The Sun. — London, England, 1803-11-29 00:00:00

P AkIS, , ..Nov 47. Tntat were at Cherbourg, when - thell/1, inisterpf Marine pas se d t h rou gh t h a t to Wn,' twenCYAve : Flat-bottomed. Boats destined to join, the Flotilla at Boulogne, and which only waited for a favourable Wind tot set sail. The First Consul was still at the Camp at Bou. logne on the loth: He was Otpeded the lib or t zth at Ostend, with a numerous suite of Generals . and superior - Officers. From Ostend he will pro. teed immediately to Flushing and the Isle of Wal., cheren. Madame La CLERC has married the Prince POIMIESE ; the Marriage . was celebrated at Mor. Fontaine. The General of Division, BouasT, has set out for 'Utrecht to take the command of the Troops assembled there. • To the details published of the engagement which took place on the sth before Boulogne,. some parti. culars may be added. The principal are, that the First Consul was aaivelyemployed on all points of. the Coast : at the Batteries and die Fort he pointed find fired himself two mortars, d kmelle, of a new invention, and went on board; his Pinnace at the commencement of the abion, in which he did not cease for an instant to partake all the dangers of the combat. Orders have been given at Brussels to prepare a great quantity of bicuit for the strvicc of die Army of England. The Government having learnt that the French Genetal i BOYER, is detained a prisoner in Scotland, has ordered that one of the most distinguished of the English Prisoners shall be conflicd in the same Manner, and receive the same treatment as shall be given to General Boyea. The ,following notiee has been issued by the 14inist% of Marine :—" Several journals, on the authority of letters from flamburgli, hay:: announced the death of Admiral Vitemt Joyeuss, Cap. tain.General of the Island of Marti' ique. No irr. telligence of this event has reached the Marit'',e Office. It is probable that this report originated in authentic accounts of the death of General VR NY, commander_ of the military force in the same island.'' On the t zth and 13th inst. a number of Merchant Vessels left the Canal of Brussels, which have been retained for the service of the State ; they will be followed successively by others. They are all Smacks and Bilanders, in the best condition. Letters from Antwerp announce the detention at Amsterdam, by virtue_ of a Iteclaination of the French Government, of forty-four Vessels loaded with. Colonial produce from Ernbderi, and that a Commission ' 'hail been appointed to verify the„ans of property, and the validity of the Neutrality of the Vessels. The izth'and zsth Demi.brigades, which are at the Camp at Dunkirk, maocenvre every day on the sea coast. The Armament of Doggers and Fidting. , boats, which are in the Basun of Dunkirk, is pushed forward with the greatest aaivity ; each of these Vessels will be armed with one 24. pounder :And. four 4.pounders, and will carry, besides the Tr oop , to lie disembatked, a crew of 40 men, and Will hatie besides a stable for the ; transport of horses, MINISTRY OF THE MARINE. EXTRACT FROM THE GENERAL ORDERS OF THE NATIONAL FLOTILLA UNDER THE ORDERS or ADMIRAL BRUIX, DATED BOULOGNE, NOV. 13. " An English three-Masted Ship, call e d the Trimmer, from Suuthwold, of 160 tons borttlen, Capt. BENC E, has been - wrecked on the Coast of Yrar.ce, near Etaples, and the Crew perished. The name of the Captain, that of the Ship, a nd the I•lation to which it belonged, appeared from some papers which were found on board. - A very small part of the cargo has been saved from the wreck. " The Privateer the Sarierre, Capt. RENAUD, has captured and brought into Saint Makes the ;Cleo patra of Jersty, laden with cod. There were 25 Prisoners made on this occasion.-" BooLoorrr, Nov, 12.-.::W hen the First Con sul was reviewing the divisions of the Army,' a Soldier of the 4.th Division pretented arms, and said to " In the sth year of the Republic I divided same bread and provisions with you in, the Passes, of Ba4ann, which must have been of great. , service to you,, for you were :'very hungry. , .you cannot have forgot it. I now ask you to do as Much fOr'tny father, wins is old and. infirm, I have received fi ve wounds in the Army, and have been made Corporal and Serjeant on the ficid of battle, and I hope. to: he Made Sub.Lietitenant in the next' anion." The First Consul, who remembered the anecdote, granted his request. • An experiment has lately been made of the strength of English and French Gunpowdir, when it clearly appeared that the French powder was considerably stronger. Bootoatre, Nov. r3.--The Minister of the Marine arrived here yesterday, Within these three dayi thirty Flat,bottorned 10 4 ts haVe.entered.our Putt from Haire • the y had on board a b out 700 m ei of . the loth Regiment of Light Infantry. The English are no longs in sight ;;the - bad: weather has forced thetn,off., •HANovaa, Nov. .7 - ~ - -There prey Ails at this fitment. much activity in the French Army, which ,occupieuthii ;country. .Several carriages - are ern. ployed in transporting cannon and ammonition. There are at .present at Harbourg ; four Vessels ready to go down the Elba, two are Ipaded.with 3 4potinders,- and the other two with gunpowder. A secret EXpedition is spoken of. The French COuncil of War pronounced yester day on the fate of Serjeant Ahrens, formerly at. *ached to the •6th Regiment of Hanoverian Infantry, accused . of having, recruited for Engiancl:: he was €ondeinged to the ga)lies. foi fifteen years. ~ • 'STOCKHOLM. OCT. 25.—Aceording to Tatters from Abo, the English Ship the Lord Archon, laden With sugar, rice, ,anit fine.cloths, to the value of between 20 and 30,0001. hal beenTost in the Baltic. The Crew was saved. Nov. 6.—This capital appears to be 'et present the' centre of very important Negotia. tionss which !Rye taken place betnreett the Mini. , gels %oft-the pr:mAipal c!ovverC.of .Itisropei It : alter.ted , that Otir,Citort. -unittd anti Russialor. the purpose, of offeripp.in. comer", its Mediation rto the :Belligerent ,Powers, and 'AI. ! ! it has even, already proposed a new plan of pacification,. the execution of :which the principal monarchs of Europe are to take an , active part. It is thus that they explain the.frequent c2nferences of the Ambas.- sadors, and the great number of Couriers sent from, hence to all the Courts of. Europe.: . . • I-IncuE, Nov. .It.—,The Committee of the Council .n 1 Marine, who, were .charged to examine the Ships of War , stationed: in the, Zoyder.Zee, and the- Rivers frons , the:Nlars Diep .to the mouth of the Fans, afterwards proteeded to Amsterdam and Me. denblick from Asitence they., went: to the Tcxel and the Helder, in order cautiously to ascertain the state of our Ships of the Line and Frigates, and to* give such orders 'as would . enable them to put to sea on the firasignal. The Committee terminated. its inspettiooat Delfzel. • It is expeded that a similar inspeaion will take place in the ports-Of Rotterdam, Brill,.andlielvoet. sluys. General MONNET has ordered some- fresh MCA-, sures of defence in the Isle of IVdc-herrn" litary Pasts between Flushing and Viere haye,beerf augmented, and.the Batteries placed in such posi. tions as to enable them to snnoy such English -Ves. sels as miy attempt to reconnoitre the Coasts, they have 24 and 36 pounders mounted upon them. The First Consul is ,daily expeded at Flushing. A C-nnonade took place on the 7th, in the ell tuaton of the. S,uth.west. Ic proceeded from an Inglish Frigate, pursuing and firing at a Lugger, which •escaped and entered this P , lrr. It was t he For tune of Dunkirk. The. Frigate fired above 7o shot, IS and 24. pounders, at her. Our Funds rose -yesterday very considerably.' • OSTEND, Nov. to.—Our Camp is nearly c a m pieced : 'the Troops are lodged in Barracks which are thatched ; they are separated into streets, an d are kept very clean. We" hope -the First Co'niul will-be as well satisfied with them ai the Minister of. War was. The construetion of Gun-boats and Sloops of war is nearly finished, and this place is se. cured from the attacks of the English'. There are above s .o pieces of cannon and mortars mounted along the coast. There 'are but few Cruizers on our coast, and those of small hirce, 'The Enemy are in greater force off' the mouth of the Meuse, -but , the heavy, galei now oblige theta to keep a great dis: tance. • , HAMBURCH, OCT. 7e.---The day before ',ester_ day the inhabitants of this city granted the loan demanded by General BERTHIER tor the . States of Hanover. The Loan amounts to four millions of livres. A deputation has been appointed from the Senators and Citizens to regulate the details, and they have already had some cpnkrences with Gen. BERTH! ER. It is thought that General will go from hence to Lubeck and Bremen to make similar propositions. The sum demanded for the States of Hanover from the Hanseatic Towns, Hamburg, Lu. beck, and Breme;l, is 14. or TS millions of byres. The States of Hanover will give by way of pledge the domains •belonging•to the ditYerent towns which are to have part of the Loan. It is also said that some of the States of LoWer Saxony will'a.lvance .Loans to the States of Hanover. SEMI, TN. OCT. 2 . 0.--Letters frum Seres, in Ma,• `cedoilia, confirm the accounts of the melancholy state of that Province. The Banditti, under the name Of ChM/di:, eobtiMie to ravage it. " They plunder-all the villages, and drive the inhabitants fit - mu them by unheard of cruelties. Ltstml,, Bey of Seres, went in pursuit of them with an armed force, but they have 'hitherto escaped,him. The situation•of Wallachia is very different -: The lulu. bitants feel the gold effeds of a tuikish Army in the neighbouring provinces. PASSW AN OC Lin, can no longer venture to make incursions. The roads , .are all secure, and 'p ro vi s i on s are at a moderate P • rice The navigati on o f t h e D anu b e i s in k inter- rupted than usual. r -~~...+ GIBRALTAR, 0 " 17. rkPCLANATION BY. I.IBVT.•GIN.ERAL Iturnitild4TlON, having been received °fa Malig.- nant Fever having madelts appearance at Malaga, His'Excellency I)w:thought fit to direet, that from 'ro.motrow ;all communication by lan.l with Spain ;shall be ,cut .ofUtill. further orders. No person is ,therefore to ;pass the. Barriers except the king's workmen, or people employed by Government, and they are not, to go to the Northward of the ru4d leading to Devil's' Tower. • No •person is, to held any communication With', Spain on .the neutral ground. Fishermen are not a llowed to fish unless 'accompanied by a guard, and • that only during the day.. Al! cointnunication , by sea, with the coast of Spain, ;between Almaria:4nd Cadiz,,ia also stopped until further cadet*, but com. munication is allowed with places on the coast be. yond them. .. • 'Letters of ; a, recent date'received.from Hanover, represent the sufferings ofi.the poor Inhabitants to be unditnitished.-10tatte, Jobbery, and plunder were as common theAirst entrauce of the French Army, into that unfortunate Country. A few tlanovecimis had met to bury their sorrows for a few .hours in a littis innocent recreation. They were .dancing, when tt!French Officer entered the room, ling •deliberately drawing a pistol Irom his pocket, 'Avoca kianoyrrian Officer. who was dancing, through the head. . -cooly assigned as a4eason that the man he had, ihot , VAIS employed in recruit. ins for the English. - . Among the many pitrioric offers which have of late been-made;-we have authority to state that Mr. M‘Dotintio, of StafFa i hisi. in his own name, and in that of part of his- Tenants, grade a tender to government of Shipping, capableof Conveying too Soldiers from the Islands of Argyleshire to any part of Scotland, whew their service may be most re,, quired, in the evefit'of an 'evasion, free of all ex., pence to the . Public. • - • It is a raft, cilia 3..atiAiARTE has.refuseal perrnite'; sion the Aliens qvito-were some time since sent out of this Couritry,—to-land in—France. The Ship ,which conveyed th e m is now lying at Matlaix, With the whole number bond, 41111SWER DO CURSORY :REMARKS. B E s t ois Letters of Fa-1 - i- Ain lON which lately appeared in this Paper, and Which :ere upon t h e "eve o f rc.publication in an improved and alter ed form, A Plain ,4ns2uer to the Cursory Remarks of the NEAR OBSERVER, has just made its . appear.: ance. They seem equally to be the produttion of men who have more than common information upon • the topics agitated and misrepresented by the Near Observer. The Plain Answer will•be fotind•to Con. • tain many important fans given in the simple lart ,gliage of -truth, and the Writer very successfully exposes the ,malignity and 'falsehood of the Near Observer, in- every point brought forward by that profligate pgregyrist of the present Administration. It will be reColleded •by those who have read the Canary 'Remarks, that a very gloomy picture is drawn of 'our public situation at the period of the resignation of .the late Nlinisters, fur the purpose 'of Introducing the new ones with additional eclat. To this The Plain Ai,swer opposes a much juster counter-part, which the British Public will more readily recognize. aa,when it was announced that a change was about to take place in His Majesty's councils, and the Public were thereby thrown into a .state of consternation'; more justly than consistently de. scribed by our Author, the desire of , the Public to he acquainted , with the causes of this 'event was certainly very strong. VaiinUs rumours prevailed as to the causes of the resignation. As far as was consistent with their duty to•their Sovereign, the Ministers did not hesitate to acquaint the Public with chi motives which had 'induced them to re. linquish their situations. 4. Feeling it,' they said, ' an incumbent duty upon them to propose a mea. sure on the part of Government, which they thought of great public importance,—when they met with circumstances which rendered it impossible for them to propose it, as a measure of Government, they felt it equally inconsistent with their dui' ) and their honour, any longer to remain a part of that Go , vernment.' " They at the same time explained to the Public the general outline of the measure to which- they alluded.. Upon this topic it is quite unnecessary to enlarge ; especially as there •is reason - to suppose that (as frequently happens' upon similar occasions) the question, in its course, took a very different shape from that which it originally bore ; and had a similar difference of ()Onion exiited, with respect to any other question attended by the :ante circum stance:, the result would, in - all probability, have been •exaftly the same, Of the essential importance of the,question itself, and of . the nature and - ten. dency of the circomstlinces attending its discussion, the Ministers were to judge for themselves. They considered that the line of conduct which they adopted, was 'equally conformable to their public duty, as it was consistent withtheir private tee!. ings. " Considering, this short explanation as furnish. ing a plain and intelligible reason fur the resigna tion, .I .should feel it unnecessary to say more upon the sublet}, but for. the extraordinary •ntotives which t he Near:Observer has assigned for the condua of MG;Prre 'and his friends' upon. the:oecasion, or rather which he thinks proper to suppose to be the motives ascribed to them • by the world 4t large. The•charaeter and •conduet of the. Ministers who resigned, from the earliest period of their political lives, ana the nature of the charges usually brought against .them by their most violent opponents, are,. equally inconsistent with the •stpposition of their having been ir,fluenced by r derpondency and appre. hension.' What I Is it probable that 'Ministers, who had seen Jacobin principles gaining daily strength in Britain, Ireland in open rebellion, the Fleet in a state of mutiny, the Bank supposed to be• insolvent, the Kingdom threatened with - faMine, and a People murroutink against the load Taxes, and the War by which they . were occasioned? Is it- probable tliat Ministers, whom these evils 'could not appal, should have yielded tn feelings of despair, find' begun to be apprehensive of our danger, at the•:mornent when- the' malignant prim. ; ciples of Jacobinism had been almost eradicated from the country, which - gave triem birth ; when they had accomplished a measure which they considered as the best hope of the fitture tranqUillity of Ireland ; when our Fleets wt..rt triumphing in every part of the world (and itt. that instant preparing . a dreadful stroke for a new-I:tie); when Public credit was corn. pletely restored; and the Nation reconciled exertions which - the state 'of Europe called. for•at their handsl • "'Phis representatinn of the atate of the Coun, try at the .beginning of 18ot, is very difertnt from' that which has been exhthtted -by theisTear'Ob.. server I and since , with what Cortsistencyi will. presently .enquire, he lays great stress- ,, upon the period •at winch the late Ministers...quitted- - office, I will shortly examine the circumstances of that period. • • 44 He represents I the subjugation of the beat half of the Continent as ratified at , Lunevillei' and a the rest of the Continent, as, FrariCe f Spin, Italy, Piedmont, Switzerland, the .courses tit the Lnwer Rhine -into the Ocean, - the 'Seven ,United Provinces, and the-Low Countries absorhed !' the correlness of this statement. I have certainly, nothing to Objea, however- surprizedlnitty be, that theme - topics should have been placed by twr.• Author in so prominent a 'light t thitt , the zealous partizan of a Ministry, who had given their taiugion to the' subjugation-of half of the Continent., and to' the absorption of :the remainder in - the-enormous power of• France, - should - love lo , tlwelt upon these unfortunate events, and to adduce-them- as an in stance of tha.desterate `situation of tho'Country un: der the late.Administratior. -A state of things which the present Government— , successful,'---' for tunate,' 4 vigorous,'.;-' prudent,' — had solemnly ratified, or tacitly consented to I- . " But as for • the remainder of the statement hf, the Near Observer, I , efttl neither assent- to .the:cor. , rednese of tritiatts, or the justness of his corilusions, 4-What gtoundis there for-saying,- that,theVir. had view grown' unpopular and hopeless ? and, .to as;.: i.ett *that.: the disappointment receive& at' Ferrol, caused: - wore - iiiiicontent and despondener' than had arisen from-nil our- mistakes-and misfor..... 'tunes at earlieeperiods of the War ?' To asseriibtyr likelhese l unsu pptirtid bt anyprQuis o it 'IA 'aiiikUlt ' • ,to nplinse any thing but general contratlia ion. It *mild be a most extravagant supposition to bon inr, that the fortune of the War could have been rna•e, rially affeeted by the failure or success of this Es.. pedltion. To the Journals of Parliament, however, I may refer my Author for a denial of his position, that the War was more unpopular than at former periods. As far as we can judge of the national feelings by the public expression of them, it was certainly less unpopular in zBol, than in 1795, 1796, and 1797. 4g But the War, says our Author, had also grown hopeless.' I have no hesitation in confessing; not; does the confession imply any thing derogatory from the honour of the Country or the Wisdom of its late Ministers, that at the conclusion of the Preliminary' Treaty, and for some time before, the probability of our obtaining that which was a part of the ohjift of the War, namely, the delivery of the Powers of Eo. rope from the state of oppression to which they had been reduced by the enormous power of France, had become very slight indeed. The period had, for a second time, arrived, when• the danger, the difficulty, the risk of continuing the contest had in. creased, while the hope of complete:Aim qtr suc. cess was diminished.' The Near Observer's asset.. tions, brought in without any apparent connection with the' subjefl, that the nature and charaEter of the War had been early mistaken, and that its prin. ciples and objefts had repeatedly appeared to change,' is one of those wilful and perverse misrepresenta.' tions which he has borrowed from the '-Old Oppo_ sition,' and to which I deem it unnecessary to give any more particular answer in this place, than that one of the principal objets of the War having been attained, our chief attention was afterwards dirt:tied to the other, and that the means by which we hoped to accomplish Mir, varied according to the circumstances of the times, the situation and dispo. si t ion of the other Powers of Europe, and of Erance herself. " How far ' the capacity of the persons entrusted with the conduit of the War' can be affected by the History of the Treaty of El Arisch, is a subjeit which has been repeatedly discussed ; but if, in. deed, .the Expedition prepared for the recovery of Egypt was incompetent 'to its objet}, if His Ma. jesty's late Ministers have no claim to the merit of that most happy and stupendous service,', I would ask upon what ate founded the pretensions of the present Administration to it ? Is it that the princi. pal battle which was fought in the campaign, inAl which may be said to have decided the fate of Egypt, tot,k pheeupin the very day that Mr. Ad dington became the First Lord of the Treasury.? Or that Lord Hobart opened the dispatches addressed to Mr. Dandas, giving an account of that glorious event In touching with all delicacy upon A circumstance. which at that period awakened the anxiety of; aril produced deep affilaion to the whole- Nation, he repels the insinuation that it was at that particular period that His Majesty's late Ministers thought proper to retire from his service. They had," says he, " laid their offices at His Majesty's feet, days and weeks previous to this most alarming anti distressing event. But my ob. nervation,. ituhich is not , very, distant, bas deceived me melt, if Mr.• PITT, at , the time of doing so, did trot make a distina ,i t tfer to retain his tilmattoM,,intit the Wartboad be conclnd-4 and the Vonntp,"-relleitos edlivm its mess p ;wring Irjlicuhies, provilied that he could be. assured that no attempt would be made in the mean time til:prejudge the important question, the difference of opinion on which, had led to his re. signation.. Although this offer was not accepted, his resignation will 'nevertheless suspended, by the, event which immediately followed, of His Majes.ty's *unfortunate illness. Until His Majesty's recovery, he not only remained nominally in office, but eon. tinued to .during the whole of the period, as Mi. oker, and retained as much as ever the chief di. ration of affairs." As much misrepresentation has gone abroad re. speefing :the transattiona which passed last Spring for the return of Mr. PITT to power, we feel it A public duty, to.lay evert thing that is stated ,upon that subject before our, Readers, and we can give Theft the additional atiourance that:every thing: ad. .vaneed,it, the following statement is corral. Towards the end:of March,,,or at the begi n . aping of April, the -. eve of War, alter , distially known to 'Mr. ADDING -1W that, Mt. •Ptrr strongly disap.proaed.of-some-of the leading measures of his Government, and after an over. cure had been made ein A r e • par.6sf l ' Mr. AD D Tot!, COO foolish, I had - 11MOU said, too insult.' ,ing , AO: be noticed,• , at distinft ;proposition, foci. gloating, nut,, as has -bears ' : insinuated; with Lord .btir entirely :with Mr. AO DINGTQK ilitiliciL)WaS made .t(v Mr.. Pttrialie objed.of which. was .his return to the:official eituation—lie ftlf merly held in the Administration; and, at .1 un. derstand,, the atrangement was to have taken place whenever the negotiation then pc-ruling with 'France should ha'c beell titough't to a con. elusion. It _was signifird, that vacancies would beimade for . thepurpose of a 4 tnitting Lord MeLvtLor into . the Cabinet, and some other of' Mr. ?ITT'S friends into different official situations. To this proposition Mr. Purt:replied, that he would :not enter upoo, jbe question of army. ments, road he 'was- distbany; iNformid !rya oses.„ sage from the highest pas-tell, • that his services 'were t f;teght (ssevtial ; that if so called upon, in spite of the precarious state of liis health, he should not decline the offer of his best advice- .and assist.: antra; that he was'. fully aware of the 4rtat mid increasing difficulties of the Country, anti that hes saw the necessity of a iiroseg 'vigorous, ass 4 elcitist Pcpvernment.' That if called upon by klisslYlajesty,.. lie should feel it to be his duty to propose en Ad. ministration connoting principally of .. tlie members of the present and of the late Government ; thatin the general arrangement which he should submit f o r l pia Majesty's consideration, heshoittl, if they • assented, include•ilie Lords Gk V NV.t t.t. a and SP.I btit . that he should press no arson what e v e r op,)o Majesty,.:' 01) reser.Vtrig. - '2io himself the potver of declining the ondertaking: altosetber, if ,he could not 'form such a Government as would. ;noble him, in 'his - njutigitient, to cOndull the affitiri of the Nation, Prubability of sic, cell. No rime qua tioq . *f l u insisted upon, as dm it Mt: Pitt's Sprach, Fob. 3, Ilea.