The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-09 00:00:00

FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS.

NArt:Rs, Fen.lilies were resnmed in
Lot i in the course of the last mouth.. We have
110' et; how Aa.ir, received the full particulars of the
occortances, but Whht we have. already learned is
soli-it:lent to slew that the result has been highly
glorious and advantageous to the, artus:ul France
• it, `•
and ~f our Sovereign.. The English eNpeOirigjoon
to be attacked in Sicily,. appear to have made an
ctfiirt Jiy,ititt to remove the theatre-of the war to Ca-
This effort has; however, proved very fatal
to tletin. The following. is -what our Moniteur has
already published on this soble6t :—" In the night.
between th%26t6 and 27th of January 'a corps of
about 600 men, partly,Englishand partly .banditti,
who we're landed at carenoillo and Gio-
vanni, attacked a ,poSt which was 'merely 'defended
by it company of Voltigeurs of the!,,',', regiment,
and 20 Jager; of the 9th regiment. Capt._ laytioN,
who coitimmded this post, defeated the enemy, put
them -to rind pursued: them to the sea.' Part
eadeavoured to regain their vessels by Swimming;
the remaineler were made prisonerS: '
" Un the anti), Thur of the Enerny's Gun-boats
and two Transports were attacked at Porteeello by a'
Coiormy of Voltigenrs of the first regiment,. and
some Grena.iers of the ti,.id; our brave troops, in
spite of the Falemy's tire, rushed into the-sea, board,
ed the Vessels under a shower of bullets, and made
tocliwielvei.,i. wasters of them. The firing having ex-
cited observation, some English Ships of , War.put
out from Messina to assist the Gun-boats.. A brig
of guns run in so clese to Portecello, that she
got. igrouticl the coast. This vessel also fell into
our hands, after a defence of -tot'() daysiduring which
her Captain was killed, and tilt:lieutenant woended.
" On the .Ist of. Feb:our trobpsfilade themselves
masters of Reggio, which the ceetnybad surrounded
with entrettehMeats. The forcsarrendeted on the
2d. On this.necasion we took ottO prisoners, and 14
pieces of cannoiC -
Nig NICE, I''r:t it ARY.7-ACCOrdll),g tqagcptlllts from
IstrOti port Pirans),.3 IlusSian ships and some
transports were Still there. They .were to come to
this peen, but we know wit wlu-therthey are includ-
ed in the huge squadron whitil,f,„arft;,edhere two
days alo. ,
Pots, Fsa. :23.—The destination Of the present
kingdom of Etruria is not 'determined on, or at least
not yet made public. in the
,mean time, that cowl-
try experiences the advantages of,the: immediate
Government .of !his Majesty the Einperor. On. the
loth his Majesty issued decree of the highest,im--
tauce for'that beautiful distrid Italy, accord,
'log to which the code N'AroLsol4''is'•to be irtnna.
diaroly proclOimed, and is to ha4e the force otlais.v.
in Etriiria trop the Ist of May next. The seine
decree regulates - the or-gni zat ion of the different
civil, and criminal COthl3. 415 the Ministers who
sign treaties.r)f peace, or. other conventions, usually
ItlzklVe Cottil;,inioitts from, the Contraaing Priilecs,
lies Nbje,ty the Loiperur has, in pursuance of this
custom, .presented the 111.1Rsi3t1 Prince- Limtallotql,
who, in (be name of his Master, signed the Treaty
of Tilsit, with an elegant service of, Freud) puree-
tine. This present has been forwarded within
these few (keys to Prince I...saa,Notli,. who is appoint-
trd by his 144,veleigo Clovernor of St. Petersburgo.
We understand that the Arabian horses, winch the
Grand, Seignior, has sent to the .Emperor, have al.
ready arrived at Strasburg!), and were -to proceed on
their journey to this. city.on 21s1. or lid.
HANOVER, FEB; 19.—A considerable part of the
French forces remaining in Germany are now can-
tonel upon the territory of this 'Eletitomite.. Their
destination will depend upon the part which the-Ent-
peror NA43OI,KON shall take in 'the' events-of the.
North of Europe. Generals*. SuLeton, CLL-.
/WENT, and DEUELLE, arriveditin the tith -nt Hann-
ver,'dna next day proceededto 'their several posts at'
Celle, Nieuburgh, and Verden. ~;.This exhausted
country is still in arrear in the 'payment of the last
war contribution, and a deputation has an that ac-•
count been sent to M. DARU, the Intendant Gene.
ral. Besides this contribution; 1300 •horses are yet
to:bedeliveredtnr the Me of the army. The 'de-
malition of the fortress of Hameln, which is prose-
cuted with increasing zeal, affordsus at least this
consolation, that military operations will not in fu-
ture be carried on in our country, for the pUrpose of
besieging that place. A considerable number of
labourers are already busy in destroying the worksl
and idooo more are to be employed, in order to ac.;
coinplish the destruetion us soon as possible.
Hostig, Matten I.—Letters from Brest, dated
the 20th ult. state, that in the storm of the :12th, a
brig, supposed to hatie been an English transport.,
was wrecked between Westsand and Conquer, And
that all on board perished.—On the 19th an English
ship was brought. into Dieppe, a prize to Le. Grand
- Napoiedli privateer-1 of nonlogne. She ii.latlen with"
butter, pork, and salt bog, from Ireland, and het
cargo is supposed to be worth Wo,o,oo.francs.

Brim; ArA. HIT. has adopted a vary exWnsive plat)
for the improvnrucnt of Faris :—amongst other oh-
leas, all the streets between the Carousel and the.
Louvre are to be pulled doWn, and another gallery,
correspondiog with the plfery of the ',mare, to be
wino with an open arcade,. leaving in the front of
t l'huilleries.a parade sufficiently large to exercise
au aruty of I 00,000 men. Another new bridze is
nnillinp, over the Seine,, from the middle of the
champs de Mars, and several new tbuntains are
erdeting, and the new National Monument in tlie
rometry,of the Magdalens," and the triumphal arch
in the Thuilleries, cominemouttive of the victories
rif NA PO 1.A.01.1,: are prosecuting with activity. The-
ollirr national works going forward are a column
1:50 feet high,. in the Place tie Vendome, to the ho.
p;our of the French arcuti,. with. 'an avenue to. the
I.3onlev:tris; a 'wartial temple on the Boulevards Sr.
to contain the statues of the different Ge.
;,u..rolc.who have distinguished themselves) on platna
the names 01 all the ()Ulcers and men who.
to battle are to
_be displayed and on plates of
itiver, the names of those who survived thoSe
a temple. to,,Vietory.'in the barriere of the
1.4m1,4 I.4;iyawes, immenie tuaanitnde, a new
,dt? to the Legislative Pala, c; the-Pantheon ;of, St.
L;,..Nntricve ; the Quay- of which is to
t,iceu with a kiazza ; anti the Column of Rostock. I

Fran? the LONDON GAZETTE, Macch

Cr ou n-Office, March 8, 1808.

MEMBERS ERTURNED TO SERVE•IN THE, PRESENT
rAIiLIAMSNT, '
County of Westmeath—The Hon. Hermlei Robert Paken •
. ham, of Pakeultain Hall, in the said County of West-
meath, in the room of William Smith, Esq. who, since
his eledion for the said Cotinty, hash afeeptcd the Office
• of His Majesty's Escheator of Munster.
Borough of Ennis William Fitzgerald, Esq. of the Borough
of Ennis and of Inchieronan,- in the reoin of the Right
Hon. James Fitzgerald, who, slim, his eletlion for the
said Borough, hath accepted the Ot;ice of His Majesty's
Escheator-of the Province of Munster.

War-Office, Mara. 8, 1808. '
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards, Alex. Strachan, cent. to
be Cornet by purchase. Assistant-Surgeon lOint Dwyer,
from,the Both Foot, to he Assistant-Surgeon, rice Callow,
appointed to the Bth Light Dragoons.
7th Regiment of Light Dragoons, lohnlienry Robeck, Gent.
to he Cornet, ity purchase, vice IVlicklethwayte, promoted.
Bth Ditto, Assistant-Surgeon Geo. M. Callow; from the -61 h
Dragoon Guattli, to be Assistant. Surgeon, vice _Enright,
• promoted 'in the 3sth Foot.
oth Ditto, Distrid Surgeon Wallace to be Surgeon, vice
Jordan, appointed SUrgeon to the Forces,
13th Ditto, Cornet Frederick Geale, from the r7th Light
Dragnons' to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crompton,
appointed to the ad Life Guards.
15th Ditto, Captain Alex. Gordon, from the 3d West India
Regiment, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Coore, who ex-
cliang,cs. • _ _ _

17th Ditto, Cornet'Edward Wria.on to.belieutenant, with.
. out purchase. lohn Drought, Gent. to be. Cornet, with.
ous putpliase, vice Btitler, who resigns. Serjeant.Major
William Gall to be Adjutant, with the Rank of Cornet,
vice Ritycrult, whO resigns the Adjutantcy onry.
zoth Ditto, Surgeon George C. M'Atiam, from the 35th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Taylor, appointed Surgeon to
the I;orces. •

23d Ditto, Lieutenant G. Hamilton, from the Royals, to be
Lieute4ant, vice Harvey, who exchanges.
Ist Regiment of Foot (~wards,, Claud Alexander, Gent. to
beEnsign, by,purchase, vice Wynyard promoted:
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, Charles Herbert,Gent.
to tie Ass'stain-Surgeon, vice Mackenzie, deceased.
ist Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant Bissel Harvey, from the
23d Light Dragoons; to by Lieutenant, vice Hamilton, who
exchanges..
3d Ditto, Charles Thomas Grant, Gept. to be Ensign, by
purchase' vice Daly, promoted in the 9th Foot.
7th Ditto, Ensign Robert Muter, from the:B3d Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Adderlcy, who resigns.
lath Ditto, Bohn Ahtnuty, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Bevan,
lieCOAlsect.
34th Ditto, William Wilkinson, Esq. to be Paymaster of the
ad Battalion, vice Foulerton, appointed a 13arrack. Master.
illth Ditto, Ensign David Thompson, trdrn the Szd Foot,. to
,he Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
appointed
.to the Bth West India Regiment.
loth Ditto, Freikrick Fitzgerald, Gent. to be Ensign, by put...
, chase, vice WLACIIOUSe, promoted.
'2Ol Ditto, Hospital-Mate William Daunt to be Asiistant-
. ,Surgeon..
ayth Ditto, Captain lohn Carter, from Half-pay of the late
sth Dragoons, to be Captain of a Company, vice Ballet
who exchanges. Lieutenant John Tucker ,to be Captain
of a Company, Without..porellase, vice Thomps,on, pro-
.muted. • Ensign Thomas Furnas to be Lieutenant,-vice
Tucker. E.sisign William De Bathe, from the 4th Garri-
, Son Battalion, to be Ensign, vice liurnas. Lieutenant
Carlisle Potto...k, from the South Down Militia, to be En-
sign,.vice Fury, promoted. •
ASth Ditto, Ensign Lawson Iluddlestone to be Lieutenant,

vice %Velum, deceased. Wm. Ward, Gent. to be Ensign,
vice fludaleatone. .

nth Ditto, Ensign Charles; Stanhope to be Lieutenant, %fhb-
out purchase, vice Stopford, promoted in the Sicilian Re,
ginlent. _ .

aid Captain Goodwin Purcell, from half-pay of the late
Cape Regiment, to be Captain of a Company, vice Hope
kinti, who exk;lianes. . _ .

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15111 ijitto, Assistant-Surgeon John Enright, from ,the Bth
Light Drlgoons, to be Surgeon, vice M'Adam, appointed
to the Goth Light Dragoontl•,
36th Ditto. To be Lieutenants without purchase—,Ensign
Thomas L'Estrange, vice Whittle, deceased. Ensign
Richard Barton, vice Chaloner, promoted. Ensign Gra-
ham Henry., Ensign john H. Cruice. . •
Tobe Ensigns—Ensign F., St. Clare, trom the 7th Garrison
Battalion, vice L'Estraoge. Lieoren:int W. B, Stiles, from
the West Kent Militia, vice-Barton. lames r<.irby, Gent.
vice Henry.
39th:Ditto.: Lieutenant, James Brine to be Captain of a
Company, by purchaie, vice Parke, promoted.
42d Ditto, Ma.plr form 'Farquharson to be Lieutenant-Co.
lonel, by purchase, vice Dickson, who retires. Captain
Thomas Julinstoir to be Major, vice• Farquhars n. Lieu-
tenant George Stewart to be aptain of a Centpany, vice
Johnston. Ensign Alexander lord Berridale to be Lieu.
vice Stewart. '

. .
4,ith Ditto. To be Ensigns, without purchase—James
Macpherson,. Gent. vice Connor,' promoted in the s7th
Foot. lames 'Miles Milner, Cent. vice Wilson, promot.
...ed in the 63d Foot. Henry Costly, Cent. vice Hannller,
promoted in the 7 rst Foot. _

55th Onto, Ensign Thomas G. Peacocke to be Lieutenant,
, • by purchak:e, vice Fenton, promoted.
both Ditto, William Gregory, Cent. to he Ensign, without
pirchasc, vice Schwartz, promoted in the getli Garrison
Battalion.
734 Ditto, Patrick WDougall, Gent.- to be Ensign,. vice
D. Campbell, deceased. George Fraser, Gent; to be En-
sign, without purchase, lice Reid, who resigns.
76th Ditto, John Henry:Platt Maddock., Gent. to be Ensign,
by purchase_, vice Templeton promoted. •
77th 'Ditto; Ensign John Jeffrey to be Lieutenant,. by 'pur.
chase, vice Northcote, promoted.
78tI1Ditto, Lieutenant Joseph Bethune fiO be Captain of a
Company, by purchase, vice ‘Vishart, Who retires.
gist Ditto, .Ensign Francis pints, from the Coldstream
Guards, toboCaptain of a Company, by purchase, vice
Sullivan, promoted in the 67th Foot.
Sad Ditto, William Baldoek, Gent, to be Ensign, 'without

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purchase, vice Thompson, promoted in the fifth Foot. •
S3d Ditto, I-lenty Richardson, Gent, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Muter, promoted in the 7th Foot. . .
99th Dittos William Bell, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice D;iniel, who resigns,
92d Ditto, Ensign Alexander Gordon to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase; itithard M'Dorsell, Gent. to be. Ensign,
vice Gordon. , , . . .

sild Di to, Ensign Andrew' Phut? to be Lieutenant, with.
out purghase.-
95th Ditto, Second Lieutenant lames Mercer to be First
Lieutenant, without. purchase, vice Evans, who retires.'
Thorne* SUM), Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, without
-purchase, 'vice Lyddon, promoted in the 413th Foot.
96th Ditto, Captain Thomas Kennedy, tram the Sicilian
'Regiment, to be Captain of >i Company, vice Lavicount,
.proinoted.
10 rat Ditto, William Berwick, Gent. to be Ensign, without
porchat;;.., vice Taylor, who resigns.
3,1 West livtid Regitrteist, Captain roster L. Coore. from
the 'ph Light. EirigOons, to be Captain of a -Company,
vice (i onion, who exchange*. Surgeon William
Gill, froth the 16th Fobt, to be Surgeon, vice FlOrning,
deceased.

Bth Ditto, Lieutenant Edward Irwin, from the Foot,
to be LidlitleMalt, 'without purchase.
The Sicilian Regiment. Lieut.,Cliarles Clan, from the 95th
Pout;" to •be Captain of a .Compuni, vice Kennedy, ap-
pointed, to the 96111. Foot.
4tit 3rriaon 11.ittalion, Alexander• Macfarline, Geont. to be
nsigit,' vice Pe 11.4 tile, appointed to the,27th. ,Foot.
stli Royal Veteran Battalion, Assistant-Surgeon Thomas
Nl`Credie, from the goth Foot, to be A6sistant-Surgeon,
vie F 1 reland, appointed to the slat Foot.