The Sun. — London, England, 1803-12-05 00:00:00

r HOUSE OF COMMONS, IMPERIAL PAR4IAMENT. sATURDAYI DSC. 3. Waliott , a brought up the Report of the C‘asiinit tee up n Expiring Laws. The Resolutions were read ohl agreed to, and Bills were ordered to be hr tight in pursuant to them. Mr. Secretary YORKS brought up the Copy of a ProelatnitiOn issued by the Lord Lieutenant of Ire. land, bv His Majesty's CoMmand, upon the subjed of th. Distillation of Oats, which was ordered to be laid on the Table. Mr. Coital' gave notice, that on Monday he should have a Motion to make on the subjeit of this Proclamation. Mr. HoSHOUSS brought up the Report of the Committee for providing for those who may suffer in consequence of the Bill for providing fur the Re. itietice of Curates, &c. Resolution read arid agreed to ; and a. Bill was ordered to be brought in pursu. ant to it, on the Motion of the CHANCELLOR of , „ the EXCHEQUER. Sir F. BuiDerr presented a Petition on behalf of the Churchwardens and 'Overseers of the Poor of the . Parish of St. Pancras, in the County of Middle. sex, setting forth that the Duties of their Offices had increased so much, that they wanted Assistants to be appointed to enable'them to do justice to their situations,. &c. Referred to a Committee. The CH ANC LLoa of the EXCHEQUER gave no. lice, that on Monday he should propose a Motion,, in a Committee, for investigating the joint Accounts between Great Britain and Ireland. Mr. HOSHoUst brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply on certain parts of the Naval Service voted yesterday.— Resolutions read and agreed to. • Mr. VANsITTART brought up a Bill to indemnify such Persons as have omitted to qualify themselves for certain Offices, &c: as required by Law, &c. Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. Mr. Coatis gave notice, that he should, on Monday, move for Instrutions to the Committee art this Bill, that they have power to, extends its Provisions to Ireland. ' Mr. CORRY brought up the Bill to continue, for a time to be limited, the RestriCtion on the Bank of Ireland, from making Payments in Cash.—Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on MAiday. The Bank of England Restrillion Bill against Payment in Cash, went through a Committee of the whole House, in which the Blank for the continu. snce of the Bill was filled thus- 4 . 6 until Six Months after the restoration of Peace." • The Report was ordered to be received on Mon. day. The House in a Committee of the whole House passed a ResCiution on the Portugal Wine Bonding Duties, and also extended it to'Spanish Wines. The Report was received immediately, and leave wasgiVen to Wink in a Bill in pursuance of this Re. solution. TO CORRESPOND.ENTS. AGRJCOLA is received, and shall certainly have pare berm diately. MAILS. DVI. &IMMO. Gattenburgh Hariburgli 2 PRICE OF STOCKS, Tllll DAY AT T WILY* O'CI OCK. Consols - Oulnitnn • .•• Si I Rcd. • S4i THE SUN. IOL&M QUIS //ICUS 1415U4 iiVriz4ll? L ONDO N, DECEMBER s, 1803. OUR Plymouth Letter of this morning furnishes a sample of the miserable fabrications that are resorted to, to amuse and delude the French People. A Car. tel which left Mor•laix on the ' tst instant, brings information of an account having been spread there, of the Invasion having actually taken place from the eastern Ports of France anal from Holland, of its having succeeded, and of the French Troops having marched vidoriously three hundred miles into the Country► ! When the French Government resorts to such miserable falsehoods, we may fairly infer they consider their hopes from the Expedition against England as completely desperate. Yesterday a Mail arrived from Jamaica, brought by the Lord Charles Spencer Packer, by which we have received journals of the Bth Ottober. An article in the Paper of that date informs us, that a Vessel arrived at Jamaica had been boarded off Cap Frontal' by His Majesty's Ship Blanche, from which information was derived that the French Troops at the Cape were at an allowance of a plantain and a half a day, and were hourly ex. peded to Capitulate. The Fleet from Jamaica was to assemble at Port Antonio on the loth ult. and to sail for England on the tsth. The Boats of the Theseus, of 74, had succeed. id in cutting - out the French Corvette, La Sa. oeS4 , from under a heavy fire of the Batteries at Fort Dauphin. Ttys' Boats of the _Der'iree Frigate had a!so cut out the French Schooner L'Aiarobie S4b;e, from iVionte.Christe ; both of Ciese vessels had arrived at Port Royal ; as had also two .},stench Brigs and two Sri:outlets, which, with the Town of St. Marc's, had surrendered to the Vanguard, of 74.. The Troops in the Town had been sent to Cape Franc s. A French Sloop from Jeremie, bound to St. Jago de Cuba, with Troops, prize to the Mous Sloop of War, had arrived at Port Royals the Troops were sent to St. Jago. The garrison of Fort Pirsoltim had surrendered to the Thema, and were sent to the Mole with a French General and his Suite. The Garrison of dux Cayes had offered to surrender, provided a sufficient number of Vessels were sent to carry away the Troops. The Spanish Captain. General of Yutacan had again demanded the surrender to him of the Eng. lish Settlement of Honduras. On the forenoon of the sth of OLober a slight shock of an earthquake was felt at Kingston. An attempt to set fire to the city of Kingston, on the night of the 3d of October, by some vile incen. diary, had been discovered soon after the fire was kindled, and happily extingtiished. Rear-Admiral DACILIS is going out to the West Indies in the Courageux, of 74 guns, which Ship takes out a Convoy. We presume the Rear-Admi ral is appointed to the Leeward Island Station. We are happy in being able to say, there is no • truth whatever in the report of the loss of La Pir. glair Frigate. Tlf R Gazette of Saturday contains General Or. ders issued Offi from ce of his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, commanding all Military Officers below the rank of General, who do not be. long to any particular regiments, to report them. selves in person to the General of the District in which they reside, in the event of a Landing being elicited by the Enemrin any pert of the United Kingdom. All General Officers not employed on the Staff, are also requested immediately to trans. mit their addresses to the Adjutant General. All the Accounts brought by the last Mails concur in asserting, that the Court of Petersburgh is admit. ed by a spirit completely hostile to the French Go. verntnent. Dispatches'are stated to have been sent from Peterrburgb to the Courts of Stockholm and Copenhagen, declaptory of the sentiments of HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY upon this subjeift, in which these Courts entirely concur. It is also stated in a Letter from Han:burgh' of the s Bill ult. that several Russian Noblemen of distiottion who had reached Frankfort on their route to Paris, had received intimation fo suspend their jour ney until the question of Peace nr War, now at issue, shall be decided. Of a New Levy of 60,000 men having been ordered to augment the Russian Armies, and of the Russian Fleets in the Baltic and the Black Sea having been ordered to be got ready for Sea, there appears to be no doubt. It may be doubted, however, whether Russia has not suffered the season tar efedive operation to pass away, and whether the Court of Petersburgh has not allowed itselito be cajoled by BONAPARTE ) until its interference must for some time at least be rendered in a great measure 'useless, whilst the cunning Tyrant of Fratice seizes the opportunity to trample upon the Rights of Independant States, and to replenish his exhausted coffers by extorted Loans and forced Requisitions un less it may he imagined that the 14 lasi. CONSUL will be inclined to : _ purchase the forbearance of Russia at any price, and will thus surrender up the prospeti of that golden harvest which he seems to have promised himself in Germany. That such ah event, however, will take place, there appears very little reason to suppose. BONAPARTE has amused Russia daring the Summer with fair promises' and solemn protestations, and now when he knows that that Power cannot immediately at to thwart his schemes, he throws off the mask, and exhibits a French Army in Germany, demanding Loans, or rather Contributions, from the neighbouring States, in a tone and manner which those States will find it difficult to resist : for how are they to resist de mands like these, backed by the Bayonets of a French Army at their Gates, when, without pre. vious concert and co-operation, they have not the means of collating a sufficient force to support their own Dignity or maintain their own independence Added to this, they must still be, further intimi. dated by the conviction, that France has at the pre. sent moment a large disposable Force, which may, with little difficulty, be marched into the heart of Germany, diftating, with the most relentless ty. fanny, to the whole of that Empire. It may then be seen that the whole of the Con. tinent of Europe,' with the exception of Russia, is completely at the mercy of France, and it is indeed to be lamented that Russia has opened its eyes too late to the fatal consequences of suffering a French Army to obtain a footing in Germany during a period of profound peace with the latter p ower , thereby paving the way for all those calamities which now threaten the greater part of Europe, and for all those humiliating Insults and that abject de. gradation to which 'the States of Germany are now peculiarly subjected, Considerably too much stress has we think been laid upon the expeded benefits to be derived from the active intertereoce of Russia. That Power, as we have already said, cannot at with effed for some time to come; it is in vain to sup pose that Austria will embark in a new contest with France, unless Russia leads the way ; P russ i a is a mere instrument in the hands of BONAPARTe, and cannot now extricate herself from that 0..1..11- dom in'which site is held, without it straw, wh i ch might involve in its event' the loss of her independ. ence. Sweden and Denmark are them s , e l ses i„ im mediate danger, totiess respect by the prompt and eflicaciutis assistance of 104514, in this 9ltuatioadaiadxf little is at presem to VC hoped for from the tartly movements of Russia. The Continental Powers have hitherto remained inafiive spectators of the preparations of France, without once reflecting how easily these prepara. tions might be turned against themselves, and with so much the greater effect, as they would be taken unprepared. BONAPARTE has a large disposable force at command, and is restrained by no consi derations of honour, by no bond of amity, by no tie of faith ; the gratification: of his ambition is his only objeft. hi may be said, that we have drawn a gloomy pidure bf the state of Europe, but it is unfortunately nothing but what is warranted by the real situation of affairs. However cheering the prospeCt may be of any alive interfer. once on the Continent, which may eventually check the career of France, it is a distant prospen, and we think that much too san. guint an expectation hat bun expressed by many upon this subject. BONAPARTE has outwitted the Continental Powers ; he is already in a menacing attitude of hostility, whilst they are in a position of Peace, and have all their preparations to make before they can venture to engage in the combat. A Datiti Mail of the se.t inst. arrived this morn_ but brings no news. Yesterday morning the ROYAL FAMILY attended Divine Service at St. George's Chapel, and heard an excellent Sermon preached by Dr. DUVAL, from the xoth Chapter of St. Matthew, and 8 and 9 Verses. As the ROYAL FAMILY passed from the Lodge, the 13th Regiment of Light Horse,the Staffordshire Militia, and the Windsor Volunteers, were drawn up in the Court Yard opposite the Royal Standard, and they gave His MAPISTY a Royal Salute.— His MAJESTY conversed with Colonel Root, their Commander. ROYAL HoNT.—On Saturday morning fin MA. PUTT' and the DUKES of CAMBRIDGE and KENT rode to Ascot Heath Race Ground for the purpose of hunting a fine yorang Hind. About eleven o'clock the sport began; at starting the Hind took by Ingram, passed across the Camp ground towards Warfield, by Mr. NvIiLCH'S Park, makirig a double back by 'thc Dog kennel, across the Race Ground, through Sunning Hill;„t,aking the right through the Bogs for Swinley, where", she got into a herd of Deer, from which the Yeoman Packers got her out and th Chace was resumed to the right of Tower Hill ; she was taken after a hard run of near two hours. The Hind was a present to Hits MAJESTY, with several others, from Mr. POYNTZ. ' Friday evening His Royal Highness the DUES Of CUtAtitlt LAND arrived at Gen. WHITILOCKE.S. at Portsmouth, from Winchester. His Royal High. ness was on the Parade on Saturday, and at two o'clock he inspeeted, on the Glacis, the Hanoverian Legion, with the Worcester and North Gloucester Militias, in garrison. His Royal Highness dined afterwards at the Military Club, which %vs' held at the Fountain ; Col. VAUGHAN, of the Meriotieth Militia, in the Chair. Yesterday His Royal Highness the Dues of CUMBIL4LAND inspeiled the Volunteers of the sowno of Portsmouth and Parma ' on the glacis of the Fortifications, and was pleased to express him. self well satisfied with their soldier-like appearance. The Sheerness Volunteers having received their uniform clothing, and accoutrements, art shortly to take upon them the duty of that Garrison. On Saturday, at ten o'clock, the La w Asiocia. tion mustered in the Temple Gardens, in full uni form, for the purpose of being personally inspeded by Colonel Jssixtusps. Soon alter two o'clock the Colonel arrived, when the Corps was formed in open. column to receive him, with shouldered arms and fixed bayonets; the first company took open order, and the Captain then delivered to the Colonel the state of the company, which he pro. ceeded to do with the other five companies; he then went to Colonel EINKINt, and expressed himself highly satisfied witlt the state of each Member of the Corps, and all titti t t he required o f Colonel ,Ett. sit ma was, that' the Corps should go through the platoon exercise';' but Calooel Easxima Wormed him the Corps could go through all the field ma. nceuvres, and wished him to dinate those he de. sired them to perform : they then went through the whole with the utmost corre&ness. They be. gan firing by Colonel JENICINSON'S desire, twice by companies from right to left, and after perform. ing a variety of evolutions, fired twice from centre to flanks; the line then retreated and marched by columns to the right of their respeftive companies, wheeled into a line, and fired two vollies. Colonel JENKINSOK said he never saw so elegant a set of muskets. The permanent duty of the Canterbury Volnn. leer Infantry ceased on Thursday, after which they had a grand field.day, and received the thanks of General Sir DAVID DUNDAS for their soldier.like conduit during the whole time they had been embodied. This day the Dover Volunteers were to be bri. gaded on Barham Dawns, with the Volunteers of Faversham and Walmer. Mr. PITT continues inns atlive and zealous in arranging plans of defence. He has infused a martial, ardent, and unanimous spirit into that part of the country, and has contri. buted most essentially towards the defence and se curity of that important advanced post of the Island. A Letter from flythe, dated Dec, 2, says, " Yes_ terday the first Battalion of Cinque Porte Volun. reefs, under the command of Mr. PITT, marched from Dover, and manned the new lines of defence at Eastware Bay, near Folkstone, They fired se. veral rounds in a very military stile ; after which they retreated by Companies to the rear, formed into line, and ad, VaI:WCA to the entrenchment at the charge. The day was very favourable, and a concourse of people assembled., Mr. PITT looked remarkably well, and gave the word , of command in a soldier. like manner." The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and . Council of Edinburgh, have unanimously resolved, that at the present emergency, they would suspend the pri. vileges of the City, sespeding the billeting of Sol. diers upon the Inhabitants, on all occasions when the Commander in Chief shall find it expedient to order it, ROY All SPELTHORNE LEGION. YISTORDAT His Royal Highness the PRINCI of WAlas presented the Spelt borne Legion, commanded by His Royal Highness the Dort of CLARENCII with their Colours, on Ashford Common. Soon after twelve o'clock two. Troops of the Kg ham Cavalry, and oar Troop of the Richmond Rim. gers, 'occupied the ground. The vast number of carriages made a complete circle round the Ca. vairy, to the full extent of two miles in rircumfe. rence. From half past twelve to halfpair one, the several Companies continued to arrive (red their different head.quarters, and by two o.ci.)ck were completely formed in one line for the.reception of the Pauses of Wa.t.as. The DUKE of CLARSIICII was on the ground with the first, and took touch pains in preparing his Regiment; he himself put them through every manoeuv re which was regal... site they should perform after the arrival of the PRINCE. Soon after .one o'clock, the./Cingston Vo. lunteers marched into the circle, and :formed round_ the Standard fixed for the Staff, as it Guard for His Royal Highness while on the groan% . A few ml. mites after three o'clock, the approach of the Fame of WALES was announced, who soon ara rived in one of his Royal Brother's pott-cosches and four from Bushey Park, accompanied by Gene. ral Lord Hurcuittsoat and two other General Ol' .ficers in another post.coach. The Royal Party wae escorted by a'detachment of the Royal-Speliliorat' Legion Cavalry. On their alighting from the ear , ,, riages, the Plume received a Royal Salute fro til the Volunteers, after which he proceeded with the. Dues of CLARENC g, as Coionei of the Ceti* to the right of the line, and very minutely forefted them to the left, and returned to the centre, 'who the Duet of CLAKINCE gave the wor d of attn. mand for the Regiment to form/our deep, close to the centre, and wheel inwards on their right and left to form the circle. This being completed, the. most respeetable part of the company was inclosed with the PLINC es by the Regiment, when the Du. of Ct./Lettuce ordered the Colours to he brought forward unfurled, and placed by the Patrice of WALES, where they were supported by two of His Royal Highness's attendants. The DUKE of Ode. lune having brought forward the two Ensig ns who were to receive them, placed them min the _t, knees before the PRINCE, who, in an animated ow., impressive manner, addressed the Core nearly the following words; " VOLUNTZLitt, " It is with the highest satisfaaion I take up* n it honourable office of presenting the Royal SpeltherneLtne: this thy , with their Colours. When I view 0%1444:u-1a Corps, and consider the high charaaer attached toy 1 1111 7 be superfluous in me to point out those duties d 6 1: tions which have been so fully exemplified in its U When you behold these Colours (taking them in bb they will remind you of the common cause i n which yeul. engaged, for your King, your Country, You r Religion, Ynim Laws, Libel ty, and Property. your Children and your Wive ! nay, in short, for every thing dear to Englishmen. will take MI: then this pledge, this sacred pledge, which y to defend with your last drop of Wood, clodresign W ill to your lives." - At the condos of Pl. nova Ff;ghne s s 4 SP lec4 the R ev , - LLOYD, Chaplain to the Dug' of cLAIINCE, PraYert beseeching the blessing of the Almightf `ill . 1 he might prosper the undertaking of the Corp' and also to the Regiment, put up A e,anu atEibt them in warfare, Ike. The Co of "'luxe', having condueted the OfGeer, who lia received the Colours to the centre of the Regimen .9 . 0 f in front, presented arms to his Royal Brother, tlas wheeled them back into line,, and placing hinsse4; new colours waving on the ground, and the music' playing i , "w carried to the right of the line, and shoot God save the King." The Colours wets, to each Member of the Corps to the left. This o' Mr. RAtt to lodge the UMW in his house + and they 1 of CLARENct having requested permissios until the DOR! Of YORK had seen the Reg i o i mem, t h ey were escorted thither by a WI the Legion, when the DUKE paying them the 110' s fu no u r ii t sh ti e m d e hi t m ak h en is ugpuawrdith; _est compliment for their steady and accustomed Ds' hav lo ur , dismissed them with his mimeo ihtlititit their L respeilive parishes. 'the ParivCa was f oe ho immediately commenced their patch./ with marked attention ; and before he quittei l ,"i t ground, passed the highest encomiums on * l' d :, t h h e e s iC tno in f s in t°ln. ro C n °trPo6ltri :l s , °l,diee-like appearance. The business aht e 5 being over, the PRINCE, with his party, toile>, to the Bush Inn, at Staines, to dine, whe L re C O, :eerie met by the DUKE of CLARENCE Ana WC '',' rs of the Speithorne Legion. The object of the meeting wh ich Cot". m ' anders of V d with 1A ird ,,, 14 ,: t i 1t , 1 1 1 6 1 TON on Friday w as : 33 we formerly posts to which, in case of upon alarm sit,' 1 ‘ ...- ne'cei ', l v o they should repair. Thi s part o f the busineilevii been arranged. Lord HAIKINGTON, howevcr'dlis are informed, wished it to be understood t,l' ar l i p measure was not adopted from any iminedte, - ft. prehension that there would he occasion i.O, Government had itin contemplation for 10 1 t ! past: The 70th Regiment., which embarked last eteek Of tr „, els the West ladies, left a Prisoner of their Reg'—„tro to undergo here the lawful sentence of Jetif . , ll, r As j: notoced upon him by a General Court Iwar'illt held at Shorncliff Camp, fur repeated desertion alga taking bounties. In one of his escapes he is! al irso have occasioned the death of a Soldier *"°,.s to guarding him. The sentence of being thu, l ,„" t it be carried into execution to.rnorrow inurniniVio Portsdown hill, when the Volunteers at PortenPloit are under orders to take garrison duty, ra - P 6„ a t' the attendance of the whole of the Nliiiin" e p the awful scene, which we trust will pro° . e mplary and salutary at this important crisis. The 36th Regiment , two bAttalions, have row"' ed from Stirling a nd Linlithgow for Ireland 4 a Most of tne English detained in France, a bort i , is thel years of age, are alloed to return home P- bee p parole. Several others at Fontainhle4 -hie,„ogli takeroff :he list of the Min;ster of Police i cr ' 1 : 0 ,... the latter are Messrs. Bowl-it/3Y, OSISOSNt '''''' kIIAD) MAO: IliTO-U, Tairt.r, fie'