The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-03 00:00:00

LIEUT. AND RsoN arrived with ihtelligence this

clay. at the Admiralty, of the. Capture of four French

Frigates off llocllefort, by Sir SADIFEL Squa-

dron, and one by Sir Tuns:us Louts.

It is probable that the .latter Frigate Is. the..one .al7

luded to M our Plymouth Letter.

There were. Troops on board the French Frigates,

and their destination was to the West Indies.

Tile French bore down upon the British qua-

di-on to attack it, .udder the idea that they were

Indiarnen. Sir S. Hoop's. Squadron consisted of one

74 and two ,64.5. The action was_ maintained
,for

some time with great vigour, during which, we.

are Sorry to say, Sir S. HOOD lost his .arm.—

Re, however, succeeded in capturing four out, of

the five Frigates, of which the French Squadron was

composed; the fifth was afterwards taken by Sir

T. Lows, as aboie stated.

WE are extremely concerned to state an -iccident
that happened yesterday to the V.EINCESS of WAI*.

Her Royal Highness was travelling post to Norbury
Park, on a visit to Mr. LOCKE, and was over-turned
near Leatherbeacl. . •

is said that • Miss CINLNIONDELtr,who acconl-.
panied,Her Royal Highness, was killed on the spot,,
and that the P4iNcEss herself is severely bruised.
Nye sincerely hope that this report is a great exag-
geration of the r.4elanoholy faa.

AT a late,hour last night the Ilanzbzrgh Mail, due
on Wednesday:, arrived. We, have also received
Dutch Raper* tO,'the 2,eth ult. The KtsG cePtyqs,,
stiL. has enitted Berlin, to join his Army, and the
snext
imelllgene we receive frOrri the Continent will-Most
probably be that hostilities have aftually commenced;
for it is nuw scarcely possible that the differences be-.
fween France and Prussia can be adjusted by Negotia-,
!ion. The •Prussian Troops haVe all arrived at the po7
Eitions whiCh they were destined to occupy, and. every
fjefensivepreparation which was deemed necessary
bas been,. fully completed. The most enthusistic
spirit pervades the Prussian Army, ancliedeed almost,
every part of the Prussian Dominions. The cotiteinp-
tuous manner in which the French Paper's have late-
ly spoken of the Prussian Troops. has incensed them
to such a degrPe, that they upon every occasion tes7
Oft the most ardent impatience to try their strength
with those who have assumed the title of the
hest Troops in Europe. F.rorn
.the position} which
the French Troops occupy in Germany, it is very
tioubtful whether their principal attack will be. mule
on the side. of Saxony or Westphalia ; but judging
from the disposition .91 the Prussian Army, it ap-
pears that Saxony is expeEted to be made the thea-
tre Of- war. The new King of Holland is making .
considerable military preparations, partly to defend
himself from external attacks, and partly from
the hostility of his own Subjeels,. who would,
we have no doubt, be happy td seize any op-
portunity, of freeing themselves from thP miser-
able state of bondage under which tjiey
hour. It is statd in Private Letters from Ernb-
den, that His PR USSaN AJEITX bad determined
to place 40,000 men at the disposal of the PRINCE of
ORANGE. Such a force, in the present disposition
of the Dutch People, would, we are convinced, •be
to rescue them from French oppression.
There is strong reason to believe •he French have
sistained some serious disasters in Calabria, and
that the c! Darling Child of ViEtory," as MASSENA has
be calid,*and "Toe best Troops in Europe,'! have
been defeated by the undisciplined Calabrians, as-
isted by a .small nuinber of British Troops. •
stated in Letters finm Rome, dated August 30, that
Marshal MASSE N,A has had steel al bloody bathes
cif which the particulars have not been receiVed:
—There can be no'cionbr, that if the result had been
favourable to the French, the People •of Rome
.e..voule-I not have been left iu ignorance upon-,the
•:.lbjeCt. • • .

WE t day lay bcfOre our Readeti a Circular Let-
. ..
tt r sent from St. Petersburg!) to the lnussiact
nisttrs at Foreign Courts. It perfe6lly justifies the
conclua of the Erppe'ror ANDER, upon the sub:
jea of NI, D'OunEm's Negotiation.

The'Philage/phia, Sm.yrn, arrived at Livencol
from 'Philadelphia, on the 12th September, hi lat:
20: long,. 3.0. saw nine Sail of Vessels, six •of
thep-apixireptl3( of theLihe. • When first seen they
were standing tikir heads to the Eastward, but
afterv4d4 were to the Wetward... They Nue sup-
iiosed to be Sir 3. B. WARP.LN's Squadron.