The Sun. — London, England, 1803-07-04 00:00:00

F 1 I _NAVAL NEWS. Prom Ike LoNDoNG4izzrrE, Yu& 2, 063. iumfrat t y-officc, yu?y 3, :Sol. Ertra,..7 of a Letter from Admiral ,Montagie. Commander I*' Chief cf Ili: Mafecry'e Ships and 1/4,:ils at Portsmouth, so Sir Ercin A - crew:, Bart. dated th 4 29tb of last month. I enclose, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a Letter I this day received from Captain Mundy, of His Majesty's Ship Hydra. 4,48 , !lard, a ***l, "pre #9. 2803. I hive the Honour of informing you, that on the 3 sth ihst. Cape Barfleur bearing N. W. by W. four Leagues distant. the Hydra and Rose Crater captured La Pheebe (tench Cut. _ter Privateer, armed with 4 Guns and = swivels. a new Ves sel, and only three Days out of the Fort of Cherbourgh. I am, &c. GEO. MUNDY. PLYMOUTH, JULT Z.—Arrived the French Gun 'brig Le renteux, mounting six +Z -pound canon ades, and four long ts-pounders, with 82 men, cut out of the Road between the Isle of Bas and the Main, by the boats of La Loire Frigate, Captain •_MAITLANb, on the 28th ult. after a severe eonflia, in which several French Officers and Seamen were killed, and others desperately wounded. Eight of La Loire's crew were also wounded. Le Vorteux is a very fine brig, and completely fitted for sea. Arrived aiso Le Niloleo* Trench Brig, laden with coffee, cotton, &c. from Guadaloupe bound to Nantes, captured by the Naiad Frigate. The lat. rer left the Channel Fleet on Monday last, all well. Arrived the Rimell, of 74,, guns, and /ga;(7. 7 Frigate, trom the Channel Fleet, and La Loire Fri. gate from a Cruiz, off the File of Bats. - Arrived the Woliarth, Capt. -ZANDU, from pantzic, with timber for the Mck.yard. FALMOUTH, JULY I.—On Wednesday last ar. rived the Medina, Capt. HEY DEN, from Cowes ; the American Ship Pallas, Capt. MAxsHALL (de. 'rained by the Hind Revenue Cutter, Capt. ALLAN), from ftelvoetsluys bound to Teneriffe, with flax, butter, &c. left Helvoetsltsys on the zsth ult. the day before ,which, the English Packets detained at that Port in the commencement of hostilities were dismantled, and the Crews put into prison. Sailed the Mariner Brig on a cruise. Admiral MONTAGU' has shifted his Flag to the Gelyibeld Man of War. Our present Military Force in Great Britain, comprises Sixty-three Battalions of the Line, and Eighteen Regiments of Cavalry, independent of the Troops in Ireland. The Militia of the Empire amotnits to Ninety-seven Thousand Men ;• and • a few weeks will add Fifty Thouiand more to our Ranks—these, with our Volunteer and other Sup plementary Force, will constitute an Army of nearly : Three Hundred Thousand Men. e. This day arrived the Merton, Captain THOMAS, from Newhaven ; the French Schooner Let Ltenx ,Margurrettes, Captain SLIME ) with coffee, gurri, ittc. from St. Domingo, prize to the Regulus Letter k)f Marque, of :8 guns, Captain WhIITI, belong_ int to London. This vessel sailed from St. Do usingta on the Isth May, at which time the French Men of War still continued there : a convoy of about forty stil of merchant vessels was appointed to sail from .Port.au.Prince in about eight days' 'after the Schooley left the Island. = She was Captured on the zrst ult. about 24. hours sail from Bourdeaux, to which Port she was hOond, and was intended to have been fitted for a Privateer to .... i ota, being admirably adapted tor that purpose, and is pierced for z 6 guns. The French at St. Domingo were very sickly, and only in possession of the Sea-ports, Sailed the American Ship Alexander , , KING, for Norfolk, and the Brig jaw, TROUNCE, for Lon. don. Arrived the Ship ?meat, Capt. DAWSON ) from with coals, and to wait Convoy fur Lisbon. YartmOuTst, Ivor 3.—Passed in the offing Iv inst. in the afternoon, a large Fleet of Ships, under Convoy of the Arnim:rade Frigate, from the Baltic. Arrived in the Roads, the Mbar and Menlo Cal -vessels. Sailed Amelia and Ethalidut Frigates, Ammer Brig, an Armed Ship, and Crijks Cutter, on a ernixe. DIAL, JULY 3.--Arrived the 40.ebto Gen.ves. eel, with it Convoy from Portsmouth, and Sealan, with a Convoy from Plymouth, both of which are sailed for the River. The Darin has taken and sent into Plymouth La Pelazie French Privateer, of guns and 37 men, belonging to MOW, This Privateer had made no c3pturr. Of the thitty.four fishing boats brought into Portsmouth, captured by the difricaitte and To prize, nine of them hare been givers up, and upwards of too min and boys released. Admiral HOLLOWAY attended the survey, and seletted such boats as would Pin carry carriage guns, and men who were not capable of bearing arms. Po Saturday morning Mr. At.lo Elul/elm gave ,a public Breakfast at Woodlands, his beautiful Villa at Ulackheath. Upwards of tive hundred persons of the first fashion were present. Eruit of all kinds were in the most plentiful abUndance, and as the day was remarkably fine, the company had the fullest 'enjoyment of the-Inagnificent entertainment, and the beautiful and pitturesque scenery of that part of the Thatraes. , 4VER, ULY 3. By . the Extretc Packet, which came from Calais early yeiterday morning, and brought StlAw the Messenger, we IMO that BONAPARTE, attended by four General Officers and a numerous Suite, :with an escort consisting of a party of his Mamelukes, and about: . 200 of the Consular Guards, reached Calais about five on Friday evening. .His approach having been announced the day before, prepara duns were made to receive him ; but from an eye. witness to the whole cf what passed on Friday even. ing, we are informed the demonstrations ot joy were rather•faint than otherwise, no symptom of that en thusiasm which the French Papers relate his appear. ante every where excites, having been manifested. In his progress through the Town and round the Rimparts, he was completely encircled by his Guards. After a short repast (less than half an hour), at Quillac's, he proceeded to visit the Harbour, and took a boat to insped the Fort at its entrance, Boards were painted on the archway leading out of Harbour street towards the Picr, with inscriptions (in English), "Road to London P...." Freda: of the Seal!" BONAPARTE. was expeled to leave Calais for Gravelinea at twelve o'clock yesterday, SEA Ffih'CIBLES. Titit Sei Fencible Establishment appears to be a measure in every' respea appropriate to its objea, which is that of protetting the Coast, either on shore or afloat, as the energy of the moment may require. It is intended to comprise all Fisherrrien, and other persons occupied in the Ports ,and on the Coast, acid • • who, from their occupations, are not liable to be im pressed. Eighty-eight Pust.Captains and Com manders. with a proportionate timber of Lieutenants, areappointed to this service. Diitria. [ 1 General I COkli'M Remitzvour. . Sit ii. N4gla From Emsworth to 1 Shoreham. Apr Hill *achy Head - Thomas ill Isaac S W el o ton r i th berg William Holland fames Watson )T.'hi. Walker H. F. Edgell W. Buchanan ' William Essington i William Ricketts C. M. Fabran F. W. Austen lien. Carter Geo. Sayer R. G. Middleton lames Brisbane James Prevost P. Beaver N. Tomlinson C cl. Bayley C. Wollaston John Davy William Edge Tames Welsh I. Msfarland ' C.hartes Cobb ..w. H. T remiett I M. Hinton , ' William Shield P. kinoleau Spel. Swain ' David Lloyd E. W. Brown rohn Bushby John Bazclev niomits liaild John Cripso ' Robert .Cuthbert .' - rhorn.i9 Mil's „[ohm Wallet t'Arcy Preston J. C Crawf o rd l'homas Thrush ' Edward Rue B. M. Pracd W. Syme Sir W. H. Douglas Edward Ram age D. Ramsay john Clements oh!' Brodie , H. Tait t . obert Barton Charles Carter R. fanverin ' Edw. O'Brien, t • Ily Earrett , T. Searle ' John Cooke, % N. Porrlotk W. H. Kittoe N. Ing.ain Augustus Bridle ,Ol Foltiott ' Charles Carpenter F. G. Bond C. M : Gregory I'. Dacres C. Bullets G. Stupart S. Pear(' Corynd. Boger Philip Lync It. C. Re) nolds llarw. Jinues (.rules Tippett Edward nosh .James Veitch Thos. Stephernioll George Bowen Richard tones George Jones Charles Tyler 1. Chesshyre H. Pronvn. From Et eachy Head to 2 //w i ns Dungeness From Dungeness to i New Romney Sandgate - , From SandgatctoSan. i , down . . • . Dover From Sandown to the i Ramsgate North Foreland • . From the North Fore. i Margate land to East 5 walc From the Lower Hope t Maldon to Blackwater From Illaltwater to i Harwich the Stour . Frthe Stout to Ahlborough u t vou .th From southwrild to) vannouth Cromer . - S framCrorner to Tors. i Lynn dyke.wash . From Fotsdylee.tvash to the Mouth of the Boston Humber From the Mouth of . the Humber to the Barton River Ouse . From the River nu e to Flamboro' Head Hull From f lamboro' Head i Whitby to the River Tees From the River Tees i to North Shields Hartley Poole From North Shields to Sc. A bb's Head Berwick The Frith of Forth . Lcith Isle of Wlett . Breding Fr om Emaworth to 2 s tokes n ay Calehot CiisllC From Calehot Castle , p ool , to St. Alban's Head FromSt.Alban'sHeadi Ivey-mouth to Punt.kablo from Puncknolc to Exmouth Teigomon tit From K T a e m n t m beat o (l nt ! ) to Dartmouth From the Ram-head 2 lower to the Dodman • S From the Dodutan to j Falmouth the Land's-end • - Scilly Islands . . St. Maty's From ilartland Point j Nlinehead to Kng road . FromChepstow to the Mouth at the British Swansea Channel . From Kidwelly to 1 . averfordwest Cardigan ' S CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 4. THERE are considerable supplies of most de. scriptions of Grain today; Wheat declines in Price full as. per quarter; Barley, with Wheat, have but little sale at somethingless ; in Pease and Beans there is but little doing, and rather cheaper; Oats of good quality scarcely fetch last quotation, other sorts ex ceeding dull sale, as well as all other articles ; Flour also is rather lower. Wheat 483 a s6s a 6os od I Tick Beans . I 6 A3O od Fine ditto -62 s a 63s od Oats . . cgs a ass a 2;S Rye • • 358 a 34s od Poland ditto . 265 a 27s tai Barley - 203 a 2g5 04 Rape Seed . - 361 a 391 I Malt • • 4 0 8 a 4 6 5 od Fine Flout . 45s a Sos od White Pease 41S a 47$ od Seconds - - 40 s a 453 Beans .., 3os a 343 od I , Yesterday morning, while three young men were bathing in the Thames, two of them were seized with the cramp, and were unfortunately drowned be. fore assistance could be got. One of them was Ap. prentice to Mr. Lindsay, -glazier in Wyclustreet. UNE 2g. POLITICS. • Nothing appears to us more curious .matter of observation at present, than the, comparative situa tion of France and England. France is armed for the preservation of an antient Independent State, and a dignified order of things--England for its own injury and even destrudion. France demands, in the face of Europe, the faith of Treatiec, and appeals to the Law of Nations.—England sporting equally with both, hesitates .not to borrowirOni the revolutionary system, its proceedings, its furor, even its very language and absurdities. These c.m. siderations appear to us to be worthy of the mast serious attention. Every one has heard the complaints made by Eng. land of the changes which have taken place ,since the Treaty of Amiens, in the Aituation of the Order of Malta, and in its possessions. It k certain that several Powers, dissatisfied with the newly projed ed constitution of the Order, and especially with the appointment of anew Langur, composed of inha, bitants of the Isle, and proposed to be of equal power, &c. with the others, have announced their intention of withdrawing themselves from any con_ nekton with the establishment, and of appropriating their respedive possessions —But, was it France that stipulated for the insertion of such a clause ? It was the will of England—Lord CORN W ALL IS never at. tempted to conceal, that it made an indispensible part of his instrudiuns ; the fad is demonstrated by the Protocole 6f the conferences of the Treaty of Amiens, which was printed and distributed in England, with the otlwr documents relative to the Negotiation. Undoubtedly, we think, these Powers who she w ed a repugnance on this point, afted with great Who could blame them for endeavouring to avert ;lie consequences of such a stipulation ? M. caa e, it is true, had conceived the idea, in his isdom, of uniting orders, which the experience of succeeding ages preferred to keep separate. ,He deemed it proper to arm against each other contend. ing and irritable vanities and passions, and eventu. ally to suffer their discussions to be decided by force. But, judging from experience, our opinions in these respcts are very different. England, however, seems to have no objedinn to follow their footsteps, and to speculate on the same grounds. How injurious that, at its voice, the Princes, the Nobles, the Chevaliers and Barons, should run from all parts of Europe in order to par. ticipate, jointly, with the respedable cheesemongers, the fishmongers, the maiket.brokers, the gardeners, and labourers of the Isle of Malta—the Cross of its Order, and the Fundions of Sovereignty ! It is very easy to anticipate the result, under the in. fluence of the Fleets and .Guineas of England, of such an atrangemesst. At one period, we could not refrain from commending those Powers who endea. voured to avert the combined evils of melt perfi dious condud. But we are now inclined to thiak that little inconvenience. can arise, as the thing stood, from the consideration of England's inter-. feting a few molts sooner, when a pretext must inevitably have arisen a few months hence. When we consider every thing, the condud of the English .Government, in procuring Addresses .from every eft of the Isle. against the Order, and of seconding these Revolutionary Measures, by pro pagating the most scandalous falsehoods against the Grand Master, and against the Knights, viz, the Legitimate Sovereigns of the COuntry, we are not so much astonished—q'a degrade„ in the first , in stance, the Sovereign of a Country, and afterwards to sake poiscnivs of bit Dominions,: forms bat a part of that system, which the -British Government fears not to borrow from the praaice of our Revolutionasy Times. It is.only the other day, that through the English Papers, we hear of Risings . and Levies en moue. The language, as well as the conduct, is ad o pted—the Dux of CAM BRIDG I caused to be proclaimed throughout Hanover Liberty or Death, " Though they should detest, though they should curse us," said CHABOT, " let us save the Coon try I" " Let us adopt great measures," cried DANTON, " what signifies the expellee ?" " Let ~ us vote at once for the adoption of vigorous mea. sures," says Mr. PITT, " let us even draW upon ourselves, if necessary, a temporary odium." A little time will enable us to distinguish what is real from that which is the contrary in all this apparent parade. We shall shortly be able to ascer tain the impression made on King George by the oc. cupation of his Eleftorate, an acquiescence in which it is become indispensible to demand of him, and which is equally einbarrasiing to yield to or to refuse ; and we shall also see the result of the steps lately taken by Russia, of .which, however, it is.difiicult misconstrue the objet`}. At present we shall endea. Insure() analize the debates of the British Parliament. The following expressions of Mr. AtiDINCt9N are very striking." It is by no means the wish Of Ministers to resort to extremities, or to plunge, the Nation into a war .of 'extermination, but that it should not be humiliated." Mr. AD. D NCTOK must be very knowing, if 1w can foresee the. cud period at which the War will ter. minate. It would be very convenient to England to see a War of amusement alone going forward. She has, .by: means of her powerful M trine, an op. portunity of parading on the seas, France, on she other hand, has nothing to parade with ; she must make England' itself the seat of War. Those.,Mi:. nisters must be very incapable, or vet y 'rash, if they are not yet aware of the riled of thoie positions, which lender the chances of War, on•the respedive sides, so very aliWetent.. . . Notwithstanding what has been advanced by soma Mitnbers, of the nicessity of . recurring to great and strong measures, even- previously to the usual- pecuniary arrangement's, Mr. 'Ann iNGTON deemed it preferable to.adot- the- ordioary conrse4al: proceeding : he according4' has 'proposed, isrl'a renewal of the Income Tax; secondly, a coi, able augmentation of the Excise Duties ; thirdly, an augmentation of the Customs.' From these there resources, Mf.ADDI NCTON thinks to liquidate the new increased expellee!' of the : State. They are calculated*.at the stun of r 2,700,0001. sterling. The Minister, it is title,. does not flatter himself wish calculating upon this entire sum in the course of the year ; he reckons upon but 4,500,0001. and has dcteratined• to borrcrw ten millions, of -Which lic of Is ra a low iac Mf! and efteci of the difrereht ope r:171') It appears, according to the English Pap , :rs, th tt a considerable sensation prevailed at Lend e e, on it s being known that the prodigious aoditioted Sum or 7,500,0301. Was prop scd to be raised on the C. Joins and Excise alone. I however, in many circtim. stances, to our own knowledge, Mr. Pier has con_ trived to augment the Receipts, 'while he 'diminish ••? the Ditties. We fear that his Successor will contrive iteattgetenting the Duties, to diminish the Recelies extraordinary proposition is easily ex_ plained, by considering the great increase of Smog.: gling, which is the natural consequence, and also the sudden decrease of the consumption. These were considerations Which, leunded Sw T ifi y that in the Arithmetic of Finance; tetoo acid tepc did not always makefour buss often ene/ It is trice that Mr. ADDINGTON has positively asserted that the War will procure to his Cotintry the Commercial Sußly of all Europe; this will, however, depend solely upon circumstances. With reseed to the new Duties on Malt, which is that part of the grain which is prepared for brewing, we are certain, it will be severely felt. Never has it been before proposed to increase the Duties on this part of the popular consumption. The brewers, on different occasions, have been constrained to lower rather than raise the price of porter The Income Tax, renewed from Mr. PITT, has produced equal murmuring. On the one Land, this Tax violates the secret ut properties, and mast be grievously felt in a Commercial Country e and ort the other, it bears hard on the lower classes of the people. Mr. PITT had some consideration for them ; under his Administration, all property less than 601. per ann. was untouched. Under Mr. A. all are affetted. With the exception of foreigners, none of the Proprietorvol the public Funds are ex empt. In different places they are entitled to name Commissaries to whom ihey shall reveal the amount of what they possess. But all funds not declared are proposed to be rendered lishie at the Bank, awl a drawback of s per Cent. made upon the dividends, - In exhibiting to Pailiament all these s :urces of financial prosperity, Mr. ADDINGToN has not con. sealed his wish' that all Europe should be acquaint. ed with them. On this occasion the strangers were not excluded from the Galleries; but in our opinion this Minister has grossly deceived himself, if he thinks he has given either to France, or to the rest of Europe, a favourable opinion of English power or prosperity—on the contrary, he could not have dune any thing more serviceatileeo France! The Eeglish People are at this moment in a situation of a couetry in which the seeds of griefs, privations, and every species of disgust are deeply sown; in a few months, the harvest in these respeas will he abood mt. The debates of the I+oocl/elope -the regress. already mash. In. that, Lord FOLKSTONF, son of the Earl of RAD. NOR) highly censured the proposed taxes, as severely pressing on the bulk of the people, and consequently that they must render the War unpopular. Mr. 13AsTARD dwelt „upon the Land . Tdx..they should have to pay le the county of Devon. Messrs. W. Do Nom and MACPHEIOON, were persuaded that the duty upon Barley would diminish the cultivation of it in Seolland. Sir Rost aT BUXTON evinced the same uneasi. ness with respell to the North of England. Sir W. ELFoRD thought the distindion be. tween the Linied and Commercial Interests, as ob. je - as of TaxAtion, merited theml4t serious attention, Fictcit ING Lis was of opinion, that the 'Faxes would not produce tis much at the Minister caleu. 'laced: some of theth, he was certain, would cause an increase of Smuggling. GeneGAscuYNE protested against the Tax on Sugar. Lord G. L. Go vt' ER expressed his surprize, that an additional Tax should he laid on Malt. Mr. SMITH was apprehensive of the Effeas of the Tax, which must particularly 4Fett Trades Men. Mr. JOIINTONe wished not to conceal his senti. meats with respea to the ,retention of Malta. He declared they should be obliged to make Peace, without obtaining better terms than those which had been offered by France. . _ Mr. P. Moult a was the 'only person to whom their present situation did not appear inconvenient. England, said he, at first made, under Lord GR RN. VILLE, a War of Experiment—she afterwards, un. der Lord HAwKEsuuttv, nide a Pea cc of Experi. merit, and now, it appears, that a Tax of Experi_ rmnt is laid on. Murmurings appear in the House of Commons, but without doors they are loud and eetensive. The ilieritimgCbropicle relates, chit several Wine Merchants have already advertixed their Stock in Trade and says, that the annunciation of the New Income Tax has already ptoduced several Meetings, for the purpose of petitioeing for its tejeaion, The disposition of thepublic mind has not failed to manifest itself with respea to the F un d s . Omeimes has suddenl y fallen three per Cent.. It recovered a little, however, on the report of the intended Media.. then of Russia, but the falters in general announce the—little reliance which was placed thereon. The injurious language held against the First Con. sul, hesfer a moment given way to outrageous libels against the King of PRUSSIA. At present it. is the Emperor of Rossi A's turn--4e English Journalists have placed him on their "stool;." This is enough to evince that the .British Government are &mitts. Lei with 'bib . propositions. The rational ' English howeeer, seem displeased with this tone of ahstmlify. The Sureneithet dissembles the dangerous situation in which England is placed, nor the incapability of the resent Administration. But while it celebrates :the great soul, thp vigilapiee, foresight, mid genius of .mr. PITT, Mr..PI TT, and his genius deem it proper to remove farther than ever from Business and the Metropolis. We have seen in the pre. ceding Debates, this Eir.Ministe r eehibir such marks of disapprobation, respeaine; the pre s ent Ministers, which smote theM to the hear,. The bitterness of M. ADDINGTON has appeerezi in some late Debates. Speaking of the income Tax,lie said, " 4 All classes should be proportiortehly taxed.. It is ledpefir e v to charge the one and spare the other I"---As it is pre. •Ciselyethat which Mr. PITT, itr the formet stration, had projeaed, it was supposed that he, on hearing the above language, was ,Prate to the heart in hie turn. However, it is certain that he has Otte and repaired todrink the waters at Bath, NotriteAr.)