The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-31 00:00:00

PritCOESS OF 'DEVONSHIRE.

This distinguished Ornament of the Fashiciti,
able World died on Saturday afternoon, about
four o'clock, and not yesterday morning, as stated
in most of the Public Prints. Her Grace has
been so conspicuous a charaoter since stie en-
tered into the connubial state,. that little can be
told of her with which the Public in general have
not been long acquainted. Her person was elegant,
and her face, if not strielly beautiful, was very
pleasing, interesting, and .expressive. The high
rank which she occupied, and the admiration which
she excited, naturally led her, in the early peC
of her marriage, into a career of pleasure which,
the strongest mind, in such a situation, and with
such temptations, could hardly' resist ; but if she
was gay, she never ceased to be benevolent, and
was at all tittles, a zealous patroness of unfriended
talents. Her manners were of the most elegant
kind, and she might well be held forth to the female
world as a model of easy deportment, as well as a
leader of fashion in the province of exterior deco;
ration. The poetical talents of her Grace were of
no ordinary cast. Her Poem on, the Passage •of St.
Gothard is one of the most beautiful. compositions of
the British Muse, in sentiment, tenderness,
reflec-
tion, description,.grace and energy.
Her illness-was sudden, and its 1-.7-ogress rapid.
She was at a recent Ball given by the Dutchess of,
GORDON, where she displayed her usual animation ;
but was taken ill soon after she reached home ; and,,
after varying symptoms, none of which howevet
promised a recovery, she Was so alarmingly in-
disposed for the last two or three days as to preclude
all hope. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE manifested
the utmost tenderness during the whole of her
ness, and is said to be very deeply affe&ed by her
death. The higher ranks displayed great anxiety
while her Grace remained in such a threatening
state;. and the tEINCE of WALES, in, particular,
has shewn a most friendly solicitude on the occa-
sion. As soon as he heard the melancholy tidings
of her death, he left town with emotions of severe
distress.

The Dowager Countess of SPENCER, her Grace's
mother, remained with her till nearly the last mo-
ment of her life. Her Grace was in the 49th year
of her age, and her death will throw a cloud over
the world of fashion that will not soon be dispersed.

HIGHLAND SOCIETY:.--This excellent Society
had a Meeting on Saturday last atthe Crown and
Anchor Tavern. The DUKE of SUSSEX was in the
Chair • and a large paity of Noblemen and Gentle-
men Of Scotland and this Country honoured the
Meeting with their presence. The Union and,
Scotch Pipes were employed to gratify the Com-
pany, as well as INCLEDON, TAYLOR, DIGNUM, and
other Public Performers. The day passed over with
the utmost festivity andgood humour.
THE OPERA.—The very grand ' and beautiful
Opera of La Clemenza di 'Tito, composed by MOZART,
and introduced by Mrs. BILLINGTON on her benefit,
was repeated on Saturday last. It is one of the most:
exeellent compositions ever heard in this country.
The applause of a very numerous audience was,en,
thusiastic, and was well deserved by Mrs.
TON and BRAHAN. Three of the duets were en-
cored:: --

THE THEATRE.—The Tragedy of the Earl Of
Warwick was revived at Drury:4one Theatre on Sa-
turday last. Master BETTY Was the Hero of the
piece. He played this charatier as he has played
most of his others, and was well received. Mrs.
POWELL was very successful in Nargarot.cf An jdu.
- The Comedy of The ChanCes *as represented on
Saturday last at Covent Garden 'Theatre, for the Be-
nefit of Mr. LEWIS, who had, not so good a house
as might be expected,. considering the popularity and
the merits of the A6tiir; He played Don John with
great spirit; and• was admirably supported' by Mrs.
GLOVER in the Second Constantza.
- A few days &.'0 a dealer' at the Isle of Grains, near
the Nore, bought a small chest of tea from a smug-
gler, when on opening it he found two small bags
of skin, covered with canvas, which Were filled with
gold dust. It is supposed that the chest must have
been given to the smuggler from some Indianian, in
mistake for another, and that the one in 'question
must have been intended as a private present.. The
dust is worth 5001.

A Gentleman lately complaining that he had lost
5 0001. iu five years, though he ventured no more than
51. on each stake,
.was asked by. a person in com-.
pany, how much he could have gained each time
had be been successful? " Five. Pounds," was the
answer, " Umph," a very interesting objea, truly,
but pray, Sir, .by what means did you lose this
immense ,sum Zounds, Sir, by a pair of dice,"
" Hal), had you ventured a single 51. in the present
rich Lottery, you might, in a few weeks, have
gained more than a thousand successful throws could
make you master of." There is more in this obser
vation- than half the gamesters in the'kingdom, per-
haps, ever dream of. •

SMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH 31.

This day's market afforded a good supply of prime
Beasts, and the show. of Cattle in general was mid-
dling ; Beef, Mutton, and Pork are rather dearer
than our last report ; Vel,L sold at last price, and the
trade was pretty lively. The sales in the Hayniarket
were tolerably good ; Straw and Clover have drop-
ped in price since Friday's market ; Hay fetched
last price. —The following is a correet statement of
the prices and numbers : -
To sink the Offal per stone of 81b.
Beef ss. 6d. to 6s od.—Mutton ss. &I. to 6s. od.—Veal
• 7s. 6d. to Bs. od.—Pork ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d.
Beasts 1973.,—Sheep 9870.—Calves 87.—Pigs 400.
SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET.

Hay 31. 3s. to 41. iss.—Clover 31. 15s. to 51. ss.—straw,
21. 2S. to 21. ISS.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 31„,—There are still
but scanty supplies of Wheat at this Market, and
early in the, day it fetched 'an advance of is. and 2s.
per quarter, but not so brisk afterwards ; Barley
comes likewise in but middling quantity,and nearly at
last price ; Malt has very few,buyers ; Pease and
Beaus have little variation ; • there are several fresh
arrivals of foreign Oats, this article is cheaper, except-
ing fine samples ; Flour fetches rather better prices.
W neat 44s a hosa 725 od, Beans 335. a 395 'od•
Fine ditto - , 74s a 765 od Tiel:Beans z.ts a 32s cd
Rye -, , 36s a 4os od Oats 215 a 24$ lk 23s od
Barley' - .26s a 325 6d Polind ttitto 295. a 3os od
Malt . 62s a 68s od Rape Seed - 391 - 421
White Pease .34: a 4os od Fine Fle,:r 6os a 65s od
grey ditto ;as a. 3.0 01 seconds - 5;-5 a 6a..i od

Fiott the FRENCH and BUTCH PAPERS.

Parrs, MARCH ,?3.—" By the Ist of April all
the Prenth Troops will .be put upon the Peace. Es.•
fablishment.

" 'Tye three flying camps at Alexandria, Rennes,
and PoiCtiers, are broken up,and the National Guards
that were put in requisition have been sent home
these, two 'months past.
" The Corps de Reserve under the MarShals
KELLERMAN and LEFEVRE have been broken up ;
and the Empeilor, has expressed his satisfaCtion with
the zeal of these Officers in the exercise of their
functions.

" Thus all' our Armies are to be organized upon
the Peace Establishment; and it is believed that be-
fore the end of April the majority of our Troops will
have passed the Rhine."-,(Montteur)
Flom Milan, Maich 14, we- learn that. his Ma-
jesty the ;Emperor has given orders that the Troops
in the kingdom of Italy shall be put upon the Peach
Establishment. —(Monateur)
Baron Sr. VINCENT, Major-General in the Aus-
trian service, has been presented to the Emperor,
and delivered to him a Letter froni his Sovereign.—
(Moniteur)
_ .

Marshal DUROC has given positive orders for the
Palace of Versailles to be completely evacuated by
every person who has hitherto occupied the apart-
ments ; the porters, sweepers, and a few others ex-
cepted.
It is stated that the mission of Count HAUGWITZ
has terminated; and that he .had his audience of
leaVe of the Emperor On the 23d,
.and will return
to Berlin on the .24th or 25th. It is also said,
that the fate of Swedish Ponaerania: is determined,
and that it will be very soon occupied by Prussian
Troops.
The lasfLetters from Naples state that his Impe-
rial Highness Prince Jospik was perfealy recovered
froM his slight indisposition.
The' revival of " Richard Cceur de Lion" has
strongly :-..xcited' the curiosity of the publie. All the
boxes at the Comic Opera are engaged for the two
first representations.
The Moniteur of March 21 , contains the official
Note of Baron HARDENBEna, upon which it makes
the following observations-
" The above Note was officially inserted in the
English- Papers. Is it real ?—ls it a forgery ?
These are questions to be answered by M. HAR-
,
DENBERG..

We shall • make but few observae.ons. The
first is, that it is. the practice of the Court of Prus-
sia that the Ministers write in the King's name, and
that on •this oCcasion. Vii. HARDENB/G writes in
his own name, and not in that of his Sovereign.—
The.second is, that the insult which M. HAMAN.-
BERG has offered to the Charaaer of the King of
PruSsia; in-giving reason to slipposc that he signed
the Treaty concluded atNienna before the Peace
of PreSburgh, for no other purpose .than to obtain
the facility. to deceive, cannot ;cast a stain upon the
good faith of that Prince ; and that the thought only
dishonoUrs the Minster who has the baseness to en-
.tertain it.

" That there is, in faCI, no example in the history•
of a 'Country, 'where a Government has been so
imprudent as to have such little consideration -for
its friOads, and -to sacrifice, as England does, in so
barefaced. a Manner the persons who have be-
trayed their consciences and their Sovereigns to
serve her.
" See how well M. HARDENEERG is rewarded
for having prostituted himself to the eternal Ene-
mies of the Continent. We do not doubt, that
the circumstance of his being a subject of the King
of England, and of his. having resided with his wife
for some time at the Court of London, might have
induced him to approve of this publication by the
English Government. It is true, that this Note can-
not be considered as proceeding front the King; and
England, in publishing' it, has not been_wanting in
respect' to Prussia Or her Sovereign ; but she has
given a proof in what manner she recompences those
who betray the cause of'the Continent by devoting
themselves to her despotism.
'After having read such a Note—after having
seen.it -published in all the English Papers—there is
np person who will not decide, that there is not in
Europe a man more completely dishonoured than
M. HARDENBERG. The Prussian name cannot be
disgraced, because M. HARDENBERG is' not a' Prus-
sian. The Military haVe no cause to regret, because
HARDENBERG is no Soldier. If he were; he
would knOw that the Soldiers of , FREDERIC the
GREAT fought for his political principles, but that
they were neither traitors nor perjurers.
After all these Publications of the English Go-
vernment ; after having dispatched her Squadrons
and her Troops. to the Cape of, Good Hope, and to
the West-Indies, instead, of sending them to the
assistance of her Allies,. we much doubt whether
England can long have much weight in Continental
a(fairs. Should she be excluded from it, it will not
be the fauk of France, it will be the result of her
'hutted to the Continent."

VIENNA, MAitdil 9.—The French have sent 8000
men from Carinthia to Istria, and 12,000 have
marched fir Dalmatia, and to the trOcps in the lat-
ter province it.seems 10,000 are still, to be added.

From :etnlin We learnt under the date of Feb.
23, that the Servians are preparing to storm Bel-
grade. A short time since a desperate engagement
took place near Schabtz. The Servians• made use
of a stratagem ; having placed two masked batteries
near Dubitza, and drawn the Turks under them,
they .made such a terrible discharge,' that between
3 and 400' were killed on. the spot, and the rest
thrown into confusion. Both parties are embittered
against each other to the last degree, and their inhu-
manity is carried so• far that neither children nor
aged people are spared. The Turks are said to have
giveA the first example of this cruel nature.

BERLIN, MARCH 10.--The principal objet of our.
Court in the Treaty it has concluded with France is,
to preserve the tranquillity of the North, of Ger-
many: All the.conditions of this Treaty are not yet
known. It is, however, believed, that M. Scxu-
LENBURG, who has returned to Hanover, will take
cieif posse lion, of'that Eleaorate, and that the
Cession of the.samc will he required of *the Court
of St. Jame:s's, as a necessary condition for a.general
Peace. .

OTUTGARDT, MARCH G.—They rrite from Mag 7
deburgh that-the tato of Swedish-Pomexania will be
ultimately decided by the .e.nd of this month. We

are ,assured Mak the French Troops *ill begin thc!;r
t-nrsch to that Province unless it be occupied by th;f.
Prussian Troops.

ZI:NGG, IN DALHA/TIA, Fin. e.—Three thousan i
Troops entered our city yesterday about
noon,' accompanied by Turkish music. This is th?
first column of nine thousand men destined to take
possession of Dalmatia. This morning the same.
Troops began their march to Stochat, Gospich,
chin, and Zara. These Troops were to have ern- ,
barked at Trieste, and to have gone to Dalmatia by
sea; but the Russian and Neapolitan Ctuizers belthe
that Port compelled them to go by land.

, FLORENCE, MARCH 4.—The French have taken
possession of the superb Palace of Farnese, at Rome,
belonging to the King of NAPLES; and the arniscf
NAPOLEON have been subStituted for those of FER-
DINAND.

NAPLES, MARCH 2.-=-General MASSENA has left
this city to reconnoitre Gaeta. A great 'number of
cannon and mortars have been sent off to he used
in the siege of that place, of which General LA- ,
CO.UR'iS to have the command. It is evident that
some desperate plots still subsist, with the view of
exciting ,tuMult; sedition, and assassination.
HAMBURGI!, MARCH 12.—According to the Last
letters from St. Petersburgh, the Negotiations with
which. the Duke of BRUNSWICK is entrusted will
not fail in fixing the fate of the North of Germany.
.The reception which his Highness has experienced •
at St. Petersburgh confirms the opinion generally
formed as to the result of his mission. The Emperor
ALEXANDER has presented him with a very valuable
pelisse made of the skin of a_zibelin.
It appears that the Duke of BRUNSWICK is per-
sonally interested, .both as Sovereign and Negoci-
ator, in the Treaties for establishing a new division
.of the Circle of Westphalia. It is expet9ed, that
the Principalities of Brunswick and Wolfenbuttle
will be united to the Prussian Monarchy ; and that
the Duke will be indemnified by a part of Munster,
East Friesland, and the Duelly of Oldenburgh. It
is added, that this new State *ill form the Eledtorate
of Westphalia, of which the Duke is to take the
title of Eletor.

FRANKFORT, MARCH iii.--We are assured that
French and. Prussian Conimissaries are to meet in
our neighbourhood, to adjust the demarcation of the
limits between the neighbouring States which are
to take a new form. The consent of Austria, and
probably that of Prussia, has been obtained to these
measures ; and; it is said, the object of the Duke of
Brunswick's Mission to St. Petersburgh will deprive
England of any opportunity to disturb the tran-
quillity of the Continent in future.
• WESEL, MARCH 16.—This day, when the
French General of Bngade, BEAUMONT, was with
the Prussian Commissaries appointed to superintend
the Cession of the City and the Fortress, it was re-
presented to him, that the advice relative to the
evacuation, fixed by
,the Second Article of the
Treaty, had .been so long. in coming to their know-
ledge, that time would not admit of the necessary
arrangements ; and, therefore, instead of the whole
of the Garrison marching out on the Isth, they re-
quired three days, viz..tlie 18th, the 24.5 t, • and the
241 h. M. BEAUMONT, however dispos&l to do every
thing in .his power to accommo:late the Com-
missaries, declared, that his own personal responsi-
bility would not permit him- to allow, of the least
deviation from the letter of the Treaty,' which sti-
pulated for the march of the wholeof the Garrison,
in three divisions, on 'the 18th, and their 'canton-
ment; in. the ,neighbouring Country till the 24th.
The CoMmisSaries then gave ,tip the point, and
the evacuation was ordered for the 18th accord-
ingly.

The Prussian COmmissaty, in remitting the Dutchy
of Cleves into the hands of the 'French Com-
mandant, declared it was the intention of his Prus-
sian Majesty to enter into : a Treaty with the new
Sovereign of Cleves, in order that the property of his
faithful. suhjeas, and those of the neighbouring.
Country who remained attached to his Crown,
should be guaranteed to them upon a permanent
ground. The .Freilch General afterwards. entered
into an agreement with the Prussian Commisary
relative to some magazines, 'Scc. not comprised itt
the Treaty. - Two Officers of the Prussian Aril-
lery were employed in making an inventory • and
measures ,were taken at .the same time for the se-
curity and maintenance of the Prisoners detained in
the Citadel. .

LEMBERG, FEB. 523.—The number of Russian
Troops upon the Frontiers of Gallicia increase daily.
They expect to be joined by those that are return-
ing from Silesia by way of Brodi. The sixth Bat-
talions of all the German and Gallician 'Regi-
ments have been broke, fori the purpose of filling
others up.
HAGIJE, MARCH 25.—The Assembly of their
High Alightinesses representing the Batavian Re-
public having adjourned a short time since, have
been called upon by the Pensionary to hold an
extraordinary
_Sitting on Tuesday the Ist of April.
MILAN, MARCH 10.—Prince BORGHESE, bro-
ther-in-law to, the Emperor NAPOLEON, passed
through this capital yesterday on his way to the
South of Italy. ,
PISA, FEB. 28.—The Span7sh Troops under Ge-
neral 01.FARRIL, so long expeeted, have now ar-
rived in the Kingdom of Etruria ; they are about
six thousand strong.. The first column have marched
to Leghorn to dojcruty there; the rest.are expected to
follow. •

MUNICH, MARCH 10.—All our Army has received
orders to be in readiness to march ; it is Marshal
BERTHIER, the French Minister of' War, who has
demanded it. We are in dOubt whether political,
motives, which cannot be long concealed, may not
give us a farther accession of territory ; but it 'is
said That the Principality of Wurtzburgh may, again
change Masters ; and we know that the loss of that
Province gave much pain to all true Bavarians.

Letters froth Vicuna mention, that a-boxly of Fo-
reign Troops is to,pass through the Austrian i'rc -
vinces next Summer.

COL.OONE, MARCH 20.—Prince ;111unAT is still
here ; the reports•on that Acc'Qunt arc still -as con-
tradi6lory as ever. The passage of French and Ba-
tavian Trobps to Deutz, all -coming from Frank-
fort, is very numerous. It Was intended that the
Dutch Troops should pass the Rhine, from Deutz

to Colo,cine, to return into their own country ; but
til st cuing of the River has rendered the ineaittre
impraaipabie.

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