The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-25 00:00:00

VOLUNTEER OFFICERS.

Mr. MANNING moved fer a List of the Names of
Volunteer o.:Ecers who had obtained a rank above
that of Captain, since
,the commencement,of the
War, stating the dates of the Commissions; and
distinguishing the rank.
The SECRETARY at WAR obsetVecl, that this list
was included in an ACdoUnt already before the house,
'but if the Hon. Gentleman wished for au abstrad
account, he had no objection.- •
The Motion was then agreed to.
The Lpfictitud was committect. Report, to.,
1:41049W1

On the Motion of Mr. Witi,Tl3inAp, an order was -
issued to the Serjeant at Arms, to give notice to the
Right Hon.
,George Tierney to attend the Trial ,
,of Lord Mel Ville on all occasions.

On the 'Motion of the SECRETARY AT WAR, the
original return of the Number of Volunteers already
printed, was ord"Ored td. be -retuned' to the- Wdr-
Office. , •

Lord St. V.incOnt's Annuity Bill waszead a,spcond

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''time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow.
The Tobacco Bill was reported, and' ordered to be
read a third time to-morrow. ' . .
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The other orders were then disposed of.—Ad-
journed.

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,the LONDON GAZETTE, April 92, 1806.

Gffice, 22, 18.)6.
Itth Regiment of Foot, General the Hight Hon. Richard
Fitzpatrick to be Colonel, vice General Grant, deceased.

Commissistis sitsitei by the Lord Linuten'ant of the County of
Caithness.
24 Battalion of Caithness Volunteers.
Captain lames-I nnes ,to be Major, vice John Campbell Su-
therland, serving in the Militia. Dated tune 25, 1805..
To be Captains—John Gordon, E.sq. vice Mackenzie, re-
signed. Dated June 25, tBos. James Henderson, Esq. vice
John Henderson, deceased. Dated as abbve. -
To be Lieutenants— Honey man Mackay, Gent, vice Mackid„
resigned. Dated April 2r, 1804. Gordon !lines, Gent. vice
Baia, resigned. Dated, May 22, 1804. Hugh Sutherland,
Gent, vice Terrence, promoted. Dated Septemtrr.a4,lBo4-
Peter Kennedy,Gent. vice M,Beeth, appainied,m the Line.
Dated December 24, 1804.
To he Ensigns—David Miller, Gent. Vice Bell, resigned.
Dated Sept. io 1804. Robert Brio, Gent.. vice Sucher-
prOmoted. Dated Sept. 2.4, 1804.

• 3d Battalion of Caithness Volunteers.
tames Calder,Gent. to be Ensign, vice Patrick Dotill Calder,
resigned. Dated December 2z, tEos.
Connsissions signed GI the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Essex-
-I;'est 4ssex. Militia.

George Webster, Gent. to be' Ensign. Dated March 5, ,t8o5"
.
1.,a1 Layton Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Davis 'to be Captain, vice Millett, re.
signed. Dated-April 3, ISA. Second Lieutenah: Thomas
Flower Ellis to be First Lieutenant, vice Davis, promoted.
Dated as above. Jesse Gregson, Gent. to be Second Lieu.
. tenant;. vice Ellis, promoted. Dated as above. William
Cotton, Gent. to be Third Lieutenant. Dated as above.
Commission in the Fileshire Miiitia, sigiied by the Lord Lieute.

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James Anderson, Gent.'tO be Ensign, vice Forbes, promoted.
Dated Feb. 25, z 85., .

Commissicni" signed 4y the L:.-rsd Lieutenant of the Counu, of
• Cornwall.:
Pendennis Artilleryrolunteers.
Quarter-Master Thomas Calley to, be Second .Lieutenant,
vice. Falck,. resigned. Dated Feb. tl, 0306., Tho. Heade,
Gent: to be Quarter-Master, vice Calley. Dated as aboye.

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SOLE\ QUIS DICERS FALSUM; A vnEAT ?

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FRIDAY, APRIL 2,25, 1806.

We have repeatedly stated it as our opinion, that
the Emperor of the French would most probably
make Overtures of Peace to our GoVernment, not
with any real pacific intentions, but 'merely with a
view to, excite efiabarrassment to our new Admini+
stration, and to create false hopes in the Coun•
try. We have good reason to believe that spe..
citic ',propositions were actually made.; but they
involved such terms as we trust would be coil-.
sidered as wholly inadmissible under any circum..
stances. The Treaty of Amiens was to be the basis;.
in addition to which, our Navy was to be reduced to
a number of Skips to be diaated by France ! ! !
'We have uniformly tiappiauded the laudable se,
crecy observed by-our -Ministers while the ►nter,
course was open between them and the French GQ-
vernment. We have reason to believe; that on the

score of present pegotiation, at least, it is now termil
nated,: and therefore the. insolent demands of .tho
Enemy ought to be no longer concealed, as their
publicity must-tend to rouse the Spirit of the Na-
tion, and produce that energy and unanimity so ne•
cessary to our safety.

Tar: length of the Debates, and the press of tern.
porary matter, have hitherto, prevented us from.
offering any observations upon the Declaration
published by Count HARPENBERG, in vindication
"of his, own eaucluat fFom the aspersions thrown "
upon it in the Moniteur." This Document places
the--condua of the Court' of Berlin in a most.
extraordinary point of view : for it appears that
Count HARIiENBERG, one of the confidential Mi-
nisteli -of His PRUSSIAN MAJESTY :(lIIIeSS he has
assorted a dire& falssehood), was totally ignorant of
the instruCtions and powers which 'were given to
Count HAuowrrz, when he' went to Vienna ; for
it cannot be supposed that Count HAUGWITZ would
venture, on, his oWn aiithority,pr without- enresi,
dire&ioris from his , Sovereign, to conclude such a
.Treaty as that which he signed on the 15th
Count' HAvowrrz's devotion to the interests of
France are 'well known, , and, it is certain that he,
:stands high in the confidence of his Sovereign ; but
we
,by no means believe that the measures which
Prussia have lately adopted, and which have thrown
that Kingdom so completely into the powerof France, ,
are the ,result merely of his advice.' There are
other confidential, advisers of his 'Prussian Majesty
who are equally as much devoted to French in-.
terests, and possess more influence than. Count
HAUGWITZ. We certainly were deceived by the pro-
fessions and by the demonstrations made by Prussia in
the latter part of last year; but it is now evident), from
the docinnents which have been laid before Parlia,
rent, and from the 'Speeches of Lord OftE../4,IyILLE
.and Mr, Vot,, that, the Prussian Cabinet never serif

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intended to give assistance to the Allied Pow-
,
e'rs ; but the hostile appearan'te towards France was
-merely assumed for the purpose ,of obtaining some
'important Concessions from WOW PARTE at that
-critical Period. The- offers of Military .Assistance
from Russia, and Of. Subsidies from England, was
'merely made use of to induce BoNAPARTE to con-
sent to the annexation of Hanover to Prussia. Of
this condu& we cannot Speak our real sentiments
without violating that decorum which ought ,to be
observed in speaking of a 'Sovereign Prince; but
while we lament the dreadful effeas which it has
produced with respe& to the general *interests and
happiness of gurope,. we' cannot regret that the
Power which has been guilty of it, so far from de-
'riving any advantage, is likely to suffer more severely
by it than any State in Europe,

Lord Howidcyesterthiy laid before the House•of
'Commons, Estimates of an increhsed allOwance to
"certain Otlitters.of the Navy, pursuant to an Order
of Council. The sum necessary for this purpose
will be voted in the Committee of Supply this day.

Yesterday Mr.. Serjeant BEST announced his in-:_
tention, in the House .of Commons, of giving up
his Bill for preventing the publication' of Ex parte
and Interlocutory 'Evidence. We are glad the
Learned Serjeant has been induced to Withdraw his
Bill, not because we do not think the objea of
line Bill a good one, but because it may be ob-
tained in a: great degree without an A& of Par-
liament. The multiplication of MIS of Parlia-
ment, unless required by absolute necessity, is.

a .serious in this case there certainly is no

such necessity, because the praEtice complained of,
• at least one part of it, which we consider as the
most objeEtionable, viz. the publication of interlo-
cutory proceedings in Courts of Law, may be pre-
vented without the interference of the Legislature.

THE following Paragraph is extra&ed from the
Cork Mercantile Chronicle of the 18th. instant :
Lieut. BotHwELL, of the
_Earl Spencer .hired Armed
Cutter, which arrived in Cove' yesterday, fell in with an
Armed homeward-bound West Indiaman. from Jamaica,
which infotmed him; that before she sailed Admiral Sir I. T.
DucKwoaTu had proceeded against an Enemy's Squadron,
consisting of five• Sail of the Line, which he had been inform-
ed were at anchor under a Battery at Aguira, on the Coast of
Cuba. The gallant Admiral had. with him nine Sail of the
,Line including two of the-Prizes which he had, captured,
which had been refitted, and were manned with tsoo Seamen,
Volunteers from the Island and the Shipping, who under-
took the service with enthusiasm.---The Ship which com-
'lnunicated the intelligence to Lieut. BOTHtvELL had con-
tributed s; Of that number."

It likewise adds, that this Squadron was under
.the command ofJEaoME
-0. _ BONAiARTE. This account
differs very materially, from the one which was re-
ceived, at LLOYD'S on Wednesday:

We yesterday received New-York Papers to the
13th nit. bin they do not contain any thing of im-
portant public interest. A letter from that
dated March 5, says—" The Distriet Judge conti-
nued yesterday the examination of four persons more
who had sold ammunition for tyre expedition of the
Leander. Mr. S. G. OGDEN declares now that her
destination is the Coast of Caraccas, probably to the
Port of Coro ; but that, upon this head, the Ad-
ministration must be very well informed, by a let-
ter which General MIRANDA wrote to Mr. M—N,
in -Washington, nine days before he sailed."
At teil o'clock on Wednesday night 'a Messenger
arrived at the Irish Treasury with Dispatches from
the Castle of Dublin. •

An Admiralty Messenger was sent off to Ireland •
yesterdby Morning with Dispatches to his Grace the
Duke of BEDFORD, the Lord Lieutenant •
.The Anniversary of the Tutelar Saint of Ireland-,
the celebration of which was postponed till Thursday
last, took place on that day, and constituted one of
the most splendid. Entertainments of the kind ever
known in the City of atbliti. A prodigious. crowd
of spe&ators occupied all the aN'enues to the Castle at
a vel early hour. A very numerous and dignified
:Company. attended; and the 'whole was animated:,
and embellished by 'a large assemblage .of elegant
anti beautiful Ladies: Dancing took place long be-,
fore supper, and was kept up with the utmost
gaiety and spirit. The supper was fully correspon
dent with the rest of the magnificent circumstances
which marked f his'national Celebration. The Noble
Viceroy and his charming, Consort appeared in
Irish- matrifaEture, and the whole of the. Company
irnit..3ted their patriotic example. Nothing oc-
curred that could interrupt the generallestivity, and
every thing contributed to augment it. , •
Measures have already been taken for the reduc-
tion of the Cavalry. The following is a Copy•of a
Circular Letter addressed on this subjee't to the Colo?,
,mels'comnianding the several Regiments of Cavalry :

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" I have the honour to acquaint you, that His Majesty
has peeri pteasd to direct that the Regiment under yoUr com-
mand, shail be placed on,ti ie establishment of Ten Troops, of
So rack and tile each, agree..-thly !to the particulars stated in the
margin, and that such Commissioned and Non-Commission-
ed Officers above the number specified; as are now actually
on t;;e strength on the Corps,. shall be.continued as Supernu-
meraries until -rite vacancies occur into which they are to tall.
Sur h Cornetoies as-are 110 W vacant in consequence of the late
augmentation, are to continue . so, until the Supernumerary-
Lieutenants become efief.etive. The establishment above no-
- . tilted is tote consttlered from the 25th of Dec. last inclusive.
Particulats in the inargin.--t Colonel,. i Lieutenant-Colo-
nel, 2 Majors, to Captains, TO Lieutenants, to Cornets,
p'aym'aster, t Adjutant, -t Surgeon, 2 Assistant Surgeons,' a
Veterinary Surgeon, to Quarter-Masters, .t'Serjeant-Major,
• r Serjeant Sadler, ArrhoMer, t Pity. master, and
go Serjeants.
" Rank and Fir.!.--=Corporals, 40-• Trumpeters, to ;
Pri-
_ vates,r7so.-Total Rank and File,
-A Court of Courllnon Council was held yesterday
at Guildhall, for executing the - con-I:Ty:ince to-. the
Trustees for the inteaded"Lottery of.the Property at
Snowhill and Temple-Bar ; but which, on account
of the non-attendanceut some.of the proprietors Was
put Off until this day. '
• The Riga, Literary Journal of lagt month states,
that the Emrr.aott 'of •Russi.A has Ordered an.Encr.
lish Work, intitled The Slret History of the Court
-and.!catinca of St. Cloud, to translatCd into the
Russian and Polish langv.ages.
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