The Sun. — London, England, 1803-04-19 00:00:00

MAILS. AIR IVIID. DUX, French Hari:burgh I PRlet., t) STOCKS, THIlt VAv AT I WrLVL o'cLor,K. Consols - - - 64 a d 65i. THE S U N. •ULttM ctuta'DJC[¢■ VALIUM AUDIAT LONDON, APRIL 19, 1803. ~•--- ; MANY rumours have been in circulation as to the causes which at such a moment could have prevent ed Mr. PITT from coining into Office. Through. out the City the most anxious inquiries were nude upon this point, during the period it was in agita. tion ; and never was there a more earnest or gene. ral wish expressed upon any occasion. We under. stand that Mr. PITT upon being applied to, dcclin edentering into any details upon the general sub.: jed of arrangement, unless he should be called upon by the Highest Authority ; "but declared an opi nion, that in case he should be so called upon, he should feel it his duty, under the present circutn stances of the Country, to propose the formation of an Administration upon an enlarged scale. In ad. dition to the grounds upon which we rest this state. merit, every person we think must feel that the situation Of affairs renders the representation highly probable. We shall only add, that we cannot but unite in the universal sentiment of regret, that any circumstance should deprive the Nation of the ser *ices of so eminent a man at such a time. It is no disparagement to His Majesty's present Ministers, whom we highly respdi, to say, that the charac. ter and talents of Mr. PITT ar the head of the Go. verinent, would create a confideucc highly impor. rant to the interests of the Nation at the present critical juntiure. By private Letters received by the Dutch Mail yesterday, we learn, that the greatesHissatisfattion universally prevails in Holland at the entry of the Frenzh Troops into that Country—At some Towns upon the Frontiers the Dutch Governors summoned up courage enough to oppose the entrance of the French Troops, and even to put on a skew of resistance till they should receive ordere„from the Batavian Government. The French, however, ,pushed their way into these Garrison. Towns, and put their Commandants and all the Offi. cers in them under arrest. These proceedings have naturally meited the greatest sensation in Holland, and have produced, what we believe we may truly term an unanimous Antipathy to the French. In this feeling all parties are at this moment personally, as well as Nationally, united. The Batavian Government, it is further stated, have made a representation to the Cat IF CONSUL, that in case of the renewal of the War between England and France, they will endeavour to maintain a stria neutrality. The intentions of the Batavian Government may be perfeEily good in this respea, but as they are at the mercy of France, how little prObability is there of their being able to carry their patriotic intentions into died P The citcum stancc of so many French Troops being at the pre. sent time marched into Holland, secies to imply a distrust, con the part of BONAPARTE, of the People of that Country—but if that People are as unani,' as they are now represented to he in Political Seiititnenr, it is possible that they may yet be able, by one grand effort, to throw off a foreign, graceful, and galling yoke. By the Same letters we learn, that few days ago a Dutch frigate came out, and falling in with Rear A,!miral TunkNnottouou's Squadron off Carer, saluted his Flag in the old good-fashioned way, which was pf course properly returned, and sent 3 b o 4t orthoard to know if the Captain of her should petionally wait upon the British Admiral, This ceremony was dispensed with, and the Dutch man pursued his course, Yesterday morning Hrs I\4ip,rasnr, accompanied by "their i..t.wyal Highnesses th? Nut NC ESSIS SOr II /A at .L AM? 1,1 A, and attended lwy Generals GwYNNP., IiSRCOUrtr, and DE BUDE, and by Sir WaLtAst and Lady PITT, took an airing on horseback, and v i e wed the different improvements in Windsor :Great Park, iI ER MA J ESTY, and the PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, and ELIZABETH, With their usual Attendants, took awaiting to Ftogmore. Ilex Royal Ffigimeris the PRINCESS MARY, air tended by Lady CRAt4I.II.II, tool : : an airi ng i n a ;oach-and-lour, round by Eng Wield Green. T H EI R . MAjtsTrrs will honour the Antieht Mu sic with their presence to.morrow evening. The Terformariee will be etuky the dire,::liun ut the Ltd 1V Y . 014 Pv-ets to March Ktli etre received. I.titer of . the itith of jimudry, Irotti New Or- Ireins 1).414.1 irsiormatioll p t' the arrival of the cltoorer 4,ll:c?ltare ai th.st , port, with dispatches Fcrn ti Atnefic4l , cro‘icrillocnt to Ole Spanish Jt teodanr, and of its basin again sailed wiahila . a . ;l very few hours, with answers to those dispatch. The aoswers were not understood to have been Kt- . vouraide. Th e Fiench had not, at that sitiai, taken aEtual possession of Ne , -ai (Means. The American Congress adjourned, sine die, on the 3d of March last, after adopting, in regard to Louisiana and New Orleans, the propositions of Mr. 13R ACK E Int:E; by which meastoes of pre paratioo for hostility are indeed order.-1, but the President it left to ad at his own discretion in the whole - afftir. Eighty thousand of the Militia of the States are to lie inniediately detached to aft as a general Army, if it shall be necessary to attack the possession of Louisiana. One million five hun dred thousand dollars are appropriated for the ex. penditure of this service ; 25,000 dollars are ap. propriated for the establishment of arsenals on the Western Waters. Avery strong remonstrance was transmitted to Mr. Davis, at Washington, front the State of Kentucky ; but it was not teeth ed till after Mr. BRACKENRIDGE'S pi opOsit ions had been adopted, otherwise the bolder proposi tions of Mr. SMITH would, it was thought, have been preferred. It was understood that an Agent from the people of the two Floridas had waited on Mr. JEFFERSON, with full powers to treat for an accession of those Provinces to the American Union. They threatened, it was said, if JEVFERSON should refuse their offers, to put themselves under the protec. titan of Great Britain. The inhabitants of Kentucky, in expeCtation that the Congress would resolve on immediate hostilities with Spain, had taken . arms to the number of io,ooo. Above so,ooo dollars had been contributed, by voluntary subscription, fur the necessary expellee. They had encamped. Boys appeared in the camp with labels in their liat;, War, and no Democrats. Mr. JEFFERSON, in great alarm, wrote to soothe their impatience, till the issue of the Negotiation by Mr. MoNRoE might be finally known. h was understood that the for. tifications of New Orleans were in a ruinous, in. defensible state, and that 3000 men from Ken tucky might easily, take the place.—The total value of the commodities which the Anglo.AMeti cans send annually down the Mississippi, exceeds 4,000,000 dollars.—The' exportition was perform ed in asaa vessels, of zso tons borthen each. Several men of great consequence in the Western States, among whom were Colonel Jortta a nd Sir Wat. Mum aal, were lately most vexatious ly injured, in the exportation of the produce of their estatea, by the Spaniards at New Orleans. . The Congress passed at different MIS during its Session. Its next meeting is expetted to be on the first Monday of November next, Accounts from the liavannall state, that vessels were about to sail from thence to take the Spanish Garrison from New Orleans, and convey it to Sr. Augustine, and that the former place was to be tie. livered up to the French ; as a Frigate, having on board a Colonial Prekt and a number of Officers, had arrived at New Orleans, to take possession of it for France. ' Capt. SPOOR T ER, of the Schooner darts y, from Flavannah, states, that the day previously to his sailing, a .Ship belonging to Philadelphia left that p 1 ce for Cape Francois with a number of - blood F hounds to hunt the Blacks. The French Frigate which sailed a few days before, and on board of which a reinforcement of this kind of warriors was said to he embarked, had a considerable number of Spanish Troops on board, but no hounds. Yesterday advice was received at the EastJndia House, of the safe arrival of the Cirencester from China, whence she sailed on Christmas aiy, in company with the AbinAck Castle and Perreveraner, which were to sail from St. Helena the ad of March, the day after she left that Island. Private Letters received by the Cireurcesur state, that the VICEROY having quelled the Rebellion, and tranluillized the' neighbouring Districts, turned to Canton on the 12th, and died suddenly on the 14th of December.; strong suspicions having been entertained that be had taken poison, not be. ing able to bear the displeasure of the EmpFitoa, who bad censured his condutt during the late Re bellion in toles of the Most aggravating nature. ' A Spanish Ship has been lost on the Chinese Coast, with 850,000 dollars on hoard. A Letter from Ctithagen o of the 21 April, states, " This forenoon a Monument was solemnly erected over the grave of the Naval Heroes killed, in the Battle here two years ago, in order to perpetuate their memory. It •conststs Of a plain column of Norwegian marble, with the following in.cription : " They fell in defence of tltrir Country, April 2, t sot. This Monument was erected to them by the esteem of their Fellow Citizens." On the Pedestal are the following words, from a Poem by Professor SANDS Unfailed.blooms on the grave of the Hero, the garland prepared by his Country." To-wirrow the report of the Nottingham Elec tion Committee, will be taken into consideration in the House of Commons. To those zealously attach ed to the British Constitution, the discu4sion is a most important ode : it is to determine, in a great degree, not only the future freedom of Eledion, but also whether the Civil Government of a large and populous Manuladuring Town, is to remain delegated to those anb, who have given too con vincing a proof, either of incapability or want of in clination to enforce their authority. We shall not presume to dißate to the Legislature, but we enter tain a hope, that by the wisdom of its regulations, a Police, which has for some years past been consi. tiered a disgrace to the Country, will undergo a salutary amendment. The Morning Chronicle, with its usual veracity, says, " that the Negmiation for the return , of Mr. PITT to office, was broken off by His NI4JitsTY ;' that it was broken off Nith ill-k4peour on both sides, and that the People rejoice at it." We will venture to assert that it was ',of broken off by, Ri s MAJEsTy—that it ended •withoia ill-humour on either side—and that the . 7aro4in Pro d ar are the only People who rrjoice ir. On Saturday as Lord CASTLE it wab return ing to town from the Marquis of An F. !ICOR this side of Stanmorehis cur rile got ent,iiicd he. tween two Waggons (which bad [ - wen cotti:s,tt.ti to file care of boys); his Lor4ship jurnr.Nl oitt; : (1 eery providentially escaped 44 1 4rii thcy br‘ke to pieces. NAVAL NEWS. HARWICH, APRIL 18. FitIDAY morning the Ear/ of Leicester Packet, Capt. THoNtrsoN, arrived from Helvoetsluys, with the Dutch Mail. We understand that a Dutch Frigate that sailed from Helvoetsluys last Tues. day, was brougl4 to off Goree by Admiral THIRNBOROUGIe3. Squadron, and after being detained some little tilw, permitted to proceed, not haVing any Troops on hoard ; her destination is the West Indies, under an Admiral's Flag. Yesterday afternoon the Pnipice of ow e , P ac k et , Capt. HEAttN, and the Diana, Capt. OSBOKN, sailed, the former for Cuxhaven with the Ham burgh and Bremen Mails, and the, latter for ltd. voetsluys, with the Dutch Mail. A large supply of Provisions are collcaing for the use of Sir SIDN7'V SMITH'S Sqnadton, now assembling in Hoseley Bay. • DEAL, APRIL IB.' ARltivrD late yesterday evening, under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship Romney, Sir Home POPHAM, in company with the Ardatui Frigate, the follow ing Ships from the East Indies : Arniston, David Scott, Ceres, Brunswick, and Royal Charlotte. The Cirenctster, from China, arrived this morn. ing, and she remains with the above, The Walton and. Bengal have sailed for the River. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The Greyhound, Charles Ogle, Esq. for the capture of the Spanish Brig San Antonio, will he paid on Wednesday, the 4tli at May, at !•10. 9, New Broad-street. To the flector, for the capture of the Rebecca, a distribu tion will be made on board the Hectur, at l'lymouth, from this time. _ • . To the liked Cutter King George, for the capture of. the French Privateer .Le libustier, a distribution will be made, 31 No. 7, Beaufort-buildings, front this time. La Nlagit;ienne, rbr the capture of the Castle, Bien Bun SucLess, and lane Catherine Arnie, will be paid at No. 3, Salters' Ilall-court, Canon-street, on' Thursday, the ist inst. The Fast India Company's Ships Rxeter . and Bombay Castle, for the capture of the French Frigates La Concorde and La Medee, will be paid on Thursday, the asst inst. at No. 7, Walbrouk. The Invincible, for the capture of the Neutral Ship Vene lia, will he paid on Thursday, the a ist inst. at the Swan, in Arundel-street. _ . A distribution of the produce of the provisions, stores, an t other areas, captured at the Island of Gorce, will be made as follows ; To the Melpomene anti Rutty, at No. 17, Cecil. street ; and to the Magnanime, at NU. ithade'), Downing. street, 22(11114i. Captain TAYLOR is appointed to the command of the Camilla. Captain RYNG, of the Texd, has taken upon him, (as Senior O ffi cer), the Comma n d o f t h e Ship s fitting out at .Chatham for the defence of the Thames; they arc to be manned with Out-pensioners of Green.; with Hospital, and proceed to their respeaive,sta. lions as expeditiously as possible. The Chiffane is ordered to be got ready for Com. mission at \V onlwkh. Lieutenant I - EEXTz:it is appointed to command the Deptford 'render. Tile Lynx Sinop ig re-commissioned at WUOIWiell by Captain MARSHALL. A New. York Paper of the t sth ult. mentions,. that the British Frigate, Bolton, Capt. Dutto anchored in Hampton Roads, from Bermuda. Left there the British Squadron, under the Commard of Sir ANDREW MITCHELL. .111 C Lilly Sloop of War was dismasted in a gale of wind, on her passage from Halifax, and had put into Antigua. Protedions, against the impress, for the Keel. men, Coblemen f and Shipwrights, employed upon the River Tyne, are now granted by the Ma gistrates of Newcastle, under a Commission from the Admiralty. The following is the number of ships cleared at the Custom-house at Newcastle upon Tyne, on Saturday seinnight, viz. -51 ships coastwise, with 448 chaldrons of coals, (Newcastle measure) and large quantities of merchandize on board; and t ships for foreign, with tot3z chaldrons of coals, (Newcastle measure) besides a quantity of copperas, glass, earthen-ware, grindstones, &c. on board. The goiliity of coals cleared for on that day, coastwise and foreign, is 666 keels I... The number of vessels cleared in the quarter ending the sth in. stant, is as follows :—to,)3 ships coastwise, with 95,54.3 chaldrons of coals, (Newcastle measure) urge quantities of merehandiie.on boatd ; and t6o ships for foreign, with 19,040 chaldrons of coals and cinders, (Newcastle measure) and large quantities of sugar, oil, earthen.ware, glass, lead, lead-shot, lead ore, colours, copperas, lithatge, Ste. &c. on hoard. The Antigarraga, arrived at Cadiz from Lima. has hroultht 1,40,000 dollars, besides a rich cargo of cocoa, copper, tin, wool, indigo, Klass jaccit) .do Vries, from London to Antw.etp„ has put into Flushing. The Waakzamhcict, Thysde Haas , from Alicant and Ccrthagena to Amiterdam ; and La Julie, Louis Belleville, front llotirdcaux to the Coast of Africa. have put into Lisbon. The Ulysses, Muckier', trans Bengal to New York, hat put into Boston. The Swedish ship, Fthlen, Zervin, has been run down at Alicant ; she has lust her irioti and, is otherwise damaged The Inattenclit, Diedriksto, front Cette to Anti,vetp, is stranded near Valentia.—Ygry little Qf the cargo is saved. , Walton, is strantled at flume de Nato, in Sicily, and Gibbons, driven out to Aink treat .the vairt „. c i st by a violent storm. —, Giovanni Sjorno, from Odessa to Constantinople .and Sinvrna, had sprung a leak and taken in so much water that her lasting of corn was so much damaged a* to bcobligcal to he sold at Constantinople. The Sally, Dent, having sprung a leak on he r voyage to the Cape de Vents, put into Lishen, where she has unloaded to repair. . Nrile'Ann, Milroy, from -Amsterdam to Riga, has been tun fool of by a Dane, and received much' amage. The Canada, Watkins, from Spaiu to Bristol - , was lost on 27th Alar,:is in the Bay of St. felon. On the 4th inst. a duel was (might at Ragh, near Tralee, bctwcen Rtcttnau IVIAIOI4, of Island, E.A. and Co No LY I .I SEYi Of Dingfr) Esq. When, after tiritig. two shots each witbout injury, their friends interfered, which occasioned :t reconciliation, and the parties rettirnrlri tg town in petfeft amity. AMERIC.f. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FIti):•! NEW ORLEANS, DATED JANU.IRY Z 6, 1803. " The Schooner Alwithire being ready to de part, Jaye' thought it would not be uhsatisfadoty to you to be acquainted, as early a 5 with the result of leer . embassy ; as her recut!) with an answer to so importai.t a qac:stion as that which occasioned her coming wit, will, doulr less, excite much solicitude, - .11,.t a matter of this kind does nJt meai•ltely, a hint from -a friend ct w hat may be entrusted, will not be ur.acceptable. From what - 1 have been aJe to learn, and I have given myself some trouble to obtain iutormation, I believe the answer of the Intendant to the Minister, on the sub jed of the dep3sir, has been very laconic. On the Adventure's.arrival, the Captain immediately waited upon the Intendant- with his dispatches - , and thinking, no doubt, that he had to deal with some procrastinat ing Spaniard, begged lie would dispatch hint back itntnediately. The Intendant, a man of unusual . abi . Pities for a Spaniard, after making himself acquaint. ed with the subje4f of the Dispatches, toid the Cgli• rain, that if he desired it, he could ha . ve his answer! in an hour. Some repairs, however, being necessary for the vessel, he has 'been detained till now, and will sail tomorrow, with the woeful tidings of-no change in our affairs. . .• - " The Intendant has briefly informed the:Mtlit ster, that what he has dune shall remain oil" contrary ordets are received . from Court. We. are anxiously waiting the arrival of the Mail due the 38ithr wehope favouredobtheerebyto j w:ittaheauccfo:hn s t fros .m2 p he the result of this shameful business. The Fr ene hart not made their appearatice among 09 'and report is now gaining ground, that they never will' Indeed we have been amused lately with the hope of*, negotiation being on foot in Europe, by which Lott!' siana, was to come into possession of America. 11 11 1 wet e to be the case, this country would soon be 00! the most prosperous in the world. Trade is in s very embarrassed state in consequence of the sot city of rash, the principal .owners of specieVit holding it from circulation, to he prepared for 0 1 e worst on the arrival of the French."--(Phil. Gas.) This clay both Houses of Parliament met par. straw to adjournment. The report that Mr. PITT WiSfled to Olt in Mt. WINOHANI, we believe to be perfeO l f • unfounded. That Gentleman's talents are best CO• enlaced for a state of oppositinn; but the Coll will readily grant, that the tried abilities. of IA GReNVILLE and Sratecta, would form a very ' spedable part of any Administration. It was yesterday confidently stated, that EarlP' VINCENT will to.glOrtOW resign . his situathO' l ' First Lord of the Admiralty. The Dutchess of De votesH tit 2 will preen( h er daughter, Lady HARRIET CAVeNDIsII, at coact, for the first time, the next Drawing. Room. The Duke of Baproau was last week at Por l 7 e mouth, on a visit to the lion. Capt. P4sorrs..4l" Endjmios. , .• lit' Yesterday morning six o f t h e ueto.pieeet longing to the Foot Guards were drawn out io S t ' James's Park, and the men exercised fur a CO"' siderable time in the different artillery manceitvt e/ ' exercise every day with shot at a target. The Northumberland Militia will be emboa l ' on Fliday next. Ihe Berkshire ..Militia are now eomplete; had their arms delivered to them last Wednestl.4l The Earl of Cu sT ERFI Lts arrived on Satur t , i forenoon at Chesterfield House, May.fair, from Lardship's Seat in Derbyshire. NO God-tvod Rates commence tO.MottOtto, a nd for (liter days. The Duke of Rtettmoato rn"er° tains his Friends with t h e most splendid ho , p i ta lig: Luly MITCIIgLL, who died un the toilti v )f, e , bruary, at the Island of Bermuda, the LatlY ' s Admiral Sir ANDREW MuctieLt,, K. B. " s i b most amiable woman, and is very deeply reg reue o Sir J. ShtiTif BUAGEss, we are sorry to o'o ` v very dangerously ill un Saturday last. Nearly 50.0001. additional deficiency Wa l ' c j Coveted on Sa!urday, on a further investigaton nt Mr. Asletes trantaaions, making the whole ell° full 400,0001. The trial M r . e will cake Place °~ Friday next. Mr. Wu9D is his Counsel. etty rl A Prenlang might often be very pto'Y s rei ',toyed at the entranc einto Xevingtorlara g : /s Hif at the Opera.huare ;as the F,4tmen 4vai174 1 •0 their insolence to every female who happens "Adj. Ike imaNtlit render themselves a most o ff en sive " same. On Saturday there was a Meeting of t he boo ditots of the great jettaiSpecklator who Oil ed a month singe. A dividend of li./ t welbjefit l i. :„4 l lo. Pasordappears to be all that is likely to be tiu . .- 00 , (ruinT whole debls of th a t t he a f r a c i o lu w re in t g vas ii ;or ih r e 2 S 7 g ; c o k o rtelellrlins l; An old maiden Lady, who lived in Clevele nV os 9 (a :Miss REYNOLDS), wins died lately , banigref qucathecl the sum of so,oool. to Governor .04 wards the reduAion of the Natiorsal Debt Will was proved on saturday last. An Irish Gentleman yesterday called to s i! con the health of Captain Mac rs,ama it A, and was„ theli surge o n'srep o r t, ittp t ent itl rcl ' e ll g ic l iil ll itlili je ej a; 0 11 . ai1let.tot 1. by J -- s , I thought th e • been extraard!" last we ek The I ° l h-wing spurting match Wig made not , at Newmarket, r o Ott ru n there in ~b er ; , i(a t viz. biz . H. T. VANE's L'c,..4.figkter, 7 1 b• 17, . Mr. WATsuN's Lipluet Vire, git• soogs. tbe I he man s r, n b e officiating s f: l ) te rc m la h e l o r , g ll • Y . r f t - s • % , U ! rix,elsgre_ r L s . o w l drums and fifes of the Middlesex 11 , 1 7' ar the quartette! there, playing a fill! telti 4., head of the men, through the centre of tl'e t _',. o ,,aerr the Comtuanding.Offieer, Colonel BM L ~ti l i u r atura ! has urdeted.the line of march to Chur to bt dire: etiTly cordoned.