The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-01 00:00:00

CERAL4N PAPERS.

ST. PETERSBURGH, SEPT. 25.—We have just
,received the following details respeaing the opera-
tions of -our squadron in the Black Sea :
" A division, composed of a ship of the line,
two frigates, two
,gun-boats, and another Small

ship, under the order.; of Captain Lieut. TE,

having approached within inusket•shtt of the for:
tress of Suchum Kali, upon the coast of Abkasati,
direCted, a very brisk fire upon that/ place, on the
21st July, at three in the afternoon, and continued:
it during the Who:e night. The cannon of thtvfor-:
tress answered it. On the 22d, at break of day,

the fire was redoubled, and caused much. da-.
mane to the enemy. The suburbs were reduced!
to ashes, and all the boats found in the environs!
sunk. A battalion of thtf 4th regiment of Marine,
commanded by Major DEcK.4aosinitio, then landed,,
and drove the enemy from- the suburbs, took three,
pieces of cannon from him notwiihstanding the ob..'
stinate resistance the cavah-y nwde, who, Arum the
heights upon which' they were placed.- behind- the
town, charged our troops; but the fire from our,
ships soon ford,:d tliern to-teteeitt-.- The :battalion

then approached, and arrived at
,the
.fortress, in spite
of the fire of the enemy, who sprung a mine, and
fixed a. petard to the gate of the forirestr..
gar-
rison finding- itself without resource, laid down
their arms, and surrendered prisoners of war. Three
hundred dead were found in the place; apart of the
garrison saved itself in the mountains. Eight flags,
besides those of-the fortress 3-62-pieces of artillery,
2 swivels, 1080 lbs..of powder, and a great quantity.
of ammunition, are the fruits of our vidory. We had
but 109 Men killed and woun`ded. , .

DRESDEN, SEPT. fl.—The tower of ‘Torgan, up-
on which they are working in order to elevate it
to the rank of one of the first fortresses in Europe,
is about to be one of the principal bulwarks of the
Confederation of the Rhine. ,

It is said that the members_ of the Confederation
of the Mine will contribute to 'the expence of itsi
construetion, the plan of which has been decreed'
and approVed'of by his Maje4ty the Ethpetor NA-i
POL BON, and
.will be 'executed within the spae,,:bf.
three year by a French engineer.

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PRP.SBURGII, OCT. 2:—Cladovir capitulated on the:
14th Sept. The garrison, composed of 'some hundreds
of men, obtained permission to leave' the place .with:
their arms and baggage, on conditiofibtirotieTiTag
against the Russians for the spice of one
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There was found in the place 21 pkces of aitillery,,
3 or 4000 balls,.and several thousand tons of powder
and lead. • ;l4 si
EXTRACT OF A I.P.TTVR FRo.* CASSEL, BTh oer.
64 His EXCellenCy Count FURSTRNSTEIN had the
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honour of giving his Royal Eighness the Prince of.
Sweden, in his paSsage through this,town, the grind
decoration of, the Order ofNyestphaiia, which he
presented in the name of hii Sovereign.

" The Prince wore, the • day on which be ar-
rived, the sky-blue ribbon of the 9rder of the Sera-
,phims. _
" Count MORNER received, before his departure.
from Cassel, the Cross-of the, Order of Westphalia,
set with brilliants, which the King had desired to be
presented him with." • ,
COPENHAGRN, SEPT. 29.—PutSuant. to his /113,;
jesty's determination, the Committee of Regency,
appointed for the Kingdom Of Norway, is to cease,
and its funaions are to be performed from ancl_af-
ter the ist December next ensuing, by his Highness
the Vicegerent.

FROM THE RUSSIAN FRONTIERSi SEPT. re,
port is current that-the Count of GottOrp has re-
ceived the.passport, which he expeOted from Peters-
bargh, and that he intends immediately to set out
for that capital.

The following is the amount of the British Naval
Force up to this day :—At sea, 93 ships of the line,
12 from 50 to 44 guns, 031 frigates, 119 sloops and
yachts, 5 bombs and fire ships, 141Lbrigs,' 36 cutters;
58 schooners, gun-vesseli, lOggers, &C. ; Total. 598.
In Port and litling,-29 of the line, 5 Ironlnso to •44
guns, 35 frigates, 32 sloops 'and yachts, I.:bo.rib, 34
brigs, ti .cutters 27 schooners, &c.; Total 15,9.—
Guard Ships, Hospital Ships,. Prison Slops, &c.-36.
of the line, 9 fiotn„su to 44 guns,l frigates, 6 sloops,
I brig, I schooneer ; Total Ordinary
and Repairing, G 4 of the line, to from 5o to 44
guns, 60-frigates, ,54..5100p5,::&c, 8 bombs arid ha:-
ships, 23 brigs, 2 cutters, 6,chooners, &c. ; Total
36'olibe of-'soj guns, 15
frigaies,.isloops ; TOtal:s4..—Groxid 'Total 1098..
A ludicronScircumstance took •place last week
at the house of • two respectable taffies in
About Midnight, one of the ladies. supposed that her
companion was expiring under the --grasp of some
relent lesi, robber, and ..-having heard two pistols Tired
at the
,salitv ittne, COofutined her in the verity. of her
supposition.,:- She. jumped out of bed, threw up
the window; and called murder, robbers, thieves,"
'which so alarmed the neighbourhood, that several
valiant gentietnen volunteered their services Co catch
this • midnight :assassin. On seatching the; house
the gentlemen found that the ladies had -sotne
cellent bottled ale, setinc of which had blown out
the 6ork ; ,Which the 'affrighted lady'had taken for
the.rev_ort of pistols:

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