The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-12 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, MAY 31..

The English Merchants are now quite re-establish--
ed in their stores, the Government is settled, general
satisfaetion prevails, and the troops are in health and
spirits. The very rigid discipline established by the.
Commander in-Chief, Sir DAVID BAIRD, was at first
by no means palatable to many—now that they are,
inured to it, the good effeas of this severe discipline
is manifest, when indulgence is shewn to no Officer
nor Soldier; and Sir DAVID has become the greatest
favourite among all ranks of the civil and military.
The Officers respect him—the Soldiers almost adore
him.

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From the measures adopted by the Commandants
of Cape and Simon's Towns, intoxication, with the
',Cheap wines of the Colony, is prevented; the Gene-.
:-ral Hospital has been shut up, and Sir DAVID has
'sent home all the Doctors belonging to it. Dolor
BAILLIE, our Deputy-InSpeaor of Hospitals, it i 5
said, goes to India, as Inspeaor-General of Hospi-
tals, if Dr. JACKSON or Dr. BORLAND are not sent
-from England. They are very anxious at the Cape
to learn the success of Gen. BERESTORD'S Expedi-
tion to La Plata; he took with him that fine and fa-.
vouritellegiment the 71st Highlanders and 300 of
the St. Helena European Regiment. There was a
:report that General BERESFORD had effeaed a land-
ing at Monte Video. We are sorry to learn, that
one Ship, with Major TOTTEY, and two Companies
of the 71st, had parted convoy and was missing.-7,
The payment of the Prize-money has begun at the
Cape-. Captains get (2001. currency, as a first pay-
, ment ; but there will be at least a second and third
more payments.

EXTRACT OF A•LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF RANK,
DATED MONTELEONE, LOWER CALABRIA, JULY
14, 180 G, TO A GENTLEMAN AT PLYMOLTI-I.

" I congratulate you, my dear Friend, upon one
of the most splendid victories ev:T achieved by
the British arms. The French Army in Calabria no
longer eY.ists. The boasting and insolent REGNIER
has been completely humbled and disgraced, and.
upwards of 3000 of his troops are either killed, or are
in our possession as Prisoners of War. His mili-
tary chest has been taken, and stores of every de-
scription and .in great abundance have fallen into
hands. All this, my good Friend, has been ac-
. compiished by a British Army of not 5000 firelocks,
and with a loss of only 300 men. The battle took
place on a most extensive plain in the morning of
the 4th of July, and that day I consider as the
proudest of my life. I had the honour and 2'ratifi,
cation to command the advanced Corps of the Army,
and to commence the adieu: In my Light Infan-
try I had the most unbounded confidence, and to
them were opposed two battalions of the' :most
distinguished Corps in the French service. On both
sides the determined courage displayed was truly
heroic—little firing took place-,-both sides advanced.
vigorously at the charge, apparently with a deter-
mination to close. But when the opposing lines
'arrived within a few paces of each other, British
courage became triumphant, and panic seized , the
French line. The Enemy fled in the utmost dis-
order, and the slaughter was truly dreadful—no
breathing was allowed the fugitives—none even at-
tempted to rally—and in less than half an hour the
two battalions were only to be seen killed or wound-
ed on the field, and prisoners in our possession ;
among the latter was the General commanding the
left wing. The General Orders issued after the
battle were peculiarly gratifying,. and the 81st, the
Corps I had the honour to command, you will ob-
serve, behaved nobly. The dispatches arc about to
be closed, and I have not time to say more on this im-
portant vielory, than that I am,. with best respeas to
your family," &c.

According to the • Foreign Journals, one of the
most formidable of the bands of Calabrians is headed
by the Widow of RoDIA, a Chief, who was, • sonic
months ago, shot by the French. This body is dis-
tinguished by the name of the Band of Vengeance.

The following Inscription for a Monument ereet-
.ed at the Cape of Good Hope, to the Memory of
'the much-regretted Captain ANDREW FOSTER, was
written by a brother Officer of his own Regiment,
and forwarded to a friend in England :

" How sleep the Brave, who sink to rest
" By all their Country's wishes blest.''• -
This Tablet is erected in Memory of
ANDREW FOSTER, Esq. late Captain of Grenadiers in
His Britannic Majesty's 24th Regiment of hoot;
‘crtio was slain
Whilst nobly leading his Company into action
On the Bth j.:-;:;ary,
In his accomplishments as a Gentleman, his sincerity ma
friend, have been rarely equalled.
•As an Officer,
His gallantry is best recorded in th, bosoms of his Brother

-Soldiers, and the universal regret of the Army.

On Wednesday night the tea warehouse cellar, hi
-Gower-street, Commercial-road, belonging to the
East India Company, was broke open and robbed of
tive chests of valuable teas.

the ri?ejvcia- PAPERS.
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(FROM Tak zp.),)xiEuß.) '
ON
,11-1 E N E.:;OTI 111,9:N WITH, itUSSIA.

Peace of Frefriburgil;" the
easy tit Alliance bet weeh Prusia and France; and,
we ail; ,the moral, political, and miliwy conse-

. , . .
, ~!nce'i of the battle a Austerlitz, took away en-
...lA). fru-nn Russia the 'lower:of disturbing- the Peace
th.. Continent. This was all that concerned

'rand.

We. were waiting, with as much uncertainty as pa..-
cs7nce, to ascertain what, port the Court of Russia
old act when M:D'Ousit.ur: arrived at Vienna.
Min,Ster went to M. ROCHEFOUCAU' LD
i.I demanded passports for Paris.
t. DE LA ROC/IKFOUCAULD. waited for authority
,_rant them. He informed his Court of the de-
-the Russian Minister, and received orderS
-;.e passports immediately to M. D'Outlair„
-e. although the Emperor never intended to
‘e on the part of Russia an imperious inter,.
:0it0,.; in interests which are placed out of the
Item of her power, or in discussions foreign. to'her
~,c,i;tie.,.yet he. nevertheless desired a reconciliation
teneficial to both Powers.

• M. D'Ounsm , arrived at Paris on the 9th of
July ; he .pri:ceeded to the Minister for Foreign
Affairs ; • and alter some conversation' he exhibited
full powers, filth authorised him, in the Triost,
complete and comprehensive manner,, to negotiate,
canticle, and sign a Peace between the two Powers.
On a rer-a to this et e& being made to the Em-
peror, his Majesty appointed as his Minister Pleni-
teittilry t;.enerai CLARKE, Counsellor of State. and
Secretary to ihe Cabinet, wboni 'he authorised to
nevtiate, conclude, 'and sign, by virtue of powers
similar to those of M. D.Oußlim, a Peace with the
Emperor of Russia:

Thy Plenipotentiaries, gave themselves np 7ith
a constant and 'uninterrupted attention to the la-
bours of the Mission with which-they were charged;
and at length, after a great number of conferences,
a Peace, was signed on the 20th of July. When
the Treaty is known, all Eitrope will be of opi-
*lion, that this Peace was equally honourable to both
Fuwers. . , •

were to cease immediately, and they;
did Cease 'on the part of France. The ratificatiorisi
were id be exchanged on the t sth of August ; and
it was not doubted the exchange would take place,
it being known that she Negotiators had been for
a long time its the confidence of their respeelive
Sovereigns ; they having also negotiated according"
to precise instruEtions ; and lastly, they having
gled by virtne -of complete and positive powers,
and not as it happens in some negotiations, in which
negotiators are uncertain whether they have stiffi-
tient powers ,under the chute •sia iperati.
M. Rupptrt, however, Chancellor of the Frimgh
Consulate in. Russia, arrived on Wednesday fro. St.
PeterSburgli, and brought intelligence, m
ligence, that in con-
sequence of a change of Ministers), the result of the
suety .principles of the. Russian Government, and •Of
the extraordinary ascendancy which the English Par-
ty:hayebbtained in conseqUence of this circumstance
in the pew: Cabinet, the Treaty of the 2otl: of
,July
bas not been ratified%
Thus hostilities between France and Russia must
ke-Commence-., The men
.who preside over, the
quarrels of Nations, and who make it their sport to
.priliong or multiply the fatal periods of War, ;nd
the overthrow of: States, are quite mad. The con-
iperots of Ulm and of 'Austerlitz are still assembled
littler their colours, and near the field of their
more ritirnerthis_ and More formidable
than ever : from the nature of that organiiation
Which cannot be equalled, and which will never be
surpassed, thdy watt with impatient hope for the irn,
petits of the great soul which animates them,-
1l ors dgit~~t mdlenz, .1,
At the same-time nOthing can yet give reasoti,to
presuktie the "renewal of the Continental War. The
destiny of. States is the secret of Providence.:,)Thalq-
hap•)iness and their glory. depend upOn the.i.visdoth :
of their Rulers. .

In every event. the Emperor, as .well as the People
of France, are prepared for all chances ; and the Ar-
mies of his Imperial Majesty will be found wher-
ever it is necessary to coinbat, in order to consolidate
tranquillity and a lasting and glorious Peace. •