The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-31 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, MARCH 30.

Yesterday evening the Russian fleet, lying in
the Medway, saluted her Serene Highness the Du-
chess, of OLDENDURGH.—AdmiraV TATE, Com-
manding the Russian ships, landed this morning,
accompanied- by all the Captains of his Fleet, to
pay their personal respects to the Duchess, at'the
house of Commissioner Loan, where she slept
last night. The Duke• of CLARENCE, who slept at
Sir Tnoitas WILLIAMS'; was also present, toge-
ther with Captains_DoNNE:t,LY, KING, &C.
Several post-horses, have come from Rochester
and Sittingbourn, for the purpose of conveying
the Royal Visitors to London.—All the Captains.
have been presented to -his Royal Highness this
day. 'Five carriages belonging to the Royal Duke.
and the Princess were landed from the Jason fri-
gate, a.nd a transport is gone, up the river .with
great part of their luggage atol servants.
The Duke of CLARENCE,. the Duchess of Otnert-
ZURGH, and her Son, have inspected the Dock-,
Yard, at which- they appeared , much gratified;
they have since proceeded to the Garrison, accom-
panied by Sir TtiomAs and Lady WILLIAMS, Com-
missioner and Mrs. Lotus, •the Captains of the
Navy, the Russian Admiral, the ;Warden, the.
principal Officers of the Yard, &c. &c.
Her Serene Highness is very affable, conversing
with all around her. She wears a black hat and
.large feathers, and has an agreeable contenance.
She resides with Commissioner . and Mrs. Losa,
at whose 'house a Guard of Honour has been
mounted.—The Royal Party will leave Sheerness
to-morrow for town.

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We had yesterday advices from Geneva to the
13th instant, of a favourable character; which
mention that the French, determined on the cap-
ture of that city, bud. proceeded towards. it in
three columns by three distinct routes. Two of
these, it appears, have, from some cause une.x-
plained,not reached the place of their destination
one, indeed, which was marching by Mount Jura,
has not been heard of. The third, which was
penetrating by the Valla.is, was met by a party of
Austrians, who, it is said, were joined in great
strength by theVallaisins, and the whole division
was destroyed. •
Yesterday,. about 11 o'clock, an express reach-
ed London . from Dartford, annquncing that a
Messenger was on the road, with dispatches re-
lative to a victory obtained. by the united armies
of BL'ucllaa and SCHWARTZENBERG over BUONA-
PARTE, with a loss to the latter of 25,060 men.,
A person 'did' certainly
,arrive, not long after-
wards, in a Rochester chaise, and proceeded to-
wards. Downing-street. He was not, indeed, as
in the former fraud, dressed in a foreign uniform,
nor did he wear the white cockade; or display the
laurel; but, nevertheless, it is pretty certain, that
his, arrival was connected with the rinnottis pre-
viously excited. The Funds, whioh had been
looking downwards all the morning, immediately
experienced a momentary rise ; but this effect soon •
'ceased, when it was understood that the supposed.
Messenger had alighted at the outer door of the
Treasury, proceeded through the passage into the
Parka and there eluded further observation. Many
other absurd reports got into circulation.
The Duke .and Duchess of Yoax, the Princess •
CHARLOTTE, and a select party, met the QUEEN
and PRINCESSES at dinner at Carlton-House, on
Tuesday evening. At nine o'clock there was a
party of the.Nobility.and private • friends of the
Royal Family to tea and cards.
-Yesterday morning, about half-past. eleven
o'clock, the Princess CHARLOTTE visited her Ma=
JESTY, at the Queen's Palace.. In the evening
her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES went to York-
House to dine with the Duke and. Duchess of
YORK. The PRI,NCE REGENT, Princess CHAR-
LOTTE, the Earl and Countess of LIVERPOOL,
Lady MELVILLE, &c. were of the. party. -
The fête intended to be given in honour of the
Emperor of RussiA's Installation with the British
Order of the Garter, is likely to prove, from the
preparations already making, the most magnifi-
cent and brilliant entertainment that has been
given in England since that which vas, given to
the King of DENMARK,
.on his marriage with the
Princess MATILDA, the posthumous sister of his
present iIAJEsTY, in 1768.
The CROWN PRINCE of SWEDiN, by .his long
stay at Liege, has acquired the title of the Liege
Lord.'