The Sun. — London, England, 1803-04-16 00:00:00

MAILS. DUE. ARRIVED. Hollani • - tcr.Lll o • PRICE OF STOCKS, vim DAY AT TvitLVl O'CLOCK. C 0115013 , 641. THE SUN. tIOLIM QUIS DICIRS Tat o llUM •UDIAT ? 'LONDON, APRIL i 6, 1803. WE have this morning learnt, from a quarter that leads us to believe the information to be au thentic, that the Negotiation for the return of Mr. PITT into Power, was ended on Thursday night, and that that event does not take place.— The genera! belief two days ago was, that it was finally settled that Mr. Pitt qvaz to resume the reins of Government. That it is otherwise, we ex tremely regret, on many accounts, but chiefly for the sake of the Country. clrl ST. VINCENT, however, as we I)p,ve repeat., edly stated, certainly' retires. It, is now said that Lind HOOD will he appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, ad interim. , There were Yesterday various r rumours respeOing.' the Negotiation with France. At one time it was said, that an arrangement had been made respelling and that Peace was to continue and, • at- another time, that an Enibargo had been laid upon all British Shipping its' 'the :French Ports. We do not believe either the one or the•other rumour 'to be true.' r The arrangement respefling Malta: is not so easily to be settled. We stated in our Paper of Thursday last, from uNDou T s t u.. Atittiort try, that 7the account which had been Inserted in The. Monitinr, of Prussia, as well as Russia,- having agreed to the Guaranty of. Malta, according to the Stipulations of the tenth Article of the •Treary of Amiens, was false. At the tiny that that Article .appeared, which was in The Monitcur of the Bth instant (and the translation-of it in oui Paper of the I zth), the Guaranty neither of Russia nor of Prussia qilai known at Paris. After this flagrant violation of truth, what confidence are we in fu ture to repose in the Morriteur P But this is not.all.- . ---Though the Guaranty stipulated by the. r:a ty o a f Amiens has not been obtained, a formal de mand is made for the Surrender of the Island, and by whom ? Why, by a Frenchman, though, by the Treaty of Amiens, ,:a Frenchman is to be. long to the Order ,if St. yob,: ve Jerusalem. — Thus, in the mode of making it, as well as in the demand itself, there is a studied contempt. of the letter, as well as the spirit of that Tteaty, the due performance of which, the French Govern.. merit SO peremptorily - demands of this Country. We have it from good information, that Prince RusPoLt would not accept of the Grand Mastership of the Order, because he thought there (Vas a danger a his Lienterant being appointed by . Freneh influence.-- How right that virtuous and amiable Prince was, is sufficiently proved. M. DE THOMASI, the pre_ sent Grand Master, is not ohly appointed by French intrigue, but his Lieutenant is a Frenchman, M. Dt Busy, naturally, doubtless, in the French interest. Under all these circumstances ie must be obvious,, that an arrangement respefting Malta, which shall render it independent of France, must be a business of equal difficulty and. dexterity. That it may be accomplished we .most sincerely wish, for we are as much the sincere friends of Peace as any/ of His Ma. iestY's SubJeas ; but we cannot very clearly see how Peace is to be preserved, if it depends upon the 'settlement of Malta, under those circumstances for 4upposing that the Guaranty stated in the Aloni/eiir had aCtually taken place, :and that there was no other obstacle, can this Country be satisfied, that even under such Guaranty, it would not ltd Frcncb, Wi . en the. Liitxtemmt of the Gtaticl iViaster is a Frenehnian,.though that appointment is expressly in the teeth of the Treaty of Amichs ? • These are points, if they are the only pints of the N;wutiation, which, we conceive, it must be very difficult_ to settle ; but we apprehend that hot . a short period eau elapse before some further and more. satisfaCtory light is thrown upon this impostsia.suhjed. By a Dutch Sloop of 'War, the &I'd, of 16 guns, which arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, we have t h e pl ea sing intelligence thit the Cap Co;,! !lop: was still in our possession on the tst of Fe. bruAry, the time at which the Ech, thence. WE this morning received the .Par;.l Pot,-rr to the (VII inst. Dispatches have been teceivea from Si. holailisr4), dated the 4th March, which Ntd:r (hat a reitiforeemvnt of 40c4 men having ar.i yeti there, t:te Frekh Gene rits had been eaAbltid ex,gree tes,ttme: Offt,nsive Operations. Tla are 41.0 rt details of some skirmishes with the - Illacks c irv„," which the French Troops'are of course repremita as having the advantage. The French Papers have at ! t enth obtainid . mission to notice and to insert the - Nanifest6 which ' ' appeared in the liambiogh Correlpondenten.-Thc . jparmatifes.Debats has inserted it, with some ob. servations of a very curious nature. It afiefts to deny that it is an Official Article,-or, to speak more corre(tly, it insinuates iliai' it .was. not written by the FIRST CONSUL But the Editor very cautiously avOidi any al. lesion to the •alive interference of the French Minister at Hamburgh, in procuring the 'publica. tion, or to the threats which he held out to the City of Hamburg!), if his mandate was not com. plied with. • A Letter from Genoa states, that in the event of a War between England and France, a body of . French Troops would be conveyed to Sicily, by the consent of the KING of NAPLES, in order to wait a favourab!e opportunity of making an attack upon The Funds are 54. So. 'Flits morning arrived s Diitc7.ofait.. It brings an account of the march of ditFerent , btklies'of addi. tional,Freoch Troops towards the Batavian frontier, but which, it is said, are not to enter Holland, except in case of a War between France and Eng. laud. , • • t)( ACT OF A LETTPIi FROM CANTON, DATED NOV. 26, 1802. '** * " The bad markets which the efirea Ships have txperienced this ticason,, is very much owing to ,thr 'internal commotions in this Country. 1 cannot satisfaaorily account fur it, but it appears to me, • that the Chinese Government is nearly ripe for a change. From what cause it is I know not, but the veil which has for so many ages concealed:from their. understandings their moral relation-with ea'eb - other, ray the miserable oppressions to which the Chinese have been subject, from their Governors of Pro. vince;i down to the lowest wretch vested with a shadow of power, seems of late years to have , been progressively lifted up. There 'have been formidable insurreaions lately even with. in three days journey of Canton t'...-the Em. Term's: Troops have been .defeated several times with great loss, and the Insurgents are so numerous and well connected, that even when wowed in one quarter, they immediately re.aiipear with fresh vigour in another. They already talk of restoring the oil line of Chinese Emperors, and seem to be so touch in earnest,- that it is difficult to cal. culate upon the result." The Deer which was turned out for the day's di.. version on Tuesday, is a great favourite with His MAJESTY. At starting from Ascot Heath, lie ran with great swiftness towards Bagsbot, making a double to the right, crossing by Caesar's Camp —and Southal Park, and through East Hamp,. stead Park; and - what is very remarkable, to the place where he had twice before been taken after a very long ehace. The Sportsmen expeaed he would • have halted there, but he ran with greater speed if possible, leaving Bracknell to the right, through the inch sure, by Weovill and Winkfield - church, crossing the plain through the woods, by General FIARCOUItfS,I St. Leouard's.hill, and made his flOil to El wet., at which; PlaVelie• ran into the Mill.7•riteW where he remained soent'tinie, but being closßly jour: stied, he escaped out of the river, and•the chace was renewed. .fhe deer then - took his course towards the • river Thames, to the left , of 'sVindsor, and crossed the Thames. The huntsmen were then obliged to come through Windsor and.Eaton,.and their appear_ once attratted the attention. of • the inhabitants.- His MAJESTY and Attendalas then - gave up the . chace, and returned to the .Queen's Lodge, after a pursuit of upwards of three hours. The chace was renewed by the remaining •sport,mien, who were very numerous. The deer took to the left of Eaton, and made much ground before a double paCk to the left l where he plunged into the Thames near Surley-fiell. By the hear of the day, and the length • of the chace, he was become quite exhausted, and two of the foremost bounds pursued him into the water, where they seized him, and would have drowned kiim in a few minutes, but for the •assist., mice of a turt in a large boat, win, weneto the - deer's assistance, aed took the dogs off; and brought the deer ...ale to Windsor Bridge, where he was put into a stable, and taken proper care of. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, accompanied by the PRINCESSES SOPHIA and AMELIA, attended by Generals Gw YNNE and HARCOURT, Sir WI L. L i AM and Lady Purr, took an airing on horseback in the Long \Valk, and inspeaed the improvements carrying on in the Great Park. • , H E R MAJEsTi „accompanied by the PRINCESSES AUGUSTA. and ELIZABETH, attended by the Mar chioness of BATH and daughter, took an airing in a sociable by Cranbourn Lodge, and honoured the Hon. Mrs. HARCOURT with a Morning visit. • - The PRINCESS MARY, attended by Lady Ck aVt. LEY, took an airing to Frogmore. Yeste“lay eveniug tlis . .l.toyal Highness the - Pa t of \VALp i fi f4,;o3yn • for Brighton :1 . 01 , a On "lhursday the 1 zdj Regiment of Light nateQl goons had a grand fieid dly on AslifordCommon. General DAvip DuNpm, we pndcrstand a will have the vacant Red Ri6h9n. .it was reported yesterday that the' Marius of .~,~.taiist,av wa about to reign, 40; that the D u k e of Po fl 11. AND would succeed him as Lord Chartibcr... lain unlit Majesty's 11045601 a, P zings, Arp.“. 13. diAL Dispatches, addressed from St. Domingo ti etc Minister of the Marine and Colonies by tlille"General in Chief, announce, under date of the ! ji,i',aftd 4th of March, that &too° men of the loth s' Demi-brigade, of the both of the Line, of the 14th Light Infantry, and the Foreign Battalion, had successively arrived at the Cape in the preceding 'days. The rest of the Reinforcements sent from France were immediately expeded, to resume the offensive at all points: already the General of Bri gade LACROIX had taken by the bayonet Laxa‘vos, and escaladed the Fort of Ouanaminthe. The Chiefs of • Battalion FROMENt, of the 77th, TA DARES, commanding the Spanish Infantry, Po. LANCA, commanding the Dragoons, the taptains ST. AMAND, VOSSE ER R, and RODER IQUE MOLINE, the Sub. Lieutenant BRUTES., and the Serjeant not, principally distinguished themselves at the taking of these Posts. The Brigands had again attempted to shew them. selVes in the plain oldie Cape ; the General of Di vi. sion Centi z E e, commanding the right of the Division of the North, and the General.of Brigade Ce A eA. RED E, had attacked and surrouvded - them ; 'soo of them remained on the field of battle ; our loss did not amount to more than 40 killed and wounded. General CeAuzE i. bestows the highest eulogiums on the National Troops of the Line that took a part in this !Winn. He particularly praises General To o c.,t NOT, commaruling the • ariilieri the Chiel'of Brigade Ns Tit E IN OOD ; the Chief of 'the . Squadrop RAP ATE L ; the Chiefs of Battalion kiwi, and BF MANI); Capt. LAYORGE of the Horse Guards of the General in Chief; Capt. COCEICREL, Licut. d'ORLY,; Officers Commandieg the NatiorfaiGuard, •TOUTARD, LE AUtvION7I' v CAICIILT ; Officer of she National GuardS, Deseo NE ; Lieutenants Ports and-Foeet.eu, S e rjeant Boole:ER, and the Ser. ft.jeants of Artillery BERN I ER' and COUDRAY. Some movements of little importance had mani. fested themselves at ToHur. They were stopped by the firmness and good dispositinns of the Corn. mantling 'Adjutant BOSc Us. Three hundred men,. sent as a reinforcement; from the Cape by the Ge neral in Chief on. board the Depreme, Captain L'llmarre, and commanded by the Adjutant RAM IL, had succeeded in exterminating the Rebels. The commanding Adjutant RAMIL passes the greatest eulogies on tire zeal and alivity of Capt. L'HERMITE, and names with distindion the Chief of the Squadron Roux, Captains BRUNIER and LAcoMDE, adjoints to the Etat...ls/40r, and Ser. jeants 000ItMAN and fiefu XI% The Army occupies the whole circumference of the Colony, with the exception of a few points of little importahce, and which are watched by the ships of the station that cruize before them. In the North, the environs of Laxa , von and Oua. namin the have been entirely cleared by General Fitt.RAND, and those of Part-de.Pai x by t h e Chief of Squadron Rue E RT. General SARRASIN, at the head of 100 men of the 14th Light nfantry, had been detached to join the Black General LA PLUME and General DAR• ants, in the quarter of the South. In that of the West we extend to, and take in, the „illirtGalair, embracing the plains of the Culde-Sac, and of Croi.v.des-Botiquets. The Brigands are shut up in the interior, on the mountains which separate the Department of the North from that of the West, and Pori Republicain from ;acme/. The Chiefs of the Blacks are divided amongst themselves : already some of them have shot one another. The Spanih part of the Island remains unmo tested. The Marine, under the - orders of Rear. Admiral ,LATOLTCHE, seconds with all its glivity the open,- . tions of the land forces.—(Monircur.) All England 'is in agitation, in consequencd of an Article which appeared in. the journal of burgh. Th i e sagacity of the 'Writers of London. has led them to consider it as a great Affair of State,::... They consider it as a Manifesto written by the hand of BONAPARTI himself, as if the First Consul had nothing more important to do than the Journalists. This ridiculous assertion will only have weight with those who neither know the duties of a Statesman, nor the charader of the First . Coniul. He would scarcely have time to write all which these Gentle. men attribute to him. On examining this Article, against which the Writers of London have exclaimed so loudly, only ,because it unmasks and exposes the had faith of E*g/and, far from considering it as a Manifesto, tcti should look upon it rather as a just representatiOn of the disastrous projects of the Party who wish to draw Great Britain again into a W a r, The be s t answer to this pretended Manifesto would be, to prove that the British Government was sincerely de. termined to adhere to its Treaties, and to perform its. engager ents v 3,30 t as long 41 she !eittses 4 49. 19, Frenchmen ought at ►east to he perinittod to tell it, and Europe to heat it. Undoubtedlj► it is not France that can be supposed to wish to renew the War, while the remains of her Marine are abroad, and while she has so much occasion for Peace to restore her Manufactures, her Colonies, and her Marine, to their ancient splendour. It requires only common sense to see this. ....But thieves. 'who fear the light, refute to look at it, :Whatever may be the result of this quarrel of words, - • Framit, who fears the renewal of War, will have much less to fear than those who provoke it ; and we may reply to the learned and ingenious Journal. ists of London, that if there are Vandals in this dispute, they will not have to do with degenerate Romans.—CThe Manifesto is then given at length.) The First Consul has been at St. Cloud since Monday. General BERNADOTTE, Minister to the United States of America, has departed for Rochfort. The Session of the Legislative Body will, it is said, close on the 5111 of May. OfHeidi Intelligence has been receiver! at Stmt. burgh, that the First Consul will arrive there about the end of next month. GENOA'. MARCH 26.—We are assured the if to rupture takes place between Fr.zec and Ekgiamd, numerous Corps of French Troops will roc"- t o Sicily, with the consent of the Ktgeof to undertake from thence, as soon as an opportunitY. offers,• an Eztpedition against Malta. ..TheCNs t6 of Genoa and Tuscany have 'been. put in the best .state of defence. Tile Garrisons of the Islods Elba and of Corsiea have been reinforced. Gencr al i Mu RAT will command in. Chief in Italy. VIENNA, MARCH 3t.—The Azofletrice P ALA4 .. TINE arrived the 2ISt of this month at Craceo...°l On the 101 the Psince safely passed the Vistalas; near Rachow. The journey df the PatztCi ,P 4l . ? ' ••,.' TINR particularly relates to the interview whltif: is to take place between the two F.Mperors in • the approaching Spring : it i 3 believed that it will tolte place on the DneiSter, anti probably at go/xi/rid:. It is fully confirmed that a Camp of .SO,OOO men. will be formed at the same time, in the envirotwei idrfikers. Letters from chat City state, that order!: had been received fur providing forage fur 16,0 0 . Horse. Some Regiments from Moravia will like wise march to the camp. % The ARCHDUKE CHA R L ES 1133 beer well ies for these two days ro labour in his office. We 1 . pea-here to-mortotv the decision of the the pii n i pal -cettilasion of ti•c..tepeteastesssa Yl 7 - imperial Ratification will be given in fifteetiiii s at farthest. 13aussals, Aratt, 9.4oConfortably to tnetio . struaions which have been received from Pails, the:. following military movements, have taken plftee The 95th Demi-Brigade of the Line embarked fiat . Fluthiv, where it is now in garrison; the sot Demi-Brigade, which was in garrison at 204 4 , embarked on the 4th for Zealand i on the 6 th . about 200 Cannorteers embarked for the saree Various other bodies of Troops are marching tea wards the Frontiers of the /3atavian Republic. Hncot, APRIL the same uncertainti exists with sespeci to the question of War or Pe l44° and thb result is a stagnation of Commerce as iu,. rious as if we were actually at war. All our Porti.:. are filled with vessels inaCtive ; the MerchaUtSl:l":. ceive no commission, nor dare they venture t d I give any ; all the great enterprises fur W hich' the Government has established prizes, or whet, encouragements, remain unex'ecuted. The Greenland • Whale Fishery, the Commercial Expeditions to _ China, which, in order to arrive at theirdtititi li tions in proper time, ought to have by this s lO6 e• departed, silt remain waiting the i s sue of ;he 14 • .gotiation. The Belgic journalists have announced, that i" case of War, the Batavian Government will tgulP an Armament of twelve Ships of the Line, siitriga tcs • of the first rank, and some other Vessels ales. This intelligence is premature, an,l . the !tea ° fa. : would have no effcel under the present circus'; stances, as in the eventuf a Rupture with Eagtinia' our Ports would be blocked up by a Wei° Fleet, which would prevent ours from saili n g; Such an Armament, besides, must be•equipPed with , excessive difficulty, in the present etitical sit l33 " tion of our Finances. All the French Troops destined for our Tern' tory have arrived at Bide, and in the Environs t hey consist of the 3d Regiment of Hussars, ill t Ith of Dragoons, the two first Battalions Of 'II° 76th Demi.brigade of Infantry o f the I,ine) ..t h t two first of the 48th, and several Companies 0 Artillery. The Batavian Government has been informed, that besides the above Troops, it ill receive on its ter , : ritdry four Battalions of Infantry and three Squadro ns of the ist Regiment of Hussars. . These Tronr s are expeftatt to.cmrtow at gic4,