The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-15 00:00:00

GOTTENBV,P.GI-1 MAIL.

Extra& of a Letter from. Gottenburgh.—" The
Messengef BASSETT arrived here: yesterday froM St.
Petersburgh : he brings advice, that the Emperof of
Russia has refused,to ratify the Treaty with ,France
concluded by ‘M. D'OUBRIL."—N private Letter
from Stockholm contains the same intelligence—
with 'the addition, that a new Coalition is forming
against France, to consist of Russia, Prussia, Sweden,-
England, Saxony, Hesse, &c. If this be true, Peace
must be yet at a distauce.

F~onz the LONDON GAZETTE,
.Sept. 13, 1806.

Whitehall, Sept. 13, ,1806.

. .
The King has been pleased to nominate and ap-
point'Major-General Sir John Stuart, Knight, to be
one of the: Knights CoMpanions of the Most Ho-
nourable Order of the Bath. ".

*** In the hurry of, publishing the Extraordinary Gazette
on Friday the sth inst. the hallowing Passage,in gir lohn
Stuarts-Dispatch was omitted to he inserted, between the
Paragiaph in Page 1149, ending with the words " during
my movement," and the Paragraph beginning " After
-some loose ting."

Had. General Regnier thought proper to remain
upon his ground, the difficulties of access to him
were'Such that I could not -pWsibly have made an
impression upon him. But quitting this advantage,
and crossing the river with his entire force, he came
down to meet us upon the open plaiti-a measure:
to which he was mAoubt.encottraged by a consider-
ation of his Cavalry, an arin with which, unfortu,7.l
nately,.l waaltogether unprovided."

• BiINKPUPTS.
Robert Rawlinson, of. Liverpool, sadler, to ,surrender
to, it, and 25, at twelve, at the York Hotel, LilerPool.
Attornies, Mr. Davis, Fenwi;:k-street,-Liverpuol. ; or Mr.
' P. Battye, Chancery-lane, London.
William Austin, of 'Dins.ley,- Gloucestershire, glass-seller
and earthenware-mini to surrender Sept.' 22.; 23, and Od.
25, at eleven, at the. Lamb Inn, Dursley. Attornies,
Messrs. Strong, Still, and'Strmig, Lincoln's-Inn, London;
or Mr; Brettell, Stolid-fridge, goreerstershire • or MesSrS.
Hill and Young, Dtirsley. . r
James O'Hara, late, of Great Newport-street, -Westminster,
: Inieif-draper, to surrender Sept. 20,. 1,- and 25, at
ten, at Guiicijiall. Attornies, Messrs. Wright and Picker-
ing, Paper- buildings, Temple. .
Thomas Smith, '6l-MaWcieslq, Lancashire, tanner, to sur-
, render Sept.l4, at five, 25, and Oct, 25, at eleven, at the
Bear's Paw, Wigan, Lancashire. Attorney,. Mr. Henry
Gaskell,

;HARD HARRIS, of No. 4, Martlett-court, 13uw-street ;. anti
No. 11:3, *and ; iti-:ereildverlisyrrienis Orders I

21,1,1 L VA, Ju LA%

EXTRACT OF- A LETTER

I ca-me to relate to yoUan event of the most me-
lancholy description, and almost inw,...alleled in re-
bard. tb tire dreadful miserable -Consequences
It happened this ril:Jruiniz. A ivig,Le.n..z.: toot: t.".-e.;
and Mew up witlyan oipiosion scaroely•ever known
to be equalled ; by it .370 barrels Of gunpowder, and
above A. 600 shells and
„grenades, were bloWn
Suclh ati irnynense ,qUantitY as 40,0001b5. of gun-
powder must occasion the most dren'dful'havec and
destruaion. The hohses adjacent, in: every direc-
tion, were thrown immediately into ruins ; and
how shocking it Was tO, the inhabitants you may
easily conceive, as there.was no chance of escaping.
The .buildings .2.reall of 'stone,pf immense-thickness.
It Is calculated that a thousand persons have either
perished or are dreadfinly maimed. The principal
mutterer,' are the Maltese, who chiefly-lived•near the
_place. ::One man has lost•his wife and sixt children,
others nearly the,,same, and whole families-are
tied- together. Those who ,escaped .memenfary
death, perhaps, are shockingly disfigured and nialth.-
ed, and crawling about' in .a miserable cOnditiOn..
Fourteen artillerymen, Who were in .the,milgazine;
were of rouse blown.- to atoms. 'The band of a
Itegiment -(the -3gth) were just playing, "God Save
the kitg,". near the place—two were killed on the
spot—the whole remainder were much Wounded..
The guards on-Linty-mere-killed., .'The,magazifte.ii
situated on the side of the water, opposite the city
of Naletta—it is called Barmola. Stones were
thrown over to us, some to the distal-lee of two
miles. It was situated close to the waterside, and
the bed of the sea was so shook by it, • that it rose
..up and overflowed the banks. Two. vessels (small
ones), were sunk. Immense stones were thrown up,
which fell into the water ; others on the ships and
rigging one I saw, which fell on a vessel just ar-
rived, weighed an hundred weight. The guard-
ship, the llharas Man of War, is moored. sonie
distance in the harbour from the disastroOs place,;
but a stone fell ,upOn the q"uarter-deck; and broke:
the
.thigh of the gunner, ,who had lately arriVed.
A Mr. Woodhouse here, who, .with, his brother,
has a great wine-making concern in Sicily, has loSt
250- pipes of it,' 'worth nearly. 70001.—they were at
some little distance from the but the shock
was so great that the casks. burst.- ,
In short, it is a scene of misery, which no lan-
guage can describe The churcheewere filled with
the dead. A friend of Mine, jest come froM The
saYs," that he Was walking.ovrthem, when
he lighted on the, I,ea4 of .a woman. Her whole:
body was 'crushed fiat, and althougJl it is only a-
few hours since'th'e' general 'calamity took' place,,
her body, owing to .the intense .heat, entirely.
putrified, Nothing farther has- as yet bgen ascer-i
• tained. •

It is supposecT,..however, that the men were em-4
ployed in Cutting-away-the fusels from the shells,;
or-doing -something.. like. that, when, by some
means, a ,spark arose..
,The merchants here bave:.
begun a subscription of 201. a piece for the relief of
the poor sufferers._ A whOle town, I mal•
.say, is
destroyed.

The accident happened this morning, about .a.
quarter past six o'clock. They say there are- now
buried in the ruins 11000 barrels of gunpowder
,that
are in danger; but' I trust in God it is untrue,
for were that to blow up, it would bring.all Malta
in ruins. .

Bow-STREET.—Saturday two men, of the names-
of Pope and Maycock, in custody on, suspicion of
being concerned in the murder of Mrs. Pooley, un
derwent a private examination before Mr. GrAHAM,
for three hours.. They were examined separately..•
The result was, after each of them had been closely..
interrogated by -the Magistrate to give an account of.
themselves at the time of the above robbery and.
Murder, the man whom Rivett apprehended on.
Thursday turned evidence, and gave a full account
of the atrocious condu& of the a&ual perpetrator
of the horrid-deed. - We have heard that these two
villains entered the house of Mrs. Pooley'by a_win-
dow that communicates with a public-house which
they very much frequented. They robbed- her, of
money to the amount of nearly gol. In the ad-of
taking it froM the drawer, it is conjectured tlot Mrs.
Pooley had screamed out; and to prevent their be•
ing known; and to effed iheii- escape, they had,
murdered her. A public examination will take place
in a few days, when the whole of the evidence will
be read, and without doubt the parties committed
for Trial.

• :FORGERIES.—A gang of • forgers, ,amounting, -it is
: Supposed, to two hunc-ed., has lately ,been.sliscover,
ed.: They consisted principally of old sailors,
diers,and.their wives, who forge wilrs and power's of
deceased, soldiers and, sailors'. The gang formed
themselves into a, regular..society, and -had a presi-
. dent and secretary. The -discovery was made, in,
consequence of the secretary .and the principal man'
in the (-rano- falling'cr out and fighting: The former
Y
obtained a warrant at Union Hall-against.the• latter
for an assault. On the warrant being heard Wore
the Magistrates at Union Hall, their ffeelion.bOt
satisfying the secretary, he gaVe information of the
forgeries-at the above-Office. The information.was-
made known to the Solicitors, to the. Navy Board- and:
Chelsea• Hospital., During the last 7three weeks- he
Officers apprehended. 22, .who .have undergone exa,:,
minations, eight have been discharged for want of
evidence, and 14- 'committed. Some of them un-
derwent a. public examination before Mr. GRAHAM,
who discovered, that the Area mass of pr.7ers -pro-
duced by the Officers, found. upon them at their,
habitations, although, they purported to be docu-
ments from all parts of England and Ireland, were
all written upon paper manitfaaurecr, at the same,

'lllr:!4SArNsEtrßy, 'of Weston, has obtained:the
. •1
astonishing number of 2000 . grains lof Egyptian
wheat from two ears sown in his own garden.
The Public may now have the favourite Numbers
already bespoke in 'the present . State Lottery, by
applying at the 'Licensed Offices. It is necessary to
observe there are only 20,000 Tickets, and the
Scheme .cdiitainS- More Capital Priiel, and Less
Blanik, than thelast Lottery.—The Drawing com-
mence's. the 13th of next Month, and the First-drawn
Ticket is entitled to iif,-0001:

.h) WILLIAM AR M I GER SCRIPPS, of Snutl.).Moltonstreet, Grosvenor-square
;or the Pc,p,Jr, Letters ibr the Editor, &c..(liost-Ottid), must be addressed.. .