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to will away with a dash of your pen, Conquests which had been earned at the eypence of the best blood of Britain, of which millions of British Mo. ne y had been expended in the cultivation, and from w hi c h Millions it, return were calculated to he drawn, had ynu then declared that you meant no. thing more than experiment have heard of ,; man serriv, fire to a temporary edifice for the purpose of ttying the experiment of eXtinguishing it ; hut I have nor, I confess, in my journey through life, met with one mad enough to try the same .exveri in,nt upon his own dwelling, in which were his wife, his children, his friends, domestics, and trea sures—or atrrmpt, at the risk of his whole posses, sions, to establish a point doubtful in its effect, and fatal in its failore.-..-Such a Philosopher must fall under the censure of being Nature's Fool, without tetidring-the a ,, istarice of Mr: 'ActotNGTori's Rat. tiocivations.—No, Sir, if Peace was an experi. went, it was an experiment on the side of 80NA.., TARTR, who ha, succeeded in every part of it.— He hos gained by it the experience of our Imbecili., ty—he has gained all the Conquests and Colonies, made in the course . of a long acid successful War ; he has gained time to make new Continental ac. quisitiong ; and he has gained the advantage (the greatest of all, as it respeas the Continent of Eu. rope) of placing Great Britain in the light of an Aggressor--convicting her of a 'Breach of Faith, and !iegradMg her in the eye of surrounding Na. -dons. - I much fear that the fraMe and nature of • ourConritution will not stand the expense of many more such experiments! YOur Friend, Sir - , who professes to maintain a Paradox (a profession that was certainly :unnecessary to any person Who has read his Pamphlet) lathents that we had not_ mole conquests, more acquisitions, not to balante . onclosses, but that we might have givu them up / 'This savours more of system, Sir, 'than any thing,i which with the strictest attention, I halve, been able tei discover in your Adininisirat ion ; fatale prineiMe. which•ltads you to think the Country better with. out her Colonies, may be tr aced in .your conduit towards the Volunteers : you, no doubt, consi der them a more el - Fee:Jive force without arms in their hands, and !hetefore refaie to supply them with such useless weapons of defence. The Enemy is . at' our very gates, and our Volunteers are un armed !—" True," you say, " but they arc Vo " luntecrs still, and the Country is to be saved by " the brave Volunteers; we have publicly thanked " them for their future services, and if we think " it expedient, we may give them musquets—in ‘f time." .This, I swiped, will be something like your early naval preparations (though it cannot be said of either, •Dertrs reprtha pharbit ; and a •Volonteer without arm is no bad accompanyment to a Ship without SaiiC)r6 But, Sir, how. ,can you imagine the Country will submit to be laughed at by your hirelings, for having credited y.our assertions, and relied on your promises ? the high authority of Government to become the stage of a mountebank ? Is the tone, the charatter of Diplomacy to be employed for the vurpmes,ol chicsruery ,and deception.? Why, Sir, if you reA4,ielt the Peace, a Peace a Experiment,. as you would have us believe, did you not wait the gradual de veloperrient of its operation P Did you nbtierve !hot BorrAtAß73 sat down fatigued and 'ittra,sed, like a man after battle, throw aside his .4111)0L1r, lay by. his swotd in the scabbard, and turn ,his thoughts merely to the acts of peace and to his domestic duties ? Did he not, on the contrary, stalk firth, and lay his devastating hand upon the Italian Repubiic ? Did he not pursue his system of aggran. disement pending our negotiations with him ? And yet when the Definitivriteaty w.+4 signed,wes there a moment lost in dismantling our Navy, or disbanding 40,r Army Did we not outstrip the usual routine of business to put ourselves in a state to cry out to France s • " There see our diposition—see what we have done!" without once looking to BONAPARTE, or thinking to regulate our motions by hi.—still you assured us of the First Consul's sincerity, and the angry tumult of your soul would have crushed the daring Libellist who could even sesped the gentle, tradable, and humble-minded Despot of France.---Were the People to suppose that men en. trusted with their Rights, their Properties, their . Lives.and Liberties, were so • utterly destitute of ore. sight, Prudence, and Precaution, as to rely upon a literal Profession, which is all you, Sir, could 1 , •1%e trusted to from the Enemy ?—could they irna.. glee' keida time best means. of_information of what wes actually gcieg forward e .tbe word of Gm— vertneetit • was not to be 'relied on 1-•-No, Sir, the Cetietry has been in the habit of eighteen years Conti,fc!nce in the Charatter and Talents of Admini loration.—They have only now learret,'.and that to the cost - of the little popularity as a weiboneaning man, your Friends conceive you once posses. seal, that r h have been deceived, end that they are lee;., , ,lied at ler their credulity. They have part. ed w ith their Conquests .and theit Colonies, and now are told they were given up as an experiment, 1.) pmehase a phantom. They are, in abort, 'term ed Dtivellers and Fools by those Ministers whose ads have deceived them-rand termed so, because they believed what His Majesty's Confidential Sere vent told them, and trusted in assurances which his every public at corifirmed.—Whether a people so treated are fools by nature, or by Mr. ADDlttorox's persuasion, I leave others to decide, If they - suffer themselves to be so cajoled again, they Must be found guilty of the Charge of Folly, from whatever cause it may arise. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your's, 80. Londor, Oil. 18, 1803. FITZ-ALBION. MAILS. DVS. 44$ tv sp. liambursh x •. THE SUN. 401.5611 QUIS DISCI* gALPUM ♦UDlf*? ? LONDON, ocrgnßm 1803. Spirt:yl4 VesseN part of 'the Jamaica Phil, are arrived at Bristol, They parte4 the &hips for Load9n (-.) leagues West of Cape clear ) , under coo.. voy cf one of the irrigates on the Cork Station, who f'ell is with the Fleet and took charge of them. 'Furs morning a Mail arrived from Dublin, with Papers of the isth. They announce the arrival of Lord CATHCART in that City on the preceding day, ro assume the Command in Chief of the Military Forces in that Kingdom. . • Monday afternodn N I T trC etc Am Lin took an airiPg towards He :nil., PRINCESS SOPHIA of 'GLOUCESTER arrived at Windsor on a visit to THEIR MA J ESTIES, who had a select party at the Lodge in the evening. Yesterday morning the DUKE of KENT arrived at 'Windsor from Castle Barhill, and at half•past nine o'clock accompanied Fits MAJESTY, the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE and PRINCESS SOPHIA 00 horseback, in the Great Pak and vie'wed - the different improve.' ments. Earl Moißit, it is said, lissbeen appointect,Com mander of the Forces in Scotland, and that he is to set out in a day or two for that quarter, Lord EDWARD SOMERSE'T offer. Mmini 11 , c.. ,„, an. didate to succeed his brother the Marquis of, Watt. term, now Duke Of BEAUFORT- in the repro. sensation of the County of Gloucester. An order has been oceived by the Agent far Transports at Plymouth'to provide ',provisions and stores for four months for 20,000 lOW of- shipping. As the transports generally run from, three to . four hundred tons, nearly sixty sail .of t hat description will of course be vidualled, and stored. Government, it is said, are in treaty . foe the par., I • , chase of. the Buildings which were, devoted to the peculation for the manul'afture of Straw,papr.— !Ilese Buildings are held by lea,froin Earl GAOS. ITZNOIt. Orders have been issued by Government, to..pro: hibit in Ircland the distillaticin ofspirirs from, Oats, a measure which the failure of the potatoe crap has rendered essentially necessary. , • Major General CAmrsELL'has returned from his inspetrion of the Country between the City of Cork . and Bantry Bay, for th4illreinfarceinent of which List mentioned place; . 4 46th Regiment,' and a Detachment of Artillernwere immediately'ordered to proceed. It is rumoured at Cork, that Lieut. Gan. LOUR TON obtains a command in England, and will be succeeded in his appointment is, Ireland by ,Gene. ral FLOYD, an Officer of high military skill and experience. Several Papersscontinue to delude the Public with ,absurd!Rcports relative to the Volunteer Corps, not only in the Metropolis,. but throughout the King dom. We are daily informed of orders issued by Governthent to Corps of this description to h e ;,l themselves in readiness to take the field.' There is not a single Corps, either Cavalry or Infantry, in or near the City of London, which has received any such order. Monday next is fixed by Lord HARRINGTON for brigading the Royal Westminster Regiment, the Queen's own, or Queen's Royal, and the Loyal North Britons Volunteers, in Hyde Park. To-morrow Lord HARRINGTON will review the St. George's Bloomsbury and the St, Volun feet's, in the Toxopholite Ground, Gower.street ; after which Sir JOHN NICHOLS, as. Colonel-Coin. mandant, will present them with a stand of Colours; from thence the whole Corps will proceed to dinner to the Free Masons' Tavern. The DUKE of CUMBERLANWS Corps of Sharp Shooters he inspated by General the Earl of HARRINGTON on Saturday morning next at ten o'clock, at the Archery Ground near Gower street. The Countess of HADDINGTON lately presented a Pair of Colours to the 4th Troop of East Lothian Yeomanry, commanded by Lard BINNING ; after which the Troop dined with 1, 9 4 HADDINGTON at Ty ningham. s'artf! Saturday 'se'rirdght tl;ebntirilfitigton Castle and Newbury Cavalry had th444 4 -datidard presented to them by CHARLES DUND A.s,' Esq. Member for the County, who made a very animated and impressive speech on the occasion. The Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall,- conformably to the dots , of his office, which is peculiarly'im_ portant at this alarming crisis, 'represented in very strung terms to the Admiralty the defenceless state ,of that county, but at the meeting of the Lieutenancy ots the third instant, was unable to give any satis. factory information upon the subjr6t, as, heitad not received all answer. What must be thought of the irate of affairs, when the most important depart. ment of 'the national-defence at the-present moment is truss conduded I • On Thursday last as a party of the'Loyal Volun. trete of Braintree and Backing were at , drill, 4n a field opposite to the dwelling-house of the Right Hon. Lord CH/1.111.ES ANSLEY (present Dean of Backing), his Lordship being absent, his Lady, ,with an air of decorum becoming•her een. descended to step into the field, and saluted ''them with a congratulatory speech on -their coming'fok. ward with such promptitude and zeal in defence of their King and Country, at this most important crisis. Atter which her Ladyship ordered every man a glass of spirits, she herself drinking in the' first place to the success of the Braintree and BOcking Volunteers, which condescension was received With the loudest plaudits by all present. The number of Volunteers returned by t he D e .. , puty Lieutenants for Sussex, previous to the 114. tation - taking place, was . : ( itUop. This number has been reduced by GoAmepi,t( l ), 4000, which a re not yet all provided willitArM49(Apathing. The artillery on the 'ectiiii - statilsii have received a necessary supply of ,ammunition for action, and orders to hold themselves in readiness to march at the shortest notice. Cons4lerable Progress has been made in throwing up redoubts at Pevensey. . The new Barracks at Lewes are partly ready for the admission of troops. Three of the vessels presented by the Eaet India Company to Coyernret ; nt are, it is said, to be welt tp Leith Roads, NAYAL NEWS. BRISTOL, OCT. I i.—Arrired the lams, BUT.. LER, Clarendon, DREW, and Bristol, MERRICK, from Jamaica : they parted the Ships for London, so leagues West of Cape Clear, under convoy of one of the Frigates on the Cork Station, who fell in with. the Fleet, and, took charge of them. ~~ FALRIOIITIV OCT. 16.—Arrived the American, Ship PArlinier, Capt. MONCRIEFF, from Balti. more, Maryland, in 55 days, with tobacco, for or ders ; the Danish Brig Adjutoe, Capt. GeLL, from Dram, with timber for this Port ; the American 'Schooner, Harriet and Ann, Cox, from Norfolk, Virginia, 5o days, with naval stores, and again sailed for Hull ; His Majesty's Ship Nimrod, of 20 guns, Capt. O'NEIL, from .Plymouth, and since sailed on a Cruize; the Spanish Ship Cleo. lora, Capt. ANTONIO URIA, flOrfl Monte Vedo (River de la Plata) for Corunna, last from Fyal, where, in consequence of receiving tome damage, she discharged part of ,her cargo of hides, tallow, and specie, of the latter she has only on board 3500 dollars, detained by the Emma Privateer, of Lon. don, of. 12 guns, Capt. WILLIAMS, which she fell in with the 22d ultimo. The Privateer's people on board the Spaniard, eleven in number, are all put on board the Tromp Guard.ship, lying in Carrick Roads. The Spaniards report that a great number of French Privateers are cruizing off' the Azores, and that the Spaniards will not permit any of them to come in, or to bring in their Prizes. Sailed the Dolphin, RICHARD! ' for Cardiff', and, the American Ship Mercury, Capt. SMITH, with 950 hhds. pilchards, for Venice, P. S. It is said that the Brothers Privateer, of ftv. this.pqr,t i , s4. l l}?cured and sent into L'Oricnt. 18.—His Majesty's Ship Lynx sailed this morning on a Cruize off Boulogne, and the CruiZer Sloop on a Cruize off Ostend The Siarex Oak Transport sailed for Deptford. In the Downs the Monarch, Admiral Lord KE ITH, K. B. ; Utrecht, Rear 7 Admiral.MONTAG.o ; Immortalize; RairscrStoop; See/Auer Brig; Blood.: borendand Starling Gun.brige ; Sir Edulard Hughes . and liritannia I.t.isst India Ships for India ; Ranger . and Deptfor, Trzukport3. . . PORTSMOUTH, • OCT., I the , Ship Hon- , duras Pageit, jAS. jAcxsoN, for North Yarmouth, in ballast. Capt. GARDNER is appointed to the Hero, of 74 guns; Capt. SAVAGE to the Boutta Sloop; and Captain TA IT to the rdcano llonlb-vesscl, at Wool. Captain J. MURRAY arrived at the Admiralty yesterday, with Dispatcher from AdmirJl Sir A. MITCH e LL, Commander in Chief on the American Station. On the 12th inst. His Majesty's Ship Gaitges, of 7 4 guns, Capt. FREEMANTLE, arrived in Cork har_ hour from 'Portsmouth ; and on the 13ih inst. His Majesty's Ship the Majestic, of 7+ guns, Lord AMlli3i IV! BP.AUCLERC, arived at the same port. His Majesty's Ship La .P4cchi.; Hon. Capt. KING, went into Cork harbour un the 13th inst. from a Cruize. Capt. BaowN arrived at Liverpool from Bona. visca,wat boarded by an English Frigate off Tent. riffe;"ithith-had4 French Frigate in tow. ,it4;vill • A. Let ter, from Rouen, in Normandy, contains the following particulars You will receive this by the •English young Ladies .to whom Mr. PUGH, an English merchant, dornieiliated in this town, some time ago behaved so very . handsomely. They were in the greatest distress for want of money, and, but for assistance, might probably have perished, at least they never could have obtained enough to carry them to England. • You will naturally exped, that sending this letter by such confidential. means, shOtild say something of . public•afrairs. Our prepa. rations are certainly gieat, and the invasion of Eng: land is in every one's mouth, and yet with every one it is talked,of with indications of doubt and in:. credulity. You may depend on it, that the Country here in general disapproves of the Fizsr .CoNsU condua towards, the In case ,of another Peace, it ; must necessarily check that influx of- Foreigners into. Franca, from which many towns de.. rived great • pecuniary advantage. Somewhat. coupled with this. last observation, is the treatment experi. enced by the-CoNsuL on his late visit to this town,. Of, this I speak as an eye-witness. • He rode round the town, attended by his Aids.de.Camp and Guard, and was gazed. at with a. kind of sullen wonder, bur without one demonstration .of joy -or attachment,. When he coma opposite the Town Hail, . he made a half-intentional halt, as it. struck me, to giite.occa.. sion for some. expressions of applause. : A profound_ Silence seized the multitude. You might literally h on ay . e h N ea o r t t . l a a. single drop. Ina sie.huzza, esfceaw em pc m d. ;r a i d h e e moved on. fiwiesates..have taken place,- and more are expeettekbb , ptiwperson just arrived from Paris, I. hear ,tlungi. apoinfiroas had there. He-says, that not above . oipVoonereial Houses in that metropolis can be, considered_ as perfectly substantial. On the slightest talk of a Loan, individuals both here and there,• immediately draw their did' from the hands of merchants and bankers. 'He.saw soo Conscripts on, the road chained two and two. !They were marching towards the Coast." Died- on the Ist inst. at' Borne Castle, "the amiable Lady . Hitting SINCLAIR, second daughter of the . Right Hon: the Earl of CA6 1114E61; in the rith year of her age„ ROYAL YORK MAHYBONE CORPS. YESTERDAY, at one o'clock, the above Corps mustered about loco members at LORD'S Cricket Ground in the New Road, Marybone, for the gra tifying purpose of receiving a Pair of Colours from ... the fair hand of the Dutchess of DEVoNSHIRE ; the:: sight attrafied several thousand spedatnrwind.gxea t application and interest were made for ticketa„of O mission. The' New Road was'bioCkc4,up,„\vith cat" riages, and it was with the greatest 4`• lsiiily,, ,I • party of the. Duke of G L O UCEST BR?S g '., F 9. :c O; 4.t .S regulate the admission of persons witli y tic is, in a prevent the , crowd resorting . t 0 ... the our fro _ gaining admittance, who were not provided With tickets; the Members of the Cords .had great diffi: , ... culty in pushing throUgh the crowd. • About OW o'clock her Grace, - accompanied by . her lov el y daughters, the Earl and Countess of BEsocraotioni Lady ELIZABETH FOST'Ek, the Countess Zniaci.,: vEsx, from' Poland, Miss CA' KoLitte 'ST. 'JULES,: the Miss FARQIIHARS . , and several other PersOns of Distiniion, arrived on the Ground in four car: riages : on their entrance they were ieceiVed by a grand salute by the whole Cotps; who formed a and_ commander of the Corps, Who line with presented arms, and the bandiplaying. .. Her Grace and Party were received at the Pavi.., lion by Lord DUNCANNON, her Grace's nel'h cv 't Noble Aunt and Party tr. a iinir Ogled in front 1 3 E the Pavillion, with the Devonshire Arms ricitly• carved at the top, and inclosed with, crimson cur.., tains. The line was then formed into Companies, concluded his, and marched past her Grace in slow and quick. t ,_ al f three deep; a line was again formed opposite n L eg • Grace, when the Grenadier Company, attended "Y the noble Colonel, a Lieutenant and tteo floign't rtiltrelted quick time with 'the full band playing, a!'" on their arrival at the box they halted, *hen her Grace stepped forward and , presented the Colours; the eginient of accompanied with the following Such ' • ibis s Lord, lam happy to have the Honour of pfcseining your Command, with their Colours, as it gives me atioppbiT.,. tunity of assuring yeti of my cool wishes 31,d anmety for you . welfare. • 1 hese sentirhintslre increased by the- cause-in which per' are e engaged, for you arc called upon : : to defend the haPiq, - ;1, 1 ;'' RoyarYork Mary-le-bonne Volinucers,imiler ! Ipeidence of your Country, and in such ,„,,FAmq- p. p.,., found everything that can animate your e er i )rfs.,, . :.. -: The teal and" imeriatisin you havie wires '''s et4i. i ,1 41 ,, 11 k 1; .. crease with the dangers which may threate /a, : 7 4 ti ''''' surest plzdges of your ultimate AuccgSS ' ' , / 1 “ ' " ' r- Tile near anit great iiitereSi'l l 'iake in . ours,''tub' if, e ; I p il ti i thorizes me-to say,. wifh 'all mi , I • 3 AI Gv"'" -°'' a wart, ay , , ~, protect yOu 1 ~., . • . ... _ h . e fol. : . 'Lord D t4C • 0 ANNtiN the Colonel, rnailt..t. . joiving answer :- ' - - . • ' • .... • ' - i i of : Madam, Deeply =tin! With ,this iatt6liiig mar,, , 6 our approbation, aflow IA: - in the'itarne-of t h e Cori/s, on l , t • Pave honoured me with ;itei;‘,;4aic • oil-c, '00 111 Y )Y°111.1c.'- .. acknowledgments.' ' ' c'"P.. ‘ I ' . ' • ''. ' . ' vad t , : A 1141444 byLthe endow cause .in uhielLWP , We n g - ilid. and encouraged by your tindnosi - lertne - asrsure,Y colour' should we be , caited upon to owe . t:tho..Entoily;•the .. A We have this tlay.reccived train 0ur.i , af'., 144 ":. 1 i, v , f , ll deta • through every peril,.or rel,inquiltrOnlY Wili'P L " .' ' '' ' •liis..tordsl - ii I . escnted the. Colours. tor t p t ten.,pr • • . Ensigns, - the band 1 - d the grand Reveille, it* p....ye . . Ow the escort of Grenadiers tctutned in. ,51PW, - .t,:,, . !o-the lillei the'ttiOgns having 'take.nt.heft}.o:,g; tn the centre orthe line, the wyt:'' ', ...,f - - ; , - ; l • l W 3 lier7 he Manual' Exercise' and - then a rc' —; '' ' ' at yli l ln ; race by Companies, slow and quick t' rn `;' Zi ut e,; thz - y then formed a line and gave a . go nu .,:; av r Ti g Her Grace 'and. party then prepared h t.' i i yi . the ground, but -when the. collagen- Tre e i ts', . and they were stepping in, • the hoots becam :. five at the noise of the drums, and serfous cur- Avfth th e . sequences were . apprehended,• as-it'.wag matte 0 greatest difficulty the drummers could 15'1 C 1" left understand the were ro• leave off.' ' Th e , --(i t " vitt .' the ground abaut. half pait three ' 01 e' cl ?„ l e .' marched to Brunswick Chapel, in Vppir CV'Ber•C street, to attend Divine Service, and for the ~,,,f .: lours to be consecrated, which were- laid o , l l i i i . e q d Altar during the serv ice: the Sermon was re s, y theßev. Mi. PiNroto, the Chaplain to theCutYl from the tothchapter ofd book of tiJniiiel, a'„ the z izth verse. • • .- • 'iiti o ir " Be of good courage, and let us play.' ?6eAien , fr., id people and for the Cities of our G. 4 IrW it* do that which seemeth him good," '; , ' , - , "l' '''' ~,..' '• . The Rev. Gentleman made ;in excellent Serow!. and compared the text as applicable to the pres.' times, in a very soleMn and impressive manner. _, After the Sermon Mr. PINF oLD went to , t 1 , 4 1! Altar and consecrated the CuioUr s with the mu 1. ceremony. . ded i ' . •The Dutchess and her noble party alien ...• • vine Service. . 4 The Dutchess's party was joined on the grlnif 'll. ,1 by the A Turkish. and Portuguese mbassiW Ai ' so a l g y Alr:PeNsoNnY. The ground had as greo,3 - I , ilt*• of beauty - and fashion as if it had been of June, • ROY AL WESTMINSTER roLVNTE • 'YtSTIRDAY Morning, the 4.th, St h, ' „ ,41 1 ' s a C t oro th p e a K nie in s g %l t i t 4 i e s w C s, or t p o s a m: fi t marched from ftrohemn, helieihr:trld.r,io:(6',itie .„, , of Kilburn Wells, for the purpose of praellsOg !31,40,'. firing. The whole. Muster was about Zoo, "P t ,' t h . - division was under the comm.:lntl of Cyr. 1 . t 11 " k , .; .They . arrived .at ,the: ground about n ine - 0 4 ' 1 ° c i i. i ., and ..discharged six rounds each. —They in r ne ,,,, r ` acquitted themselves .with considerable dexn-rn), and on the hits being counted, as the nien-fired i' r Y o - : seftions, it was fo,und . tho 25 shots were'l" ll . l6 l, - , the 'Target by the 4th Company, 39 by:-she- 5 1 f and 42 by the 6th ; only two shots; bnwevet,Pi . -netrated the Bull's - Eye, and which were-tli4ogf.,; from the 6th Company,-:—After the GebcatflfliiPli•Th,' ea 85 1 d 4 refreshed themselves in the atijoiniiig-'0)1.---_ :, ~ al ot , tertainment, a variety -of evolutionsclivoi,.,, ~,,i;r:-.. t h ro ugh by the Divisions prev ious to thilftlitr‘nrw. 'la , to town. back An overland letter just received from IWO; says,' 4g We hear by the Ship &atm, %%liter 'audio at Point de Gallo, than, previous - t o ter leavillg Batavia, three Frigates had arrived- e re from +111;• rope, with Transports, having -about 300 101 ' ) board. A larger Fleet, - with the Coossioal' atid more TrOilps, Was daily expeeto. i‘l,lll/,!„stilifcr had arrived at Batavia from Europe, arta . 1 . 00 "' h 2 t l tailed on their return with -full cargoes."