The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-19 00:00:00

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The reports relative to peace are too vague to
make Ili place much confidence in them. Some
persons suite, that Austria oilers to cede the Coast,
Salinurli, and Gallicia; but nothing positive is
known of the conditions. upon which Austria will
obtain peace. Toe negotiations continue, and it
is probable that hostilities.‘sill not be renewed.—
They speak of a contingent which the .Emperor of
Austria is to furnish in conjunction with Fiance and
Russia against Tut key. But all these rumours rest

upon uu authentic source."

THE ENGLISH EXPEDI Now.

Atx LA CHAPELLE, AUG. 2.—ln consequence
of the arri‘ al of the intelligence of the landing of the
Expedition► on Zealand, which was brought
here by .severA couriers, his Majksty. the. King
of
Holland set out yesterday for that country'.
DORDRECHT, AUG. 4.--4110 English have ex-
perienced the most ob,iinate resistance in Walche-
ren. The town of Veer stood a bombardment of
twehtk -four hours. We know not yet the fate 01
the fi,:til!4.

" Gen. MONNET retreated on the 31st to Flush-
ing. Tlie of Cadsand is ilotyet attadtt.d, and
tS-,)ups are conve)ed to it by waggons.

" Tire French fleet is gone up the Scheldt, and
anchored under Fort Lilo, where it is believed to be
security. The enemy has as yet undertaken po-

thing ag4iiist it.

" All the letters from Ant werp, Bergen-op.
Zoom, and other frontier places, speak of the
arrival and march of French and DutOh troop in
great numbers towards Zealand.
" AMSTERDAM, AUG. s.—His Majesty returned
here on the 2d, at eleven
traordinary meeting of the Council of State immedi-
ately took place, and after some conferences with
the Ministers, his Majesty set off for Rotterdam.
" Our Court Gazette states that a considerable
French force, destined to drive out the entsrop‘ is
assembled in the neighbourhood of Ghent, under
the Prince of PONTE Coavo, who must by this
time (the 2d) have arrived there. The troops are
marching daily from Ghent towards Antwerp.

(FROM THE COURT GAZETTE.)

" AMSTERDAM, AUG. 4.—The English Expedi-

tion against Zealand appears to be openly direct-
ed against the French squadron at Antwerp. The
army, assembled under General TEREYRA, is daily
increased. Troops arrive at Antwerp from all quar-
ters, and in a short time a serious battle will take

place.

The flotilla under Admiral RUYSCII has taken
a position off Kramer. Marshal DE WINTER com-
mands in chief on the water. He has informed
the King of the gallant conduEt,of Colonel OSSE.•
WARD. He commanded a division of tbe•flotilla
at-Veer, and had an action with a division of the
enemy's squadron, and formed a juttakia with Ad-
miral RUYSCH. •

- Marshal DUMONCEAU commands the Dutch troops
by land, and the naval force at Anasterdani. Ge-
neral BRUCE, who commanded in South Beveland,
surrendered the batteries of that Island without firing
a musket, and retreated to Ile'rgen-op-Zoom. His
Majesty has,:hy a decree, declared him unworthy of
having any military rank.
" ALTONA, AUG. hasi been re-
ceived at Dresden, that on the 2tith of July, the
Preliminaries of Peace ba‘.veen France and Aus-
tria
were concluded; and according to letters from
Frankfort of the Q.7th, the signing of the Peace has
been announced there by the tiring of cannon and the
ringing- of bells. Both reports, however, are e%ident-
ly premature.
LOUISBOURG, JULY 3 1 Court Gazette states
that on the Ist the town or Gratz, and on the 23d
the citadel, were given up to the French, and the
whole province evacuated by the Austrians. Count
GUILAY at first refused to give up Gratz, till Mar-
shal MAcnuNALn,advanced with two fresh French
divisions.

" VIENNA, JULY 26.—Now that the first four..
teen days of the Armistice are over, we are here 'ill
anxious expcthltion to know whether the notice, of
the renewal ,of hostiliti,s will be given. The great
fortifications building by the French, and the great
military labutui of every kind, taken altogether, af-
ford nu very ',agreeable prospect of the future.—
(Aliona Gazet4e.)

" PARIS, Ai; G. t .—Letters from Vienna state,
that Count CILAMPAGNY and the Duke of RIVOLI
on the part of the French, and Pri.ice DE LICHTEN-
STEIN and Barou VINCENT are furnished with full
powers to treat for Peace.
" General ST:. SAVARRE is appointed to the chief
command of the (toast from Boulogne to Flushing.

" M. ANTOINE, nephew of the Queen of Spain,
and FRANESCHI, I)ephew of General DANEs, have
fallen into the hams of the Spanish Insurgents."

The Opposition WI iter who yesterday so tenderly
alluded to the Irish t Rebels, said to be at Flushing,
has thought proper to resume the subjea to-day, and
still attempts to je Stify the fallacy of his dodrines
respeding the poweT of subjects to throw of their
allegiance to. their I:twful Sovereign. Yesterday the
Writer said, " the:it! few Irishmen, we suppose to
be some of the indioiduals who were thrown from
their native Country, repudiated, and thereby absolv-
ed from all allegiance."—To-day he takes it for
granted these are the very Irishmen in question.—
We endeavoured yestet slay to prove the folly of sup-
posing that men entitle, I themselves by their crimes to
an exemption from all egiance, and, that whatever
offences they may subsequently commit against their
Sovereign they are not li.sble to punishment, because
they have been banished for their former guilt. No-
thing can be more absurd, or more mischievous, than
such a principle,whieh is not sanCtioned by the pradice
of any civilized State. But the Writer we allude to
contends, that if men !lave once been repudiated by
their SoVereign, they are released from all responsi-
bility to him, whatever,they may do, and wherever
they may be found, mat of his dominions. The
fad is, that these Irish _Rebels are in the situation of
those culprits, who for other offences against their
country are transported for life, and who, if they
return, or join the enemies of their SoVereign, and
are taken, ought to endure the penalty annexed to
such an offence. After all, however, this reasoning
maysbear no reference to the state of things in Flush-
ing, the surrender of which is said to have been re-
tarded by a non-compliance with requisitions in fa-
I your of Irish Rebels.