The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-10 00:00:00

A A.L NEWS.

PLYmourH,J AN .8.,--Arried the Fervent
Lieut: HARE, from Gibraltar ; sailed thence the
I,Bth ult. and tias brought Dispatches from Admiral
Lord COLIdiNGW6OD, off Cadi ; left theFleat,
Sail of the Line, 21st Ult. all well. The. EtleMy*
Fleet, Which were in the Outer Road, have within
these few days retreated to the Inner Harbo=. A
Russian Qdurier is arrived in the Furveni., who is
. _ _

said to bring intelligence of an adjustment of the dif

ferences between the Turks and Itussians ; and also
of a defeat sustained by the French in Calabria;
but the .particulars have not transpired.. On her
passage spoke the Plover Sloop of War, off Scilly,
in company with a large French Cutter privateer
which she had captured.

Arrived a Spanish Lugger laden. with rosin, cap-
tuied the ./;nperieirse
It 1,%4•A11e Magnificent, of 74 Guns, and not this
Vo/ufsuOtvliiFll sailed yesterday for the Channel

Arrived the Assistance Sloop from Guernsey,
-laden With spirits, detained by the Narcissus Frigate;
thp panish Ship Alagclaling, PETERSQII, laden with
-.lion and deals from Gottenburgh, to Nante's, detained
by the. Lion Privateer ; the Danish. Sloop Patientia,
SELTH, from Bourdeaux, bound to Tonningen, laden
with brandy and wine, detained by the Happy Return
Privateer; and the Russian Ship Kaiser •Alexculder,
BitouEN, laden with masts, &c. from Rigs, bound
to Lisbon, put in by contrary winds.
Sailed the. Phoenix, of 36 guns, Capt. 11.1111? us,
fot .Portsmouth a the Dragon, of 7i guns, sail
hence to-morrow.

11:05013TH, JAN. 7,—Arrived the Danish Ship
•
gmiqu ,cum Pet), Morivßs, from Saloe, with
brandy, for. Tonningen, called here for orders ; also
the Brig Betsey, ROdElt§, with wine from London;
;he Brig Emma, BUTCEIER, from London, bound to
Gibraltar, leaky; parted with the Lisboa, Maditer-
rapean, and West India Convoy, consisting of 43.2
Sail, yesterday, off the Lizard, distant S.C. about
20 miles ; ,also arrived two French Vessels Les
Freres and Le Courrier, from Bourdeaix, with wine
and rum, prizes to the Growler dun-brig.

His Majesty's Ships Blonde, Moselle, Alnen4co?ce
Store-shitg and Snipe Tender, with the Lisbon and
Mediterr4ean Fleets, which put back last evening,
sailed again this day.

SHEERNESS, JAN. 8.--Went out of harbour the
Sea-horse of ?6 guns, Capt. STEWARD, was paid pp
to 6 Months, and will sail for Portsmouth immediat,sr
ly ; the Roebuck of 44 guns, Cape. CURREY, was
paid to-day, and will sail for Yaimouth in a feNy
days. ,

31,,1NF. IQ—Yesterday the Roebuck of 44 priso,
Capt. CURREY, was paid and sailed for Yar!

mouth.

The ,Dveence of 74 guns, came down from Lona.-
Reach and anchored at the Little Nore.

DE4L, JAN. 9.—Remain in the Downs His Ma-
jesty's Ships as per last.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Nothiqg arrived or S4ifC4

this day.

GREENOCK, JAN. M'lyEa, of the Brig
Duckworth, of this Port, who was captured' on hid
passage home: from Limerick, the 20th August,
about-8 leagues W. S. W. of Tory, by .(sq Syeith
and La Revenge French Frigates., of 40 guns each,
arrived here- yesterday. He and crew were carried
to Pampole, where Capt. M‘lvEa, and Capt. SAR-'
MON, belonging to the Ship „plginstone, of London,
were liberated by request of Capt. LA Due, of .44
Syrene. Capt. MrIvER speaks in high terms of the
very polite attention and kindness he experienced
from the French Officers. Thy crejv of the Duck....
worth, and a number.of other prisoners, were maich,,.
ed 200 leagues up the counlry.

'The Western States, WHITEAmRs, from Phila,
delphia, is-arrived' at Liverpool ; she was boarded off
Cork on the sth inst. by a 'French Brig of 16 guns.;
a Ship of 22 guns, her consort, ihetj in. sight.

Lefevre, a foreigner, was a few days
since arrested at Woklrigham, and has undergone
several examinations at the Alien Office: . From
what has transpired, it. appears, that he was. for-
merly arrested near Walmer Castle, in Kent, where
he was secretly landed from France out of a smug 7
gling boat. On Thursday a Parisian Merchant was
apprehended under 'a Warrant from the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, and underwent 4
long examination at the Alien Office. He- was of-

terwards committed to. the custody of a Messenger.
A foreigner, lately a waiter at Crabb's Hotel, at
Rotterdam, but who came to this country in the
charaeter, of a Brussels Merchant, was on Thursday
'committed to prison from Bow-street, under the
Alien Mt, for being at large without a licence. He
had run away from Gravesend, where he was landed
out of a vessel from Holland in December.

Report mentions, that ,some Lamplighters applied/
'a few days since; to the Sitting Aldermen to Sup- ,
press .the • Lottery illuminatians, on, the ground of
complaint, that their lustre put the lamps out of
countenance. The worthy Magiitrates are said to
have wisely observed-7c" that whatever tendod 'to
serve an: interest, . whether by transparenca:s, or any
otherAecorous exhibitions, which manifestly pro- ,
'noted the good of thd revenue, tniist of coarse
merit the-approbation of Goverameut, and the tea-
gi3tracy, in generall",

ST.4TE PATEIZ.

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA

AS INSERTED BY AUTHORITY IN THE GAZETTE OF

KONLGSBERC, OF THE IST or DECVSBER.

" The-battle of the 14th of Oilober, notwith-
standing the courageous efforts of his Majesty's
Artnies, has been so unfortunate for the Prussian
arms, that the road to the capital, and even to the
very heart of his Majesty's dominions, has been left
Open to the. enemy ; the king was, therefore, in-
duced to offer terms for an Armistice, of which he
had every reason, to expea a cordial acceptance on
the part of the enemy, as in the midst of the battle
he received a letter from the Emperor NAPOLEON
full of friendly expressions but to this offer of an
Armistice the door of ,acceptance was shut, unless
the 4. King consented, 'the basis of a Peace, to cer-
tain sacrifices incoOpatible with his honour and
dignity,.
" The King, who saw the full extent and magni-
'W e of the misfortunes and dangers which una-
, Voidably surrounded his faithful subleas, preferred an
itnmediate and certain tranquillity to the remote and
uncertain prospe& of the return of the fortune of
war in his favour; his Majesty, therefore, iturne.
however great they might be, as were compatible
with the interests of his Throne, and accordingly
sent the Minister of State, the Marquis Luccitzs-
syst, as early as the sth of OCtober, with ample
diplomatic powers, to the head-quarters of the Em-
peror and King NAPOLEON.
" The sacrifices which the King had agreed to,
cin receiving the first dispatches from the Marquis
business,
(to whom, in order to accelerate the
his Majesty had sent Major-General Zits-
Thow), were so adequate to the advantages which
the ene—
my by fortune of a single day, had gained,
that so early as the 30th of OtStober they were re-
'3l3e6lively acknowledged, and received as the basis
of a Treaty for Peace, by the Plenipotentiary, the
L_Grand Marshal of the Palace, Duitoc : upon this
.oasis the Peace itself was tb have been concluded
Without delay ; and the King, on his own part, took
all the necessary measures to provide that those con-
ditions of Peace should be punctually fulfilled im-
Mediately after the signing of the Preliminariei
thereof. The Emperor NAPOLEON, on the contrary,
refused to put a stop to hostilities, and allowed his
Army
not only to enjoy the advantages they al-
ready possessed, but to proceeCia acquiring-new
conquests ; and even all the priavinces of the nig
on the Oder and the Warta, destitate_of garrisons,
Were inundated with French troops; and thus these..
defenceless provinces' felt all. the horrats of. war as. .
tvell as the capital.
" At the hearl.4partersef the Zoaperbr, ere= four
days after the acteptance.of the conditions ofEeace,
a seditious Proclamation was printed,.publishegi,mrl
distributed, tending to produce'an insurreetien or.
disturbances
and rebellion among the subjeas of his
iajesty in South Prussia. Wherever the enemy's
troops could find their way, the property of the
King was taken possession of, the Royal treasures
were seized, and it was attempted to seduce- the
servants of his Majesty from their lawful allegi-
ance, and an oath was even tendered to them,
Whereby they were required to swear fealty to the

.`r Those fats created a suspicion that the Em-
P`'lor was not serious in his intention of concluding
a Peace upon the basis already understood by the
Plenipotentiaries of both nations. The unceasing,
but ineffeetual endeavours of the Plenipotentiaries of
the king mit to break off entirely the thread of COM -
ibunication between the two belligerent Powers,prov-
ed clearly to his Majesty that this suspicion was.,.vell-
grounded,—.more pat titularly as the positive decla-
rali"n, " That the Emperor, knowing the situa•
tion in which Prussia has been placed since the
unfortunate battle of the I 4th, must take advantage
of that situation fot' the conclusion of his Peace with
England and Russia," leaves no doubt remaining
with respe& to the intentions.of France.
" After this the formally concluded basis for
Peace was entirely set aside, and instead of it an
Armistice was proposed on the part of the French,
at the very moment when it. was thought that the
bags of a definitive Peace had beeif settled, and each
new advantage gained in the interim by the French,
now increased the severity of the demands made
Upon Prussia.

" After having indulged themselves in so many
illusory hopes, the Plenipotentiaries of the King at
last thought themselves justified to conclude, on
the 16th of November, the Armistice hereafter in-
' ktted verbatim, in order to put a stop to the con-
tinually increasing demands of the Enemy. This
document was accompanied by the official De-
claration of the Imperial Minister for Foreign
M.. TALLEYRAND, Prince of Benevento,
the contents of which. prove more clearly than any
;Ping that had gone betbre,.that Prussia would only
flatter herself in vain if she cherished the most dis•
tart hope of a secure or lasting Peace, notwithstand-
.the unheard of sacrifices which the Armistice im-
-I)o,ed upon her.
L'" But if the King himself had even indulged such
c- 'mile, it was no' longer in his power to fulfil those
ejliclitions in that Armistice with regard to the re-.
tyu,r4 Of the Russian Armies, because as the French
during the Negotiation had advanced even to
?istula, his Majesty was not in a situation to
S‘f)l) the march of the Russian Armies, when their
`vll frontiers -were menaced by the enemy. Thus
11° Choice was left to the King ; he was obliged to
refuse his ratification of the Armistice which the
'-/rand Marshal DUROC brought to his head-quarters
at Osterode, on the 22d of November.
" If any alternative remained, it-was one that
41plied the accomplishing of impossibilities, viz. to
Invite the Cabinets of St. James and St. Peters-
burgh to unite with his Majesty, and agree upon the.
oasis of a Negotiation with the EMperor Narolzom
for a general Peace.
" This has been done, and though there were
tutit feeble hopes of the success of such an at-
TelcTe, yet the King did not -recall. the. Marquis
RESSIN,I. from the head-quarters of the Em-
Petw and King.
Dunn the time that the King was thus ex-
sT,u'ing
Q all the .resources in hiS power to .stop the
ieddiug of human blood, he. was nevertheless bu-
__r? occupied in the bringing forward all the means
Y resistance which God. has given him.
\Airia4 the fortressts, provided vtith ample means

'of defence, sitct as time of Stettin; tuslriir,
deburgh, &c. have been delivered up to the Enemy
in a most scandalous manner by their respeetive
• Commanders ; the other fortresses of the Cot:11111:r,
particularly thoseon _the Banks of the Vistula, hairy
been now put in the best possible state edefebce,
and entrusted to the command Of brave 'zinc! 1101104-
able Officers. The rest of the marching re;gintents;
which were quartered or encamped near the ViStula
and Warta, shall he united with the numerous. well
disciplined and brave army brought to the assistatice
of the King by his true friend and faiththl Ally the
Emperor ALLKAN4MR.
" While these .united troops attack the Emmy,
a new and numerous Army, which is began to he
colle6ted, well disciplined, and equipped for 'war,
shall follow their fellow soldiers to the-field of glory.
Above all, the King relies on the support of that
people who gloriously fought the battles of the
Seven Years' War, against almost all Europe, and
Who did not despond nor waver in their allegiance
to their Monarch, even when the Capital, and the
greatest part of the Kingdom, were in the posses-
sion of the .Enemy ; his Majesty lookS with con-
fidence to the support of that people, who, upon that
occasion, in the midst
.of unheard of perils and ca-
lamities, evinced an energy and firmness which has
merited the applause df the present age, and secured
them that of future generations.
" At the present moment there are even greater!
calls upon our energies than there were at the
period of the above calamities. We now struggle
'for all that is dear and honourable to us as a na-
tion, or sacred to humanity.
.To preserve the in-
dependence and existence of the nation alone, the
King took up arms : this the I.;:tion, nay, the
whole world, -knows ; and the. Enemy will not be
able to deceive the people by the phantom of a pre-
tended coalition, of the existence of which he cannot
produce the least evidence.
" In her former struggles in the Seven Years'
War, Prussia stood alone, or at 'vast without any
material assistance from any other Power. She then
stood up against the first Powers in Europe. in the
present struggle she can reckon upon the assistance
of the powerful and magnanimous • ALEXIINDIAI)
who, with his whole strength, stands forward for the
preservation of Prussia. Prusiia in this great strug-
gle has only one interest in common with Russia—
both will stand and fall together. With such an
intimate union of both Powers in such a holy struggle
against an Enemy whose success has raised him m
such a giddy height that he knows no limits to his
Career, the issue of the struggle cannot long remain
doubtful.

" Perseverance in danger, according to the glorious
example of our forefathers, can, and will, alone lead
on to victory !"

Nete.follows. the Armistice concluded at Charlottenburgh,
on the tfith of November, !Sob, between Marquis Luc.
chr4sini and General Zastrow, on the part of PrutAa,
and Marshal Duroc, on the part of France, as given in ottr
raper of the fi I tit of Decemba..)

NOTE

O 1 Cl/ARLES MAURICE TALLEyIZAND, PRINCE OP BE-
NEVENTO, DELIVERED IN AFTER Tin: ABOVE AR-

11IISTICE WAS SIGNED.

" The Undersigned Minister for Foreign Affairs
has received hii Imperial and Royal Mesty's com-
mands to declare to their Excellencies the Marquis
LUCCHESSINI and the General VON ZAsTitow, ,Ple-
nipotentiaries of his Majesty the King of Prussia, as
follows

" Four Coalitions, of which the last has brought
on the present war, were formed against France-rail
four have been conquered: the victories willeh his
Imperial and Royal Majesty. has gained over them,
have stubjetied under his power very extensive do-
minions. Thrice. has Fran 'e, aauated by a mode-
ration unexampled in history-, determined to give
back the whole, or at least the greatest part, of her
conquests, and_ has re-established Princes upon their
thrones, without any gre.at ditninution of that power
which they had forfeited in consequence of the Em-
peror's victories.
11 Although the Emperor has thrice aeted in this
manner, yet is he willing once more to display-
his extraordinary moderation, though it might 'pro-
duce, before the lapse of ten years, even a. Fifth
Coalition.

" In the course of those continually-renewed
wars, France, Spain, and Holland, have lost their
Colonies. 'lt is natural, it is just, that those coun-
tries which, by the laws of war, have come into
the possession of the Emperor, should serve as com-
pensations for those Colonies. tut the most ma-
terial injury which the Fourth Coalition, has done to
France is, that the Portc has lost its indepeidence.
Wallachia and Mdldavia wert governed by two men
who were justly deposed by the Porte 3 but she has
been forced to reinstate .them in their dignities by
the threats of Russia.; and those coneesstonA on the.
part of the Porte may be reckoned as 36,1ual con-
quests by Russia ; if, therefore, the total indepen-
dence of the Porte ought to be a chief point to
France, his Majesty the Emperor Would lose the
greatest advantage of his victories if he were not to
obtain the guarantee of the future independence of
that Power.

His Imperial Majesty therefore cannot its the
least consent to the restoration of the conquered
territories which..the chance of arms has placed al
his power, before the .Ottoman Porte shall be re-
instated in the plenitude of all its rights over \Val-
lachia and Moldavia, and that its absolute indepen-
dence shall be recognized and guaranteed. , •
" The Undersigned has the honour to renew to
their Excellencies the Marquis LUCCHESINI and
Major-General ZASTROW the assurances of his high
consideration.

" CH. MAUR. TALI,EYRAND,
" Prince of Benevento."
" Berlin, Noveinter 16, 180(1."

The following truly noble ad took place in the
neighbourhood of Worcester a few dais ago !--7-A
Nobleman riding over one of his farms, was met
by a tenant in mourning ; and inquiring into the
-cause, was•informed that he had lost his eldest son,
whose life .was in an estate he held under his Lord,
ship. The Nobleman, after Condoling with his
tenant, passed on without further observation ; 'but,
to the surprise of the. latter, on the morrow he was
➢resented with a new lease, substituting the life of
.his youngest son, only eight years of age, for that of
the deceased-, without taking any fine for renewal or
raising the rent.