The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-22 00:00:00

the.Pnblic in no. les.s:a -sum, tivn,Ninety-seven Thou-
.
sand, Foirr Hrindred•and- Fifteen. Pannds.

WE- have: •renived Letters from Dubl;:n which
state, ,that in cOn-s?quence of the measures adopted
. •
by
,the Catholi4Oflreland, in chdosing- Dieg ites to
a in the..nathe of the whOle body, &c. his Grace
.the-Duke of BEDFORD has- caused it'tolbe signified
to them,• that . if they..persist in such conduct, he
shall be under the necessity of putting the Conven-
tion' AEA in foree,against them.

The following Extra.6t from the Log Book of the
American Ship Dorothea, was "yesterday put up

at LLOYD'S

‘c :Extra& from the Log-boek of the' AtueriCan
Ship Poiothea-j-4th Feb. lat. 15. 22. S.. long;,
25. W.•St:Helena E. 130 leagues, at two A.
discovered 4 Fleet t.6:tht.i N. W. which gave chase
o us ; at three the' headniost Ship .catne up with
us, arid proved to be the French Ship Patriot ; car-
ried us to the Admiral ; and after many questions
resPe aing English Convoys, ,allowed us to proceed.
They co9sisted•of-seven. Sail of the.-Line and one
Friceate., The 12.,TaOer Was informest'by ,the Officers
• of the -Flag Ship, that they sailed from Brest on the
14th .(.2f DeCeinher, consisting of eighteen Sail of
the 'Line.; that they had been reduced by different
separati9ns ; but they:would not acquaint, him at
What time, or fig:what purp*. • They had ,cap-:
tured three. English Ships; one witif Troops- on_
board.
~They deUied having Troops on board;
ail
' though the Miniral's Ship:appeared. full
of. them.
The Frenchships• were:-7-L'Eole, 74 ; Majesttc, 74 ;
• Impetueux,- 74 ; Foudroyaat, 74 ; Veteraa; 74 ;
Patriot, 74,5 Le' Castor, 74 ;
,Valeprieiines, 44 ; all
French : AdmiralsGuituAnE Sand JEr.o.kt BONA,.

If this statement be corre&, there can be no
doubt but this Squadron is destined (as we always
susp.:...aed) for the East Indies. It is satisfa6tory to
know, that before .they could reach the Cape,
that importaht Settlement was completely in our

possession.
.There is every reason to hope thatSir' RICHARD
STRACHAN will 11111-in with them, as there is little
doubt but that he is-gone to the East Indies. No
Dispatches have been received from him since the
24th of January. - .

• •
We yesterday received• American Papers to the gth
ult.- They are not of:much importance. On ,the
proposition for fort fving the American Ports, the dis-
custion wag postponed, until it was settled what course
the United' States should adopt with respea to Eu-
ropean aggressions. General MIRANDA. is certainly
gone with the romantic vieW of iwalutionising South
America.
On Sunday night their MAJESTIES had a Concert
of Music. ' • •
yesterday mnrning.the Duke. of YORK arrived at
Windsor,-,and--afterWardg,.rode on horseback with
His MAAsTy; Princesses AUGUSTA and SorinA,
atterided by. Lord Rfyeis and• Lady THySNE.,-HHer
MAJESTY and the other Princesses took an air;ng by
Langley.. • -
The Duke.of •CUMBERLAND arrived in town oh
-Sunday, from Windsor.
• ••A Meeting- of the cabinet Ministers,. with the ad-
dition of -Lords- HoLLAND and LAUDERDALE, was
-held last night,- at Mr. Toy's-house, An the 'Stable-
yard, St. James's. • •
The Earl_ of ELGIN, the. Earl of YARNOUTK, and
`Colonel ABEtCIIUMBIE, who have been detained in
Fri-tilde since the beginning of the. War, have been
permitted to return home, and, it is said, on their
parole. -Whether they have been permitted, to re-
turn borne inconsequence of a similar permission
given to Admiral VILLENELiNE,' Capt. MAJENDIE,
and others; we knew ndt.
\COOlct again- disappointed the Public laSt , night.
He was to have performed i.ll4kely, in the Ganzsster,
but did not arrive in town. BARRYMOT,E was
substitute.