The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-14 00:00:00

NAkA I, A' R ir g.

PORTS,SiOUtti, JUNE' -13.-A Frigate and a Sloop
of Wae, with -twelve Or fourteen Sail Of Merchant-
Ships, are come to the Motherbank, said'to be .from
the Meduerraneatt.

Arrived the Liberty and Hardy Gun-brigs front a
Crui,4e ; and the Iraqi, AVATsox, from London,
bound to 'Berbice.

Came into Harbour frOM SPithead La Volontaire
Frigate, lately arrived froth Cape of GOod Hope.
Yesterday evening, at her moorings at Spithead,
she accidentally caught fire in the bread-room,
which is very near the magazine, and excited a con-
siderable alarm among the Men of War in the road-
stead ; but by the exertions of the crew it was soon
got under, without doing much damage.

Among the Fleet frond the Mediterranean are ,the
../Etna Bomb; Lient. YULE HALL ; 'Chat-
ham, `YELLER ; Crescent, Gussos and Rose, HAK,

RISON.

PLYMOUTH, JUNE 1 I.—Came in the Constantia,
,thvgsoN, from Santa Cruz, detained by the Surinam
Sloop of War.

Sailed.: the Pichler and Surinium. Sloops of War
on a Cruize.

DEAL, JUNE 13.—Arrived and sailed for the Ri-
ver yesterday evening the Brook Watson, Kingston,
and the Sally from the South Seas.

Sailed the Meteor Bomb to moor on the Ridge,
and the Seagull Sloop of War on a Cruize off the
Galloper.

Sailed through the Downs the Paxton, BALSTOII,
for Demerara.

Arrived the. Kangaroo Sloop ,of War from a
Cruize, and remains in the Downs with the rest of
the Ships as per last. -
It is currently repotted here, in the Nautidl cir-
cles, that the Downs is shortly to be the rendezvous
for sit; Sail of Russian Line of Battle Ships ; three
large Americans are 'just gone through the Downs,
steering Westward.
,The night before last no less.than nine Privateers
were seen by our Fishermen clearing out of Calais
Harbour ; but fortunately the Boulogne Squadron
were beating up Channel, which the Frenchmen
perceiving, they dropped anchor in their Harbour,
and remained the whole of the night inactive. Much
alarm is apprehended for the.safety of our Fisheries,
which will certainly be much annoyed, if not
lantly watched and convoyed against these Priva-
leers and Row-boats.

His Highness of GLOUCESTER is shortly expected
here to receive the compliments of the Officers, and
review the'Third Regiment of Guards, to ,the corn,.
mand of which he has lately been appointed by His
'Majesty. .

The Bellona, Cox, is arrived at Liverpool; from
Jamaica : she parted from the Fleet the middle of
April, with a division of about ten sail ; among them
the Elizabeth, Roßsow, Harry, HUNT, Surprize,
M`FARLANE, and William, LOVETT, for Liverpool;
Chord, ELLis, Of Bristol ; Defiance, MrtAucHLIN,
Phwle, JONES, Nile, jAmtmo, iurora, STRINGER,.
and Parthean, MOSES, Ihr London._ Shortly after
parting fell in with .a Felucca and two Schooner
Privateers, which the Armed Ships beat off; but
the William, LOVETT, being a heavy sailer, was
captured : the Bellona parted, from the remainder on
the 12th of May, off Berthuda.
We yesterday mentioned the arrival of some In-
dia Ships—the following is .a list of the passengers
by them :
PASSENGERS PER CARMARTFIEN.—Mr. Mrs. and Master
Bacon, IMr. and Mrs. Portberry, Mr. A. Gardiner; Misses ,
R. Hartle and Wilton ; Masters Gordon, Mercer, St. George,
Henry and E. O'Halloran; Mr. Piney, Mrs. C. Denny;
Lieutenants J. Paterson; F. W. Atkinson, and A. Walson.
PASSENGERS PER CASTLE EDEN.—Meisrs Chesholme,
Dodweil, Knox, G. Jackson and Mullar; Mistresses Larkins
and 'Jackson ; Masters Ord and Jackson ; Misses Jackson,
Larkins, and Dring.
rA33iNGERSPIA GENERALSTEWA RT.—Commodore iv.
Hayes, Lieut. J. Maughan, Mr. R. Ternan, Lieut. Colonel
Wall, Mr. Vansittart, Major Reade, Mr. R.iyly, Mr. S.
Harris, Mr. Lockart, Mts. Hayes, Mrs. Jessup, Mrs. Wale,
and Mrs. Bayley ; Misses Sherrard, Pemberton, Helen,
Hayes, Ann'Burlea-z, Ann Bayley, and H. Bayley ; Masters
J. S. Borleau and J. keade.
PASSENGERS PER DEVATNES.--.Mrs. Sutherlar,d, Master
Rose, Mrs. Mac Donald and Child, Mr. G. Parmenter ;
Lieut. Colonel Mac Donald; Captains Kenny and M'Lean ;
Lieutenants Glenholni. Fleuker, Hooper, and Prescott; En-
sign Poole; and Surgeon Suter, of His Majesty's 73d Regi.
silent.

It is reported the ROYAL FAMILY will go in a
short time to Kcw, to reside for about three weeks.
The Judges met on Thursday, in the King's
Bench Treasury Chamber, and chose their Circuits
as under : .

MIDLAND—Lord E ilenborough and Mr. justice Rooke.
Noa °LK—Lord Chief Justice Mansfield and Mr. justice
Grose.
HOME—Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Heath.
Was r ERN —Mr. Baron Thomson and Mr. justice Chambre.
Ox r ogn —Mr. Justice Lawrence and 141 r. Justice Le Blanc.
NOKTH EP P —Mr. Baron Graham and Mr. Baron Sutton.
The DUKE of YORK will shortly set off to inspea
the Coast and a number of distrids.
HONITON ELEcTIOX.—At the close of the second
day's
.poll, the numbers were :—For Mr. BRAD-.
sHAW 50 fur LOrd.COCHRANK
MASQUERADE.—The March ion ess of LANSDOWNE
entertained her friends on Thursday in a very magni-
ficent style, at her house in Berkeley-square. A great
number of the higher orders were invited on this oc-
casion, all of whom, of course came in masquerade
attire. , Many of the charaders were novel, gro-
tesque, and highly whimsical. They were in general
supported' with considerable humour. The beautiful
lawn before the house was decorated in a very ele-
gant and fanciful manner, and the whole. formed a
scene of Arcadian elegance. The mansion itself was
also superbly illuminated, and beautifully embellished.
The PR/14C.E of WALES and a large party of his
friends supped together, and the repast consisted of
every thing rare and luxurious that the season could
aftbrd. Dancing, music, &c. engaged the Company
till a very late hour in thu morning.

Mr. MORLANIY, of Pall-Mall, was lately elegy ed
Chairman of the British ..Fire-OtEtce, in tLe rooLn,of
thelate. Lord KINNAIRD,

POnEfdy rivrELLtGElVeg;

rßomr" Tile STATE COURANT di' THE 9TH;

HAG° s, itibut a ExcellencyM.
t'Still Nex went on Saturday evening with the Canal
.Yacht to Utrecht, whence he will proceed to De-
Venter; where he will endeavour, by repose; to reco-
ver his health and his eye-sight, which have, par--
ticularly of late, suffered greatly. Madame SCHIM-
SIELPE!ININCK will also soon take her departure..
, t The period approaches' when we shall he made
fully acquainted with the future political 'des-
tiny of this country. 'The. eircumspetlion and defe-
rence which ought to govern Public Journals, with
respect to the secrecy which those who guide the
helm of the State judge necessary to be preserved
until their measures are completely ripened, have,
hitherto induced us to allude to this subject only in
a very indefinite manner. • Welcan now, however,
speak somewhat more positively. A Courier 'from
the Batavian Deputation at. Paris brought dispatches
yesterday for the Grand Pensionary. . We now
learn that his Imperial Highness Prince Louis, who
has in the Paris Papers been named King of Hol-
land, will on Thursday, Or on Friday morning ati
farthest, arrive at the house in the Wood, acconi
.panied by the Princess his wife. Alter passing some
time there, these illustrious persons \. ii', proceed on
a new journey to Aix-la-Chapelle, or the Southern
Provinces of Franee: they will next go. to Paris, to
attend the tstival in honour of the last Campaign,
and finally return to this :.!ountry. Preparations are'
now making with great activity for the reception of
their Imperial HighneSses„ •
To-day or to-morrow we expea Vice-Admiral
VEaHEva. here on his return from Paris. We also. '
expea a 'Chamberlain of Prince Louis, and several
Officers of his Suite. Only a very few Dutch Troops
are left to do duty at the house in the wood.
it is said, that within a few days- twciCompanies
of French Troops arrive to garrison this place,
and to serve 'along with the Batavian Troops 'as
Guards of Honour to Prince Louis. . *

JUNE 9. General JANSEN, Governor of the
Cape, arrived here yesterday ; and we learn that the
remainder of that garrison is landed upon some part
of the coast.

The following is the answer of their High Might',
nesses
.to the Letter of J. C SCHIMMELPENNINCk,
on the subje6t.of his resignation i—Four of the eldest,
Members of the Assembly, M. M. WHERTs, Busn,
VAN: HENGST, and TWENT VAN RAAPIViitST, with
the Recorder, were commissioned, in the name of the
Assembly, " to assure his Excellenev, that they had
been penetrated war' real regret on'heing informed
of his retirement from public buxiiiess ; acid that their
concern, upon this occasion, was so much the more
lively, as ,the unsettled state -of his Excellency's,
health, and the diminution of his sight, hadnbeen no
?nconsiderable motives:

That the Assembly, from several other reasons,
besides the terms in which his Excellency's Letter
was 'expressed, were fully convinced that his Excel-
lency's determination was immutably and irrevoca-,
bly confirmed ; and, consequently, that-nothing was
left to theM but to acquiesce in the same, and to
express their regret for its necessity. •
That the Assembly had, nevertheless, witnessed
with pleasure those feelings which animated his
Excellency in this instance; and were happy in hav-
ing testified their confidence and esteem tor him upon
so 'many occasions; that neither time nor circum-
stances would alter their sentiments ; that they were
happy in the present opportunity of expressing their
esteem; and wished for nothing-more cordially
.than
that 'his Excellency should be restored to his former
health, and that, in its future permanence, he should
be enabled to experience all the pleasure resulting
from the consciousness of having deserved well of
his country—a consciousness' wjiich is the dearest
reward of an, elevated and noble mind.

(Signed) "C. DE VO3 VAN STEENWYK."

NAPLES, MAY 19.—Eyery thing goes on, well
here'; a number of .English Vessels continue to
land some of the banditti, who are generally repulsed
by the country people, now organized as a national
guard. A better disposition cannot be shewn than
that which animates the people of this kingdom ;
and it would be difficult to form an idea of the hatred
they entertain against the English ; a sentiment in
which they partake
,with all the people of Europe,
who are convinced, that, if it were not for English
politics the, present generation might live in peace
apd tranquillity.

PARts, JUNE Majesty the Emperor arid
King will receive the Ambissador from the Sublime
Porte at half past eleven in the forenoon on Tues-
day next, at the 'Palace of the Thuilleries and also
the Ewvoys Extraordinary from their High Mighti-
uesses the Stares of Holland,.

• An.ordinary audience will he given in the apart- '
ments.

GENOA, MAY 24.—Letters from Naples, announce,
that three English Ships have seized upon the Island
Of Capri ; that eighteen men and two Officers, be-
longing to the Enemy, together with the French
Commandant of the Fort, had been killed in this
affair. It is added, that, aim* as soon as the Eng-
lish disembarked, they hung six of the "principal per-
sons in the Island, including the Governor. 'These
atrocities are certainly dictated by the spirit which
sacrificed the vietims at Naples in 179 g.
FROM THE MAIN, • MAY 3 3 .--7 The Paris Journals
speak of a Plan for a new Constitutibn for Germany,
the Author of which
.is said to be a French Minister,
very much esteemed at one of the German Courts.
The produliou of this Plan is expeded very shortly
at Ratisbon. Marshal BERNADOTTE has not yet
evacuated Anspach, but he is very shortly expe6ted
to do so.

MENTZ, MAY 24.—A new Convention was con-
cluded at Paris on the 2 ISt. inst. according to which
Germany is to receive a‘ new constitution. The
Fortress of Wesel is now, put upon a respeaable
footing.

FLORENCE, MAY 16.—The little FortreSs of Civi-
tella del Fronto, in the Abruzzo, surrendered, on the
2gth ult. to the French General FEEGCVILLE. The
Garrison were made prisoners of weir; the' nsur-
gents found have been.put in irons; and their Chief,
BOSCA, has been concluded on an ass to the prison
at Naples.

VIENNA, Aay 24.—Not a fortnight ago every
body here believed that a general Peace would soon
be concluded ;, but opinioni have now clymged to
the 'opposite .extreme, and 'we' are ,pain in fear of a

gene gal o hosiiiitieS, or at teasi Schad ii6* ciisab Vie=
meat. Our Collier; so much. talked_of, and sJ
anxiously ekpeCted; is not yet attiVed; hhd hiabi
other clouds appear to obscure the ‘politital horizoii
of this country. We are to-day assured tly t thti
Court of France, having been informed of a new
Treaty of Alliance between Russia and the Porte;
has sent a Courier to meet Morin &TEND', and
to signify to him that he Will not be recerred at Paris:
The reason assigned for this is, that the Emperor
NAPOLEON, not doubting cif the facility ofthe Porte
to.grant whatever he should-demand, had required
the cession of the .111orea; and all the other con.;
quests which the' Ottoman Porte had anciently
made from the Republic of Venice---:consequently;
Candia; Corfu, &c. This demand, it is said; irrhai cd
the,Divan to such a. degree; that it came to a Re-,
Solution without hesitation ; 'and the Alliance whit
Russia. offering at least a powerful protection, and_
consequently a chance of escape, it threw itself' i-ntd
the arms of that Power, and the Treaty was imme-
diately concluded.--,lt is believed that this im-;
portant event; of which no person appears to, doubt,.
will have serious consequences for the Court- of
Vienna ; for it is feared that this Treaty will engage
Russia to prote& the Porte with all its means, andl.
that it will in consequence refuse the evacuation of
Cataro. We are already fissured that France ha,:
demanded of a passage through Bohemia
and Hungary' in case of necessity.-(elbeille du Nord,
'June 3)

Orders have navy been sent to Trieste to re-o• e:;
,the Ports which! had been shut against the Englisll
and Russians.,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:

ASCOT HEATH. —Titunsnay:
A Plate of Sol. for Huntsmen, Yeorne,,Piickers, anclKeenet4
,of Windsor Forest arid C;reitt Park, fist:etas. "I he oesi
of three 4-niile heats. .
Mr. Gosdeles sr. g. Why Not
„Mr. Ridhardson's b. h. Neello, by javclin .
Six 'to 4 on Wily Not; a bol:ow race.
Same Clara Plate of gal. .for 3-yeat. old corn; 81t. 41b. fil.:
lies Sst.. The best of three heats I the New Mde.
Mr. 'Ladbrokes bi..e. Sir Perepine - - 1 t
Mr. Walker's b. in. Mignionette . - X i
'
Mr. Einden's ch. f. Patience
.:
- 3 3
Mr. Waddington's b. f.,t;iter to Houghton Lass 5 4
Mr. Sutton's b. c. Voubaul, by Skyscraper - .4 dr
Even betting on Mighiode.tte ; a to t apt Sir Peregrine
and 4to i agst Houghton Lass. Aftet the first heat, evict
betting on Sir 1-:eregrine
Mr. Emden's,Pantaloon, Bst. beat Mr.Waddington's Sistei
to Houghton Lassi jogs. p.p. Au excellent ;act:

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2 CiC

1 , - " ' FRIDAt.
Sweepstakes of togs: each, With 201. added (the Subscribers);
Mr. r. Neale's di. h. Quiz; aged - - - r
1.41 Aibeinarle's b. It: \ ivaltii -' j
1-ugh-odds -cm Quiz; web with great 'difficulty.
Handicap Plate of Sol.--Cleats, two miles, 12.1 rods.,
Mr. .L'ake's b.-hi, Watery, 5 yrs old, Bst, 810. - i 2 1
Mr. Croft's b. e. Ploughboy, 3 yrsold4 a feather z t z
Several uthers started.-4 pan:Wady fine race, and won
by jockeyship. •

Covent Garden Theatre closed last' might with the
Comedy of The Busy Body, and the Farce of T/u
Poor Soldier. It was what is termed a Ticket-night,'
and the house was crowded... At the end of the
Play Mr. KEMBLE came. forward; and in a brief;
terse, and elegant speech expressed the.usual thanks
of the Proprietors and: Performers 'tor the liberal-
patronage which the public had shewn throughout
the season,' and promising a full exertion of these
endeavours to merit future proteakin and encourage -
meat. There seems to be no occasion for the coup
tinuance of this dull formality. The public attend
the Theatre to 'please themselves, and e,,t the last .
bight a motley crowd attend, whO perhaps have
never visited the Theatre through the,seasOn.
We had not room yesterday to notice a littlo
Musical Farce which was brought forwards for the
first time, on Thursday night, at the Flay-market
Theatre, under the tide of Catch Hint Who Can.—,
It seems to have been chiefly intended to shew the
versatility of MATHEWS ; he pdrformed the part of it •
servant, who is constantly employed in preventing
his master from being taken by the Officers 01 Jlh.'
tire, in consequence of his having' dangerously-,
wounded his rival in a duel. He is engaged also in
several whimsical attempts to deliver a letter to
the fair obje& of his master's affedions.
THEWS assumed various disguises; and acquitted
himself very ably. LISTON also is entitled to great
praise for the-humour he displayed in the chara&er
of a conceited sentinel. The Piece possesses some
:whim, but abounds with too many puns not remark-.
able for novelty.. The overture and songs do credit
to the veteran flooE, to whose younger son' the
Piece is attributed. It was very well received on.
Thursday, and was repeated lak night with unabated
success.

Lady CHARLOTTE FINdH is So much indisposed at
her apartments in St. James's Palace, that the bandl.
who, attend the Guards while relieving in the Palace-,
yard haVe not played for several mornings past, by
command of the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE.

On Tuesday evening a tremendous storm of thun-,
der and lightning, attended with incessant rain, \vat
experienced,at Doncaster, and lasted about an hour,
The flashes, which were extremely vivid and forked;
were so rapidly succeeded by the most awful peals of
'thunder as to indicate impending danger; but hap
pily we 'have not heard of any mischief being done
in the neighbourhood,

At Sheffield, the lightning struck the house cf
Mr. George Shepherd, Crooks Muor. The Clash
entered the room where Mrs. Shepherd and Miss
Barber, a visitor, were sleeping, shivered two of the
bed-posts, and tore the curtains to rags, without in.-
-juring either of the Ladies, who, in the moment of
alarm,. leapt upon the ,floor, and the bed instantly
broke down. The lightning then passed through
'several other chambers and the lower rooms of
the house, melted a bell wire, rent the plaster and
paper from the walls, and perforated a lead cistern
tilled with water, which all ran out.. The room is
which the servant girh; slept was almost the only one:
in the house that escaped.
An alarining .fire broke out, at Edinburgh, en
Monday about eleven o'clock, forenoon, in that
hous'e, near the East quay, known by the name of
MtFarlane's Land." As the building. was very
old, and mostly of wood within, the progress of the
flames was so rapid that nt:lwithstanding eterr pos-
sible exertion by the engines it soon became the
prey, of the devouring element. The adjoining
houses too were only saved by the utmost activity
from the same fate. By this 'melancholy accident
not fewer than sixteen poor families were burnt out,
to the clothes upon their backs; and some of theta
with difficulty escaped with their lives.