The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-24 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPEI?S.

AR's, MAT s.—An article from Straiburg, of

Ite 10th, says—" Is is asserted that orders are on
the point of being issued, relative to the future des-
tination of the French troops stationed on the Banks
of the Danube, and that they will very shortly put
themselves in motion. Several parties of Irishmen
have arrived in 1 his quarter. They have applied for
permission to serve in the Irish regiments in the
pay of France, .and are proceeding to Landau,
where there is a considerable depot of those' regi-

men ts,"

On the 28th ult. waspublishedat.Rome anlm-

erial Decree, ,dated at Compeigne the 17th of the
same month, according to which every Ecclesiastic,
secular or regular, in that city, not being a native
of the departments of Rome or the Trasimene, was,
within fifteen days from the day of publication, to
'withdraw therefrom, and to repair to his native
diocese. Natives of the two departments specified
were also to retire from the city to their respe&ive
dioceses. All the secular Priests resident at Rome
- were, within two days, to present themselves be-
fore the Dheaor-General of the Police, and to de-
clare their names and places of nativity, and their in-
tention of obeying the Imperial decree. The Supe-
riors of Convents were, within the same space, to
deliver-hi lists of the Clergy under their superinten-
d-ence-: Special provisions will,be adopted as to the
Irish; "Scnich, Sicilian, Maltese, Armenian, Greek,
and Asiatic Clergy,• and all oth,ers who may be pre-
vented by political circumstances from 'returning to
their own countries. • -

In the night of the 6th inst. ati English frigate
gent in 12 boats, manned with 30 men each, to cut
out of the port of Pomegue a privateer and the
Saint Aicolo, a Greek vessel, Theodore Constan-
tine, master. They were repulsed with .the loss of
from 25 to 30 killed. The Greek vessel had
five wounded, and the privateer two killed and six
wounded.

MAY 14.—Three regiments of infantry of the di-
vision of General Grandjean have passed through
St. Germain-en-Laye, on their way to the coast, in
the direaion Cherburg. , The 26th regiment of
light infantry arrived here on thd 12th.
On the Bth, arrived at Brest 'a letter of marque of
448 tons, La Caze Rauly comthander, which left
the Isle of France 'on the loth of Febtuary, with a
cargo of 89,000 lb. of sugar, 2,229 bales of cotton,
9,3.56 ib. of indigo, 25,945 lb. of cotton, 9,253 lb.
of cloves, t 2,662 lb. of ebony-wood, 3,3191 lb. of
Bengal indigo, 13,190 pieces of Nankeen, &c. This
yessel ransomed, on her passage, on the 21st of
March, for 20,000 dollars, the Portuguese vessel the
St. Catherina, of Lisbon, Fernando Cruz, master.
On the toth April she captured the Spanish vessel
Esperanter, of 80 tons, having on board 4.4 boxes
of dollars, and a quantity of cochineal,. indigo, and
swar. She brings an account of the arrival at the
Isle of France of the Portuguese ship La Minctve,
taken by his Majesty's frigate La Bellone, the re-
capture of the :Revenant, and a corvette, from the
Eklish, and the arrival of the Fantorne. and L'ilven-
turier of St. Male.

An article from Trieste, of the-27th Lilt. says:-
- " French Commissioners have arrived-shere, with
orders from his Impefial Majesty to organize the
lllyrinn 'd rive without clelay. A permanent en-
catripment is to take plaee in the vicinity of Carl-
stadt, tvhence troops- may be .detached to every
point where their services may be necessary. The
Turks have, on their side; adopted measures almost
similar. Great events are expealed."
MAY 13.—1 t is stated in an article from Stock-
holm, of the 24th nit. that the French Charge
"d'Affaires at that Court had intimated a wish that
the English and Portuguese Ministers should with.
draw.

An Imperial Decree, issued at Bois-le-Due on the
7th instant, offers a premio(n of a million of
francs to the inventor of the test machine for spin-
ning flax.
Two French and three Spanish vessels arrived on
the Ist at Bayonne, laden with sugar, cocoa, &c.
forming part of thesargoes of the American vessels
put under sequestration at St. Sebastians.
From Amsterdam, under date of the 6th instant,
we have the following article of intelligence
His Majesty having resolved that his marine
shall consist of an effettiie force of 15 sail of the
line and 100'sloops, gun-hosts, schooners, and other
vessels, has distributed them into three divisions,
viz. 1. That 'stationed in Helvoet-slugs, under the
command of Admiral De Winter, and'which con-
sists of the following vessels,—the Chatham, of 90
guns, Rear Admiral Rnysch ; the Royal Hollander,
90,- Brigadier Woltelberg; the Minerva frigate,
Lieutenant-Colonel Oisewaarde; the Rise frigate,
Lieut.-Colonel De Mau ; the Lynx frigate, Colonel
Ouwens; the Ajax 'frigate, Major Polders ; the
Iris, Lieut.-Colonel Van-der-Hast.-2. That sta-
tioned in the Texel, under 'the command of Rear
Admiral Lernmers, and comisting.of the. Commerce
of Amsterdam, of 80 guns, commanded by-Colonel
Ealk ; the Admiral Zoutman, 80, Colonel •Correga;.
the Brabant, 76, Colonel Melville Van Carubec ;
the John De IPitt,. 68, Colonel-Gerbrand ; the
Doggerbank, 68, Coloi:el Twent ; arid the Venus
frigate, Lieut.-Colotiel Cambier.-3..That lying off
the capital, under the command of Rear Admiral
Verdooren, and .which consists of the Prince Royal,
20, Brigadier Musquetier, and the commerce of Rot-.
terdam, 68, colonel Hora Siccarna ; making a to-
tal of nine sail of/the line and six frigates, 'excln-
sive of the brigs, sloops, and gnn-bnats, attached fr.)
the three squadrons. His M.ijesty has given orders
to his Admirals to make every, exertion to have this
fleet in complete readines tor-service by the corn-
imencement of July. A report is to'be transmitted
daily to his Majesty of the progress made in their
equipment." •

The number of recruits .raised in Switzerland;
between December and March, for the troops in
the 'French service, amounted to 2292.
13AYONNFj, MAY 3.—The follpwing details rela-
tive to the siege of Asterg,a may be relied on as au-
thentic.-4;encral Loison, on arriving in front of
that city, sent in a summons, which had no effeti.
•- Thtt General, having no artillery with him but
field-
pieces, could no! nnclerake decisiVe operatiohs. He
resolved, therefore, to' wait a few clays b.efote break-
ing ground.. This delay inspired the besieged with
shch insolence, 'Oat their Commander:would nor
leCeiyed.letter which was subsequently addressed to