The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-07 00:00:00

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The Royal Family tame to town to7daY: to-moromi
the KING will hold a Court at the Queen's Palace,
and the QUEEN will hold a Drawing-:room on Thurs..
day.
Saturday evening, after the Cabinet Council, Mr.
JACKSON, the Emraordinary Messenger, was sent off
with dispatches to Lord, HUTCHOSON.. ' ;
His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES re-
ceived at twelve o'clock on Saturday an express from.
Windsor, on thereceipt of which His Royal High-
ness immediately set out for that place, where he
remained for the whole of that clay and the ensuing
night.
Yesterday the Duke of RICHMOND' and Lord
HAwKEsnutor..transaded business with Ai-w.f.-41K";
of YORK, at his Office.
Col. BATHURST, a very promising young Officer,
son of the Bishop of Noaw ton,. set out yesterday for.
Memel, to join-,the Russian army, as ayollinteer,: by
permission of the Doke of Yolm.
A letter from a British Field OLflcer serving 41 the
RuSsian army, dated the .6th- March, gives a fa::
vourable view of the state of affairs on• the other side,
of the Vis,tula. The writer estimates the loss which,.
the French have sustained since:the battle of Eylau,
in killed, prisonerS, and deserters, I.la:pt
since p,OOO men
they
;
and 'states it as the general
first.crossed the Vistula .th 4 were not short of
sO,OOO men hors do comtat. We have the satin-

fa.elion of finding from this letter, that General
NIGSEN- had' been-aclually joined by .24,000 .fresh
Cossacks, who were constantly harassbg the fl4iks
and, outposts of: the French; and cutting otf, their
'supplies and 'convoys ; and that the writer considers
the French cavalry as almost annihilated. The
Prussians had greatly recovered their spirits.
The appointment of Lord TElNmouTif as a

Member of the 'Board of Controul, must give plea-
sure to every friend o Literature and high talents, as
well as to every man who. feels for the' interest of
hiS Country and its dependencies. NO Man is bet-
ter acquainted with the affairs of India, and the true
principles upon which those affairs alight to be con
subalilcs odautti.)irn:aatiel
dd
by the most elevated sentiments
duCted, than this Nobleman.
lojef
that he posesSes those estimable 9nalities which do
honour to' private. life, ‘is' evident from his amiable
and enlightened tribute to. the memory of his ex-
•cellent friend Sir WI'LLTA:`,I JONES, a char:l6ler fully
entitled to that admirable meinoriaLby extraordinary
powers and wonderful acquisitions,
The first new Vocal Monday Concert, under the,
direction of Mr. SAPIO, was last night performed at
the spkindidi mansion of file Marchioness of STAF-
FORD, in Cleveland-row. Every ,arrangement that
taste could diCtate, or libeLility provide, was made
on the occasion; The Music' was performed in
the old Pidure Gallery,` which was moNt splendidly
lighted on the occasion. At ten o'clock the corn-
' puny began to arrive ; and . at eleven the Concert
commenced, w4l: a Grand Symphony, by HAYDN.
Signor ROVED!Nd was 'Very successful in a beautiful
air, and Mad;:tMe t anti Signor NA ILDI. dls-
plii);ed geeat taste ~an;_c execution, in a I cry fine
Duet. Signor NALni, Miidame ,El ANcal I, and
Signor Rpvi,DPT,), ?Ave a charming Tei-,rMo,• in
very lisle style: 11:1)adaMe C4T.?4ANI sag inree
son.:4s, which were. received with the most rapturous
at,pla I:13d. -"The 1.6" vicire `abbe ; four liundrul of Ibe
first Nebilitir D'reser:te. " '

NAVAL NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH, Arlin G.—Az-lived the Ilexander
ATKINS, from the Downs,' for Madeira and Ja-

nallica.

. Sailed the Defender Gun-brig, Lieut. IILOWMAI,,T,
with a Convoy for Guernsey.
Dropped down to St. Helen's La Decade Frigate,
Capt. STUART, with the Convoy for the West In-
dies, and will sail, provided the wind continues fair,
early to-morrow morning. • -

• SHEERNESS,. APRIL 5.--.41e liinsquito Sloop of
War, Capt. JACKSON, which came into Harbour on
Friday evening. to refit, bad early on Saturday morn-
ing her mainmast out, and was on shorein't be Dock-
yard.
, • -
Sailed this morning, at seven o'clock, with a wes-
terly wind, the Spy Sloop of War, Capt. HunSoN,
with a very large_ Convoy for, the Baltic, with which
she had been wind-bound belo'w. the Nore-light for
several days.
Aram yesterday evening the Hindos-
tan, -0150 guns, Capt. BOWEN, and the Constant
Frigate, for Yarmouth ; also the Desperate and Fa-
ribus. for

-Cainedown from 'the Tower, and sailed again
irorneditely;',. a Tender with :volunteers and im-
.
pressed•tnen for; the Fleet..

YARMOUTH; APRIL (i.:--Yesterday arrived four
Sail of the Line and a Frigate from the Downs.

• DEAL, -APRIL 6,—Sailed the Alkmaar Store-ship
for Sheerness.

Arrived the. Otter Sloop of "War, Thrasher
Wrangler Gun-brigs from a cruize, and the' Zebra
Bomb from Portsmeiith;with a Convoy, which are
sailed for the River.

. NEWCASTLE, APRIL 4.—A letter from,Christian-
sand, dated the-20th ult. states, .that there Was theti
lying there a French Privateer of 6 guns, one of
Squadron of eight Privateers which sailed from Ant-
werp a short time before. She was watching the
sailing of the trade from that port, but it was hoped
would soon be takten,.as notice had_heen. sent to_an
English Ship ot.W ar then ,off the Nore.

BARBAPOES; 'JAN. 13.—The Circe Frigate Captur-
ed on the f!dinst. the French, Privateer Schooner Le
Creole, of one gun and 2'l men. She Was taken in
a Cahn by one of the Circe's boats, with .only six
men, commanded by Lieut..THOMAS, who very gal-
lantly boarded and *Carried, her before any of the
other beats sent after her' came up. She this day
arrived here.

His Majesty's Ships Canada and Port of Spain,
from Antigua and Doniinica, have arrived since our
last.

The Brig C 1 rle, GAEMS, of this Port, from Balti-
rnore,,arrived on Sunday, has been seized, under an
order of Captain.COCHRANE, of the Northumberland,
on a charge.ot having articles of contraband on board.

We lately mentioned the arrival of several per:
sons at Liverpool, frOm::New York, to give evidence
on the trial of Capt.. WHITBY, of the Leander, for
his contin.a on the New York and Halifax station,
during. .which: the- 'American sailor (Pearce) was
killed by a. shot from the Leander. These several_
persons arrived •in town yesterday preparatory to
the trial. :The ill humour excited in New York by
that event,• and indeed any angry •feeling that pre-
vailed in America, in consequence of the conduct
of our.cruizers, appeared to have entirely subsided.
We read in the late American Papers, a paragraph
acknoWledging the polite and handsome behaviour
of our ships of war, and the pains- taken to avoid all
offence. The following paragraph, from a New
York Paper, of the toth,, may serve as a sample :-,--
" The ship Magnet, BURGER, arrived at Baibadoes
in 16 days, from this port, bad three of her men
impressed, who had protections ; but, on the Cap-
tain's applyiug to Adin.. 'COCHRANE, he ordered
them to be released immediately, and at the same
tittle gave the Qfficer, who impresscd :them a severe
reprimand, in the presence °leapt. BintOuit.”
There are now six or seven'Men of War building
at Antwerp, and it is said that Flushing is to be the
general rendezvous in that part for the Navy. Since
the communication with that place
.has been e!at
ott-the.few people left there are in a state of starva-
tion..

An account a few days since was received, that Cap-
tain EbWARD DENNISON, of the Venotat Country
East Indiaman, had arrived safe at Prince of Wales's
Island, with his family all well. The account re-
ceived yesterday stated, that/Captain liDwAtua DEN-
NISON, his wife and child, all died in a few hours
after they landed at Bengal.
Last week, at a Common Council of the Corpo-
' ration, specially F.miveried by S. S. TAYLOR, Esq.
Mayor of Southampton,. CHARLES: BIIISBANE, Esq.
Captain of, His Majesty's Ship ..dreilzusa, and
vernor of Curagoa, was . unanimously eletted7n
Honorary Burgess of that 'Corporation, in testimony
ti.f the high consideration entertained of his gallant
condu6t, distinguished valour and bravery, in his
late. successful
,enterprize against the Colony of
Curacoa ; and the Freedom of that. ancient and loyal
1. Town was also voted him on the same occasion.

The Grand Seignior has presented to SEBASTIAIO
the palace and gardens of Theraspin, formerly be-
lenging to the venerable Prince YPSILANTI, father
of the Hospodar of Wallachia. The Prince was
beheaded in the -prison of the Bostangi Bashi, hating
prei,iouslf been tortured to extort confession as to
the place in which his treasure was concealed. Two
Millions of
_Turkish .piastres were found in his pa-
Lee. His estates have been sold ibr the benefit of
the Imperial Treasury.
There was no Court of Aldermen held to-day, but
the Loup MAYott, after sinspeaing the Return;
ordered tit, unte of Bread to continue as last week