The Sun. — London, England, 1803-10-18 00:00:00

'MAILS. lova. An .. - 0 T E S U N. "i,01.11.1.4 QV'S DICIRS I.l.*Um •Uovi r LONDON, OCTOBER 18, 1803. WE have the satisfaetron of antiourleing.the safe prrival of the Oporto, which, to the amount of 52 s ail , pssed Portsmouth yesterday, on its way to thep.iwns: One of the Convoy, the Lard unfuritmately foundered l but the crew were saved. This morning the Dub/in Mails of the t3th and 14th inst. ttriiv.ed, The Proceedings of the Speosl Commission at I)ownpatriek had nht reached Doh lin, With . the e4ception of the e4ceilent Charge of Aaron GEO RGE to the - Grand jury. The remain-. ink; rroceedings of that Day we gave in our Papri of yesterday, received by the way of Greenock,— S Vera] persons for whonviewards have 'been.offer ed by Government, have been apprehended. There is nd intention at present of renewing the ,boilibardin , ..lt of .41,/dogne. The chance of the atirl4Anc, we can give to the Energy is not worth the 'expellee which it costs this Country: We lutist wait till the Ene'aly's 1413tilla get fairly to sea before we can attack it with any kind of advantage. 'We understand it to be Lord Ke It'a's opinion," founded npon the observation which he was enabled to 'flake a few days ago when he went oil the Coast o f F ranceo that'on the line of coast which he visited, there were not boats stacient for ate transport of inure than 10,000 men. Jr is a fortunate circumstance that the Merchants 'P . tgagcd in tile PortuTti 'Trade have long entertain. ea 'an apprehenSiOn : of the event which has now taken place, the loss cif. Portugal to us as an Ally, anal have for sc,trie titr,..! been riLiking their arrange meilts accprcliv,ly„ The IVler4hants have upon this occasion shewn theingeliTs wiper Politicians than par Ministers, for it is not very long since the latter ossored the former that thy might with perfed totfery tht.:orders of their Correspondents, and I)l.6ucute their irate to the same extent. as ustill. Tie Merchants hid too little ,etinfidenee; fr‘mn ex- Ferionce, in the wisdom of our Ministers, to follow advice, hilt nottv'ithstaoding .their ptut:thPe, much British property is at this moment in Poitugal, a great deal more than our Fatclary and Merchants pe f he.N he al ? le tq bringawity. Thus does tkie property of ;ntlividuils and our most imporfant corn 4ioreial interests become sacrificed to the ignorance jiu incapacity of our Ministry W:th those best ini3rrned in the Waits olVortugal it is the apittion that a part. only.of the 60,000 Trnops, stated to be assembling under Ge: Xeti AuotitrAtt on the Frontiers of . •a.in will, be maraca into I. ) . , ttugal-ind 0;4 thelest 4111 be sent . rn (a'adiz and lleeroi ;here to be embarked On board isanish Ships of Wat for 'the , Eipedition:evinit. iraind—,The French will be .able to avail them s.;;Lvet, .td . the Portuguese Heft,, which consistN of Kveral'Shipi of the Line and F igattv, and which ath to'the Spanish will form an armament that eyeii to us rnitit appear formidable. OtT Mi. .r . istrrs, we in their anxiety to provide for the_ n l i)nitnt,and to veil even for lb '', t lity thrir want of fOresight, wisdoin, and ability, n ( J t tukc kilo contemplation the con s i: q uE r nces of permittilT l'ortogal to he'sO..CtISOY 4't least.. se, dveeti front d'ot alliance whiefillas for so many years 1) , en evatiy,odviintageoqs to both Countr ies. We cowiegnencel attached to'llieir their u ltA t w a n t n i wt•Le arid Vi4orous policy lvitlt respect both to Portugol and Spain, preznatti with incalcu. 14141 e evil;; to our Country should hava .tssailcd Fpain ions ago' and pot on end to her fallacious and !lave taken at the sane dine pri-i , cr measures for the 4uccessful defence of our AIEy, efreet nu t v..t.!, 1 1c and criminal delay is th it we shall have both of them for Enclitic's, enabled by our forhe4talicr , to Furnish to France the most furnii. itable nmins f.rr carrying on against us an ofremiv, NAVA %Var. .4.4` ;ire triiivige from, the past cortdaft of Mi osters of what M fy be exreacd tram limn) with're. ptc.t, to wlim it our power to accomilish file W3y Of co;nperbation for the knerewti owAris a the li`re:i.ll - 0 vqlllll'. tit, we have no ri&ii• to e:Yr:,t of vi4,.ur or slund policy. it ",otely oaturd ste;) 1.,r us to endeavour to srizr wititto_it 41'ray, nut uuly the Z I.llld ut 411atitira, and the /4 44 ,7 F, bot tt, end; iv fit- to secure her South Si.,4in--Tlqs wool(' be a I'fflUrKftimPwbfilly alit. tboity of the British ii is and Fitayaper, 7 -but do we dreisn) (hut any stick err '. 11 ! plirhl , lo c4q99t !4tipnoly 49 80 when we know that it was The subject of repeated deliberations in the Cabinet, Whether or not we shfluld repossess ourselves of the Cape of Good Hors a post so important to the safety of our East India Settlements, and that it was determined, upon the diaum of a Naval Lord, that it was better in the 1u of our Enemy than in our own From such Statesmen we must cease to hope for any thing great, or fur any thing rational ! Early yesterday morning the Dux! of Cl/LW! R. LAND arrived at Windsor, and afterbreaklasr, companied Hts:iVlitiEsTy on horseback to Hampton Court Park, where therinspeded . the Hanoverian brood mares. TIER MAJESTY and. PR INc ess AMELIA took an airing in a Sociable by Blackness and Sunning-Hill. PRINCESSES AMELIA and AUGUSTA lOtik an air. ing in an open carriage by Virginia Water and Black. ness, and Cumberland Lodge, where they honoured Mrs. FaosT with a morning visit. • - 'PRINCESS SOVIIIA took an airing on horseback in the Great Patk. Yesterday morning the Staffordshire Militia were reviewed by the Earl ut Uxuttincit in the Great The DuKit of GIMUCESTE 11, with PR INC ESS SOPIII it ) left town yesterday Intoning for the New Forest, Hampihire. On Thursday last Ells Royal Highness the Dula of CuMBEILAND gave a splendid Dinner tester House, 1-lot wells, to the Field. Officers and Captains of. the Royal Bristol Volunteer's, and to the Militar7 Officers .of the same ,rank of the several Corps at presemin Bristol, in number about 6o per_ suns. In the evening the DUKE went to A concert, where he joined in several charming glees. It is reported there,: tliat Lieutenant.general 'TARLII - at present in Ireland, is to socceed.ffis R o y a l Highness in the command of that Distria. Orderly Dragoons are established. from Dover., Deal, and the ditThrent parts of the adjacent Coast, for the purpose of forwarding Dispatches either to the Admiralty, or to the Zonatuander in Chid's Of fices, as occasion niay requite.' This morning' at ten O'clock, tt general meeting was held . at •the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, of the Corps of Light Horse Volum_ teer,4, commanded by Cu!. Htait I 'to consider of the propriety of extending their services beyond the Disttid of the Metropolis, in case of In, vasion, when the question . was carried, with the exception of fur dissentient voices. By this Resolution new CommissiOns must be made out for the Officers, as , their present Conimisiions are limited' to service within ten miles of tdndon.— ;This Corps is ;to be reviewed by tits MAJESTY 'on the 28th inst. on Wimbledon Common. Lieutenant-Colonel PATTESON, 03 . miriatidant of the Fitst Norwkli Volunteers, having on §aturilay last received a.Lerter from Marquis .TowtispEND, Lord Lieutenant of thioCounty of Norfolk,desiring to know whether that Corps would take their rou. tine of ditty to garrison. Yajmouth, laid ihe same before the Corps the next .day,, when they unani.- Mously volunteered their services whenever called upon by Government--desirous of thereby evincing to the it King and Country their earnest wishes to :defend and support our giorious Constitution. :In consequence of the Lord•Lieutenanrof Nor. folk having communicated to LieUteoant.colonel HARVEY', COlTlMArlsling Officer of the Second:Regi, ment of Norwich Volunteers, the wishes of Govern. that his Corps should he embodied immedi.: a.eiy, anti take on themselves the Garrison; dory at Yarmouth ; the Regiment'waS asiembled tin Sunday - last at their place . of exe rc i se , The. Lieutenant (.;olonel , Commandant . read. to the Corps the Lord 'Lieutenant's Letter on the. sUbjed, when both ofrwers . aod men unanimously volunteered their set-- v according to, ,the desire of :Giverineot , and wi t h repeated hozzas tesiiied their determination to stand or fall by their Country. t ihe Westminster Cavalry have received orders to have every thing in readiness to 'march out of ;.....mdon this days Jr iN, •however, necessary 'to re. milk, that these ortlets do not cdme from Govern. meat,- hut from their C4,kniinanding Neer. It is to be a Mere .excursion for_exercise, like 'that lately executed by the Southwark Cavalry. The whole of the Volunteers 'of Great Britain wilt , to.rnorrow appear in uniform, • and we hope will make a' point of attending Divine Service in their respedive Churches and Dittrieb. It is northe least essential part of a.soldier's duty to serve his Maker with as sincere a zeal atleast, as our Countrymen so nobly display in the servfee oltheir Country. Government have pnrchated for barracks thnie beautiful buildings the Long .Roorns, Stonehon,e, tear Plymouth, and .the ilAightful grOunds noted them for, 4446 i the property of Mr. J. - Pitiblinm, merchant and "hunker.---The situation is ,the most healthy and commodious for the purpose of in the coonty, . barracks Th e building of .84mieks at Truro goes on rapidly; they . are expected to be finished by the beginning ot Pecember. The Presbytery of Glasgow have entered into a Subscription for edueating, for one year at least, the children of the first hundred men, within the bounds of the Ptesby, !cry, who shall enter into the Royal Navy, or any Regiment of the Line. . The Lieutenancy of the County of Li n li t h gow helve dite4ied tm assesinhitt to be made in that County in 1141 of the clotiting and equipment of Voittntefri. 'fl: Not tiiiUnberlein4 IVlilit.i.t have volunteered Alwir setvices to Irela,tl. . . Hitrl FITZWILI,IAM has. joined Otis Re g i ment at Elmste, a d Camp, neat Colchester..,.. ;. 'ri le Sea Feneibl ) under the command °leapt:tins and BLAKE, are Conaj i t cra bly allgateitted 1 68+ ate already. enrolled, Viz. 403 for Bristol' iirlii Pill ; 176 ffir Ploticestet, and neigh,. hotiring villages; and tos ciri 111 west kide ot the SeVern horn Newnhani to opposite. Chepstow.— Frtifn the ener4l spirit apd ardour of all ,the sea. faring men in this district, we to-lie no doubt the 90 1 0. Cf srgeOPY c * cetti 1999! NIV4L N Ws. PLY MCAITIf, Dcr. I6.—Arriveci this Afternoon the Brig flora, •of Exeter, \Vtt. Ticrtat.. master, front Oporto. thenee with 6o other Mer chantmen, under - cunt* of His Majesty's Ship L' Aisle ; parted with the latter, and the Fleet this morning off the Sound, bound to the Eastward. The Brig Lord .Nelson, of London, laden with -wines (one of the F leet), sprung a leak two days after sailing, and foundered ; the Captain and Crew saved. The former is arrived here in the Flout. PORTSEMUTH, OCT. t 7.—Arrived the following. Vessels from Waterford, with Troop on hoard; Mineria, John Chapman, St. I).nrick, Alex. Ross, Eliza, George Peak, Flora, John Palmy, Sally , trend Watternal, anti Albion , john Wholarn. Passed by for the Downs Frigate, with the }'legit (about 5z sail) Isom Oporto. Arrived the Enietett, C. WOMAN, . from Malta ; and Ildimah and Swan, TUOMAS tioubtArr, from Exeter. • De4L, OcT. 17. —His Majesty% Ship Syvirre/ and Vesuviv Bomb, sailed last night on a Cruize ofr Boulogne. Arrived the Crui;er Sloop from 'Val fmoth, and the Autumn Sloop from the Squadron off Dunge ness ;- the Send/Inver Sloop, with Convoy fr,m Falmouth ; and-Starling Gun-brig from a C;uize off. Ostend. Came down the Ranger anti DeptArdTransports, from Deptford, with Naval Stores for Portsmouth ,and Plymouth. • The Autumn ha* just Sailed for the N.)re, to refit. Sailed the Jane Cartel, with Aliens, for Spit_ beakapci Morlaix. In the Djwns—the Monarai, Utrecht l Lynx, Rahger, Cruizer, and Sta./1044;er Siooiis; Starling and . Blooelbouvd Gun-brigs a Ranger, Dept_ ford, and Sussex Oak Transports ; Sir Edward Hushes and Britannia, East India Ships, for India. YARMOUTH, OCT. _l7.—Arrived-the Ruby," of 64 guns, ID take Admiral THOI!NSOROUGHP4 Flag. The.GeNbeid is expeEledlo sail in a few days. Rernain in the Roads; the Rtky, Gel . yk4eid, For- LinicornFrigAte;i, Krnj Geo& Cutler, Snipe, Ferretti., and Cenior Gun.vessels. DISTRIBUTION OF VRIZIE-MONEY. The Speedy, for the Capture of the French Armed Pink, L'ln.treputo, will he paid on Thursday tht. rth inst. at Nu. 9, New Broad-street. T,l the Thetis, for the Capture of the Sloop BOtSCY, and' the Superb, a distribution will be made at the Cru‘vn and Sugar Loaf, Garliek-Hil).. this day, the tEith inst. the Nereid, for. tAtp Captureut the Frt.:Hi:lt Prii/ateer, Velignanee, a di4tribution will be made tu•uturruw, the iyth inst.. at No. 18, elprient's To the hired A rnted Brig Terrier ' for the' Capture of the Joanna and Seven Gebrodtr:;, will be 'paid on Weciii4clay, the Ist of Novonber, at (.19q)ort. . Yesterday evening an additionaliet of New. York Papers, to the 3 rst of August, We're teceived;. but they contain s vrry, little intelligence. They make nofarther mention of the reported capture of the French Fleet from Sr. D , mingo, with General. CHAMBRAU and his Troops un board. The violence. of the Fever at New. York, by the latest 'accounts; .is considerably alpai'ed. On the 29th of August the Board of Health published A report, by which it appears 'that on that daY there were only five perions who died Of ttre pestilential, distemper. Only six new cases occurred on the same day. Among those who have fallen.vidtms is the Sheriff 4,New-York, and 'a number of other persons of respedability. ,The report 4 the cession of Wert !Florida, with Louisiana, to:the United State., is mentioned in a Paper ,uf a date .suhsequen t to any hitherto, received. There is, however, nothing *ugh! for word rothew that such .a report rests on any solid foundation. La fad, the Only reason adduced to countenance it, that :Louisiana,.as formerly possessed by France,.in,, eluded West Florida. . , 3r,R0111 BONAPAR7I, who has been stated -at different times to have been in Englund, in Spain, and on the High Seas, is still safe in America. Thecarpenters employed in fitting up the neces. sary frames to the boyeling , boats belonging to Dover, each of which is to carry. an 18. pound car. ronade, work double tides. Vorty.four of • these boats will he very shortly equipped, and ready. to proceed to adion in forty ',tinkles after the signal is 'mimed for seeing any enemy. The Irish Government is placing the most iul. nerable points, both on the coast 'and in the into. riot; in the best possible state. of defence. At the important pass near Athlone a chain of fortifica. tions has been commenced from Gallows Hill to the' Navigation.thridge, and a pontoon bridge is thrown across the river from the Barrack to the Abbey on' the Leinster side. Should a landing take place in that quarter, the four centre arches of the bridge will be blown up, • • Another account has 'been published said to be tronsniitteel , to the Admiral od. the. Downs 'Station, of tine-state oldie Enemy's preparations, from which itlippears thisithey are most firward to the West. ;v aril ; at Osteitl, it is stated, there are only six .Guti-tioats ready, four only at . Dunkirk, and two at Calais. - Rut at..Boulogne there are afty.three, he_ tween sixty and.seventy • at Dieppe, and a great number at- Havre, An American Gentleman who lately landed at ,Sandgate, out of a neutral vessel from Rouen, reports that the banks ulthe§eine ate entirely covered with diem.. Last week About• a thousand men from %mei. tershire, Lancashire, Cheshire, -and Warviickshire, .enrolleil for the Army of Reserve, and tittaehed to the 3.9 th Infantry, marched through Lewes, in Ave, divisions i !ollattle anti Bexhill Batracks. AMIG44DS OF rOLUNTgERS. YISTERpAr morning about nine o'clock, . tint Loyal City- of Westminster, the Due r of Gt.ou• te writ's, and the St. George's Volunteer Corps, assembled for the first time as a Brigade in Hyde Park, for the purpose of being reviewed by Lod HARR I tiCToti. At half ..;Ist ten his Lordship, at. tended ..by General BURR ARD S Genera) LE.sLIII and- his. Lordship's Aid-de.Camps, arrived in the Park, when his landship was received with a grand salute from the line of the. three. Corps, which .halt formed two sleep,, from near the wall at Bayeswater towards Kensington Gardens, to the number of neat two. thousand; the.line then formed close column,. and went through the first five manctuVres very cor, reEtly : a line was then formed two deep, and about twelve o'clock they commenced skirmishing, the Light Intantry , marched forwird, covered by the Grenadier Companies, and they were .eovered by. the Whole line, they were marched to cross a deep . ditch, and to get over two rows of rails, to enures them to difficulties; they formed the line' again with a degree of alacrity that would have done credit to the Regulars ; they were then formed into Companies, and marched past his Lordship, who hail taken his station near Grosvenor Gate, which concluded the Review. His Lordship was ,extre The word of command was given by G eneral ( 12 ' 41 Y pleaied with the line which they formed. Bvßttmtn. They did not fire, - but they are to meet next Monday and the followirkgt . w hen they wi!l fire. le Etch Corps after h av in g gone through the Who disci p line of the day, marched back to their r es r eBl" parade s abou t One o ' c l oc k. rena' . The St, Margaret's and Sr. John's wer e ea-- in Westmins ter H a ll Son their return, just beforett i they were dismissed by their Commanding Qwc e k Colonel En rN, as follows : .• " Gentl,2men—SOldiers-1 Nava the pleasure to l!1 . f r o,r 1 : 1 1 coruntoli with the other corps you that this two gallant and ex perienced officers the , t l.3 . l .v P‘ e Plitica tNutoN arid Geh r iti BtrgaAan, by whorl " i 1 1 .7 ed berh'inspeteled in 13 rigßde th-dAV, have expressed rhyriene,.. 4 salisfacttaa at our appearana and mail4rY d Vis i ni ' t 'eti * tonis tied the Noble Hurl added, that he should have loten!S ti . s .. .it the progress yuµ have in , , ( 10, if any thingcmdtt b...asto i . I n . , hie that are out of the excition of uten,,,et'Ated as 30 . 4 rt ti •by such phtrintism and exc'.eilent sentirnent." . his personal thanks, for their general The A !infant 'then inforilied the Coto that he' was commissioned-by the Colonel to return to them with which yuh. Wt. appearance and discipline that day, in addivon the the approbation -of Lord HAR It INQTON AO other gallant Officers in the field good ini.liory d xigv:r.oeo,TaQlTitiltiiilnee,at,t.lePeitierttisii(nr:s.:Diiesna,yy,ftnh)ex,e.e:sr,:trilLEorinsoaoc,yirns:eisLiiibni.inuiliytAr:aitil'ai:dinV:etll4,:,F:llialci'r'reini°:Sr.a:lrsw9:ll:ll::::o:4-1' sn y riereiey.:cetsot Yesterday e ir,amd S rat t aey . n G rd i wi o noi r tri g ,inc e itiivi l l s ,gi I,,S B lrior x joct:ith otti i NI e 1 oc irinou to fj, : a G s oc w ol e , r ): Colours, from thence the whole Corps will P"" c4 to dinner to the Free Masons* T"ver n ' Ist, 24i, and ~,t he. Royal Westminste t r 3 diers, the r e t e o ts o . k of some refreshirstoct i' f ' d °till'''. were ele(ted d t—ltalk , Farm to fire with Bait.cattriiges, „Atter s tiv c vii ia n uti o t : : eic l o o rr c l . s , k c , om t tn h a e rpa : lnei r ,gi e rs n to 3 o i , is playing tnnsiderable skill in firing 0 ("' . I". ' e r ftc; their parade ahaut four o'clock. FrILD, and BARTI.IIY, ' of Drory-Lan c I.Ch:att‘.4c ;/ Yesterday Messrs. BANNISTER, DW lErt ' V MaMberS of the Royal Vi estmitist4 • Second Regiment of Loyal London 31 ,, ,i lL tl i f j: teers are ordered to palade to-morrow in Gu" jot . , yard, at ten o'clock, in full Uniform, An d ,\ T v a k. brook iilelrar gu . rel l i; h t e o y hweaiirlDaritverinwearS'ebr v P i r c ° c c . "l V ll ' ‘°4l/1 , of 'allegiance! will then be administered CO th at "' . The statement which has appeale d in the on .. Lug papers, , that the ten regiments of Loyal oteo,,r Nr. OltlateerS are to attend divine,serviee to•ninroui, at St. Paul' s , i s u n f ou nded. The greater Part was; prOceed to the c h ur ches of their respective wsro r_ , where the oa th of allegiance will be adtni n i s teted v" them, , . . . . t he The LOR D I\4 / t at 's:has a d t ireneti a letter to , *r i l s teti ie rn u e t n .. s c of oi L . ij o a m l toaitilddrorV:iniu,.n,Atiriii oilleol,illici)c3 i n,unces his intention of a“ending closely to ' ~i. duties of his comm a nd, as soon a s the expiratioo7. his Mayoralty will allow him , and calls opon _or Members of the Regiment in the strongeo I.eranfil, to pay most strict attention to 4 1 4 4 D i li ft li t in duties, in 'order that they m ay. become pe r'' discipline with the greatest ex,peditinn• County, • . At a Meeting of the Lieutenancy of Ole eter , of Cornwall, on the t.l instant, ir v"'! Aef i kr . mitted, that there being nii fund pr.oi,oces Mt of Parliament for defraying the 1. 0 1, de, of crewing heacons,, t h e Meeting therc t h e nt dined incurringthe expcnte of ercait'go i.1.,;,ve in ,ib4t. county. , It Was assn reSo,l l lC J i c L he Dis. a must earnest request to the ,Gene ral of the be ma. that ityropet number of gun-lina ts ' he Sea furnished by GovernMent, in order that the t ite. Fencibles m. - ty be employed on , hoard filo'', be en i r t e r c o c t i c , C , l et i l on fr o u f m . th i e h C e nuntv. No atis've r bevil q.l ol. .TENANT'S represent A itt ‘ it ru'illt"vt he"sledf!ectiVi:%Ptijae'iset:lll the Northern Coast oftfornwall,. he Was r e . % % leo. to renew the aipliCalfun, 'anti rXett 1',6 replybe, yours to procure a speedy and smisinaufy ,,e The Miners of the .Parish. of 1""" i ' i'' .r i e ll ' i• County of Cornwall, unless t:lmse lavt"btlic°hsetrivsineeast hPel;:sev'he7l'lviii°Liacil4l'*:el'riil'ilir:lvieli:ll:s:ll.s:llll4l' coy con r t ployed in His nijcsty's.SeeViee. ... , o d o with the followiug polite Resolution :--` ,:;_. o ot " do further most solemnly pledge otirset cit,,e, 0. to quit the post o f a ction, which 1 114 . ):_ s 011 " s igned us, whilst a French soldier in a nti " be found within our reach." , . r i, has ,cti obneee T n l ;se,oa d tl i ioc re u. a glar c l o itil m issitv m ancn u , n ice ic d. a , ti pi i: a n rsit. i sp i i r l 4oa t i : F T_nT r : v i t i t i e l i : c e 7 :o o : l %: , : le t . l i. t io l o ' i passport, signed by TALLVY ~ .CO 0 4 , " 1 IthaeiekmOinOtlgotriestft:iele7d:o,(al:tnetrk:_,o7r)dfskt4l:ll:o,:ivin2cij.),(), iiitiliiiso:oll:ol3l.,l4,ri),,;!: health is considerdily arnentlol ..