The Sun. — London, England, 1807-01-31 00:00:00

NA FAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 29.-:—Arrived the American Clyde, Capt. MICHAEL ALCORN, laden witli ':offee and sugar, from New York, : bound to Am 4 iterc!am, detained by the Napper Gun-brig. 3 . ! ., Arrived th e D ru id F r i gate f rom P ortsmouth. , . Sailed the Caroline hired Armed Brig, with ieve l'alTransports with troops, for JerSey. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Arrived the "ippon°, WATERS, from London; and the Inverness, JACK- L I', from Greenock. Sailed the Cuckoo Schooner, Lieut. PADDEN, on cruize. SHEERNESS, JAN. 29.--:-Sailed the Star Sloop of War, Capt. SIMPSON ) for the Downs. - t Arrived the Ferreier Gun-brig, Lieut. WEIR. ;il.: Came down from Chatham and anchored at.the I \Tore, a fine new Man of War Brig, just fitted , Out. Sailed the Dasher' and Biddeford Transports foi . Plymouth. JA/T. 30.--Arrived His Majesty's ShiN Kite from a Cruize, and Valorous from Portsmouth, With a Convoy, 'which are sailed for the River. Caine down from the River the Hon - . East India :Company's Ship Cumberland, Capt. FErat EIRj bound to iddia . . Extra& of a . Letter froni .Capt. R. HOWARD, of Transport, dated Maldoriada River, Nov. " There are elght Ships Of War and tivelve Tiansports 140 w here didercomniand of Sir 7-oma Pop ri W . tt We have at Present possetsion of Maldonado, but 1 do not think we shall keep it lot*. We have be en lit re a month from the Cape of Good Hope." The Nereide Frigate, from alrnouth, arrived at 'Madeira on the 3d of DeCember, and sailed otithe' ' 11 ). She captured and took with h er a Spariishi c °Pper-bottomed Ship, from. Bilboa to the Caraccat, i l aden with .flour, and with dispatches on board. The Serimgapatam, CLARKE, from London to the south Seas, was well at Rib Janeiro, 28th September. rapt. CLARKS writes that the Crescent, HnrrEs, did }hd Liccia; NrICHOL, were well on the coast of Fero at)ont twb months before. RICiIARDS, the tlniO7t, VANS, ~d the tucy, EIaiWARDS, froni V:oughall to South. ~4 1p ton; *ere take n 23d i n s t . by a Fr enc h S c ho oner rivateer, of six guns at sixtyfive men. The two f ormer burnt, the latter given up to the crews, and ilrrived at Solva, near Milford, 26th.=The Privateer 41 :1 taken the Hite; of Cardiff, previous to the 23d. • • - TRACT 'Awn THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE AT MA DRAS, DATED I‘IAY 1 , 1806. , We hive rritich Pleasure in inserting the following Address from-the Commanders of the Hon. Com - I ) any's ShipS`lately arrived at this PreSideocy, to BYNG; of his Majesty'S Ship Bellique4, l'tsbiiig the Sense they eotertain• of his conduct ktt'lt,, AbeNh period they have erved under hit orders, t with that Officer's Reply : ° GtORGE BYNG, Esq, traptain of 111 . s 111466 s Ship nelliqueu.t; 111adras &ads. SI R . p ' We . feel it .dtir i s ndispensible thity; Ai as early a as possißlel tb offer you our sincere ill ations congra upon the safe arrival of the whole o f the 1 18 under conv o y o f Hi s M a j esty ' s Ship 111*. ' 4 NI at this Port. the Permit us to return you outmost sincere th a nk s for t "tOristant and unremitting attention we have ever e ePerlen ce d f rom you , since eve had the honour to Placed under your. orders. AS a teatimOny of the respe& we entertain in conse fence, we beg leave to solicit your. acceptance of a tt l ,,ec* of PlAte, value tool. the conttinplation of J ich may heieafter r en ew the Pleasing reflection of oFttity en-14160t services in the l a t e success f u l Expe uilcin against the C a p e o f G o ld H ope, and remind of the sincere reg ard of those wh o h ave t h e ho °Ur to subscribe th emselves , . • -Your most obedient and humble ServantS; • WILLIAM EDMEADES, COM. H. C. Ship William Pitt. Jotitq BALE, - Coln. H. C. Ship Streatham. JOHN CAMERON, • ' Corn. H. C. Ship Jane Duchess of Gordon: Corn: A. C. E. Ship Giory; R. BARKER,. " Corn. H. G. Nri - )rthamptori:. J. MERING, Corn. H C. E. Cornet. J. AfAcro?,sir, Corn. H. t. E. Ship Sarah Christiana. P or , Corn. I-1. C. E. Ship U n i on . worge,.//pri/ 23, 1 RO6. • .. , Ills Arbjesty's .Ship.le.lliqueux,,:liudras itoads; ' . 24th .4fifii, 1806. . . ' iNril..r:: - EN, 1 jet,hasten to. acknowledge- the' receipt of ycin'i . Let of yesterday's date, and to. exptem the great ,P1„1":stlre ot7i.finding that the conduct observed by me, o ' r ",;ng the period you have been:placed tinder my 'ers'. has afforded you that satisfaeStion it has, and e ver • • will be, my study to endeavour to experience on ‘i • IThlar occasions. i ll ' accept with pleasure the Piece of Pl a t e o ffe re d 111 Y our letter, an d be assured, that when it reminds l e of the events mentioned by you in so flattering vi e ban ner, it will ca ll to m i,,, e s of th ose anion y rernernbranc e t h e ser - . g you wo were placed under ~ :ti 3. com mand on that occasion, h and thegentsral atten4 11:1., evi nced by th e w h ole, during (be period your j e eral Ships Were under the convoy of .His .N.ta. q ty Ship Bel -liqueur. I have the honour to be, CEICTLEMF.N, • Your most obedient Servant s . 1 . ,-, .., G. By.sto. th e ,_ sit ,vrrynanders of the Honourable CnnipanY s C.;, ' , 1 ' l , l !ain itt, Streatham, lace L'oeheso of Cll. . . 1 ' 'lorYv Nonlutimptuno Contrt a Sarah ,hu.,:itit,-1-111ton. SECOI\Tb• EDITIOST. SUN OFFICE, VIREt O'CLOCK, .P. yt WE stop the Press to state, that several Rivate Lettets have been received by the 'flusurn . Mail which lead us to apprehend that no battle was fought between the Russians and -the Freneb Sub sequent to the 26th Dec. It is stated that on that dny.l3o.NApAwiE made a violent attack upon the Russians with the whole of his Forbes, in 5 columns, and that after a most obstinate action he Was Com pelled to retreat, but that the Russians were unabie, from the badness of the roads, to follow tip their • advantage. We do not pledge ourselves for the truth of this intelligence, but we know that Letters have been received from Vienna, dated the iOth instant, and at that time no account had reached that- City of any battle having takun place subse quent to the 26th inst. The Dispatches which Government this morning received froth Lord 1 - furcnitqsom, Were dated 23Ci December. SOUTH AItIERIC.d. BUENOS AYRES.----Generl BEEESFORD, alit] the Officers of his brave little Army, continued prisoners in the town - Of BuentA Ayres at the date of the last accounts; and we are halipv to - state, that the gal lant General, and his immediate companions, were in good health. The 'Pri va! es and ,Non-commiS sioned.Officers had all been marched into the in terior, in parties of five and ten each.—The ing is a cotre& copy of the Reply of the English -Genefal to the Sunimons Of the Spanish. Cony. triander n erci3 l Stivity. ber 01 taints re ful; andi creral t seat outri‘ Let' men• those iand s ieral; re' stns pro' a t n a : of av-0 (REPLY.) • , I " have received your •Letter, stating that the chance of arms •is uncertain ; that,You have 'the superiority in numbers I have no doubt, and the comparison-of discipline is very unnecessary tOr me to make.—l did not conceive I had entered, tl.iis toWn vvitluyt Opposition,.after having twice - defeated an enemy : and wishing still to maintain the , esteeM of my country, and the troops under my orderS; have . only to inform you, that I shall defend myself as long as prudence permits. Por the calanuties which fall, upon this town no one will "feel more sensibly than I shall ; yet. I have the consolation, that if all its inhabitants gted according to good faith and honour, such calamity would have been far distant I remain, Sir, your humble Servant, _ (Signed) W. C. BERi'ORD." " ecildnel Liniers, &c. &c. &c." 1 . MALDoNAno.-e 'have been favoured with th'e following letter fioth an Officer, which affbrds many iiitereking additional 'particulars of the citpture of i this plaCe :--- CoPir Or A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN THE 38TH REGIMENT GF rpoT, DATED MALDONADO, NOV.. 4, 1806. " Here we 6ye been these last few. days ; every thiritto7aS arranged for the attack of . Monte Video by.ttOrtri; under the command of Colonel VASSALL. .-47nfortdnately the ships egad not get near enough t&tmake a breach, an d f roth 'our hfivininp grin, it was not 'practicable to earl - y . 1.4 by land, the town being regularly fOrlified, and an -innuinerablepum 7 her of heavy gting mounted.—W e g.,tt under Weigh, . and i:7atne offhere, which ii. fourteen I , 2apies from - Monte Video. Four Companies Or the 3A'th, with 'Some Dragoitis, he4 - 11 , d:liy Colonel VA SALL - , land ed and . adv'anced towards the town, which is only a' mile from the- beach. T'leenerny, soon opened a fire ofgrape and-round shot at us, without injuring us 'in :the smallest :degree. - Oiir ColOnel'treated -' ',them with thenttnosti *contempt ; as. he would not allow the men' to fire a &thee shot, but advaneed to take their guru , With the bayonet. When ,t'e got., within about fortv•yards of them, -they discharged a . Howitzer loadedLwith grape shot at. tr:, and -only 'killed one of the grenadiers. Our 1 brave fellows . then rushed fOnkard, and drove the eneniy from tlien' gbns in great confusion, leaving about: severity behiud, who :were bayonetted in the charge, which vias continu e d tip the street, when three of our °Te ti nai.ije4 Were badly wounded froth the windows. A Spanish Otlieer fired atColonel YASSALL, who was in the act ofsaving.his lire, but fbrtunately missed Wiri, thOuvii the miscreant put . his pistol so„close as to search the , Colonel's pantaloonC : the colone ; .had no pistol, and. I was. too far :from him, , employ_ ed in, binding .up the wounds of one of 'the men who Was shot through the body and atm,. to render thi'asi;istance I could have wished.. Our gallant ,fel lows behaved like heroes—though the town was , carr=ied with the bayonet, hot a woman,. child, or old.tnan were hurt. . Our further operations are not known,' at least totne.: We are most anxious for sufficient t:einforcernents from England to enable t. 11; to release General BERESFORD ; and ilwe ate for :tunate euoug,hto:effeEt it, we will do it in good style. --:Our li‘iss was two,grenadiers killed, and twenty :three wounded." ' , Lient..Colonel HUTCHINSON, late of the 83d Re- gitrient, and re cen tl y on t h e .Staf f , i s appointed In-' speaing Field Officer of the Waterford _Recruiting We are, rejoiced to hear, that the Bavarian, Wit . - temburgh, and other property of the Rhenish Con federacy, detained by our Cruizers, will become droits to the Crown—of course our gallant Seamen will be remunerated, and have their expeaces re paid. The Judges met y es t er d ay i n the King's Bench Treasury Chamber, and chose their Circuits for the ensuing Lent Assizes, as under, viz. NOR FoLK —Right Hon. Lord Ellenborough, and the lion. Mr. justice Grose. MIDLA ND - Right Hon. Lord Chief justice Mansfield, .i.nd Hon. Mr. ifil(011 Graham. Hem & Right Hon. Lord Chief Baron, and Hon, Mr. !us tice 'Heath. (..)x ro --Hon. Mr. Baron Thomson, and Hon. Mr. jus tice Law rence. No a T N —Hon. Mt. runice Rook; and Hon. Mr. lus. rice Le Blanc. Wks-frail—lion. 14r. justice Chunbre, and Hon. Mr. 13,4011 Sutton. !vM(7 Frzkrocur, :81"STEff. .AYtigle'havini•l;leetl published inCorrc~c}l~, 'Nve submit . it to-. s lpr }teaActi ; itia.titure accurate shape The . Nev- 'Finance- ha 7„ for . its obje4, to provide the means of maintaining the honour and independence .of th e British Empire,. during the ne 'eessary continuance o f t h e War Without perceptie bly, increasing the Burtheris of the Country, and 'with manifest benefit to the interests of the Pub lic 0 - editor. The, proposed Measure is grounded on the flou rishing,stateofthePermanent Revenue ; 'On the great produce of the War Taxes ; 'on the high and accu mutating amount of the Sinking Fund; and on some inferior aide to be, derived froth Revenues set free by Annuities originally ,gratif - ed fir a term of years, and now expiring. These circumstances, so favour.- able to the itaroduaion and maintenance of a new System, are jnstly to be attributed to the N*-e, pro- Videtit, , and spirited exertions, which have had the concurrent support of Parliainent'and of the People, 4ring the whole eventful period of the last twenty Years. The' Plan is adapted to meet a scale of expendi ture nearly equal to that of the year 1806; and it assumes, that during the War the annual, produce of the permanent .and temporary revenues will continue equal. to the produce of the,same year 1806.. It is rideratoOd, that any further or unibreseen charge, or any deficiency of revenue; shall be 'separately and specially provided for. Keeping these' pre m ises in view, it .is proposed, that the War Loans for the ,years 1807, 1808, and 1809 ) shall be twelve millions annually; for the year, 1810, :,fourteen millions ; and for each of the ten folloWing years, sixteen millions. ' Those ,several Loans,ainounting for the fourt een Years to b Million's, are to . be made. , a charge on the War,TaZes, ,Which are eistimated'th produce 25 millions annually. The charge thus thrown 'on the War Taxes is meant to be at the rate of 10 per cent. on each Loan. Every 'such Loan will therefore pledge so Much of the War Taxei as will be equal to meet this. charge : 7 -that is, a Loan of 12 milliOns will pledge 1,200,0001. of the War Taxes. And in each year, if the War should be continued, a further portion of the War Taxes in the ,same manner, be pledge ed ; and, consequently, at the end of fourteen years, if the War should last so long, 21 millions, the whole produce of the War Taxes, would be pledged for the total of the Loans, which would at that time have amounted to 210 millions: . The 10 per cent. charge thus accompanying each - 1 Loan will be applied to pay the Interest of the Loan, and to form a Sinking . Fund, which Sinking Fund will evidently be more than 5 per sent. on such of the several Loans as shall be obtained 'at a less rate of interest than '.5 per cent. • • It is well known, that a 5 per cent. Sinking Fund, accumulating at compound interest, will redeem any sum of capital debt' in 14 years ; consequently the several portions; .of the War Taxes proposed to be pledged for the several Loans above-menttoried, will have redeemed their respeeilile loans, , and be suc cessivelylibereted, in periods of 14 years from the , date of each such Loan. The portions el War Taxes thus liberated, may, if the war should still be pro , longed, becen - eapplicat : lle in a revolving series, and May be again pledged for:new, Loans. . It is, however, sbewu by the printed• Calculations and Tables, that, whatever may be the continuance of the operation, the Property Tax will not be pay able beyond. the period for which it is now-granted by the 46 Geo. 3, de 65,but will, in every case, be in force only during th e war, and until the si x th day of April ne:;.t after the notification of a Detini, tive Treaty ; el l'.2ace,.,ond no lonpr. It nett to be observed; that the cha rge for the Interest an d Sinkin g Fund of the proposed Loans, beo taken from the annual produce' of the W a r Taxes, a deficienCy equal to`that charge will be creat 7 ect in the amount Of the temporary Revinue ape plicable to the War E:iperiditiiree ' Supplement iry' LO:zns will be requisite to make goad that' d.Aciency. 'Those ~Supplernentary Ldani . Must increaee iii Pf•opo:'titin ;o the increasing deiiciene, -if the War should be'coritinued ; but the wholeamolint of the Loan, in any one year,' incliiding that ehareed upon . the 'Afar Taxes,' end the Seppleneentary Loan; will never, even in e period of twenty years' War frerri the present time, exceed five millioes in any year,. beyond the amount td which the eumbitied Fund of that year will hae been raised ; and, upon an average bf those t‘venty."yearS, will not exceed 3;800,0001. - It is proposed that the gupplementary Loans shall be •-fin-Med on the established system of a Sink ing Fund of one per cent. on the nominal capital.' The charge sb created will be provided for, during the fi rst' three yea r s, by the expiring Annuities ; an d daring that • period the 'Country will have the great benefit of an exemption frbin all additional thous.-. A new spring,iflay, thns be given to the energy of our commerce ; at all. events it will ob tain a security from the, increased pressures which it must otherwise experience, morn . 1810, and for th e , s i x following year's, a. charge must be provided for, amounting on the average, of those seven 'years • to not more than 20,0001. annually : a sum in itself so small, in comparison 'with the great additions which have necessarily been made to the Taxes in each year for. the last fourteen, years, that it can scarcely be felt, and cannot create - any difficulty as to the means of providing for it : 7 -But even this comparatively small amount may probably be much diminished by the increasing produce of the actual Revenues, and by , the regulations for their farther improvement. And thus provision_is made, on the scale of aetual expenditure, for ten years of war, if it should-be necessary, without any 'additional Taxes, except,to the inconsiderable amount • above stated. At the close'of that period, taking the three per cents. at 60, arid reducing the whole of the Public Debts at that rate to a money capital, the combined amount of the Public Debts will be 387,360,00 8 1. an d t h e combined amount of the several Sinking Funds then existing will be 22,20,0001. ; whereas the present amount. of the whole Public Debt taken on the same scale of calculation is 352 ,793,0001, and the present amount of the , Sinking Fund is no more than 8,336,0001. If the War should still be continued beyond the ten year. thus provided for, it is proposed to take in aid of the public burthens certain excesses to accrue from the pre's'ent Sinking Fund. Thar FI Mr Prtt (the great Author of /'systetit that immortalize his name) originally . 'ptop . ose'd Iftiiit to with th‘verit large 'additions derived to it tio'in this new Plan; .gave aecuthulated, [lli 7, to So large an amount millions sterling. In the app!ication such neither the true principles of Mr. PITT'S systberr, nor any just view . of the real interests • 'of the Nblic, even of the Stockholder himself, can be considered 'its any longer opposing an obstacle to the meatA'cif Obtaining at such a moment some aid in alleViatfori of the burthens and necessities of the Country. But it is not proposedin any case to apply t o th e 'citargd of new Loans a larger portion of the Sinking Fond than such as Will always leave an amount of Silikeig Fund equal to the interest payable on such p:;rt, of the present Debt as shall remain unredeemed. Not is it meant that this'or any other operation of Finance shall ever prevent the redemption of a sum equal to the present Debt in as short a period as that ift which :t "w t t - have been redeemed if this new Plan had I%t,_,.been brought forwarcL Nor , will the final redem.tion of any Supplementary Loans be pestponedbeyond the period of forty-five years; preScribed byithe A& of -1792 for the extin6tion of all future Loans. 'While each of the annuAAVar Loans will b e succes si ve ly redeemed in 14 from the date 'of its creation, .se long as the War shall continue ; and whenever Peace shall come; will be redeetnedalways within .a period fir short of .the 45 years required by the alcove-mentioned In . the result theretbre of the . whole Measure; thek* will not be inaposed any New Tares for the first three years from this time. New Taxes of less than ,300,0001. on an average of seven year's froni 18j0j0 G, both inclusive ; are all that will be necessary, in order to procure for the Country the full benefit and . advantages of, the Plan lime de•;.- scribed ; Which will cuutinue for twenty years . , during the last ten Of which again no new Taxes whatever will be required. • • - It appears, tilerelb re, that Parliament will be en abled to i provide for the prohpnged:Expenditur e of a , necessary War, without violating ally right or in terest whatever, and without - further bur thens on, the country, except to a sninil and limited: amount : and these purposes will be attained with benefit to, the public creditor, : anti in stri& conform ity, both to the wise principles on Which the -Sink-. ing Fund was established, and to the several Aas of Parliament by which it has been regulated. It is admitted, that if the War should he prolong ed, certain portions of the War Taxes, with the ex.- , teption of the ProPerty Tax, will be more or lesi pledged for perk*, in ho case exceeding fourteen years. aow far some parts of those Taxei are of description to remain in foree after the War ; and what maybe the provisiOn to be made hereafter for a Peace Establishment ; probably' much larger than in former periods of peac, are considerationg which at present need not be anticipated. It is seasonable to assume, that the means and re.: sources :which can no maintain the prolonged ex penditure.' Of an extensive War, will 'be invigorated . and increased b) the - return Of peace, - abet will then - be found arliply sufficient for t!lc exigencit!s of the' public service. Those exigencies must atoll e, enti be comparatively small, whatever ,may still be the' trouble and precarious tirctintstirices of EnrOpe. • Undoubtedly there prevails in the Country a dis.; position to make any farther sacrifices that the safety, independence;' and honotir Of the Nation may re quire : but it 'would be an abuse of that) disposition,' to apply it to unnecessary and overstrained exer— tions. • And it must not pass unobsetved, that in the supposition of a continued War, if the Loans for the Annual Expenditure sliould be raised according td the system hit herto.pursued, Permanent Taxes must. be • imposed 'aniciihlting in the period - asstinQd, to 13 milliong additiOnal revenue. Such, an addition would add'heavily to the public bath-tins, and would be more felt after the return of Peade that) iiteinpo:. airy continuance of the. War Taxes.' In thi! meaii time, and amidst the other evils of War, the Coun try would be subjected to the accuamtated.pre4 t he ofpll the old revenues;and of the War Taxes, and •of new Permanent _Taxes... The means of etieauating a plan Of steli illgp§C importance, .arise partly front the extent tO t which the system of the Sinking Fund has already, been carried, in pursuance of the intention of its author, and.patqy from the great . exertions triade.by Parliament, during the War, ~to raise the War Taxes to their present ,very large amount. It now appears •= that the stronvne:isure adopted hi . the'last'Se;sion, by wiTichall. the War Taxes;‘ and particularly the. Property Tax, were so much augmented, li , as a step'' taken not .merely with a view to provide for presentlie' cessities, but in order to lay the .fonridation of a sjrstem''' which should be adequate to the full exigences Ofithif UnexpeEted crisis, and should combine the twb ap- 1 patently irreconcilable objects, of relieving the , Public from all future pressure of Taxation; and dt . exhibiting to the Enemy resources by which we may defy his implacable hostility to whatever period 'it nlay be prolonged. To have done this, is certainly a reeOmpense • fink - many sacrifices and privations. This is considera- tion which will enable the Country to submit with cheerfulness to its present burthens, knowing that although they may be continued in part, fora bathed time, they will .now be no further increased, TH, JA a. 28. - • The accounts of feuds and battles . among our, d 7 shionable belles' are more the invention of waggery than real 7ruatters of fad. We know more of-these transa&ions from the London Newspapers than from. any information on the spot. 'The visitors at this place are full as much distinguished by'order and good breeding as any other fa,slzionab.le circleS.:: That they have at least as much taste is evident from the • success which attends our theatre. The last drama tic novelty; Adrian and Orilla, has been very well received, and . . admirably perforMed.' it has been • brought forward tdo-with such heathy and 'splenduut . of scenery and dresses, as were well calculated to give it strong collateral support. The new Farce of Arbitration has .been also introduced' on our st a ge s - and with considerable success . We hear that Tekeli is also preparing at our theatre, and will be repre4 sented with liberal magnitieence. We have seldom • had,so good a theatrical company as we have at pre-. sent. • Miss JA.' MESON is our great female cowl-card: '. She. is : an elegant, interesting, and accomplished *dress, and is decide4y the best in the higher comic vovince that bai..l?eel.l seen sire the days of Aliist