The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-06 00:00:00

SIUDISII ARMISTICE.

z.l 'We have. received' the following -
.Letter from.
Hamburkh, by the Mail ; but We tiO liat know
from what source it comes., We canjedure,, how.
ever; that it is .from some Officer who. has been in
the engagement, and conceives that the circum-
stances have not been fairly stated :-- •

EXTRACT OF A LETTER. F.HONI.I,IAiIBtIRGII TO 'A.

FRIEND 1(S; LONDON

cr An erroneous opinion
.respetling, men and
events, having hitherto been. one of the principal
disturbers of the repose,of Europe, it may. not 'be
iniproper to really the statements whicilhavetbeen
published relative••to'.t he affair of:the lath. of April,
between the Swedes and the French, and which
rather partake-Of that miserable spirit of., persona-
lity, which has contributed so much to'the success of
the French armies, than of that Military' ser,.._rit
which has nqabje6ts in view but the public,wellaro
and honotir. • • • •

" Although.the French Papers have done justice`
to the valour of the Swedish troops, `they have never-
theless exaggerated their loss in, men and cannon ;
that, however, is already known, and cannot but be
known whether they will or not, when these ex;
travagancies are not practised at too great a distance.
But what cannot fail to strike every one is, that the.
statements given of that day, so far from containing
any thing that can do honour to tjle Swedish troops,
appear to have no other object thin that of exci►ing
a belief in thb rnindrcrf the iKing of Sweden', and in
the minds of those who do not know the particulars,
that that affiir was a total defeat. Perhaps, the Gn-
vernor-General, Baron D'EssEty, felt himself under
the necessity of taking steps equally extraordinary,
in order to place himself under' the protection of an
useless ArmistiCe which he concluded, and to avoid
being eclipsed by the glory of that column which
alone sustained the attack of the enemy (that of M.
DE TAVAST, and the brigade of Colonel CARRELL
not having come 'to
,his aid)•and Which, althoUgh -
consisting of only four battalionsk two squadrons,
and four pieces of cannon, sustained a combat from
break of day till'night, on a Space of ground of Pout
German miles (fourteen English) with ig,ooo men,
supported by fifteen .field pieces. The French had
besides great advantages of position.; The following
re the particulars
‘• The right division, under the. Command of the
Baron D'EssEN, assisted by the Baron TAvAsT, was
stationed in the Tollense from Vicun), by Osten;
Barlow, Isen, and. Dapenzin, to Rubenow. A Corpi
of obsertration was stationed between beinen and•
Damgarten." , ,

"The left division, under the cOmmand.of pen.
Baron D'ARMFELDT, was composed of the Brigaclei
of Baron VEGES'ACK and Colonel CARRELL. , 4 ‘‘'as
stationed in front of the Landgrobetl and the Sarov,
its left was covered by the Ucker, where Colonel
CARDELL was posteu in force. The alarm poi..ts
were pushed to Humniwald, Rothernuhl, Belling;
Neukrug, Jagerbruckei, and Mutzelberg. The ad-
vanced guards were stationed at BrUckfnuhle, Ginzo,
Lavitz, Denmitz, Frederickshagen, Jatzenitz,' Lupe,
and Neumale. Boldekow, Wittirock, Ferdinand=
short; .Heinrickemuble, Hamner, and Torgelow,
offered return posts. The line was at Rubenow,
Springensde, and Uckermunde, and the Corps 'de Re=
serve was stationed at I ranow,Wusseken, Rosin,Saie7
bur, Neundorff, Hetnrickshoff, and Alsershagen.
The ground which the division occupied, was, in all,
of the extent of four, German miles.. The French
attacked and carried the post of Belling. The ad-
vanced posts, turned by the superiority of the enemy;
fell back in good order;
satid the Baron Posh had ati
opportunity of signalizing himself at FingenbruCkei
and at Langendoms, at each of which places he kept
the Enemy in check for two hours. 'Gen-eral Amu,
FELDT had direEted Altkosenow to Be the .point of
rendezvous; and waited in vain, notwithstanding the
orderS which were expedited, for'the brigade of Col.
CARDELL. He sustained the attack for More than
two hours with-a very weak: brigade; but was at
length obliged to: yield to numbers ; -and,- .after vi-
gorously, defending eVeryfoot;9f ground, he retired
to Anclam, where heseven fought in the streets.

It is evident, that if M. DE CARDEI,I. had se-
concledtbe central cotumnS, and if the itiatl'ti'vity .of
the division.of DzMn' had .:not.left the Enetny-per-
fealy free' to a& upon one point, the result, notwit'n-
stan'ding the superiority of the Enemy's force, would
have 'been doubtful. 'lt waS not, libwever, of that
nature to oblige the . General, Baron D'EsSvg; to
sign an Armistice; to which Marshal MORitER
would never hive agreed, if he had not obtained, by
the re-occupation of EJsedom 'and Wolin], mere than
he could hayv obtained by six weeks' continua! fight-
ing ; paOcularly as the loss of -the, division which
had been engaged was very trifling.

" The cession of these Isles has patalited„all
present and future operations, in Consequence of the
facility which they afforded for the organization of
Prussian soldiers dispersed through the Country, and
the advantage which they gave of ading with tlying
.ores on the rear ofithe French Anny its Uilerior
Pomerania: Nothing'promiseS'More sathlaelion to
13oNAPieTti than the care which,. his admirers and
secret friends take to, be beforehand in every, thing.
which can save him from embarrassment, even 'after
.the continuance and permanence of his success have
been fOr a few moments checked."

CiticKEt.The grand match for one; thousand
guineas, between eight Gentlemen of the Mary-le-
bone Club, with Latnbert, Beldam, and Hainmond,
against eleven of All England, commenced playing
on Tuesday last, in Lord's, Ground, and was decided
on Thursday in favour of the Club, by nine wickets.

_ .
Died on , Thar'sday evening last, at Gloucester-
place; to the inexpressible grief of her parents, Miss
HELEN HAMILTON' HARDACRE, eldest\ (laughter cf
T. HARDACRE, E3q. She possessed gfeat sweet-
ness and innocence of manners, was enciowod with
a most uncommonly' brilliant capacity, and was ever
dutiful and affealionate.

" Quick work, my boys !—great gains may be
made in a shorttime"Hs oft the .language of ati
eminent city merchant to his sons and office Clerfis,
It is submitted; to all the depi.irtinenfs
town andsountry,.whether the present most inle-
reSting Lottery, Scheme is npt highly calculated to
make " plat gains in a short time."--But as. the
drawing commences on the 14th of -next month,
adventurers must make " quiCk work" in their pur-
chases.


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LAW REPORT,

COURT OF KING's BENCH, TaNz44.

THE KING V. DANIY.L LOVELL.
Mr. GAtutow moved the sentence of-the COurt
ripnthe—Delendant, who had. admitted Judgment
" to 4.0 by defiult, on an information filed against
him for a Libel upon Peter, Cazalet, Esq. a Co-
' .p.irtn,Y ill the firm of Messrs: Langston, ToWgood,
and Co. of Clemetit's-lane.
The affidavit of Mr. Cazalet stated, that the De 3
lendatit-was. an insurance-broker, and ltaing re-
instroalions ffoinsa tureign house; of the name
Provitte and Co. in Coe year 1794, he presented a
pol'cv upon a 'cargo of sugars shipped in the Darne
:\ I,tr!ha, for the signature of thrpefndant.' With
tin: request Mr. Cazalet complied to the extent of
500 i. The cargo of the vessel, in its way to this
cotintry,Jeceived damage„! and an average loss,was
claimed of the. persons who had underwritten the
- policv,-by the owners. Not, of tbose-whosenames
appeared upon the instrUment, satisfied the demand,
among whom ,:vere the executors.,of the Prosecutor's
h:-other, llr. Cazalet., When, however*
the Prosecutor was called upon to pay hid propor-
tion upon the sum which he had nnderritten, he
. *refused to-satisfy the .claim, assigning as his reason,
-that a settleinent had takvp .place between him and
a Mr. Dubois respeeting the insurance, and that his
name ought,to ha'-e been erased from the
policy.-=-
13y this non,coMpliance; the Deten_dant conceived,
that the house for which headed was injured, and a
correspondence was entered into bet Cveen him and the
Prosecuti;r, ,thelbrriter Ahinking that Mr. Cazalet
only Imployed the alledged_settleMent as a pretext
to avoid the payment of the average: After nu-
. tnfrous letters had been written by both parties with-
out any ultimate explanation being given, the De-
fendant addressed the following Note to the Prose-
cutor ' - -

" Six--Previous to a geneial circulation of the inclosed
Papers respecting the insurance,•( think it proper to send one
)or your perusal, and shall wait •for your reply until Fiiday
next.
. _ _

• " I am, Sir, your humble Servant,
" 78, john street, Fitzroy-bquar,... " D. LOVELL:"
o;ie of the inclosed papers alluded to in the above
note appeared 'to be in, the form of a hand-bill,
'which had likewise been inserted in one of. the
Daily Neirspaper3, and purported to give notice of
a sale by 'public auJion; if not disposed of sooner
by pt iv Ate con traci, at :Garia way's coffee,-hOuse, on
a day 'mentioned, of a'claim of 1461. 2s. exclusive of
intere,t from the year 1794, upon Peter Cazalet,
Eq. Atter stating, at length, the nature of the de-
mand, it concluded with the‘foliowing expressions:
" The above claim arising out of a policy of insur-
ance upon a foreign merchant vessel, settled by all
the underwriters but Mr. Cazalet, who has hitherto.
evaded payment by resorting to the meanest subter-
fuge and chicanery." The other papers contained in
the-note were general printed, statements of, the na-
ture of the transaction, representing the condu'd of
the -Prosecutor in a light highly derogatory to his
character: •
. The Court ern-inked What were the words charged
to be lillellous• ? And. it was answered, that the words
charged in the information were, " who has hitherto
evaded payment by resorting to the meanest subter-
fuge and chicanery." • •
The affidavit of Mr. Cazalet likewise contained
various other letters, written by the Defendant, to
'different Gentlemen in the:City, which. also were
intended' to injure the Frosectitor in the opinion of
the world. One of them, in particular, was ad-
dressed to a Gentlemen of the name of Weston, in
i,vhich the Defendant; after having given a general
outline of the transaaion, wrote as folloWs : If
Mr. Cazalet thinks to vindicate his innocence by his
fortune, he Will be 'most egregiously mistaken ; but
,I know full well that lie will preserve his fortune at
the eXpence of his honqur."
The affidavits of Mr. Joseph ;Kay, the Solicitor
for the prosecution, and Mr. Peter Hyatt, confirmed
the statement made by 'Mr. Cazalet : • ; ,

The first affidavit read, on the part of, the De-
fondant, was his own. It entered much at length
hito the general nature of the, transaction, and tra-:
versed the statement iitido by the Prosecutor. The.
-obje&-of it was to prove, that no-settlement had
'been .made by Mr—Cazalet with Mr. DuboiS; but,
on the contrary, that the average loss upOn thesurn
un.:erwritten by hire was still due to the house of.
~
' Provitte and Co. .
. . .
..
_ . Affidavits were likewise read from James Dubois,
,
Esq. and Mr. Wm. Cazland, to corroborate the
statement made by the Defendant.
The ATToitsEy GENERAL telt it .a painful task to
address th,_. Court on the part of the prosecution.---
It wOu:d, however, be his duty to take some.ob-

, .
servations upon-what the De:'endant had said, what
he had written, and hat he had sworn ; -for they
w
were all contradictory to each other: It' thOLearned
Counsel might be alloWed to judge from the con-
dna of men in the Ordinary intercourse of life, he
must sappose that Mr. Lovell had a deep iflierest in
_... .

the recovery of' this' money from Mr. Cazalet, for
hG was sure' that: no good man would have conde-:
,:ieended 'to conduCt himself as the Defendant had
done; and he was r °minced that none'but a bad
man, .-unless he had been granlyinterested,• could
have ventured ,to, place himself in such a situation.

It appeated.that a policy had been subscribed by the
Prosecutor, and some others, and in consequence of
a loss; a demand thade-tipdh"fhosei.cho had un-
derwritten for a per.centage. This claim Mr. ta-
zalet had. 'resisted,' on the' ground' of a' settlement
with a Mr: Duboi,, about mhich there could be no

because, happily, it was in writing, and
sigued",by that Gentleman. In favour of the De-.
,fendant, Mr. Dubois was riot unwilling to go as far
:!:1 truth would petmito, in the at: he had made.
Even the libel, already published did not seem to
have satisfied the mind of the Defendant, fbr in the
,
yeAr‘ i 804 he professed"his intention of publishing

,t;uch calminny as would g'ffecttially ruin the charac-
ter of the .PrqSecutor. The.present information was
not 'exhibited for the purpose of injuring; in the
•-•iniiilest degree, the Defendant : although Mr. Lo-
v,..q, object, vas to •.t.raduce the Pl'osecUtor, Mr.
.azalet's to vindicate his own, without as-
el'4,n44 daratter of another.
-MreCwlßow, on.the same side, contented him-
this single observation " The
71t4A,aggrav)iting fat in this case was,,that,after the
De..4eu,iaut found that he could not enforce his
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