The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-24 00:00:00

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Pr.,rou'rn, Arart. 9 . ---Arril:•ed the- Spanish
Po:acre I iYiU tif .eisturias, from Laguira, laden with
.
coco:4 Wl*, and a variety of other valuable
art des, bound to Cadiz, captured blf Ccipe
by the Emerald Frigate ; she is valued at 70,0001.
sterling. The Emerald was left ip, chace of another
Spanish Ship, consort With the Prince of Asturias,
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which is stated to be or cinch greater value, and
there is no reason, to doubt but shecaptured her.also.

Arrived the French Brig Privateer Austerlitz, of
14 guns, captured off Cape Finisterre by the Eme-
rald Frigate ; out two days, and had not made any

captures.
Sailed the Bellerophon, of 74 guns, to join the
Chann'el Fleet, and Scoipion Sloop of War, on a
cruize.
Arrived the Insott4it Gun Brig, with a Fleet of
Light Vidtiallers under convoy, from the Channel
Fleet, which they.parted from yesterday, consisting
Of six Sail of the Line, a Frigate, and two Brigs.
Princess Sailed the Cita. rlotte Frigate, on a cruize
to the Westward.
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Arrived the Fame, of 74 guns, from off Rochefort.

PoRTSN'IOU'III, APRIL 23.---Sailed the Sharpshooter,
GOLI7IE, Linnet, Lieut.TRACEY, and Hearty,
Lieut. WickuAr, Gun-vessels, on a Cruize.
The Bidthark; of 74 guns, commissioned by the
Hon. Capt. FLEMING, was launched this day exatly
at half-past eleven o'clock ; she went off in fine
style. The day being particularly fine attraled an
imtheifse multitude to witness the scene. Her
Masts were immediately-put in on her being launch.:
ed, and to-morrow she is to be docked for the pur-
pose of being copperea

DEAL, APRIL 23.—Sailed from the Downs las
night the Zebra. Bomb with a Corth)y for Ports-
mouth, and the Seapit on a Cruize. •

Arrived the Basilisk Gun-brig from a Cruize ;
also the Desperate with a detained Ship,,under Ham-
burgh colours (name unknown), which she fell in
with between Calais and Dunkirk.

By the Anna, arrived at Bombay, from China,
froM whence she sailed the 3d July, the following
intelligence has been received :—At the beginning
of the preceding month the scarcity of grain con-
tinued; and much alarm was entertained for the en-
suing crop. Ail
,the Bengal rice then at Canton,
in consequence, sold at live and six dollars per
pecul. In the course of the month of June, they
had plentiful showers of rain, which, by securing
the safety,of the ensuing. crop, and thus caus;ng the
monopolizers suddenly to throW their grain upon
the market, had the etre& of immediately: reducitig‘
the price of rice to three and three and a half dollars
-per pecul,- at which rate the price currents state it
to be selling at the time of the Anna's departure.
It, was thought highly probable that the price would
be advanced in the:course of a few weeks. Bengal
opium was • looo.dollars.per.chest ; the market very-
fiat, and .the price expeaed to tall in the course of
the season. Cotton'was,at 13k tale per pecul, but
expo led to rise to 14 or 14-i' per pecul. Saltpetre,
12 dollars par pecul. , ,

Letters from Gibraltar, dated early in March,
mention, that 'several ships had passed up the Me-
diterranean for the purpose, of affording 'Admiral
DUCKWORTH additional means of attacking the Ot-
lonian Capital, should he be compelled to extremi-
ties. -These .vessels not only contained 'the 'ordinary►
means of bombardment, but also carry out a very
powerful battery of fire-rockets. The reinforcement
was expeded to reach the Dardanelles about the
middle of :lurch; if, therefore, it be true that the,
British Squadron has retired, as stated in the:Foreign
Papers, it may have been merely for the purpose of
forming a jundiorr with this force, of the approach
of,which the Admiral was apprised.
F
I„resterday inorning' Captain I.4,ERIITERES arrived at
the Admiralty With dispatches from Admiral Coax-
R NE, at Barbadoes. .

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• A Cabinet Council was held'yesterday at the Duke
Of PORTLA.ND'S house.

::Sir CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS IS SO much respelled
in private life, that all who know him must deeply
regret the unluCky predicament in which he. is at
pre;enciayolve.d. No man is more loyal •in his prin-
ciples, and no man`.bears his faculties' more meek-7
ly, and with less of the pride of wealth, though he
is amply possessed of it.
M. DE LOLME.---This- Gentleman lately died in
Switzerland. He was a native of Geneva, and first
distinguished Inrnself in this country by a work on
the British Constitution, which he had evidently exa-
mined with -pridoi.ind judgment, and philosophic
Spirit: The work has long
,been
•a standard book,
and among other flattering tributes of applause, it
received a high eulogium from the pen of JUNIus,
who pronounced. it
." deep, solid, ;Ind ingenious.''
DS Lor-mg had a
,surprising.extent of knowledge on
all subjects, and.could almost have rivalled BURKE in
..all the variety of his illustrations.7-He was remark-
ably temperate and. simple in his mode of living.
Ile possessed an admirable temper with a strong
turn for humour. ,All ,he said, indeed upon the
• most serious subjeds,,was.marked by something of
an arch shrewdness. He did not much s::critice to
the Graces in point of dress and personal delicacy,
bet his conversation was always valuable, and it
is much to be regretted that a man of his talents
and, information was not shielded
.by patronage
againg the necessities,. or life, as he might have
produced many useful and instrultive Works.

This morning a fire broke out in Gravel-lane,
Southwark, which-destroyed a Corn Chandler's and'
Butcher's Houses; and did much damage to one. ad-•

Five; hundred of the Royal Veteran Invalids, cigar-
tered in the Tower, are tinder naatchins orders to do
duty at Guernsey.

.4R•TS.

IT is with much satisfklion we find that th,.!
-.Artists. of this Country have made considerable im-
provement since fast year, as will be abundantly
manifested in the ensuing annual display of tbeil-
prOdu6tions.. Among some of the best efforts in It
line. of Portrait-painting will be a very tine P10ur...:
of the present Duke o(GLOUCESTEK, from the ban •
of the late
.excellent Artist Mr, OP. Is. There ar.:
other works from the same Artist, which will c-.).1; .
firm the public regret on the loss of so great an or-
nament of the British School.

OWEN has some charming works, the chief oc
which is di Road-side, with rustic travellers rel:
by a mile-stone. This, we prediet, will be a gr,:.,t
favourite with the Public..

HOPPNER has the best Likeness of the PRINCE f
WALES that has yet been seen. It is painted w, h
a bold and faithful pencil.
THOMSON has distinguished himself chiefly in The
lPhining School-Gil, from SSAKSPEARE, which be
has painted with taste and characteristic expression.
NORTLICOTE will be conspicuous in a fine Eques.
trian Portrait of His MAJESTY, intended for Lan-
caster Castle.

LAWRENCE has an admirable Portrait, of the con-
versation kind, in which are introduced some el it.e
family of Sir FRANCIS BARING.

WESTALL has a series of Email Pidnres,
plifying striking incidents in the life of the immortal!
NELSON.

LOUTHEREOURG, BOURGEOIS, DANIEL, and other
Artists of established tame, will fully justify the re-,
putation they have acquired, on the approaLhing oc
casion.

TURNER '.has a Picture exhibiting an etre& of
fire, that is in his best manner.

WILKIE will again excite surprise and admiration,
by an interior of a cottage, -and the variety of his
rustic charaaterg.

CALCOTT, who has progressively increased in ire-
rit,' has made still greater advances in the province
of Landscape..

Indeed. we have ample reason for saying, that. all
the Artists who have fixed their renown will gain
new laurels, and that many juvenile Palmeri will
exhibit talents that are likely to insure dual a high
distindtion in their respeEtive provintes.

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•
WILLIAM SMITH, Esq. the late Member for Nor-
folk, means.it is said in case of a Dissolution, to start
for the Borough of Southwark. He is it seems to
have all the support of Mr. TIERNLY'S friends.
Mrs. BLLLINGTON, it seems, has posititely: de-
clined all musical overtures for the precnt season,
determined that fashion and novelty shall have their
bent, without any attempts on her part to interrupt
their progress.

The. Chinese have visiting cards, whose colour and
size.are regulated by the rank of the person visited.
Lord MACARTNEY received from the Viceroy of Pet-
chelie a crimson card, with which he might have
papered his bed-chamber.

An Elopement early on Sunday moriing, last was
prevented, by the vigilance of a widowed Countess,
who, secured a daughter of fifteen just as she was
descending a rope ladder into the arms of an Officer
of the Guards, in - square.
Letters from Goree, dated the 20th of 'February,
mention that all was tranquil there, and the Royal
African corps quite healthy.

SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON:
Yesterday being St. George's Day, the Society of
AntiqUaries met at their Apartments in Somerset-
Place, in pursuance of their Statutes arid Charter Qf
Incorporation, to. elaa a PreSident, Council, and
Officers of the Society for the year ensuing, where-
upon

George Eirl of Leicester, Anthony Hamilton, D. D.
William Bray, Esq. Cnveri Ord, Esq.
Nichblas Carlisle, Esq. John Ld. Bishop 01Salishury,
Francis Dooce.• Esq• loseph Windham, Esq. •
Sir 11. C. Engleficld, Bart. • - And
Samuel Lysons, Esq. Rev. T. W. Wiighte, A. M.
Eleven of the Council, were re-chosen of the New
Council ; and
-Frederick Aug. Barnard, Esq. George lsted, Esq.
Hon. 'Robert Sir T. l'lumer, Knt.
)01111 Lord Bishop of 'Exeter, John Townley, F. q.
William Fitzhugh, Esq. • George Vanderzee, Esq.
Henry Viscount Barberton, Roger Wilbraham) Esq.
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Ten of the other Members of the Society, were
chosen of the New Councit„and they were .severally
declared to be the Council for. the year ensuing.
And on a-Report made ofthe Officers of the Society,
it appeared, that
George Earl of Leicester was ele6ted President.
William Bray, Esq. Treasurer.
Samuel LYs'ons, Esq. Direetor.
Rev. T. IV. Wrighte, A.M. Secretary. And
Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. ,Secretary' for the year ensiling:
The Society afterwards dined together ar the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, accord-
ing to annual custom__ •

NICHOLAS CARLISLE, Secretary:-

SW11;1111-1 ELD MARKET, APRIL s4.This day's market was but thinly supplied with dif-
ferent kinds of Cattle ; Beef, Veal, and Pork sold at
last prices ; Mutton is somewhat dearer ; 4atob ra-
ther cheaper, and the trade for the most part was
but inditNrent.—The sales, in the Haymarket were
not lively ; Hay and Straw obtained better; prices
thim Monday's market ; Clover sold at last price.
The following. prices and.. numbers is an accurate
statement :

To sink the Offld per stone of Sib.
Beef cs. ed. to 6s-. od.—Miltton ss. od. to 6s. ed..:--Veal
6s. cd. to 7s. od.—Larnb 6s. o;:. to 7s. oil. Poi k is. cd. to
Gs. .d.
Beasts, 47u.--7.Sheep and Lambs, .2,740. 9,._
Pigs 400.

SMITHFIELD HAY •MARKET.
Hay 41. os. to si. tos.--Clover 41. 45. od. to 61.
Straw zt. Iss. t 0,34. 6s.

C9RN. I-TANGE, Ai RIL 24.—The supplies of
Wheat, to-day, are short, the samples principally
of second and ordinary qualities.; 13,arley
waiting arrivals---these articles have rev( buyers ;
White Pease are still very scarce ; e.:.itts of each sort
keep their prices ; Oats are in tolerable plenty ; ar.d
ome further arrivals of Foreign. Sales nearly at our
last currenv : fine Atnericen Flour 445. to 465. per
barrel.

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W neat 46s a 6zs a 76s od Leans -42 s a 47s of
Fine ditto . ' Sos a 84c p.e. Tick Beans 36s a 424 od
Rye - - itos 4.1 4Si C 4( ( )ars-. - •2, z 5 a 26s a 20,0,1
Barley . - -14 s a 41* cd. •,Poland ditto Sts 2 32, 0 t
Mat - -64 s a 700 od Rape Seed zt L. 321. ci, ~,,t
White Pent 84s -a 92$ od Fine Flout 6us a 65i 01
Crew ditto - 4os a 4.5- od Seei,L;lS soi a 5, Ed

FO.VIGN lATi3L,LIGENCE.

[FR-OM,THE BERLIN TELEGRAPH.]

•' -Dardanelles, 3d March, ; j in the Nlorning."

At-three o'clock yesterday afternoon were de-
scried from the Tower of, the Mosque of Gallipoli,
the Enemy's Fleet, to the Number of 13 Sail, otf.the
Isle.ofMarinora. At five the Squadron drOpped
anchor between Laropsaki and Nagara. The Turks
rep. aired to their station evith confidence and alacrity.
The Paella passed the night in going the rounds, and
making his dispositions. At. seven this morning I
repaired to the battery of. Nagara, whence, finding
eVery:thing quiet,. I proceeded to the top of a Lill
which commanded a View of, the sea of Marinora, to
observe:the motions ofthe English Fleet. At eight
I remarked the Admiral's Ship
..makitw signals, and
beginning to lift anchor. The rest of the Fleet fol-
loWed:the example;' and in a quarter of an hour the
first ship was under sail, but lay to for the others.—
Exaelly-at ;tine o'clock a cannonade was opened from
the battery of Nagara. The-Enemy was suffered to
approach within short gun shot. The Turks; served
the batteries with the greatest coolness, taking good
aim and loading quickly., Not a shot. was thrown
away. The English must have received great da-
snage, for I observed many shot fall on board, and,
among others, several large balls of marble struck
their .hulls. They were seen throwing a number of
dead bodies overboard. TwO English CorvetteS
were shot between wind and water, and wrecked
on the European side ,of the Straits. The wind
blew a fresh breezeirom, the worth, inponSequence
of which the Enemy's Squadron, in passing from
Nagara to Cape Barbier, were only /an hour and a
quarter exposed to our fire. Unfortunately, none
of the European latteries took part in this affair, so
that the English had-thus an opportunity of partly
keeping out of the reach of the batteries on the Asia,
tit side. The cannonade from the Castle of Couen-
Cale NOS very brisk, and still continues. A few,
days later the Enemy would not have come off so
N't.l . As it Is, he has lost several masts, about 100
men, and two ships. _ _

AIECHAIN."

On the 4th, the English Fleet was in the Medi-
terranean, and out of sight.' It has probably gone to
• Malta to repair its damages. The Turkish Fleet
has cast anchor before. Gallipoli. - The Dardanelles
are fortifying in such a manner, that no Fleet will -
hereafter be able to pass theM with impunity. The
Greeks of the Morea, and especially the Mainots,
have sent Deputies to Constantinople,. Offering their
services against the common Enemy. The Turkish
armies are continually drawing near the Danube.—
Te troops necessary .for the, garrisoning of the Cas-
tles are, encamped at the Dar7lanelles. The. Prince
of the Abassirles, JUSSUP PACIIA; has put hiuiself in
`motion; as has the' Pacha of Erzerum, in the vicinity
of the Crimea and Qf Georgia.
• MisNTz, APRIL r 1.--7-Her Majesty the Empress..
of the French is.again expected in this.city, and pre-.
prations are already making for her reception.
ALEPPO, JAN. 1,----The- Persians make ,common
cause with the Turks, and attack the Englsih and the
Russians at the same time. Prince Fiaii,ll.l SCHAII
is an able man, well acquainted with the present state
of affairs. He has often been the dupe of the Eng-
who sacrifice all their friends to their own Self 7
interest, All the English Faaories are seized, and
the correspondence which: they haVe hitherto carried
on through • Persia to India is totally stopped. •
AVAnsaw, ATair. B.—According to Official corn-
..7miinications in our Journal of this day, the Captain
'Pacha has sailed into the Black Sea, where the Rus-
sians have but three Ships of the Line. - A Turkish
army has entered the Krim, and a Persian force is
•in Georgia. At this moment, probably, the Russians.
are driven out of Wallachia and Moldavia. All the
English counting-houses in Arabia, upon the Eu-
phrates, and in Asia, are shut up. The Algerines
' have declared war, and cruize against the English.
VEROZ,IA, MARCH 30.—The greatest part of • the
French army in our neighbourhood has already
.marched for Dalmatia, in order to pass through Bosnia
into Turkey, where it is supposed they will arrive
by the latter end of May. We, may, therefore, ex-
peol very important events. It is'generally reported
here that this army will be augmented t 0,100,000
men ; still it is not known who is to commandit.—
Some will have it to be Marshal AUGEREAU, as soon
as he recovers from his indisposition : this, however,
is mere conjedure.
Faom THE MAINE, APRIL 1 t .—The fruitless ap-
..Pearance of the English fleet _before Constantinople
wilt be producaive of important consequences. Had
the Porte-been terrified, and revoked its declaration
of war against the. Bussians,• General MICHELSON
would have-marched from Moldavia and Wallachia
for East Prussia with
.his whole army. - The nume-
rous army raising by the Porte will find the RuSsians
enough to do in the approaching campaign, and the
English will. the benefit of a very brisk trade
with all the ports of the Levant.
MADRID, •MARCH 24.—0 n .the gth inst. an Eng-
lish'Galley„ of 14 guns, - I s-pounders; appeared off
Cape Leon. Two Spanish Privateers immediately
set sail from Algesiras, and took 'possession of it, al-
ter a long-and very brisk engagement. The Prize
was carried into•Centa. The -English had five kill-
ed-111-Id 13 wounded : the loss of the Spaniards was
four killed (among whore was the Captain of one of
the Privateers), and ten wounded. The- English
Galley was carrying dispatches 'to London from the
_British Minister at Constantinople; 'and. also: dis-
. patches from .Malta. . •
• CP.RIVATE\CORRESPONDE N CE.I

BANKS OF TIIE ELBE, APRIL the 2U
init. the Head-quarters of BoNarAwas. have been at
Finkenstein, seven leagues behind bit4',lormer posi-
tion. The armies, it is expeacd, will continue in a
state. of repoie till the beginning of May.- There is
nu longer any idea of peace.
Adstria, in the mean while, proceeds daily in her
military organizations. At the Diet of Hungary, the
insurreaion is to be voted, and other necessary steps
• ta'en; and the Anstrian Government, it istlien ex-•
peed, will throw aside the mask.:'
The KING of SWEDEN caused 'a .77e-Deurn to be
celebrated on the I eth, for,the advantages gained in
Pornerani;!.. The Swedes are:said to We at Prenzlow.
The,Dt tcii Getieral DumoNct4Au is arrived from
trCineil lianiburgh. The Dwell troops that set

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lout lately troth Hamburgh towards rtatZboarg ma-
nifested on their dep!kri.ure the most mutinous dis-
i‘ositionA, crying out, " Long live the KING Of PAUS-
SIA ! Long live the KING of SWEDEN
.Pne
of them has been shot.- These troops consist, for_
the major part; of recruits, '
I regret that I have nothing,
,absolutely nothing,
to add to these minutes. We are poor even in re-
ports. InSlead of adding to the stock of unauthorised
rumours, I must corred one contained in my last,
viz. that the French had preAed Hanoverian,soldiers
for the Grand Army. This I .heard,
,as I believed,
. at one remove only from an eye-witness: It is, how-.
ever, in print, that the Members of the ancient HaL..
noverian GovernMent have been sentenced to exile
and, <it is said, that. this arises from their refusal to
take the oath of allegiance to NAPOLEON. This is
in itself no infiCrobable thing.
I have just been reading the Warsaw Gazette of
the Bth. 'The only falls that I can gather from it
are, that Gen. GRELYND has taken the command of
the attniy before Dantzic,. in the place of Dom-
BROWSKY, A'ho was wounded in the affair of Dirs-
chau ;and that on the 2Gth_a sortie of unusual vigour
took place. It is said, in the proclamation, to be
" more serious than the others;" but it is.remarkable,
that though great praise is given to the Polish troops'
in general, and a number (A- officers in particular, no
account is given either of the engagement itself, or
its results,

I have just heard that Prince CONSTANTINE is ar-
rived at Konigsburgh.
You will see by the Papers,,that the last motions
of the French consist of a closer concentration of
their force, of which the extreme points are Dantzic
and Konigsburgh. The pause that now takes place
is solemn, not to say, dreadful.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KiNG's tENCH, APRIL 23.

TILE KING V. JOHN CAFFRAY.

- The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the' judgment
of the Court upon this Defendant. Fie had admitted
judgment to go by default, uptm an indiament,
charging him, a private in the Veteran Battalion;
with assaulting and obstru&ing John 'Roberts, an
Officer of the Customs, in the execution of his du-
ty. On the 28th of. March, 1805; the Prosecutor,
who. was in .the Isle of Scilly, saw a number of sol-
diers and sailors endeavouring to lift a barrel over
the walls of the garrison town, where the regiment
to which .Caffray belongs was stationed. Roberts, in
`the exeeution of his duty, conceiving that the cask
contained some spiritucus liquor, demanded to exa-
mine it. This request was refused, and upon the
Officer's attempting to -seize it, the Defendant, with
the assistance of another, brought Roberts to the
ground, where they declared they would keep him
until the barrel was out of sight. They did so, and
the party succeeded in securing their booty.
The affidavit of the Defendant was read, in which
he stated, that he had ailed as a servant to Mr. Ly-
nam for a considerable time, who held the rank of
Major in the same regiment. It added,. that the
Defendant had a wife and five children now at Ply-
'mouth. Major Lynam gave his servant a good cha-
raaer.

, The ATTORNEY GENERAL regretted exceedingly
thaithe parry 'who was most criminal on this .occa-
.sion was not before the Court to receive its judg-
' .ment. The truth was, that the attendant and his
companions had been employed by Major Lynam to
smuggle the barrel of wine into the town., at the
time-Roberts interfered. Sufficient evidence could
not, however, be obtained to bring the charge home
to the principal, and the Defendant, as the most active
in the obstruEtion, was therefore indi6ted. .
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11r. GURNEY, in mitigation of punishment, urged,
that the Defendant, in smuggling the cask of wine,
had Acted only under the direetion a his master, •
who was his superior Officer. He trusted that their
Lordships, in consideration of the wife and family
of the Defendant, as well as of the good eharaaer
be had hitherto borne, would not visit his offence
with any severe punishment.
Mr. Justice Ottosg, in delivering the judgment of
the Court, animadverted severely upon the condua
not only of the Defendant, but of Major Lynam.
He said that it Was no excuse for the condua of the
former to say that he had acted under the orders of
his superior Officer. The first object of obedience
was the law of the country ; and when that was
transgressed, it was the painful, but, necessary, duty
of the Court to punish the delinquents. The De-
fendant was sentenced to be imprisoned in. Newgate
for the term of eight calendar months.
Mr. GURNEY hoped, that their Lordships would
permit that the Defendant should staffer his impri-
sonment at Plymouth, where his wife, children, and
friends resided.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that the Court
should have no obje6tion if it wer: done at the De-
fendant's expence. He 'might perhaps, upon ap-
plication to his master, who deserved no better title
than an accomplice, be relieved ; but it could not be
expe6ted that the Crown should be at the chargeof
carrying its prisoners ' where their convenience
would be most consulted.