The Sun. — London, England, 1804-09-04 00:00:00

TO l'IlE EDITOR OF. THE SUN. SIR, No man can ; 'apiirove less than I do of the doe. trine in:Linta (nett Messrs. ADDINGTON and SH tit I DAN—that, " . in times of danger, we are never to ask who- is the,l)Ainister r but•where is the Enemy ?" s I am willing that the contrary principle should be ailed upon id its fullest extent ; I am contented 'that the Public should constantly be reminded that a more Comprehensive Administration might possilgy have beeri formed ; and that the .ivealners, which, at most, is only comparative, should be corvued into positive im6ecility. Upon these points, wen necessary, Mr. Ptrea, Friends will not be unwil ling tordweb. Jo - the mean time„ they have a right to-expert that his measures should be discussed upon their own merits. With these .feelings, I beg leave to ofFer a few observations upon ~ t he line of argument lately adopted by the OppositiOn Writers, and particularly by the Editor of the Morning Chrinicle. • Without alluding to particular Paragraphs, it is sufficient that I should state generally. the nature of the 'complaint . which I make against. that Editor, - anti against the Party, of one division of which, at least, he is the faithful servant, Mr. PITT 14" blamed because having, in common with 'that Pariy a , severely censured the late Mini , sters fur their negleet of the ptfence of the Coun. try, in many important particulars he has not him. self remedied the defeels which he pointed our, nor brought forward any suilicieat plan fur.our entire security. Mt.. .Pmt.'s charges against his Predecessors, re. lating to the subject in question, were principally these: Ist, That although they called for and re. cei vett powers, extremely burden iome tp and parishes, they did not use them in the most effi , :aeinus manner for keeping up a well-disciplined - Force, for purposes both' offensive and defensive ; 2dly, That, having extraordinary powers for call. ing out the colledi've strength of the Country, and having - adopted as sufficient the Systertl . of Falun. rem, they did not give theta the necessary encou. ragement and assistance towards their attaining the degree of utility of which they were capable ; 3•1Iy; Time their measures in regard to the Navy, were neither calculdted to keep up a const a nt supply of Shipping and Stores, to fit our 'expeditiously any sort a naval finer:, nor to cope quith tbatparticular spcies the knemy's Farce which was tuure im. to dangerou, in the pre , ent criaiy ; 41111 y, That they negletled the preCautionary measure of Foto:Patio/4 of the utility of which there was a great concurrence_ of Apinion. I might add to all these, as intimately conne6led with our Internal Defence, that they did not do their utmost to form and proin.)te.Alliances on the Con. t; ne ;t which might tend to repress the power of Fr tics, and avert our own danger,. N ,s.v what has ben done by Mr. PITT as to all these'poincs? fie has introduced a meat,ure, which, attend. ed with a pressure upon the Country much lighter than , under the, former system, rentoves the ?flints accasioned by it is the general Recruiting of the Army, supplies new facilities to this important service, while it provides by the s;ime operation a , well;ordered Army for our immediate defence. , '!'hi., Si(,' is the outline of Mr. Fifes Additional ; F there is certainly a great difference of opioion concerning its merits, but there is none, am mg .the late VLlited'Opposition, Concerning its being an essential improvement in several important points. 4 !) proposing it, Mr. PITT redeemed the pled,f,e which he hat given to' his Cotintry, and in the inminer in which it was known to,be his inten. tion th su. We must wait for experience of the operation of this measure, before we'condemn him for 'legit eling its oll.tqs. atity, He h. given, by a vote °Frawley and other.. wise, lititlitiOnal assistance to the Volunteers ; and if it is 'why was there no further Legihiative coneerning them, or concerning the call ity 4,u , d,e reople in classes ? I would answer, that I 1" that were necessary, the Memberi of Parliament who objeeted to Mr. Prri's condud in his accept. puce of Office; and . . in • "the formation of a Cabinet, had so manifestly signified their intention of thwart. log, by all possible l means, ft/ his measures (in w hi c h, in such matters, they had a, peculiar sup. rot() as to make it doubtful whether the proposing any thing further ar a late period 'of the Sessioa, 'would be attended with advantage or not. Exceedingly, limited as he was by the li naccial arrangements of his Predecessor, he lost no time in procuring an additional grant of money, for . the purpose of assisting the unparalleled exertions of his ahlc Coadjutor at the Admiralty, towards the r e storation of fly . Nartin- and the maintenapce , of an Useful Force fur our immedinie - ItiaritimeDefenco. 4 . , 14y , The exertions of the Board of Ordnance, which have in alio Nar, rrs far as &pet:did lipoll TUE Dutch P Papers which we re rece i v ed yester . day contain an article which, if k be true, will , have a most material, and, we, fear, a - most onfa. vourable efreet upon the fate , of Europe. It is stated in the : Hague Courant of. the 27th. ult. that a Great Council of State had been held .at Vienna, where theEMPEitOft presided, at which it was de. tennined to publish a Patent, making all the titles of His Imperial Majesty hereditary in his , family, under the title. of " Emperor of Austria ;" and that it was also determined at the same time to send new Credentials to Count COEPENTZELOit Paris, acknow. ledging the' title which BONAPARTE has thought fit to assume. The authority'cited in the Hague Cou. rant, for ibis most extraordinary and most impor. tant piece of intelligence,. is no less' than the Vienna Court Gazette. if this new arrangement should be found true— and. nothing ,could e`xcite surprize in this age of in novations and revolutions—it must be supposed that the EMPEROR. of GERMANY must have secured the samaion of France to this ottraordinary mea. sure.' Yet, a few days agn, an observation appeared in the Maititeur, the Official Journal of France, rather inimical to the -EM.Pckort of GERMANY, in relation to the Ecclesiastical Property in Sua. bia taken by that Potentate, upon which the Moei. zeta remarked, 44 that if all the other States of the Empire which have been indemnified in Suabia are to be bound by the same law, the Court of Vienna will be found to have.got more than was granted to it." Such an observation in the French government Paper, implies a disposition on the part of the New Emperor, rather to control the kiouse . of Austria than to promote its augmentatinn in point of teal. tory,' nr any elevation of its ,rank.. We shall not speculate upon a matter of this kind until we have reason to believe that it is founded on truth ; but granting it to be so, it may 13e°-considered as the result ,of a !very weak policy in . the Cabinet of Vienna, as it gives its sanction to innovations that may tend to shake the foundation of all Political n,tablishments,_and-rave - the way Er a general Re. • fit;ba r s .always been the policy of France, before, WVItaS since the Revol4tion, to keep the Cabl. nets of Berlin and Vienna as much estranged As pos. sible, so excite mutual jealousies and distrust be. .tween thern,and.,in raa, whenever it was necessary, to play oil: the one against the Other. Ily-dissolt. ing the Coalition which was Sorted between them in mi. France has succeeded in, gaining a decided ascendency over them.both ; and having profited by the Neutrality of Prussia, to huinble the power of Austria, . BoNAPARTE perhaps thinks he can now, without danger, consent to' 'an arrangement which may gratify the pride, but can add little to the real strength, of the House of Austria. We still, however, entertain hopes that this in. telligence will prove to be unfounded, because we can scarcely conceive any event that .would tend more decisively to destroy every chance of re. establishing the liberty and independence Of Europa on a'solid basis. The Auckland Packet,-with a Mail from Lisbon, is arrived at Falmouth the, Mail ‘vill not be in Town till to.mcirrow; Yesterday, dispatches were received from Admi. FOI CORNWALLIS,' ofF Brest, dared the iBth• inst. which state, that he hadlesurned the command of the Channel Fleet, in the Glory, of 98 guns; that six of the' Enemy's large Gun-brigs had attempted to escape from Brest by one of the narrow channels; supposed for Rochefort ; but that, on being dis covered, they immediately took shelter, and ate now closely watched by the•Dorir Frigate. Captain ADRIAN RKNOU, late of the Flirter, which has been paid "off at Chatham, is appointed to ihe Zealand Flag Ship at the Note, vice Captain MyrcHEL, who goes on Half-pay. • The DUKE of KENT gave yesterday, at Cashio.. bury, an elegant entertainment to the DUKE of &Tyrol:, Earl of MOUNTNORRIS. the Foreign Princes, and several other persons of Clistinetion. The Dutchess of ST.. ALBAN'S, Lady: PCRTH, Miss . Duummono, Mr. and Mrs. Dori?, -took an aquatiC excursion, yesterday, to Rlchtnond, where they dined. Exports from the Port of Demerara, from loth Off}. 180 3 , to 6ch June; 1804, Coffee . . 8,485,033.1bs Cotton. ' 3,t IS Hales Sugar . . 16,061 Hogsheads I Ditto - 3 9 l'uieons 4 g 2 iilr tV s t Mola n ises . 3 . 366 Hogsheads. .• _ Negroes imp rted to Demerara since Aug. 1797. . To Dec, 17g8 - . - z,,56:. " I ) mniary 1800 , - - - - 49iz antutry 1801 . - 7636 anuary 18oz - . - - 11,293 eceniber ditto - - - - 5382 Intribitants in D-merara, 40,025 Negroes - . 60,000 Whites and Mulattoe% ' - 2 ,4 0 Q Demerara, Berbice, and• Essequibo, NeJ4 roes, - too,coo Whites, &c. - - - 3,400 Yesterday . the experiment was made of inundat ing thC marshes on the eastward of Lpisdon, by shutting the newly' construBed ',ticks at Bow-bridge. The effeet "was slow, but no doubt was entertained of the success of the experiment. • The follciwing Extraa 'from a Circular Letter, dialed the 23d of Angust, and addressed by 1.0 rd HAWKESBURY to the Lrd Lientenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, contains information important totall Parish Officers and Churchwardens at•preseot engaged in the Recruiting Serviceiunder the Perma nent Force Aet : " 1. am commanded toeignify to yotir Lordship His MA.. JZSTY'S pleasure, that each Recruit produced under titat Aet 614 Geo. 111. cap. 56.) by Churchwardens and Faristi Ofliccrs, should be approved as required by •the , aad Clause thereat, previous to his being attested ; and that Inc bounty of two guineas, directed to be paid to him on such attesta tion, and the like sum on his being intermediately approved, should be paid to him together in one aunt, as soon as he shall have been both approved.and attested,. but not before; arcases have frequently occurred, where recruits, after hay. ink; received the two guineas direded to be paid to them on their being so atteited, have deserted, or been rejeded in con sequence of ,being unfit for service, by the Officer appointed by His Majesty pursuant to the 2.A clause of the Act ab4ve mentioned.". A superb Monument i 3 erecting in Westminster. Abbey, to the memory of Captain MONTAGUE, of the Montague M,m of War, who fell in the glorkus aCtion, under Earl HowE, On the Ist Of June: • Vauxhall closed la4t night the most, prosperous season, by all, .accounts, that it ever ,experienced. NtAwiihstanding the town, from rural attradions,. is coniiderably thinned, particularly so in its m o re fashionable circles, of its votaries of summer.plea. sures, yet this favourite spot had to boast a' very numerous and re , :pe6table cJinpany to participate the eij y men ts of its concluding Gala.--After the Con_ cc: t, Mr. DIGNUM MAO the .following addre s s " LADIES AND CZNTLEMICN,. " fie Season having now reached its termination, permit Me to ofli:r, in the name' of the Proprietor; his sincere thanks for the Unexampled patronage with whiCh he 'has been ho noured. The Performers also beg to express the just sense they shall ever entertain of the flattering encouragement given to their exertions, and hu►nbly bid you farewell for the Season." The Collenion of Pielures left by the late Mrs, AUFR ER s is said to be highly valuable. Thiry consist of numerous works of the most celebrated .. schools, ltalian,Flemi):l, Dutch, and French; and Sir JosHu A REyrroLrevivtiose judgment, none can doubt, is said to havey‘timated them at a, very high rate indeed, even zdoopool.. These Pietores will most probably remain in the family. Little Count ZENOBIN as we mentioned yester day, arrived the last PaCket from Goctenburgh, hut has hcen sent out of the kingdnm by order of Government. This jacobinical fragment of foreign Noblesse was formerly an intimate actsociate of HORNS Tooxx an d hi s P arty . The principl es of the little Count may perhaps excite suspicion, bu t his mefflal,powers ate so very insignificant, that no. thing. could be'reasonably 'apprehended from such a Politician! themselves, been eminently great, are no lont)er subjet to the restraint arising from tadt and grounded pledges of a reduco expenditure. With respect to Foreign`` Negotiations, little, certainly, need be said. The charge brought against Wirc,PITT, upon this head, 'commenced at a period when scarcely sufficient time - had elapsed for an in., - terchange of Couriers with any Court in Europe. On many of these points, Sir, and especially with respet to the Additional Force• Al, I may probably trouble yott again ; but I cannot conclude without noticing the often.repeated charge of alarm. ing the Public by frequent Rumours' of Invasion. Great.as are the zeal and spirit of the Country,' it is necessary from time to time to remind people of all classes, oldie necessity of aetive exertion. • Many causes have concurred in making this precisely th e moment in which that necessity, is the greatest. These causes cannot recur for many months ; what blame then would attach to the Government had they taken such an - opportunity for repeating their call upon the Nation ? After all, wherein does this supposed alarm con. sist ? In the adoption of measure: necessary to be immediately taken. And ought Ministers to ne. glca their duty in these particulars ? Ought they to omit the means of real defence, lest the minds of men should be too much alarmed now, or lest they should be some degrees too supine when the neces. sity for vigilance shall not be so great ? Sure I am that the animadversions of the Morning Chronicle upon this subjeet tend to no- good end. They are calCulated to impede the exertions of the Governmeot;of whose: want of vigour they corn. plain. They pass the striet line of Opposition (a line never overstepped by,, Mr. PiTT), and seem to be approaching quickly to thit most dangerous . sYs. tern, which in the late War, did, in fa&, most , material& injure the Public Cause, and probably retard the conclusion of the Contest, DECIUS. TO CORRESPONDENTS. I .* We have received a ..Letter signed A Naval Officer, and beg. to assure him, that the passage in the Letter to which he alludes escaped our observation until it was printed, &theriwise it should not have inserted in Tile SUN.' NIA I LS. . s • Dui. Artkivin. Irainburgli 3 . • PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWILyi O'CLOCK. 57 ; Uranium TEE SUN. SOLLI4 QUIS //MEAL FALSUM hUDII.AT ? L 0 'N D 0 N, TUESDAY, SEPTEMB ER 4, 1 804, $ -Pr. 2. _ . . . YE,TERDAY, the weather being remarkabiy fine, the R(YAL F . AsatLy had . an .uncommon pkasailt . cruize. The cuitom of attuning the ships on the ROYA',. FAMILY leaving the .shore, and on ;heir re.- turn, was resumed ; and the men in their stations gave the most rapturous elms, and the rpopulice on the shores most heartily Joined them. -The whole of thefamity appeared in high spirits-, anti extremely pleased with their excursion, particularly HIS MAJESTY. His MAJ . errY, soon after his return to shore, - inspefted the Picket Guard, attended by the DUKES of CtriaBERLAND and CAMBRIDGE, and the Officers of the Stag'irdshire Militia. After which HES- MAJESTY returned to the Lodge, and, after taking tea with the Family, they honoured the Theatre with their presence. They went in four Carriages, with their Attendants of State, and besides them, they were attended by the Earl of UXBRIDGE, Lord PAULET, Generals GARTH, CART‘VRIGHTi • FITZROY, and MAN NINGHAM. The Play was the Opera of Tire Wife with Tcvo Husband', which has been got up in , very capital stile' Count - Be/or, Mr. SANDFORD ; Theodore, Mss GRANT ; 4rmagb, Mr. WESTON ; Maurice, Mr- HA R G R U E E: ; the c Fe ri , ty, onTten Beos Mr. PALMER; 2 a , Caronade , M r. FA The Musical Part is so well got up, the songs were encored. ,The Farce was The L y ar in which Mr. SANDFOR D supp o rt e d the chara cter of Young Wilding extremely well ; as did Mr. \VA " - DALE PatilliOn: - The 'House was crowde d in everr part: The - ROY AL FAMILY appeared highly en tertained. Mis s tltat ilivGeura E•"'"' The f Early this morning RIS MAJESTY bathed in the warm bath. We ,are extremely happy to ob serve a great change in Hts MAJESTY'S health for the better, since ha has been here, which is visible to every observer of his countenance. /16 walks a great deal, and appears to enjoy the exerci se extremely. -This morning the ROYAL FAMILY attended nt vine Service at the Church, which was exttemetY crowded. The Sermon Was preached by the 1 ,: f ; verend M.F. OGLE, from the 55th Psalm, a nd L' t Verse " And I said t Q that I had wings like a d, ve,for then I would fly, and be at rest." His MAjzsTir. rode on horseback to Church. MARGATE, SEPT. 3. Tests charming spot is absolutely become I ' l°l epitomized, our iioys every day arriving with a hundred, and sometimes 'hundred and filly viiit° ll • There are very few among us that stiMr their spirits to be clouded with any apprehension of a Corsican in :asi ,n.—The people in gener,ll rd)' OR our Wooden Walls, our Rock, our 1 4. )rte, our V o. lunteers, a goOd cause; a beloved Minarelv And here 'in' Particular on a rampart of Kentish Hearts, animated by native courage, by loyalty and pattiot, ism. . even by the DUNCANITeS , who ar c no sm3ll parq• Mts. JORDAN has been mudli admir ed in ridaffils • Her Nell, in The Devil to Pay, however, vas thought still better, as mare atlaPte' l w ' ir "Iri ; 1 cure Of her comic spirit which h the lq d '`, l g, "„„s w ho the as an Actress. AWar't ° 6 l ‘---- nwie h o o t if c iocer,w: was-so9n relieved by an addtm 10 the sudden indisposition of afensale Pt oar c„mrountrY of a firm 'ebild.—The characters in the . Play were altogether respeCtable; but as to those in the F oos the less said the better. • „I . 113 On Saturday Miss Witl,Altl, daughter ,-- t Harp.player, had a morning Concert at 13 intielioll• ; an d solo° AS.Jut three hundred persons were present of the rheatric corps gave their music it assistance. on the occasion. The Stratagem wai represcored'g night, and Mrs. jpatiAll acquitted, h erse lf o..iihhc r , usual comic homlur in Mrs. Sullen. GAItY i 'l' '': -- V i l e i s ) the. Scrub, and was a very di v erting troC. Farce wai The Wedding D a y, and 11dri• J" 1 " ) **" 'l Lady Contest was hi g hly applauded,—,-The 'lly•ittre had a large and brilliant audience. * Lord KE rrift, Lard anti Lady BEIOWNLOW , cite Conine i'l Essex, and many of t h e f e ,„hi o „,hie wotlii oPer c ' present. ' We had yesterday c Li al brvatioa of two hunlf i more Londoners, brought by the !Joys' --I hog oil t o pardon, Pacvsett—who came boldly on s hore, tO u g i r , - 6 the_ vast populat ion . of our town at present, ail d : 1 ,,1 bed-lest condition of misty of them, who are .bl.g - „ r . to get a nap where they can, in any 10 14 - Cotner. . • • . Mrs. — ll ILLINGTON • means to take advan!agc a few refre s hi ng airs f r o m t he sea a t 11 )gnott i order to enabl e' her mare elfedullly to g ratitY People of Hereford and Wi n chester with iwr `)ty'` .delightful airs. at the ensuing. Music Mitegh l .;'' 151 -It is said :that Mrs. Cri:Nll‘l3 ht - 0 W t ALLis, who su n fortunatel y It i j i resume her situition on theatrical boards. Sh e certainly a very agv'eable 'Actress, and 10$ ' v,cir i de recornmendittion that can . arise from* unexceptioo" private repute. t he If the hoe Mr. M WaS, as stater! :I\ll° . Newspapers, married to the present, Mts• J , TUCKS forty.:orre.yea;s ago, she must have be ° . bride at twelve years oh age. .Thci, were In ortr" about thirty-four years ago. . The Edinburgh Papers, order to- increase !In': attradion of Mis..MouNrAIN, tvi,k she re' i l d . there, are giving her birth, parentage , an ti i ` i ke cation, lift, charader and' behaviour," not Culprit:, who suflr execution, but like cFtu Who it.fl ct it. • , s at TheatricaLQuithnincii3redia great squahaie, t Covent-Garden Theatre s :from rivalry betwee n he little Rosc ius and other great Attors. But if pa r t,lll joimg Per on of the old &I w o), there, no room for c9mpetition 'or compiaircor. The Emperor of France lived in a brit daring the late Visit to _Boulogne. It is to.hei hoped,' for repose of mankind, that fate will speedily him a much smaller mansion.. n a t al An „Irish S.ildier . who .cone over lb I C ! Moo Xg, .n.kod if lie met with mutt` =l' teismeirlejitivie:si 111;ce).;c1.""'