The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-21 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A LETTEf► FROM PARIS, OF MAY 2.

The very active exchange of Couriers between
this city and V.e1.211a gives reason to -believe that
some affair of the greatest importance is in agitation,
Austria and France are equally interested in putting
an end to the: anarchy which reigns on the
frontiers of Turkey. The Turks have provoked the
'reach by their invasion of that part of Croatia which
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wag.ceded to thern", and by the disorders which they
hav, committed In these cantons. It is said that the,
two Impel CourtS have demanded of the' orte to
punts to English ships. They taik of a great
expedition, at the head of which will be the King
of Naples.'.'--{Safe Paper.) •

B u;;.ocAux, APRIL. 20.-7-His Highness the
rriNce of .Es'ing, -Duke of Bivolj, Marshal MAS-
StNA,- passed yeste; day through our town,' to as•
aline the command of from 9 to 10,000 men, which
arc 4estirtett to war.h against P fugal.

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Yestetda,y Portvz:esc Papers to 6th inst. ai-
riv, I.ley ( (infirm the accounts brought during
1. cou s of last weelF, b.) private letters, of the
Lich ct t the British army to t, e frontiers of
Portocal. A vcry general expelation seeing to pre-

v.:a that a ba(tle will very shortly be. (might, We
still, however, etitertair strong doubts upon the
subjea, for we cannot believe that the French will
risque an anion unless they possess such a superi-
ority .of numbers as would render an attack on, our
part extremely dangerous. We, however, feel the
most unlimited confidence in the skill, as well as in
the gallantry of Lord WELLINGTON, and we are
convinced, that if he should be able to engage the.
French upon any, thing 'like equal terms, he will add
another to the brilliant list of viCtorin which he has
obtained.

According to the last accounts, his Lordship's
head-quarters were at Almeida. The British troops
under his command amounted to about 30,000 Men
they are abundantly supplied with provisions, and
we are happy to add, uncommonly healthy.
Some Spanish Pap.ets have also been received, but
they contain very little news. The inhabitants of
Asturias continue to display the greatest enthusiasm
against the Fiench. A force of no less than 50,166
Men has been embodied in that Province, thegreatest
part of whom are regularly armed.

We have received French Papers to the 10th inst.
extraels from which will be found in a subsequent
Column. The intelligence they bring is of very lit-
tle interest.

The ships Elphinsione and Alfred, outward-bound,
arrived at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, the 18th March
last, under convoy of his Majesty's ship curacoa,
and sailed from thence the 24th of that month.

The Woodford parted company from'the above
ships in a heavy gale, the 6th March, with
three Whalers, and. they were supposed to have
passed.on the Southward, as a large ship was seen
on the 20th, in the offing, but which, from the
state of the weather, could not be ascertained by
communication.

Mr. BRAND'S motion for a Reform in Parliament
stands for discussion this day' in the House of Com-
mons. It is understooci that he does not mean to
propose any specific plan of Reform, but to more
for a Committee to consider of the present state of
the representation.

Last morning, PriIICRSCS AUGUSTA cant' SOPIIIA,
accompanied by Lady CoLunt, the - Hon. Mrs.
Doam ER, Generals GWYNNE and FITZROY, Cqlonel
Dasßaow, and Major Place, rode to St. Gf.'orge's
Chapel, and -beard a sermon preached bilhe Rev.
1)r. HALLAM. 'Thy afterwards returned. to the
Palace •

'The Prince of WALES and 'Duke of CAMBRIDGE
rLrn:3~D With beir 144.1AJE5T1134.

The Duke of CLAItENCg left on Friday
night. .

A, counts have been received by an American ves.
sel from Canton, that two 13riti.•h men of war lately
fell in with and captured, or destroyed, a small squa-.
dron fr.im Batavia,• on the coast of Borneo, where
they are said to have committed great excesses, in
consequence of the quarrel with the Rajah of Saoloo.
The"reduction of the Danish Island of Bornholm
in the Baltic, it is understood was the first-object pf
the fleet under Sir J. SAurlAREZ, and from the state
of its defences, it is supposed by thi; time to have
fallen ank.asy conquest. . -
BOIYAPARTE'S GALLANTRY..—Ii is mentioned in
severai of the German P.:pers, that the arrears. of
contribution iinposed on the House of. Austria,
amounting to 25 millions of florins, has been re-
mitted, and the .Nett Zeitung contains the following
account of it :—" Before the Empress LoulsA
entered the French frontiers, the Emperor sent a
plain gold snuff-box. Surprised at this present, so
different frOm the earlier ones she received, which
were always more brilliant and taluable, she opened
it, and round-an Imperial receipt in full for the 26
millions of arrears of Austrian contribution money,
with a letter in his own hand-writing. The-Empress
accepted the present with tears of gratitude, and for-
warded it by a Courier to Vienna, with the follow-
ing note :

"ON TOE FRONTIERS Or FRANCE.
" All ruling Providence also blesses the Emperormy
t her and his faithful people. My tears fall on this paper—
but they are the pledges of my love and fidelity,.
• " Louxsz."

Tlee Gazelle of Saturday night, contains an Order
in Council fig pertaining the importation of provi-
sions into Newfoundland, from "America, by li-
censes, which shall not be issued after the 30th of
September next, but which are to be in force for
nine months, from the period at which they may be
granted.

A dreadful gale of wind from the South-East came
on at Oischock, in Siberia, at the latter end of Ja-
nuary, and •which lasted for twq days. The watet
of the. ()chow, which; after passing through that'
city, emptiei itself into the sea,.was elevated twOve
feet above its ordinary level, and carried over the
tops of the houses situated in'the neighbourhoOd of
its banks. The tempest coming on at night, be-
tween two and, three hundred of the inhabitants pe-
rished in their sleep. A transport belonging to tt.e
Itidia Company, which the tenip,st laid carried into
the river in 1808, was raised by !he waves, and
for Ced into the middle of the town.

It is a curious fact, that the remains of Lord COL'.
LINGWOOD are. deposited in the very
.stone coffin
which CareCnal WOLSEY had prepared tor himself.
It had remained, as lumber, in a room adjoining St.
George's Chapel,. Windsor ; an,l, for its last purpose
was given as a present by his MAJESTY.
In Norfolk, Suffolk, and along the Eastern Coast,
a considerable quantity of rain has lately fallen, al-
though the inland counties' have so long had cause
to coirplain of 4he want of it. Vegetation in most
parts is unus6ally.backward, and the severe frosts in
the early part of the week has niiterially injured the
fruit trees.

The Sessions for the City will be held on Tuesday,
for the triai of uutuelous petty offenders.