The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-18 00:00:00

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 180.

FIRE IN CHATHAM DOCK-YARD.

morning, at five o'clock, • a DragoOn arrived
t Admiralty "from Chatham, -with an account

Oat, a tiro had brOken out List night in the Dock=
11:ar1, It, was rurnonied et first that the whole of
tile iluil...lings,and stores were• destroyed, hut we are
happy to.hav: it in our power to State', that, the
clarnage.is vary incori uderibie": the fire broke out
about, iuue o'el9ck, last night, in tin out,-bouse, but
st;ee‘zlity.ekt ingbished, illci at twelvo Wdock,
Alletlate revery .thing was
perfeffly: safe. It was not known how the fire ori.
ginared:' Vint-Vie uivlerstmid, the.re is•-‘no',reason to.
tuivOse thatll Was the:e,db.4 cifdesign
Since wiktipg the, above we iiavL heard, that the
tire- ivas .occasioned by.sonio hemp being put'. to-
tlior too'gretn, whion,heated end took tire..

This morning accounts were received at the Ad-
mirdty, of tine arrival of the Cal/Gordo Frigate from.
St. Ilelena, at Plirnouth. She convoyed a Fleet of
11 or 12 Indiapen, 'from the East Inches to St.
Tlelena; from-which they sailed for 'Europe
on the •Q7th June (two 'days before the Concoide
under convoy of the 4/itedope ; so that their
°arrival in the Channel may be daily expected.

,We are extremely sorry to add, that one of the
indiamen; the Gangi4,. went down off the Cape of
`o,o'ud Elope foilunnteiy, hewever, no lives were

160".

• ~DUring her voyage home, the Conan* fell in with
a Transport returning from La Plata ; the Cap.
LOA Of which stated, that the Fleet and Troops
umkr the cdatmatiti of Admiral MURRAY and
Gen:ral CRAUFURD had arrived at Monte Video
early in June. Preparations, had immediately
Made for an attaA upon Buenos Ayres ;
an4.l we have, .very little doabt that, before
the cxpiraticin of the ,present month, we shall re-
ceil hire h ice the recapture of that place.

1,1,1 night Nri.y ittct buicii Papers reached Town,
tiro lormer to the 9; h, ant ttia latter' .-try-the 13th
;It is stated, with great confidence, that 80,
,
,N,vaAa.rn intends to march an Army into Portugal,
for the avowed.. purpose of excluding the English
• .frOm the Ports:of, that King loin. A considerable
• Its has been coliec:ted at Bayonne for that pur-
..
pese, of whirl, General Jo NOT, the Govenor of Pa-
ris 1-is to coMmAnd.- It is also stated
that (Ivneral JingOr is to be invested with a D'plo-
matie Charaeter, from whenceit his ben supposed
than BotaAPirtTe's•ohjea maybe attained by negotia-
tion, without having recourse to hostilities.
There is .strong. reason to beiteVe th'at the. Em-
por ALEXANDZII has abandoned the interests of
the King of NT.APLES, or as he is termed in the
FicnehPapers„ the Ex King FORDINANDi for it :is
stateci, that that unt4rtunate Prince has been advised
by a great I', to withdraw into Minorca. We
lciLw of fv.,lier.great Pdwer that could give such
silwice except Russia ; and after the events which
we h'ave witnessed within the last few weeks, we
we no reason to doubt the truth of this statement.
Bo seems to have stipulated that Russia
snoWd abandon all her Ailibs.

tia.ccounts were received this mornin:; from Stral-
!mod, titted the 4th instant, which state that the
,'ltch had not nude any impression upon the 'place.
T..e Swedes bad made a successful sortie, and de-
str, ycd, one of theTtenelt works,

N,%) further account reached Town this morning
the F.,%pedition un(ler Admiral GAMBIER, bUt
v. 0 !;:lie. hio doubt that in the course of the present
k we, dloil I,:ceive the :mit important and gra-
trig itst,,l;;,zynce Irmo that (platter.

evohing i:wre wai a vli,ry crowd,.,d genteel.
t)'.l',;(:!.on Win.lsor- Terrace; amotight whQin
ArChhishop of •CANTERButi family,
E 1,1 D ..ItTMotvrft, ah:t Cot.roys. Their
!NciAJ.2.s ti Ah‘.l ViitNei,“?sES walked on the Terrace
eight o'clock ; during the :time the
trindi th,, Royal Guard“lllue) with their
L:rkuni, at, I I;it.. klo4's Own lit'sginient, Staf-
playc,l tin Tiwir MAJLSTIKS retired.
inovoinrf IIN.:MA.IE3I'Y, Princes,es So,.
AU,,uiyA., and ANlV,l,tA,ACCOrtipallied h the
Lou, Me. 6 EGERIioN, Gk.tneralt HAttconaT, FIT -
Loy, CAWfWitf4;llT, ittPi elinlit'MtiNSTEß, took an
retl,rccd ,ht,A rive o

t~iLit mitt Priucess ELIZABETII tOt)ic:. an

10

"'il,lwto was no Court of Aldertnen held to-day,
b the Leto, Aat IA you, ae•vr in.:.steting the Re-
turn!, 'ordered t. 1;:, Price of I.lread
.611 td. per
Pet,k.; the Chtartern Lulu will then be
• •

The Hull Advertiser published' in a. Seeopd.Eclf-
tion, on Saturday, the telloWing intelligence, froth
the Expeditions
" After our Pape; went to press, the Wilberforce;
HoRWooD, arrived here, which 'Vessel' left. the
Sound on Wednesday sennight. From her we
learn, that on Sunday the 2d instant, Admiral GAM-
BIER'SfIeet, consisting 011,1. Sail of the Line, and
five or six Frigates, came in sight,of the Sound, and
brought-to off the -Cole; next morning they arrived-
iu Roads, and drew up in Lineof Battle, in
which position they were left 'when the Wilterfoiee
came away. No hostile operationa whatever had
taken place, not was there any likelihood of it.—
On the first appearance of the Fleet in the Cattegat,
instructions were aPplied for to the Conti Of Copen-
hagen, 'as to'the manner in which the Commander
of the.DaniSh fortress was'. to.a6t ; and in return he
was ordered not to attempt resisting their passing
the Sound. The Pritice cf lYalcs, AdMiral GAN-
ziER's Flag-ship, saluted the battery as she. passed,
Which.was returned by the Danes. The populace
seemed to be favourably disposed' .towards our
people. The mignitude of the force thus:sent into
thelial(le, and the EXVedition with which it. has
been prepared, created much astonishpnent. • •
Admiral'Essmo'rox, with eight Sail of the Line
and several Frigates, Sloops of War; Transports,
was lying in the Belt.—The Crown Prince orDen-,
niark was with the Army in Holstein and. the
p 496 I:ve'rt wholly unprepged oil t :any resist-
ance: It , was generally. supposed that our troops
would take poAsesaion of:the Island of 'Zealand ; :but
Do steps towards such a measure had beeh Adopted
when the'Vilbetforce came away.
The If:We/free passed a Meet of 70 Sail of
large transport's off the Anhait, froM the Channel;
full of troops ; 'also abogt t;o Sail of Transports off
the Lessee, under the protection of a 74 gun
Ship,
.the latter are supposed to be -that part of
the Pawn! Legion that embarked at this., place ;
likewise paised smile 'other:Ships of the Line, Fri-
gates,. and Transports, in theCattcgat and Sleeve."

Extra& of a Private 'Letter from Gottenburgh,
Aug. 10 : `.‘ Yesterday a report was in 'circulation
that. the French had entered. Holstein in considerable
force; but as nettling since has transpired to con-
firm it, little credit is given to it. The English
Fleet still continues at anchor in the Sound, and all
remains tranquil; a large fleet of 'transports pasted
-Elsineur on the 7th."
. • , t.
Yesterday morning the 13th Light; Dragoons;
having previously assembled at their several Canton-
ments, at Richmond, Putney, . Wandsworth, &c.
marched to a spot of ground on Hounslow Heath,
for the purpose °fp grand Review. On their hav-
ing fallen into line, they went through an inspection,
when their arms,, accoutrements, horses, - and clo-
thing, 'were deemed to be in excellent order. A
little after twelve, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Yoax., as Field Marshal and Commander in Chief,
with a numerous Staff of General and Field Ot&ers,
accompanied by. the Dake,of domande, 'as. Ge-
neral of the Home 'Districts and his Staff,' followed
by the Dukes of CLARENCE, KENT, SUSSEX, CUM-
BERLAND, and GLOUCESTER, Caine on the ground.
The:Duke took the command. First moving along
the well-dressed and extknded line, he took his sta-
tion in front of tlie e'ilkitre of the regiment, the
rear of the grand swims being next the Staines
Road, the rear of the regiment on the valley, at the
bottom of which is the Four Elms. "Ike Re-
view then commenced, the regiment having divided
ililo four complete squadrons, forming 'one grand
line. The other tv.i, troops were posted on the
front, rear, and wings as Skirmishers. and coverers.
Every' manoeuvre incidental to the discipline of a
rziinent 'of Light Cavalry, was performed with an
,expertness and preeision 'seldom equalled. The
charges, more particularly that of the grand line,
were not only rapid, but correct. At the close, the
thanks of the Commander in Chief were communi-
cated to the regiment,, who, after a gland salute,
were dismissed to-their quaeters. The grotind, espe-
cially the grand station, was crowded with Ladies of the
first.rank, beauty, and faShion. •A detachment oft he
I,2th Light Dragoons kept the.ground well.. Some of
the men fell on the grand charge, but
:one only Met
with a:. serious . injury. . The Officers inVited, the
Real-Dukes, and. their General Staff, to, partake
;of an elegant dinner with them at the Castle at
Richmcind, in' honour of the natal day of fheCom-
mander in Chief, They returned to their residenees
to dress, and then honoured theOtficerS with their
'company. •

Letters have been received froth
,LiSbon, which
state, .that intelligence had arrived there of the re-
capture of Buenos Ayres by our Troops. This event,
it is 'aid, took place,on the 2gth of May. There was
also a report of Lima:having been taken by a BridSh
Force, but we believe that no Eiqledition has been
sent against,,that Settlement. Lima was indeed the
original objed Of General Ca Autruan'S Expedition,
but its destination was changed to the Rivet
Madrid Gazettes to the 2atir ult. reached town yek.
terday, but they ' contained ..no • intelligence hum
Spauisb America.

We have received New York Papers to the 14th
ult.and the following are the only articles of intel-
ligence they contain. The 'assertion respe&ing
.easKucn we should regard ati,important, if the fre,
(pent inacc'.tracies and misstatements of the Ameri-
can Press did not leave sonic doubt,of its truth.

c 1102.1 THE WASHINGTON F4DEICALIST OF JULY 8.

,Mr, East( INE, the British Minister, has arrived,
declares the late aggression unanthorised, and is
about to forward'an immediate dispatch to the Bri-
tish OrTiCer commanding at Hampton.
The President has required 'the Governors of
-the di ll'crQnt States. to baie their respeelive quotas of
Militia in readiness tif March at a 'moinent's warn-H
nig. The whole number required is 100,000. The
quota of this.distrid is said to be 3000. •
" In the mime: of a very short time, bet Ween GO
and 80,G,un-bilats,., fully equipped; will be stationed
at the mostaxposed parts:of the United glaten, to re
pel any aggression that may be oirered."

Ship-lettpr was received yesterday from Memel,
of a later date than any arrived by the way, of G2t7
tenhargh or Tonningew• It state % that 2Ouo itch
elan troops had 64,10 that, town: They sire pro•
4314 pant of the-Orand. Army on their. way honie-
wards. It was by this ronte that the troops' from
the Ru.4sian capital proceeded to the late theatre of
war.