The Sun. — London, England, 1803-07-09 00:00:00

Tiouon we have reason to hope that the munication with Hamburgb may be again opener; by 'the course of the Elbe, ,as the Senate of that City, and the Court of Denmark, seem to be taking step.; for that purpose, , yet the arrangement is not sufli. ciently advanced to authorize our sending the Mails in their usual channel ; the Foreign Mail for the North of Europe was therefore dispatched to Ta. ningen, as it will continue to be till the French eva. cuate the Banks of the 4/he. LAST night, in the House of Commons, the S. CR ETARY at WAR gave notice of his intention to move, on Tuesday next, for leave to bring in a Bill for rendering more effeetual, the Ad passed at the commencement of the present Session, for the better Defence of the Realm. THE Friends of Mr. ADDINGTON give him great credit for having, as they say, at different 'times endeavoured to strengthen his Administration—lt is true, as we believe, that propositions were made some time ago to Mr. PITT, but as they did'not come from the only quarter from which such propo sitions ought to originate, they could not.of course be entertained. We really believe however that Mr. ADDtriGTON is deeply impressed with the difficulties with. which he is surrounded, and we do not mean to say that the fault of the weakness of the Administration is solely to be imputed to him. We have repeatedly given our opinion resp,eding the Ad_ miralty, and we did not state that opinion without the best authority. Before we can look for hearty cooperation in that Department, (and, without it, what can we expell We must remove discord.— 'We believe there is to man living who has any personal dislike to Lord' Hosatrt the War Mini. dater, yet who is tbstetbat does not wisir at the present crisis that a Man of the first-rate talents, and the highest authority, filled that situation P When the ()Ned is to excite Covfdetree, we natu. 'rally look at lust for sotne Extericriei. But if the Administration is not so strong as cir cumstances require—if that confidence is not excited so essential to our interests,lis that a sufficient tea. son why the People should be supine ? We will not compare the merits of Mr. PITT with those of Mr. ADDrNGTozr, because we will not coMpare things totally dissimilar; but we are not contending for one man in preference to another—we are struggling for our Country--we are fighting for our all—and,. though we shall not fight so well under an inferior Commander as we should under an able General, if we do not fight at all, we must lose every thing. We lament as much as any persons, that. in such times there should be any obstacles whatever to the employment of the greatest talents of the Nation in the administration of its affairs; because, if great disaster happens, those talents must then probably be called into action--and we wish they may not be called into action too late to repair the mischief which they might have prevented, The gloom which a few days ago spread over the minds of many persons, and particularly in the City, is in a great degree dissipated. Many'cir. cumstances contributed to occasion this general de-, pression in no resl'e imputable as blame to Mr. ADDINGTON. A scarcity of Money is always in some degree felt immediately previous tothe issue of the Dividends. There is also a considerable stagnation in Trade arising from various causes, and among others from the Violation of the Neutra. lity of the Elbe and the [Yuri. by the French Troops. The steps His M3jesty'S Mi n i sters took upon this occasion are deserving the applause of the Country. It can never surely be permitted to BoNArAart to ask that the Navigation of those Rivers shall be .fiye to every other Nation but Great Britain., Jf the passage of these Rivers is to be stopped, who . will be the sufferers I—those ,to whom the banks belong, and who will soon be tired of their new friends.--If our Trade to Germany is im peded through this channel, it will find another Ineonvenieece may be felt till that new chan. net is discovered, but that inconvenience will be greater to- those who are looking fur the supply, than to those who furnish it. The mea. sure of blockading the mouths of these Rivers we very much approve-. Wet were most heartily glad to see it adopted, not so much on account or . the measure itself, but as sy:ni>tomatic (which we flatter ourselves it isjof other steps of a similar nature. ft may not improbably lead - to the re.esta. blishment of our Trade upon its former footing. There are many rumours' still afloat respecting the Mediation of Russia, We wish thil question were brought to a point—Until it is, it will alter. *lately raise and depress the minds of the People ; anti if, while the result of this interference remains in doubt, it should occasion ',any relaxation of our exerting, it may prove of the worst eonsequenc.!s. 'W e do not expect much from it ourselves, though from what we have lately heard, ice . belie'Ve The ENIPt ROR is very anxious in his wishes to restore Peace. IV .1 /I I. N E 3. , • . PL C 11; JULY 7. Arrived tne zwantstr Sh i t ' kind, P. P. De CANTARO nvlster, belonging to St. Andero, laden with hides, tallow, and wool, front the river La Plata, said to be bound toLotadoil, detained by the Qn eesSiCkarlotte hired Armed Cut. ter, on her passage for Newfoundland. Arrived the Dutch SchOoner Brothcrs Lust, Capt. B. ROL.OFZ I laden with sugar, coffee, cotton, from Surinam bound to Amsterdam, captured by the Dove Privateer, of Guernsey. Arrived the Brig Swinger, of Glasgow, Capt. WITARLANit, laden with sugar; &c. from Jamaica, bound u London, caltured ten days' since, in lat. 49. 49. by La Reprisal French Schooner Privateer of Bourdeaux, mounting r+guns, with too men, and re.taken same day by the Catharine and Mary Pri, vateer, of London, mounting r 4 guns. La . Repri. sal also captured at same time the following•Englisli Vessels, viz. the Jamaica from New-Brunswick,: the Union, BROWN,' from Grenada, the Brig Nel. son, from Cadiz, with oil, (the latter ransomed for moo dollars), and an English Ship from Naples, supposed to he commanded by Capt. Ron INsorr. The Catharine and Mary, after re.caiu uritt the Swinger, went in dace of La Reprisal and her 'Prize , , and t4erc is reason w hope will fall in with, and -give a good account of them. Arrived the French Ship Le erst AD , , laden with tobacco, &c. from Virginia, bound to Havre ; and the Dutch Ship Doornhaag, laden with coffee, cot. ton, &c. from Demerara, bnund to Amsterdam, both captured by the RaenbleiSloop of War. . Arrived the Concordia, Capt. Oustr, from Holmstrand. Arrived and Le Topoze Frigates, 114. 4cordand I?am4kr Sloops of War, from a Cruize. PORTSMOUTH, juLY B.—This day arrived Pilot Boat, having on board the Masters of the following Vessels, which were taken out of the American Ship 0/i v', Cant. BR YE) EN, from Balti more, bound to London, into which Ship they were put from the'Reprisa/Frenefi Schooner Privateer, of Bourdeaux, which had captured all t h e i r vesse l s, and,sent them to a Spanish Port, viz. Jamaica, BOURN; 114gFAR LANE ; and Kirsvint, ROI) Ern° N, fron Jamaica; Union, Brto WN, from Grenada and Prince's Raja, HART. LEY, from the West Indies. The said Privateer had also taken a Brig belong. ng to Bristol, and ransomed her. Arrived the johavles, from Bourdeaux .to Ham. burgh, ilden with brat*, capuues.l.ll the }fired Cutter /I,4tannia. • Also arrived the Dart Brig, front St. Domingo, ppm:T(l by the Apollo Frigate. She has on board several Passengers, and amongst them Mademoiselle TApuli t de la PAQERII, and Monsieur St. Rost TACH I E de la PAGER'S, Niece and Nephew of the First Consul LioNApArre. YARMOUTH, JULY 8. --- Arrived two Dutch Schuyt*, sent in by the Escort Gun-brig. The Leda, Admiral Titoartattotfoit, Gitylbe;rl and Peatlept Frigates, .Herla Bomb-vessel, Zebra and Locust Gun.brigs, from a Cruize in the North Sca, arrived in the Roads yestezday after Post. On Thursday evening Mrs MAJESTY, the PR IN CRUSE, the Dlntss of Cuivia RRLAND, KENT, and CAMBRIDGE, attended by the Earl and Countess of CHATHAst, took an hiring in a Phaeton and two Sociables, in Kew and Richmond Gardens. Yesterday morning about six o'clock, Messrs. SHAW, HAI9RAYE,_ and AIL SI P O R D , t h e M es . sengers, arrived at Kew with Dispatches from the Lords of the Admiralty and the Secretaries of State, which engaged Hts MAJEsTv's attention 'till near nine o'clock. After breakfast fits MAI EITY, the Du E S of CUMBEKLAND I KINT, and CAMRI2RIncr, tended by Mr. Gaivit.t.E,• nrld Mr. WYATT, the Architea, walked and inspected the new ?dace and other works. About one o'clock the ROYAL FAMII left Kew for Windsor. His -Royal Highness the PRINCE of IV.,Les returned to Town on Wednv(lay evening from Brighton. Prince ESTERHAZY gives a grand Dinner to. morrow to a large party of the Nobility and Po. reigners of distinftion. Yesterday sennight Admiral Lord GARDNIA arrived at Cove, in His Majesty's Ship Dryad. Leave was given to bring in a Bill last night in the House of Commons, on the motion of Sir Wu. SCOTT, which has for its °Ned, as stated by the Right lion. Mover, the better protection and secu. city of that property which o ur b rave an d ga ll ant Tars so honourably acquire in the captures made from the Enemy. The' proposed regulations will be found in Our Parliajnentary Report. We arc glad to hear that such of the Army of Reserve as chute to volunteer 'into . the Royal Ma rines are to tie permitted to enter into that Corps, as well as into the Line. The Corp of Royal Marines feel deeply Rupres. led with gratitude to Lord Sr, VINCENT, for the large' promotion which has recently taken place.— Lord Sr. VINCONT in his professional capacity well knows the . value of that Corps. which it has been very much the praBiee to throw into the back ground, except when their own Meritorious services have forced them into notice. The DUKK of CA/4011100R hal appointed Dr. CR ICH TON iQ IBC his PI/phial. DBFENCE OF TIT' COUArTLY. Rnyal Highness the CoM \TAND/IR. in Cu EF hcs sent &Letter to the General Officers command. lug Distritts, requiring their a‘sistance in ail of and in conjunaion with His Majesty's Lie9upants. it is very full, clear and cAtiprehensivel assigns t o eve r y : ma n Iris post, and details 'the different ,luties, wherein his individual means and capacity may he most ,serviceable.—With respect to the Supplies, and. driving the Country, His RorAL HIGHNESS observes on the former,-that the forms laid down for th,e purpose are in thermelyes so comprehensive as to require no .rentark ; on the lat. ter, that the diresaions pointed notate . so essential anl satisfaftry to all military purposes, that he feels it alon necessary to clued their at tention towards deciding on their execution. in concert with the Lieutenancy. His ROYAL HIGHNESS next adverts to the Corps of Guides, enforces 'the importance of this service, as to the guidance of the Army and conveyance of Con.. Wendel Orders, end advises' frequent recourse to their local knowledge, as to the ,state of the roads, nature of the country and soil, supply Of , water, and other point's whichimportance at be of great . at the moureni.—On the dray and formation of a Corps of Pioneers, His govaL HIGHNESS recent mends that, from the uncertainty in what place their exertions may be most wanted, they should be stationed throughout the whole field of possible operations ; and notices that it fortunate in this itisranc:e, that the convenitmte of individuals and the Public Service go hand in hand, and admit of ..this descriptioil of persons remaining generally in their own dwellings until the moment of their services. being called forth. Much, however, will depend upon the judicious choice of Leaders and Captains; to such Officers the Lieutenancy are particularly re. quested to explain, " That frequently the services of their COmpaniei will hot be called for until necessity absolutely requires, in order to avoid unnecessary devastation, and that as such delay has in view the preServatton of t4eir property and roads calculated for their own convenience, it chiefly behoves them to remain at their post to the last moment, -uninfluenct.l by any scene ,of approaching danger, but in which they are not engaged, waiting the final orders which the General may, according to' Circumstances, find it "necessary to issue. • • Lastly, says His Royal Highness, I am to dire your attention to the views and sanguine expeeta -60111 entertain of the service Which may be render: ed by such brave men as agree to take up arms in the common cause. On this subject His Royal Highness is peculiarly full and forcible. Supp9sing that the Enemy Shall .have been ao fortunate as for once to escape the vigilance of the Navy, it follows, that whilst our Army is daily increasing, various causes must operate to his rapid diminution, and eventually to his total annihilation; and as to this effeet, irregular Troops may be highly instrumental, it is material to , observe on the nature and formation of these bodies. The chief danger to which an irregular Force expOstd, arises irons a want of conklence and per. fed understanding . in regard t the purpose which it may have in vie rs', and, which beget s a feeling of danger from the absence of a mutual dependence. When .therefore previous assembly and discipline cannot be obtained, Hla ROYAL HIGHNESS adyises . that bot Company should befortned of a greater num. bet of people than are already known toeach 0th0, 4 4 . to a 4 under 4 - alma known to each inn iviLluar' AO on wlicite - intelligence and pradenee all have equal confidence; upon the assembly therefore of this description of force, each Company will remain independent, without any other bond of union than, what arises out of the ,emulation and zeal of men animated by a common cause. From the first moment of a landing being made, the great object of the Irregular Troops must be to b4ra,r, alarm, and aiigwe en Enemy. Nothing can mote: M eetualty contribute . to this tabled than the operations of small teethes of men %veil acquainted with the country, who will approach and tire upon the advanced posts of his Army, without.eVer engaging in serious.aetiott; or hazarding themselves, in any situation where their own natural intelligence. and watchfulness does not 'ensure thentfrom the danger of being cut off'. So lung as they areseatchfid to this point, it must be evident, that with the country open in their rear,aed with the advantage of know ing all the avenues and roads, having an enemy who is igno rant of them, and who can likewise ; have but a small proportion it any cavalry ; that nothing can expose them to any other danger than what their own energy and courage had d,:termined them to face. When An enemy' uits the coast, these Corps should fill upon his flanks and rear, and cut ott' all small detachments which venture from the main body in search of plunder. " It is unnecessary for, me to enlarge further upon this subject; the obje ct of its fOrming.part of these instructions, is, that you shall impress upon the•rninds of the Gentlemen of the Lieutenancy, that this service is one of the most im portant which can be petformed in idd of a 13.egular Army t at the same time that it et of a nature to require nothing from those who cuter into it beyond what the eivergy of Air own - spirit and natural Intelligence makes the fully competent to undertake and execute, when acting in conjunction with , disciplined Troops, and assisted hay Officers of experience who shall be attached to direl their operations, " Impressed ivith this convidien; and a persnasicin that the kid tottotsgutrable see'eh-.the birth-right of every Briton— is the nuist promising hope of all military success,. 1 shall exped with confidence, it my views and feelings of this ser vice are in unison with those of. the Gentlemen of the Lieu tenancy that their exertions and example will bo given t o the loyalty of t he people , preferably to embrace this line of Service, by which, is bringing honour upon them selves, they will ensure the safety of m heir Country. (Signed) " : FRIi D ER I Cli s •Cortmtmler lu Chief.'/ The ?oldie will learn with much satisfaction, that agreeable to the schedules which have been delivered for'that , purpose, measures are now taking to ascertain the line of duty every man will volun. tarily engage to perform in case of invasion. A. Meeting of the County of Surrey was held yes.: tetday a t Eps4m, when the following plan was adopted: It was resolved, " That the County be divided from East to We s t, into three Di v i s i ons . The Snittgern Division to extend two- miles to the Northward o f , t h e , from Farnham to Westerham. The Northern Division to compre. hend all the County to the Notthwatd, with the exception of the Borough of Southwark and Brixton Hundreds, which are to form a third Division. " That the. Southern Line be divided into three Divisioni, each tsf which is to be, under .a Lieuten. ant of Division, viz. from Farnham to Guildford ; from Guildford to Dorking, and from Dorking to Westerhism.l! ''That the Northern Line be divided alio into three l)ivisions, viz. From the Western extremity to,the Wey ; between the Wey ,and the Elhoin Turnpike-road leading to London.; and from thence to the &stern extremity." A Company of Guides is likewise to be foram!. By the adive itssi.tance of the Gentlemen of the County, its quota of 963 men will be reitsly on the t6th of this manth. OLD B,IILEI. TIiIRU DAY-4RIDAY, JUL,Y S. BANK OF ENGLAND. Ravi Arlett was indiatd for that he beige, servant 'of, and employed by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and as such Ads entrusted with a certain Paper.writiag eathel an Exchequer Bill, of, the value of 10001. anti another of the samCvalue, and a third of the 'SALM value, oil the`z6th of Febrte:;ry last, lie being such servant, &C. did feloniously.secrete and embeezie t h e said Thecheqoer.Bills, and did ,run away with them, so 'belonging to the said. Governor and:Company, Other counts in the Indictment varied the mode of charge, 'stating the' said Exchequer Bills to be the effeas of the said Governor and Company, &c.— To which he pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. KNOW4YS opened the Pleadings. • Mr. GA/ROW opened the Case. He said he had the honour to open this Case on the part t the Prosecution instituted by that great commercial body of men, the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and to state the Charge,upon thld Indidment against the Prisoner at the Bar. He said, that this Indiament had been postponed for reasons ' which could not then be so conveniently stated as they might be now. The case against the Prisoner at thelia, on the issue of whose life or death the jury were_ now charged, to determine, was of 04 last importance—it was to him . of the last import. am!, as it itifeaed . his life, for the offence with which he stood charged, that of secreting and ap. proprietingeo his own use, property of the Bank entrusted to his cafe, was made a capital offene by an Atli of Parliament. It would be his 'duty to state the circumstances of this case, and to state the manner in which the offence Was committed ; and although the*ase it s elf might he very long, yet I t o , hoped to be able •to lay it ()lien before the J ur y without occupying a great portion of their rime. The Prisoner had been employed .for twenty-five years hr the Bank of England, fwenty.three of es hich were hi the office of that well known and merits, rions Officer of the Bank, Mr. Abraham Newland ; and it, was not unfair to say; that up to the time of the unhappy cause of his present situation, he had concluded himself meritoriously; this situation he had brought himself into by unfortu n ate specula. tions in the Funds, and which be was now brought to that Bar to answer for - with his dif . e. • In the year 170, having passed the grallations of his office, the entortunate Gentleman at the Bar was appointed Cashier ; and the Jury knew it was a large part of the business of the Bank of Engl an d to purchase Government Securities, and particularly Exchequer Bills, and thiS they did to sueply the exigencies ofeGoVernmerit. • The manner aif doing it was this :—when the ExclieqUer Bills were in the market, notice was given by the Diredors that they would purchase them, and this business W'a's wider the management of the Cashier. Alh.these purchases were made through the medium of tl respedable house of Metiitti. GOidstiliti ,in./ the • Bruke•r of the Bank. When these purchases were made, bill s of parcels of thdm were made out aril delivered to the cashier, who was the Priscioer at the ILI-, contain. ing an enumeratioteof them, atid.it was the duty if the Prisoner ht all imoaoces of 'these eutelets,, to compare the things purchased with the enumeration of them in the bill of parcels. When IMO:lose:I, they were entered by the Prisoner sar the Bar its what was called the Bought Book, kept ie. the Cashier's Office. The Exchequer Bills, when put-`_ chased, were deeosited in a strong chest,, kepealsts in the Cashier's Office, 'until it Was necessary that they should he under the immediate eye of the 1)i. • red , ors: When Exchequer Bill s were. bought the amount of too,oool , or zoo, ooo l. a certain number of them was counted off by thi Cashier, 'and another Cork counted the rem tinder, they were all made up into 'parcels by' the Pris Oner at the Bar, and there Was an original Book into Which it- Was the duty'of the Prisoner to make an ehtry. ,The Bills were counted and examined befhre the Diredor in waiting, to see if they agreed with the entoneration of the hill of parcels and the entry t.f the Cashier. Whets this entry was 'made and the Bills compared with it, two of the Directors signed the .entry, as Vouchers for the Cashier, hat the Bills thereby specified were • inclosed in the among chest, ,that so much had been btitight, brought in, delivered to them, and they Were then in the immediate care Of the Directors, Who deposited'themin.the strong chest lie had stat• ed already, and that was placed in a clUset appro. priated to that purpose, to which there ivere three keys ; 'general!) , speaking, is could be opened oily by these threckeys, each in the care of at Diredor ; at' an emergency, however, it might be opened by two, but never by less, and generally by alt three.. Supposing then any parcel of Excliever Bills to be here deposited, they must there remain until the time of payMent at the Exchequer, that was usually called the period of their rederiiption; but under no condition' upon earth arc they suffered to Come egain into the Money Market ; they could not by any possibility conic, got of that chest but by the consent and connivance of at least two of the Honoerable Direeiors, in fraud of their duty, .by opening their Closet fraudulently.; a thing re s it to be predicated of these Hon. Gentlemen, but only to be stated by way of illUstration of the case, to thew that the Bills which afterwards did find their' way into the Market, after they were bought by the Bank, never did find their way into that closet ; fur when once an Exchequer Bill was deposited in that closet, it never came out again until the season for redeeming it was bound convenient for the public. On the loth of February the Prisoner at the Bar did carry into _that room a certain number -of Ex'. citeipier Bills in one parcel, amounting to t0°,00014 and another pared of z00,0c01., and a third of 4.00,0001. making in all 7°0,6°31, he had also 'to carry in, and 11140 e all the corresponding entries, and the book was sYgnet IT Mr. Net and •Mr. Smith, two Hon. Geutlemeit the Dire4tioo, and the entire of them ought to have been earth:C . l'th on 'that day ; but instead of which, one whole. Ittiittdle .of Exchetitier.Bill.s i atnnuntitlc 10 zoo,oool, instead of carrying them in as lie ought to haVedoile,-'h e .withdrew,' a n d c o nv er te d to . hisi4n us . e,..'or, in the language-of the pretient indidoient,-attlhez z lid, se .. creed and rareaway with; and the manner by which t hi4. w as donne should be made out to absolute tie. monstration before the Jury. They would find flits