The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-27 00:00:00

No intelligence has yet been received from Ad-
miral GAMBIER, but orders have been isSued by,
the Lords of the. Admiralty for DETAINING and
BItINGING into Port all DANISH VESSELS.

This morning a Mail from Go/tea!ugh atrived ;
the following is the only Article of Intelligence
which it brings :

BULLETIN.

flead.eitarters, at Strahund, Aug.'4.

Captain Mail{ ordered, in the night between the
31st July and Ist Auguit, a detachment of 30 ma-
rines to land under the command, of Lieutenant
CLAIRFAIT, near 'newiti, against the Enemy's chain
of chasseurs, to reconnoitre their position. They
were attacked by a French piquet, tbree_men of
which were killed, and the rest taken prisoners.
Lieutenant CLAIRFAIT returned thereupon with his
detachment on board the Guns.boa4, after having
carefully reconnoitred the Enemy's position. On
the 2d inst. at five o'clock in the morning, a heavy
cannonade commenced from the Triebsee batteries
against the Enemy's works, which was discontinued
in the evening, and renewed the next morning.
The detachment of the Finland Regiments, or-.
dered to this place, arrived yeaterday in the fortress.
All the Officers' were this morning presented to his.
Majesty.

Some days since a report was spread here by des
serters, that a Prince had arrived at the Army which
besieges Stralsund ; but it was afterwards ascertain-,
ed, that the pretended Prince was only General
BERTUIER, who arrived there to review the Troops,
and is not likely to remain long with the Army.--
(Goltenburgh Gazette, of Aug. 10.)

There is a report in the City, that the Racket
which brought the Gottenburgh. Mail, spoke an
English Vessel that lefrthe Sound-on the 12th inst.
being ordered. away ley Admiral GAMBIER; as he
meant to make an,attack the next day on the batte-
ries. She afterwards fell in with a Swedish Vessel,
who informed them that the attack commenced on
the i3th (the day he left). 'and thaf two English
Frigates. had taken possession of a Danish Frigate,
which lay as guard-ship in the Cattegat,

Jotelligertee was this morithi received at the Ad.
miralty, by the Telegraph, that the Prince George
;arrived last bight at .§pithead froth the West In...,;tee.'

:Somz of the Letter 10Y the-Lisbon Mail
state, that apr,:.:tensions are entertained in Spain
that the Fre!i'cl) Army which has been assembled on
613 Spaiiish Frontier, is destined against that Coun-
try, and not against Portugal, as has been generally
supposed and it will not surprise us if these appre-
bensiolis turn out to be Well founded'. We observed
upon a toner occasion, that the Army -Colleaed at
Rayonne is-11.inch larger.than would be necessary for
the Congo:.tst of Portn!:2l, and it is not unworthy of
rwticc-, that B.PNAI'.IICIE has, uPon One 'pretekt 'Or
other,. drawn .the greater part of the. Spanish Army
out of that kingdoM. It is true that the French.
Ifelt,r Las :9);!:Vays"..,4eiciseLl as despotic an influence
toe' the Spanish Government as if he had absolutely
si.thdded the Kingdom ; but .it is to'hd' recolleded
qiat tne Xing is, of the family of Botnni oN--;-that he
is one of the anoitinf Order of. Sovereigns—that while
Spain reteins its piesetit Government, France will
'tot be entirely surrounded by 4evolutiOnary States--
aiid that BONArOts TE has yet a brother who'
ib not a King.

Is quite astonishing to see the enemies of Mi-
nisters take such pains to bring odium upon that
Expedition which does so much honour to their sa-
gacity, promptness, and energy. As it is evident
that BONAPARTR would have adopted the very mea-
sure which we have undertaken, we cannot conceive
how it is possible for any body who is tiot indifferent
Ito the welfare of this Country, to suppose that our
Government ought quietly to have suffered him to
auginent his power of annoying us. The' question
lies in the stnallest compass, and none, W.O:sbould
conceive, but the wiltnlly blind, can avoid, see-.
ing its jtastice and policy. if BONAPARTE; could
bave.giver4 any satisfaaory pledge ,to rapakina.tlLat
be was incliqed to respett the Neutrality of Den-
mark, nobody can suppose that we, should have
thought of the measure, icy question. But we are
sure that no such 1.14,0ge could bd given, and we
are ftwally sure that would have posseiised hitu-
licit' of 'the Naval PoWers which Dempark coulld.
inpply, even if tie total ruin of that oo,lutry should

GLOM".
G I CpcilL ULU CAMIVIVaIIOII, 11141. rallCe
would have seized the navl means of Denmark for

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hostility against us ; add th4t we attcmpq to get
possession of it from motives of precaution and
self-defence. Is -there anybody/who Can suppoSe;
that France, after having employed the Maritime
Force rof- Denmark for its own purpose, --would be
ready to make any compensation to that Country,
or can anybody imagine that if the Danes quietly
surrender to a Force which they cannot resist,.
that we shall not be 'anxious to make them every
honourable atonement for an a& justified Upon every
principle of National Policy on our part ? It is
absolutely. wasting words to defend a measure that
imperious necessity. has dilated, which the Danes
themselves must know`that we undertook with great
relu&ance, but to, which the means of warfare, uni-
formly adopted by our Enemy, oblige us to have
recourse; •

Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, His MAJESTY ar-
rived at. the Queen's Palace from. Windsor, and
held a Court stiot) after two o'clock, which, was at-
tefided by—
The Lord President of the Council, the -First Lord of the
Treasury, the Lord:Privy Seal, the Secretaries of State for
the Home and Foreign Departments, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Master General ot' the Ordnance, the Seere-
tary at War, Lords Heathtield and ,Paulet,- Sit S. Cotterel,
Generals Sir J. Craig and ' Veapard. and Colonel Barton.

The following bad the honour of being presented
to HIS MAJESTY :

General Despard, upon his return from Cape Ireton.
CGlonel Barton, of the Life Guards, upon his promotion..
General Sir James Craig took leave of His Majesty, previ-
ous to his leaving England for BricshAinelica. •

, HIS MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave au-
diences to the Duke of PORTLAND, Earls CAMAgN
and CHATHAM; Lord HAWKESBURY, Mr. CANNING,
and Mr. PERCEVAL.

Soon after live o'clock lila MAJESTY s9t Off for
Windsor.

Yesterday a Council, was held at the Duke of Port-
land's, in 'Downing-street. Sir SIDNEY Small at-
tended the Council for near an hour and a half.
Yesterday Sir JAMES CRAIG, after taking leave of
his MAJILSTY, trausaCted business at Lord Castle-
reagh's Office. Sir JAMES will yet off on his journey
next Sunday.

On Tuesday evening summonses Were issued for
a Cabinet Council, to meet at twelve o'clock this
day. It is supposed sonic. important question is then
to be decided, as it is very uncommon to issue•sum-
monses such a length of time previous to the meet
ing ; the general time is only a few'hours
It is expeLied every Member of the Cabinet will be
present to-day.

Mr. ELBWORTII, the Messenger, set off at two
o'clock yesterday morning with dispatches for St.
Petersburgh. It is said that Lord FITZIIARRIS is in
readiness to setont on a mission to that Court.

Yesterday the Duke of PORTLAND entertained the
Cabinet Ministers at dinner. His Grace's family
will remove from the house in Downingstreet, at-
tached to the office. of First Lord of the Treasury, to
Burlington House, Piccadilly, on Tuesday next. The
Duke will go to 31strode to-morrow.

The private letters received by the last ConVeyance
state, that the grand Military Fetes which the war
with Prussia suspended last year are expected to take
place on the gth of November, the anniversary of
BONAPARTE'S usurpation. Most of the Continental
bovereigns ar e,xpeaed to be present, acid afterwards
e
"•;:.f,t" • t
to pass a great part or ;IC rails,. %yam
splendid preparations are making for their reception.
Rumour also states, that the Pore will make another
journey to France, to inaugurate NAPOLEON as " Em-
peror of Me !Pest." On the same occasion, it! is be.
liev.ed, that JOSEPIL and LOUIS BONAPARTE will, en-
tirely 'renounce. their offices of Grand Eleaor and
Grand Constable, in favour of their Deputies, Tat,
LEYRAND and BERTMER.

The remains of the Duchess of GLOUCESTER are
to be interred in the vault at Windsor, where the
Duke and two children were •btiried. Her High-
ness's Will is to he opened toimorrow.
This day 383 days pay to the Garrisons of. Great
Britain and Ireland, from .the 25th of June, 1806, to
the 24th of December, 1807, both days inclusive,
will begin issuing at the Pay Office, Horse Guards. •
We are happy to
,record an apt which refleas
fresh honour on our naval charaEter.—Letters have
been received from our Cruizers off the Coast of
France, of the 14th instant, whit% mention that the
Contest, of 16 guns, Lieutenant GREGOICY, had a
few days before a very severe a&ion off L'Orient,
with some troops and artilley, who had lined the,
shore in order to prevent the Contest, whiCh was in-
tent on such an ad, from cutting out several Chasse
Ma*s. The gallant Commander of the Contest
Was not to be deterred from his obje& by superior
numbers, but purivad • his purpose resolutely, and
after a great deal of firing, succeeded in cutting out
two of the Enemy's Vessels, and sinking two others,
In the execution of this service, the, Contest was
so severely handled; as to be obliged to haul off to
refit. She bad bead several times hulled, and had
her rigging, sails, and yards, much cut. Many of
the Enemy on shore Were seen to drop, from rt he steady
fire of the Contest,, and the rest were thrown into
great confusion. This brilliant exploit was perform-
ed, we are happy to add, With no loss., and with four
seamen only Is:ounded.

The- sixty-first ascension undertakeh at Aotter-.
dan on the 14th, nstant, by M. BLAkHARII) And
the t Ith by his wife, proved
,very unfortunate.
hey attempted to ascend together in a Montgolfier;
but an unlucky accident deprived thousands of spec,:
• tatots of the pleasure of seeing them; for scarcely
14 the baloon risen a few teet from the earth,.•
when it struck against a tree, and on being .disen...
gaged, dashed against the rod, and chimney of, a
neighbouring house, in censetitienCe of which it ,vas.
torn and fell. M. BLAbiptiAilD was wound 4i an
the head, and particularly on one of his ears, • the.
tright caused his wile to Cana,. but she soon recover-
ed and set out*r the flag-ue. M. BLANCII,AIth'S
wound is not considerable ; but, on account of his.
weaktiess and age, it was not thought adviseahle
to remove him ; and on the Bth, his wife, who was
at the Haine,.had not completely recovered the use
of her senses,

PLymou'rn, AUG. 25.—Arrived the Danish Ship
Frederick Alias Roas, THoRsoN oln Santa Cruz,
bound to Tonningen, detained by the Lion Fri-
v.ateer.
Arrived the. F.riends,...,Eaw4nDs, from Memel,
with timber for this Port.

Sailed the Cuba Frigate, with a Convoy for the
Downs.

Arrived -the Revolutionaire Frigate, anti Rose
Sloop of War, from the Channel Meet.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG, 26.—Arrived the Prince
George, of6B, Opt. LOSSACK, from the West In-
dies..; Boreas, SODEitsratim, from Benecitrio ;
.dppiedram, SAvroN,,and Bideford, Wag&, from
Guernsey; and Dove, READ, and Prospea, JOHN-
SON, from Sunderland.

Sailed the Eliza, HAMILTON, for Guernsey; and
Penelope, LAMB, for Newcastle.

SHEERNESS, AUG. Centinel Gun-brig,
Lieut. KLNG, came doWn from ChathaM with part.
of the Lancaster's crew lately 'paid off there, and
who have been on leave and returned, 'and sailed
with -them. up the River to man the Elizahth And,
Marlborough, ,of 74 guns, which are or4ered to be
got ready with all possible *edition.

AUG. 26.—Sailed the Piercer Gm-brig, Lieut.
SIBRELL, for Yarmouth.

Came down from the and anchored at the
Little No 0,, to wait for convoy, several Merchant
Vessels for. the. Baltic. •

Sailed His• Majesty's Ship Falcon, with the Baltic
Convoy ; and the Vulture for the Humber. •
Came down and, sailed through the Downs an
outward-bound East Indiaman. ' Several Sia are in
sight below the Nore, coming up the River.

DEAL, Auo. O.—This morning sailed' from the
Downs the 'Northampton, Sarah Christiana, Union,
Tigress, and Glory East Indiamen ;* Eurydice, COMP.
Tort, for Surinam ; with several other outward-bound
Vessels, Coasters and Colliers, to the Westward.
Also.. sailed this afternoon the Explosion Bomb,
4imwell, RICHMOND, and John, illi*BICE, from
Jamaica, bounti to Leith, under canyoy, to the
Northward.'