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THE SUN. ISOLIIM QUI& DICILRI TALSUM .A.UDSAI ? LONDON, SEPTEMBER 24., 18ox. To convey. to the Public the earliest Intelligence of important events ; to state fads with truth ; to support good men with zeal, and to oppose bad 'men with vigour ; to inculcate verk ration for the Constitution, submission to the Laws, love for the KING, and deVotion to the interests and welfare of the Country ; these are the main objects which we originally had in view in the first establishment of THIS PAPER, and in the pursuit of which, however inadequate may have been our efforts, we trust that we have at least been zealous and diligent. If we have occasionally stepped forward as the Panegyrists of those whom His MAJESTY had placed at the head of his Government ; have applauded their public and private virtues ; have called the attention of the Public to the wisdom of their Measures, and recapitulated their Successes, it has been, because we could not.patiently bear the rancorous calum nies, the atrocious misrepresentations, and diaboli cai aspersions which they have experienced from those who, acing only under the influence of dis appointment and malice, seem to have had no objet but the subversion of the Constitution, and the ruin of the Country. This short Preface leads us to a few observations on a long Paragraph which appeared in the '2lTarn. ing Chronicle of yesterday, entitled, " Remarks on Mr. ADDINo-roN's Administration." Had these remarks appeared at their proper time, namely, 'when that Administration was first formed, we should have contented ourselves with simply refer-• ring our Readers to that Gazette, in which the names of those Individuals appeared, who had been called to the diretion of Public Affairs, In looking at them singly and collectively, we might have asked, without any great danger of a negative answer, whether these were men whom His MAJESTY, by dint of Prerogative, had forced into Power, as a matter merely of Speculation and Experiment Or had this been insufficient, we might have indivi, dually examined their claims, to public confidence, from a view of their past conelud, as Public Men, and of Public Services aaually rendered. But it is not a little curious, that at such a period, when a trial of them has been made as Cabinet Ministers ; when moie su,cress has been crowded into their short Administration, than has, perhaps, ever fallen to the lot of any - that preceded it, that the Morning Cbrdnicle should labour to prove, that the formation of such a Government was al most a violation. of the Constitution, and should libel the Executive Government for having risqued the security of the Country, by an experimental seledion of the individuals who compose it. When ever that Paper will speak out, and generously in form the Public who the men are who ougl)t to have been the objeEt of His Majesty's choice, we shall not be backward in expressing our opinion of the tualificaiions of those individuals, by a compara. tive examination of their public charataers and con, dual, which are to entitle them so pre-eminently to the favour an-4 confidence of the People. In the mean time, we assure those distinguished Charmers now so. happily conducing our affairs, and to whom our applause must be at best matter of indifference, that we shall never, Without provo cation from their Enemies, and those of their Country, put ourselves forward as ChampiOns in their defence, which may' very safely be trusted to the Country at large. Their own conduft Will be their best Zgis. If we have been, and still perhaps may be, betrayed into it, it is rather to do justice to our own feelings .than to them. — Nor have wet any wish, as it never was our ob jeet, to spew our hostility towards any 'Pulalica„ tion which rested its opposition to the measures of Government on fair and manly argument ; but to the Slanderer, the Jacobin, and the Traitor, who.. ever ,he may be, we avow inveterate, implacable, arid persevering hostility. 1-Us Excellency the Loßp LIEUTENANT of Ire land has appointed the Earl of LONDONDERRY to be Governor of the County of Down. The Earl and Countess of CHoLmoNDELEY, with their family, arrived on Sunday at Dumbreck's St. Andre. W's-square, Edinburgh. The EMPEROR of i'vssrA, in consequence of the representations of Lord ST, HE L ENS, the British Ambassador, has, it is reported, induced the Court of Berlin to consent to withdraw its troops from the Electorate, as soon as certain points connected with the affairs of Germany shall be arranged, Tli Narioverian Counsellor of Finances, Count 1 / 41MSTEE, has received orders iron the Regency of Hanover to set out for London on an important r ni:;siDn. He is RV be followed 1)) , a Bccrecary of 1,v.g 4 ;i0, and has ,alre„ldy reached Cuxhaycri to r e; bark fc). its, v 24- I ,SAV . ,<:),/ 14 NAVAL 44 !,'• rt, ' NEWS. ) .....0.,,,,_ • : • .....,.„,.. .--:-....A.--. Non ;di imperium pelagi, serountgue ',denim, Sed mibi wit datum. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 2Z. ARR/Yr D the French Brig Le Jenne Theodore, Letter of Marque, laden' with coffee, sugar, &c. from Guadaloupe, bound to Bourdeaux, capturA by the Triton Frigate, of 32 guns, Capt. N. L. FITZ- GtItALD ; and the French Brig Trois Jenne Amis, laden with pitch, tar, and deals, cut out of a Bay on the French Coast by the Boats of La Hirondelle Sloop of War, Arrived the Chapman Armed Ship, with a Con.. voyfrom Wales; and Fanny hired Armed Brig from a Cruize. Sailed the Neptune, of 9S guns, Vice-Admiral J. GAMB I ER, and Areas, of 98 guns, Capt, T. jortEs, for the Channel neer ; Unicorn Frigate, and Ser pent, of 16 gps, Capt. T. ROIIERTS, on a Crui4e to the Westward. Arrived the Magnr:ficent, of 74 guns, Cart. J. GIFFAttg, from the Channel Fleet, PORTSI'✓IOUTII, SEPT. 23. THE Falcon Sloop of War, with Transports, Szc. for Cape Coast and West Indies, are expetted to sail to-morrow. Arrived the Lucia, from the Downs, for the West Indies. Active, Mack ; Mary, Dore ; Unity's Increase, Richard— son; and Mary, Dixon, from Sunderland. Speedwell, Perkins; Liberty, Pldge; Sportsman, Dow; William and Hannah, Williams, and Hardwick, .Turner, from London. Friends, Webber, from Bristol, Unity,• Hoskins, from Falmouth. James and Ann e johns, from Bridgewater. Neptune, Morgan, from Chichester. F AL MOUT If, Sr. 21. • SAILED this morning, with a fine breeze at North, the Lord Charles Spencer Packet, Capt. CoATEswoi.rx, with the Mails of the third Wed nesday of this month, for the Leeward Islands; and the King George Packet, Capt, YESCOMI/E 3 with the Mails of the t;th inst. for Lisbon. Passengers per Lord Charles Spencer—Mr. BR Evoli and Miss ANDREWS. Passengers per King George—Mr. FrtLii.r, Mr. YOUNG, and a French Lady. Sailed the Raven Sloop of War, with the Brig Sisters, Capt. TR ENERY, under convoy for the Downs ; a Fleet of Coasters for the Westward, and the Assault Gun-brig, Lieut. G. A. ORTON, for Scilly. Yesterday arrived the Harlequin Packet, Capt. GRE7, eighteen days from Lisbon ; brings no news. The Prince Adolphus was safe arrived out, and was to sail six days after the Harlequin. YARMOUTH,. SEPT. 23. ARRIVED this morning, the Diana Packet, Capt. STEWARD, from Cuxhaven, after landing her Mails And Passengers at Lowestoft last night. Sailed the Maria Catherina, JANs CortNELLis master, to Amsterdam, with seed ; and Ceres, OTTEY, for London, with corn. pOPER, SEPT. 23. DISPATCHES were this morning received from London, which were forwarded immediately by a Flag of Truce to Calais. Arrived the Sally, GREEN, from Cock. Passed by, the Adriatic, FORD, and Adventure, BURN, from Quebec. I:IfEERNESS, SEPT. 23. SAILED His Majesty's Sloop Savage, of 18 guns, Capt. WEBLEY, for the Downs. This day being the Anniversary of 11;3 Ma jesty's Accession to the Throne, a Salute of Eighteen guns was fired from the Battery, and Ships at the Nore ; the former at twelve, and the latter at one o'clock. DEAL, SEP I. 23. SAILED the Diana Frigate, with the outward bound under convoy, for Portsmouth. Admiral Lord NELSON, with his Fleet, remain. Dispatches were yesterday morning received from Sir JOHN BORLASE WARREN. It has since been reported, that, from a Merchant-vessel, he had re cetved'information of Lord KEITH'S Fleet having car-tured a French Convoy, bound for Egypt. It is reported that the Lords of the Admiralty have resolVed, that the Port Admiral's Ship at Ports_ mouth shall in future have her proper number of guns and men, so as to he in comi lete readiness for sea in case of necessity. The Roy:// William being the oldest line-of-battle ship in thk Navy, and not, fit for service, is, in consequence of this resolution, gone into Harbour to* paid off. A Paper received, fro ,u Halifax (under date z2d of August), Dy 4 ;40: ,4raes( Packet a ha,s ;he following Paragraph :—" The Brig George Clin ton, Wheeler, lately arrived at New-York, on the r6th of July, lat. 48. 30. long. 30. spoke a French Frigate on a crnize. The same day at four P. M. spoke His Majesty's Frigate Concord, then in chace of the PrenclunarV' His Majesty's Ships Circe and La Se;nehave cap tured a Spanish Armed Brig from Vera Cruz for the Havannah, laden with cables and anchors for the Spanish Navy, The Grand Duke arrived at Liverpool is one of nine sail of the Jamaica Fleet that, parted from the rest of the Fleet on the isth of August last; in the Windward Passage, the Convoy having left the Fleet. . . . Yesterday a Court of Direaors was held at the East-India House, when the uudermentionec Ships were taken up for the service of the present Season, and stationed for the different parts of India and China as follows, viz. lOMBAY AND CHINA. Tons. Captains. . New Ship,* :zoo JAMES TI.vEEDAL; Canton, - - 1204 TIIO4A S Lus Nora N• Thames, • • -•-• 1198 ROBERT %V I I.4.lABeti• COAST AND CHINA. New Ship, - 1200 CHA. ELTQN PRE:COTT. Cirencester, - . 1200 TiinmAs RoßtßTseri• Walmer Castle, - 1200 ES.EX 1-11E.NRY ST. HELENA AND CHINA. Arniston, - !Zoo MPLELI. MAJORIBANI“• New 6111 p, - 12.Q0 ANDREW I-14NNA Y. CHINA. New Ship, - -i! A R LES JONES. ••• - A . IiOWI.AND Cot-ToN Ceres - I2co GEOA.C.I. STEVENS Brurn3vvick„ - - - 12.0 jAmF.s Lupovicx. GRANT Glutton, - - -- Royal 1200 - COAST ANL) BAY. Lady Burgess, - - 8.20 A. K. W. Swiwron. Lady Jane Dundas, gzo Hon. HUGH LINDAy. Marquis Wellesley, - 818 - filtuc-Mircn - t - t.t, N. S. Waltl - u}rnstowi - gzo Wm. AGNEW. Bengal, - - „ 818 AnAm Cumr NE. Lord Nelson, - - 819 Ro4. SroTTlswoqnt, N. S. MADRAS AND MOLUCCA. N. S. - • MADRAS AND CEY LON. , Britannia, - - 770 1' s BA /t4t OW, pomp AY. Earl St. Vindmt, - - 818 I N°. BROOK SAIO'Sq.I4. Sir E. liuglo, 957 AS. URNISION. * In the room of Earl . Fitzwilitam. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till this day. Yesterday a Quarterly General Court was held at the East India House pursuant to Chatter. After the last minutcs were read, Mr. Roof( wished to know whether certain ac counts of the nett profit and loss of the .Company ought not to be laid before the Court, 'the Chairman (Mr. Mri.Ls), stated that the Accounts alluded to had been produced in March last. Mr. ROCK observed, ,that his objet was to ascertain the exact amount of the Company's debt. The.late Pre'sident of the Board of, Controul having srateti it to be Twelve Millions, whilst an Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Jotqrs) had asserted it in Parlia ment to be Twenty Millions ; these were the gross contradictions which he was anxious to have recon ciled. Mr. DAVID SCOTT said, that the statement of Mr. DUND AS was made up from'correl accounts furni3hed by the Company's Officers, and that the General Court had not any thilig to do with the mere ipse dixit of a Member of Parliament. Alter a few words from Mr. BOSANQU ET, in sup port of Mr. SCOTT'S assertion, the Court adjourned sine die. A fouler and more detestable calumny we believe never appeared in the Page of the wickedest Paper ever printed, or in other words of the Morning Chronicle itself, than that which charges His Ma. jesty's Ministers with having biassed the French Bishops in their general determination to reject the Propositions of the POPE ; we defy it, without he sitation, to produce the shadow of a proof of this base and malignant falsehood. At Mark-lane yesterday morning, there were some considerable sales of Wheat at much the same prices as last market day. Other articles were also sold at Monday's prices.. The Pavilion in the Mate Park is construaed entirely (on a series of inverted• arches) of Port land stone, in massive pieces, " block and block," without the intervention of any other material whatever, grooved and 'dovetailed together, in the manner of the Eddystone Lighthouse. A French Journalist, speaking of the extraordi. nary blessing of the present abundant harvest, ob. serves, with the hyperbolical absurdity of Repub lican style, that nothing was wanting to the om l-lction kir oo luxuriant a year, and that they could very (well do (-without the Comp . letney:ary We remember nothing equal to this but the resolu tiOn of the Anabaptists in CRomwELL's time, that there should be no zsth of December. The original signature of the POPE in all oar antient Records is Serous Servorum. The addi. lion to his name in the last Brief is P. P. This has puzzled many, but a solution has been found for it in the Miscellanies of POPE and SWIFT; where P. P. is the name of the Clerk of the Parish.. The French Mechanic who has formed an Auto maton, that will play several Tunes on the Flute,, certainly deserves credit for his science and skill. But what is this atchievement to the ingenuity of the CHIEF CONSUL, who has contrived to convert all the people of France into Automata, and di_ reEts their movements by his Sovereign Will and Pleasure. A skeleton of a very tall man, was found five feet under the surface of the Bank of Cowbit-wash, a few days ago, by some bankers, who were re pairing it near Peahill. No marks of violence were discovered on the skull or bones, which have been colletied and interred in Cowbit Church-yard.— Near the same place, a brass measuring chain was found; 22 yards long, the links of which are about 16 inches in length. WEYMOUTH, SEPT. 22. THE ROYAL FAMILY were at the Theatre last night, which was fully attended. Between the Play and Entertainment an Inter lude was performed, called Tarte ; Mr. Carmine, by Mr. WooDLEY, and Lady Pentweazle, by Mr. SHERIDAN (whose benefit it was), the whole of which, with the Comedy of The Clandestine Mar• riage, and Who's the Dupe; went off exceeding well. This morning Her Royal Highness huNctst MARY bat hed. ' The KING, ParscE ADOLPHUS, and PRIM. CESSES SOPH /A and AMELIA, Lord WALSiNGHAMO General GARTH, and Colonels CARTWRIGHT, and FiTzgoy, took a short ride to see the Ships in Harbour, dressed in compliment to His MAJESTY, it being the Anniversary of bis Coronation : the Cambrian Frigate, commanded by the Hon. Capt. LEGGE, was the most brilliant, the decorations of which wery the grandest ever seen displayed. A Royal Sakte was fired from all the Troops in the Garrison at Weymouth. A seled Party of Nobility are invited to spend the evening with TitErit MA-JEST/ES at Gloucester Lodgc.-. MARGATE, SEPT. 2Z. Mr Citizens of London seemed determined to shew their contempt of the notion of Invasion, by, coming in such crowds to a place, so very near the French Coast. There is scarcely even a Lady who has not frequently been upon Sailing and Fishing Parties, ten times as far from shore as the advanced gurird of Admiral LATOVCIIE TAE`; IL LE'S Squa dron, The weather, however, appears inclined to change and Packets, ci-ti.fruant Hoys, arc now laden up to London, but they return nearly empty. Two Ornsiti - on Packets 'have been set up this Season, and have prevented a rise that was, 10 understand, meditated in the prices of the others. Pizarro has been got up here this season,. RUSSELL was the Rolla, and performed it very ropeEtably. If he does not stand in the foremost rank of his profession, he is a very useful Ador f and merits a situation on the London Boards much better than many who now encumber them. Hrs MAiEsTy has been pleased to confirm the Sentence of a General Court Martial, held at Go , vernment House, Plymouth, on the 31st of July and following day, on Lieutenant TuomAs PHIL: ;Ars, of the Scilly Fencibles, for sending a chale lenge to Lieutenant J. Jowls, of the . Royal hie valids, on the 45th of June last, requiring satisfaction for being expelled a Masonic: Lodge on the 24th June (St. John's Day), and having declared on a subsequent day that the said Lieu. tenant J. JuiiNs was a coward. The Court Mar:, tial thund him guilty of both charges, and judge ed him to be cashiered . ; bur, in consideration of his youth and inexperience, and general good charac ter, Immhly recommended thin 'to His Majesry'll clemency, His MdqEwry, however, having ta ken into consideration all the circumstrmeel of the cabc, deemed it necessary, for .the sake of example, to cotl• firm the sentence of the Court Martial. The Cavalry encamped near Brighton are ye/ shortly, to strike their tents and go into quarters , . The idea of sending Infantry there is given up, 0 in case of invasion, it is allowed, th a t their s e r vice on the hills, would not prove so efe6tual as that of the horse.- At \Voolpit Fair, in Suffolk, last week, there was a very large shew of Scots, and short-horned beasts : but the Drovers asking still more advanced prices, the principal Graziers declined buying, at l3 very little business was done. On Saturday last the Postmaster of East.Grin' sted, distributed the sum of 1261. Its. 4d. which he received for that purpose, from the Merchants of the city of - London, as a reward for the rcco verr of certain drafts, bills, &Q. contaitud in the milit robbed by the Beatsons on the zoth of July last!, in the manner following, viz. To Edward Daniel and Rich. Walter, two i. 1 1.• dustrious labourers, who first discovered the prcfr perry as they were reaping in a wheat field, near Hartfield, and gave information thereof, fifty pounds each ; and the remainder amongst those (about ten in number). who proteeted the same until the Post. master above-mentioned arrived at the spot, and took possession of it. A King's Messenger arrived at Plymouth oa Saturday, with a Warrant from the Secretary of Stare, to apprehend and carry to London three me° ' who were put on board one of the Prison-ships is Hamoaze, as French Prisoners, but who have bee° discovered to be Irishmen. They arrived in Lon' don yesterday, under a strong guard. Yesterday William Pooky,a seaman belonging r° a smuggling vessel, was brought to town f r om Burn' ham, near Maiden, in Essex, by a Ki ng ' s Messe°' ger, and Revett, one of the Bow-street officers, arrested him under the authority of a warrant fr'j the Secretary of State, wherein he stands charg e with High Treason. A bathing-machine was on Monday blown O re ! at Ramsgate, with a Lady in it : t h e h o rse w 3; killed, but the Lady esc a p e d un h urt . A sirili l3t accident happened at Margate on Tuesday maw: ing : A bathing-machine belonging to Hughes wa' blown down, with two Gentlemen in it, while bath . ; ing. The machine was totally d emo li s hed, and t h Gentlemen lost a gold watch, and all their clothes; themselves escaping with difficulty. - , An accident happened at Enfield Races, of a cu , rious•nature tax.cart,_ in goinedown the 18116 (just before coming to the flour.mill)'leading to th e Course, the wheel broke, threw the horse into th ditch, which was full of mud, and the poor animal was completely smothered. It was supposed d ' ar . the horse had run away from an inn door, a cons': derable distance off. No person cline to claim lb! cart. A great number of people colleted, but one could give the least tidings to whom it belonged' The Washington, Bettie, for Virginia a market, is repotted to be lost. Sr; Ge p,, ~~~ L~ ec cl 7fit r t c T re