rnao he had named to the ,notice; of his fel low-citizens. - After the. Aldermen 'who' had served the office had been proposed in 'the customary form, the fol lowing Gentlemen were put in . nomination Peter EVelitt Alestaers, Clothworker, , lames Simmons, Stationer, William Rowlatt, Glover. William RoVy t Borderer. Allen Pearson, Glover. William •Axe, Fishinonger. Edward Farmer Taylor, Armotrer and Brazier. George Wiltshire, Vintner... . • - Williarn Barlow, Tyler and Bricklayer. lan Calvert Clarke, ,C lotttworker. lohn Tho Mas, Glover. William Clarke, Patten-maker. fames 13ranscomti, G lover. The spew of hands was in favour of .the first and last Of these.:Gentlemen, and was tiltiniately de cided for PETER VEsu MESTAERS, ESq. The Sheriffs .. .having. acquainted - his Lo:dship and the :Aldermen (who - had . retired to their Chamber) with what had passed ..in the Hall, the LORD MAYOR, at about three'o'clock, again ascended the hustitigS, and acquainted 'the Livery that PETER EVERETT MESTAERS, Esq. was duly eleCted. Th e Livery were then dismissed. ale!r.O . R - D . ,II , IAYox will hold a Court of Common Council' to-morrow, to receive the answer a the Sheriff _Flat, NA N IV S. PLYMOVTIT, JUL* 2D.--Arrive,l the French Im perial Brig Le aesar, imonnulig 18 long 9-poun ders, cut out from the, River of Bourdeaux on / the 16th ii t. by the Boats of_ the -.Centaur and Con queror, of 74 guns each, after a desperate conflia of two hours an - d - a r,:tAt4 (Ataing), of the:CUT/0)-0r, and tWo seamen, were killed, and the, Fifit Lieuterfant of the Centaur 'mortally wOnntled...The Enemy had 'l2 men - killed, . and many'severely wOunded. She is a very Band- sore Brig, copper-hdttomed i and apparently qdite new, completely 'fitted for sea, and . was this after noon brought into Harbour.. 'The Conqueror, 'of 74 guns, Capt. PELLEW, ar rived with the above-Mentioned Brig. Arrived the Iris Frigate from a cruize. The First Detachment of the Wilts Militia march ed hence yesterday for Stapleton, near Bristol ; the 'remainder will follow in a day or. twO. FALMOUTH, JULY 2s.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship aliance, of 74 guns, Capt. HOTIIAM, from off Belleisle--no news ; the Britannia Cutter from Jersey ; the 'Ventura, DENNIS, from Bristol, with bale goods, &c. ; the Jeminza, DICKSON, from Sun derland ; and the West India Ship George, PRICE, froni Deptford, for Madeira and West Indies. Sailed the Fancy, VARKER, for Plymouth. The Lord Hobart Packet, from America, with Mails, may be daily expeted. The Duke of Kent Packer is appointed to take the Mails of next month for the West Indies ; and the Manchester ditto, those for America. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 30.—Dropped down ,to St. Helen's His Majesty's Ships Prevoyante and Re sistance, with a Fleet of Transports for Plymouth. HARWICH, JULY 30.—The Prince. of Wale's Packet, Capt. ANTIS. DEANE, arrived this morning from Gotteuburgh with a Mail; Capt.FLYN, of the Lady Frances Packet, sailed this afternoon, imme diately on the'arrival of the coach, with the Ham burgh Mail for Husurn'.. A Messenger with Dis patches embarked in the Amity extra Packet,. with the Mail fur Gotten - burgh, on his route for Peteli burgh : this Packet sailed at the same time as the lady Frances, with a fair wind. One hundred workmen Were this morning taken off the works nowiconstraling at this place, by di reEtion of the Board of Ordnance, in consequence of the fOrtifreatiuns not. being extended to the scale first proj ea d. . • DEAL, JULY 30.—Sailed through the Downs, from the Rivvr, the P roteßress, P;VERP/rT, for Virginia ; also sailed are Savage §loop Uf War, for Cork ; and the Swift, LAWSON, fur Matta. Arrived the Crescent Frigate from the Westward, and sailed for Yarmouth. :GREENOCK, JULY - 28.--The Thomas, M‘Brann, of this Port, was totally lost the 27th of April last, on a reef of rocks, known by the name of Profits Keys, Bahamas. , The Master, crew, and pascen gers, were, after many supplications and entreaties, taken on board the American Brig Reliance, Capt. NICHOLAS DARRELL, on the 2gth same month, and landed at the Port of Matanzas,' Island of Cuba, on the 3d of May. SHEERNESS, JULY 29.—Sailed the Argo, of 44 guns, Capt. DICEY, for Portsmouth. Arrived the Blanche, Capt. LAVIE, last from Yar mouth, with La Guerriere French Frigate, a Prize ti) the said Ship ( and, from every appearance, La GuerrLre is a very tine Ship, mounting upwards of 50 guns. JULY 30.—Sailed the Sty, with the Baltic Con voy and the &wove Transport, for the Cape of Good Hope, with Capt. CULVERHOUSE, who is ap pointed Captain-Agent at the Cape. BOMBAY GAZE rrE, TAN. 29. 'ON Thursday the 23d inst. anchored in the bar 'SoUr. the'Danish Ship Count BernstoT, Capt. Boy. sssEN . , from the Isle of -France, whence she sailed on the Ist December, anti touched at Tellicherry on the 7th inst. Captain D. MARSTON 'llcl Lieutenant. THATCHER, who were captured in the Pluenix, Cipt:GILLESPIE, have arrived in this Ship, as also J. E. BEctotANN, Esq. At the • time the Count Bernstorf left the Mauritius the only Vessels of force lying there were the Semillante Frigate, under repair, and a Privateer, which it was said wonli soim out to sea. It appears that the Semi!tante Frig , te, ul the. engagement with the Piki , i9a and Harrier, off Manilla, suffered considerably in her hull; and that several cf her crew were killed. The Phcenii and Viper were the only k.:n4lish prizes which had reached the Island previous to the departure of the Dane. Capt. MARSTON speaks in the highest terms Of the treatment he met with at toe Island, as well from the Governor as the inhabitants in general.— His Majesty's Ships Terpsichore and Pitt were cruiz ing ()tithe Island at the period of the Count ltern• storjrs departure. *— DISTRIBUTNit+I OF PRIZE I%lOkY. :To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Sloop Mosquito, the het proceeds ot the Os'esk's and y lacks renco • Privateers, captured the ath and 13th of May, sZ..s, toge. titer with tha Head • money Bills, on her arrival in t and for three . years, - at No z, lames-street, Adeiptd.' . . To the Officetsand Company ot hlis Majesty's S ‘ hip Mars, for the Capture of the Dwelt Ships Wee Banns, add Mas. • luys, the 2,d and 4th June, 1803, by i.ei I):ii . tiate, and Tolman% the proceeds of toe said Captures, on hr ar rival at Plymouth ; and at the,Naval Plyineuth, every day (Sundays excepted; during three years. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Spar. tiate, for the Capture ot,the Dutch Ships coffee Baurn and Masluys, on the ad and 4th June, 1803, tly the Spartiate. Nl z us, and Tonnant, , the proceeds, on board the Spartiate, at Plymouth, ou the 'lst August, and at the.Naval.Bank, niuuth, every day (Sundays excepted) for three year.. ' NORTHING; Jun y- Taking great hnprov'ements in this town, in order to vie with our competitors in attriciing the fashionable orders to the amusements ofa•Waterinrr place.—Donkey riding is generally l atronized by the Ladies. Anew inn is building - ,which will add much to theCOnvenience of the town, and will also contribute much to the beauty of its appearance. We are also, it is said; likely to have a Chapel of Ease to the Parish Church; a proof that we think 9f the well and re-, pritV w ciples of our visitors as ell as or corporal health. " SiTAI3R,A lIAM and Lady HUME, Lady MAY It COKE, the'Han. BERTIE BOUVERIE and his Lady, WIL LIAM WRIGHT, Esq. tha Lady of the Right Hon. CHARLES. LONG; &C. are among the late addi tion to the - elegant society at this place. • TUNBRIDGE WELLS, JULY 29, The. Races here will commence on Tuesday the sth of ,August. We expe6t to have , great spirt ; though we have not a capital course, yet few t.urf; display a greater number of handsome equipags,,or outshine' the handsome faCes of our Sussex and . Kentish fair. The Archbishop of TUAM left us for Ireland.. He has left his Lady here : we undeestand that, he will , be absent but a very short time. To the fashionable Visitors here were recently added,— - • Lords Gosford and Henley •, General and Major Loftus ; Ladies E. Loftus, 1-1. Townshend, A. Womswell, Blackivood, Perth, Henley, I! .Courtenay, and . Dowager Lady 'Mount Edgecuinbe ; Sir G. WorrOwetl.• Messrs. Francis, Webb, T. Ilopc,..East,Wedderlanrn:.. Steele, Talbot, Lang, Moore, &c. -. RAMSGATE; JULY 29. This day at noon the last diviiion •o?'"that fine , body of Aen_the GuardS arrive here. After par taking of a good dinner prepared fin- them at the Barracks, ,they ,were runrehed t down to the]Pier about. four o'clock, and, with the greatest ordei , and regularity were. received. by the boats, pro vided to carry them on board the respedive Tritivl/2- ports lying Jready to receive' them in the Little Downs. The men were all in - high ;spirits,. and, like their compapiOns who were previously embarked, left the Pier with - three hearty huzzas, which were Or. diallTreturned by a' crowd of well-dressed people, who assembled oti the shore to yitheSs their de.. parture, and who . wished them a' prosperous aid happy voya ge . . The scene we-have witnessed here fbr these somt-, days has been highLy interesting.- To see•so many fine young fellowS;in the vigour of health and man, hood; leaving their native land with the utmost cheerfulness to.fight the.bat tles tbdi.r COuntry—t4 observe the good order anal , decoruin pre,erved.im every thing cOnnetted with . the embarkation—to witness the . atreCting but silent adieu,, not uvire... quently, between intimate friends—all, tended to eta• cite sensations not possible to he described, and which indeed can hardly be conceived but by such-as have beheld a similar scene. The quitntity of livestock, 2s geese, ducks; fowl% pigs, and pigeons, bought up by the Oiflcers, immense, as to surpri-e not a little those who have never ht l 2fore witnessed an einh ti The eight Transports which were brought with A the Pier sti:l remain. Thoy are to receive the Are. ti I ery, Royal Artificers, Six. To-mbrrow three Co n ,. panics of the gsth, and some ofthe Royal Artillery, w,th ether-troops, are expelled, here ; and the buss, ness of ern,bilrkation is not expected to be conclndea, before the end ofthis week. Sr WATrail WILLIAMS WYNN, of the R9y4 D.l)bk . gli M litia, qu.artered'at Margate, chines over every day with his principal .Otiicel's to witness the( ernbarkati, n. Indeed, all the fashion of the n&gh.... bouring country visit us to pay their respeas tc.) out brave defenders before their departure. Notice has been given to the Gentlemen in the shipping interest at Lloyd's, by Government, that. • a few good copper-bottomed Shii,s are wanted, fro:iii £&C - to - 350 - tons - each, with proper heights tor Troops, as regular six months' fransports ; also a few good Tran,iports - sheathed with copper or wood, for . twelVe months. In additiOn to these, a few are wanted f,r home service for three months, to be agreed for at a certain rate per month. The substitute lOr GRASSINI next season at the Opera We , understand, is CAsTALLANE, who is sail to comhine wore of the higher quanties of vocal exce than . any pertioirier who h >s becll lik:ard tur a very lOng period.—Her knowledge of the scieice of music, howevt.r, is not, it seen 4, • fully correspondent with her great naturin powers. She has cine4y Uistinguished herse:t at Lisbon, b u t is n - r.v at Madrid. • Tile place or Mrs. C. KEMBLE (late Miser C,.:41), at • Druzy-,ane Theltre, is to be. suppled nett season by Mrs. EDAIN, whoFe Lilenis nave raised a share .at and . yihoseprson, though sinall, • is very p.easing and Miss LARY-MAN, or whose musical talents there is .a goad report, is to appear in the operatic enter tainment :of''Ros'ina, of : which she is to be the he. rOine, ou Saturdq next, at Bright - on., It is Some_ what curious that ?his tair candidate for public fayou.r:, is a grand-daughter of Mrs. BitooicE, ' tue author of the' - piece, 'and of several 'novels u well. known merit. I The forthitUre 'of . a' superb state bed was lately \varied in China , and in:ended as a present t[i 'the Spanish Pi''iiiceof Peace. 'ilie Shiplts which it was sent - 16 its illustrious owner having been captured by a British Vessel; this piece of furni-. turq was purchased by (;,1,11:i;411), who has, since presented it to the PIUNCE or WAL.E3. The gfoun&work is , it the mint beautiful yellw.v The cntinterpane represents the Empress of China seated' in state!, ivin audience to a number of tft , gores, which are most exyhisitely delineated it, the costume of the country. Mr:'GoLD',M ID had hued offered' 5001. for his bargain. The ex tremely deDg;hted with so appropriate a present, has ordered it to placed' in the state bie.d-chainber, his Chinese Titvition at Brighten. Mr. It. EtAas has been promoted to' the O ffi ce bf ReepVr dt the Printed Books in the British Museuin. The appointment is with the thrue / ijrilicipaJ Trus• tees. ..P