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,are about to institute) is justice, and that Mr. M. should not be suffered to rink into. retirement, and vine away the remainder of his days (having given his youth and attive ones to his Country) in misery, want, and disgrace, without being given an oppor tunity of being heard in his own defence. Can there be any good cause assigned why the Officers and others in the Kingis..Arsenals. should be dtnied , the same justice and common chance which. the 7; -wisdom of The laws of these. realms,. never withheld from its meanest anti worst Sub jeas ? Surely they are ratn, and - pi4ssess all the feelings and faculties' of . men, and should be treated and judged as all other men. If you should Succeed in this good .work, you will deserve well of your Country. - by restoring confidence - to the des. r onding and-depressed minds and spitin of a -Useful and numerous class of men, who never should be for a single moment without the stimulus of ptOmo t ion and due encouragement before their • eyes, and without a proper attention to which the energies of the mind can neve' be called forth or'roused into useful action. May-all; the success of a-, just cause attend your viituntfs;eritieawours, is the Brayer of an Old and ex perienced Workman. ASHIPWRICHT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Liverpool, Feb. 16, 1304. SIR, WE should feel ourselves obliged to any of your 4 ngeDioug Readers to Inform us whether the Clerks of DepUty L i eut enants can legally demand seven shillings for every man attested for the Militia or Army, of Reserve (viz. 3s. 6d. for a Certificate, and the same for an Order),, before a person ballotted can receive the returns 'from the Parish ? or whe ther it is customary in other parts of the Kingdom.? as we feel ourselves more aggrieved at paying these sums, than at the loss of time in procuring, or the money requisite to provide Substitutes, although we have already expended 4;ol. in procuring men. We are sensible that in the present state- of the Kingdom, we must submit to privations for its de. fence, but we cannot think that submitting to the impositions of osce will tend to increase the loyalty of His Majesty's subjeCts, or their attachment to the British Constitution, I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, N. W. Sec. VOR A LIVERPOOL MILITIA CLUB. TO CORRESPONDENTS„ jir reply to a Ncte receivedyestertlay, we beg to soly, that our Friends are perfeaiy safe. This we botr will be sufficient& onderitood. Mu. DU&. plete discomfiture, a second time, of the views .of BONAPARTE upon Egypt, upon which we are Can& dent he keeps a steady and a longing eye. The Letters from Sir EDWARD PELLEW'S Squa, dron also state, that the French and Dutch Squadrons at Ferrol and Corunna are in sta t u quo. The French Squadron, on the zd instant, hoisted in all their launches and made a .feint as if to come out, but on the .3d instant the launches and boats were :_again alongside. The Crew of the Dutch 64. desert - very fast, and enter on board our Men of War ; they evince. the utmost - contempt and hatred for the French : their boats' crews seldom meet on shore without words or blows. Only a hill sepa rates the British, French,. and Dutch Squadrons, and our Officers very often go on shore to look it the French and Dutch ships; _hut since the 3d inst. the Spaniards seem to have been more strid with the British Officers. There - is a ship oft i a guns, and one of 74 guns, Spanish, in commission at Fer rol, fitting for 'sea, and more ships are preparing for commission, The Engineers were, with several workmen, beginning to-repair and put in order the different batteiies, Our Squadron is plentifully sup. plied with fresh beef, water, &c. and the Spaniards . are very civil. THE state of Parties, which is one of the most interesting subjefts at the present 'moment, may be said also to be one of the merit difficult upon which to offer any very , decided opinion. The friends of Lora GEENviLLE and .Mr. Fox do not deny a hearty , co-opetation for the purpose of giving to the Nition a more vigorous and efficient Admini stration—to what further extent this junflion may go, or what other and more distant plans it embraces, we do not pretend to know ; but it is evident that men who join to turn out ,an Administration, will very soon unite for the purpose of forming one— and, in truth, there is scarcely common sense in their union unless it has this ulterior objea. If we look back to former 'petiods, it would seem that these two parties are composed of discordant ele ments, but it is also true that new sittitions have arisen, and are' still likely to arise, which may in duce those to join whose opinions heretofore have been the most opposite—and it is certainly true also that at the moment wfien the Country stands in need of the strongest Administration by which it was ever governed, it is at such a moment most lamen tably,and unfortunately under the controul of the weakest. There is no difference of opinion upon this point—the feebleness of the Ministry, and par ticularly the irresolution of Mr. ADDINGTON is admitted, by those who still fear the shock of a change at so critical a moment as the present. Mr. PITT, to whom the Notion naturally look.: up in the hour of difficulty, keeps aloof, we believe, from all party co-operation. He wLI proba'Ay pur. sue the line he has hitherto taken. Withont any very high opinion of the abilitics.of tle A,imini stration, he seems to be rn.)re anxious to siimuale them to those vigorous and efficient measures 'so .ire. cessary for our vtelfare, than. to take a retrosped of past transadions; in which lie would certainly anti more to condemn than to approve. He will, in short, probably be seen more ewer. and anxious to advise beneficial measures than to condemn or weak ones. This certainly is - not the line that Party views- would point out—and it is very likely that Party-men will not approve of it; but we conceive the reputation of Mr. PITT to rest upon more en larged views than those of Party. The end he aims at will not be the gratification of personal °Netts, but the good of the Country ; and he will, we ear nestly hope, continue to raise his fame, as he always hitherto has done, upon the broad basis of PUBLIC OPINION. Besides the Bulletin of the KING'S health, sent bold) , to Carleton House for the PRINCE, there is another sent three or four times every day, for the inspedion of the young PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, who, on receiving that of Tuesday, which stated H-is MAJESTY tube better, kissed it with an affectionate rapture-, and then put the paper into her bosom! The Duke and Duchess of MARLBOROUGH are returned to Town. The Sete& Committee appointed to try the merits of the Petition of Governor ARBUTHNOT. againsi the return of Mr. ADAMS fOr the Borough of Wey mouth and Meleombe Regis, yesterday, decided that Mr. ADAMS was duly eleCted and that neither the Petition o r the opposititin to the same were frivo lous or vexations. The Committee "appointed to try the merits of the Carricktergus.Eleaion, have decided that the Sitting Member Cleeted: . Letters frotri - iYol inention,that the . utnrsf,adi vity proiails than 'quarier;.'lAn order, arrived there on Tuesday night for all Officers 'to sleep on board their respective ships ; and it ,was p t pea e d that His Majesty's Shipi tridus ,would bail yesterday Morning JO for 'tle Coast * ofFrance. s'c " 9" I Admiral PATTDNhas a d op et epan o a red and White pendant upon the . . Dock-yard sig.' nal-post, wheneVer it blows sn hard as to tender it dangerous fur boats tri rand upon the:beach. -.Three aE er , Manufaclurers have been Sentenci:(l. -by the Court of Exchequer, - t . o pay the fine of„ iscior. and toool. for not sendering: a just .. • • account of paper in their possession, Hambiagli 2 ... • PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. ► -5; q l k c d . Ann. Consols THE SUN. - - - 56 ZOLiM 2U15 DICEKL FALsUM AL•DIAT ? LONDON, FEBRUARY z 4, iBo4. of this morning " There is no material Alteration in. Hts MA J EST Y'S sis:ce yesterday. (Signed) 4' &den! s-lkate, .revri'a ?•-f', 4- 44 L. PEPYS. 44 H. R. REYNOLDS. 44 F. MILLMAN. , 4 ' W. EILDERLMN." a,i,iition to this, we have the happiness to 111;ii_ HIS MAJESTY rose about ten o'clock, yesterday; walked in several rooms-in .the Queen's House, And remained up the greatest part of the d,,y„ hi t s MAJESTY, during the . day, conversed my with the Physicians, • . The, inTlirers, were similar to' those, of Wednes. d consisting of nearly all the: Nobility and Gen- try in town. . Yesterday, about half-past eleven o'clock, .Sir LUCA% PEPYS and Sir FRANQIS - MlLLmArvvi-aiteti anon Mr. Ann INGT:OI', at his house in Downing_ weer , to report to him the state of His MAjp-ry. Soon after one o'clock, a, Cabinet Council was held at Lord I-lAwx.tsntraY's Office, at which an ,American Gentleman attended, who lately brought. Dispatches from Sir SIDNEY SMITH to Ministers, And who, we understand, was examined before the respelling the state of the Dutch Army. SOME Letters from Plymouth, . received yesterday mentioned that the Toulon Squadron, with a number of Transports, bad made their eseape, a nd were steering , for Naples ' and .that Lord 'NEL scs was in pursuit. This intelligence is said to gave been brought to Plymouth by the Sheiiness _Cutter, from Sir Enw. PaLLaw, who it is_ stated bud received an overland dispatch through Spain, announcing the MEI bf the Fiench Squadron haVing put to sea, and of Lord NELSON being in pursuit of them. Sir EbWARD'S dispatch is said to • be dated fr(,rn Batancos Bay, the loth inst. We do not And hat any-such intelligence has been.receiv i ed at the Ad_ tniralty,and we think the account altogether too vague to be,entitled to much credit. Most happy; however, si:ail we be to confirm it, for we think the circum stance of a Squadron having put to -sea - will - dispel the tedium and, gloom that now hangover us, by a c:eedy account of a tplcndid Vidpty, and ILe .corn. Allitt9 ID, NAVAL NEWS. FALMOUTH, FE B. 21.—Sailed this evening the Queen Charlotte Packet, MuDGE, with Mails of the Ist inst. fcr Jamaica, Barbadoes, and Crooked Island; the Fox (Ist) Cutter, Lieut. NicitotsoN, with stores, &c. for the Grand Fleet off Brest ; the De. fence Revenue Cutter, -Lieut. BURROWES, on a Cruize; the Mantua, DENNIS, for Bristol ; and the Neptune, SALTER, for Plymouth. Arrived this day, the Heneritta, LANSRISH, from Arundel, bound to Liverpool, leaky ; the Speedwell, STEVENS, from Plymouth ; and the Endeavour, METHERELL, from Milford, to join (but too late) the Lisbon Convoy. The Seajirtuer, of 12 guns, Lieut. Ow Etr, with trade to the Eastward, will sail in the morning, should the,wind continue as at present : she made signal for that purpose this afternoon. The Dutch ship Vrede, prize to a Jersey Cutter, and the Wel. hilly East India Ship, wilt also sail with her. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 22.—The Indefatigable, of 44 guns, went out of Harbour this morning ; the Temeraire, of 98 guns, and Plantagenet, of 74 guns, are also ready, and will go out of Harbour in a day or two. The latter is to proceed to the West Indies, and will take under convoy, as far as Ma deira, the four outward-bound East India Ships which arrived here yesterday from the Downs. Sailed the Rosario Sloop, of War, with a Fleet of Merchantmen under convoy for the Downs ; the Berwick, homeward-bound from Jamaica, also sailed under her convoy for London. Sailed the American Ship Sdroa, from New- York bound to Amsterdam. PORTSMOUTH, FEE. 23.---Arrived His Majesty's Ship Argus, Hon. Capt. ICING, with - a Fleet of Transports from Cork, viz. Grant, Wright, Nile, Gibson,. Colworth, Boville, Ceres, Richardson, Melpomene, !Willson, Princess. Royal, liecca son, Betsey, Bintlett. Arrived His Majesty's Ship Pegasus, from Ply- mouth. The Causfort, of 28 guns, came into Liatbour, DEAL, FEB. 23.—His Majesty's Ships Magi thane and Inspelfor came down from the N9re, and remain. The Brunswick East India Ship came down from the River. Tuesday last there, was a Court Martial held on board the Illustrious, on a Foremast-man belonging to the Euryalus, for desertion, who was sentenced to receive fifty lashes on board his Ship he deserted frorn. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Illbstriotts, Raison. able, Euryalus, Magicieime, Champion, Arab, Lynx;r-In speaor, Vincego, Perseus, Fury, and Brunswick, East India bliip. The following Declaration of Isdk' Ac Etwitt-L" Captain of the Brig Greyhound, of Boston, which arrived at Dieppe on 23d January, is inserted in the - Mon;teur of the 9th inst. He states, " that he at— rived on the 9th of September last at the isle of France; that. there were then at anchor there a two-decker, four or five Frigates, and some smaller Vessels, all French, but he does not know, their names. The Captain of the large f. Ship asked him whether the French were then at War, and said he daily cxpeCted to. receive. a declaration of it ; that he thinks he heard some men tion of their proceeding to Pondicherry ; that • when he went on - shore, he saw some large bodies of very fine Troops exercising." If this I account is corre;..t, LtNots most have,b'een at th.e Lie of France in September last, for there certainly' cotrld be oo other Squadron in the Indian Sea. The Engineers and Artillery Officers of the Eastern Distrift have lately, at Chatham, been, much and industriously engaged on the Geography I of the Roads, in order to the more speedily moving troops, Artillery, &c. from one part of the Country to another, a degree of vigilance, at this interest_ ing moment, issuing from the orders of General Lord CHATHAM, which certainly merits con mends. tion, and is worthy of being generally followed. The first arch, or float of masts, forming a bridge, ingenious and useful, though simple in its construe_ tion, over the Medway between Chatham ,Lines and Upnor •Castle, has been launched. This bridge, and a hard-way (the first under the direction of Mr. LANGTON, a Master in the Navy, and an Ar tificer in the Dock-yard, and. the latter under Sir THOMAS HY Di PAGE), will, when Completed, and that will be very shortly,. admit of Trooos march ing over in columns, and the transporting, guns, ammunition, baggage, &c. &c. with as much ease and expedition as on a turnpike road. The Marine Society's boys, according to annual custom, yesterday • paraded through ,the, principal streets : on their arrival at the_Admiralty, they . gave three cheers, the drum and 'fife that precAed them, playing " Rule Britannia," . •On the 13th instant, Viscount EDI I rcroti, eldest son and heir of Earl FoßTEscut, of Castle-Hill, Devon, became of-age, when a dinner was provided for the, labouring. people of the neighbourhood, and nearly , goo persons were regaled with roast beef, plumb--puddings,..and strong beer. . . Goverrunint have engaged some suitable vessels at HUH, to take in air:Munition and stores from the garrison ; they are to be stationed in the Humber and rivers uniting therewith, at-proper situations eitinv for landing the same or fur 'conveying it into 'the interior of the country, if rendered necessary bethe presence of an enemy on any part of rife ad.. k3ining coasts 01 i.orli,shire and I.,imcolnshiw. ANCIENT - CO 2C - Ci RT ROOM. WE have already given a general account or graphic embellishments of this place ; and th e merits, of the architedural and ocher improvements r ear our attention to the subjed. The ROYAL Box, as we have stated, is placed at that end of the room at which the orchest ra ' stood before, and the orchestra, at an equal heig ht ' is at the other extremity. This elevation of the chestra, rendered necessary for a proper entrance the wog, being a deviation from the common mod of placing the vocal and instrumental Performer,' occasioned a variety of opinions ; and musical peoPl e ° in particular, thmight that the voice would not be heard to so much advantage. The event, however. falsified all these predictions, as the voice was neve r heard more distindly, and the softest instrumen t ' solo passages produced their due effed. The Boxes appropriated to the Royal Family a re furnished in a very superb manners with crimson satin, fringed with gold, looking-glass and lustres• In the Royal boxes there' are four good Poroitt of PURCELL, COREI;LI, HANDEL, and Gan ti NIANI. The Ceiling is formed into a few large simpl e. compartments, with gold mouldings upon a whi r° ground, The sides are decorated with fluted pila" ters, in white and, gold, at equal distances WI each otaer. In the wider spaces, which consis t ° fivC or, each side, are large looking.glAs ses s .:, and °ter each are pannels with chiare VICH' a Paintings -on a crimson ground. As crimso n - the prevailing colour in the Royal Boxes Oa tbe Orchestra, these pannels, with the crimson al l : t. on , the seats, give connection and unity to h coat-emit. The lesser spaces between the fasters, have btight yellow pannels with g ° o frames, uniting so admirably, that they appear be entirely gilt. The glass branches which ar e 4 placed in them, with the assistance of eight larg cut glass lustres opposite to t4e looking glas se '' fotrn a very rich gr i d splendid appearance altogl: then. The general ground of the walls, as the C C ' ing, is white and gold. The room is calculated to hold upwards of s eil t e h il e hundred persons, exclusive of the Orehestro2, I ,l a Royal Box, and the Box assigned to the ebe. Directors. The last 'mentioned box 'is jd sr „ t he low the ROYAL Box, advancing a little n lv pie. area of the room. A box on each side of the_ hp RECTORS' BOX iS ' to be appropriated to thosr are admitted by priVate tickets from the reCtots. • ot ' Upon the whole the improvements are t.%l might be expeled from the well-known tote 01) talents of Mr. WYATT. r Ch , LC •. R he Wednesday was • the day appointed for ,t•-•E Windsor Eleaign to commence, in cons e qu ence a l' the late decision of the Committee 0f the House be • • Commons. About ten o'clock in the morning two new Candidates with their friends g a ,7 i d assemble in the town. Mr. VANsITTART ar- 1 , - 7a in a post-chaise ; on his entrance he was to et ;l et , number of his friends at the bottom of P e asc.cd -sti- i i s with colours flying and a band of music, wh ere w i s s horses were taken from his carriage, and he ! drain - to the Town Hall, where the MaY'r meat . of respectable r avowed inh candidate, irantswereassc o n ' hi t wi L t Mr. PA the outer about the' same time, and in a similar 11 0- 40 • After, a short time Major DEsattow , o . r, • forward,. arid, .in •an able speech, propos6o4o4 VANSITrAkr as a proper person to ref"; 01 0 • the . Borough . of New Windsor. Mr. RO I ; TOM then proposed Mr.B.cuu in a similar ( o ° , : e at . "-Each Candidate then addressed the Eie 4l ,:4 - 0 16 considerable length. About half past eleven ° „i t tlw the Polling commenced, and about two n'er numbers were,' for Nit. VArtattrvi)et E A. ` 1 BAeorr ro9. . At five, o'clock the Pell clu A st,' ,, when t he n umbers were, for Mr. Vratstir*Atre 200, and Mr. BetenN 161; upon which Mr' r ,di" s . kr - r - A.RT was declared. duly eleaed.. Both - - 0 6 d ates then addressed their friends for some t r t- i ,s•• assnshook, hands berOre they patted.. '3°. arrurer was then chaired round-the tilarlcOr •to his Committee Room. A great crowd % v i ll a " t he ambled on t h e occ asion, and as he , paw!! The Chair, he threw sliver among the multitudei• grea t e st or d e r prevailed during the Elettion• e g• Soldiers were marched out of the town i n 4-17 11UVIKC. of the Eleecion. 1 4 The Morning Paper that was the first tfr a l e$ the report that Mr: Prrt had been sever s ha' with Mr. ADonstrox - in Downing_btr e el h icil , thought proper,to contradiet that report 4 1 10 however, it probably would nor hove don e Papers. had not deteaed. the falsehood. Wiith sensations of inexpressible plexotr e '6;ilo l 4 ' every' true lover of his icing and Country t u h o e iveli n a c l e i7..m% t r a :i c fe h a rn te e d nt c a n na the a6xi i e n t e Y se v n il t ",c !l' -11 . 6-9 - f , r' to f o li 'l occasion of our beloved Sovereign's ini-ii:P ini u° ,•o n a l All ranks seem united in one general sen: fi ' f oo'' aileetionate regard .w. his person, . qod- .4 " e i erf' earliest desire tor his r speedy and perfeft rec ° 10, $ —N e ver did. the loyalty of the. nation aPPg, .00 mor e exalted and interesting point of vie7t i ., never did a Monarch reign . higher ::: . 123° . r vit -e tt c d o ' l e liC tpl hearts of his subjels; truly may he be .0 e 0 10 Father of his People, who whilst he w atchet a irri their dearest interests with the most pVer" a iter holds: out to them in his exemplary clia r tise t bright example of genuine piety:-and ev.eryinf virtue. . The several troops composing she .-t C. Cheshire .Cevalry,,cprnmanded by Licatea.rter TIV.IMA3, CasvrE DOD, assembled at Ch . t ai 'Tuesday se'nnight, where they We re, t° on on a6 . tual duty for the space of ten days Yesterday the Inquest oftheW2rd of'Farrionq Without appeared at Guildhall, before Ahie rfil d e r a ° Wm; CURTI - S, charging four persons, vein °Joe • d 0111" o n/ liqUqTS, such as are commonly calk with; selling their liquors, in a morning, I " 4e o' h ° : ' and ,evening on the Sabbath-daY ;no c , ll3 i . rg made for selling in Divine• Service Wor;thy Alderman was of opinion char - ( 7,0 0° 4 ' fouo'd following •their ordinary callingo,' : n y to p.w, which says they , shall not do so of " p et" . of ilia Sabbath.dar, and thcat in we ca