The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-02 00:00:00

FROM THE.FRENCII,PAPERS.

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PARIS, MAY 24.—Marshal PERIGNON, Getl=l4
FeinNo and
sIIt'CEDERER, ,who-were deputed by the
Senate to conoratulate Prince JosFra on his acces-
siOn to the 'throne of Naples and Sicily, arrived .at
BO= on the 2d instant.-,„ They were met. there
by some Aides-de-Camp, sent to meet thern:by his
Neapolitan Majesty, -,vho .was. not to make his'
Royal entry into -Naples before theloth mist. -the
Depntation Continued. their journey,for Naples on
the sth. _
The,Ambassadbr from the Sublime Porte to his
MajestY • the Emperor and 'King, arrived here on
Tiaesday.
The English Papers of the 13th mention, that the
feline, which 'had been taken, with 24 other Yes:-
sels, on the COast of Africa, by 'a French' Squadron
which had sailed from VOrient, had arrived at Wa-.•
terford,as a Cartel; and that she brings intelligence
that a reinforcement of French Troops had 'arrived at
• Senegal,, intended, as it-.Was'supposed,to make an at-.
tack upon Gored., , •
r(Sote.—The English 'do not acknowledge their
, There, are itaore.than ,t 5 French DiviSkons at
"sea; • The English will take some of them ; but ber
lore that happens there is not one of them which
will not do mischief to tied amount of somenfillions
to the trade of'Eugland. Since this Power, makes
-War for the monopoly of the world, it is its' com-
merce that we insist attack).,---.(Monitenr)., . '
11Ay i-The 'Minister of, the Marine
b?-s . had the • honour t;?, present the two Captains of
the Bui'entaiir
,ana: the Siciftsurg
.to his Majesty
both -of them were in the battle of Trafalgar. The
'Emperor said to them, " You are among the number
oflhoSewho fought-valiantly; You shall take your,
revenge one,day.' • •
The astonishment of the*public mind was consi-
derable upon hearing that the.lllarengo and the Belle
Poule were taken by an, English Ship of the Line and
a Frigate, In vain it was obje&ed that . the .English
Ship was'a three-decker, as it is a clear case that no'
English Ship alone ever • captured a French Ship ;
and-rmich less a :Ship that .had been three years. at
sea, and whose.,crew was in the best sate of,disci-
pline. Of course, it was with increased satisfac-
-tidn that the people were informed, that the first a&
•count-of this' affair, published by.the English, was
false. Admiral LiNors fell . in-with Admiral WAil-
REis's Squadron-iu the night.: he would very easily'
have gOtsrid of the London, but two other Ships of
the sine, the Adtilles and,the -Ramifies," cornin(4.up,
was compelled to strike.
PARIS,sMAY.-20.,--04.0tches received froth Ro-
chelle, of the date,of tbel sth, by _the Minister of
Marine, contain the fo;lowing,detailS,:.--
• ‘,` Yesterday at .day-bleA a.,sail appeared outside
the .Gut
."of Antioch—wind south, , with rain. At
half Past seven a signal was made for. an Enemy's
Squadron, .consistino- of six Saj of, the Line; at'
anchor, to' the ~soutriward, besides four Frigates and
three Sloops of War who Were under sail. At
eight. an EngliSlOriiate entered the 'Gut Under her
,top-sails, with a fresh breeze.. fro:n,.S.,S.'W. At
nine site.hoisted a French ensign and pendant; but
made no Signals : another Frigate and /Cutter ap-'
pared in the•distance. At- ten the advanced French
agate rues three Brigs got under way. The Eng..:
fish Frigate. having hauled down'ilie French colohrs,
and 'hoisted, her own,.madel'rarious manceuv-res, now
advancing; now retreating. ..A'number of long Shot
'were interchanged in.. this- way, until about one.
o'clock, when the two ,Frigates, crossed each other
and began to engage. The English Frigate lost her
-rnizen 'top-past, .arid made sail from the French
until about half past one, when the 'latter gave up
the chace, perceiving the other English Frigate
coming to her assistance. The three Brigs also rer.
iirned. A second'Frigate also got under way from.
the Isle; of Aix., and a third and Oath in succession,
who steered north-east in. chace of the two English
Frigates, -which had joined, and held the same
course. At half past two the Squadron of French
Frigates • left off -chace, and returned upon dif-,
. , .
ferent tacks (the two English Frigates being still
: • in sight) ; and at half past five.Oey brought up in
their old anchorage." , • ,
By a 'Decree of the Ist instant, 'the Emperor and
Icing has. apPointed 35 Commanders,. and 214
4.nights, of the Order, of the Iron' Crown.
• liinry 20.—E4is Serene Highness the Prince Arch-
chancellor of the Empire passed through Turin on
the 12th; on-his way frOm Genoa to Parrs. 'On the
s day Cardinal IVIA-unt arrived at Turin : his
Eminence is also on his journey to Paris, He dined,
on the day ofhiS arrival, with General MEsou, and
ruee a visit to the University.
TUNIS, APRIL 20.7.Fhe St. Antonio, '; d-Neapo-
litan Vessel, ANTONIO, JACONO, Master, was taken.
by some Tunisian Corsairs: The French Consul
, demanded the Vessel, the KingdOni of Naples being,
under tile special protection of France. This gave
rise to some discussion., •The Bey, however, raider-
stood. tod well. the nature of. ',l'reaties .to resist the,
application of the French Consul—he suspended the
,
:41e .ot Am The Emperor ;will never allow
th:_it,'-a;Natiekt.,-whiCh is. part •of the Federative:
S' stem; a,tic% over which one of his &others reigns,
should contimie exposed •to the robberies and exac-
. • tiotis of 'Plrxes. -

There are (5000 Neapolitan apd Sicilian, Prisoners

•
at Tunis. . j . ,
ST. YETERBURGII, APRIL 15.-014 Court, Is very,
much displeased with the possession of Cataro. So,
tar from .benning a now War with France, a part
of the Troops that _were at Corfu were ordered to:
the Bliick Sea,.and some-of them had arrived in the
Crimea., RUTFIN, Chancellor of the French
Consulate, is arrived here frodiTaris ;. and we learn'
with sa,tisfation, that the .Emperor NArot.EON has,
ordeved all the Russbn Ships to. be released. that
were detained in.the.French Ports at the beginning
of the War.
All the French Houses of Commerce established
here, which had been much, alarriaed for their pro-
perty;atre. now tranquil. ' The. Consul-General, LA-
StiS, ,authoriied to remain here ; and he has had
se‘,-eral cOnferences with our Minister for Foreign
AlThirs.—Mor?iteur.

BSRLIN, MAY, 7.—The King of Sweden has or
tiered all the llcidges upon his 'Frontiers to be de-
stroyed, and negleEts nothing. that may compel
'Prussia to carry on'the War against him. His con-
dna bt compared with
,that of the Queen of
'Naples, in the year *Seyen, when. that Kingdom began
the Wiilr alone;- but, though'sbe knew that Naples

would be exposed to the' most imminent danger, she
still hoped, by that means, to render the flame of
Waii universal, aud,:a. course, to be of essential ser-•.-
vice,to Eugland.—.llonifrur. •
• CONSTANTVtiOPLE, APP.s3. eO.---There have been-
so "inany,cAilfereAc&s betwen the• Russian Ambas
.sador and the "Ministers of the Po'de, that the
lie begin to-be alarmed with' respect to the state of
the connexion"- between these Powers. _The eic
change of Couriers still continues. -- , •
MAy r4.—ln -con§equence of the ad-
justment of' the differences between • France • and
Adstria;•the Austrian PriBonets have again proceeded
to the Irin.• Hei-e every thing is getting ready.f9r
the departure of the French Troops ; Marshal.BEa7
Tniini. has sent tWn:Couriers to DarMstadt and
Frankfort, which we have no doubt relates' to.,these
movements. : . .

FRANKFORT, MAY 18.—At /length a very consi-
,
• derable part of' the French Troops in Bavaria and
Svabia have begun their retreat to France—
soup by way, .of Strasburgh, and others
,through
'Zleujtz. The t 600 Dragoons that garrisoned Brau-
.
nau,- belonging to Prince MultAT's Corps, are on
thek way.to, Dusselclarff; though we do not hear
that Br,aujjah..lfas received any others in their room;
on,the contrary, .it is believed, that this place 'has
been, oishortly will be, given. up to Austria.
HAGUE,.MAY 27.-On theevening.of the. 25th
M. FRANKE,, ,Adjutant to Admiral VERIIEUIL,' ar-
rived here, and, without losing a thoment,repaired
-to- his, Excellency .the .Grand Pensionary, at . the
House in the Wood,' to whom lie delivered hiS dis-
patches, .probably from our Commissioners at Paris.'
We are assured., that. M. FRANKE performed the
journey in forty-one hours: Something has oc-
curred that ,may hinder the return of the Commis-
sioners this week. The hopes of Peace begin to
revive ; cannot say upon what ground. ' Every
thing remains quiet upon the Coast ;and we hear
• no more of the Invasion of England.

I ' .• , .
NAPLZS, MAY 'nel,vs from Calabria be-
comes more satisfaCtory every day. The presence
of -the-King diffuses joy and satisfaaion• through
every part of this great Province.. His Majesty has •
inetwith the most affeaing reception at everyplace.
The Clergy, the 111,agistrates, and the greates(Land,
'holders in the:Kingdom; head the Deputations 'that
are-sent by the Towns and Villages in every quarter.
Within three miles of Reggio, His Majesty was
met by a numerous Cavalcade.. The lubst distin-
guished of the inhabitants of this-place have acted
as Charriberlainsio, His Majesty-,- and twelve yoUng
men of the first families in Calabria have offered . ,
their services as Pages. An 'aged man threw himself
at his feet before a large concourse of people, saying,
Sire! May
,Heaven shower down its blessings
upon you ; assist us,and'wewill assist you, 'lf you
want soldiers, we .are ready to follow' you into
Sicily." The King seemed to be sensibly afTeaed,and
said he should remember • this reception as long as
be lived: The City, of Reggio was illuminated' in
. the. evening; and while. fire-Works were displdyed,
the military music was' heard, and continued all
night upon the sea-shore before the palace 'occupied
by His. Majesty. These brill; ant testimonies were
heard- upon the opposite
.Coast, and there is no
doubt the Sicilians' answered' them in' their secret.
Wishes. An English -Vessel was in sight all the,
time,- and almost , -Cannoti;•shot, HiS
Majesty Was on his way'frotb -Bagnaree ,to Reg.gib.,
His Majesty reviewed, the Troops under Gen. REG-
NIER, and visiting the Hospital, • he. recognized a
- French Sub-Lieutenant upon different occa-
sions, had received' thirteen. wounds4--".Witich 'is
the Worst of your-'winds:o'.' said His Majesty.--
Sire," replied the young Officer," it is that which
prevents me. front following your Majesty Over the
'water;'. pointing to Sicily. The King immediately
-promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant.
' In the audience given._ to -the Clergy, the Bishop
of Oppido observed, that the Churches in Cala-
bria had neither been rebuilt nor repaired since the -
late -Earthquakes. in 178,3 and 1755, and stood much
in need Of. the Royal munificence : he said that a
great number-of Ecclesiastics were reduced to • the
necessity of asking alms. The King answered—
" I have already made this phinfiil and humiliating
observation. I will cause all the funds assigned for
the reparation of Churches .to be .applied-to this
pious objeet—those funds which have hitherto been
unjustly misapplied. As to the Clergy, the misery in
whichithey are involved'aPpears to me to be the copse-
quence of the excessive facility with which holy orders
have been conferred: On this-account one shonld.
rather abide by the spirit,than the letter of the Coun,
cil of Trent, in securing to thoe persons who enter
into the Church.. the means 'of a decent prOvision
and this in proportion to the increase-of•-price in
all the necessaries of life since the epoch of this
Council." '
The. Archbishop and the Bishop confessed, that a
Law dictated by such a spirit as this would be both
useful and honourable to Religion ;- and requested
that his-, Majesty • would solicit the same from his
Minister of-Public Worship.
A report is circulated here, that King 14RDINA.ND
has sold..:Sjcily. to,•the. English'. It 'is long since he
ha's delivered this Island into 'their 'hands ; it is
now their businesS to 'keep it. But We Would ad-
vise 'King FERDINAND AO 'obtain payment before,
,1 hand.

•
SCHIEDAM,',MAY 23.--Six soldiers were shot on
the 14th,,inst. at Groningen, for desertion from the
batteries of .DelfszYl. , Their desertion being at-
tended by 'aggravated circumstances, every efirt for
obtaining a mitigation of punishment proved inef-
feaual. They were attended to the field of execu-
tion by the Ministe•rs of tlleir several religions.
AUGSEVRG#i _ the 12th instant.
Baron .REDw,-the- Minister of Brunswick-Lunen-
burgh at llatisbon, delivered a Note to the Diet,'
referring
,to the Declaration signed .at -Windsor on
The 20th, of April, complaining of the- condua of
his Prussian Majesty; in taking
.poswssion of the
Electorate of HanoVer, " in a manner as,hostile as
unconstitutional." His Britannic Majesty does not'.
• doubt " that his *imperial Majesty. and his Co
Estates will accord him all the succours - and
assistance which his Majesty has a right to claim
and to expects- in his quality of Elector
,of ;Bruns-
wick-Lunenburgh, against thenEtsof violence of a
State of the Empire, of which there is no example,
and ',which are destinaive of the whole Constitution,
. menacing, even the political existence of all the Co-
Estates," &c.

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A -report was-this morning circulated that another
Vi&ory had been obtained over one of the French
Squadrons now at sea but upon inquiry at the
Admiralty.we found that no intelligence of any such
event had heen received there.

Tilt Auckland Packet, with a Mail from Lis-
bon, which place she' left on the 13th ult. is
arrived at Falmouth. The Letters will be deliver-
ed in London to-morrow. The Walsingham. Packet.
with a Mail, which sailed from Falmouth 'on the
3d, arrived at LWDon on. the 13th ult. The Medi-
ator Man of "War, with the Fleet under bertonvoy,
which sailed from Cork on the 30th of Febnury,
arrived at Barbadoes on the 14th April, , 2 •

WE have this day,resumed our Extraas frarm the
Hamturglt Mail which arrived on Saturday. the
important filet- of the eyacua,tion of Cataro by the
Russians, with. respea to which -:so many contra-
dietoit reports have been .-Icirculated, is at length
ascertained beyond all doubt the. Emperor At EX.-
ANDER: in compliance with the urgent request_ of the
Cabinetof Vienna, has consented to withdraw his
Troops froth the Bocca di Cataro and the posts ad-
jacent. ,-.But there appears not to be the slightest
foundation for the assertion- whichhas been repeat-
edly made in the German Papers, that the Russians
mean 'to withdraw from Corfu and the other islands,
or in other words, to abandon all their possessions
in the Mediterranean. While Great Britain and
Russia preserve their present naval superiority, it
will beahsolutely impossible for the French to
pel the Russians by force
,from the Seven Islands,
and it would be absurd to suppose that Russia would
voluntarily resign possessions which are not- only
highly advantageous in a commercial point of view,
but which afford the means of countera&ing the pro-
pals\ which the French have formed against the Euro-
pean Provinces of Turkey. There seems as little reason
to give credit to the reports which are industriously.
circulated in the Continental Papers under French
influence, of differences having arisen between
Russia and the. Porte, and that both Powers are pre-
paring to have recourse to artits. It is much more
probable that both, these Powers will unite their
Fortes to defeat the piojeas- which BONAPARTE has
fon-Tied: and' which he does not think it necessary
to conceal, against Turkey;

The compliance of the'Emperor.ALExANDEß with
the Urgent solicitations of Austria, yespeaing 'the
evacuation of Cataro, has revived the reports in

Gernaany, of the immediate return of the French
from Bavaria and the adjacent Countries into France;
but it is not likely that BONAPARTE will withdraw his
Troops from Germany until the new Constitution
which he has._ framed for. that Empire, shall. have
been adopted. We are yet ignorant of the nature
and extent of the chatiges whiCh he means to pro
pose, but there can be .no doubt that they are
calculated to give to France a, decided influence ;
and though it is probable that he may not think,
.it necessary at present to deprive the EMPEROR of
AUSTRIA of the Title of " Head of the Empire,"

yet be will secure to himself all the power belongirig
to`that situation, under the charaEterpf Proteaor of

~<

the new, Germanic Constitution..
'An immediate change may be expeeted,in the 'Go-
vernment of SWitierland ; but whether that un-
happy Country will be united to France, or whether,
it-will be given as a separate . State to one
.of 130NA-
PA RTE. s relations or favoU'rites, is :not: known ; nor
• .. •
indeed is it of much importance either toSwitzer-

land or to Europe. The divisiOns among the Can,
tons, 'which originally led to their subjugation by
France,. have now increased to such an extent, that
BONAPARTE will easily find an, excuse for
,inter
posing his kind offices, and finallyeminating all
their` disputes.

YESTERDAY we received French and Dutch Pa-
pers, the former to.
,the 25th and the latter to the
30th ult. from which we have :made copious- ex-
traai: The Moniteur contains a Letter from St;
Petersburgh, which states, that the Court of Aussia
was. very much displeased with the possession of
Cataio, and that so far from beginning a new War
with France, a part of the Russian Troops in Corfu
were ordered home. This is merely a mpetition of the
report frequently mentioned in the German Papers,
and is not, we are convinced, entitled to the slightest

credit. Captains MAJENTHE and VILLE:um:a:IN, who
were, taken in the Battle of Trafalgar, have been
3
presenteu to BONAPARTE, and very graciously re-
ceived; and it appeal that Admiral LaNcis has not

Lie

incurred
the displeasure of his Master, artuougn
has had the misfortune to be captured. His defeat is-
attributed tothe immense superiority of the 'British
Force ; and it' is gravely asserted, i❑ the- Moniteur,
that " no English Ship alone ever captured a French
Ship I!" The same Paper asserts, that there-are now
no less-than fifteen divisions of French Ships at Sea;
it admits, indeed, 'that some of them must be taken,
but " not until they have done incalculable mischief
to British commerce." _ .

Neither the. Hamburgh Mail nor the Foreign Pa-
pers which we received yesterday contain any ac-
count of the expe&ed change's in the Governinent
of Holland, but private Letters have been received,
by a Neutral Vessel which ,arrived in the Dawns
on Saturday, which state in the most positive
manner that t 4 following is the substance' of
the new. Constitution which BONAPARTE has pre-
pared for that Country : Prince Louis is to be
King of Holland, with a 'revenue of 2,000,000
guilders ; that dignity is to. descend to his heirs male;
in failure whereof, his. successor is to be appointed
by the Emperor of the French ; but he must be a
Batavian Citizen, either by blood or birth. All Public.
Offices, except those of the Household, are to be filled
• • 1- •
,by natives. The new,bOviry2,-11 is to have' thc: 11/3-
',ointment of all. ()facers the Army, Navy, and

Colonies. , A Legislative Body, consisting of
thirty- • eight Menibers 'add -a -President, and a
Colincil of State of ail:teen persons, Without -2
President, are to be established ; the Members- of the
latter are to be chosen. by-tize King. The existing
National Debt is to be acnoi,vledged, and a Com-
mercial Treaty concluded between France and Hol-
land. This slew Constitution is not to be submitted
to the peciple for their approbation or reje&ion. It
is also added that Citizen SCHLNIMELPENNINCK is tO
. _
be offered the.situation. of President of the Legislative

WE had not room on Saturday. to enter into any
obseriratienS respeEting the opinions and declarations
expressed by Mr, Fox, the preceding night, in the
House of Commons. The sentiments, liOwever,
of such a man, and the importance of the subjects
to which they, related, demand the attention of our
Readers, and _entitle him to public respect. He
spoke with great animation and force of argument;
and, in the course of his remarks, affirmed, in the
most emphatic mariner, that it would be dis-.
gracefill for this Country to remain merely in
ari insulated state, and that its importance in the
Scale or nations' entitled it to continental connexi-
ons", which, tp, a certain
_extent,, he conceived
it to be our duty and interest to maintain. He
spoke with Much approbation of the established
system of a balance Of power, which he thought
the • policy, of all countries ought to regard, par-
ticularly after' the encroachments of France.---•
For this purpose, in his. opinion, it was necessary
that .we should much increase our Military Esta-
blishment; for though our Army was doubtless suf-
.ficient for domestic security, it -did not afford us'
power .to give any effealual assistance to other Cou-
ntries, and to make that figure on the Continent which
became our .national chara6ter. .He declared, that
however' desirable it might be to be upon good terms
with all other States, yet that it was impossible to
think of any Peace that in the slightest degree tended
to lessen- our importance, and tarnish our 'honour.

.These are sentiments which must be congenial to
every British heart; and while an Administration
is animated by such views, though the situation of
the Country may demand heavy contribution',
yet we cannot doubt that the People will cheer-
fully sustain their part, as the great objet kin
contemplation is not only the proteetion of the
Empire, and the security of that freedom, which
places Englishmen above every other people on
the face of the globe, but to enable us to main-
tain that consequence and dignity which we have
long held in the scale of Nations, and vibich we can-
not resign wittiout a fame sub Mission„ or
.torpid ne-
gligence, unworthy yi our national charaeter,:and
inconsistent with out national rights.

Saturday morning the PRINCESSES AUGUSTA and
SOPHIA, accompanied, by their usual attendants,
took an airing on horseback in Windsor Great Park.
THEIR MAJESTIES had a-Concert in the evening.

Yesterday morning HIS MAJESTY, PRINCESSES
AUGUSTA, MARY, and AMELIA, accompanied by
Count MUNSTER, Sir H. B. NEALE, &c. went to
St. George's Chapel, and beard a sermon by Dr.
NORTHEY, from the 13th chap. 2d Epistle to Corin-
thians, and 14th verse.
The ROYAL FAMILY came to town this day.
It is reported the ROYAL FAMILY do not go to
Weymouth this season. -
• WEXFORD ELECTION.—On Monday last the
numbers were—For Mr. COLCLOUGH, 1046—Mr.
ALCOCK, 816—Majority, 230.
Sir HENRY and Lady FRANCES WILSON and family
arrived on ThUrsday, from their seat in Yorkshire,
t their beautiful' place Chelsea Park, for the season.
, . The Gazette of Saturday night contains a notice
to. artificers and manufatatirers, explaining the pe-
nalties to which they are, liable in leaving this King..
•dom to fol!pw their callings in foreign counqies,
as well as to those who may be the means of en_
tiding suchlpersons away, or, in the exportation of
tools used by them.