The Sun. — London, England, 1802-06-18 00:00:00

The Council of State has issued a Proclamation, 4 derin g the confiscation of all East India Goods im. l'clted into. Holland by persons not authorized by : h e law which esta bli s h es t h e r i g h t o f t he Dutch fast India Company. Twenty.one 'of the Dutch Fishery-vessels em- I l qed in th e N ort h S eas , h ave a l rea dy a r r ived at v laardin gen , with 2255 tons of salt fish ; and thirry.six more vessels are daily expeaed. WE have this day presented our Readers with *h at is reported to be an Official Copy of the In trudions fr om t h e N ABOB of the - CARNATIC to his Agents in this Country, in which are detailed the particular s o f t h e l ate transactions in the Carnatic. `fie do not presume to enter at present on the merits t/r demerits o f t hi s Paper, but we conceive it our d uty to lay it before our Readers, as a species of ex. P4rte evidence, previous to the promised discussion this important affair. Papers evening we received the Pails of the t+th inst. But they do no t contain 4 single article of news. I-I ER MAJESTY held a Drawing-Room at St . James's i P a l ace y ester d a y, which was attended by e L ir Royal Highnesses the PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, IZABETH MARY, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, the P kllxcEss Of WALES, the DUKES Of CLARENCE a nd CUMBERLAND, the DUKE Of GLOUCESTER 41 'd PRI N CESS SOP li TA, his Grace the Archbishop Of cp C ANTERBURY, the Right Hon. the LORD CHAN . -1..L0 R , the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the S ECRETARY AT WAR, the Secretary of Sta te for th e Home Department, the Master of the Rolls, the Ri g ht Hon. the LORD MAYOR, accomp anied b y th c Lady Mayoress, and his Lordship!s Chaplain Qst of the Foreign Ambassadors, and a great assemblage of Nobility of both sexes, among whom Were the following : D " 4 • ,r , ' 4 —Portland, Roxburgh, and Gordon. 4;iitiahesses—Dorset, Beaufort, Buccleugh, and Newcastle. 4 44. ,0. 1 1rifsses—Salisbury, and Bath. cbmesser—Salisbury, Townshend, Bath, Dowager Bath, zarld Exeter. Vs — Moreton Mansfield, Chatham, Harrington , A thlone, vestinorl anc l' Mount.Edgeeurnbe, and Amherst. ° untes scs Harrington, ,Mansfield, Chatham, Liverpool, kiwarwick, Elgin Leitrim and Buckinghamshire. V. se r'rus—Sidney, ' Hood, Chetwynd. ,lseountess Sidney. • 44rd '' -- -R ad no r, H. Stewart, Cunningham, Borringdon, She f_ v fie ld, Fiawltesbury, Bolton, Gwydir, Aucklan d, Falmouth, '"'• Somerset, A. Somerset, Brownlow, Radstock, Cath- Hobart, Clements, Portmore, Stopford , Cra nle y , ; etre, Whitworth, Heathfield, Carrington, Lowther, and b J• T hynn e . rd'on olleken a Baroness . es— N Milbank, nd S. Ryder, Hare Hawkesbury, Sheffield, C. -uamer, Bankes, Coghill, Auckland, M, Bentinck, C. Crevill e Sullivan, J. Bentinck, E. Greville, H. Greville, truce,Manners, C. Jcnkinson, Clements, C. Waldegrave, Brownl o w ' Radstock, Call, Portmore, C. Bellasyse, three Thynnes, Arden, J. James, Winterton, C. Dufham, Dui and Newark. Sirs • J. B. Burges, E. Ryan, R. Ainsley, J. Crawfurd, N. Holland, K. Milbank, R. Ford, C. Grey, and C. Morgan. iral Young. Nienerals—Bligh, Calvert, Harcourt, and Spry. ellonels—Macleod, Long, Bentinck, and Mackenzie. Ceptains—Durham, Goddard, arid Grey. Aressrs— Liston, Gifford, Reeves, Grey, Gordon, Penn, Dawkins, Hobhouse, Dawson, Jeffries, Stapleton, G. Caulfield, Gamier, son. and jun. Boucheret, Joddrel, Hope, Stewart, T. Wortley, Laurel, Ryder, Brady', arid 41.1.trbuhn Gifford,"v Gildermaster, T. Le Clerc, Lloyd, Lau rel, Robinson, H. Calvert, Montague, Dawson, St. G. Caulfield, F reemantle, Broderie, M. Burgoyne, Harcourt, and D u p re "Arr—Tow . nsend, Digby, Banks, two Edens, Angerstein, two Clements, arc. The Presentatigns to HER MAJESTY, in addition to those introduced to the KING on Wednesday, Were Viscount andNiscountess Sidney, on their marriage. "e Rev. D r . Dampier, on ins promotion to the See o. Rochester ; a nd the late Bi:.hop of Rochester, on his pro d L 0 !notion to the Bishopric of St..Asaph : or and Lady Clements, on their marriage. 'lr. and M rs. Hamilton Nesbit, on their arrival from Con- Miss Beiscawen, by the Dutchess of . Et'aufort.. 4- ? e uLnant-General Spry, of the Royal Engineers, kissed M ii " Majesty's hand on his being promoted by His Riajesty. Stackhouse was introduced by Lord Falmouth. f s •Gascoigne was at Court tot the first time since her lying 'n; Mr. and Mrs. Angerstein, and Mr. Mrs. Boucheret tator fir.;t time this season. Rt- Goddard, of the Royal Navy , was introduced to the I Zueen ; and Sir William Dolben, by Sir J. B. Burws. ~„M r . LEICESTER kissed hands on be in g a pp ointed a; Welsh J u d ge ; and, Mr. LAWRENCE paid his s lleas to the Qtr E EN. tx :The E ar l o f G ALLO WAY attended as Lord in "airing. After th e D raw ing Room, Baron NOLLEKEN had , • audience with the KING. !Sir C. MORGAN then laid before Tits MAJESTY Minutes of C ourts -Martial ; and at five o'clock , the ( ‘"AL FAMILY returned to Buckingham-House. th The R OYAL F AM ILY are expeded to set off for w eYmouth about the beginning of next month. L• ieut.-Gendral SPRY, of the Corps of E n g ineers, 1 ;.!,c 1 the ho nour to kiss His MAJESTY ' S hand on wedn es d ay upon his late promotion. We understand, that in addition to the honoura lle acquittal of Lieut.-General INNEs, the Court - martial that tried him, voted the Charges " vexa tiOus, frivolous, and groundless." This morning arrived a Mail from Jamaica , brought to Falmouth by the Leicester Packet, in 4 3 days. General VIAL, lately appointed Plenipotentiary r°,lll the Fre nc h R e p u bli c to the Island of Malta, is _ to be art Englisman, and a native of Norfolk. 1 1 ' 3 , me few y ears ago , w h en i n L o nd o n, he was cm l'.°Yed as a rider or traveller for HAMMOND'S fiOtise, in th e g l ove tra d e ; an d hi s brother is now n ,a similar situation with Mr. NALDF.R, of Cheap e• This report rzminds us of one which was not altoge t h er di scre di te d i n t h e b eg i nn i ng o f t he Re volutions that RotEspIRRE was a native of Man- C hester, "ester, and that his real name was Robert Spires. Madame RE-L ‘: , .t I es.. is' l it se'- ' wing ins on the for 11011acri She has - been advised to take some phgr- Q,.j pre-wad i %vith her, fto prevent a rigid're cept;o_ But sur e ly sa much beauty alone must be uni_ lent to in.fia7ne even the Dutch ! e n Costa h as b een g i v i ng Th eatr i ca l E nterta i n _ tten ts at her house in Newßurlington-street, so well, tha t the Perfojmers, according to report, might procure engagements at the R--tdar Theatres, N4VIIL ,NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 17. AItRiVED the Mary and Am:, COoK, and Aret'i; Concord, SAINT, from Sunderland; and Neptune, BEALE, from Waterford. Sailed the Peace, KIRK, for Hull ; Hop, Kit- TIER, for Jersey. Sailed the Ambuscade Frigate, for Weymouth. DEAL, JUNE 17. MB Travers East Indiaman, and Chichester Store-ship, came down last night from the River, and sailed this day to the Westward, in company with the Danish Frigate Rotta, for the Mediter ranean, and the Sybille Antoinette Dutch Ship of War, for St. Domingo. SHEERNESS, JUNE 17. Tins day arrived the Constant Gun-brig, from Leith. The Phabe is docked to be repaired. Sailed the Snipe Gun brig, on a Cruize to the Northward. CORN EXCHAvGE, - _ June IS. WE have had this day a tolerable supply of Eng lish Wheat; few Buyers, and with the ar t , ',!a ranee of a fine Harvest, that article felt 3s. and 4.6. ~ ter guar.; Malt has little variation;. Badey• is c;ic;,'er ; as are Oats ; Pease a trifie‘ lower ; Flour '• is ncL.; v the same, but many Parcels go off at less than rent. - ---- - . . Wheat sos a 6os a 7os od I Bcans - 32 s a 3gs od Fine do. -7 15 . a 7 2 s Gil Tick ditto -2.8 s a 3rs ty.l Malt - 475 a 495. a srs oil' Oats - I 4 s a x B s a 2.1 s oct Fine ditto -' 52s a 535-6cll Poland do. =as a 235 6.1 Barley - 3os a .33s 0 , ..1 I Rape Seed 3:1 a.34.1,per fast Rye - - 31 s a 35s od 1 Flue Flour 55s a 5Ss per sack White Pease 36s a 3 3 s 5d 1 S4C011(1 do. sos a css peg do. EXTRACT OFet LETTER FRONT DEAL, JUNE 17. " A few days ago, a Dutch Line of Battle Ship anchored here, with French Troops on 'board (the 7th Derni.Brigade of the Line), from the Texel, bound to Staint Domingo. The French Officers landed the day before yesterday, and have been re. ceived by the Officers of the firS . t - Battalion of the szd Regiment, stationed here, with every mark of attention and hospitality. Yesterday they dined at the Regimental Mess, when the following, among many other Toasts, were given : The CHI EE CONSUL of France," by - the Com, : manding Officer. Immediately after which, the French Commandant gave, " The KING of GR EAT BRITAIN;" when the fine Band of the 52d struck tm the beloved air of " God save the King," and the whole Company, as if, by a sudden impulse, stood up. " After this, was given, " To the Memory of those brave Men, of all Nations, who tell in the late Contest." " The French Commandant then gave, " To the Re-union of the;two Great Nations ;" which was drank with three cheers. " The greatest mirth and harmony prevailed during the - evening, and the French Officers ap peared most highly gratified by the attention shewn them. " They have visited the Soldiers Barracks, and also seen the Regiment under arms and manoeuvre, and expressed unbounded admiration. " The following Note was received in answer to the invitation sent to them by the szd : " A MONSIEUR, " Monsieur le Commandant du 52nd Regiment Anglais. " Les Qfficiers Francais, sensible a vos bontes acceptent avec plaiser vos cities, et vous prient de croire gulls pro fiteront de toute les cireonstance qui pouront les raprocher des Otficiers du 52d Regt. Anglais. • - " Le Commandant du Detachement de la 7 Dem Ai I G Brigade, NE. " Le Capt. du Vaisseau sensible a vos offres, accepte si le rend ne change pas." Mr. VYNER does not mean to offer himself as a Candidate for the county of Lincoln,,in the New Parliament, on account of ill health. He modestly represents himsellas unequal to the trust, an example of diffidence that we believe will have very few imitators. A Gentleman named BRAND, it is said, is to start for Cambridgeshire. It might he supposed that the late proceedings respetting Sir HENRY PEY TO N had already fixed upon the county a brand. Lord ELGIN has embarked for England a quan tity of Statues, Paintings, and other precious ob jetts. This is a truly patriotic measure, and well calculated to improve that taste for the Fine Arts, which has lately distinguished our Countrymen. The works for the restoration of the EleEtoral Gallery of Dusseldorff have already commenced ; and the curious Traveller will once more be grati fied with the sight of those chel-d'muvres which for many years have been withdrawn from public curiosity. - - Yesterday a Gentleman unfortunately had his leg broke in a most extraordinary manner. •As he was coming up Fish-street-hill, a horse fell between the shafts of a cart, and in the exertions the animal made to recover himself, his shoe flew off with such strength and velocity as to break the Gentleman's leg instantaneously. Yesterday morning, about four o'clock, an union. tunate girl of the town was observed walking, by a Watchman, on the side of a ditch of stagnated water, near Bagnigge Wells. On being questioned as to her business there at so early an hour, she said very little, and was allowed to go away. At eight o'clock she was found by some children at play suf. focated in the ditch. When taken out, it appeared that her petticoats had been tied round with a piece of packthread, as if to prevent her from floating at the top of the water. She was taken to an adjoin ing public-house, where a Coroner's Jury is to sit upon her body. NABOB OF THE CARNATIC. The following Paper is circulated as a COpy of the Instruc tions of' the NAVOS of the CARNAi'IC to his Agents in London. FROM HIS HIGHNESS THE NAWAB WALAJAH °MEER. UL HIND TAJOOL. OMRAH OMEER UL • MULE MOIN LID DOWLAH MAHOMAD ALLY HUSSEIN CAWN BAHADOR JUFFER. JUNG, &C. &C. TO JAMES STUART HALL AND SAMUEL JOHN SON, ESQRS. When I look around me,. and perceive the many dangers which beset me, I am overwhelmed with difficulties ; every object occasions new alarm and my little experience in business, my unac quaintance with the world, and my great want of friends in a trial so serious, leaves me little able to overcome the difficulties which present themselves. Though a stranger in person, yet I would persuade myself, that in relation and character, I am not wholly unknown ; nor will you forget the anxious solicitude, with which my ever honoured and la mented Father recommended his only offspring to you, at your departure from these regions—a pious solicitude ! which seemed to anticipate the awful and melancholy moment which has since ensued. Apprised, as I am, of the esteem in which you were held by his date Highness the Nabob, of your unalterable concern for his true interests, and of your friendship for his family, I naturally turn to you in this embarrassment of my affairs ; and most earnestly intreat the benefit of your advice and en deavours, to extricate me from surrounding perils. I have not trusted to a stranger's aid, to make known these circumstances, which it is my first wish to be communicated .to you. I will detail them to you with my own hand-e-I will trace the unhappy events which have happened, and the evils which they have introduced in their train. I will explain to you the sentiments to which they have given rise—the results to which they have al ready led, and the consequences which they may eventually occasion. These will not only direCt_ your services (of which I consider myself secure) to proper objeets; but will be the means (for I am confident in the justice of my claims) of obtain ing the redress which I am seeking. A true and faithful account of my situation, to whom it may be required to he made known, will be all-suffi cient to the success of my application. In order that you may shave a complete know ledge of all that has happened, h will be necessary to begin with circumstances apparently remote, though certainly not unimportant ; nor unconneCt ed with the present situation of affairs. I shall, therefore, first acquaint, you, that early in the month of lune last, His Highness the Nabob of the Climatic was seized with very dangerous Symp toms, which continued, with little variation, for the space of several days ; and were sufficient to alarm his family and friends, for His Highness's safety „and life. It pleased the ALMIGHTY to al low His Highness an interval of a few days, of quiet and tranquillity, to arrange and settle the particulars of house, and to provide for the succession of his dominions ; and so serene and un troubled a moment of freedom from bodily pain and infirmity did His Highness enjoy, that his fa mily and servants had a most reasonable hope that he might be able to overcome the violence of the attacks. After a few days, however, the disease returned with an increase of violence, and disap pointed all the expectations and prayers which had been kindly conceived and fervently offered up for his Highness's recovery. Teats will not allow me to describe with exactness the scene that followed. You will in a word learn, that his Highness lay on the extreme bed of sickness, awaiting the summons from an eventful life, with a digeified patience and resignation : affording a . striking lesson, never to be forgotten ! of the vanity of sublunary greatness: and in this painful and agonizing state he continued, until the 15th of the succeeding month ; when his spirit and soul forsook him, in their way to a higher glory, and more perfect happiness. On the sth of July, aboUt ten days previous to the melancholy event which I have last mentioned, a large body of troops, consisting of European and Native Infantry and Cavalry, to the number of 800 men, with a proportionate number of Artil lery, supplied with requisite stores and field equi page of every denomination, were sent by Govern ment (under the command of Colonel M'Neil, one of the Company's Officers), to take possession of the Garden and Palace of Chepauk, under the pretence of defending them against any insult or violence which the decease of his Highness the Nabob might possibly produce: a measure which had been ad vised and adopted, without any communication either with his Highness or his Ministers, until the very moment of its execution, when Major Gratir, the Town Major of Fort St. George, was sent to the sick chamber of his Highness, to acquaint him with the instant approach of the Troops, and to ex plain to him the reasons which had determined that extraordinary aft of Government. It will not be necessary for me' to attempt a re lation of the various emotions, under the conflict and agony of contending passions, which this sudden and unseasonable communication unfortu nately excited. .You will be able to form some conjeaure at them, if you advert- to the situation' and condition of his Highness at that moment, and to the hand which executed the measure. — Whether from this, or some other cause, I am too deeply and dearly interested to dare to form an opinion. His Highness's disorder augmented daily in' violence, and ended in the unfortunate way which I have before been obliged to state. The troops, notwithstanding the representations and last entreaties of his Highness, surrounded his Highness's apartments, and the inmost recesses of his Palace, at the time of his demise ; and although but one mind manifested, itself amongst his High ness's relations, and the Ministers of his affairs— although the most uninterrupted order and regula rity ev ery where appeared, and a spirit of loyalty, I am proud to say it, universally sheaved itself to his Highness's Successor, yet the military sk force still kept its position, under the same instruarims ; and seemingly, with a view to diaate the order and terms of the succession. Under these unhappy circumstances, did an old and honourable Ally draw his extreme breath I In this degrading situation did his inofrending Suc.. cessor begin the cares of his Government and Do. 11scent attentions had scarcely been paid to the inanimate form of his Highness, to prepare it for its shroud, when Mr. Webbe, (the Secretary of Government), and Colonel Close, ( the Presideot • of Mysore), were sent to the Palace, under the in. strudions, as they represented, of the Right Hon. the clovernor. His Highness departed this life at about a quarter past ten ; and at a quarter past one o'clock, of the same day, I was advised of the ap proach of the Commissioners of Government.— I am thus circumstantial in my detail, as I cannot but conceive, that it will tend to shed the features of the policy, which was intended to be adopted in the beginning, and which has eventually tenni nated in the utter subversion of every thing like right and justice. Though secure, from the position of the force about the ,Palace, of every access to it ; and of the knowledge of every act, which might pass within it ; yet, at the sacred hour of sorrow, and into the chamber of hallowed affliction, did these cold Com- • missioners obtrude themselves ; not with the ten der offices • of friendship or condolence, bat with offers of indignity and insult. It would not he believed, - unless solemnly assert ed, and I do assure you on the honour and faith of a Prince unused to any subterfuge or compromise, that at this melancholy juncture, I was drawn by peremptory messages from the side of the great de ceased, to answer to the countless interrogatories of Commissioners, instruded to examine rue. I hope I shall not suffer in the eyes and contemplation of good men, in yielding to importunities so unwor thy of myself and them ; which nothing less than the peace and tranquillity of my family, and the fear of pollutions, (which I cannot bring myself to think of) could possibly have led to. But they are past, and I'll endeavour to be calm. • Attended by several of my principal Officers, I went to the apartments where the Commissioners were waiting ; when I was immediately accosted by one of them, with an inquiry, as to the dispo sition which his Highness had made of his affilirs ? I answered with calmness, but not without a sen sibility, natural to - my favoured situation from the bounty of my Royal Predecessor, that such disposi tion was clear, short, and unequivocal ; and was contained in a written paper, which had been ex ecuted in quadruplicate, the several parts of which . had been sent many days previous to his Highness's demise, to their several destinations. One of them had been forwarded to His Majesty the. King of Great Britain ; one to the Court of Diredors ; one to the Governor General ; • and the remaining part was first delivered to his Highness's Chief Minister, and had by him, since the decease of his Highness, been delivered into my possession, where it then remained. The Commissioners requested to see the paper, to which I had immediately alluded ; when one of my officers, struck with the impropriety of the re quest at such , a season, could not restrain himself from observing, that the present moment was de voted, as well by feeling as custom, to the indul gence of grief ; and he trusted that they would not again advert to the paper, or to circumstances to which it had relation, but would suffer the inter val, allowed to humane and religious considera tions, not to be molested with worldly cares or refleCtions e That after three days, his Highness would be happy - to produce the Will, and consult with them on the objects conneided with it, so far as they related to the Company. But the Com missioners would not hear this considerate sugges tion, but insisted, with a firmness to which I was unused, on the immediate produCtion of the paper. Fearing that some possible doubts might have besot entertained, as to the reality of the paper, if it had not been produced at the time when de manded, I gave it to their hands, with as little reludance as the occasion would permit ; they ex. arnined it in my presence, and in the presence of my Officers, with a particular and scrupulous care ; observing, when it was returned to me, " That his l-lighnest had appointed me to the entire do minion and government of the Carnatic ; and (with very small exceptions) to She possession of all his property ; but that in contemplation of my youth, had placed me under the guardianship of two of the Noblemen or Cawns about his High ness's person, who were to fill the office of Regents, until I should arrive at my nineteenth year."s---I instantly observed to them, " That I had been long sensible of this disposition of his Highness's affairs ; that I was well aware and greatly thankful for the kind and tender precaution of his Highness, in committing my inexperience into such able and worthy hands ; that I well knew and highly ae , speded them, and was ready, in all things, to abide by their counsel and advice ; and concluded d w i i s a l l ema ) i os r edo f r k n in le g , , a that nd ha ' ic d ‘ ssor consigned s is i s lu h s a i d o ne s ss of the Government, it were unnecessary that I should be consulted further,. at a moment so inauspicious. —The Regents, I was sure, had not leis inclina tion to meet and forward the desires of the Com_ pally, than what I now felt, and should ever con tinue to feel ; being the first and earliest impression I had received, and would, I hoped, be the last that would remain with ine."—On this I was prepar ing to depart, when the Commissioneredesired that I would yet remain ; haVing something important to communicate to me, and which they begged to deliver in private, or at least, in the presence only of the Regents and myself. :On this my Officers and Servants were instructed to withdraw ; when the Commissioners proceeded in the manner in which I shall now succinftly and clearly relate. On the immediate departure of my principal servants, the Officers of Government produced a letter, represented by them to have been written by the Marquis of Wellesley, and intended for his late Highness the Nabob ; which accused 'my Royal Grandfather, and my much reveted Father, of an improper and unjustifiable correspondence with the Sultan of the Mysore ; and concluded with demanding an immediate surrender of all the country of the Carnatic, for ar ahledged breach of_ 'Treaty. After the reading of this correspondence, they remarked, that the territory of his Highness had been forfeited to the Company, by- the AE} which had been stated in the . letter ; and that of