The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-18 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, MARCU 18, 180 D.

The Cab:4oa' Tonant, Mustriaia, and Beßola,
with several Frigates 'and Slocip4, tinder the con?'
ruand of Lord GAMBLER, arrived off-Rochefort on the
fit It. There isles chance of getting off the Line-of-
battle Shipiwhielt was driven on shore. One of the
Vi•gates th it went 'on shore, 'has' got orT, and is
i Calypso,- and Le Terreuse
F%ench IFrigates, are wholly destroyed.
An Aaneriem Brig from Bourdeaux bound to this
Counity, which was hoardedon the 9th 1)y the DO-
once and Valiaht then chit on the Bth it wqs
btrongly reported it Bourdeau,it that War was a6tually
declared by Austria against France, and that French
troops were marching on their way to the North.
13non,trawrta had not quitted Paris on the Bth.
Accounts front .Hollatid-of a more'recerit date than
the Dutch fapers, say, that •bestilitiet have MM.
rricncc.d against I,France, and that Russia and Prussia.
are likely to take i)alt in favour of Austria-.

The Dutch Papers, which arrived lasenight4 con-
tain an 'article respee.ing Austria., and another rela-
tive to Spain, derived froin 'the French Journal of
tho 6th and 7tlt inst. The former presents a letter,
tinid'io have beers sent from the writer of thc:olliCial
'Yikalria Paper to the +vriter ..t tne' Haintaiirgli Paper;
dated Feb. 15. it is well known that the French
are in the constant habit of fabricating letters. lo
hsetlie their purposes, but U tic,' bc aniirventioti, it
iti Ic3s rlextcroll6 tbAn usual, k)r-aCter having; givcu

one account of the disposition of the Austrian
Forees,.it proceeds to gisie an entire,conttiadinion to
what it preViotisly said respe6tink, the fete given by
the Austrian Minister at Constantinople.. In the
first account the French Journals stated that Baron'
VON &TOR NI L R gave this :file in conseciuence of the
Treaty which had been_ceeeluded between the. Ot-
toman Porte and England ; but in the article now
referred to, it is said' that the Austrian Minister gave
this entertainment. on occasion of the marriage of '
his kinsman. He had; however, given offence to the I
FrenChCijarga".-Iflitire.i by inviting the English Lega-
tion. , Pie Frencb iSilitnter,-therefore, rejeeled the •
invitation `to himself, and induced the Other foreign ,
Ministers at ConstantidoPle'to do the same. This
letter, however, though so contradictory to the for-
mer account of the fRe in question, is not inserted
without a secret meaning, which, though slightly
.i
mentioned at the close of the article that introduces
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the Vienna letter, is probably the chief reason for
inserting it, for it 'is added that a number of Rus-
sian troops , have Assembled near the frOntiers of
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Austria, more especially since M. VON ST ORMER
so openly‘threw• oflr the mask at Constantinople.
Thus the French Journal, after having stated that
what it had previously said arose from the conclu-
sion of peace between 'Pulley and England,: really
only related to a marriage, recurs -to its misrepresen-f
. teflon, for the purpose of inducing the world to be-
lieve,that Russia is disposed to ,join with France in
the War against Austria. But if Russian troops
have assembled towards the Frontiers of Austria,
may we not indulge the, Lope that the Emperor
ALEXANDER begins to be alive to his danger, and is
unwilling to wait till France, having subdued every
other'State, may find Russia an easier prey. "The
French Papers also contain an official report of the
late Movements of the. Brest Fleet, chara&erized by.
the usual falsehoods of French accounts.' The main
point of this Official'Repprt is, that Capt. TRONDE
has been able to escape with his Division, in.order
to aeomplish :the mission entrusted to him, and
this is the Division seen by the, Surveil/ante, which,
is hup poiied. to be destined to South America, in 'or-.
der to efl'ed a counter-revolution in that quarter.

The ogicial piper of Opposition,. which has often
thought proper to distinguish THE SUN as the du-
ctal paper of Government, accused us .yesterday of
having; with 4 the most'unwise and impolitic con-
fidence exulted in the acquittal" of the Duke of
Youx.- We never asserted that an acquittal had
taken- place,' and though we often expressed our re-
gret that such a disgusting subjedt was brought for-
ward,- we cautiobsly forbore to imitate the example
of most of our competitors, in prejuding the spb-
j,qa, and presuming to find the Duke guilty upon
the evidence Of thos,.l,who had notoriously come fot6
ward against his Royal Highness, from motives of
disappointMent, .malevolence, and revenge, whose
charaaers were.of the most infamous description,
'and :whose evidence was marked by the grossest
prevarications,. inconsistency, and falsehood.
Thereport Which 'was stated yesterday, relative to
the capture of seven ships of the Siaveillupte's coif-
voy from .the-firazils, is, we are happy to wider-
atm!, incorre..6l. Two, shipi separated- from the
fleet at night in thick hazy weather and a gale of
wind. One of them is known to haVe been taken,'
and no,;intelligenee has yet been 'received of the
other. rhe ,remainder of the fleet arrived safe in
Falmouth harbour on- Sunday last:
Yesterday a Couit of birecters was held at the
East India House, when Captain TIMML, of the
Taunton Ccistle, took leave previous to departing fOr
Bombay.

PArktcs.'s DAY.—Yesterday the Anniversary
of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick 'was held at
Freemason's Tavern,'* JOHN Do Tt.e in the Chair.
The company present Consisted of aboul.4oo, includ-
ing. Don. PEDUO CBVALLOS, Adpiral iTronAcA, the
Portuguese Etnbassy, Lords MOIRA, 116niz:3 Gus-
iotti), Ram:La:Fe, and 'several other :Noblemen and
Gentlemen of distinction. The toasts after dinner
were :

" The Kingg, Queen, and Royal Pamily, The Prince of
Wales, The Navy and Army, &c. &c each accompanied by
appropriate Mlles.

The contribution amounted to 1381: including
the Prince of WALE 's annual donation of tool. A
letter was read from Lord CASTLitIt EA WI, apologizing
for his absence; on
.account of his Parliamentary
duty, accompanied by a donation of 201.
similar letter and donation was received from Gen.
STEW ART.

11,,1 Children supported and educated by the Cho-
City cow:oth% of 7ti boys and 34 girls, parAUed the
room as usual.. .

The President gave as a toast, the health of the
Earl of Mot a A, and mut hal compliments passed in the
usual way between them. .The speeches delivered
on those atkl other occasions were very neat, appli-
cable for the hunk part to the occasion of the meet-
ing,' and wholly unMixed with any ppliticalallusions.
Several appropriate songs were sung, and the night
ended, As it begun, in.perfed harmOny. • r •
We are desired to contrp,di& that part of otir ac-
count of the unfortunate affair respecting Lord l'
and Lady" cif/kit LOTTE in out paper of
Wednesday last, which relates to Lady
the sister of Lord who 11/:J$ s:tid to have
been delivered of tu'ins in consequence of her, agita-
tion. KIL
. Lady GAVItS is at for the benOit of
her health. This respedable Lady is near'bu Years
of age, and the !!port in question has brought upon
1.)1!1' as'inueli raillery from ifer friends as their feel-
iho wow qttli!r them to employ, consistent with
the utittapp-y state of lire f - •
The ainable Litly.CltAyLl4, is, we understand, in
a state that, promises IU traostpk the, honours of
.the
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