The Sun. — London, England, 1803-12-30 00:00:00

1:14v101 , ," ot pane, A Rumour lux for some time prevailed) that by the tithe that Parliament meets again, a union of Parties may be so far arranged as to give a new feature to the Proceedings of the House of Com mons,. Upon this surmise the Papers of the Mini. ster, and that attached to the remnant of the Old Opposition, are arguing for and against the Measure, as suits the interest of their respedive patrons and employers. There is no event of course which the hireling adherents of the present Ministry so Much deprecate as an union of talents. It has long been urged against the present Men that from their Ca. binet talent is proscribed, and there has unfortu. nately been nothing in their IVleasures or condat to falsify the assertion-.-a Combination of the great political talents of the Country must therefore strike them with peculiar alarm, and it is no wonder their Supporters cry out, even before tlr terrific being Is embodied that is to give the deathblow to their hopes ► We have reason to believe that some approsirna. tion has taken place between the principal personage of the Old Opposition, and some of the Leading IVlembets of the New—We• certainly have never been admirers of Coalition since that in which the person alluded to was a principal Aftor, and which Was unquestionably formed with the sole view of opening the door to Placc•..but new and difficult elrcumstances lead to the overcoming of difficulties that would otherwise appear insurmountable. All thinking Men are at the present Moment seriously alarmed at the actual situation of the Country's.. t , :ever was Armless, and vigour, and wisdom, and c2periertee more necessary in our Councils than now, end never certainly had the Country an Admini. titration so destitute of every'requisite quality+ ..k becomes therefore the especial duty of every man' to 'unite in the endeavour to produce such Councils as may replace the Country on the high ground, both with respea to domestic and foreign relations, which it hat held for so many years. Au Min are ready to acknowledge the pre.eminenr . talent which has Mote than once saved it, and the Nation in general look to the Mile quarter fur similar effeetse . —and if to that talent were united the support of the most able men of the Old Opposition, we should not de_ split of regaining in three months every thing that has been lost by pusillanimity and indecision.— The Powers of the Continent would restore to ut their confidence and respeft, and we should Yet hope to see amongst them such a combination as might put limits to the destruflive ambition of France, and bring her back to that point at which the could no longer overwhelm the weak, and im. reriously didate even to the strongest of theZuro., bean Powers, with the exception alone of Britain, for which exemption from Gallic tyranny and power, we arc solely indebted to the good sense and patrotism which form so prominent a part of the English charaCter. • That Mr. PITT views with great concern aed much inward disapprobation the Measures of the present Ministry, may easily be supposed by all who know the vigour, decision, - avid disinterested- . ness of his own great mind, and that he will not feel it his duty to speak his sentiments fully and ex plicitly, it %Ponta he an injustice to his Patriotism to-suppose. Should then the sentiments of the two greatest men in the Country, when they become both to be fully known, tend to a point, or nearly so, upon the Line of Policy adopted by the present Administration, anti the feeble and temporizing Measures to•which it has given birth, who would not tejoice that, in the crisis which we have reach ed, their conjoined talents were to be exerted for the Salvation of the Country have ever disap. proved of many of Mr. Fox's political principles, and we may have again to find fault with many of his opinions; but if Mr. - Fox now thinks it right to exert his acknowledged talents in union with the greatest Statesman and most virtuous Minister this Country ever possessetli these talents so exerted we shall think capable of covering a multitude of pan ptsliticid transgressions. That Mr. PITT will pursue with the most generous and disinterested ardour, that line alone which leads to the general • good, we het the 'most perfect conviaion ; and she CitellillStalleti of the Country site such that to enlarged minds, and enlightened political pereep. tions there can be but one way of working out that Salvation—that is, that Men should hold the reins 'of Government aftuated by higher motives than the mean and selfish love of place, and whose ideas soar beyond the little expedients of the hour in order to Preserve it. New-York Papers►, of a datelarber old, arrived Yesterday. The orders of the President for tak. log possession cf Louisiana in form, according zo the Treaty of Cet4ion, were dispatched tests* the Senate-House on Monday the 7th November, and were expefted to. retch New Orlettns in eighteen daYt• The 'freciury. of , the State of New jersey hits been lately robbed of 10,914 t'Ot I, NY S COU RT.AI RT lAL YESTERDAY morning the Officers and Non-ram. missioned Officers of the Bloomsbury Inns of Court Associiation met for the purpose of attending the execution of the sentence of the Court-Martial up. on their Drummer Boy for desertion. He. was contlufted from the Savoy by a file of Grenadiers.' The drums and fifes being ranged in order, the Drum*.tnajor produced the cat-o'-nine-tails, and Col. Cox e . read the proceeding oldie Court Martial, with the sentence of fifty► lashes. The Colonel expa. tiated upon the enormity of the offence, and hoped the example would prove a salutary warning to the other boys. A solemn pause then 'ensued,. and the boy seemed very much affeaed. The Colonel then resuming his address, said, in con sideration of the good character Which Colonel MITrORD had given hiM, and the probability that he might not have been fully sensible at the time of the enormity of his offence, the sen. tence should not be inflicted. He hoped that this proceeding would he sufficient to convince all persons in his situation, that they came under the Mutiny Al, and that the Corps had the power of punishing such offences. Had he been tried by a General Court Martial, his sentence, he said, would have been very different. At ten o'clock, the Corps marched off the parade for Chalk. Farm. As the discipline of the day was to consist of the manoeuvres of a sham fight, it was formed into two divisions : the first was under the command of Lieut.-Colonel WArsoN, and Major TRU) sex,who, preceded by an avant guard, march. ed across to Chalk-Farm, the heights round which they occupied, under a judicious disposition made by Colonel WdyrsoN, whose'pictinets of Light Infantry extended to Primrose-hill: The division of attack advanced in column about half an hours afterwards, led by Colonel Coxt, who reconnoitring the strong position of the Enemy, divided his force, arid made a feint of attacking him on either flank. The action commenced by skirmishing between , the advanced parties, but soon became general, by Colonel Coxs advancing upon the Enemy's main body, in front, which being assailed 'by Major Triunes De. tachment on their right flank also, Colonel `VAT. sow's Division, after much smart firing on both sides, was compelled to give way, bUt supported its retreat in good order, nearly to Hampstead ; where being impetuously charged with fixed bayo. nets, they were obliged to surrender to a superior force. It is much to be lamented that a heavy rain came on just at the commencement, and continued al. most through the whole manoeuvres sit the day. THE THEATRE. -- The affelling Drama of George liarnwell was represented last night at Drury-lane Theatre. We were glad to see a numerous Audi. enee, not merely on account of the Theatre, but for the higher interests of morality, as the distresses of this piece "come home to men's busicr_is and bosoms" and are better calcUlated to excite useful sympathy than the lofty woes of the Imperial Tiagetly. Mr. 11,5 JOHNSTON, for the first time, performed the Hero of the piece. 'His person and time of life are Well adapted to it, and his , acting throughoucwas such as to give it due force and efFed . . The only objeetion. - able part was his demeanor, which was rather too studied for a young Citizen who had been devoted to business, and whose ignorance - of . the world had rendered him an easy prey to the arts of a wanton. However, his performance in general was a very affeCting piece of ading. Mrs. POWELL was not equally successful in her conception of Milewood.— She' blended too touch sensibility and grief with the . pride, the rapacity, and the,Aivagf violence of this charade!. Yet she made a strong impression, and gained much applause. It is full time fOr Miss POPE to resign the part of Lucy. Her voice and figure are by no means fitted for Tragedy, even of the domestic kind She is an excellent Comediao, and should he content with the tame she has he. servedly acquired, and may always retain In her proper province. Pow a lA.'S- Thorcighgood,like 411 his performances, was marked by good sense and manly feeling. .• CooKe is soon to play Falltor ain the record t rt , lleerj the Fourth. If he ,performs the charader of the facet iousKnight in this Piece, as well as he did in The frit tart, and in The Merry litiws of Wild. . 19r , ne ither the Public nor the Critics will have reason to be dissatisfied. Wednesday a walking match took place on the Western Road, between two Gentlemen of the City, for a considerable wager. The parties started near Kensington turnpike, for the purpose of walk. ing to the 34th mile stone, near Maidenhead, and to return to the same spot, , being a distance of 47 miles. They are saki to have walked the first 20 m it es in the short space, of three hours and three quarters. We are informed the name of the vilor is Cot.Littawooo, who arrived at the decided spot in the short space of eleven hours, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, leaving his antago. rii . st at the distance of four miles in his rear. The vitlor has betted a considerable sum that he will walk over the same ground in a considerable less space of time, which task, we understand, will be performed in the course of the ensuing week. On Tuesday morning between eight and nine o'clock, a man genteely dressed in black, jumped of the fifth arch of Battersea Bridge , he was tin mediately taken out by some , persons who were tith ing near the Bridge, without receiving any material injury. Previous to his doing the rash let he placed his hat with a paper in it, containing his name, pro. Cession, and place of abode. He was condoned to a public house in the neighbourhood, anti alter being provided with dry cloaths, was taken to his house in Chelsea. 'TheCoroner's Jury have sat on the:body of Mr, Sy Enc.sot (whose sudden death we announced on Monday), and returned a veidid...--Diedy the tettiot of God. After the Aecision` of the• juy, the body waa removed to hia own house in linw.stteet. _on Tuesday the house of Sir W. Curtis, at Sonthote, way broke open and robbed of plate and other articles, notwithstanding a Wattlmmo way stationed on the pretni , e; ; the robbery wits not dis covered until six o'clock in the morning. The thieves remained long enough in the 111'33e to drii is out three or (Oar boi the of AluitirJ. XECAUITINO 171 E (C'enriara' front Ye:teasel Paper.) 4 f it may properly► now become a Matter of don, side,ration, whether this Plan 'night nor be Mate_ rially improved by dividing the , Male—Population of the Kin dons into Classes, on the rinaiple adopted in France, in the Military Conscriptions, and by the last Parliament, in the General 1")- , . fence Bill. By this proposal, the Ballots would proceed in doe order through these Classes, 'accord. ing as the exigency of the Service obliged the Pat. liament to call for fresh supplies of men. • " On the supposition that this principle,,were adopted, the following division into Classes is sug. gested: " 'Fiat Clair.—All Unmarried Men, frdm Sever:teen to twenty-eight years of age. " &cond.—Married Men, from seventeen to twenty-eight, and Unmarried, from twenty-eight to thirty-five. " 7i/rd.—Married Men, from twenty-eight to thitty-five; and Unmarried, from thirty-five to forty. " Fourib.—Married and Unmarried Men, from the last Class to fifty. • " Fifth. All Married,' anti Unmarried Men, who may be fit for Service, not included in the former Classes. " Anti no Substitute to be reeeived of a Class older than that to which his Principal belongs. " It is to be hoped that no exemption from the ef. feCts of the Ballot, would be granted in favour of any person serving in a Volunteer Corps ; and, in general, that the exemptions should be as few as possible. It should also he indispensable, that every l man served in person, or by Substitute. No regulation of this sort can ever be effectual,. if a Commutation of Money 'for Service, is in any shape permit ted. gg Having ,now touched on the different topics conneeted with the proposed Plan, and enlarged on its various parts, it may be proper to recapitulate, and bring the whole into one view. ", Ist, The present mode of Recruiting for Vo. lunteers to be continued, with small Bounties, and attention to Chara6ter of Recruits. " 2d, Vilunteers being found insufficient to sup ply the wants of the Army, men to be raised by Ballot throughout Great Britain ;—the whole Cowl try tg i be diVided into Districts, as nearly as pos sible equal in Population ;---Regimenrg to bz ap pointed to receive their Recruits from particular Distrias ;—in every Dist:ia, to be a superintend. ing or inspeaing Field Officer, to receive and ap prove the Men ballotted, or their Substitutes, and divide them according to the. orders be receives, among the different Regiments, with stria impar tiality ;—Officers, &c. from these Regiments,. :to attend to receive the Men from him, and march !them to Head-quarters, if the ,Regiment is at . home; if abroad, to the Army DeOt ;,I—an InspeaOr-Qe neral to be appointed, from whom the Pispeaors of. DiStrias will receive their Orders. , ' 3ri, The Male Population of the Country to be divided into Classes ; and the Ballots to proceed through them, as Parliament may find necessary, for the supply of Recruits, for the Army, Every man ballotted, to serve in person, or by Substitute. No Commutation of Money for Service to be al.. lowed. 4rh; No Substitutes to he received who have been paid a larger 'Bounty than Government allows for Volunteers, or such other sum as the Legislature may fix ; or who have not resided for sit months, at least, in the Distril where the)' 'enlist.; or who are older than the Class to which the Principals belong. sth The 4pprobatinn of the Inspeaing Field- Officer to be final, and to relieve the Distriet, ex cept in case of Desertion, when the Distrbfl must either apprehend the Deserter, or furnish inother Recruit. The Distrift always to continue respori. bible for Deserters. ' " 6th, Militin-tnen, in a certain propoition.per Regiment, to be allowed to volunteer into the Line; and if within the first six years of their Service, to have credit for it in their Service in the Line.' '' 7th, The term of original engagement for 'the whole Army, to' bd ten years, unlesi the ennutry , is; at the conclusion thereof, engaged in War ; which case they are to serve until a General Peace is concluded. " sclt, No limitation of Service whatever ; they are to serve in any part of the world His Majesty may please to aired. • " 9th, Men discharged after their first engage ment has expired, to be entitled to the following Immunities, by Aft of Parliament : Leave to settle in any Borough, Town, or Place, and follow their Trades, without hindrance, and without pay. mcnt of any Fees, Fines, or Discs, ,vhateveri to be excused serving in the Militia or Army, again; and also from'all Parish Offices, &c. " loth, A second engagement for eight years, to entitle a man, at she expiration thereof, besides the lininunities in the last Article, to a Pension of at least ten pounds per ann. for life, provided he is recommended by his Commanding Officer. " t tth, Men prolonging their Service after eighteen years, with the approbation of their Corn. manding.Officer, to receive an addition to the Pen. sion, of tl. per ann. for eery year they so serve above eighteen.. " txth, One year in the East or West Indies, to be eoniiidened, and counted, as a year and a half. " 13th, Men disabled by wounds, hurts, or ill health contrafted in the Service to receive the Pen. biOns although they should not have served eighteen years. " I +di, Men who serve in the Militia only, to have no Pension, unless disabled by wounds, or hurts, received in the Service. Tsai, All Augmentations to the Army, to be made by , additionallttaualions. The Officers, Non. `eornthisstoned Officers, and Privates, of the ESN- Mistiest Regiment,`to 'be 'equally divided . between the Battalions, as Vas been pradised in the two Battalions of Regiments completed from the Royal Army of R'eserve. " t6th, No Supplementary Militia in future re. and a rethittion of the number of thelVtilitia recommended. " t7th, When a'Regiment h orciered horiiefrcun the list or West Iniiiesi a Men Bounty. to be given to' Stich men as Vcduriteer to remain in Regiments stationed theiel . but `none to be dratted-against their conient. " iii,, B. Thil Article his been of late years in prattice hot - Whether or not it is sannioned yang positive Regulation, the Writer is not certain. " The Writer cannot conclude this short Essay, without making a few remarks upon the nature of the proteelion this Country is likely to derivefrom the Vo!unreel Corps. Although no man existirg feels a higher degree of National Ptide at the pa triotii eXertintis which have been made in every part of the Kingdom ; although he is ready to ad_ mit, that for the spur of the occasion, and the ex:, hibitiOn of that spirit of determined resistance to a cruel and unrelenting Invader, which our situation called for, the Volunteer Corps have been peel', liarly well adapted ; and although he is still farther :willing to allow, that they have already done the State materi a l service, in as far as their numbers, and the state of discipline at which many of 'them have arrived, give us every rational hope that they will afford efreelual assistance to our Regular Army, in case of a sudden attack—Yet, there are so many poWerful reasons fur considering the Volunteers as a temporary resource, that it cannot be doubted, our Minister has it in contemplation, to bring for.. ward some other important 'measures for our more permanent security ; and it is most certain, every reasonable man expeas and desire's that at all risks, these measures may be efficient. The Enemy we have to deal with is no less crafty than ferocious t • if he makes an early attempt on this Country, we deceive ourselves creel!). if we suppose a failure will deter hiM from any future attempts, or enable us to' lie down and size') in security. No ! Such appears to be his determined hostility, that he will only make use of the experienee Obtained in hitamisfortones, to improve In his subsequent attacks. ' a enntest, then, spun out . 10 a length without term, even in prospeCtive,' is it to he supposed, that the spirit now existing in our Volunteers, can continue in its vigour ? In a war of desultory attack, ow cond.. nual alarm, which our Enemy will assuredly have recourse to, if we continue to rely on our Volun leer Force,in such a Wio.fare, is it. to be ex peeled that our Volunteers can.enthire the hardships of Campaign after Campaign, harassed by marches in all'seasons, and in every vicissitu le of weather, to the Coast, and from one part of the Coast to ano.,. rher without intermission expett this, from corps formed on such a principle as theirs, would be idle indeed ; nor could it be advantageous tea for State, that the individuals composing die principal part of these Corps, should be so employed ; and, unless they are so employed, and can so aet, :they 'are unequal to our permanent defence. " Casting an eye to our Sister Kingdom, no one can deny, that the Volunteer System ,is to,ither. adapted to•its situation, nor , equal to its defence; and that, on our Regular Force only, cm we rely. for its security. Under the powerful impression...of these sentiments, the Writer (and he hopes with out any prejudice or partiality in favour of his own Pro.- lession) can look alone s . to the estAblishment of tt , 'powerful Regular ArmY, f)r the safety of his Court. `cry : and he sincerely hopes, he may have contri4,: 'huced something to this great by the Plan he 'has now proposed." - CORN EXCMINGE, DeC. 30. THE expetaetl supplies of Grain are not, ye.t ar. rive(' ; the ,Trade , in gent;ral is . vi4ry and. few buyers ; tine ycllicar ' clitte - retiee;. Barley and N.lait are getting cheaper ; Pease:and. Beans of. both sorts area trifle lower.; (ring, to the late good supplies of Oats, that article is hero, in toleridile,quantity, a,nd,Rearly last prices, as is Flour.' Wheat 4chi•a, , 46s aso oti Thitihuhs 3as . 1 4,340 oct Fink:ditto 5135 a 57S did '4lis 184 it '204 zio eft Ry e 29 a' 3 I's oct chtfo • A. 14 a ISS ' 6I Harley 20t; a 243 6ii l{ape Soca Sat ' . 513 a 50 : oki, Eitw . .155,4 sos . White Pease 42s a 46s etl SQctiiticis .los cd Ileqns 345 a 3Si. An elegant, Ptize .Medal„ the gift of CAO)I4 i t x, tea c apt;liu ap's Company a aiptb...: Men, was ~sbot for, on Friday the West. gate Qtiarr4”l, Newc at i, e ; 2+6 shots were: fired, and nut of that nionnet, 492. ‘vcre lodged in the Target ; tliedistance was.t2o yards, being the ut., tua4t length of the quarry. MAR Lis °Anti ou.Sra, F. Ti—t.”lterhy a case of singular nature came on at this office. E,lnel.beth,Lcs. ley charged illatgaret Lriley with violently a.,,satilt— ing htr on Tuesday last. ,The Pro , ecta trix was m3r , t ied oa the t tth inst. to hetiley, 3Ch keeper, residing in Camden Town. On her corning to her new habitation, the was coolly received by' Itotre..., keeper, who was there, and afterwards insulted ; f wt , which reason she was dismissed her ice. On the day mentioned, the Fr4oner attacked the wife of Lesley, in the meet at Catnden ToNn, , ear i,, g o ff her clothes from her back, her pockets irorn bet side, and swearing with bitter threats that she, would , not rest until she had lost her lift in the graiification her revenge.. The Prisoner positively AecLred her. self to be the wife of Lesley, having been married to hirrisorne years'iinee in Aberdeen, and had borne him elevoi children., She did not deny' the assault, but said ihe, meant no personal violence On the Is - attics, but had been aduated from a distresso mind to stop the Prosecutrix. in the street,:„ L eb l iz y being called on, stated, that thy Prisoner had been his housekeeper, and had:cohabited with him, hit ilia tile never was married until the t t aft init.'when he was married to the:Prosecutrix. He contidered his life to be in danger horn the.-threilts uso of by the Prisoner. Theliußiness .Was remarided 0)61 ;I . letter, should be, written to. Aberdeen, tive to the defencLt of the ?ris:mcr. Avery beautiful and elegant tvonn who stated that she is the wile of a Peutlemao whom she triit . era, residing in 'Cortiberland Place, Oxfor&street, attended at the Office, to maize a charge against u black Tnan named lob" liedm7y, vAlet.dr-chatiabie to her husband, in which she alledged, that he had"de. famed her char:i4 . ter. The matd, tivt cook, and wine other of her servants, sitten led with her, tind 'tub. stantiated the charge ; but the Magivrate obseived, that the ellEe did not Come uncler the cognizaret of a justice of the Peace, hlit MU the subjett of higher court, it* an aetion fur defamati on , an d therefore he advised the Lady to ITursue that metho d of punishint the fellow. He Wfit, of course, dis- Charged, .~