The Sun. — London, England, 1802-01-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF TH,B SUN. SIR, Jan. 7, 180 z. In respeCt to your Paragraph of this day, stating theannihilation of. the Invincible Regiment by the brave *2d, I readily admit the merit of that highly distinguishedßegirnent,but it is barely doing- jus. tice to the rest of the Army to . observe, that every Corps on the memorable ;,t,st of March, according to the opportunity afforded them, equally distin guished themselves. The Invincible Standard 'was a Trophy - t4,.StriaTt's (now the Queen's) German Regiment ; who sustained the fast entire charge of the Invincible. Cavalry, .and -lo s t Thirteen Ofteers and Trtvo Hundred and Twenty Privates on that krilliant day. A BRITISH OIFIC4R: TAXES. TO THE lOCH.T.HON.IIEVRY ADDINPTON, SIA M _ - As you will soon 'want money - , I suggest to you four different kinds of Taxes which will inevitably fill the public coffer, and fall only on such as gre zziole to bear them. A Tax on all Musical Instruments in propor tion to the noise they make, beginning with the Kettle Di um, Trumpet, Bagpipe, and so descending according to the scale-of the gamuts to the softer rotes of the Piano. Tithe h not a Shoemaker nor 4 Grocer's daughter who does not strum on the This . instrument is the perquisite of 'every Boarding School lyliss, and if you lay on two guineas per Piano, depend on it, that notwith standing the grumbling of - their fathers, you will e warmly supported by their Mamas in this Tax: on Wigs, at one guinea per wig, mak in2-, an exception for those wigs which are .made frcin the hair of -persons banged,, and others worn I:ty old Ladies. By the imposition of, this Tax, you will meet with the warm support of - every lover of the fair sex, besides securing to yourself in after_ , ages unfadiiig honotir, by - having transformed bald pates into flowing locks, the grcatest *ornament. of.. • British females, . , 3. A Tax on Flower Gardens. • There is not a Cockney who will refuse to *pay for .this enjoyment. In the circurtifer,ence of ten . miles from the•M etro _ polis, 'y ou w ill reap an immense harvest, and sup posing the Cits should attempt to elude your grasp by turning their pinks, tulips and roses, into 'call bageg, potatoes and parsnips, you will have atchieved a great objea thereby, as it will encourage domestic economy, and by introducing a greater plenty of 'provisions, it will reduce the price of vegetables. if the Cits remonstrate against the hardship of this Tax, as injuring their: health and preventing - them from taking a little country air with their familieS, yoUr answer will be, that if they attend as they ought to their business, they will have walking enough to and from their shops to their !eats morn.. jog and evening. 4. A Tax on Hall Lamps. This will fall ex_. elusively o n the-fashionable pait of the Community, and by laying . on a guirkea on every Lamp,'You will • )tick et .e.r. it, no Gentleman 'will expose his - visitors to the hazard of breaking their necks for - Want of a laity, and he Will besides thank you for it, as from Lamps becoming a branch of the . keyenue i ,they will be better- attenddd to; a n d t h e servants Will be sure t o keep them clean, which I can assure; you is not now the case, to the great annoyance and 4etriment of His M;rje6ty's din ner eat i ng subje(i_ts. With best wishes 4or your success -in an, Administration, you have so gloriously begun, . • I am, Sir, Your admirer and faithful Servant, PEEPING TOM. THE'SUN. lULSM QUIt DICZRZ kALSIJM:AUDIA LONDON, JANUAIU' s, iso2. Txt Trials of the Wintineers commenced on Wednesday at Portsmouth, on board His Majesty's Ship Gladiator, in the Harbour. Fourteen of the Crew of the Temeraire were arraigned together, but it is expected, notwithstanding ; that the Court will sit for some days. The Members of the Court have wisely prohi bited the publication of any of the Proceedings till the whole are gone through ; we are theref or e p re _ eluded from laying their progress in detail before the Public ; but the moment it can be done with propriety, they may look to us for a very full and accurate Account of these interesting Trials. The following are the names of the Officers who compose the Court-Martial: Vice-Admiral cHE LI., President; Vice-Admiral P0r...7., Capt. C.C, UL Pear-Admiral ifor.Lown IP, Capt. Gx ND A LL, Rear. Admiral CGLLINCWOOD, Capt. Sir E. NAGLE, kt.:;ll%.AClErlird! CAMIWLL, Capt. LiJyl3, tipt. WELLS, Capt. Os - aofta. To:: s, Thy has always been the favourTJe Journal of the Fleet.—We are very peot.l of this distinc ' 'flon, because there are no persons who 'rain more highly Oar' ourselves the ever-memorable Services of our .I,>l.ivy, and particula r ly i n t h e course o f t h e iate*War ;—but this feeling makrst. i s only the more dc.Toly deplore any deviation from that sen4of dis cipline and subordination, to: which so much of ppr , success a d o2r superiority is to be ascribed. If the Country owes much to the gallantry of its Sea men, let it be recolleded also, that they owe much to' the liberality of the , Country. There is no descrip tion of people throughout the Nition, who haveless ground for dissatisfaftion than -our Sailors : they have not felt the effects orunfavourable seasons ; Dearth and Scarcity, which have affeded almost every other description of men, -have not reached them ; and the hand of qenerosity and Compassion has ever been held out to alleviate their misfor; tunes, and those of their families. ;(,)rider such circumstances;' there is no excuse for, any devia tion froth — the ' str ia li ne o f d uty on their part-.2= 'On such occasions ; there is but one remedy every symptom of "insubordination must be met by a determined resolution to crush it ; anti with Mutiny there can be no •conifirotnise. 7-- L While we trust that the signal punishments which must probably follow the recent transadions in the Fleet at antry-Bay, may serve as useful examples 'to the whole Navy, we earnestly recOrnmend the utmost vigilance on the part of the Inferior Offi cers of our Navy ? as the surest mode ofprevent ing similar occurrences. The 'spirit - of insnbor dination, like the' progress of fire, is only dail_ gerous when' it Spreads to a certain extent nndisco. vered—it is easily stifled in its birth.--Ninety-nine out of a hundred in our Navy, we know to be sound and loyaL; and we earnestly► hope some mark of favour will be shewn to the valuable Corps of MARINES, who have shewn themselves upon this, and upon every other similar occasion, fully deserv ing of every protection and encouragement. LAST night we recei ve d 'French Papers to The 3d inst. inclusive. They contain a great variety of miscellaneous articles; but not one word of - the re.: ported arrest of Generals* MoR EAU Or BERTHIER. So 'far indeed from any symptoms of a mutinous spirit having displayed itself in the metropolis, we learn from them, that TALLEYRAND PERIGORD, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, arrived at Lyons -9n the 28th ult. and there is no mention in the Of ficial Paper of any circumstance which 'warrants the supposition communicated from•boyer. '• The arrival of 'these Papers has relieved our minds from a great anxiety, and we sincerely re joice to find, that no principles of illegitimate ambition have disturbed the authority of a Govern °lent, on whose efficiency the peace of Europe in a great measure depends. We did not pledge ourselves for the veracity of the intelligence we received, - and which we felt it our duty to cornnionicite to the Public—bvit every discriminating mind must be sensible, that in a pe riod wherein Society undergoes a sudden transition from violence to order, the apprehensions- of relapse ale natural and reconeileable to experience. It is with pleasure we recal to the , minds of our Readers, - the Observations which appeared in our last Paper. We did not feel ourselves authorized tto dispute the authenticity of our Intelligence'; but ve 'presented to them such a-rgurnents as, in some degree, invalidated the force of the CorreSpondence e published. We had a ! right to afford some credit to reports of in.surredional 'movements in a bleeding and dis traeted'Cottatry, though we might' repine at the cause, and deplore -- the effeas which such change might operate on , the face of European Politics. The Minister of the,lnterior -lea Paris on the • ad inst. on his route .to 'Ljon - s. The First Consul was expel led depart on the 6th inst.- Relays of carriages had been prepared, and it was supposed he would perform the jo urney i n f orty hours. A most extraordinary event took place at Lyons, at the public audience of TALLEYRAND, when the Cis_ alpine Deputies were presented to him. The Arch bishop of MILAN, a venerablc . old man, eighty-two years of age, sat on the right hand of the Minister with the greatest spirits and vivacity ; when o n a s u dd en he leaned on -the arm of .T 4 I,S YkAND With design of speaking to him, and fell- lifelesq from his chair. MoscnTl, a celebrated Physician present, employed in vain every medical assistance. The Archbishop was dead. He had gone to Lyogs. for the express pur pose of seeing the First Consul, whom he became acquainted with during his firs(Campaign in Italy. The Peasants of Pavia, says the'Moniteur, had re volted ; this respeftable Prelate harangued them, but the infuriate Populace having disregarded his remonstrances, the French army took possession of 8. • Pavia. The Archbishpcontinually accompanied General Bo 11 ft P it . kr jet leis carriage, for the pur pose of removinglthat'fina'tical . spirit which every where prevailo,.. and clibich . induced the people to believe that the objet} of the French . was the subversion pf their Worship and Religion, The Hamburgh Mail of 1 01Tednesday is not at.. rived. , The Half-yearly Dividends will begin to be paid to-morrow to the Bankers ; and on Monday to the o , NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTII; JAN. 7. ARRIVII) this day,iiis Majesty's Ship IYamir, frorn Bantry Bay * - Sailed His Majesty's Ship Pcmpie, for Plymouth. Came into Barbour, His Majesty's Ship Part. land and Guntl-rig iiggreLfor, to be paid off. The Bufalo Store-ship, bound to Pot4ny Ray, yesterday went out of the Harbour, The,&oßway Ship mentioned in my former fetter to be arrived at Spitlfead, water-logged, having beeri t of 'the Woolseners, is galled t 6 Ann and Catherine,_ and this day was, brought. into Harbour, with the water-tip to the deck. Arrived the Providence, Oft.:X, from London derri; and Novo CGtita, NAA s f E-DT,. from Stock holm. Sailed the Comfibolite, MAR Lb Iv, for Ham- burgh ; Hlinter, STAPLES, fa Lisbon ; and Itptc, Sx LTOIST, r . fca Shields. ' . DEAL, J4ll, 7: TtiE, Eait India Company's Ships Maziet, Can. ton e and Wainer Castle, came down this naornihg, and the wind being Eaterly, they proceeded on thejr voyage 'to China. SHEERNESS, JAN. 7. THIS dar.saileti for Chatham, the Qqier . yoel, 64guns, and Eugenie Sloop of War, to be paid off. BATTLE OF ALGESIRAS, Ix the following translation from the Madrid tny Gazette Extraordi n , w,epresent our Readers ,with die Spanish Account of the Battle of Algesiras, which has not yet beedpublished in this Country, The candour with which the particulars of that Action arc related, forms a. striking contrast with the extra\ dgancy of they Official details in the Moniteur. • Merl4g, Jury to. . . " The General Commandant of the Camp ' of St. Roque, in a diSpateh of the 6th inst. transmit_ ted' by acourier' .Extraordinary, communic a te s intelligence, of an 'ActionWhich .Extraordinary, been_ fought between six Sail of the Line, and other VesselS of War, 'belonging to the t and the French Squadron of three Ships of the ,Line and one Fri_ grate, lyingat anchor in the harbour of Algesiras, and of the gloriOuS : result 'which has taken pkice for His Majesty's.arrns, and those of the Republic his Ally. About eight in the morning of that day, (viz the dtl,i) there were seen coming out - of Gibraltar, one ship or 84 guns, five of 74, a Lug- , ge: of i 6, .and another of so ; a Polacre of Lo; two armed Gun-launches, and fourteen:boats. Force, under the command of a Rear-Admiral, stood in tOwards - AlgesitaS for the puipose' of at tacking the French • Squadron then 'anchored in. that .Port, and which, as has been already stated, consisted - of three Sail of the Line - and one Frigate. 'The. Commanders of. this Squadron, being aw are o f . the Enemy's intention, :made their dispo s i t i ons f or placing ',themselve s as well as t h ey w ere able, cover of 'oiir Batte r i e p, an d ‘va i tT defence, ble, the ing in this position for his approach, • The Ac tion 'commenced at nine It was very obstinate and bloody on. both sides, and- likewise upon the part of our Batteries, which decided the fate of the day. The Adion was continued until two in the afternoon, at which hour the English drew Off with the loss of one Ship of the Line, taking in row another which was dismasted and damaged in the hull, and having sustained very great loss and damage in the rest of their Vessels, Their loss in men must have teen considerable, as it is certain that there was :a great number of killed and wound ed on board' all the Ships: The French also have been equal sufferers, the killed and wounded of their Squadron being estimated at 800-. That of our . Troops has been less ; and of the whole only the Royal Regiment of Ronda has lost II men. The fire of our Batteries was so hot and well supported, that the Enemy suffered most from them; and particularly it is to that of St ;ago we owe the cap, ture of the English Ship ; for her bold manoeuvre of attempting to pass between the French Rear-Admi ral's Ship, the Formidable, and the shore, made her take ground ; and, notwithstanding the utmost exertion to get her afloat, it being found impost sible to move her, the fire from the Battery very soon dismasted her, and compelled her. to sqike.:— The French Vessels and our Batteri es h ave. like w i se received 'a good deal of damage ; but they - are already in a course of repair, an d the most _aaive disposition s aremaking •in order to cause . the' Enemy to repent, should he .have any inteniion of renewing the Action with Troops .so.animated 'and well conduled as ours and the French have prod themselves in the Engagement:of thC . . Tuesday the - sick men of the illopumime, of, 4 4 . guns, Capt. Taieloa, arrived 'f rom t he W est were landed at the Hospital Stairs, Plymouth, and conveyed to the Royal Naval Hospital. They have not any bad fever amongst them, but are mostly vatic - led . s6tiieiii• and convalescents af f lided with scorbUtic'ebniPlaints. We - untleVtand it to be- the intention - of the' Lords. of the: r‘Amiralty,. amongst the many-other judiciou s pl ans re l at i ve to the • Navy, now under their consideration, that the Pursers of such Ships as are sold or broke up at the conclusion of the. War, are• to :be provided for by giving them an adequate compensation to the 'nay, &c. of' their -• former Ships, until vacancies occur. The Tartar Frigate, with a Fleet under convoy from Portsmouth,- and Cork, is arriv.ed, at Barba. hes. 41VEPICA. Yesterday New-York Papers to the 28th No. vember were received. They, do .not bring much news. - The ;intelligence- of Yeice-prOdUced the utmost surprize, and likewise no small embarrass ment; to meteantile men who• had-.been aCt lug on the probability of the rupture of. the Negociatton with France. The news arrived. first at ,Boston on the 10;bNovember, and at New;Yotk on ihe ;oth. We subjoin the following paragraphs, to . chew -the impression produced, atidrthe cibosequences ebt pelted . . An article dates Boston, Witg,A2,.:spys, cc The effe6t on the United States of:l t h§,Aikeq.,-og Europe, has been the immediate fall .cfp,llcoi4liry produce, and a stagnation of commercial pursuits; The crew of the FrFnchSrigate La Semilante must he highly pleased with it." • , • An article itiThe Philadelphia Gazette, as a Let,. ter from London on this event, says, " The arti4 : . cle of cottgn must doubtless advance now. Rice' will not only fall, on account of a quantity arrive'l from India. of the Patna Rice, which is very goadv 'and more daily. expe.ded, bat on account of the. Peace. Tobacco cannot be much lower than at present. Indigo may for some time= continue to sell well. Cochineal will, we fear, as soon as 'coo' or 2000 serons arrive in Europe ? , go below 1 7s: Sugar and Coffee may . be: very languid for some months, but we cannot think they go much lower* • Dyewoods will only answer as danaage. Freights will greatly lower, and so wilt ; Insurances, ptirtif.; cularly your cross West India risks,. and likewise on your voyages to anal from the Spanish, colonies,' ecc.'t The Americans complain of ill usage by thc, Spanish captors at Adgeziras. • We do not find any late intelligence from the West Indies, and nothing of the insurretion either - at Guadaloupe or St. Domingo,. A duel was fought on the 24th vember, at New.,York, between P. HAMILTON, the eldest sorb of General ALEX4.NEtER HMtLION, and Mr, G. J. RAKER' ; in Which, at the first fire, 11Q1 . H. Was shot through the body,. He languished until the-next day, when he died. It originated in a corfr versation, at the Plajr-housepttip'edirig an oration delivered by Mr. E. in jillyvevtlcling, 1!> The DUKE of Yf2iic and a farm party of Celli tlemen, dined :on Wednesday She Duke of E N$ BEit R Y 's) in Piccadilly: His Ropki Highness the Dyica of Yo is 0-041 on a shooting party to Lord GW YD I R's , _ at 1 . P-ark. . . His MAJESTY has ordered that„ no persons, egs• cept those &longing to the household, or on husle ness, be admitted into the new Palace at Kew.-o For the stria' observance of this order, certtinels arc placed at the two extremities of the Park, On New Year's Day, His Grace the Duke of RICHMOND made a donation of 30011 v. of beef 5) the poor in the neighbourhood of Goodwood. The National Institute of France elated in it*, last general sitting, -Kr % J'aspsa.lifazi.-.Preside n r cS , the Vuited States, a Foreign Associate for the Class of Moral and Political Science ; Sir Josarx BANICSI for that of Physics and Mathematics ; and M. HAYDN, Foreign Associate for the Oats of Litera - , Lure and the Fine Arts ; be wan the cotppetitof G.T Mr. SHERIDAN. A misrepresentation has been made in some of . the gapers rispeaipg the disturbances at New South Wales and Norfolk- Island, it having been staled that the Insurreetion had been quelled in the lattfr as well as the for Mer, by the exertions of Governor ICII4O, and Lieutenant-Governor PATa&SO N . Thes e Officers, no doubt, deserve every credit for their •• services, but the diSturbancein Norfolk Island mils; have been put an enct to by the Commanding-Officer . there, Colonel F UYEAUX, * to whOse adivity arc; spirit much credit is .due.. Whip, i.e is ,eonsidereo that Norfolk Island is. 306 r ipgups. clivant frail - New South Wales, it is impos,sil4thoJ.be intor fetence o f t h e Governor of theAßßeg,:Betxi e men Could have been exerted 'in • the :sp;gssi • on o f the ip , Insurredion.V The intelligence that was received from Dovet on Wednesday, came, it seems, thither from Ostend , and was brought by a female. She conceived the story on her pa ssage , an d gave birth to it on leer , landing : but though not still-born, it was stifled - soon after by the incredulity of the gossips. Eight .persons belonging to the suite of the nov Turkish Ambassador to the Court of Vienna, ar - rived in that capital -on the 16th of last month. They brought with them ten super b sa ddl e horse s, as presents to His IMPER IAL MAJESTY and the principal Ministers. nothing conc}usive, it:seems, has yet taken place ..with respea. to, the, sale of the •DUKE of Yoßg",, ;house in Piccadilly. The treaty is still pending : -and - .shotild-the parties agree, the house, instead -05 being cobverted' into a tavern,' will' be pulled down? Order - trs . fort a new:street . from Piccadilly Saville-row. . It is to be hoped - that the Legislature will devotc some.attention to the flagrant scenes of depravity which are nightly exhibited in this capital. \vl are..aivarc of t h e diffi culty of introducing a rigi' system of decorum in a Metropolis, to. which th e indolent and the vicious habitually resort for pia' tier and the indulgence of the passions. B ut really much is due to th e h onest part o f the Coininunitr' and:much to the feelings of the ch aste a n d the tin' , corrupted. If it he an Herculean task-'to cleans e `the Augean S t abl e , i t is an . to Prot e ' , • Innocence. It cannot b e ' alledgCtrthat . such Pe a " • sores of Police are altogether, iinpradieable ; for I the Cities of Berne ant 1-18liand, women ° f character may walk the streets at night without curriog - the risk of having their nioJesty offended' Throughout th e vast extent of the Chinese EmPir e ' t a rigid morality, enforced by Law, preserves, least", the exterior form of delicacy. In Lond°% the insolence and d eprav i t y o f t h e un h appy ' f e males whoinfest our stree ts , h ave r i sen to suc h a h e ight' that no mode st woman can wa lk alone b y n i p " without danger; nor even by day without insult th na F 1 lef t,