The Sun. — London, England, 1803-11-30 00:00:00

the Cbannti. BoNMPARTE is too politic to attempt two InVasions at the saMe moment at such opposite extremes. He may ail this time have been Making a feint of invading England, while his real object may be, by a Coup-de-maim, to seize the whole of Germany, or tome other quarter of Europe, that is at present exempt from , the,dreadful visitation of a French Banditti. While however we offer these observations as a possible speculation only of the ultimate plans of a mind that no human being can fathom, we are very far from wishing our Countrymen to relax in the smallest degree from the state of preparation for Defence, in which their patriotism has so happily placed us. They 'have got over the thorns of Mi. litary Discipline s —it wants only a little perseverance in their present habits to render the share of Mili tary Service required of them easy and agreeable. We are satisfied, such is the state of this Country, and such must be the permanent effeds of it, that if BONAPAITE dues not come now, he will never come. By the information of persons very recently escaped from France,. we are assured that the French Soldiery are not so very eager to make the attempt as we were some time ago led to believe. It had Lcen Indust:l94i represented throughout the ranks * of the French Army, chat larg4 bodies of Log lishmen would be s teady to meet .them on '1.44', landing and range themselves under their s:andards. As these Troops, however, have filed ,down from - Ihelnterior towards the Coast, they have been un. deceived in this respen, and the Expedition has of course assumed a different lisped with them. The Officers in general have no hope of success, anti in the true charaiter of Frenchmen, the Soldiers say, 1 . 4 They are going to feed the fish." Some of the superior Officers, however, affect to say, that if they could land 20,000 of their Grenadiers, they would cause such a, convulsion here as would occasion a National Bankruptcy, and that circumstance they think would be the means of reviving and assisting their own Commerce. Their opinion of the diffi culties of landing their 20,000 Grenadiers, they probably did not think it q . uite prudent to give. Whatever may be the ultimate destiny, however, of the vast Army collected upon the Coasts of the Channel, it seems to us very certain that it must soon be put in motion. Circumstances are arising which render this indispensibly necessary. By let. ters from Rotterdam of a very recent date, we learn that great si:kness prevails among the . French Troops in Holland. The Hospitals were full; and the men in them dying fast. This is not unlikely to be the case_ in the Camps about. Boulogne, which, Must' be very crowded, and in which the habitual debaUcheries of the French Soldiery, iodependenf of other Causes, cannot fail to produce 'the most fatal diseases. As constant reinforcnients, .how.• ever, are pouring in from the interior, the num bers carried off by these diseases are probably not' much noticed by the Soldiery.. theinselves. • Noricu was yesterday given in the House of . Commons by Mr. Awolucrotl, that lie shou4l move, this day, for leave to bring in a Bill to con tinue the Resttietion upon Cash Payments at the Bank. ; • . A Du blin Mail of the 26th arrived this morning; but brings nothing of interest. • Monday eve ning IFLF. I it M 41151116 had a &left Party at the Lodge. Among the Company WM Lord and Lady Hant.al s t anti Mr. and Mrs. fa e a- MANTLX• Yesterday morning fits MAPISTY and the Dun s Of CAMBR Mitt, attended by Lord WALstrottnm, Colonels NIANNINCSUAK and &MD, rode to Ascot Heath, and took the diversion of Stag-hunting. HS I , MAJESTY, and Pa!ttegsses AUGUSTA and ELizAarrn, took an airing to Frograore. Pairlcass AMitil4 l 'attended by Lady WALDE• GRAVE, took an airing by Englefield Green, In answer to a Paragraph in the Mem/tam of.the vath of this month, we can smite, that the FreilOci c.rternt BOYER. It !lOW .on'inftole at Chesterfield . ; andlhat he has never been confined in any prison jtA, England or Scotland ; but,, on the contrary, has had his option of r es idi ng e i t h er at Ashburo, ton, Leek, Litchfield, , or Chesterfield. The Duke of RICHMOND has proposed IA Go. vernment to equip a Corps of Riflemen , and Pioneers, which, we understand, are accepted. Yesterday the Sr. Margaret arid St. - John's Corps, were inspetted by Col, JENxlNsort, in \Vestmtn. hterHall, who expressed the greatest satisfaCtion ,at their soldier like appearance, and the state of their arms, accoutrements, Ac. They went through t h e manuel and platoon Exercise by Companies, with great precison. The whole of them were not dis. missed till after thitk. Monday morning - the 6th Regiment of Loyal LoitAon Volonteets wire inspetleal by 'Lieutenant.. ColoneltHmorAos, in the East: India Company'.: rigid', who expressed great satisfation at their sp.. pearance. They w e re afterwards c on gratulated by Lieutenatits.Colonei Commlinhot of the . Regiment. It is understood that, in future the'Brigaile .Days will be those nn which the Public Offices are shut, for the convenience of many Members of toe thirct tilt Corps who 1)-4)11 to• the Bamc. • It is very str rq t iorted timt SUR R 1 DAN W.a. *: s. ~- NA l' L . 1V Lk J. Port T:MOUTH, Nov. z9.---Arrived the Pels/4W Sloop of War, from the Westward. The Sloop from Barbadoes yesterday, is callitt 41te For;natide. Arrived the Charlotte Schooner from a Cruize. DEAL, Nov. z9.--Arrived His Kijesty's Sloops Dart and Harpy, anti Sulphur Bomb. Sailed the Cori Gun-brig, on a Cruize to the Westward, and the Deptford Transport for Dept. ford. • • n the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Raisonable, 'lmmor ulna, Chainpion, and L'Antaranthe ; VulturE and Merlin Sloops ; Pcrseus, Fury, Zebra, and Sulphur, Bombs Starling, jackal', Minx anti Harpy Gun-brigs. YARMOUTH, Nov. 29.—The William, of Scar_ borough, ROSKRUGE, from London to Yarmouth, and the Orford, of North Shields, HocARTH, from London to Shields, in ballast, were captured off Otfordness by a Lugger Privateer of 6 guns, and recaptured by the Moltke) Gun.brig, and sent in here. Arrived the Bre, BLUSTER, from Liverpool. Sailed De ffif,iuug (a detained Ship) to London. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ON BOARD THE ATALANTt. 4 ' On the toeh of &label' we chased and drove an shore, at the mouth of the river Pennuf, a Brig and two Ketches. Capt. MOREFIELD thought it possible to cut them out, and accordingly, in the night, Lieutenant. I-lAwxtrts was sent in a six. oared Cutter, and Mr. BuNTOI,L, the Master, with the Serjeant of Marines, in a five.oared Cut. ter, to bring them off. About nine o'clock Lieut. HAwKINS boarded and took possession of the vessel nearest the shore, but found her aground; while a number of troops along the beach kept up a heavy fire of musquetry, as well as from ,two field pieces, on his boats, and, at the same time, a party of troops which had got on board the other vessels. After cutting the cable, he found it possible to do any thing with her ; he therefore left her, and went to the assistance of the five-oared Boat which had boarded the Brig, mi/gre the efforts of twelve Soldiers with their muskets and sabres, six of whom we killedi hove two overbtard, and kicked the rest into the hold. Mier. -gating her cable, it was found impossible to get her of ; but from 'motives of humanity, would not sct her on fire, as several people were heard below, supposed to be wounded. ne.first fire from the shore kill_ ed one of our Seamen, and two more were wounded in boarding, but are now doing well." • Capt. DAsHwport is appointea to ccmw the Baccbante, at Plymouth, recently captured frum the French, I Ihe tiatitje (Dutch prize), which was captured by the Cwrothiv Frigate, oh her passage front Bita. Via to Amsterdam, and carried into St. Helena, is arrived at Portsmouth. Me sailed frUm St. Fleiena with the fleet hound to England, :old parted with Allem_ off. -the Me,tern Llands.. The fleet sailed from St, Helena without csynvoy ; the Roebuck Pri vateer, of-LUndon, fell in with them during the passage, and was intending to keep company with them till,their arrival. The prize-tnaster, who has arrived in Town, says, that on Monday evening he saw a Fleet off Portsmouth, steering to the East. ward, supposed to be the above Fleet, or the Fleet from Quebec, under convoy of the Orpheus Frigate. The. Admiralty Board, as we expeded, have demi. officially through their Paper made a sort of defence to ourstatement of the small Vessels sold or tbs. charged out of the service,lt is of little import. ance whether five or six Veisels are sold or remain. We stated that the deficiency in 3mall craft amount. ed to 262 in number, therefore take six from that, and according to COCKER 256 will remain. I t has always been ,the predict to sea, 4nd not break up small . Vessels. .. The Navy Board of course represent . the Ships unfit for service ; they never forbid the Admiralty building new ones, otherwise the 28 Sloops of War to be ready by Christmas Tvelvemontb would, perhaps, not have been contracted for. 520 Gun Vessels, besides Hort and Launches between Poole and Leith—Oh, Co I C,ar, Cocker, tby Arithmetic ! 438 Line of Battle Ships, Frigates, Sloops, Gun. Boats, &c. t4c. &.c. ONLY are in Commission. Lord ST. VINCENT we thiOk came to the Ad. miralty. early In rBot ; Sir HT us PARKER'S Fleet sailed for the Baltic in March 18ot, and the battle Copinhagen was on the 2d April of that year. :A-List -olio Ships of War is officially displayed as commissioned by the present Board from the 7th or April to . August, to prove that Lord Sr. VIN. cisir equipped the Baltic -Fleet : here Corker's "Ch/oindogy might be of use. The account is wound up.witls admitting that . Lord Sv arm E.a: is an honourable. charader, after in. sinuating that the Hired Vessels proved the corrupt Administration - of the late Board. BONAPARTE sent stn .Arab - into Si. Jean de Acre to stab Sir Sig.' NEY SNIMI, and afterwards told Baron HERDER? at I that he had the highest respea for that gal. forte Gffi,:er. It is added, that Lord SPENCER was obliged to see with the Eyes of others. If Lord BPENCEN will only listen with his . own Earl, he .will hear the Echo of general approbation from the whole Navy. .Something, threatening is held out from the COM. missioners of Naval Enquiry perhaps theiCom. .missioners may publish something about Stores sold at the Cape of Good. Hope, .which the Dutch will most undoubtedly pay for. When Lord SPlttii6Eß quitted the Admiralty, - we well recoiled that The speaking of Admirals YOUNG and GAME lel, two of the Lords, observed, that the lois of their abilities woeld not easily be replaced ; now, it seems, that these Gentlemen whom Lord SPENCER placed-confidence in, are to be in a: rnanntr, impeached by these new Naval Cont. .• . . - ..:E:illers—We hope they Will take cognizance Of exirtihg abuses I 'Di dl4l V Vf 11 (.1191Lii We have the greatest satisfetetiOn in giving a place ir•.' our Paper to the following . Letter itnin a Character ,which, in common with the w~ ate corn. inanity, we very highly respeEt and Aciniirt. • We are likewise at all times ready to c(irrea any err?). into which we may be led. That which is pointed out to us its the Noble Marquis':, Letter, arose frOm information conveyed to us through a 'channel which we had no reason to doubt. • SIR, AG.', ritev, Nay. 22, 1303. HAV r c seen in your Taper of rith ult. a paragraph, stating that His Majesty's Stores _at Aberdeen . . were totally destitute of Powder, and that the Militia RegiMents were under the necessity of being supplied , for their RevieWs from the Public Stores of the Corporation of-, the City of Aber deen ; 1 think it toy day, as Commanding .; Officer, of this DistriEl, to request you will insert in your Paper, that your 'information on that point is without the striailest foundation, as the Military Stores here have been always well supplied with Ammunition, since I hive had the honour to command the Northern Distritt. I. have the ifonour to be. &c. &C. &c. 11UNTLY, Major-Gcneial. _ To tGc Editor of The Suv. CORK, Nov. 24.. LAST evening Lord CArlie A rtT, the Commander in Chief, arrived in town from Bandon, on his tour through the Kingdom. He was recerved . at 'the Ho tel {ScitAcce , ) with ihilirary honours,:aml after. wards dined at General MyEßs's, where were pro:. sent, besides his Lordship's Stair, Admiral Lord GARDNER, Captains DIXON and DI Y of the Royal Navy, Lord Do%OGH MORE, Generals Cilium. PAGNE, ERSKINE, and PAGET, IWO enIOtICIJ BAG WELL, Colonel VANDELEurt Of the 46 , h, Colonel, LYON, Sir CHARLES I IGLLOWAY, Colonel WES TIthrP, Col. CAMPBELL, and other Fie7d.Offieers, This day his Lordship reviewed the Brigade tan. der the immediate cotumanil of Colonel VAN') E LEUR, consisting of the 4 6th and Qleen's Gertnan. Regiment, Tipperary Militia (with a detachment of Artillery), and the two Volunteer Corps of this City, the Loyal Cork Legion, and Royal Cork Volunteers. His Lordship expressed himself highly gratified by the condua of the Brigade, and Marti. cularly by the soldier-like ,appearance of the last mentioned Yeotoop.ry His Lordship wends vtsiting.the Forts and Har hour to-morrowoNl, tite,,,94irisoo l at Cove, and will most likely regyse t bitt9ell in the eyenitig either at Lord GARDNE a's, pr under the hoipitabie. ruof 7 of.that. true Nobleman the Earl of SHANNON.. DUBLIN, Nov. 26. NitsTritoAy. came on at Williani.street the Elec.' tion of an Aiderm.in, in the rm.-in of the litte re. speetable A13%1111,1 L t GHTEI UR NR. The L►rd Mayor and Board of Aldermen, hay. ing sent 'down to the Commoti Council the names of Wm. HENR Y.ARCIIRR, NATti. HONR, JOHN CASH, and Alia AHAM BItADLEY KlNG,Eiqrs. a ballot took place, when the numbers for each :I;)l2ared to be, ?Ir. ARCHER. - 30 Mr. Hotot - 3t ?tr. CASH - - 27. ,• • • 11:1r.KING Upon which Mr. HONE wa declared duly eleeted; Wednesday a Prisoner of the name of APDaniel, Was bcought Up to town'from'Rathdrum, in the County of Wicklow,• by a guard of Yeoman Ca valry. He wag br,:n1,, , ,,ht 'to Major SIR at;-the - Castle, who ordered him into a place of safe keep. ink. CORN EXCANGE; Nov. 30. THIIRE is 'not nittelCfnither 'supply of Wheat here so:day, but a good deal' of Monday's re. tnaining, the Prices at small difference ; some little fine Ditntei'l)ii z ferchetl an Increase froth our top pt ice; Satt , li:Of Barley and Malt are heavy, and at rather Pease and Beans of both sorts have little variation ; I t i he 'Oat trade . is very dull,. with plenty, and few foieign cargoes; likewise at lower prices ;. Flour is getting down ; fine•Ameri. can 34. t 0.365. per barrel ,of t cwt.. 3 qrs. Wtipa 44s a 5i a 56s od 'Tick Beans 33$ a 378,6 , 1 Fine ditto . s a 53% 6,1 caats • 2.3 s a a 6. a 27$ Rye . 3oi a 3as SAL Poland ditto .. 28 . 3 a 29i od Barley" . azs a' 2. 7 - od !tape Seed • - 351 a 381 Malt s3s aso 0;1 Fine Flout - aSU White Pease So' aSp od Seco n ds n • 44$ a 4 8 $ Beans . stSs a , t 4sps oft Yesterday the Principals of the Bakers' Company waiied.upon the Right ,Hon„. the LORD MAYott at the 'Mansion-House relative to the As%iie of Bread, when his Lordship, after exainiging• the Meal. weighers' report, ordered the Brad to' be reduced half, an assize, or one penny in the Peek Loaf„ take place to.morrow—The Qoartetri . Loaf will then,he sold for yid. Wheaten, and Houiehohl 84d. A very . singular circumstance' has excited 'the at. tendon of the neighbourh,ood of Leeds, A Oreg. nant female, of the name of Applegarth, has ac. tastily made an affitilvit before the'Mayor‘ of that Town, at the instance of the Parish Officers, to the following et.t That she had been employed at St. Cloud, in France, in the Palace of 'the First Consul, as an upper housemaid ; but was obliged to leave her situation in an early' stage of her preg:. nancy, on the breaking ant of the War, and that BONAPAII,TE is the father of the child." . The plan of driving . the Country, in case of Irma lion, will not be carried to the extent at first intend ed ; and, in case the Enemy should 'Attempt a land« ing, or be seen in, force off the COist," such -Writes and draft cattle only 'as will not be wonted -for , His Majesty's service, are to 'he removed into the in. terior,,, to prevent ghance of their falling into the hands of the Enemy, and being employed against us ; every other species' of lise Stock will be permitted to remain on the 'spot for the use of His Majesty' s f or ces, who will :be ordered to ad, vance to that part of the Coast at which the Enemy may make good, or threaten, a landing. Yesterday morning died, at Pentonville, CostaY N Minutia Fszsws*, Esq. formerly Commander of the Walpole, :in the Service of the flonuurable East India Company,- J 1 / W yesterday gave some Extracts from T I'lai4 Answer to the Cursory Rentaris of a SVen l r Observer ) published on that day by Mr. St9ekdale of Pic.. cadilly. As the subject is so generally interesting to the wbole Catnniunity, we think a few Itirrher ExtraCis cannot fail to gratify our Readers, and ta excite their curiosity to see the work itstlt. Upon a point on which much misconception pre& tailed in the Public Mind, and on which some cent. sure was as rashly as unjustly thrown, the Al6re accurate Observer thus ably and completely cares the line oCcondOd pursued by Mr. Pitt. „, • •• ” If Mr. Pitt disapproved strongly of thetnit., dud of the Ministers on many points, and partim. lady of their errors and blunders in the Negotiatim with France ; if, at the same time, he felt rhat.th4, censure proposed to be passed upon them by Mr. Patten's Motion in the House of Commons, wok, more severe than the occasion justified ;. if be thought that at such a moment particularly it was repugnant to the interests of the nation to counte. nance'a measure, the Oka of which was to 6 , 4ce the Ministers from His Majesty's Councits;• if he felt that it was the duty of Parliament to devote its whole time and attention to the 'westing call tot tuitional defence, rather than to .the ineulpation of Ministers ;ilAthat line of . contloCt . -cculd he have taken upon that question, but that wV,AI has he 'so unjustly condemned ? Whether as much Attention 'has been paia Ate imriorlant point..g o which lag .would 'have , direeted• • the soleiittor.tio n of .Parlia:4: 'meet, as our situation required; 'ks !tether the de gree ttf security (whatever it may ho whim we enjoy be not to beaseribed to the spirit of the pea. pie itself, rather than to any system by which the Ministers have directed that spirit, I will nut here inquire agree that the subj e d :.every body will w.is worthy of immediate, attentive, and serious consideration, and the nation %wield have heeis welt satisfied if the Ministeralhad proposed, and the Par liament had adopted; measures better digested, and better' suited to the exigency of the moment, than any which were brought forward. Mr. Pitt's uni. form object during the remainder of ttie Session was to eneoui-age and sttpport every nse;Oure which tended to give strength anal vigour to the Country ‘, and whenever this task Was negleCted by the Mini.. stern; to do all that depended upon him to supply their omissions. I‘, •Upon the particular Niotion.brouOtt forward by Mr. ,Patten, other courses were Suggested at the time, as those which it would hoc been more Ise,,' coming in Mr. Pitt to have pursued hut,the i olxiit jeaion to all of them . is, that they bekto a,sking of hima complete 'sacritie ttt Opiniooh, • laxity' had been. his ol,j,ct it did nut requi,e sagacity to discover that he cculd ....r a't.on end by forbearing to deli vr r hi, e; A : 0 1 .: scientioo feeling' olduty to his Ki ; I.'",nntry could alone determine . hint to wr;:,,1,1 any jodgL ment uptio the qurstioni but no p.st: r;ews what. ever could possibly enter into such a deeision, Patten's friends; conklerrt that he could not ap° prove the irresolute and. incomi.l,lot. ir.cAstircs which Minister 3 had , adopted in their wh o l e i wer . C - ourse with France, and particularly in the late Negotiation, •an.l.-strongly urging ,the • fatal .elFecla to the Empire, of want' id system ana of firniness displayed on'that occasion, contended that he Should have givers a direa vote ofeenwre; trhtile t h e nisteis,'convinced that they had exci te d a f ee li ng of resenttri6tit against the First Consul of -France, in. compatible, with ail fair and just investigation of their own conduet, called. loudly for examination and decision; They were not deceivatl in their 'ex_ pedatinni; all other cOnsi&ration.i, their own cr.'. rots and ineonsistenc,ieg, woe lo4t in the, content., elation of the insolence, ambition, and perfidy of France: They obtained the failOutable decision of a great majority, rather the eff e ct of inflmned .pes,_ ' slots than ()Icahn . reason ; they 'obtained it (peth4p,,,, in the way most agreeable to themselves) wit)rotie:: a n y examination of the inzasurea which hadd . led tu; the rupture with France." It has been urged against Mr. Pitrond how ever strange it may appear, the opinion has been adopted by sortie other Wise sensible and well.in. formed men. that' his objeCtion to a part of Mr. Addington's Property Tax was solely on the way in which the Stockholder was called.upon to pay his Contribution. That his objection, had much stronger grounds to rest upon is very dearly and forcibly elucidated by the 'note attentive 06. server. " Mr. Pitts parliamentary cnnduCt it represent. ed, as calculated, in a, peculiar manner, to em. barrass the administration of the finances,' and this charge, is supported by an assertion that he raised cry, Oat' the faith of GovernMenr was viol ited by including ,the Stockltolder.in • the Incinne with every. other sp.cit;tt of Proprietor.' Is this; on the part of the Near, Observer, ignorance and mistake, °tit it wilful misrepresentation ? It never, was asserted that the faith of Government was violated by including ; the Stockholder in the In. come l'att ..with every other person c" what Mr. Pitt contended for most foreibly was, that the Stackhotier ihould pay'RQUALLY +with every other Proprietor whatever ;. whereas, as the plan was : originally introduced by Mr. Addington, it was proposed that hl's income, as well as that of au( Landholder, should be taxed lin cases of income of small amount) at a higher rate than certain incomes of the same amount, derived from other sources. I am compelled, as a NecrObserver, to a remark • upon.this occasion, that the4trguments.of . Mr. Pitt - OW not appear to have so mach, weight as his antho. city, i n choziffiiitexiasprisis for the indolent Capital of the Stockholder; while evety other, 'species cif. annual income is liable to tlr just exigency ,of :the State.' Here is an insinu:stion, that - Mr. Pitt ob.' tamed for the Stockholder tionc:t iavourable exemp. Lion, which was denied to other Proprittuts; whereas he contended (as I have said) that the income of Stockholders should be liable to the just exigency of the State, in the same drgrce asAll.therincontes ; that if exemptions from .the tate?wcre granted to small incomes derived from tratle,i.itr,,trurtx. any other source , i t was not.only an injustice; hut a breac4:of f q ;di also, to ,deny the, 8,4111 C .CAMPrtit. , lli tt; the