The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-02 00:00:00

THE FATE OF FRENCH FRIGATES.

A. pleasing title ! under which we have already
accounted for nine out of to►r of the frigates which
the enemy have built for the British service, and
lately sent to sea. It is now our pleasing duty to.
sxatc, that the missing ship is :also satisfactorily
disposed off.
She was burnt by her crew at Brindisi (in or-
der to prevent her falling into our hands), on-the
appearance or the Apollo and Cerberus British
•
frigates.

We • have not beard any further particulars.
There may be some other 'scape Frenchmen out
of port, of which we ‘vill of course hear Shortly.,
We have not a•ead iv the Opposition Papers Any
praises of the Admiralty for the capture of all these
vessels. This they ought in justice to other; •see •
ing they are ever so ready .to detect and expose
the negligence, or fancied negligence, of that'
Board !

The arrival of the very important news of this
day prevents our submitting any remarks' upon the
Dispatches from Lord NVELLINGTON ; the I?rench
Papers to the 2sth, (which 'confirm the accuracy
of what we stated' last Tlitirsday, respecting the
operations near Beauvais) ; or. Dutch Mails re-
ceived this forenoon. In Flankts, as in France,
all is tending happily to the Grand Catastrophe.

Mr. IDLE, the Member for Weymouth, is ex-
pected from Chatiilon to-day or to-morrow.
Lord CASTLEREAGH, we understand, is also speedily
looked for.

The Emperor ALEXANDEIt, before be left Basle,
expressed a wish to be accommodated on his re-
turn. in the same house in which he then resided,
and. gave the mistress of it a magnificent set of
diamonds. Opposite to this ,house lived a poor
.woman, with a pretty little girl; three years old..
'The child, taken with the handsome figure and
brilliant orders of the Emperor, kissed her hand,
whenever she saw . him. ALEXANDER at length
perceived her, and sent for the mother and her
child. The latter, as soon as she came into his
presence, repeated her infantine salutations, and
at her departure received a prevent of 25
.ducats.
The Berlin Gazette of Feb. 1(1, informs us, that
Sir flumrumtv.D.Avy had at that date left Paris
for Italy.
Letters were yesterday received by the An-.
dromache, from time mouth of the Garonne. There
was no direct communication between that. sitna-
timm and Bourdeaux, it being 'obstructed
_by the
batteries yet in, the possession of the .enemy.
Among the ruMoursimkeirenlation, was one, that,
Louts the XVIII. would estah!ih his Court in
Bourdeaux, anti that he would there conclude a
peace with this country, and the other allies, un-
der which his Kingdom would' be preserved as in
the time of his brothers, his WeSt Indian colonies
would be restored, and perfect freedom of com-
merce would be re-established. '
Letters from llollandstate, that the Negociation
• was finally broken off on the 22d ult., in conse-
quence of BuoNArAßTr's insisting on the three
following points :-r--1. That he should nom!nate
one of his own relations as King of Italy.-2. That
he should retAin 'Antwerp, and the navigation of
the Sulmeld.----3. That' Franca should receive cer-
tain additions to.her territories' beyond the limits-
of 1789. ,
By letters received from Madrid, we learn that
time 'trench had evacuated Ulott, in Catalonia,
having blown up the fortifications, and that it
was belieVed they were preparing, to evacuate
Gerona.
The Cortes have passed a decree, making the
cultivation, manufacture, and sale of tobacco, free
in the Peninsula, and in Spanish America. This
article was formerly a Royal monopoly, as 800-
NAPARTE some years ago 'made it an Imperial
monopoly•in France.
Thelinseasn,:trtitchle
article in the Moniteur or the 27th,
from
21st, stating, that the City
1 Cohort had- been reviewed by the Senator
FR TO CAN-.
. - 1 .CLA.UX., amtudst the cries of " Nee l'Empereur !"
.
CAN-
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, THE LORD MAYOR. I' thus inducing a belief that that city was perfectly
F ' well disposed to the Corsican. But the fact is,
.140 , " oreip,Office, .Iprit 2, 1814.
the 1A 8 vr, that. there have been disturbances there ; though
utf-asr presents his coma lime t
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31 a 1 'the cause and the details have not vet been re-
._ . , re-
and thinks it right to acquaint i ceived.
ko -r(kili p that .
• rttiti,,, . Dispatches have arrived this I
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Lord 'Viscount r
..,AITLEREAGII ' .. Yesterday' Earl BATHURST waited upon the
PRINCE?R-kOENiT, at Carltoo-house, with the '
dis-
patches from Lord WELLIsS.GTON.