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you were oeternuneu ". to Willi:. WILIMUI the itatifflg s uing." You, Sir, lent a willing ear to these soft insinuations—the oily incense found its way to the h e art, :tat soon penetrated to the very core. The sincerity, the good intentions which had before been conddered the. corner stones of the fabric, were undermined and loosened—deceit glided in, and caution guarded every outlet.—Yes, Sir, that friend to whop you owe all you have of good, was told, .on more occasions than one, the truth, per. hap, but not all the truth, and,. I am sorry ,to add, nothing but the truth. This was not a very generally known fad ;' but• your friends, Sir, ever anxious to add to your increasing and self.tnag. nifying bulk of fame, blazoned it forth as an in: stance of your dexterous policy ; and leaving the heart to shift for itself, endeavoured to raise a tut). phy, I will m.! , .:..5ay upon the weaker 'part, but on that part which had hitherto been considered least entitled to the honours of a triumph I '' If," said they, " our Leader is.capable of overreaching his great Predecessor, we need not despair of his abi_ pities being equal to the exigency of the times." This was a glorious, ,but somewhat hasty condo* siun ; for I believe it will be admitted that the dullest !Nile in the whole cargo of exports for 80.. , tany Bay might pick the pocket of Mr. PITT, or steal his purse ; hut, if ,we pursue the analogies of the two cases, I do not think that the People of Griat Britain would be satisfied with the super. eminent talents, in his own lure, of BARamoTort liimself, 84 the Keeper of the King's Exchequer, or First Lord of the Treasury ! You however, Sir, shall remain in undisturbed and unenvied possession of the hOnour your friends have assigned to you. I shall not dispute the testi . . mony of such authorities to confirm my Statement, that circumstances of great importance were, Pend. ing the Negotiatians in Paris, withheld: from the knowledge of Mr. PITT, and that the greatest man in the Ertl pile was deceived l—,What then must have been the indignant feelingi of that Statesman to find himself so unworthily treated,,and that, Sir, b y you P I t w as apilrehended by half.conscious inca_ vaeity, that he would have disapproved—yet half_ policy urged the necessity of retaining his support. This was to be secured by deception, not less mean in the promoters of it, than ruinous to the Public Cause, and the Cabinet has in its turn suffered no less than our devout! Country, by the adoption and de. vious pursuit of half measures. Here, Sir, we find the real source of dissatisfac tion toward. you personally in the breast of Mr. 'l't r,—lt w.►s not, as implied by your defender, the intrigues of toy Lord Gtt ONvit.t.it that worked the Revolution in his opinion—it was the intrigues of Administration—it was the insult given to the feelings, and th►e imposition pra6tised upon the par. tiality of your illustrious Friend, that first bade Lim bew,re of ►oo implicit reliance upon all that was lola was the developement of the weak and imbecile line of conduit which had been so secretly ►nd to/it/rally pursued that disgusted Lion. Cie might have pardoned in the individual wkit.could not be nverloteked, when the interest land very existe►►ce of an Empire he had more than once savtd k were involved and endangered. ; lie was theiefore alarmed and ()Wend if, and thus far our . - learned Editor and mOelf hav,e met at one p9iig, that Mr, ADDING VON has been deprived offiVlr. but it will he long ere we meet at the second, that every one of his mcasurei has received his (Mr. l'lTT's),,upport and approbation." —This is the jesuitical echo of the Treasury Bench watch word, and the principle of men and not tnea- sures is most liberally insinuated against the Ex.' Minister. But let me ask, Sir,:doei the line which Mt. PITT took upon Mr. PATTEN'S' Motion form one of the proofs of his unvaried approbation, or are the debates—and a second division upon the Property Tax to he considered as illostrative of his uniform r:upport of all your measures ? Conscious how Only it had been merited, your friends no doubt orpetted his decided and thwarting typos'. .tion to all your measures, and looked to their own annihilation fruit thrangry breath,of his nostrils- 7 With this impression upon their minds, it was per haps natural that they should construe his forbearance into support, and his silence r. upon the ground of old proverb, into approbatton , but, Sic, his corn.• dtgl referred not to you nor to your Administration ..- , lle felt that difficulties might arise in a change of Ministers, and determined to watch, with the feel- , ings of .a conscientious guardian, the Constitution which he perceived to be in danger, and, to avert, • by every mean i his great mind could suggest, the storm which threatened the Country from without"... I t w i t h not b e iniss. however, to Inquire of your; Defender, Sir, how he or yourself Cart reconcile this avowal of Mr. PITT's constant support and appro. , : tuition of all your measures with the principle, of the Pamphlet, if any principle can be considered as predominant in it, which goes to censure' and sag.. matize that Gentle Man and his friends for having promised but having discontinued their support ?--I tdke no riilvantage of an isolated sentence—lt.is an norm and decidi'd assertion, not .that Mr. PITT did. At one tone 'tilipport and approve, but that, he has iiiippirted, and approved every measure of Mr. An. DiNGTONsh Administration. I do not assume too; Much, surely, when. I infer, that the whole bent and purport of the' TreasUry Pamphlet, is to prove that Mr. VITT is condemnable for having with draw it And that having withdrawn it, you have no dread of his power in opposition, that lie did promise support, but that he on th e poorrary arraigned or impeded your measures—So muck ll,r consistency.,Let us proceed., however, from this decimation of Mr. NTT'S' uniform. sup. vont and aarnhation a few pages furtherovhere we 614111 no: a very explicit belf.contra. di tine cif it, but a' new, most extraordinary, and dually self.cOottadiflory charge against the late the le.tratamentary condign!! observes onr h44.1i tor, 'f'ooldir • PITT appears decidedly hostile, and 'calenlated hi a particular manner tit embarrass the Adroinistraiion of the inances l" .charge mote wiSFttiiy'bsse, or more palpably` false, was I . verily believe never made in the face of day-.-Did Mr. V,,insist upon the insertion of this. paragraph, co , was it found by yourself, Sir, in spite of that able V inokeieos in : erins.truttione l so very embarrassing to ;answer 4 necessary and to the country irnPort ;ifir t p, estion. s upon tills SUl , jea t that you .think it .4 . it• to #6)014674 4 ova who pommel to plis 1440 10 111 C Ivlllllsler 45 a nOSltie anu (31541SCCICII ...Sir, it would have been wiser to have published a separate Pamphlet for each department 'of Admini stration than to suffer each to subscribe its grievances, . expose its soreness, register its errors, and record its rancor, in direet contradiction to the assertions of each other, and in counteraaion of the very in.. tention which each very naturally took for the basis of its Representations, viz. Public pity for themselves —and public execratiotle. against the ceuel mem who could differ in opinion so harshly with new beginners, and who were unwilling t h at the Country should be lost ivhilstionog Gentlemen were serving an apprenticeship !—Something like system might have been then..preserved, but system I am aware is not the order of the day, nor till you have suffered in your own person further similar triischances,, will you begin to perceive that some. thing more is necessary towards the Government of a great Empire than an oscillatory policy; which like the regimen of a hypochondriac, must vary with every change of weather, give way to every gUst of fancy, and tend to no permanent good. I urn, y ours, , Ga. 29., FITZ- ALBION. MAILS. alit. ' ARILIVILD, tiambutgli t 0 THE SUN. 10,1.i14 GUIS Dicta* 'AL/um wuosAT LONDON, NOVEIIII3. 1803. OUR Letter from Dover this imorning, furnishes us with a little more intelligence than we have been for some time accustomed to receive from the other side of the Channel. A Neutral Vessel arrived in that Port on Sunday night, which had recently visited Flthhing and Garth, which latter place she left only on Sunday morning ; and our intelligent Correspond. ent at Dover has transmitted to us all the particulars which the Master. of her brings, and which may be relied upon as authentic., They are contained in the following Letter " Dover,' Goober 3t, 1803. _ " A Prussian Vessel tame into the Harbour last night, .which left Cahiir yesterday morning. She sailed from Flusbiug a few days before; and by the accounts the .Master colleeted there, it appears that the Troops in the Maid of Walcheren amount to 20,000 ;' 1 . 2,000 French, and the rest - Dutch. There is a Frigate and eight Schooners at Flushing, and eight or ten Schuyts fitted out as Gun.vessels, each carrying two foUr.pountlers 'four more Schuyts are building, but are quite at a stand for want of Shipwrights. The inhabitants, and more particularly the fishermen, complain heavi. ly of the distress brought on them by the war. An uncommon degree of stridness is observed at Ca/air, to prevent any thing being known of the nature of the Preparations carrying en there. This vessel was not suffered to 'remain more than one tide in Calais, and the Master having been -taken out of his vessel by a military gu'ard, and under. gone an examination at the cimnnissary's Office, was re.condusted on board in the, same manner, without being suffered ..to call at 'Airily house, or to speak to any person in the sttetts`, and if he attempted to look J rl)aottt be was.•cheeked by the guard, and' told he must loqk straight for. ward. lie learnt afterwa'rdS from a Calais Man m ih o . cat n e o n board, that MENG.ILTD, so notorious for his incivility, bordering in some instances on brutality to the Englith, had been lately distnissed in disgrace. There are no Gunboats at Calais, but at Boulogne he understood there' arc about a hundred. All the houses at the left of the entrance into , Calais Harbour to the Town Wall, are removed—whether destroyed by our Bombardment, or purposely taken down, could not be learnt." Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock the Duxes of You and CAMBRIDGE arrived at Windsor on a visit to Tits It MAJESTIES from Oatiands. Sooti after breAkisist tits USTI', with his uqual attendants, took an airing on horseback in Windsor Great Park. lIER MAJESTY anti l i µlNCltasAUCUgTAhonoured La 1y CATIICART with a morning visit in Sheet. streilt, Windhnr. The PRINCESSES ELI ZA STH and AIVIEL EA took an airing in a coach and four ro Kew, and returned to the Lodge to dinner. y _ Itelaerda - y morning the Staffordshire Militia had a grand field.day in Windsor Little Park, The Duke of CUNIII RH. 1. AND has signif►ed h►is in_ tendon of reviewing together the wholt of the Vo, lunteera of the Western Distriet, of which he is Commander in Chief. of the P enera l s . The following is, a corre list d and Staff in Sussex : .. . . Lieutenant-General—Sir I Ala r..s Pn LT N 7 Y, Bart. Major . ..Generals-11nm Cu Alt. GRA Lk:NNOX, 1111 K &i ,, z I CHURC/111.1., VIIMER,I.IU‘i): , Ift;.' - • • It, Brigadier- Generat—SPJeLtt. . . • , Asbibtant Quarter-Master Geno4l--Nlajor Bum &gig v. A sbistant Barrack-41310er G eiit.rat 'Major 'l' ri or ~; orci N. . —(P Brigade MajorK te 44 , 5. . • . .) ... A ides- de- CarnP7-11ort. Captain Sr A ti nay e, , and, Ca 9 t 4 . j . i n Itosixsord. general VYSE is busily employed insPeiiing the Volunteer Corps about Edinburgh, previous :I( ) hi s rks4ining the curi-nand. Major General MAc DONAU.) is ap r vinted M a p ) , General, and the Earl of DALH4V6IO atig,id ier ventral on Plc North ifritjah Staff, JVIZYnL N MV S. PLY.MOITTH, OCT. 30.---Arrived the Cosmopolite Privateer, of London, from a Cruize, with the Twe Gelber's, Moss, from Batavia, which she captured on the z4th inst. 14 ldagues from Scilly. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Arrived the 13OMfr#1, EKVANE, from Amsterdam, captured by His Ma jesty's Ship Pheasant; Sincerity, COOK, from Lon.. don, with ordnance stores ; and John, WATSON, from Sicily. Sailed the Brig Ardent, THOMPSON, for Cowes. HARWICII, OCT. 3l.—Yesterday at to A. M. the Post-Otlice Packet Diana, Capt. STEWARD, ar rived from Husum, with the Mail and Passengers. At 8 P. M. arrived the Dorset, Capt. HAMILTON, the Lark, Capt. DELL, and the Prince of Wales, Capt.' A. R. DEANE, with the Mails from the above place ; also Mr, DRESSIN, King's Mei. • senger. Remains here the Monkey Gun.brig ; the Lark Packer, Capt. TnoMPBoN, with the Mails for Gut. tenburgh ; also the Diana, Capt. STEWARD, with the Mails fur Husum. DEAL, OCT. 3r.—Sailect L' Aisle Frigate, for Portsmouth, and Reda Bomb, on a Cruize off Boulogne. Arrived the Vixen Gun brig, from Hosely.biy, and the Millbraqk Schooner, from. off Boulogne. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Vulture and Lynx Sloops, Persertr Bomb, Vixen and Mariner Gun.brigs, Mitibrook Schooner. PRNZANCI, OCT. 28.-..-YeSCraay a French Chasse Margie, from Nantz, laden with hoops and some bales of sail canvas, put in here by contrary wind, on her way to Jersey. She is prize to the Hope Privateer, of that Island. On the appearance of the Hope, the people on board made their escape in their boat, taking with them the ship's papers, TlStl NAV Y. STATEMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OP THE NAVAL BRITISH. FORCE . , T( THIS DAY. Line In Port and fitting, and with seaied orders • • S 17 G nit rd. S h 7 1;1 the En4lish and Irish C hanticis - S - 24 On the Downs and North soa stations - S 7 'At the West I udia Islands 't 2 and on the Passage On the Jamaica station American ,Sa Newfound- 2 land stations S • C. o G. Hope, E. Ind. and on 04: V.L6S4ge 6 C6ast of l'ortugal and Gibraltar o Mediterranean and on passage Hospit;ll and Prison Ships to ,o's Frig Sps. I Tot. 4 22 40 I S 3 3 S 1 , 1 19 3J 25 53 1 106 I I 29 I S ° I 87 1 , 101 121 24 a 41 91 1 9 2 1 71 41 13 3I 8 2 is o 3 91 26 Total in Commission 9i . Receiving Snips - 6 Serviceable and repairing ? : • for Service - - 5 9 I n ordinary - - -. 67 Building - .. . 19 1 7 1 34 I) I 1 II 1 SS 0 1 ki Total 193 I 25 I 9, o 25 9 Xl7( 23u 3,9 I 37ATIC OF TIII ORDINARY AT LACH PORT, Lille, So'S Frig I.Sps. I Tot. 33 , t it) 8 34 2 7 2 1; 8 50 2 9 6 144 1 5 2 1 6 7 14 2 43 , 32 4 23 Portstikbuth - - Plymouth - ShCerilCSS River Total 8a I 8 74 1 3 1 I •195 DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The hug Mutitie, for the capture of the Mationa del Gra zie;- 'also the Santa Dorothea, sharing by agreement, will be paid at No. r 4, Clement's Inn, the 14th of November. The saute lirig,Abr, the capture of the Nova Sorte, the uotattr,,Phacton, Santa Dorothea, and Lntreprenante, sharing by agreement, will be paid 't the tame time and place. • The same Brig, tor the capture of the Piccolo Tibia, and Due Fratelli, at the same time and place. The Sloop L'Espiegie, tar the capture of the Resolution, at the same time and place. The Conqueror, Doris, and Fox Cutter, for the capture of the French Ship he Petit Fli t D'tiliver, in company with the Canopus and Sceptre, will be paid on board their respec tive Ships at Plymouth, this day, November t, ur as they may arrive from sea. The Nlinerve, for the capture of Le Vitterieux and L'Ac-, tit', is now paying at No, t, lames.street, Adelphi Also, at the lime place,.the Sloop Zephyr, for the capture of the French Privateer La Retlechi, (in company with His Majesty's Ship Sheernemq. For the re-capture of the Adventure, the Dryad will be paid on board the said Ship on her arrival at Cork, Advises receivedH'verland from India state, that the Lord Duucam ,and Castle - Eden arrived at Madrai from England 16th April, the laltet,. instead of proceeding to Bengal, will be dispatched (brat to England. . • The Baring and United Kingdom were to be dikpatclArd from thence flr England 7th May. The Ocean and Henry Addington arrived at. Born. bay from Englandyth May, and Larl C amden 1,711% May. The Bombay Castle was hourly expetaid. The twoliw shiph had detachments of >the 6sth Regident on board from the. Cape, all of which were in high health. /Ills Majesty's ,Ships. Tre. niendous and Lancaster, part of the Cape Squadron, are,reported to have arrived at Trincomalee. JOHN CHAIM ER*, &quire, had taken his seat in Council. A flethad broke otg at IVladras on the.3oth April. The scene of the conflagration was at Ginow, on the Beach.,, Within one— hour it had destroyed the w'huleraiige of - buildings, with the exception of one or .two warehouses and' the range lately ereEied. The loss is variously reported. Stone rate it at 20; OthtlB at 40 lacs of pagodas. It is said that 600,000 bags of rice were destroyed. The,natives it it , believed will be the principal sufferers. In the evening of the day on'which it broke out 'the llrc wal wholly extinguished, DEAL, OCT. 30. Earl arid Countess of CHATHAM arrived or Friday morning at Wilmer Castle, and on the fol lowing day his Lordship reviewed, near Walmer, the Oxford, Leicester, and Northampton Regiments of Militia. The troops were on the ground about eight o'clock. At ten, Lord CHATHAM, in . 11 - General's uniform, arrived, accompanied by Mr. PITT, Lord CARRINGTON, and General PHIM. The Review then, commenced, tv.lien a .varielY:Ot''''' evolutions 'took place; -which were - performed with a precision and expertness whicle General Putrrs said would ; be highly creditable even to veteran Soldiers. The Earl of CHATHAM, after the- re view, which concluded about twelve o'clotk, com plimented the men in the most flattering terms.—' on the ground were several Ladies of OistinetiQii. Among the most conspicuous were the Countess of CHATHANt, Lady HESTE R STANUOPB, Lady CAR.. R MGT° N, and her fair daughters. Mr. PITT'S attention to the defensive operations along the coast is deserving of the warmest praise.' Our late Premier is really indefatigable. .He ltio just ere&ed in the vale, about three miles below Walmer Castle, a redoubt or fortification. It is a breast.work wherein an hundred men may defend the pass against an host of the enerny. The signal post on the heights about four miles from hence, on- the road to Dover, it daily visited by a great number of persons. Mr. Ptrr pays the Lieutenant a visit every day. Nothing new has be;en observed from thence lately, except a review of Troops on the French coast, which occupied the whole of Thursday and Friday last. The Officer states, that both those days the 'horison was so very clear, that he could distinaly see with glasses an immense body of Troops. 110 L 11ISDALE VOLUNTEERS. FriAdaly a general . muster of this R e g iment 00 the Right Hon. Lord WIIITWOKTII. T he Re g i. more thalnast6.ooi,hewesriexadCdormespsaendiebsy, tchoenirsisctionigoneoll, ' meet having formed a circle, and the ground being kept by the Yeomanry Cavalry commanded by Earl CAMDEN, who was present, Lord WHlT w"ictl-i began,by saying it was always,gratifying to him to witness a strung muster of the Regiment he had the honour 'to command, but more part tcular ly so on that day, as he witched to address therein consequence of a communication that had rn'e ti between him anti the Lord Lieutenant of the:Conn' ty, respeaing how far it would fii agreeable t 0,,, , them, in the event of being called' upon by 14 i' mA j EsTy, to embody themselves similar to other Volunteer Corps in the County, and to march to some convenient place ie the neighbourhood. proba bly Rochester or Chatham, tots the purpose lot bei n g nettle more perleft in their discipline, which seal" reter them what they wished themselves to be, competent to be useful in the glorious Cause they I y upon as t the wished subje;t i ; had so laudably undertaken. I-Ls Lordship said he, had not pledged himself to any thing on their ac count,rbsto t t to ecohi had to lttot higtenititdtihveitplutaol. Iz t : h c:e e : : : . 3:; ' h w i ll i : d a: :si n : ( Inr , t eoe v yltl o ‘i t al'i ty :tidile7 t l ofihwratsv.aotitlosorerWl.mitch en: B s n u :t tl :eljete rl 4:l. : h: l ll:. e el.;. ' t had ventured to say to Lord ROMNEY, l'hilegntS, was ton well acquainted with tkir ssen tients,m ents, to doubt for one moment that they -"'"' , _ ea ' themselves to be outdone in loyalty to their King and Country, not only y al l o f lunteer Corps in this COunty, but by the rxetu nn w s as ., any other in _the Kingdom. His Lordship said he . ihre fully sensible that this measure might put many hen ow , . Regiment to inconvenience, buz . that he tr" 3l ° ) el . et, time of their absence Would not exceed a fortelg ..I , they would willingly volunteer their services nr ands' ttacntrvo. this occasion, particularly as it should be hi' fi rst L. care that such as had wives and families should ":, provided at home, and that they themselves show." be made as comfortable as circumstances would admit of'. His Lordship said he was not tvliea in the concluded a vet how soon they would he called upon to go, but h e "Pet' in not less than a fortnight or three weeks, intimating by this, that the season for getting the culiat to himself, prepared to stale length , delivered with that force and elegance pc ryo ground would ressivebsepeoevcehr .(;fHciasnLs;:trecirsalti)iipt, C w ; h e rains vei c o a f i t a h t e i i fi r e h d r y e s i d n p e efi l l r e i i a v n r e g i , C i t g li o e m e mvpeatriniyi.ets‘(:toliir'edi i nform r s :m du i n i l e Cl l t e c i upon the subjett ; at the conclusion of which, the whole Regiment, - and a great concourse of people. his sL b o ui rd s s n h e i s p s w ot i . t t h he,ay three t twimasesentdheriele,blyotthtehmuzen all za;c; ing their Officers this short answer, I' One a n .' Yesterday the Loyal Westminster ..V°l nnteer3* s the St. George's, a n d t h e D u k e o f G Lo uctsTE„.. 4 , e : Volunteers, were' briaded in 'Hyde Park. .1",,, different'Corps assem bl ed about nine o'clock, went through nearly . the same =louvr es were praethed on former occasitms, such as torrotlit in close cnlamn in the rear of the Grenadiers, tinag Phling () advancing' . in line , passing "" stacks, .ice. After firing three vollies , the I t o .forined into columns of companies, anti matched bY the Reviewing General in open order with the greatest 6afrebess, and then marched to the ir re " . .spedive•Paratles.' The London Militia, which have been for 9"tnes time stationed at Greenwich, have received orJer, i to march-from thence : the guard which has Ic/.. regularly' mout,ted by them. at Deptford .and WV ° . wick Dock-yards, lire to - be : performed by the c , luntects of Deptford and GfeCilWitil, Wilo.llaVe e ceived orders to that efred, - ,ind expect coMmenc the same in the cousec of the present week. tv by A Night guard is to be formed irpordiate ., ' all the London Regiments. , The Somerset-place C we un derstand, Wet not well satisfied that Lieutenant-Colon el way should have been absent :upon their recei‘iirlige their Colours, particularly as he w ent upon r d • same, kind of service to his other • Coips. TheY Pt,.; no occasion, however, for any regret up on,the jea, while they had so worthy an Meer at theic head as Sir Attousw SztaTa