The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-29 00:00:00

TH3 RICH T' LION. PITT.

The high and merited etimation in which the
talents and iirtties of this illustriou, statesman are
held by. the most respectable of his couatrymen, was
visible in the :anniversary Dinner, in honour of his
birth-day, which took place at the London Tavern.
The Chair was taken by Mr. WILLIAMS, a gentle-
man of well known worth, abilities and fortune,
and the following; who constituted but a small por-
t:ou of the company present, willenable our readers
to judge of the impression which Mr. PITT has left
on the hearts of all men who love their country and
understand its interests.
Dukes--Beaufort, Rutland, Puccleugh, Montrose.
Marquisses -Wellesley, H untly.
Earls- Westmorland,Hat row by, Aboyne, Lonsdale; Bridge.
water, Glasgow, Camden, Clonmell, Bathurst, Maccles-
field, Clancarty, Aberdeen, Liverpool, Gosford.
Lords-Harewood, Binning, R, Manners, C. S. Manners.
Eldon, Brooke, Lowther, MulgraVe, Lovaine, Viscount Pal-
merston,Viscount Castlereagh;Redesdale,Viscount Valentia,
Viscount Melville, G,T.l3erestOrd Viscount Sydney, Mount-
norris;' O'Neill, March, Eliot, Viscount Grinistone„ Lord
Advocate of Scotland:
The Hon.-S. Perceval, W. Pole, C. lenkiuson, R. Dun-
clas, G. L. Gower, C. Yorke, C.-Arbuthnot, E. Lascelles,
H. Lascelles, C. Fagot, Gen.A. Hope, Lieut.-Gen. Phipps,
C. A. Cooper, 1. Foster, G. Rose, G. Canning, J. Wallace,
1. Barry, Sir W. Grant, C. Long, R. Ryder, Sir W. Scott,
Sir E. Nepean, Bart.
Sirs-W. Curtis, Bart. M.P. I. Shaw, Bart. M.P. W
Peele, 13art. M.P.' C.. Price, Bart. M.P. W. Gibbon, Bart.
Orde, Bart: J. W. Anderson, Hart. W. Fraser, Bart. P.
Murray, Bart.:A. S. Hammond,' Bart. E. Knatchbilll,• Bart.
J. Seabright, Bart. 1. G. Cotterell, Bart. M. M-Sykes, M.
Wood, Ban. H. V. Tempest, Bart. H. Popham, R. Wi-
gram, Bart. W. Blizard, V-Gibbs, T. Plemer, A. Hume,
Bart. Francis Hartwell, 1. Pultney, Bart.
Dean or Chester, Gen. GascOyne, Major-Gen. A. Beaver,
Lieut. Gen. Sir C. Ross, General Campbell, Rear-Admiral
Buller, Gen. Womyss, Admiral Harvey. ' •
. Messrs:--W. Wilberforce, Esq. M. P. W. Morton Pitt,
Esq. M. P. G. H. Rose, NI. P. C. Pitt, M. P. S. Hor-
rocks,' Esq. M. E. W. Bootle, Esq. M. P. R. Banks,
Esq. M. P. 1. Dent, Esq. M. P. R. H. Leigh, Esq. M. P.
J. Lowther, Esq. M. P. I. Strutt, Esq. M. I'. J. Farquhar.
Esq. M. P. 1. Ferguson, Esq. M. P. G. Jones, Esq. M. P.
1-I. Leycesker, Esq. M. P. C.-Manners Sutton,
•Esq M. P.
W: S. Stanhope, Esq. M.P. 1: Maitland, Esq. M. P. 1.
'R. Lushington, Esq. M. P. W. Sturges Bourn, Esq. M. P.
W. Wigrarn' Esq. I'. W. Huskisson, Esq. M. P. N. Ache-
son, Esq. E. Miarres, Esq. C. Batt, Esq. - Flirt, Esq.
A. Firrer, T. 'Wilkinson; Esq.-Colonel Fans, Colonel Ban-
neiman.

Besides the above-mentioned Noblemen, the
most distinguished and opulent commercial men o(
this great metropolis were present, and it is imp9g-.
sible for the world to supply another company
equally respeolable for property and chara6lq.
As soon as the, cloth was removed, " Non
Nobis Domini," was finely sung by LzsTE, SAI.4
ELLIOT, GIBBON, DIGNUM, and others.
The President then, instead of the usual toast of
" The King," gave.
" God save the King,"
Which was drank with three times three, • and
every demonstration of enthusiastic loyalty, followed
by the song, 'unit charmingly executed.
Toast—" The Queen," with three.
Glee—" Glorious Apollo."
Toast—" The Prince and Pringess of Wales, and Royal
Family e" with three.
Song•-" George and England save," finely sung.by Dig-
nurn. •

The CHAIRMAN then addressed the company. He
said he was. about to propose a toast to the memory
Of an illustrious Patriot, which must ever be held
dear by every loyal Briton. To enumerate the
virtues and the s,-:rvices of that truly great man,
the anniversary of whose birth we were this day as-
sembled to commemorate,. was a task which it would
be presumption in him to undertake; and tie should
theretbre say little More than to recommend the toast
to be drank in solemn silence, as the, mode best
calculated to manifest the feelings t !licit he was sure
must be universally felt on the occasion. Many a
poignant pang had he experienced in Contemplating
the irrepaable loss sustained by the death of that illus-
trious char6er, ant he was. sure thai every one who
beard him must in a greater or lesser degree have
felt similar seniations .of unfeigned regret ; for all
must be persuaded, that in him the King lost his
most faithful and sirtuous servant, the Constitution
its bravest champion, and the worid general the
noblest work o' God. He concluded, by re; eating
hi's recommendation to drink, in solemn Silence, the
toast which he should have the honour to propose.:

" The immortal memory of the late Right Hon. William
Pitt.
This toast was accordingly drank, as usual, in
reverential silence.
Toarl.—" The Navy and Army of the United Empires"
(with three times three).

Song.---" Rule Britannia," finely sung by Gm:obis, 1)I G.
bum, and others..

Toast. 2--" The House of Brunswick, and the principles
which seated it on the Phrone-Of these Realms;" (with three
times three. )
Glee.—" When Order in this Land."
The next tn3st-wa9 : •
" May the principles of. Mr. Pitt every animate the Coun-
cils of Great Britain." -

was drank with more than three times three;
perhaps we should not much err it we said nearly
nine times nine; amidst the, most extatic bursts of
applause we have ever heard on such an occasion.:
The next Toast -was—.
•' The independence of Parliament; may it be eyer equally
secure from the power of the Crown and the violence of fac,
Lion."

This Toast was drank with three times three,
amidst reiterated and long continued bursts of ap-.
plause.
Glee—" The King and the Church."
Toast--$6 The Loyal and Independent Livery of London,.
who signed the Declaration in support 6f the Constitution of
their Country, as by law established." Three times three,
with rapturous applause.

The City Members, Sir W. CURTIS, Sir C. PRICE,
and Sir J. SJIAwE, rose, WI this toast being drank,
and as the Senior Member,

Sir WILLIAM CURTIS addressed the Meeting in
behalf of himself and his brother Aldermen and col-
leagues, who signed the Counter-declaration. He
commenced by returning thanks for the high ho-
nour thus conferred -on them. The Noblemen and
Gentlemen of rank and fortune who attended she
present meeting would, he observed, discern in the
respedable• appearance, conduct, and charades; of
the Gentlemen of the City whom they then saw
near them, a proof tbe City of London possessed
loyal and independent men, conscious of the bles-
sings. they enjoyed under, our happy Constitution,
and prepared. to defend that Constitution which
gave and- secured to them those blessings, against
any faCtion that should attempt to overawe them.
—The worthy Baronet then paid a just' tribute to
the merit of the illustrious Patriot, whose birth-day
they were then assembled to commemorate, as the
preserver of that Constitinion, and of the safety and
independence of this. island in former times. tip
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,and to defeat the desigps -of its enemies ; nor
,',he hesitate to express his full confidence in the
prinisters; who persevered and aaed upon those
tii,nciPles at 'the present moment, which, in former
roes, proved the salvation of the country.
Iletvia..."---1. Alderman Christopher Smith, and.the lode.
"'lt Livery of London ;" with three times three.
Alderman SMITH rose to return thanks.—He had
hue
no more in forwarding the Declaration of the
ev`'enendent Liverymen than it -was the duty of
Li_el-Y man to do who felt interestealfor his. property,
fancily, his freedotn, and his independence, and
all the blessings that Englishmen enjoy under
thea_ free-and happy Constitution which had created
s[l.d hitherto preserved,and he trusted ever would pre-
the happiness we enjoyed in a degree so supe-
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to I.to what was enjoyed by any other people or nation
the universe. He and the other loyal and inde-
pendent Liverymen, might indeed claim some merit
tot having put themselves forward, when others,
I(vVally well inclined, shrunk back from a situation,
though pointed out by duty, was yet for-
Rh,
able from the clamour, the abuse, and the
La'Us of a .violent faaion. It was owing to the
ckwardness of these men that many of the Wards
r oA`lthe City, canvassed by braziers and .shoemakers,
of other inferior mechanics, furnished in support
ti the faaion to which he alluded, a boisterous naul-
: Iltilde, which, though as inferior in numbers as
It ,et
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,tae er and property -t9 those -of more cart
t„ sentiments, contrived, in too many instances,
the- sense of. the loyal .and respeaable
by its senseless clamour. He trusted that
exatnple and exertions of the loyal and inde-
7(leni Liverymen would be folloWred through-
-11:t the country, and have the-effea of .animating
heloyal, and checking the faotiout, in every
illt of th, Empire; nor could he doubt for a rtio•-
_dent that the impression made by their exertions
CTluld be confirmed by the glorious example of the
„N!, respectable meeting be had then the happi-
'!s to address.
41iO4st-411 he Loyal and Independent Freeholdersof Mid.
4,'rx who diisent from the Resolutions of the late Meeting
4lackney ;” with three tines three, accompanied with an
.versal tflrst of: applause.
1,11‘ilr• MELLISH returned thanks in a very few
h°4lT. He felt proud of the honour done to him
v"( 1 the numerous body of his constituents who had
Irtady come terward in defeace of the Coostitu-
itl, nor odd he deny the pleasure of hop-
AR complete and decieive'viotory would-crown the
tteriiorrs of the loyal classes of the community
111.°1-tghOut every part of the Empire. For himself,
1,! should always be found a. his post, and his Con-
teents he trusted would never find him itiaaive or
agi'lPihe in that great cause, which was the common
E''Se of every loyal and well disposed man in the
41pire.
4'"Z:---" The Pilot that weathered the storm."
1„ 111.1e-Preildew raid, he was about to give a toast)
f!Putilred elucidation ; for it would itself,
, very short; contain a world of words: He
the I'he Pilot who weathered the storm." Three times
roaand
r,e,itcrated bursts ot applause.
The Landed and Commercial Interests of the
1.1:111try • and may they, as on this day, be ever united."—
, fee tint' es three. .
"thk. BEESTON LONG said be could not deny himself
Pleasure of giving the health of a Right Hog.
Aehtleman present, who was purseing a course Of
'ldtninistration which he considered well calculated
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tc), promote and unite the landed interests of the
41"7- He shnnl,l thorvforc givc,
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The Right Hon. Spencer Perceval." Three tunes three,
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universal-and long continued bursts of applause.
PELICEVAL rose to return thanks. .He declar-
'bq that the distinguished honour which had thus
een done him had so operated epon his feelings,
thath he was at a.loss for-adequate language to ex-
cre'qt what be felt on the- txceasion. To be-the ob-
:apf the 'approbation of such a company, must,
nder any circumstance, be the most grateful and
rlifYing ; but when he found his name coupled
the landed and commercial interests of the
I3utary,'so flattering a complent could not fail
CakingC the ~.deepest impression upon him. That
'ls humble efforts .should meet the approbation of
Itilterous an assemblage- of the friends .'-and ad-
,riirers of that truly great man to whom the tribute
this day was so it\stly paid, - was a circumstance-
\''hich 'he must consider among the proudest and.
rl'ost flattering of his life. It had certainly beei, the
ludy of himself and his colleagues to govern their
ei.,l
1"."(loa by the example of that great MiniSter whose
°54 we all deplore; convinced as they overt that
i Was the surest line to be pursued to perpe-
t` llale that prosperity and security which we so
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aPPily enjoyed, and Whitt) -was our bright and'
'l,47alulble inheritance from him. . Unworthy as
;le (trust continue' to think himself- 'of the dis-
'nggished honour which this night had been
14)aaid:, him, he could not but feel gratified in the re-
j*cclion that he and his- colleagues were consideied
serving of-it by so numerous and trulrrespeetable
assembly ; and to use the -words'of one of ,
Oasis of •the evening, he trusted that while " the
Pribciples of the illustrious PITT continued to ant-
m their_Council," his Majesty's Ministers
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t7°.ts be deemed to be pursuing an erroneous course.
P.,°ll' his principles, and his principles atone, they
, 4" hitherto a6ted,.and it would be their study and
1 leir pride, following him at a humble distance, to
‘tread in his steps and follow his example.—
arki°ast.—" Lord Wellington and our gallant Army in Spain
a„Plause Portugal."—Three times three, and loud and reiterated
, Glee-r` Britons strike home."
The health of the. worthy Chairman was then
ihrauk, who returned thanks in a very animated
Feech, He said, that our prospi.rity, our -:great-
/less, and-our security, he justly attributed to that
great and transcendent .character whose birth-day
"ve were assembled to commemorate ; and while
%ve rallied round his illustrious shade, we at the
3atbe lime rallied round that glorious Constitution
Which rendered Great Britain at once the envy and
the, admiration of the world. To his Councils,
al"; were we indebted for the prosperity and se-
ctility We pcseessed, and by follewing'his example,
toe Constitution would never -become endangered
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• by the utmost efforts of faaion.
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V The Wooden Walls of Old England," with three-
"nles three.
Glee.._ " Britain's best Bulwarks."
" Ships, Colonies, and Cetmmerce."—Great ap.
P'ause—lnatrumehal music; ,
TPast.---" Success to our arms by land and sea, and may
• glorious snuggle be always crowned by an honourable peace."
Mr. CAN NING'S laealtb was drank with three tines

three, followed by general and reiterated
,plaudits:
Silence was called throughout the room, and apause
ensued, in expeaatioi of a speech .from Mr. CAN-
NING, but that. Gentleman had previously retired

Toast—" The Duke of Richmond, and prosperity to Old
Ireland," With three times three, rectived the most cordial
acclamations.

Toast.—" The Duke of Buccleugh, and the fr;ends of Mr.
Pitt in Scotland,' and old Scotland itself'," with three times
three, was honoured with similar applause.
His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUGH rettifned
thanks for himself and his country, which 'he said
had to boast of men as loyal, and as attached to the
principles of Mr. PITT, as any other part of the
Empire. "*--
The health of Lord
_CASTLEREAGH was tnen
drank with three times three, and most loudly ap-
plauded.
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_ .Lord.CASTLEREAGH felt deeply that a compliment
paid him by so respectable an assembly on any oc—
casion, would have been highly flattering; but was
doubly flattering on an occasion which, painful and
aflliCting as it Was in one sense,• was satisfatiory and
glorious in another, recalling and confirming, as it
did, the principles and the man who had preserved
_Great Britain in the storms of the perilous times that
had passed, and given her strength, and solidity to
meet, unimpaired, those present and to come. He
felt a gratitude which he could not express, in find-
ing his name connetied, even in the humblest man-
ner with such a prototype and. on such 'anoccasion ;
and he begged the company to accept the assurances
of his deep sense of the honcur which he could not
adequately express.
: Shortly after this the greater' part of the company
left the room highly gratified with a scene which,
though in fat principally as it was intended to be a
festival of .the heart, and a commemoration and a
confirmation-of a man and of measures 'that constitute
the safety of Britain, -.was at -the same time by the
care of the Stewards and the exertions of Mesirs.
Hall and Co. keepers ,of the tavern, as superb and
elegant an entertainment as could possibly be pro-
' vided for so large a company. 'The dihner, deseit,
and wines were in quality, and in the manner of
'serving, admirabie and. satisfactory in the highest
degree. A book containing the toasts, songs, and
tributary verses on the occaston was given to' the
Coineany, buttwe have not room fur more at preSent
on a Meeting which may be considered as the tri-
umph of patriotic virtue and true public spirit. . -

His MAJESTY- is expe.-.-ed 'to-morrow at the
Queen's Palace, as .o hold a Court.
Sir H.. HALFWIT) attended Piinces's AMELIA on
Sunday evening, Jett. Winds-or yesterday morn-
ing for. Lond(;.:. Her-Royal Highness remains much
the satne z considered worse..
AILTF

CROTCH afforded a high gratifica-
tion hist night to the Musical amateurs, by a com-i
memotatioti of HAYDN, at the Hanover square
110Q,HS. The whole consisted of a- judicious se-
lection from the works of that great Composer,
and the pertortuance _ was in the first style of
excellence. Dr. CaoTco himself performed_ a
Concerto on the Grand Piano-forte, which was
ore of the chief features-of this admirable enter-
tainment. .

WlLLts's Rooms.—The fourth of the Concerts
undo; the direaion 2f Mts. BILLINGtON,
and -BILAHAM, dre4v a numerous audience last night
.to this place. The talents of these great pet form-
ers were exerted with ihe best effect, and their re-
spective exertions highly applauded.

A vessel is arrived from Ostend in ballast, not
having been permitted to take a cargo of wheat.
The Captain states, that upon his arrival there, he
was sent for by BUONAPARTE, and upon presenting
-hitt:self, was asked, " Where is your French li
-
cense ?" Upon presenting it, he received for-an-
swer, that it was perfectly right. " But," added
BUONAPARTE, " Where is your English license
.?".
The Captain appearing to hesitate, was ordered to
produce it immediately. This he also complied
with; upon which he was told that all was very
well. " What did you carry to England when you
last went there?"—=" Wheat." BUONAPARTE im-
mediately observed, that for the future no more
licenses should be granted, -except for 'Ones and
brandies, two-thirds of the forme'', and one-third of
the hitter.

The following froth New England, received yes=
terday, refers to a subjea of considerable import-
ance, on which by our several letters it will have
been seen there is great diversity of sentiment
" BosToN, APRIL 2.—You already know that by
a Clause in the Ate, the Non-intercourse law is to
expire at the conclusion of the Session of Congrt3s,
but many persons here imagine, that the President
will have a power to continue its operation for such
further time as he may think expedient., I have
reason to believe, that no such authority will be
given hint ; and, I am of opinion, that vessels- will
be perfectly safe, signing bonds for their good con-
dud, though they were to take. their departure ►i
anticipation Of the expiration of the law, and that
the bonds they are compelled to enter into.wonld
not be made' the foundation of any process. Con-
gress w►ll rise early in this month.
To-day the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of
bread to be raised 2d. per peck. The quartcrn loaf
will then be is. sd.

A' letter from Cadiz, dated the 4th of May, says :
" I fancy the French have concentrated all their
forces bere, for a soldier that wasp wrecked in the
late hurricane, and sent prisoner to Seville, escaped
from thence a few_ days ago, and came here yester-,
day ; he states that a serjeant's guard keeps posses-
sion of that city; and that during his journey from
thence, he did not see a single French soldier.
There are Very few men at Xeres or Port St. Mary's,
and only 40 at Rota.
" The Triumph's boats after the late, hurricane,
picked up near 700 boxes of quicksilver, which, for
the purpos?. of being taken care of, was stowed in
the different store-rooms and the hold ; bu; the heat
having caused the boxes to crack, several tons of the
subtle fluid ran throtigh the ship, and completely
salivated the people : upwards of 300 "of them were
shifted into transports; several of them have lost all
their teeth—one man his tongue ; and many others
are atleaed in so serious a manner that it is feared
they cannot recover. The provisions also partook
of the pernicious influence of the quicksilver; and
the Triumph is ordered to Gibraltar, to be cleared
immediately."

FRENCH AND DUTCH PI,PERS.

PARIS, MAY 23.

REPORT BY THE MINI,STER OF WAA TO HIS MAJESTY

THE EMPEROR AND KING.

rais, April
29, 1810.
" I have the honour to inform your Majesty, in
consequence of the orders I rer.3ei% err, that the num-
ber of English prisoners who distinguished them:
selves at the fire, that broke out at the town of
Auxonne, is 21; to wit, 12 of the first class of Cap-
tains of Merchant vessels; 3 of tho second class;
4 Merchant passengers; one Merchant detained as
an hostage,' and a sailor.
" Ten of them received hurts ; viz. Messrs.Wes',
.Mumble, Dobbins, Burst, Fenil, and Topping,
(rathersevere ones) ; and essrs, Mosely, 'Welsh
(who had 'before saved a child from..theilames at
Arras), itobinson and Davie;', less severely; they
are all recovered..

Tr:ose who appear have exposed themselves
to danger the longest, without having received any
injury, are Messes. Atkinson (Robert), Macjunes,
Pemberton, Delivet, and Smaile.. Great praise is
due to Messrs. Thornhill, Hollby; Miller, Atkin-
son (Thomas), and Collins. They also -gave proofs
of zeal, and afforded great assistance.
" .The account transmitters by the Prefea of 11111
Cote d'Or, put your Majesty in possession, if you
will deign to look at .of fuller particutirs respect-
ing the conduit of these priSoners, and the nature
of the reward which your Majesty seems inclined to
bestow on them.

(Signed)

Duke of FILTRE."

" Thp Minister of War will exprec.3 :o them my
,"satisfaction will o;der" them to .be. paid a reward
amounting to six months pay, and will send-them
`to 41eir own country, under their promise not to
Serve umii They aalexchangkA."

(Signed)
" Antwerp, May 3, 1810."

" NAPOLEON."

TO HIS SERENE lIIGHINESS THE PRINCE OF

NEUFCHATEL.

" MONSEIGNEUR,
H Agteeattly to the combiunication.made to your I
Serene Highness, in 'one of my preceding dispatches,
the batteries at Matagciida Nail were unmasked at -
four o'clock on 'the morning of 'the 21st, and a
fire commenced-from 48 pieces of cannon- and mor-
tars on the enemy's ships, which had taken a stati.on
bet Ween that point and the Puntal Castle, from.
which it supported the fort of Matagorth, and great-
ly incommoltd our works. Several rethhot shot
Were' fired ;- some of which struck a shie of the-line
and set her on fire. This vessel; as well as several
bombs, sloops", and gun-boats, were obliged to
withdraw from their position. The whole pre was
then diri...eted on Matagorda. This fort, 'notwith-
standing, continued to-defend itself until the morn-
ing of the 22c1; and would probably have held out
ei hours longer, if bile of our shells, which fell on
the powder magazine, had not blown it up, dis=
mantled the works, and killed a nember cf
The rest of the-garrison, alarme_i by this v. • dent,
-
hastily embarked, and left the fort to b:: occupwd by.
-the Imperial troops. Marshal the Duke of Bellow)
inforrias me, that it was intended, on the following
night, to occupy it in force ; to repair the-works,
and dire& 21 pieces of cannOn that-hare been fpund
there against Cadiz.
" The capture of the fort of Matagorda will ne-
cessarily hare: produced a•great effed at Cadiz ; and • •
the more so, because the enemy's ships may now
be attacked at their anclioracr°e, and cannot commu-
nicate except by stealth, and at night, with their
establishment- at the Caraccas and the inner harbour. -
We shall also derive this advantage from it, that we
shall be able tb ere& our batteries 'nearer, and to
- throw shells into Cadiz ; at the same time that we '
shall assemble, in the channel of Trocadero, the
flotilla of bomb's and gun-boats we are preparing.—
Twenty of these gun-boats will be immediately
manned, and others are building. But on this sub-
jet 'I must inform your. Highness, that the pre-
sence of 'a body of 1000 or 1200 seamen, com-
pletely organized (or even more, if possible) would
be of great advantage to the service in this quarter.
The greater part might nran these vessels, and the
remainder might be advantageously employed on the
coast of the Ocean or the Mediterranean ; a disposal
of this force that would contribute to keep the coun-
try in subjeEtion; intercept every kind of tnerean
tile coannunication, and thus contribute to the suc-
cess,of our operations. Then should we begin to
conceive hopes of soon seeing the numerous popu-
lation of Cadiz, which already begins to 'be strait-
ened, subMit and drive out the English of their own
accord.
" Marshal, the Duke of Treviso, atter having
cleared the-coast to Ayamonte of the enemy, and
beateir the corps of Baltasteros at Zalamea la Real,
took measures" for keeping the inhabitants of that
distriCt.within the line of their dill, and is sending
to Seville the troops that he finds it necessary to leave
there. General Brayer his entered Estramadura
With a strong column, He is to communicate with
the second corps, which has pushed detachments to
Los Santos and Zafra ; he will afterwards take a
position at Ronquillo. _
(Signed) " The Duke of DALMATIA."

NAPLES, MAY 3.—A cut down ship. of the line,
carrying 50 guns (thirty -24 pounders, and twenty
33 pound Carronades) has euutinucd for these four
days in the gulph of Naples, and interrupted the
comtnunication with the. c.ipital. Means. were
prepared to take her,• or, at least, 'to oblige ber to
retire.

The day before yesterday, the 3d, about seven in
the morning, a flotilla, consisting of a frigate, a
sloop, a brig, and cutter, and six gun boats that
:sailed the preceding night, arrived within a short
distance of the enemy's vessel, which they resolved
to carry by boarding.: The fog prevented them ironi
,ascertaining the strength of the enemy, When it
cleared Up, they were within pistol shot; but they
found that the sides of the vessel were too high to
allow them to board. The aEtion began, The
Neapolitans bravely supported it during three hours;
from the heights of :Pausilippo to those of Ischia.
Although they were caught in a calm which detain-
ed them for three quarters of auhour under the ene-
my's fire, within half pistol shot, nothing could
induce them to give up the attempt, until the ene-
my bo,re 'off and got out of the Bay. On the
morning of the.4th she. was seen at a great dis.

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tance, nAking for Sicily ; and in the evening sh
was out o, s,ic;ht.

" At 11:e beginning of the engagement
mander
.of the squadron had his arm broken, by at
shut ; the ;Second in Command was killed, and-
two other officers v..nunded. T.he lvizate and sloop
-have ntceived 'a good'deal of damage ; but they_ will
scym be in a condition. to' put to sea again. • They
returned at 4 o'clock to the evening; with thy- gun
boats. The brig, which was very much damaged,
sunk after the aelion. It was impossible lur any
squad-eon to behave With/ greater bralery than the
flo!i4la did in this brilliant atrair, which was not at-
tended with all the success that we at first expected;
bu which has, notwithstanding, pm ,lured this adv;in-
tage; that it has removed, for so. m. tin y, the cue-
my, whose presence was*produc►ive' of so much in-
convenience."

VIENNA, MAY 7.—As.
,the theatre of war be-.
tweemthe Rdssians and Turks closely approximates
the froptit,rs of Hi:ngary, the Austrian Government
has though er to eNtabli,h ,a proper cordon of
troops, the chief c-Ornmand o wh•ch is confined to
Lieut Field Marshal Duka. His head quarters will •.
be at Te in es wa r.

MAY I o.—Our tronps will form a cordon along
the frontiers of Turkey ; but the principal force wilt
be c,,,neentrated in the Bannat, and the ten itory of
Syrmia. ,r ,
OSTEND, MAY 201-7-Their Majesties arrived here
this day at noon. They came in a very handsome
yacht, by tho. ciinal of 13r,iges-. His Majesty !he.
Emperor, before he entered the town,' vlsited the
port, the jetties, basins, sea-dyke, tort;tica.ionsi,
and. the
.(-2:lensie and magnificent works, corn- ,
menced since his last journey, and now ,nearly -
finished.