The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-26 00:00:00

PERTH, MAY 20.

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The Election of a Member of,,Parliament for this
County took place yesterday, when, on the motion
of Colonel MoRAY-, of Abercairney, seconded by
-Mr. PATTERSON, of Castle Huntly, the 'Right- Hon.
Lord JAMES MURRAY was tthanirnously eleded by
a more ►numerous meeting of Freeholders than we
*have for lortg time witnessed on a similar oc-
casion.

A large partydf•Ele6tors, and -Noblemen and Gen-
Almon ,cotineaedith the County,' iiaving-after-
w,4o§,diped with Lord JAmts, at the Salutation
Many'loyal anti--appropriate toasts were 'given ; and
in the •courSe: of the afternO6n, which was spent
.with the grentest .tiarinony and joy, the sincere at-
tachment of the
.County -to that Noble. Family Of,
Which our new ItePresenfatiVe •is a Member, was
manifested in a ,manner than must have been alike'
gratifying to his' Lordship's feelinlsy and encouraging'
to him in entering upon so. important -a trust as
that of representing in•` Parham-exit one of the first
Counties•M Britain for extent of wealth, population,
respeaability, and independence.•

SUSSEX--Stpte of the Poll.
\\Timdharn, Esq. - 4126
Ftiller, Esq. - - 2323
Sergison,-•lisq. - - 2303

The new.Theotre, at Swansea, will open the be-
ginning of July„• under the -management' of Mr.
CHERRY, of Drury-lane Theatre. When finished,.
it will rank among the first edifices of the kind out
of Landon.
HoRRID EVENT.—Last night, between eleven and
12, as' 'a' waggon was passing through , High
.Hol-
born, near the end of Drury-lane, an attempt was
made to rob it by a gang of ruffians. Being deteBe.
in their purpose, and pursued, they wreaked - their
vengeance on those who endeavoured to secure
them: Three men severely suffered by the cruelty
of these miscreants : one person, named Wlitkinson,
(the, son of a Potatoe-dealr near the spot), was:
stabbed in the back; a young man who lodged in
the neighbourhood, was Wounded in the belly so se-
verely, that he is not expeaed to live, and the watch-
rnawvas scored ip several parts of his body, and literal-
ly "ha his belly ripped up. These-three unfortunate
Vidirrii list, in a most deplorable state, in Middlesex
Hospital.; What renders the matter 'still more to be
lamented is, that the execrable ruffians who. were
guilty of this barbarity have escaped:
The French agents have caused the speech. of the
Archduke Palatine to the States Of Hungary, at their
recent Diet; to be published in Most of the Conti-t
nental Prints, in-'order to chew the pacific sentiments
of, the, Austrian ;Government towards France ; and
certainly this Address,' if faithfully given, does not
contain a senteficeindicafing a renewal of hostilities.
The speech is in Latin ; it alludes in strong terms
to the unfortunate eyeing of the late war.

" These events," he observes; " will prove to
us more forcibly than the .longest histories, how•
greatly vielories depend upon chance, and the fate
of Kings and .Pepple upon the. arbitrary will of the
Conquerbr:. There is no peace; no degree of public
velfare; to be dep,:fided on, if they are net secured
by forces capable of resisting' an hostile attack. In
thiS 'consists the fundamental basiS Of each State ;
froin"this emanate: external- sectirity and internal
prosperity; but these forces alone are not by any
means,sutficient; nor .can they subsist without a mo-
ral force, that is to 'say; a national character. We
have. amongst ourselves one of' "the most striking
examples, confirmed by a series (if .ages.
" The courage and virtues of our ancestors laid
the foundation of our liberty;. this liberty. ,dictated
our constitution, and this coßstitution renders us
happy. It was by such means' that.. Athens, •Eace-
&mania-, and, liorne; attained
,their elevated rank
amongst nations..

" After:having.obtained peace through the efforts
bf:.the. beat-of Kings; we ought more than ever to
dir&l our attention to the injuries which have been
occiasiducil the 7, late .dreadful war; and the evils.
wWc,ll44p resulted from it. Thus we have of one
accord_,l3!*, together in ,the Diet; to insure,•as•it
wet-e; our very existence; as .well as that of our
people, td,alaintain the honour of the CrOwn, ,the
prosperity 'of our Country, and the safety of every
thing -that':\te-hold most dearL Great sacrifices will
dolibtles's 11.. necessary; but our ancestors, under
Sil,!ilar Circumstances, - did not hesitate to ititke
It wntild therefore be a disgrace to have
'" the greAtness of soul of the Hungati-
;A, the preservation of their King and Country;
and their ctinduet is palsied."

0 .4e EIGN iV TzLLIGE

• ALTONA, MAY 17.—The loss, whic!i the Vrench
have sufEred ,on being ,repulsea at Dant zic, whoa
they atte opted to •take-the place by assault, is, br
themselves, stated at 8000 men. It is mentioned,
that nearly the whole of the Saxon Cprps was de-
stroyed on • the occasion. , Disturbances are said to
have broken oat in Sa.ony, in consequence; and
thp soldier:-; of that bountryThave refused to fightf the,
PrussionS.•

'The Burghers of Dantzic have subscribed a mil-•
lion of dollars, which sum is' to be di&ided among
the Garrison; in the eventpl a speedy relief. •
At ColbereThe eft izens have, in *a spirited Address,•
conjured the Governot' to give an example of faithful.
perseverance, similar to that which ,was displayed in.
the Seven. Years. War by the Noble VON H'YDEN
and desiring him, at the same time, not to pay and'
consideration to their houses, since they already con-
siderecr them as burnt doWn. •
It, is asserted that adviceS are received from Ber-
lin, stating, that General TAUENZIEN has not beta
exchangel, but has 'been sent back to France, a‘:-
companied by two Gens d'Annes.- •.-,
•.FRANKFORT, MAY I (t.--According to letters train
the French head-quarters, the.Emperer NAPoLcoT
is constantly occupied with business of the greatest
importance, and a great part of his time is devoted
to affairs of the Cabinet. Reports every T-110.•
ment from the several corps of the army: Hii
jesty employs some hoUrs every day in inspeeliti4
the*differetit positions of the troops. According. to
letters from Vienna, the Emperor of Austria is to.
proceed•from Offen to Galicia, where it is suppose 3
he will hold a very important assembly. .No doubt
,is entertaikied at Vienna of the offered mediation of
AuStria for the restoration of ageneral Peace having
been accepted by all the Belligerent Powers.

MENTZ, MAY 9.-7-That part of the Conscriptic)ri
'for 1807, which was first ordered to join the army;
has entirely crossed the Rhine. The -emaitting part;
which is to form the first of the Reserve,
consist. of Como men,
,is now foll Owing. Theie
troops were some time ago ordered tOenc3aip
neighbourhood of Giessen, and to remain the; -2 it
further ,orderl. But that plan; it r'ow appoli'i, is
changed, and they are also inarching by the usual
military-rOpte; to the Grand Army. '..f\.bout 2;000•
marched hence vestprday. The, Grand l'i(r!ucti
inclutling tire troops of the Contiero.t,•
now more than 400,000 men strong.
I,6:DEN, MAY 21.-7-The Paris-letters to
-the I.7th
contain nothing of importance, except a report
from the Genoese. Gazette,: dated .May whicit
states, that-Portugal has been required by Englanst,.`
to•declarefor one of the Belligerent Powers, as tho
Neutrality .of that Country could no longer be per- •
nutted. .

. .
HAMBURGH, MAY 14.---,The passage of troops
through Hanotier to reinforce the French Grand
Army still 'continues; and the ntirnbers,. as Well,*
the expedition with, which they are fJrwarded, ex-
ceed all example., The Imperial • Guards, travel in
waggons.L-The letters from Sweden state; that the.
Queen goes to Siockholm-at the same tithe that,
the King will sail for Stralsund. His. Swedish 'Ma-
jesty has appointed M. :D'Oi,oN his
,Envoy
traordwarr and Minister to the Court orPrussia.---
Two:Swedish Ships of the Line, with some troops._
on board, have been at the island of Rtigeti since "
the 26th of last month. Thefortifieations at kocko-ii,
are repaired. , , . .

On Saturday morning an inhabitant of Deal NV3q
takeninto custody by a party of How-street ()dicers,
attended by, some. Light pragoons, and immediately
put • into a post7ch4ise and four, escorted with a
guard ,of cavalry, for LondOn. The cause of his
arrest was not known.

This niorning died, at his house in Brompton,
ter a long and painful Nicttordis' lioNo;
,Esq. one of. the Police Magistrates for the Citj• of
WestaiiriSter. This. Gentleman raised himself in
life by the firmness of his charaaer, his plain goOd.
sense, and knowledge bf official duty. fib was.
very active; useful, intelligent; and impartial 1.11.;-:
,gistrate, and a manly valfeded.Charaaer iti l,ri•ra::j
life.

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The following are the, particulars of the shockirig:
Fite.at chudleigh, ib beVorishire., whieh we men,
tioned yesterday.---It began in a Bake-house, where
it raged with the utmost fury; and at 'length 'coal.;
municated to a house containing two barrels of gun-
powder, which belonged to a ,person employed in
blowing up the rocks, which soon took fire, and blew
up with a terrible explosion: 'The wind being very
high, and Many houses on each side Of the street,
covered with thatch, the whole town became a •
ffeneral conflagfation. Only one Are-engine could
be found in the town, and that was soon after burned.
Exeter is the nearest place from which any assistancie
could be procured, and that being ten Miles distant;
there was nothing to stop the progress of the
flames. The Market4aiuse;'arid all the houses; ex-
cepting about seven, at the extrenie ends of the
town, were consumed.' ,Fortdnately ad lives Wcre
Jost ; the ChurCh being a little to windward of the
flames, was Saved, and proved an asylum for the
distressed inhabitants, whose situation must be truly
deplorable. At .three o'clock, Saturday inch-ling,
when the rhail-coaCh, With difficulty, passed throng-b
the town, several houses continued - burning, and
many pigs and. horses lay dead in tho street. Mi.
WEsTox, a respectable innkeeper, it IS reported,
has lost all his property, Which,- in cash and notes,
to a large amount, together with his books, he en-
trusted to.a female servant to take. care of, but in
hei- 'fright she Carried them to a plasee she cannot
now redolleal, and they,are most.pr6bablydeStroyA

EXETER, SATLIADAT ISTIthIT.—The devastation
that the devouring element has effected is beyond all
power of
,description there is
.re. no .semblance.of
what the. town was before; the spectacle is affeEt-
log and distressing to the utmost degrre. Nothing
is.left but a few. detached hotiws at the entrant:.
of the town. The whole body of the place presenti
to the eye nothing but chimneys and walls, that ap-
pear like ancient ruins. The number of houses
destroyed is computed ,at 175.. Tents and various
necessaries have been going all clay from this cityl
for the accomwodation of the sufferers. Several
troops of Military haVe also, marched to render their
asststance. The Mayor of Exetei' lr.s: called the in-
habitants this eveaina to consider of the most ef-
fe6tual means of affor%ing relief.

This was an action upop. a Bill of Exchmge for
7001.. under the following circumstances_ :—The
Defendants, Messrs. Robson and Weimar, had in-
dor,ed the bill in 'question to Ow Plaintiff's, and,
when due, it was dishonoured by the acceptor.—
The Plaintiffs gave the indorsers notice of this ; but
subsequently took from the acceptor a good bill for
the moiety of the one due, -and a fresh acceptance
for the other moiety, keeping the original bill as a
collateral security. The. fresh acceptance, however,
was dishonoured, and then the Plaintiffs brought the
present action against the Defendants as the indorsers.
Sir VICARY GIBBs contended that the action
could not be supported, inasmuch as the arrange-
ment entered into between the holders and the ac 7
ceptor had exonerated the indorsers from their re-
sponsibility. The indorser, he said, of a bill of
exchange was precisely the same as a person who
gave security to see another paid. BUt if the credi
tor, subsequent to that security being given; entered
into fresh arrangements with the principal, the secu-
rity was relieved froth his liability.
Mr. PARKE contended, the case Sir Vicary had put
was not in point. What the holders in -the present
instance had done was fortthe benefit of the inder-
sers, at immediately on 'the dishonour they might
have sued them. Their, interests were not prejti'-
diced, and as they received due notice of the
dishonour, the right of action was only prolonged,
and not extinguished. •
Lord ELLENBCROUGH was inclined, under all. the
circumstances, to agree with Mr. Parke, but advised
that the question should be argued' in term, and in
the mean time a verdiet recorded for Ibe Plaintiffs,
kx WI liberty to enter a nonsuit, should the Judges
decide against the Plaintiff's right of aCtion.

MUNI_M MAY Official Report has ar..
, rived from, our Army, and has been made public, It
contains the following intelligence:—
" An Enemy's Corps of considerable force, form-
ed of dispersed Prussian soldiers, who had been cOl-
lected, and the inhabitants of that part of Upper
Silesia which is not yet in the possession of the
troops of the Confederacy, assembled near Glatz,
with a view of raising the sieges of Neisse and gosel,
In order to defeat this enterprize in its commence-
ment, General LEFEBVRE advanced with the 6th
Bavarian regiment ot.theline, a division of MINNUces
dragoons, a buttery of horse artillery: two field
pieces, &c. and took a position near Glatz. On the
13th the garrison of Glatz made a sortie with 5000
men ; but the Bavarian and Wirtemburib infantry
behaved with such. courage, that they maintained
their position, and drove hack the Enemy. This
affair,- however, made them acquainted with ..our
weakness, and they formed a wall-concerted plan
against us. In the night of the 16th a sortie was
made with 2400 infantry, some cavalry, and four
pieces of cannon. These troops took a circuitous
rued round our right flank, and poSted thernSeivis in
bush in our rear. Another detaChMent was sent
by a circuitous route to Warth ; and a third on the
same night proceeded from Silberberg towards
Frankenstein. At day-break on the 1711.1 another
column,consisting of i doe infantry and 300 cavalry,
with one piece of cannon, advanced .from Glatz
against the left of our position. When- this column
was observed beginning to deploy, it was supposed
to be the only one opposed to us ' • but the aCtion
had scarcely commenced when .the Enemy's princi-
pal corps, which was in ambush, appeared, and
fell on our right wing. The Wirtemburgh batta-
lion now found itself attacked by a much superior
force, Col. BECKERS, however, advanced to the
attack with the 6th Bavarian regiment of the line,
and repulsed. the Enemy, which gave the N-Virtem-
burgh troops the opportunity 'of fallieg upon the
Enemy's flank, and taking a howitzer. At this
tune an Enemy's -battalion appeared upon our
rear, which Col. BECKERS.defeaied at the head of
the 6th Bavarian infantry. On the, left the Enemy
were also forced to retreat by the 2d battalion of the
same regiment, commanded by Count SrEaErri.—
The Enemy lost about 2do hi killed and wounded :
350 soldiers and nine Officers were made prisoners,'
and 80 have deserted. We have also taken a howit-
Zer and three pieces of cannon of small calibre. On
our part we lost three killed, thirteen wounded, and
two prisoners. Count BROKERS was struck by A
musket ball in the breast ; but its force was spent,
'and it did not penetrate, and he still retains his com--
mind. During the action, Major'YON BORUKLAU
was attacked at Frankenstein, and Capt. VON ZOL7
LER at Wartha ; but the plan of the, Enemy to
obtain possession of these two places-was completely
frustrated by the bravery; of the Ist battalion of the
6th. Had the Enemy taken these two-points in,our
rear, the confederate troops would " have .been
obliged to abandon their positions, and the retreat
would have been very difficult. On the following
day the Ist regiment of Bavarian infantry and the
royal light cavalry arrived near Glatz. Two COM-;.
parries aid a squadron were then detached under the
command of Major VON FLORET•iII pursuit -of the
scattered platoanS of the Enemy." .

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