The Sun. — London, England, 1803-09-08 00:00:00

Vont considerable anxiety has been for some time past felt in this Country for the fate of .Pur. fugal; and the last accounts received from that Country do 'not much tend to relieve it.' They arc itulied in some measure contradiaory, every person writing as he is actuated by his personal feelings and apprehensions, rather than from any authentic information with respea to the designs of the Chief Consul of France, or the determinations of the Court of Madrid. Letters of very good authority received in this Country,_ positively assert that the Court of Madrid had peremptorilY - refused to grant permission to a French Army to pass through the Spanish Territory for the purpose of invading Portugal ; and it was added, that the French Troops assembled at Bayonne, and other places contiguous to the Spanish Frontier, had ac. tually . been withdraWn into the interior of France. However this may be, we may conftlently reckon that the refusal of the Spanish Government to per.. trait French Trobps , to enter Spain, will only he persisted in while the Chief Consul does not press it with vigour, which he will doubtless do the me. went it suits his conveniency. The following Letter is given as authentic, and it certainly presents 4 gloomy pklure of the probable tats of Vortugal. " Li46m, /Ng. 9 . " The Fox Cutter arrived here last Sunday„ and sails this evening tor England. I avail mycelf of the oppottut k ity to reqiulst that you will by' no means execute the orders sent by Ow A lerVand P acket, as I conceive this Country to be in very great danger of French Invasion. .Frepch Troops arc ajr,,atly in Spain * and our 4mbassador, F R Et at Madrid, is en)eded every day on . his way to England. It seems the Spaniards are determined to unite with France against this Country, and the Prince,Of AZ! Lsis - atisolutel y fitting out his Fleet, resolved to quit Europe for his Settlements in South America. The greatest consternation prevails here, I much fear the British Fattory will suffer considerably. hiving few Ships here, and. not one of war to protea them." 'lt is now assetted here, that Ministers begin to find out their mistake respe4ing Sfiaig, and that they repent not having intercepted her Treasure Ships from South America, To this measure we have repeatedly urged them, as the best security (Or the continuance of the Neutrality of Spain. The Spanish Treasure should have been brought, in the first instance, into British Harbours, and kept as U.Seenrity for the rigid Neutrality of Spain, and to be restored at the end of the War, in cane she reso. lurcly maintained her Neutrality. The conse. quenctm, Would have been highly favourable' to Portugal, and the interests of this ciantry. If the Freilch should have forcibly entered Spain for the purpose of reaching Portugal, the Spanish Govern. meat would have been hound to resist, and resent that violation of her Neutrality ; and she must either hive declared openly against France, or hive forfeited the pawn which we held for her conduft. If the French, fur the first time, afluated by any thing like principles of justice and mode. ration, fOrbore to violate the Neutrality of Spa;n, Pormga/ would have been safe, and we should have pursued our Trade with that Country uninterrupted; but all these advantages are lost to us by the timid, wavering, indecisive concluet, of our Ministers.— They have, it is said, been Negotiating with Stain, to know what part she means to aft, and in the mean time they have permitted all her Treasure to reads her Ports in safety, the only objr(t for which she has probably been permitted to profess her Neutrality so long. By the Treaties which exist between lier and France, she must gu to War with us, or what is an equal breach of her affeeled NeutiAlity, she must furnish to the Chief Consul the largest part, if not the whole of her treasure, which our weak policy has put into her han4 l , The probability, however, appears to be, that the Chief COnsul will be satisfied with nothing short of the Invasion and Subjugation nf.fortuga/. We arc hound to make some effort for its salvation, o d i t i s .i t irinfseti that the Force, consisting of abOut 4000 Men, which has embarked under the com mlot t o f tviaj o r.Q:n. MOORF, is destined for this Service. This SOppOSitiOo Solf not improbable, as we l ee tiro other quarter where su small 4 force could at; with any , effeet. Some effort we couteive necgsary, but under our present weak and Uraveriog Councils, we hardly expeft one adequate tit the ohj , *CA. or one that wLI give us a chance of elOrting ours.:dves with Vecess. It is said that Sir Soo rtur 4 "1.... sot commands the ' Enn4dron which convoys the Troops under Geer. MOOR it—ln this ease the Service which hey, It ripg Ott my ha to )te enitprizing than that which is conjeEtured; but thorn this subjeft we think all anticipation fruitless and 111. tinted. No kind of satisfaCtion is yet given by Ministers to the Volunteers, for the humiliating measure of rejeding those services, the oar of which flowed from the purest motives of patriotism, and which 'alone can place the.Countri in a state of complete security against an invading Foe. We the more wonder at the obstinate , silence of Ministers on this head, as they surely must have had, what they at least thought, a good reason for checking the Na. tional Spitit, at a Moment when it was blazing so brightly, and was, impelling the whole Papa. lation of the Country to take up Arms in its • defence. The reason of Ministers may ben good one, though no human lacing can divine it, and as such, it will of course be satisfadory to the People at large. But as we at present stand, it appears as if Ministers had got' the National Ardour excited (for they certainly, to do them justice, had no hand in it themselves), for the sole purpose of holding Englishmen up to the ridicule of the rest of the World. The People of this Country are a re4Solling, rational People , --before they art, they think, and must be satisfied chat they ad upon just and proper grounds. They became convinced tithe dangers which threatened them from Invasion, and they unanimously and manfully resolved to take up _Arms for the purpose of meeting that danger, and of removing it far from their happy shores.— While, however, they are so ardently engaged in this laudable' purpose, they are cold that their ser vices cannot be received by their Government, but they are not at the same time told that the danger of Invasion is diminished—that the Enemy has. abandoned his design-4r that the Country is sufficiently secure against any. force which that Enemy can send against it. Atly reasnn, whatever it may be, would certainly be be'tter . than none. We cannot.but think that Ministers are bound to give a reason, and the Country certainly txpeds'it. On Tuesday evening at five o'clock the PRIN. cessis AuGUsTA and Anuit.l.A, attended by Lady C. DANtEIt, took an airing by St. .I.4ondrti's Hill and rlain, anti returned to the bodge at Windior, at Never o'cicck. In the evening 11-tEllt MAJESTIES had a Seidl Party at the Castle. Yesterday morning His Royal Highness the Duxe of KB NT arrived at Windsor from Castle Bar Hid, and Lord CATHCART and his Aids-de-Camp from London. At half past nine o'clock the Stafford shire Militia marched from the Barracks into the Little Park, where they were drawn (iv to receive Hri MAJESTY : at to o'clock FIN MAJESTY mount ed his horse, and accompanied by the DUKES of KENT and CAMURIPGE, attended by Lord CATII. CART, Colonel FiTzttoy, and• the us ua l escort . Light Horse, proceeded to the Little Park. HEK MA; csri• and the Pk INCFsiPS MARY and Sor tun, attended by Ladies SIDNEY, STAWELL, CR ANLEY, PITT, and several °tilers, walked at the same time to the Pit tilt: a of WAGE3'S apart. ment in the Castle, which overlooks the Little Park. The YaINCLISES AUGUSTA . and . AMELIA, tended by Lady C. DAM ER 10110U/ell Hts MAJESTY into the Little Park in a Sociable, along the front of the line, and took their stand in centre; when the Re. view commenced, the word of:ctimmand being given by Colonel SN EY n. The Regiment, which is near 1100 strong, and not more than zoo of them of the Ohl Militia, went through their diffetent evolutions and firing with all the exaetness of veteran Troops, and much to HIS MAI EsTY satisfattion. The ground was kept by the 13t h Light Dragoons; the day was remarkably fine; the Terrace was lined with the neighbouring Nobility and Gentry, and the Park crowded with persons who flocked from an quarters. The Review closed at twelve o'clock, when the RoY At. FAMILY honoured the Earl of UX B& i DGE with a visit, and partook of an elegant breakfast. The PaiNcess Amci.lA, attended by Lady C. DAmea, took an airing in a Sociable in Windlor Great Park, Yesterd a y His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALLS and the PitiNCtsS CHARLOTTE of WALES, paid a morning visit to Lady C. FtNcir, at her , apartments in St. Jaincs's Palace. It is said to he settled, that Lord CATite ART goes to Ireland as Commander in Chief, Lord Hns OW ICK t rem:►ins as Lord Lieutenant. . Yesterday evening General Sir I)AvID DoNetAs removed his HeA.quarteri from Chatham to' the City of Canterbury. The preparations at Chatham are going on with the utmost' rapidity. All the Lighters there and at . Sheerness,are titlin g up for the rece p t i on o f carron . odes, from t 2 to 18 pounds each, for the defence Of the Medway.. A platform is raising for theembarkation of Troops; and there are r Engineers; and above tOOO men employed on the fortifications. It is expetted that the I'4rts of I! ol Ia n I will be shortly declared in a state blockade : kor does a wiser mea s ure sug g e st i ts elf to u s , th an to continue the line of blockade to the utmost extent in our power. Tie injurious consevences which Insist result to France tom sued op operation, cannot be readily calculated. In the civic of :I;faire . and 'the mouth of the Seine, Paris itself ,may., be said to be in a state blockade, as fares it relates to the corn. nltinication of that city with the sea. The Seine is navigable tq itouen, one of the principal commercial towns of YrAnce, for merchant' ships ; :nut on that place the Cak)itai depends Inr very large stioplies of foreign products. The . weiglity mischief efp4 e db y such a measure is self- e vident { ond EMio would • increase in pcPrortiop .qt. 7111,90, N.IVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, sErT.'6.—Arrived the Arai 4( Fri gate, from a Crulze, and hirperierire Frigate from the Downs ; also the French Brig Anna - Maria, laden with fish and oil, from Newfoundland, Cap tured -by the haiad Frigate. . Arrived the Conqueror, of 74 guns, Capt. T. Louts, from off Cadiz, last from the Channel Fleet. Sailed this evening the Interim( Frigate to the Westward.' PORTMOUTII, SEPT. 7.--At'riVed the ROS;7/4, POTTER, with masts, from New Brunswick, for the Dock.)eard at this Port. DEAL, SEPT. 7.—His Majesty's Ship buner. jahuse Sloop, a i ►d Sulphur Bomb, sailed this morning to the Westward ; the Pigasus sailed this afternoon to the Northward. In the Downs—His Majesty's Ships Motarch, Utrecht, Railosable, anti Ranger. FLOTILLA OFF BOULOGNE. Aug:at 30.—The Enemy are so closely watched by our Cruizers, and so much harrassed by our frequent attacks, that they no docbt begin to be heartily tired of our visits. Yesterday the Dir. covery, Bloodhound, and ArCher began at eleven o'clock, and kept up a continual tire with shot and shells, till four in the afternoon : the Ene. my at the same time, opened from 'all quarters, throwing very heavy shells, and very long shot : but thank God none of them did us any injury.: One Brig at the end of Boulogne Pier, was set' on fire by a shell from the Discovery, 'and a good deal of other damage Was done by the bombardment. Sept. 3, Eight o'clock.—We have just beat the re. treat from a but Aaion.with the Batteries: shot and shells have been flying about like hail for nearly three hours ; but none of the Squadron, as far as I could discover, has sustained any injury. Otll. Vessel fired about thirty shot—our people work the guns exceedingly well, and with great quickness. Had not the wind been too mach to the North, we. should have continued our Attack a little longer. We have now hauled off' for the night ; burl itna. 'gine we shall be at it again in the morning. Alk IV DU t. blAll.S. liamburgh 3 PRICE Or STOCKS, THIS DAY AT 1 WELVE O'CLOCK. Consols . 53 e as4 I 7 dis. ... THE SUN. gotsit guts n/Clll/11 74$,SUM ♦UDs *s „LONDON, SEPTEMBER 8, 18°3. DISfRIBVTION OF PRIZE MONEY. 'Fite Albion, lielliqutux, Direaor, Harpy, Inflexible, Lion, Merlin, Islassau unities, and Reunion, 'tor the capture of' the Augustine, and re.capture of the Netly, will be paid on Mdnesday the 1 4th instant, At No. $, Salter:' Hall Court, Cannon Street. To the Diamond, for the capture of the Swedish Ship For tuna, a distribution will be made on Friday next, the . 9th inst. at No. 111, Clement's Inn. To the hired Cutter Queenborough, tig the capture of` the Ship Daphne, a distribution will be made at the same time and place. Letters of Thalicii from the Proprietors of Lloyd's, and the Captains of the Jamaica Fleet under the Convoy of the Goliab, having been transmitted Capt. BRtxoAtvE, fur his-attention and exertions to enable the Ships to prosecute their voyage 'after the hurricane of the 3oth of July, we insert with plea. sure Captain BRISBANS's Answers to those lann.)ur. able testimonies ;of his zeal for His Majesty's Set. vice, and his successful proteetinn, under such dis.. I 'easing circumstances, to the Comtnerce of his Country. Go Ports:on . lb,' disig:To; iB:3. eracrtesteN, I have the Honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Let ter of 1.901 inst. informing me the Lords Commissioners or the Admiralty had transmitted to you a List of the Fleet which sailed front Jamaica under my proteaton in June last, together with the approbation of the Committee for manag ing the concerns 01. your House. 1 cannot but feel hiAlaY gratified in the good opinion of so respectable a Body of Gen tlemen. and I beg you will return my sincere Thanks for their marked attention, and assure them it will ever be one of the principal objects of my duty to tooted the Conuneice of my Country ; nor do I feel the less grateful for the hand some manlier you have taken to convey their sentiments. I have the Honour to be, - Gentlemen, - Your most obedient very humble Servant, (Signed) C. BRISBANE. Messrs. BEllerT and 11 IT it (A COPY). Ills Majesty's Ship Gol.'ab t l',,rtsmoseth, Sept. S. SIR, I have the Honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Let ter with the inclosed, transmitting to me the unanimous Vote of Thanks from the Commanders of the West lndiamen, for the particular and essential service rendered to them by His Majesty's Ship Gull:di, under my command, atter the Hur ricane of the 30th July. beg you will return my sincere Thanks to those Gentle men, for their good opinion of my condud, and assure them, the merit alone rests with themselves i their particular at tention to my orders, and obedience to my signals, procured me the means of bringing them in safety to Europe. You will, Sir, accept my warmest Thanks for the handsome manner you have taken to convey the sentiments of those Gentlemen. I have the Honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient very humble Servant, C. BRISBANE. To Mr.]. FowLia, Commanding the Caste. His Majesty's Ship Sceptre will sail for' India about the soth of the present month. His Majesty's Ship! Drake and Nolo, have cap. tined and sent into . Si. Vincent the French brig, La Fole. Cargo said to he very valuable. His Majesty's Ship Cajon/if has captured and sent into St. Vincent the:French brig Sophia (Guinea. man), taken to windward. of Martinique. The Hornet Sloop of War has 'sent into St. Vin. cent a French Brig, with a too troops, from Dun. kirk, bound to Tobago, out 56 days. Hi's Majesty's Ship Werky has captured and sent into St. Kitt 's a large French Sloop, La rerem, with tits slaves, from Senegal. A French Privateer captured on the 3d of July, in sight of St. Kitt's, a large. Schooner, supposed to be the Lady Laviaittom Gosetnment Schoonfr. 'Hii Majesty's Ship Emierald has sent into An. tiguitfirtlA French Prizes, viz. La Baairre, La AftliVik;a, with slaves from Africa, La Pierre, L'hnfant Prodigue, anti a sloop, name. unknown, betwecq the loth of June and loth of July. A Leeward Island Ileet may shortly he eepeaed to arrive. ,The Ships which compose it w ere ap. pointed to rendeZvous at St, Kitt's and Tortola against the let of August, where a C onvo y would In waiting for them, which w 904 64 4 immuliateiv. ESSEX AND SUFFOLK FOLLINTEEIZS. Lizor.-GENT. Sir (suss Ca. to has received the Cod" , during his Tour in those Coun ties, the MANDER in Cm tres litteatenlS to request that the Lad Lieutenants of Essex and Su ff olk will signify to the tilltile• rous and respeetable Corps of Yeomanry, Volun teers, and Sea Fencibles, which His Royal Highness has had an oppor- tunity of reviewinvery great satisfag ion he has derived from observing th e general spirit and zeal with which they have at this import ant crisis 40tIle forward, and enrolled themselves for the de fence of the Country. The energy which has marked their COndna 611 ibis oek*. - - sion, agords the best security for the continuation of the in valuable blessings we have so long enjoyed, and is at the same the most honourable testimony of their attachment to the King, and of their determination to . preser ve attire flail Relit/on, the independence, and the uo ri valled Constituti o P which we received from our Ancestors. Gen (Signed) I. H. CRAIG. Matti. - Commanding tatleit District, 0114kt:ter. All4lOll. iEoj. To the Earl of Eusron,, Lord Lieutenant of Sultblk. • CITY VOLUNTEERS. AT a Meeting of the Officers of the different Vo. lunteer Corps in the City, on the 319 t of Augusto. it was agreed there should be no other distinttion, than the Number of each Regiment. In consequen ce they will all come under the title of LoYat. La* DON VOLUNTEERS. The Numbers, drawn by Gal" lot, were as under Ist Lieutenant-Colonel &actg. ((darnhill.) • N SAW TAW. 34 Ka NSSNa Tra 4th Pascs,(FarringdOn_r sth ------ T. St mit,(famnisom 6th z t - SHAW, (Portsoittn.) ath -------- CANNING. gth Co at i's. ioth Also, a Corps of Infantry, and three Troops of _ This day at noon the Rindst. KtottisenT or VOI:VNTIERS marched from Oa Mews along the Strand, to the Church. of Si. Cie. meat Danes, wheret heir Colours Were consecrated by theit - Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. itilitkilotip AO, preached a Sermon upon the occasion, Thy Cur: Royals, Wrieratttarti •,, mustered strong, and made a very rolli tat Y -'. pearance. is appointed. Commandant of Tobago. Cheshire under the _ Colonel. MsDortAto, of the ad Battalion 0 A Ladies' Subscription has been opened in patronage of Lady and Mrs. CREWE, Virmtatiricr ° 1 ' for the relief of the Wives and" Children of the Cheshiremen who may be killed eft wounded in the service of their Country during the War. A Guinea is fixed as the limit of sae" Lady's Subscription. The Volunteer Cavalry and Infantry of Wore* . ter have been accepted by His . Mai ever....Tll Duke of .BaAUIOKT and C. CovittnOtaaer s riiifia l Oi, been chiefly instrumental in raising this corpse Messrs. HazLawooD, .Pti mkt's, and t i r KINS, proprietors of Kidwelly Works, near fir: marthen, have offered to raid, clothe , and sr" - Company of Volunteers at their own exise nee , ‘ ', a„ At a Meeting of the inhabitants of the tsT l ,7 6 held at Skipton, on Coney of Craven, in the West Ridingot Y' 1 " 11"s mousy cis agreed offer to Hia MAIEITY a VOJI/41; ieer Corps of Cavalry and Infantry, to betrenci minded isy the Chairman (the 'Right Han' "''', 4ISIBLESDAI.I), without expenee to Govern" and without pay, until called out into Auld ler* vice s the tfith'.ult. tt was unanis We have learned with touch satisfaaion, that fhb Farre ll Volunteers have come forward in a ver y r ,f Lin, and spiri t ed manner, and have unaniniousic agreed_ to extend their services to any PA" ° n+ . Great Britain in case of Invasion, or imminent da get thereof. The Newcastle Royal ' Waggon Trai n, and a nearly complete,. and another Corps of Guides, under the Defence Atli ate n°_ about to be raised, under the auspices of the De' puty Lieutenant. at The subscription for the Volunteer COTO Leeds amounts to upwards of 1 z,sool. and mans are taking to make a return of all who a! ~1 1 ) ; posed able to subscribe, in order that thos e w a r the pointed out who have not come forward quo of -Artificers,. aro present occasion. • et The bene fi ced Clergy of flerefottishire have a laudable ex a mpl e , i n o ffering to clo the their rnail servants at their own eXperice,' as Volunteers f u 1 ; . , the defence of their Country. spedable meeting of the Clergy of the Diocese; Yesterday se'nnight, a numerous and very fe e Gloucester, convened by the Lira Bishop , was 7, , 1- for the purpose of considering the proprietY, ! , His Lordship, in opening the business, Address to Has MAJESTY at the Mae° ens" ; N.' t ook a f n a l t portunity of observing, that, in the coor' e r , ° „ o of morning, he had, accompanied bY th e ; a " - h - y an Gloucester and Dr. Sitate, been r eu j n iCiatit• in speaking audience of his Royal highneac the Ona sse nt illl.' ?MILANO, who, inirtant state of affairs, was pleased to le vel o Iris opinion (and his Lordship conceived tha t sh ut l apt be the opinion of His Majesty's Goverm tlents ' e lvea the Clergy should on nu account enrol them 4 - 0 0 as Volunteers in any military assiiciatior 4 bat s 'etiess by all means remain constantly in their i lArs- try Their physical aid towards the force of the V u :, l , in was, he remarked, comparatively small, On" n ; 00 1,1 the least equivalent to the great good 11 1 ° these of the . r it be enabled to tired, by their advice.' 2," co itus ideas, his Lordship said, he most Peire"'Y tr ess cided ; and further added, that His Royal W; i.ii , ‘ had earnestly requested, no attention wilate%eri_nvoula be paid to the numerous vague reports which;dos, inevitably, in times like the present, he 1 , 000 triously circulated ; as it was his intention, s , i iie Lona. to inform his Lordship of the real Slate (11 I. . ' tell dally in case of any attack upon our co asts)olis c .s iAlit 1 ,, Mint. try ;.' that so, through this medium, t . .. io a of the surrounding P a rishes might he irkilYta trio " o f of the same, for the infor mation and satis their Parishioners• vitt and otdeed to be left at different iliac 17 rococo signatures of those Gentlem en who, were I' The Address was signed by all theClergY.,); t he from attending the Meeting. Volun teers are t o 1 The Manchester Ligh t Horse , _ra°ll, I. n co n. be increased to So effective men per LorjLieuicaarit. seouence of an intimat ion from toe