The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-30 00:00:00

CA7ETTrS.

COPENHAGEN, M Y 1.8..-.7A report was yesterday
in circulation, that pantzic, on the 9th-inst. had been
,taken by. assault, but *anted little credit, as it
reould not be traced to any respe6table source. Be-
Sides, several Danish Ships are lying in the Fahrwas-
ser, near Dantzic, bound for that place, which would
probably have returned with their cargoes, if the
above important event had already taken place. On
the contrary, it seems certain that Dantzic still holds
out. This morning arrived a Ship from Stettin,
which left that place on the tOth instant ; the mas-
ter states, that, on his departure from Stettin, no in-
telligence had been received there of the surrender
of Dantzic. The Garrison of Colberg is said to
have made a successful sortie.

The Dutchess of \VLTRTEMBURGH OELs arrived
on the 17th inst. at Wyburgh, from Korfar.
It appears by letters from St. Thomas's, that in
the month of March so great a drought prevailed
in that island, that it became necessary to im-
port water from St. Croix, to relieve the wants
of the inhabitants with regard to that indispensible
article.

1t appears by letters from Philadelphia of the 3d
of March, that the prohibition to trade to certain
ports of St. Domingo, issued last year by the Ame-
rican Congress, has been extended by an Act of the
.2 5t h of February of this year to all the ports of that
island which are pot occupied by the French.

A letter from Philadelphia f the gth of March
states, that from and after the 30th of December of
the present yeir, it shall not be lawful to import
Slaves into any port of the United States, and that
the Slave Trade in general shall then be entirely
abolished in that country.

General BERESFORD arrived in town Yesterday.—
Previous to his escape, the Spaniards had violated
the terms of the Capitulation with him, and were
about to siege his Papers, and send him up the
Country. He entered a solemn protest against this
breach of faith, and in a few days after effe6ted his
escape to Monte Video.. He represents the Natives
as being very favourably disposed towards the Eng-
lish, and had no doubt of the success of the Expedi-
tion against Buenos Ayres.

Mr. WARD has for some days past been the ob-
ject of abuse in the Opposition Papers, but it must
afford the Friends of that Gentleman satisfaftion, to
find that he is not accused of want of ability or in-
tegrity to execute the duties of the high office which
he holds. The only charge that can be brought
against him is, that when he was the Under Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, a Bulletin was
published, representing the termination of the bat-
tle of Austerlitz as being in favour of the Allies. It
is undoubtedly true, that an erroneous account of
that battle did reach this country, but it came through
such a respectable channel, that Government were
certainly excusable for giving considerable credit to
it. But if it be an unpardonable fault for an Under
Secretary of State to be deceived by false accounts
from the Continent, what is to be said of the- Se-
cretary of State who suffers himself to bt im-
posed upon by unfounded rumours? If Mr. WARD
be culpable for having issued a Bulletin re-
speding the Battle of Austerlitz, which after-
wards turned out not to' be founded in faCt,
What epithet ought to be applied to Lord HONVICK,
for issuing a Bulletin respe&ing a battle that never
was foUght at all ? What will those who so severely
censure Mr. WARD, say to the author of the follow-
ing Bulletin •

" January 24, 1807.

" Lord HowtrAc has just received intelligence,
" of the truth of which he has not the least doub-t,
" that an action has been fought between the Rus-
" sians and the French on the 27th December
" last, which continued three successive darks, and
that on the last of which the French re-
" treated, with the loss of FORTY THOUSAND
" SLAIN, and Eighty Pieces of Cannon. The
" scene of a&ion was at Ostrolenka, sixty or seventy
" miles from Warsaw. The Enemy made .their
" retreat to within eight miles of that place, and
" were also entrenching themselves at Magdeburgh."

A Letter appeared in a respeetable Morning Paper
of this day, signed Jack Belford, relative to the dis-
pute between SirFRANCIS BURDETT and Mr. PAULL.
We know not whether the signature of Jack Belford,
which has something of a Novel aspe6t, be fiaitious
or not, but the Letter itself contains such a fair state-
ment of faEts, and the inferences are so just, that
the friends.of Sir F. BURDETT will find it a very
difficult matter to answer it. By this Letter it plainly
appears that Mr. PAULL took no more freedom with
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT than was perfeolly allowable
between sach intimate friends, and men whose po-
litical notions were so entirely coincident. It ap..
pears also in the same Letter, beyond dispute, that
Sir FRANCIS gave Mr. PAULL, privately, his full
consent to make farther use of his name, in the
manner which the former had adopted, thaugh the
ir3ronet afterw rar. roro his brother tie

reprobate the measure publicly, in a way that was
as mysterious as it was inconsistent, and repugnant
to the_ engagements. and intimacy which subsiste I
between Sir FRANCIS and Mr. PAULL. Finally, it
appears that Mr. Num, has been the 'victim of
treachery; and whatever may be thought of his
character altogether, he will stand much higher in
the estimation Of all thinking men than it is possible
for his adversary to do, unless a complete refutation
should be given to the Letter in question. It is
probable that the friends of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT
will shield themselves under the pretext, that, as this
Letter seems to bear a fielitious signature, it is un.,
worthy of their notice; but the fa&s and the rea-
soning- are of so cogent a nature, that they merit
particular attention themselves, from whatever quar-
ter they may come; and if Sir FRANCIS BURDETT
remains silent, his credit will be as low in private as
it certainly is in political estimation, except among
those who madly suppose that they could elevate
themselves upon the ruins of their Country.

Yesterday morning the King's Own Stafford Ali-,
litia was reviewed by General FrrzttoY in Windsor
Little Park, before Windsor Castle. Their MAJrs-
TIES and Paillouses were at their windows, and pp-
peared highly amused with the appearance of the re-
giment; after which his MAJESTY, Princesses Au-
GUSTA, ,SOPHIA, and AMELIA, took an airing in a
phzton, attended by Miss EGERTON, Lord RIVERS,
&c.
&c.
Yesterday
the Russian Ambassador, several Fu.
reign Ministers, and other persons of distiicalion,
suet at the St. Aiban's Tavern, and celebrated the
anniversary of General BENNIGSEN'S birth-day.
An order has been issued by the Governor of the
Cape of Good Hope, prohibiting British Officers and
soldiers:from marrying in Dutch families. This re-
gulation is a grievous disappointment to the fair vrows
of the Settlement, who had hoped? in their turn,
to subdde their conquerors.
1 On the' arrival of General CaAuFtran's Expedi-
tion at the Cape, the Governor wished to lay an
' embargo on all vessels there, in order to keep the
Expedition as secret as possible; but the Admiral
told him there was no occasion, as he was certain
no one knew any thing of our destination but him-
self and one other individual.
INDIA HOUSE.—Yesterday a Court of Direetorz
was held at the East India HoUse,' when Lieut.-
General HAT MACDOWALL was appointed COM.-
. rn'ander in Chief at Fort St. George, vice Gen. Sir
'J: CRADOCK..—The Court adjourned at six o'clock,
till Wednesday nest.
_ .
DUBLIN', MAY 22.—A1l the trades-people here
are in it-bustle for the Drawing-Room on Thursday,
previous-to his MAJESTY'S birth-day, which is ex.;
pealed to be very splendid. The Duke of RICH-
MOND is much liked ; he is extremely affable, and
has gone to every party to which he has been in=
vited, and has carried his condescension farther, by
joining the merry throng, where his Excellency was
not expeated. There was a very pleasant party at
Lady ASGILL'S, a few nights since, and his Grace
took out Miss STEPHENSON, daughter of the cele-
brated Dr. of Music, a very pretty little girl, and
danced. with her. The houses of several of our old
Nobility are painting
,and beautifying, which in-.
duces us to think, that after the short Session, they
will visit Dublin. Lord REDESDALE'S beautiful
place at Kilmacud, on which his Lordship expended
SG many thousand pounds, has been sold to Mr.
DUMALLINS, who keeps a Boarding-school, at St.
Stephen's-green, for 20001. and ten guineas per acre.
Encampments' have been talked of. I find, ,how-
ever; that none will take place, except one of a
small brigade of infantry, in the Phiznix Park, near
the Vice-regal residence. The Ele:_tion far theo
County of Dublin will be warmly contested.
MAY 26.-00 Tuesday last came 011 the Elealicl;l
Qf a. Burgess to represent the Borough of bown•
Patrick in Parliament, before Mr. 'Luxus WEST,
Seneschal.

EDWAED S. RUTHVEN, Esq. was proposed by
Mr. BRETT, and seconded by Mr._HAstwas; and
joett, Wu.sor cROKER, Esq. was proposed by Mr.
HQUWITON, and seconded by Mr. Pusos. After a
shew of hands on each side, a poll was demanded;
and after four days polling, on Friday evening, the
total numbers were--?.

POI
hiM
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E.Curotkilevre,n,- 851

Majority for Mr. Croker, 2$
On SatnrOay last the Election for the County of
Rpsconatuon wai held in that town, when the for-
Mei Members, the Hon. STEPHEN MAHON and AR+
Tkftrit FRENcx, Esq. were elected without opposi-
tion.

State of the second day's Poll at Limerick
For Colonel ODELL, 117 ; Hon. W. QUINN, 117 ;
Mr. MONSELL, 73 ; of those ti I polled singly fK
Mr. MONSELL.

Frida) •?;nnight, the day appointed to hold thq
Eleaion tor a Member to servo in Parliament for
the town of Mallow, DzbatAbt JEPHSON, Esq. wag
unanimously re-ele6ted.
Monday week came on the Elektion of two
Knights of the Shire, to represent the County of
Galway in the Imperial Parliament; when, after
the usual formalities had been gone through, the.
Right Hon. D. B. DALY was proposed by Sir THOS.:
BURKE,. Bart. seconded by CHRISTOPHER D. BEL.
LEW, Of 'Mount Bellew, Esq. ; and R. MARTIN,
Esq. by AgidEliT FRENCH, of Rahasane, and second=
ed by JOHN BURKE, of Glynsk, Esqrs. Mr. EYRE.
having declined. the contest, the above Gentlemen
were unanimously elea-ted.
WATERpORD, MAY 23.—This day our Eleeliol
for this City commenced, when HENRY ALCOCK
Esq. of Wilton, in a few words, proposed CORNE-
LIUS BOLTON, Esq. Rev. USHER LEE, Dean of Wa-
terford, seconded in a neat and appropriate speech,
in which he entered into the past services of Mr.
BOLTON and his Father. SAMUEL KING, Esq. Al-
derman, proposed Sir JOHN NEWPORT, with a brief
recapitulation of his merits; THOMAS WYSE, Esq.
seconded.

The Election for the County also took place,
when J. C. BERESFORD, Esq. and Mr. POWER, were
re-eleCteci without opposition, Mr. .Las having de-
clined thy contest.

NAI/ .A.L NEWS.

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PLYMOUTH, ATA7 '2B.—Sailed the Kent, tif 4'4
rut*, for the. Mediterranean; -

4.fire...r • f •
PO E TSM OUT , M Y g.—ArriVect the; A:Cr-airy
Prigate from Newfoundland.
Sailed the Emulous Sloop, Capt. STIYPAE T, for
Guernsey; and the Fury Bomb, 'Capt. GIBSON., with
one Ship under his piOteaion, for the Downs.

FALMOUTH, MAI 27.—Arrived the Mary, BEL-
LING, from Bristol, with wines and bale goods, for
Falmouth; Maria, M'DOUGALL, from Liverpool,
for Malta, to wait convoy ; Orpheus, ADAMS, from
Liverpool 5 Hopewell, Quicx, from BriStol ; Jane,
Coox, from Bury; Brothers, BALL, Brothers, b
LING, and Villiers, DOLLING, from Swansea, with
coals.

Sailed His Majesty's Brig Moselle, 18 guns,- Capt.
GORDON, for Lisbon and the Med;terranean ; !Pal-
singkarn Packet, ROBARTS, for Lisbon, with Mails
of the tgth inst.; Danish Ship Seeb/untster,FoYNE,
Tor Amsterdam ; American Ship Danzscotia, Du KEN-.
DORFF, ibt Rotterdam; And the Orion ditto, MAC
AIIILLAN, for Amiterdrmi.

Orders were receiVett this evening, at the,Agent's
Office, for the sailirig of the Queo4 CharlattePaCket
for the Leewird Islands, with Mails of the 20th
inst. : she will sail to-morrow. .

SHEERNESS, MAY 27.—Passed by front the River
Medway, for Calais, a Cartel, with a number of In=
Valid French Prisoners.

Went out of Harbour the Procris Sloop of War;
Capt. BEAUMAN.

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