The Sun.
London, England, 1809-04-24 00:00:00

`PIICIM THE ROTTERDAM COURANT Of Arras. 20.
'‘,TariS letters of fhe 16th April assure us that
heitillties have begnn.
"• .4cecirding. to accounts received by the tele-
graph, their Majesties arrived at Strasburgh on the
15th, at five in the morning."
FRANKFORT, AraiL g.--The Prince Primete set
out on the 511) (rent this town for Aschatfenburg.
Ilk object is to Make visit to the Grand Duke and
Duchess of Hesse..
The instils oft he. troops towards the Danube con.
times without interruption.- Every where the great.
est preparations are making for war.
The battalion which was formed at Wisbaden, of
the contingents of the several Confederated Princes,
is ready to march. It is thought it will immediately
let out for Wurtzburg.
The corps of the Hessian troops which were at
Mergenthiens and its environs, set out on the Ist of
this month, in consequence of an order from Mar-
steal Massena, poke of to match to
,Del-
According to a letter from Bayreuth, dated the 26th
of March, almost all the Austrian troops which were
in Moravia and Austrian Silesia; and the most part
of those which were in the north of Hungary, have
filed off for Bohemia. Pate of those stationed in
Higher Austria have taken the same diredion they
talk of forming two armies in Bohemia, the one to,
net as circumstances may require on the side Of
Saxony, and the other on that of the Palatinate and
Franconia. These armies are to be sustained by two
corps of reserve. 'Government has augmented the
fortifications of the town of Prague, and made it a
depot for considerable qtiantities of aminunition and
provisions, A corps of observation, composed of
'Saxon troops, has advanced towards the frontiers of,
Leuttnutt, and forms, a cordon . which extends to
;the environs of Chiumitz. All the' other Saxon
troops are concentrated near DreScien ; those which
''Yere in Litsau Lave quitted that province to join the
corps of observation or the reserve, et Dresden. A
numerous park of artillery is united in that capital.
The fort of It ouigsteiu has been put inn state Of
defence. Several regiments are on their march Irons
Poland for Saxony. All the troops, whether Saxons
. their allies, which were behind the .Vistula, in
.' Swedish Poinerania, or other parts of .the. north of
Germany, have united within a few days with those
of that kingdom. :The Prince of Pont* etorvia has
the command in chief of these troops. The French
General Moraud arrived on the.lBth instant at Dres-
dent of which place he has been appointed Com.
Mender ; to•morrow he will inspect the fortifica-
tions. .Many hundreds of workmen are employed'
'Upon them every day. The works are already gr.itttly
advanced, and intrenchments defend the town against
tit suddett attack, and it will soon be in a respect-
able state of defetice. His Highness the Prinee.of
Ponta (;orvn arrived at Dresden On the g2d instant ;
he alighted at the Palace of Bruhl, where a eutner.
nos guard of honour was given him. His Majesty
the King of Saxony is immediately expected to re-
turn from his journey to Warsaw.
Kssiovati,.Aratt. tn.—Letters from Cassel state,
that the King has appointed three military com-
missions in Cassel, Brunswick, and -Magdeburg, in
order to try all deserters who shall disturb the public
peace, wit hip 24 hours. A number of them have for
tome time infested the neighbourhood of Magde-
"o, but they are now dispersed; some haVe
been apprehended, and the rest are said to have
taken shelter iu the Austrian territory.
PARIS, APRIL t:-.-The accounts of the battles of
Ciudad Real and Middin, the result of which is
already known, are inserted in the 411eniteue of
this daY, with the following:introduaery remark :
"The King, vviin command's the French army in
Spain, reports /to the Minister of War that the
remnants of the insurgents iu the North, reinforced
3Y recruits from Audalusia, trained and commanded
°Y English Officers, had -divided into ten corps,
Under the command of General Cuesta, which had
!lurched to Altnarat ; and the 'Other, con/mended
Re
bY
alh." te Duke of Urbino, had Proceeded to Ciudad
. .
We are assured that the Duke of Montebello has
set ont front Parts for the army ofthe Rhine.
Lettets front Stiatgard of the 8111 April, says,
:lee the Emperor's full equipage, has arrived there ;
flues also Ilk:Amon the arrival of General Mathew
Dumas to review the troops. .
Thu Duke of Istria passed on the 3d int through,
Carlsruhe on his way to intia.
VIENNA, APRIL. I.—On the atilt-1i of the Coat
viers troM GalliCia, tliapiitehby Cons it Bellegarde,
n Q"unvd.:oll te was'yesterday held, which sat a
considerable lime. ' •
I,'he At'ctitlnice Charles has set out for the army, aettended by General Grunne, and his Aides-de-
Counts Colloredo atakDilmotte. The 'fol.;
owing day the Archduke 'John also left this
to join the Briny. and the.Archdolte Nta •ItsT"Pila
likewise taken his departure to assume t2le tiLnli 131)
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of: piredter General of the Ordnance of
alt trio luy_
serial artities.7-About twetittwenty 'Russian OtT
the Navy have arrived here, and the cors_veyahloccr: of
powder • and
,eticer warlike. &torts from Hungary to,
the 41iliers is continued withoUt intermission..

TThe Dutch Papers contain an. account of .the
reaty of Peace oetween this country and Turkey.
" li'dtd to cousin of twelve articles, of which the
tolluwi is the substance :
ne property which other may have in its pos..
iSieni'telOn&ing to the other, and all ships a. pri-
vate iodividthils under embargo, shall be immediately
restored,
" From the marten t of the signing of this Treaty
alttiostilities.shall cease, and the prisoners of war on
both sides shall be restored within 3t days succeed-
williout any ransom.
svlYlutu.al accommodation, in regard to commerce,
'°•bel afforded in its fullest extent—the.tariff at Con-
staniinople,to remain as it is.
The I ttli'Article says, that " es it has hen at all
ljulta rotbidden to ships of. war to enter the Canal
of Constantinople„ viz. lhe'Strait of the Pardanelfs,
or that 01' flit: Bleck 4ea. and 03 that'ancient rule of
1114 (3ttotUan Eittp. ire kniist be -henceforward observed
-prece-by.all Powers, what sue veti- the lir
lish Court promise totonfortn.to this prineiple."