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

" the subjeei."—Here ire we reduced again to the cemure of being " Nature's Fools"—for having credited the Minister who dispatched information t o the Coast of the immediate intnition of the Enemy to attack us, ordered out the Troops, and prepared the Armaments to oppose him, and blocked up our Ports against Neutral Ships, not lest they should turn Spies, (babyish nonsense) but lest they should carry supplies, or afford assistance to the Invading Power.---And yet we are told that all these were mere measures. of precaution, and arguments to a rational mind that the Invasion was not apprehend. ed!—So touch for consistency, system, a good cause, and a' temperate 'and judicious , Defender I I • should have hoped that, injured in our interests, and degradectin the scale of Nations, we might have been spared a second galling insult, upon our tame acquiescence,and submission to the control of men in whose weakness and temerity appears the warn. ing voice of Fate, chat our desolation is at hand, and that cur Honour and our Independence -are tottering on the verge-of destrudion. . I am, Sir, Sze. OLD TEMPORA. PtCetiqber '2 8. IIkAIVIID. timnburgh 3 Lisbon o MAILS. •ouns PRICE OF STOCKS, . THIS DAY AT TWEANS, O'CLOCK. COMMS - 55 a 6 j i Ittcl. Ann. - • 54j THE SUN. SOLI"( QUIS pieta", AUDY.AT LONDON, DECEMBER 3 3, i803.' Tits duration and .severity of the storms which have lately prevailed, have, we apprehend, at last forced Admiral CORNWALL IS to seek for shelter in Torbay, The Filly de Paris was' spoke with in the Charnel on Tuesday, steering fur that an chorage, and .the other Ships of the Fleet, except those that we have before announced to have put into . Ply mouth,,have no doubt accompanied the Admiral thither. it blew both on Tuesday and Wednesday nearly as hard as it did on, Sunday. We cannot but rejoice that our brave Officers and Men should have a breathing time of rest after the fatigues which they must have encountered, during such a succession of most Severe and boisterous weather ; and we may rest 'Satisfied, that the moment the wind is such as may enable the Enemy's Fleet in Brest 'to make a movement, the vigilant and indefati gable CORNWALLIS will be again upon his station. VVhile the wind remains in the south-west, the French are as completely shut up in Brest, as 'if :our Fleet , were ~elosti off the mouth of the harbour, and the moment it becomes favour. able for tiltii) to move, it is equally so for Our Fleet to regain its station. We, have , often spoken in terms of etilogitnn •of the skill and perseverance displayed by the British Adrhiral and his Fleet, be. came we are satibf►eci it is impossible to appreciate these too , 1 A Portuguese Vessel, the Bovl Amigos, put yes, tertiv into Poole by b t cos of reathu, the Master of which asserts, that prolious to his sailing from Amstirdam, which was cm the 17th inst. the pre, parations for invading this Country Were carrying on with the greatest vigour ; and that in place of aryy dissatisfaetion having been shewn by the Titops, they were eager to embark on the pro. jede,l Invasinn. 'this ,account ctornborates informition received within these few dap by Government, and in con, sequence of whih, 'w)tices were Sent off by 'express to the VILINCE of WALes at Brighton, to Mr. PITT at Wain= Castle,• and to other distinguished per. sons having Military Commands on the Coast.— This wis yestorday sc'ttoight. Further inforrna. 0041* said so kivo been brnught ,by . an Officer of Rank, who arrived in the night of Friday last, and who stated to Ministers, that he himself bad seen zs,Ooo men exbarked in the Macs-deep, board of a Fleet consisting of not less than two hundred and fifty vessels; of from 8o to 120 tons burtl“-n, and that r 6,000 more Troops were ready to embark. lVlost of these are the Fishing Vessels which used to froquerit' our Ports under'Neutral COlourl, Pms4ian Ctftsflyo though well known to be Dutch property. The :nen who navigate them arc ACCUs. tamed to boicteronc seas, and are in general hardy semen ; -`but these vessels, from their size, can singly contain but a number of soldiers. They make up in numhe.ts,-however, for deficiency of size, it is asserted to*have horn the artfurProjea of the Chief Covsul, to have eluded the vigilance of our Cruizern by ttwittg the Ncqtral Fin, and to have et . deal/MIMI in 11,11 tr4IIIIICT to have reached the Coast o f it,T,,rl o :k. ni s phn, it wtll appear to the ingot jai rCabtifier, was puerile in ehe ritreme ; a single vcssel Or two might thus have evaded the vir , ll,lllce of oor gaihnt bat were they mort)ent to 1.4: de,.. , :ived by a Fleet (,f'two' nr ,d Vcvel4 thua nayi&ati;AlL, or 1;: that a liiett coveritlg such .oititl an extent of ocean, should pass unperceived ? The thing appears, to us impossible, and only tends to prove how absurd are the ideas of Bonet. PARTS upon the subjell, and how little he con. sults any experienced men. Be that as it may, we have? no doubt of some attempt, particularly from the Northern Ports, being speedily made. It is said to be his plan, his Neutral Fleet having passed or escaped the observation and over.haul of our Cruisers, to make for the Norfolk Coast, and while drawing our attention, and a proportion of our Troops at present stationed in the more South. ern Counties, to that quarter, to send nut his Flotilla from Boulogne, and make an attempt in Kent or Sussex. The present state of wind and weather is wholly against the execution of the Enemy's plans, whatever they may be. Nothing can at present get out of any of the Ports along his whole line of Coast ; but when the wind comes to the Eastward, we entertain little doubt of some hostile movement taking place. Meanwhile; all means are using on our part for the reception of the Enemy ; and so confident do we feel in the zeal and gallantry of our Bre thren in Arms, that we think it must he the ,gene_ ral wish that the long.threatened experiment of In. vasion may be tried, as it must be the universal opinion and belief, that it must end in the complete discomfiture and disgrace of our insolent Foe. '1 Ears morning arrived a Mail from 4;560/r, brought to Falmouth by the '/Ita/thfiham Packet in six days. By a private Letter, we have received the following important intelligence " LISBON, DEC. 17. —The Negotiations - be rween this Country and France are concluded de, finitively ; the terms are said to be such as it is hoped England will agree to, as they include no stipulations injurious to her Commerce or Navi gation. The main point is Money, which, of course, was expetied ; by some it is whispered, six millions of Livres Tournois, arc to be paid, annually ; others carry the sum much higher.; three millions arc to be paid in advance; our Treasury is hut ill calculated to meet this demand, but what means do we possess of resisting it ? Spain, it is understood, pays a much greater sum for her Neutrality." Dublin Mails of the 24. th and 26ch arrived this morning. The etfc.:6ls of the late stormy wea9her have been experienced on their Coasts, in the da. mage and destruction of some Merchant ,Vessels. Wednesday evening Tttaiß MAJ ssrl Es had a Se. led Parry at Windsor Lodge. Yesterday morning His MAJEsTY,-Atrended by Generals MANNER 3 and MANNitionAtvt, took an air. ing in Windsor Great Park. In the high wind on Sunday, part of the Royal Standard was blown from the Round Tower, Wind. sor Castle. Earl MOIRA is extremely popular. in Scotla n d. His' Lord Ship, indeed, has been always allowed to possess the manners and feelings of an accomplished Gentleman. j Major-General Hewort.x., is arrived at Hull, to take the command in that District, to which he has been lately appointed. On Saturday lat.t, the first division of the 2d Tat. taliun of the 3oth, or Cambridgeshire Regiment, marched into Cambridge, on their route to land. On their approach to the Town, ,they were met by the Mayor, attended by his Brother Alder men, and a numerous assemblage of the Inhabitants, who testified the most. rapturous expressions of joy on their arrival, and the windows of the houses were filled with a beautiftil assemblage 'of Ladies. On their halting in the market-place, the, °dicers received a most flattering invitation to Dinner .at the Town.hall, which was repeated on the day following, it being Christhias-day, when the men were regaled with roast beef and plumb-pudding, together with a quart of old ale each. On their departure, the Inhabitants testified the utmost re. gret. Sir JOHN LE ICEtiTER'S Regiment of Yeomanry has, with a truly constitutional spirit, undertaken constant duty in Cheshire, which they have regu. lady performed for some weeks. The Loyal North Briton Corps met on Wednes. day afternoon in Gray's Inn Gardens, where ,they had a field day. Captain Tikest.o V EIS Company of Sharp. Shooters, attached to the Third Regiment of London Volun. teens, inustered at an early hour yesterday noining in Lincoln's Inn Gardens, where they received their haversacks, and other articles necessary lor-adival service. ' On Monday last,•,(..`olonel the Earl of 'Gut LO. roar h a d hi s R e gi l pgpc of Waldershare Volunteers out on,Mamage Downs, between his Luritship's seat and Dover : they mustered boo rank- ryi file. Corpnel'COWEß, after having inspeaed then) mi. nittely under the order* Genera' Sir 1)11N. DAS, .pAid'his Lordship tho highest compliments on the appearance and discipline of the CorPs. • The Carlisle Volunteers are to receive their Co lours from Lady VERNON. The Ladies of Durham hate already made nearly 400 flannel waistcoats, for the use of the Volunteers of that City. On Sits rday se'nnight, Lord OssuLVION'B Com. pan) , of Glendale Rifi-men wer►t. into Wo'oler for winter gaarters. They are, a remulzahly .sthve body of men, comumndcd at present I:7 Ca,rtain REso. On I\lo6 day last a coursing party met on the Duke cal 12urtyv.40'$ roApar, the : Side Hill, New, markeyand had an exc e lle n t ,lay'ssprt. S;x brace of hares we're cotirstd, and four brace killed, after sz.veral hard runs. NAPAL WS. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 28.—The lle de Paris, of Ito guns, Admiral CoßxwAws, was spoke with in the Channel yesterday, steering for Torbay. Arrived the Boadicea Frigate, of 38 guns, from a Cruize in the Channel, with the foss of her mizen.mast, fore and main.top.masts, carried away in the gale on Sunday 'last. Sailed the Jamaica Frigate, and Pickle Schooner, on a Cruize in the Channel. Arrived the 13rig Fritndship, of and from New York, Capt. INGRAM, laden with tar, Beg. for this Port, 30 days passage : brings intelligence that the malignant fever which lately raged there, had en tirely subsided. PooLe, Dec. 2,9.—Put in, having received comiderable damage, the Portuguese Brig Ben: Amigo:, from Amsterdam, bound to Lisbon, with corn, cheese, Sec. the Master of which reports, that on quitting Amsterdam► the 1 t h inst. the prepara. (ions for invading this Country were carrying on with the greatest vigour, and that the report of the Troops having refused to embark was ‘‘ , ithout foundation ; on the contrary, every man appeared eager and desirous of embarking to invade this The Ma►y, ETHERIDGB, from Newfoundland bound to this Port, was seen three days ago be. tween Scilly and the Main, with her main-mast gone ; the wind blew so fresh, that no assistance could be given her. It is supposed she has borne away for some Port in the Bristol Channel. FALMOUTH, DF C. 27.—Arrived the gratibThart Packt from Lisbon, six days ; 'and the Anna Ma ria Privateer from a Cruize. The Captain reports, that on the 25th insr. he spoke a Ship of War, on board of which was Admiral CoulwALLts ; that the Fleet were returning into Port ; and several with the loss of topmasts. SHEERNESI, DEC. 2 9. -- -Arrived Hi s D.lajesty's Ship ifinburcadr, Capt. krictiqs, and Lark Sloop of War, Capt. Towßas. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Cl t yde, Captain LAI moult, for the Downs. Yesterday the Nero,. of 74 guns, Capt. the Hon,. ALLAN QARDNIIR, which has just come from Woolwich to the Nore, was manned from the Flag. blip at this Fort. As soon as he is ,paid the Bounty' and Advance ' she is to proceed to join Sir Roam'. CALDER'S Squadron, at Bantry Bay. •' • DEAL, DEC. 2g. . Arrived the /Ifer/iir frnm 'rt- Cruize off Havre; the piyio. from' the Nore, 4,. Ueda Bomb, from Dungeness, Sailed the Preutyant, for the. Nore. In the Downs--Monarch, litreFht, Isis, Leopard, 'Eurya, lus, Leda, Immortalite, 'ihkhe, Champion, Squirrel, Att. tumn, Ilarpy, Curlew, Merlin, Pcrsetis,, Sulphur,' tiecl3;' Pluto, Archer, Mariner jackal! and Starling,'' and'a'rery• large Fleet of outwar.t.tiound Merchant,Ships- waltini fora tar wind. GIBRALTAR, DEC. 8, ' ON the 3d, the Convoy of 4 7 Sail, guy -A ger weigh for England, but the wind coming:4o .the Westward before they had got clear of the Gut, they'werohliged to return to the . Bay the ,folluw.• ing mornltt. This morning a small Cutter, with English Cu. lours, was observed coming through the Streights, when two French Privateers immediately came out from und,:r the' Island of Tarifra, and attacked her warmly, and would probably have captured her, had not the Medusa Frigate, Capt. GORR, which was nir the New Mole, instantly, slipped her cahle,,and in less than five minutes was under weigh,. with every sail set in chase of them, The Privateers immediately stood for the Spanish shore, to get under the proteetion of their batteries ; hut the Medusa soon getting within gunshot of them, after a few broadsides, obliged the largest to strike her Colours, and drove the other on shore, neat' cabrita Point, with the loss of her wizen mast, and otherwi se muc h s h attered. The one she brought in proves to be the Esperanre, of 4. guns, and 70 , men, the Privateer which captured' the Flora Trans: port, and which treated the crew and passengers' with so much inhumanity. Capt, Goat's Spirited conduit is highly approved of on this occasion, and: a few such lessons swill soon convince the French., Privateers, that if they violate the Neutrality of,, Spain, 'when it suits their interests, they, in return, Shall not.be protetted by that Neutrality, which on very occasion they , totally disregard, when they, Can by doing so prejudice us. The Cutter which , the Privateers attacked, was from Plymouth, in 33 dila) 'with dispatches for the Governor and Lord NeLSON; PR ICH, of the Navy, commands, her ; she was h u ll e d'. b y some ,large shot from 111i4 Privateers, and had her &ids and rigging a goo d deal cut ; she will sail far the Fleet off Toulon when she is repaired. DECEMBER 9. The Spaniards are nnw fitting nut eighteen Sail of the Litwin. their 4iiinrent Puns. Wu learn, by nut' account's-from Spain, that circumsta nce h at alarmed the Merchants not 'a little, as they .enter tail) no doubt of being Soon engaged .in'aelual hat.,. tilitics with, England, in spite of 91 . 1 the sacrifices that have - been math. by the Court of Madrid, to preserve its Neutrality. The press for Seanien is still carried on in thcSpanish Ports. On the 14. th inst. during a v klent gale of wind, the Tine, bctooging to Gre eter , laden wi t h a cargo of 'c'uals for Dublin, was driven on the rucks nff rite Coast of Dunleary, in Ireland, and total!) , 1 The crew consisted of John Taylor (tilt masts r), his son, a boy about'r3, and three seamen, all of whom perished. The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Capt. - 'l. ROB PRTS, of the Royal Navy, to a command in the Sea Fencible Service in Ireland. The Eliza, of Dublin, for Neath, with copper ore from Wicklow, was lost at Bray the rsth inst. A brig, supposed to he an American, was lost on Mizen.head Bank, Wicklow, the 16111, with alt her crew. A body and some staves were driven on shore, supposed to belong to the wreck. The Thomas, Capt. WINDER, from Liverpool, is arrived at Bernice. - When off Barbadues, she fell in with three French Privateers ; when after an en. gagemcnt of two hours, she beat them off. The Ann, SMITH, from Sicily, h arrived at Gib. raltar. The Captain states,, that thelobn and Ann Brig had sprung her main -mast, and the Dub of Kent her foremast ; and that many of the Fleet got damaged in a heavy gale, between Malta and Gib• raitar. Some of the Papers of last night attached con siderable importance to the following extrad of a . letter from Sweden, given in an Edinburgh Paper: " You mit depend upon it, that the EmpEstort has re fused to send another Amnassador to Paris in place of M Icor, r, and the coolness between the Courts_ increases. Tile Danes arc much afraid of a visit from , the French. If tiler don't' invade Holstein, it isi the general opinion that the! will take possession of Lubec. BONAPARTE must dispose' of his arms es, whether he drowns them in the British Chan nel or otherwise." Upon a letter, however, of such a nature, with. Out any date, and coining'. in no shape that can entitle it to be considered as derived from any good ' authority, we cannot conceive that .the slightest reliance ought. to be placed, however it may agree in some measure with intelligence received in a much lessluestionable manner. It is very easy to fabricate letters of this description, without date or place, and certainly there shou'l be some mark of authenticity about 'communications of such a na ture before they are magnified into importance. • sol:hintiigii,shin.e—,et letters s l t t io e i ef O ar v sl aeltrselHadnwadtjteD, had i s ,ay l a s a w t b e i ei l i i ecn f h r r o t ve m , cg regularly ie ß aa t r i ri m ny b lej a in y a.: throned at Poona, which arrived on the 22d inst. cuio Bussora, has b h r i grand ceremon amidst an. hundred thousand p ea; . plc, who, it is supposed, were present at 1 y. His Highness distribu ted " Ye ' 0 r4l lacks of rui,ees to the populace ; and 'a very sump tuous entertainment was given on .the oc casion. SC I ND IA ! t uts not —• yet broken up his camp ; it was the general Demon that he meant tp besiege Indoor, the capital of Hulkar. Letters from the 'interior re.' present this Chief to be ip!a very deplorable state; great numbers of his Troops have deserted him, irk consequence of a scarcity which l' , reviiiied i n hi ! •canip, it being reported that SCINDIA had cut of 10,009 Btinjarries with grifin. Out of seventy pieces • of artillery which this Chief carried into the Acid, only ten ar e said to be in his camp. Smile of the deserters'-".say, that the mortality among . the demnify i , grtm-hUlcss,.sjorcol him._ tO.abantriki, therg. _ Terms or a pacific rutture have bets:p o ffered bY FlOtACisur bui the , reply is not publicly knolt l ;' if hO C 4ll in. I important matters, kis thought, would soon. be 'adjusted. AINIELIFI 11A0, the P e ishwais bruthcr, is employed in Wine' , Entces. . ~ lnlegthoecila,attiotine.s for. their expellees, The NI zA.se is stated too be withdrawing his Admiral ;RA' I Ni.fi It. had made some captures near the Some of the letters mention that Vice. Coast of CNitomandel, and that a very vigilant look . out has taken place. 'Almost every ship in BornbaY t harbour has . been properly arm ed. By the nex dispatch- sernething-of-importance may transpire: MADAJEI ILDNSI,AH, the Chief of the Eastern Mahratias, 'knd a:very powerful Prince, has formed an additional alliance with us of'a very satisfaCtory • nature. IN/lut.HA RAo, has yet eluded the vigilance of all the Hill Chiefs in the Guzerat ; and although F . :VTTY SING Gincumt, has tiCti all his iaitlCl:Ce with the respettive Rajahs, who are'iCaluils in the . cause,- yet it has been Of no avail. We httve the pleasure to state, that the trade to Persia has been opened in its full extent, arid ac. cording to the; treaty concluded with the P ersian Ambassador. The imports of the t hree first months exceeded all kind of expectation, and in a l ittle time, we shall b e a bl e to as certain the benefit whichmust arise from Bitch an extended commerce. Letters have reached Bo tn b a y from Ch;n3, .which state that tranquillity existed i n t h e No rt h a m ost daring Chief) called':c F Oso , was in general restored ; th ou g h OW • NG, who had so,coo followers. tatefy, a marriage was celibrated Greey, between -Mr.-S [NI? soN of Crooleh °ll// : n .T r e 14 - 4 011Z 1 Q1) • and . Dir NV f Scarf' 1 0 .+ 1 iss ~,kttwictc,„9....• Pettish ,of Irthingtois - both in Cumberland, p- tended at - • the With the following peculiar*circuriistances..—As .e bridegrc;otn, I. 4'i -)--ng a minor, had not yet pill on the ' to ga 1 - ;ii'llis . , - a Licence for r - the inarrioge C Ogici . rl i ‘l but as J 5 be without his father's consent ; consent could -not. by the most importonate'solict. tatioo, be' obtained, filial ' obedienct., .after a sbort at Gutna struggle, gave. way to the force of dove, and -the enatilniited youth resolved, io spit 01eYerY ohs" s die opposed by parent-al authority, to be united £ 0 the ohjed of his.'affeaions. The old gentleman Mini illi:urrithif -of his intentions; took the only meth▪ od which tie thOUglit could prevent theirexe- eutints, by circultiscribi mg - the liberty - ,o f his so" within • the limits of MI own apm artent. ; and locks are i ne But b° l " ifettual security against the plency of Lov u - . the •isnpriioned lover ascends the ch im. flies to the.. habitation of his fait damsel , wiw ' through itthick incrustation of 'dirt and soot , c ould £ l ' o t recog nise the feature's of her ;adventurous u'l mirer, till his native complexion-was restored by an ' l ll)licktion of soap and • water...--Afteri nu s u al to d . . earments, and a soft interchange Of sighs, the two lovers set forward to GRiTNA. GR k RN, where t he y • immediately purchased the services of one - of th9te usetel.membeis of society who remove. the anxieties tsf love.otick cOnples,.• occasioned by 'inexorable pa• '• tents `anal . uJeciing guardiani.