The Sun. — London, England, 1804-02-01 00:00:00

S Out opinions reseeaing the 'weakness led ins. policy of the conduel of Ministers towards Spain, have been so often before the Public, and those opi nions are so much confirmed by present appearanCes, that we ca nnot h e l p request i ng our Readers to re eolleet the Remarks which we have ventured to make from time to time upon the conduct of G,_ vernment as applied to thi s point. 'What we h ave Invariably contended for was, that Spain, circu:n. stanced as she was with resped to France, could lot he Neutral-with respeCt to us. She is bound, by the Treaty of Offensive and Defensive Alliance concluded in 1796, to furnish France with Fifteen Sail of the Line and ea.,000 Men. That the pre sent War between France and this Nation is a Ca. sus Fereleris, there can be no doubt ; indeed if there were, the First Consul would very shortly remove the doubt. It may suit the purposes of France al one moment to receive a compensation in Money, rather than the supply of Ships or of Men ; but the moment that the Ships and the Men are more de sirable than Money, they will be supplied, and th e time chos en w i ll be that which i s most disadvan tageous to us. But Ministers say it is tic to keep o ff a Spanish War as long as politic they ca n . Weak and timid policy ! This is not the languag the Briti s h E mp i re would have s e which poken, unti fortunately i t h a d to speak by the mouth ofl un. Mr. AnozNorox !—To keep off a Spanish War as long as we c an , i s to delay it till Spain has got home all ter treasures, and until she has fortified and secured all her vulnerable points. A considerable number °f Troops has been sent from Spain to her Colonies in the West Indies since the breaking out of the War. It has been reported also, that part of this Sub aY given by - Spain to France, , to enable her to ke.War upon us, has been actually paid, or is Paying (as the Portuguese Subsidy was) through this Count ry ; so that because France does not like to trust the faith of Spain, we assist her to make the Pa yment to F rance with British Credit. ' Briti s h C a ital l and with p This is somewhat like the condua rd . the Dutch, whc, are said to have been so very co mmercial, that they adually sold the Powder and Bali to the Enemy, which were to be expended in bombarding t h e i r own Towns. Let us not be mistaken 1 jea—We are far from saying ' however, upon this sub.that Ministers ought at once to have declared War againa t Spain, because as declared against W ar w Court of Madrid nst France-e-W e believe the w as, and perhaps is,. inclined to ;Neutrality, ifnoteo Friendship, towards us ; and we know the difference between e willing end a reluc tant En 0 enly; bu t Ministers (upon the ground of the existel'ee of the Treaty we have mentioned) should have required security against what we have no doubt wil l h appen, a little sooner or later, a Spanish War, at the most inconvenient season it can happen to us. Lord FlAwicEsauav called for security from Franee against her supposed view s and proje.als respeaai eg more there ever a state of things which lore imperiously demanded security, than the re_ ttve situation of la ' • ' • '}'din and Great Britain, at the breaking out "Or the present War ? We have the Strohgest reason to believe that Spain would not Ilave oh' . , jeEted to giving if sh • ' . us this security. Indeed, . 1 - 1 - s di sposed as she is represented to be, it ranglito l The "..e answered her purposes as well as ours. lectirn7 In o ur hands might have been a strong t ' Que 'd for the against entestiinig .prance : S panish Court to have urged with into the War against us, and the advantage might have given us, might also e. forfeiture of that security son why France would nOt h have been a red_ But we are not so foolishly credulous' ave forced her into it. any thin • g vtgorous or decisive fa 'Vti A a 3 to expert ' om --t• "ADDING atTON' He will probably ten us shortly ' • , war with Spain ; and that we are hirn when he some People will believe says ‘ 1 He could not help Tnit 0 ........---._....,....,-..... fLog Perz,-,:,:t0.---Last night, .after the Opera of rward, under"ille` ' a .new , grand Ballet was brought composed b , •Le title of Achille et Deidasnie, beautiful, 3 'ECVILLP. It is a most splendid, ceiv e j b. _ anda interesting exhibition, and was re greatestlir,learnwiled and elegant Audience with the litY on ehi! ore D'EGviet E has shewn great abi story a n d i n t h e d de l 'a t ta l in his general treatment of the His own performance of C hi_ r4tf was bold and sttil: the.flero of ri le p;_ king' DES HAY ES however was ab lYi The music r ' eci ' a ' he nd acquitted himself most throughou is ricn, beautiful and appropriate t, and W /N . r i a. 1 , 1. a masterly proof of the genius of eue 13,1 11e1 i 3 altogether very creditable to the liberality of the . dou t , • will be powerfully Manager, attractiv e . and we have no A juvenile Cori chaster - • • ' 'S ,consisting of Heroe s is formed at Man of sixty young Gentlemen ; their Commander, Col. D o *, tipline very remarktbli''°Nthey their ardour and des_ stand of Colours from e'• have . received their a }Ming Heroine of the same town, elegantly embroidered. The m ...otto— " o, a.s sprin g from leorns." , Me- TIERNMY'S interference in favour of his :r,,iecod Colonel. Aecoc s it, to .prevent a Duel between e ' ,ar latter and Captaiii GUNSON, manifests a laudable th at ~!.1 . . to .?Aorals end tbe law. What a pity it is , I,ldun IERNE Y did not always think in the -ate e o wr respeding iluelli;;I., t AST' INDUS. BOMBAY, AUG. 16. Toe War against the King of Candy ) is a subjea on which a w eii . wisher to the British Cause will not be anxious to dilate. It has nor, as you miy have heard, been so fortunate as was expeaed. It is thought that to reinforce the Army. there will be necessary; Whether any are going from Bengal I cannot say. At Madras they might spare some force. In the beginning of the present month two embarkations of troops were to take place at Calcutta, but on the spot as well as here, their destination was a profound secret. Report says, however, that one of the Expeditions which had sailed was destined for Balambangour, on the Coast of Borneo. That Island, which was formerly In our possession, would be of great importance to us, as affOrding a place of rendezvous and security in that-circle of Islands. The °hied of the other is said to be some Island in the Gulph of Siam, to suppress the Peguins, or fa ther the Burmahs. Extraa of a Letter from Bombay, 6th Sept. 1803. " You must have heard of the important war in which we are now engaged, in the neighbourhood of this Presidency, with the Mahratta Power s under the celebrated Scindea. At the commencem ent o f this war the Troops experienced much hard service, but the result of the contest promises to fulfil our most sanguine expeaations. We have already cap_ Lured the strong fortress of Alemadnaghur, one of the most considerable in the territory of Scindea, and the very key of his dominions. Scindea calculated with the utmost security that it would have stood a siege of from three to four months, and in that time he believed that he should be able to come to its relief. The vigour and promptitude of our milita ry operations, however, completely disconcerted his lilacs. The place was taken in three days by escalade. The 74. th and 78th Regiments and a Battalion of Sepoys particularly distinguish e d t h emse l ves on t hi s . occasion, and had the principal share in the success. We have to regret the loss of Captain Humber stun, of the 78t11 (son of the Colonel of that name), and Lieutenant Anderson, who fell fighting bravely in the attack. I have not heard of any superior Of ficers of those Corps killed or wounded dangerously in this affair. ColUnel Maxwell and M,i.)r Scott I can name as having been fortunate enough to'escape unhurt in the arduous business it which they were engaged. " The Fortress of Alemadnagbur is of mote im portancethan even Genera! Wellesley ILid previous ly imagined, and its ea 7 : ;, capture will have the happiest effee.l 0-..! future campaign. General WellesleY Stevenson are now in pursuit of Scir.,lea. Our Troops have already crossed she G:::,ivery, and it is expelled that they will soon re4ch Burhamponr, the place to which the Foe has retreated. " The Bengal Army, we understand here, is in moti3n, under the command of General Lake. I t is said they have passed the Junina. We hear that the first attack will be upon an important post, where General Peron has his grand de l ft. It has been reported, that General Peron had a design of coming over to us with a body of 12,000 cavalry, which are wholly devoted Fo him, and will follow him in any " A few days ago the news reached us, that the 3, - ,int).iy Troops, under the command of Lieutenant_ Colonel Woodington, had taken Baroach, in the Guzz:.rat.—Th e details of this affair have not yet been received; but the only Officer killed is Capt. Temple, of the 86th Regiment. A great havock took place ot the Arabs in the fort, as the business was decided by the bayonet. " General Wellesley conduels all.operations with such vigour as must ensure a speedy and successful termination of t h e contest. Hither to H o lk ar h as kept aloof from Scindea, and it will not be very difficult to determine him to neutrality by the hope of sharing in the s p o il s o f hi s Rival." Extra"? of a Letter from a ilfilitary Offle r on bean/ the Atalante French Frigate, dated Pondicherry Roads, Tiny 12, 1803. " The .French Squadron arrived in these roads to day. lam among the passengers on board of the Atalante, as Lieutenant of one of the RegiAtents of Sepoys, in the service of France. We saired from Brest, in Britanny, on the - 125th of February. Two days after our departure, we experienced a severe gale in the gulph of Gascoyne, when we had been very nearly lost, but got over it after much trouble and damage ; almost all my papers, effels, &c. were either lost or spoilt. My poor companions suffered equally. I shall leave this with General Montigny, who is appointed by the First Consul Governor of Chandcrnagore. I have sailed with this gentlenian; he is an honest man, and possessed of great abilities and knowledge. " Our Squadron was composed of three Ships of the Line; 5 Frigates, and 4. transports, but the gale we met with dispersed the whole Squadron. Four only arrived here, of which one Ship is called the Marengo, and the Frigates Belle Peale, Se/nil/ante, and L' Atalante. They wait orders from Calcutta to put us in possession of Pondicherry. Our General ea Chef is celled Decaen ; the others, who are under his orders, are General Wendermasse,, a German, Binaut, and Darsoavelle ; our Colonel is called Pen. nemarc Mainville, a native of Pondicherry, formerly Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of Pondicherry. The Commander of the naval forces is called Rear_ Admiral Linois. The other Ships that composed the Squadron will arrive in a few days, probably fifteen."—Boorlay Gazette, Sept. 7. On Monday evening sailectto,the southward, his Majesty's Ship Centurion, Vice-Ad m i ra l R a i n i er, accompanied by the La ncaster, Trident ina, and Vider Sloop of - _ _ His Majesty's Sloop of War Rattlesnake, Capt. G. Cremer, arrived on Tuesday evening.-111adras Gazette, 44tig. Advices from Madras mention the arrival o f a French Cutter at Pondicherry. It is said she sailed from France on the 6th of April. Scion after her arrival the French Ships that were in Pondicherry Roads weighed and proceeded to sea. —Bombay gazette, Ariz. 3. On Sunday morning, at day-break, minute guns wer e fired from the Fort, announcing the death of his Highness the Niharn of the Decal]; and at twelve o'clock a Watt of ro'neteen gons, on the accession of his.snecessorelViadr e e s Gazette., Aug. 18. Sint' CAL EDOIVIA.--ir is with extreme concern we have to state the melancholy fate of the ship Caledonia, Capt. Thomas. The Caledonia left Ba lasore Roads on the 18th of May, bound to Bombay, with- the following passengers on board :—Mrs. Thomas ; Lieutenant-Colonel -James - Paterson, of the Bombay Military Establishment; Mr. Rose, Lieutenant Kennedy, and thirty-seven men of His Majesty's 78th Regiment, four women and several children. On their passage they fell in with an American ship from Prince of Wales's Island, bound to America. On Friday the 29th ult. they had struck soundings, and were in about 45 fathoms run ning in for the land, blowing exceedingly fresh, and a heavy sea, running under close reefed topsails and a foresail, when about eleven o'clock in the fore. noon,• when Capt. Thomas . _was•aft on the poop, looking out for a double altitude of the sun, not having had an observation for some days before, a smoke was observed coming up the fore hatchway, and a cry of fire. The fire buckets were immedi ately filled with water, and every precaution taken ; but on removing the fore hatch the flames and smoke broke out so rapidly as is supposed to have suffo cated some of the people, and the - flames raged with such extreme violence as to preclude ahe possibility of stopping their progress. The ship was kept di rektly before - the wind, with a view of preventing the fire from communicating abaft ; the boats were hOist ed out, and peopl e pl ace d i n t h em to prevent the crew from deserting -the ship, permitting too many to get on board_ the boats, -so as to endanger their safety. It was soon diseoveied that - the fire had communicated generally in the hold, the main and after hatches having been burst open by the violence of the flames. It now became necessary to attend to the preservation of the liVes of as many of the crew as their means would adMit of. Capt. Thomas, Mrs. Thomas, .Col. Paterson, Mr. Rose, Mrs. Joyce, SerjeanteMsjor's wife of the Bengal Artillery at Tannah, Mrs. Fraser, arid one child, wife of a private of the 78th, in all fifty-three peo ple, embarked in the longboat. In the pinnace, ten sea cunnies and Itiscars quitted the ship, seven of whom were unfortunately lost on the rocks when landing. In the jolly-boat there embarked from the ship, the gunner and I+ lascars, foor of whom were dashed to pieces on the surf on Malabar Point in at_ tempting to land. The total number of souls on board were 157, out of Which only 71 were saved. We are sorry to add that Lieut. Kennedy, of His Majesty 's 78th Regiment ; Mr. Thompson, the chief officer ; Mr. Herring, the 2(1 officer ; Mr. Collins, the 3d officer ; and Mr. Cranston, the 4th officer, were left on board the ship, and it is sup. posed must have perished. The . preservation of Lieut—Colonel Paterson's life was truly miraculous, having jumped from the window of the quarter-gal lery, at the time the long boat was dropping astern. The situation of Mrs. Fraser may be easier conceiv ed than described, for although she escaped with her own life and one child, she was under the neces sity- of leaving two other helpless infants to fall vic tims to the flames, Immediately after the boats quitted the ship the mainmast .went over the side, and soon afterwards the ship blew up abaft, having about r+ barrels of gunpowder on board; in a few minutes after which slediaappeaxeci. The fire is supposed to have originated from some oil having leaked down upon the gunnies in the hold, and causing a spontaneous ignition. The following is a list of the people who embark ed on board the long boar, and who were landed at Versovah on Saturday morning last. Mrs. Thomas—Capt. Geo. Thomas, Commander; Col. Paterson, Mr. Rose, Mrs, Joyce, Serjeant Major's. wife of the Bengal Artillery at Tannah ; Mrs. Fraser, and one child, a private's wife.of the 78th Regiment; James Coats, carpenter; Andrew Ker, butcher; Donald Mackay, Serjeant ; Finlay M'Rea, Corporal ; W. Mayo, Donald Fraser, Robert M'Lean, John Shorthand, George Luke, Finley Mackenzie, John Bowman, Robert Mac querious, John M'lver, Murdock, Fraser, Christian Constance, Owen Macqaeris, Andrew M'Rea, Finley Henry, and Alexander Mackay, privates in His Majesty's 78th Regiment ; Bermanne Alle. mantle, sea cunny ; Buxo, syrang ; 16 lascars, 2 sepoys, and 17 servants, total 53. Government immediately dispatched the Wasp, Lieut. SAM. SNOOK, in quest of the wreck of the Caledonia, which Vessel is since returned tiller an ineff:aual Cruize.—B om b ay Gazette, Aug. 3. A private letter from Paris, given in Th e Courier de Loneires of last night, says that BONA PARTE 'means to make his brother.in.law, MU. RAT, his Representative at Paris during his ab sence; that the Counsellors of State DUMAS, Tll r . IS AU D EAU, REAL, Botiii; "LHARD, and FRANCOIS DE NANTZ, are to accompany him in the Expedition, of which the Bishop of ARRA3, is named Grand Almoner; that the Committee of United Irishmen at Paris have had a conference With CAME ACERES, upon the subjea of the mea. sures to be adoped in Ireland ; and that Si E ES is in disgrace with BONAPARTE, because of his con_ ,dui when he was sent for to be consulted relative to the Provisional Constitution to be given to Eng. land after its conquest by France ! The oratorical powers of Mr. ERSKINE have long and justly been admired at the Bar, and the precisicin with which, in his late published opinion on the Volunteer service, he has explaiued away all the doubts on . the nature and principle of that service, entitle him to, be considered as a great law authority by the ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR GE NIR AL. . • The praCtice of hustling has again been put in pradlice in the streets. A few nights ago a woman and three or four men jostled against a Gentleman in Bow-lane, Cheapside, and in an instant a con siderable sum of money was taken from his breeches pocket. . Among his cast . , there was a check upon a Banker, to whose house he sent early the next morning an account of the check, and the way in which he lost it. In a day or two after the check was presented, and stopped, but the Banker's 'wise Clerk did not think proper to stop the Bearer also, though it was almost certain that the latter 11::d been sent by these who hAd ct;tr.mitted the rob.liet,-)Q TESTS. (COPY CIRCULAR.) My Coto, H-7.oeball, „ran% 2 , As in the event of any of the Volunteers in the 'County Under yon: Grace's charge being either placed on perthanenr pay and duty or ordered cut on actual service, they are to be subject to military discipline, and to all t,ie provisions con tained in any aet of Parliament tor the punishment of Mu- tiny and desertion, by any Articles of ‘var made in pursuance thereof; in all cases whatever; it appears to be expell'ent that your Grace should lose no time in direcling the Com mandants of the different Corps, in the case of their being so called out, to cause the Articles of War to be 'read to their Corps, as soon after their first assembling as may be prattica ble, and to repeat the same from time to time as opportunity may be given, in the manner practised in the Militia and Re gular Forces. I have the honour to he, My Lord, Your most obedient humble SerVant, His Majesty's :Lieutenant of the C. YORE, County of Sussex. PURSUANT to the above order, I do hereby diren that all Commanding Officers of Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps within the County of Sussex, do pay due obedience thereto. RICHMOND, &c. Go2dwood, janualy 27, 1804. The following Letter has been sent in circulation to Captains of Companies in the Volunteer &rvice Aro. 76, ;Yew-street, Hanover-spa, e, yen?. 23. SIR, The experience I have had of the attention and persever_ ante of the several Corps of Volunteers within my DistriCl 4 and the anxiety they unremittingly have shewn to perfea them - selves indiscipline, fully assures me that they win poy ad attention to the tbilowing Instructions, reccrnmencled to their adoption by Gen the Earl of HARRINGTON ; inure par. ticularly as those instructions maniti,,tly tend to render their discipline more complete, and of course their exertions more efficacious to the great cause in which we are all . eng,aged.-- exertions which have placisd the Citizens of this Metropolis in an honourable and respectable light, far exceeding any re. cord in History. Ist, The General recommends, when a Regiment is march ing in line, that no Officer gives diredions but the Officer commanding. ad, That the Regiments level well, and remain sofiicient ly long on the present, for that purpose. 3d, That they may be accustomed to charge on a line of markers, and that they advance for that rfurpose with ported arms, not bringing down their arms to a charge, till witi;in ten paces of the markers, close to which they are to he hait 4th, That the Battalion Companies be piadisyd occ.,i•on ally to cover the front on extended riles; to and to cover themselves by banks, trees, &c. as pLietised by Light infantry. sth, That in marching in column, the Regiments he Coined to enlarge and diminish the front or their (1:7;6: , :15, taking it up from front to rear (except when onkred to do it at the same moment), and that these changes be moue iv, without loss of distance, and exactly in the same man ner, from front to rear. • 6th, That in deployments of Columns by Coin panie'3, the Captains halt and front the Companies. That. in deploy ments of grand Divisions a mounted Field-Uk2icer does tiLit business. jth, That in marching in line, the heads are not turned ; that the men do not press to the centre; that the Leading Serjeants he six paces in front and no more; and that the Commanding Officer be in the rear of the centre, at full iwelity paces from the rear rank. 1 have the Honour-to be, Sir, your obedient humble Servant, HENRY HARNAGE, Inspeßing Field- Officer, London District, ROWING MATCH FOR 200 GUEVE AS. VESTr I 2 DAY the preiesed match between the London Watermen above Bridge, ard the Graves. end Watermen was decided in favour of the Graves end men. They started from Gravesend precisely at half past eight, after having been refreshed by their supporters, when bets were three to two in favour of the Louden men. The-Gravesend - melt took the lead from the starting, and conticued so for upwards of ten miles, with their antagonists a small distance in the rear, atter which they had to, encounter a rough sea, which proved decidedly favourable to the Gravesend men. After the Graves. end men had gone round the Nore Lights, their con temporaries were far in the rear, and so perfeCtly were the Gravesend men confident of viaory, that they rowed with case as far back as Gravesend, the London having yielded soon after they had left the Lights, some of them being sea sick and unable to row. At Gravesend they all partook of leireshment, and the Teindon men embarked with their Cie , tain on board his Sailing-barge, taking their rowing barge in tow. They all joined in company, iht Gravesend men being obliged to row .to the decisive spot at CuckOld'sqioinr, to fulfil their claim. Capr; D. presented his men with ten guineas each as losers, and gavethem a very liberal evening's entertainment on his own premises at the Point. IVlj o r WAR a INO TON surnptuottly entertained his Men at MINCH Am's at Limehouse, who will receive - twenty - guineas each as winners. They arrived at Rotherhithe precisely, at half past fuur o'clock. The wharfs and landings between Greenwich and the decisive spot were lined with.spedators. We understand a sailing m atc h i s in contemplation between the two leaders -of this match, in their own barges. CORN EXCHANGE, FEE. I. WE . have to.day a tolerable good supply of Wheat, with many of Monday's remaining parcels, • ;caving &:,./ buyers; the ordinary quality is is. and'. 25. per quarter lower ; fine patitzic -keeps up to . 6os. ; Barley and Mal t b ot h cheaper, as are Paise: , ,and Beans of both sorts; O 4 t s a r e i n tn id : lling q uail . . , tity, with surnE Fareign Cargoes, and they stip eoct ~ the prices ; Fl o ur pl enty , ::!''_' c.it:a'.'tr• Wheat 355 aOs a 5 2S od Deans - . 265 a 32s od. Fine ditto -53 s a s4s cd Oats - ' Os a 2,5 , a 2.:..a od Rye - - - 285 a 31s od Poland ditto 2_15 a 25. i. A Barley - -18 s a 235 cd Itlpe Seed .. - 151 4 :181 Tick hlalt - - - sos a sss od Fine Floitr - 4cs . 1 . 45 5 •?4, White Pease 3 4 s a 4os c d S econds 3ss a ges 1' ,4 Beans - - 305 a 36s cd 1 ENGLISH STATE LOTTER,Y.--TUeSJay (8 . 11 day of drawing) the following Numbers vverc drawn Prizes above tol. : No. 1%556, a Prize ofsoooli No. 19,510, a Prize of 20001. Nos. 4363, and 23,115, Prises of totocl. 11,196, and 4 1 37, PrtZts of Nos. 13,025, and 1 0,4 5 4, Prizes of 2001. Nos. 5329, ►1,482, 11,257, 17,134, and 087, Prizes of tool. Nos. 22,985, 3747, 23 , 6 37, 1 4 ,0 9 f, 12,85 -1, 6 744, 10 ,641, and 13,235, Prizes or col. The Governors and Lieutenants of Division of the County of Cork, have transmitted an ;address to Lieutenant General MY ERs, expressing their ap probation of his condud, whilst eninnmndin g that di:itri6t, in the m ost fl atter i ng terms. The Swa” Cutter, is arrived at Yarmouth from linsurn, having under her convoy two Tr.iinsp or4 ,. with upwards of 400 Hanoverian avld r.s or. board, cult... Jive of officcaQ