The Sun. — London, England, 1804-09-15 00:00:00

.NATIONAL DEFENCE. ' 'Her the future . Historian relates the events of the present period, it will be with the noblest feelings of patriotic pride that be records the merits of those - who . came for Ward aiVoLuNieras in sup. port of their Country. At no period of our history has 'there, indeed, been manifested on the"' part of the People more zealous and atliVe endeavours to oppose themselves to the attacks of the MQSI formi. dable and the NIOSt envenomed Foe that ever at. tempted to assail 'us. Our Regular Army deserves the full'confidence of their Country, and would, doubtless, alone have .gi►en the Enemy cause to think the conquest .of, Great Htitain is not so easy as he' supposes. But the Military strength of our. Adversary is great, and hi; rage against this Coun. try deadly and imPlacable. • It was, therefore, ne. cessary that much should be added to OUT Regular Land Forces in order to oppose that Enemy, if it were possible for him re's:make his way through our -, gallant, Naval Defenders. The noble ardour of the' VOLUNTEERS rendered it unnecessary that Govern. ment should do More than regulate the-operations of those Patriotic 'Forcei which spontaneously came forward. Government has devised many plans for this great purpose ; and the plan last adopted has been considered as the best yet offered, and has re ceived the Sanaion of the Legislature. - There can be no doubt that our VOLUNTIERS areas well gollified for the service which they have A 4 gallantly undertaken, as , any men can be who have not been adually engaged, in practical war. fare ; anti if brought to the test, every thing may be expeded from them honourable to themselves ;nd to the Country. Could it then be supposed that it would be the uniform aim of an Opposition Print to detrad from the merits of these Patriotic Forces Yet such is the fad. A Daily Paper that can never be read by Englishmen without contempt and indig. nation, is constantly employed in making comport: sons between oar VOLUNTIERS and the French Armies, and it strongly insinuates that the former would sink to nothing in a contest if they did not fly from it. After having vented .all that spleen'and rancour could suggest against the \OLUNTEEaI, the Paper alluded to has now eagerly avAiled itself•of a work recently published by Sir Ro ERT WILSON, in order to shew how little is to be expected from our Vo. luntuer Force. We respeCt the eharafter and the abilities of Sir RocERT,W LSON, "a4d we are per. auaded that he must feel much regret in seeing. the tools of Etli'm mike die of his Wfirk to tinny the spirit of his Country, by lessening its Confidence in those g.illant men who readily consent to a priva. lion of domestic comforts, in order to support the honani of their COMicry,' at the hazard of their . lives. It never estild loe the 011 . 0 of Sir.RourßT W it.. SON to furnish topics to the. malignant itistruments of Party, and therefore it is to be lamented that whatever he had to propose, which might supply any 4 r i c et, aid promote the national strength, was nut Stlhillitted to G ,vernment, rather than to the world at large, in such a shape as gives a handle to Jacobin 1%1 il.cootents, But it is only by garbled extratis from Sir Roar Kt WI LSON'S work that the Paper alluded to can give a specious colouring to its, ar. tempt to &grade. the military pretensions of our Volunteer Corps. , 'lliac Paper holds up, in the highest point of view, the S ddiers of France, who, invited by the hope of plunder, arc ready to rush pdoll our shores, and to spread d!vastation and hor ror over the Cluntry.—But has the Writer in that Paper refk;ted upon the present state of the French Armies ? Has he lorgotten the `vast number of ,veteran troops that were destroyed up'on the Ex. pedition to Egypt ? Has he forg9tten .the iin. menm: host of the hest Troops of France ghat fell vietiinib in Si. Diming() ? Dues he ennsiaer the Itmnber of CON'c RTr by which it has bcen fortianrCelOgity to reCntit the, Armies of France ? Will he Comp;sfe t k)se .Co NICK It Ts ; those miser. able Slaves, who are dragged into a bet vice they hate, for a Iron whom they view with liquor as the op. pressor of their Country—will, he, we say, cons. MAILS. bus. aitarvlD ffarnburgh s PRICE OF - STOCKS, Tarn DAY AY TW.ALVL O'CLOCK. Consols . Ornnitun . THE SUN. JOLSLI QUIT DICERS lALSIII4 AUDIAT i LONDON, SATURDAY, ORPTIMBER 15, 3804.. Three Ships, part of the Channel Fleet, have ar. rived for repairs. The Parli and Majestic have joined the Fleet. Four Cartel Ships, with French Prisoners from Jamaica, are arrived at Plymouth. The Laward Island Fleet, under Convoy of the /I/et/beim and Pandeur, ate not yet arrived as reported, but they may hourly be expeCted. The Adventure Transport left them on the '3lst ult, and is arrived at Portsmouth. The Bengal and Madras Fleet, under Convoy of the Coiraseux, niay be expelled in the course of eight or tcn days., The Boulogne Flotilla, to the number of too, remains, as usual, under the proteEtion of their Bat. genies. MI the Danish, as well as Swedish Vessels, that were in French Ports, have made a precipitate de parture, having every reason to suppose that an Embargo was about to be laid upon the Vessels be longing to Denmark, as well as those of Sweden. BONAIPAITI is said to have replied to the Note of the &sir saoa of Rossi^ in his usual style of insolence, and in such a manner as cannot fail to bring the latter to a speedy decision as to the steps he means to pursue. LAST night we received Dutch Papers to the gth inst. It is stated, in a Letter from the Hague, that the KING of PRUSSIA has expressed his satin. faetiOn at the new title assumed by the EMPEROR of GERMANY : though this is not officially an. nounced, yet we see no reason to doubt it ; for, from the present politics of Prussia, no opposition is to be expeded to any measure which has met with the Concurrence of France. If the rumours upon the Con tinent' are entitled to any credit, another addition will be made to the list of Emperors : the Km* of SPIN, it is said, has it in contemplation to create himself an Emperor; but the assumption of an empty title can afford but poor consolation for the lois of real dignity. We do not think, however, that the report is entitled to any credit. No accounts have yet been received of the manner in which the Notifi. cation of the new title adopted by the EMPEROR of RMANY has been received at the Court of St. Pe. tersburgh. Whatever the EMP a ROB, of RUSSIA may , think of the measure itself, he will nor, we think, be much pleased to find the legitimate conduct of his an. cestors and the profligate usurpation of Bo N ApAttre coupled together, and assigned as the examples which justify the step recently taken by the Court of Vienna. The Papers contain very little other Wel. ligence : their •.cialumns are principally 'aeon. pied with pompous details of BotrisPa.i.rit'a .umphal vary into Brussels, .The 'circumstance of so many Foreign Ministers repairing to Aix.la. Chapelle, has given rise to numerous speculations, and it is supposed by some that a kind of Congress be formed there; bar we are inclined to think that the Ambassadors of those Independent States have only been ordered there to swell the triumph and gratify the vanity of BONAPAUTS. Wg arc happy in being enabled to contr4cii:i se veral rumours which have found their way into the London rapers, stating the existence of dicacc_ lion in the North of Ireland, and that numbers of the Cavalry carrying, expresses in that part of the Country, had been waylaid and assassinated. The whole of these reports are utterly destitute of foun. dation. • • I 4 ..L.4 L • / 4,1 • rAistotrtr, Svrr. tz.—Arrived His Ivlajesti's Brig Garnet, of 18 guns, Capt. 13A”, 311t1 Hind Re. venue Cutter, ALLAN, from a Cruize ; also the Si. rims, Do nc,orr, from Sunderland ; the Two' Friends, Coop I a, from Arundel ; the Princess Rqyal i PwENs, from London ; the Louisa, KIWI, and Chance, QtrrwrF.L, from Chichester ; and His Majesty's Ship Humber, of zo guns, Capt. HILL, to collect Vessels waiting Convoy here for the Eastward. Last evening put in here the Morristown hired Armed Brig, of t 2 guns, with a Fleet of Colliers under convoy for the Eastward, and sailed again this evening ; also sailed the Ann, HAStV EY, for Swan. sea ; the Lamb, BALL, for Bristol; and Experiment, BASCO3II3 B, for Cowes. The Tow/avid Pecker, from Lisbon, may be expefted in the course of a few days. • The Witubor Castle Packet, SUTTON, for Jamai. ca, Barbadoes, and Crooked Islands ; and Lady Ara. fella Packet, PORTEUS, for New.Yurk and Hali. fax, both with Mails of the sth inst. are detained by contrary winds. The Princtss ElizaZell, Packet, .KIDD, is Ip. pointed to carry out the Mails of the tgth inst. for the Leeward Islands. The Spanish Brig El Labrador, which is to take on board His Excellency the Spanish Ambassador and family is still detained by contrary wind. A large Fleet of Vessels are now ofr this Port, steering to the Eastward, supposed to be a Fleet from the Leeward Islands. PLYMOUTH, SEPT.' U.—Arrived the Arcade, Capt. DALE, Favourite, Captain PURDY, Hannah, Captain HEDLEY, and Maria, Captain RANDS, Transports, witivabout a too French Prisoners on board (part of those captured at St. Damingo), from Jamaica. Those Ships came in compani with three others, which parted company in the Channel, and are supposed to have proceeded for Portimouth. Arrived the American Ship Columbe, Capt. DAY, from Norfolk, bound to Bourdeaux, detained yester. day in the Channel by the Nautilus Sloop of War. Seviral Ships of War are now standing into the Sound, supposed to be a part of the Channel Ffeet. YARMOUTH, SEPT. 14.. Arrived the jongt Mena, DE JoNcE, from London. • The Ferreter Gun.brig baz sent in the/Cali/der, SCHOOMAKER, from Rotterdam . with salt; on the North Su Fishery ; and La Casstaare Frigate ha; sent in the Drie Gehodere, Uous, horn Embden s with lime. ,The ,garebb, BAReeB.. from' NeWeatitt to __Lon don, with coats, struck on the Scroby Sand off Olt Town, but is since got YARMOUTH ROAD 4 . - --Arrived the Rosanna Arm. ed Ship, Lord Nelson, Drair, Phszle, and Alert Cutters. Sailed the Intleaor Sloop, Ferreter and rixeh Gun-brigi, on a Cruise ; the Clelatr a Frigate, with live stock for the Nortl, Sea Fleet 1 the Earl St. Vincent Cutter, and feint Lugger, on a Cruize. HAR W I CII, SEPT. 13.--. The 4udland .P.tck et, Capt. HAMMOND, sailed last nig!it for ilusurn, with the Ifamburgh and Bremen Mails ; and at the same time the Dorset, C.lpt. HAMILTON, sailed with the Mail for Gottecthurgh. This morning early the Earl of LeicestrrPacktt, Capt. TH , Aytv3oN, arrived horn Hilburn, with Ger. man Recruits, r4•---The King Grorge Packer, Captain SAUNDEKS, is this moment arrived with the Mail from Guttenburgh. Remains the Prgairss Frigate, Earl of Leicester and King George Packets. DEAL, SEPT. 14.—His Majesty's Ship GrQ.. hound, Devastation, andLacifir Bitubs, c4tn down from the Note, and remain. Sailed the Havhty, Clinktr, and Cracker, Gun.. brigs, on. a Cruize off Boulogne. Arrived the Chicheorr, —, American Ship, from Charleston, and sailed for the River. • The DrvaJtariox has made the Signal vi Convoy to the Westward. }-Irs MAJESTY embarked on board the Royal Yacht this m , rning about ten o'clock ; the firing from the Ships and Forts are distinaly heard here. His MAJESTY intends honouring Mr. WOLD, at Lui worth Castle,thisday, with his company. The elettion of Officers to serve in the C - orpora. lion for the year ensuing, came on this morning at the Guildhall in this town, when MARK Simi., Esq. was unanimously re.eleaed Mayor BENJA MIN GARLAND LECTOR, Esq. Sheriff; CHRISTO. PHER SPURRIER and SAMUEL CLARK, Esqrs. Co. roners ; and JOHN Wise, Gent. Water.bailiff. WEYMOUTH, St rr. x 3. YESTERDAY afternoon the wind and tide was un• favourable for the return of te Royal Yacht and her attendants from sea, and Hts . 1111Alat , Tr and their Attendants took to their Barge a considerable Way out from the shore, and reached it in safety, but without any of the parade usual on their landing. Two of the Yachts did not come to their moorings before eight o'clock this morning, the company having, much against their will, slept on board, owing to the thick fog after dark, which prevented their approaching the shore. Some of the company were landed late in the evening, at six miles distance from hence, and had to walk in the dark and fog, which at•as so thick that they_ lost themselves, and were several hours in arriving at their houses or apartments in this town. , In the evening Tx s la Ma ;I sr t Its again honour. ed the Theatre with their presence, to see Hot.. c ROPY'S excellent Comedy of The Follies of a , Dais The S j oaii'd Child, and The Sultax. The howl overflowed. . This morning the Pitt tic ESSE9 AUGUSTA and So.. PH IA bathed. The troops in the neighbourhood were all out; among them the Doze of CAMBRIDGE, at tack head of his German Legion. His M A ptsTs' taw' a short ride to view them; but returned on acc"" c of the fog, which is here s o thi c k a s to give Ina— ,, idea of the speedy return of winter. This evening is the last of Miss•Da CAmet c ti. gagement, and her benefit ; for which Their Majesties have commanded- The Soldier's Daughler, and The Irish Wjdc.w. She winaspep in the Widow Cheer• ly and the :W40.t0 Brady: Arrivals at the King's Head Hotel :—Col. Hull and Lady. G. A. Aylwin, G.'. Bond, Esq. Mr. Bally, Mr. Win. grove, Mr. Pilitlips, Mr. and-Mrs. Wiliiams, Mr. Cciryndor, Mr. .joliffit, Mr. Barns, Mr. Rods, MD: MonigoniEry. ' ' Arrivals at the Royal Hotel.—Colonel Horner. Mr. iieb. Mr, Wright. erden and Family, Mr. . awl Mrs. I.everton. bits. Ben. Mont, ' C/1411 4 EN1141 1 1, Siert.' 14. A new Chalybeate Spring, equal in its proper. ties to the one at Tunbridge, has 'been just disc*. vered at this place. W4lsoer, who is proprietor of g.,ffrred for it a sum w hich he.. a liitgt.'portion of land called Cambray , on a p ia of which t h e ne w Theatre is ereaed, had just ago' pitieda house which he liaended for his own t old deuce, but beinu thought -mprudent to refuse, parted wi th it ttro it i days ago. On the following day (yeaterdoY) d ig : PtunP which was raked to supply the house will; water, presented it of the quality abore.mentioned. 111 e present possessor or me noose as oeen in one dAy offered a th ousan d po unds for his bargain- • SeiND;;ATEI SEPT. 11• .....-...swas. . . Queen Bess took up of Beauty and Fashion since the days when our good Tests place has not witnessed such. an asseob li g it : as was collected last night at the Ball given by °''' jottu and Lady SHAW. a nd. ~ . Th• dancing' commenced at an early hoof ; . n at one o'clock the company set down to a suppers /: which both taste and hospitality were most cm' t he cool her residence in Sandgate Citi:!. newly displayed. At two o'clock again led forth their lovely part s tat loth," and amidst the thunder of cannon ' rai l to. opposite shore, which did not •i n the least l e i not i depress the spirits of the ladies,' they quietlY Cl,; si it way till the rising sun announced that i t s o, time todepart,..,The company consisted of in/ ii i rz o . rd ita n t tdonL,a Lady lowing personages : - pCarrington,,r,ng Sir Edward _.„, Ladf bull, three H Watson,on. Miss Smiths, Miss Knatchbull► °I Lod yvb the beautiful and accomplished dauglAg a Dods, Si:Aides, Miss Hatton, Miss •Cil •n, Miss Shaw, 041 'sine 6 Hon. Mrs. and Miss Simpson, l Miss Forbes , Miss a',l"„ -Ile n, and ward l a a n d ol i 1 5 .a u ri t a—g-- ,, ina- Ni t G il ls; Miss Bridges; . General Moore and Sta ll ; eolonels ''' ‘ ii $Q O* Stuart, 2_piness, and .Simpson ; Majo rs Sti wit h . Id . r Shaw oss- Captains Veering, Anson, Gi 11214 TC and o Slanhoper ral other Military Officers. 11141WATA, Sir; 13. Mr. Bionic, the Chief Clerk of the Alien DO' meet of the Office of Lord HAW KESS UR y, His 1 \ 44e ..; ty's Principal Secre tar y , o f State, is arrived si ,s place for the purpose of concertin g g measures with N it* Coos, the Deputy, and with the Deputy of R a n kite, for the immediate. removal and punishme'',E all Foreigners who'hit'ite tesorted to the Coast wit" out licencefur 1114 1 purpose from MsjestY'r G°' vernment. 'pare such seltatric vitiims of Cinsolar tyranny with the high.spiriied, loyal, and pAttiotic Volun- reel.; of the British Plipire, who come forward in suppott of their, oh, CousiiNtiop, 60 Asylum of genuine Lib:rry, and in defence of a god King Let such mean, b.ise, mdliinatit Writers, flatter the French, `and defame their Country. They can only bring .li 7 grace upon thernselves. Every honest Endlishotan, who corklescrods to read their 'venorn- ous tffisions, which abuse the glorious privilege of t h e p re6 ,, *ill congratulate himpelf dt l having a mind above well despicable feelingo, and will won. cler t h at Writers, wl►o enjoy such liberal to►cration in the use of 111.11 Preb9, 0411 employ is in attempts to 'encourage An Enemy rtl ut K auld trample upon TR. EACHfr lei', HS Weil PS upon every thiog that is nobic, patriutic, ana loyal, in this hdppy Cowry, BOYER, the French Officer who behived so scan. dalously in Sr: Domingo, has broken his parole, by going from Ashburton to Matlock, inthecompany, it is said, cola respectable English Family. It is, more. over, reported, -that: he is ab',Ot to be marriestinto this family. Fur the honour of the English Charac ter we are induced to hope that such a report has no foundation in truth ; for we are willing to believe, that no English Family of any charader for re. speftability would admit into its bosom a mis. creant who lids disgraced himself in the Colonieti'of his .own Country, and behaved on every occa. don in that in which .he is a Prisoner of • War, so litsle .like an Officer or a Gentleman. As this is not the first, time he has forfeited his word, we hope Government will order hint into cloy finerucnt ; at all events, remove him from, his. pre. j sh y situation. The I)uice of GLOUCE.STGR is a&ompanitql by Col. Ii'oTER, on his way to Liverzoolp to viti t his Son, PRINCE W:LLIAM. • -• In the Downs Monarch, Utrecht, Inflexible, Castor, Scourge, Lucifer and Devastat i on Bombs, Contliet Gun-bri g , Armed Defence Ships and Transports as before, Providence and SLISSCX 041 i Navy Transports, for Plymouth. SHE IMMO ) SE Pr. 13.—Came down to the Nort the Thrasher, Lieu, Mit,' NE, a new Gun.brig. The Lively was this day paid bounty, and two months' advance, and proceeds to sea immediately. Sailed the Greyhound for the 'lawn's, and Pelttr Gun.brig. Sailed the Braddici Armed Ship, with forty-lour Vessels under convoy, for the Ships at this Port—the Zealand, Princess of Oran ge , Lively, Ceres, Fly, and Micro Rifleman and Tim4ler Gun. brigs. The Camel Store.ship, at Portsnieu , h, is erdeted to he prepared for the reception of General- 'ox, to convey him nod Suite to Gibraltar. Captain Frt , .t• sis appointed to the ccmtpand of the Rtiriderr Sloop, at WOOIWIChe . , .. There ig, .it '"ms , a new competition hericeegti the two Winter Theatres fur Miss Dv tic AN t tiPti notAuite so keen .15 that for the InfortRoo111:1 . ji t.t l e cl - aiht that " the highest Agents.trom kiJth houses are gone to Margate, a% , the event is siiii.doperiding ; though t here • "" baler will be tll' purchaser." - a It has been said that when 'Richard is perforille 1 1 Baty, it will be all .picky. h I a The -erlfiris Mariagrr. has had, it seems , -u t be Flemish account of the ? milts o f hi s pepefir at , Italian Opera I - louse. Mrs. JoaDAW and .IVlr..Cot.matr. very I are seMble each other In one point—they are bolo I to bring,forth a *sew sub et evcty ied:" ln. 0 1 ) 6 We has that a , wito Comedy.is soon,: b o r brought forwar d .. It is As long . since the 1- h `' ifi i, have, been presented with any thing of tba l that it may terries/mar". Park' It ,was observed at the Brigade to Ilyfie iirv ib yesterday', that Captain, Barba's Cor6pany much v". „ell, and kept the c;iixtrielt to a Psis.