The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-08 00:00:00

MR. CANNING TO MR. I'INCKNRV.

Foreign Office, May 27, 1809.
SlR—According to the intimation which I gave
to you in our last conference, I have now the honour
to inclose to you a copy of the Order in Council,
which his Majesty has direCted to be issued;for the
Purpose of preventing, as far as possible 'anY incon-;
ventence or detriment to the Merchants of the'
Dnited States, who may have entered into corn:;'
tnereial speculations on the faith of the unauthoris-
ed engagements of Mr. Erskine, previously to the
notification in America, of his Majesty's disavowal
of those engagements.
Having had the honour to read to you in extenso,
the instruaions with which Mr. Erskine was fur-
n.ished, it is not necessary for me to enter into any
explanation of those points in which Mr. Erskine
nas acted, not only in non-conformity, but in direct
contradiction to them.

forbear equally, from troubling you, Sir, with
any comment, on the manner 'in which Mr. Er-
4kine's communications have been received by the
• Atnerican Government, or upon the terms and spirit
°f Mr. Smith's share of the consideration.
Such observations will be communicated more
Properly through the Minister, whom his Majesty
has directed to proceed to America, not on
vial mission (which Mr. Erskine was not authorised
44 promise, except upon conditions, not one of
I°ltich he has obtained), but as the successor of
64r. Erskine, whom his Majesty bat not lost a filo-
kent in recalling.

I have the honour to be,
With great conisderatiOn,
Your most obedient humble Seivani.,
(Signed) GEOildE CA

MR.I`INCKNEY'S AN
,
'Great Cumberlan4-place, Ma}, 2Q, 13(4'.
have 'prceived the cotnniunlcation which
tl'ou (lid The the honour to addres§ to me on the 27th
illstatit, and will hl.sten to transmit it to the Score-
tlity of State of the United Statet.
No instructions or information from my Govern-
-Ibent, concerning the ttansactions in Ameri'ca, to
'Which your communication alludes, having yet
cached Me, Lean only exprest my concern; that
conciliatory arrangements tOncerted and con-
!laded, as you have done me the honour to inform
tie, bettVeen the Atilerican Secretary of State and
48 Majesty's accredited Minister at Washington,
geting in consequetiCei and professing to aet in pur-
buance, of regular instructions from his Court; 'are
lot likely to hate all that effeet which was naturallyt
to have been expected ftom them.
I have the honour to be, with great consideration;
'"tr., your most obedient, humble servant,
W. PiNcK&Ey.
Right Hon. Genrge Canning, &c.
(The Corresponitynce relative 'to France in, our next.)

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LONDON,
MONDAY, SANtIrARY 8, 1810.

The Princess Charlotte is arrived in the Downs,
laving under convoy the three Indiatnen, Monarch,
ktr/ Spencer, and Lord Keith. Mr, SMITH, a pas-
'anger on board the Earl Spencer has communicated

following pleasing intelligence; of the truth of
I‘thich we have no doubt.:—,-On the 21st Sept. the
tt'wn and garrison of St. Paul's, in the Island of Boor-
bo4. was taken by our cruizing squadron off the Isles
°F France and Bourbon, under the command of Com.
llawt.zy, of tile Raisona&le, with the Boadicea,
'3iri us and Nereide frigates, and Otter sloop, assisted
bY a party of the Atli Regiment, and some Bombay
4ei)oys, from Rodriguez, under Lieut. Col. KEAT-
-142 of the .56th.—When the town was captured,
there were found in the Roads, and taken possession
III?, the French frigate La Caroline, of 48 guns, with
the Streatham and Europe, two regular Indiamen,
her prizes; a small privateer, formerly the Grappler
11144-brig, with several other small vessels, the whole
!(/1 Which had arrived at the Cape, (except the Eu-
-Iv, sent to Bombay) under convoy of. the Otter.
helVeriede had arrived at the Cape, with the Cap-
`l4lll of the Caroline, and about 100 French prison-
-4rs• ,NO English Officer& were killed in the capture
t/f St. Paul's.

Last night we received Spanish and Portuguese
i'aPers, the former to the 16th, and the latter to the
4th ult. the contents of which will be found in the
last Page,' and this morning we received the follow-
additional important intelligence regpeEling, the
Illovernents of Lord WELLINTON'S Army :

COPY Or A LETTER FROM LORD WELLINGTON TO

THE JUNTA OF EATRAMADURA.

" SENOR,

re I have the honour to inform your Ex,ccliency,
that the events of the war in Old Castile have ren-
dered it unnecessary to carry in execution the
movement which I some time ago designed of re-
moving, with the British army under my command,
1(1 the north of the Tagus; consequently sortie of
the troops will commence their march to-morrow
11)(41141g: It affords me satisfa&lon to know that
respedt to the position occupied by the enemy's
tr°ops, the said movement can still be carried into
Wee; notwithstanding the disasters as well in Cas-
tile as La Mancha, without compromising the safety
t'f' the Province of Enramadnra.. 11,1 y bead-yin-

tors
however remain here for some dap, and r
shall not fail to profit by this circumstance, to re-
turn' your Excellency the most sincere acknow=
ledgments for the very polite attentions I have re-
ceived during my stayarnong your Ekcellencies ; as
,also for the zeal and indefatigable care with. which
your Excelleticy has furnished the provisions re•
quired by the detachtnent of the army under my
command, which has been cantoried in this pro=
vince. r assure your Excellency that I sensibly
regret that circumstances of the greatest importance
to the general cause oblige me to remove my trooPs
to another part of the country, separating 'Myself
fioni persons to whoin I am under so many obliga-
tions; and I intreat your Excetkncy to be assured
that .1' shall feel the greatest pla'stire in 'opportuni-
ties of being useful to the providce of Esfratuadura.
and 'city of Badajoz, and that I shall 'hive much
satisfa&ion in hearing of its security and welfare.—
I believe that the British army is not much in-
debted to this province ; but if bycbance it should,
I haVe ordered the Commissary General 'to pay
Whatever may 'be owing, leaving 'a person here to
liquidate slid) accounts as may retnain unset fled, and
.especially those relating to the plot, isions supplied
when the British army passed through Plarentla.

" I have the honour to be, with the 'highest eon-
"sideratioli, most txcelletit Sii; your Excellency's
it ost obedient furnible serVant,.

"4 WELLINGTON."

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER

DEC. Alajesty's ship Coigns,
with 1 merchant ships and -nine Iranspot•ts, stip•-
posed to have wounded troops on board; sailed fur
England on %he 1 Ith instant.

Tire troops are all in motion from Badaioz,
They at-lived at Elvas last Sunday ; they are ex-
peeled at Abrantes to-day, and are to proceed im-
mediately to Leiria, to which place s." 00.0 dollars
have been sent from hence to-day, it is of course
uncertain where the head-quarters will'be establish-
ed, but it is expected that a strong 'forge will im-
mediately march to Coimbra and Oporto."

SEVILLE, .DEC.12..,..-The accounts we conti-
nualls- receive from Old Castile, and which bring
the details Of the late attion of the Duke del.
PA RQUE, are most 110:101113ble to our troops, though
the enciny remained in possession of the.field of
battle, and our army was obliged to retire to the
Pena de Francia; the division of the van-guard
alone performed prodigies of valour; and caused the
evenly the loss of 4000 men. This lossmay appear
very great to those who are ignorant that our troops
made three ,complete discharges within the distance
of halt pisrol shut. Our loss is not more than 2000
Men, in killed, wounded, and prisoners.
Nothing ew has occurred in he armies of La
Carolina and Estkamadura.

We give this day e Lotar ftom Mr. SMITH to
Mr. PINKNEY, dated 23d November as wail as a
Letter froth Mr. CANNING to Mr. PINKNEY of the.
27th May last; and Mr. PINKNRY'S answer. Mrs
CANNING'S Letter is that to which Mr. SMITH al-
ludes in his correspond ence with Mr. JACKSON, a
signifying that the explanation of the grounds of his
Majesty's disavow al of Mr. ERSKINE'S arrangment
" would most properly be communicated through
the successor of Mr. EnsKINE." A reference to the
document in 'question proves this to have been a to'
tal and gross misrepresentation on the part of Mr.

Mr. CANNIN G says, that " having read to Mr.
JACKSON in extenso, the instruelions with which
Mr. EttsKINE was filrnisbed, it is not necessary for
him to: enter into explanation," &c. and continues,
I forbear equally from troubling yon with any com-
ment on the manner in which Mr. ERSKINE'S corn-
muni‘ations have been received, or upon the terms
and spirit of Mr. SMITH'S Shared the consideration.
Such observations (not those relating to the disc'
vowal) ‘, will be communicated more properly
through the Minister' whom his .Majesty has direaled
to proceed to America."

On Saturday a Flag of Truce sailed from Dover
for France, with two Gentlemen, belonging to the
Austrian Legation.

A Writer in an Opposition Paper of this morning
has undertaken to give what he calls " a rapid
sketch of the LIVERPOOL and PERCeVAL Adminis-
tration ;" it is obvious, however; from -his state-
ment, either that he is wholly ignorant of the events
of the last five years, or else that he meant to make
a covert attack upon the late Administration. He
sets out with, accusing the present Ministers with
having forced Russia into a War with this Country.
It is difficult to. conceive how any man,. however
blinded by tile spirit of Party, could gravely advance
such a proposition. If, however, he be serious, of
which we entertain some doubts, we should be
obliged to him to state his proofs, for most un-
doubtedly all the ..evidence at present before the Pub-
lic leads to a direEtly opposite c,onclusion.. We
should be glad to ask this Gentleman whether it was
hater or the present Ministers that alienate

Russia from us, and threw her info the arm; of
France ? - Was it the late or the preSent Ministers
that refused to co-operate with Russia and Prussia,to
check the French progress in the North of Europe ?
Was it the late or the present Ministers t hat refused,
notwithStanding the preS4ing and repeated solicita-
tions of Russia, to atfoid any assistance to the com-
mon cause, even when the French were engaged in
the siege of Dantzic ? - The ane.wer to these queb-
titans., it given with truth, must shew the absurdity of
attributing the defetition of Russia tO the present Minis-
ters. Another charge against AdMil.istration is, that
t hey have not attempted to make a diversion in favour
01 Austria. How the late Ministers, who resolutely
refused to afford any assistance to the Continent, will
reliA this accusation, we do not know, but it cer-
tainlydoeS not apply to the present Administration,
because they did undoubtedly make unparalleled
exertions to effect a 'diversion in favour of Austria.
But it seems as if the Writer, to whom we, allude,
was determined that all his charges against Mr. PER-
'cevA.L and Lord LivEaroot. should tell with double
force against their predecessors, for he accuses the
former for having attacked a '" neutral Power during
Peace." The propriety and even the necessity (.1-
th 6 EXpedition against Copenhagen have been so
fully proved, that it would be a waste of time
t o offer any more arguments upon the subje&. But
if the attack upon a Neutral Power, during Peace,
even though called for by the pressing emergency of
the case, be so culpable an aCI, how will the advo-
cates
of the late Ministers defend them for the attack
upon Egypt, and for the forcing the passage of
the Dardanelles ? • Constantinople, it is true, was"
not bombarded, but that was not the fault of Lord
GRENVILLE'S Administration, but arose merely from
the circumstance of our fleet not being able to get
near enough to batter it. Turkey was then a Neutral
Power, and the attack was not only made during
Peace, as the Writer alluded to sagaciously observes,
but during a Negotiation. With respeat to the other
charges, viz, that Ministers hare wantonly pro-
voked a War with America, and an insurrection in
India, they are really too absurd to deserve notice.
•

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY and Princess Au-
GUSTA, accompanied by Lady C. WALDEGRAVE, and
-GeneraI.MANNEIIS, rude to St. George's ChaptA, and
heard a sermon, preached by the Rev. Dr. HEATH,
from St. Jamws's, chap. ii. v. 24. and afterwards re-
turned to the Palace.

Friday his MAJESTY, with Princesses AUGUSTA
and SOPHIA, took their usual morning's airing, on
horseback, in Windsor Great Piak, till halt past
twelve o'clock, accompanied by Lady CRANLEY,
Lord ST. HELEN'S, Generals SPENCER, MANNERS,
CARTWRIGHT, and Colonel TAYLOR.

Yesterday, being .the birth-day of her Royal
Highness Princess CHARLOTTE at WALES, she re-
c: ived the congratulations of his Royal Highness the
Prince Of WALES, the Dukes of Youx, KENT, CUM-
BERLAND and CAMBRIDGE ; the Duchess of Bittsilts-
WICK, the Duke of BRUNSWICK OILS, and a great
cumber of the Nobility and Gentry, at Warwick-
house, and in the evening her Royal Highness the
Princess Of WALES gave a grand entertainment, at
her apartments in Kensington Palace, on the occa-
sion.

Nothing certain is yet known- rela(ive"to BONA-
PARTE'S choice of a new wife. To the three Prin-
cesses (namely, those of Russia, Austria, and Sax-
ony), of which conjeeture has at ditTerent tirnes made
mention, a fourth is stated in a private letter, receiv-
ed by the last conveyance, of which the following is
an extra& :

" PARIS, DEC. 25.—Our speculations as to our
new Empress are nearly at an end, as it is confident-
ly reported, on the authority of those who are sup-
posed to be best acquainted with the political views
of NAPOLEON, that the Heiress of the House of Sar-
dinia it t 9 have the first 'refusal of the Impetial
dignity."

The Princess CaRISTIANA, wife of the hereditary
Prince of DENMARK, who a shoat time since was
deteded carrying on an intrigue 'with a French
dancer, arrived lately at Nyborg, under a guard.
She was betrayed by her own chamber-maid and
the Mince her husband, it is said, lon having ocular
demonstration of his dishonour, dragged her by the
hair out of the room, and would have killed her but:
for the intercession of his father. In order to faci-
litate the pardon of her paramour, she subsequently
acknowledged having seduced him.
Great numbers of French troops are gliding almost
imperceptibly into the country of Holland. Instead
of pouring into it by divisions or brig:ides, which
might excite universal alarm, they are stealing. in by
battalions,, or regiments at most. Sn considerable,
however, is the number which has gained admit--
lance in this way, that it is calCulated there will be
before the middle of this month a French army of
fifty thousand men assembled in Holland.
The Dutch and French .force destined to reoc-
cupy the Island of Walcheren after the evacuation,
consisted of 10,000 men. A disastrous report re-
spetling the fate of a great part of these had reached
Amsterdam on the evening of the 30th ult. It
stated, that as two or three thousand of them were
passing over to Waleheren, a sudden and violent
squall came on, in which severak of the frail craft to
which they had committed themselves foundered,
and some hundreds perished.
It is intended that Midshipmen who have served
their time in the Navy shall in future pass their
examinations at the. ports to which their vessels may
belong, instead of being obliged, as heretofore, to
come to the Navy Office, in Somerset-place, for
that purpose.

CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. S.—To-day the faesh ar-
rivals of4Vheat are inconsiderable, but the large f)-
reign arrivals causes dull sales, at rather lower price,.;
fine Dantzic exceeds the currency ; Barley is cheaper
excepting fine; Malt and White Peans are lower;
beans of both sorts vary but little; Oats are in-toler-
able supply and maintains last quotation ; Flour
rdly supprts late prices.