The Sun. — London, England, 1804-01-21 00:00:00

TO TH E RIGHT HON. HENRY ADDINGTON, &c. sIR, PAINTERS complain that there are some persons whO possess so little distir.st expression of counte rnioce, as to render it extremely difficult for them to represent a striking likeness. Future Historians will experience all this difficulty when they have to delineate your Charafter. Speciousness and plausi bility, which no-man possesses in so high a degree a; yourself, are narks which conceal real charaaer— these - are used with some dexterity jo make every ilian who has any intercourse with you satisfied - with . you, and I understand a little flattery is also generally introduced to make him satisfied with himself. Indeed it is necessary that you should call every thing in aid to sustain your high preten sions, but those qualities which supported you as speaker of the House of Commons, will not support you as Minister of the Country. You filled the Chair respectably,—if I were to say you filled it with ability, I must look for the improved Rules and Regulations which you suggested for the con ducl of the business of the House of Commons—l must look f: r new and improved Parliamentary Law, or fur striking decision upon that which is already established.; but for these things I should loose in vain. If I lock for general attention to individuals, for conciliatory manners and for compromising satis fitaorily all the difficulties that occurred, I see dis tinaly the foundation of that reputation which you there acquired, and I will venture to assert that you tviii never fill any office with so much credit to yourself, or advantage to the Country, as that of which I am speaking. I say advantage to the Country—because every body will admit that you preserved the order of the House with strianess at a time, when, to serve Jacobin purposes, a disposi tion prevailed, in some quarters, to lay aside all forms—in so doing you rendered useful service. As a Statesman, Sir, you never can be eminent— the habit of your mind is always to resort to Com pr.l47;te instead of decision, and you never appear to venture to form an opinion, until you have collected that of the Public, and from that opinion you never dare to differ. I have frequented the Gallery of the House of Conarions for the last ten years, and you seem to me, in public speaking, always to have so much the fear of committing yourself before your cyes, and accompaey your opinion therefore with so many qualifications, that it is very difficult to dis cover with precision wha( you * really think upon any subjea, Even upon the Catholic question, upon which you published a Speech a few years ago, there is room to doubt, from the manner in which you have expressed yourself, what were precisely your sentiments upon this subjea. As soon as you have uttered a loose.and indefinite sentence, I hotr one of the Reporters in the Gallery ask, " What did (ha: mean ?" An explanation is given bY 3 bye-stander, but the explanation is scarcely uttered before the next sentence you pronounce de stroys the explitoation, and throws the whole into inextricable doubt' and perplexity ; and these Re vortets all agree that your Speeches are more diffi cult to.decail than those of arty other Soealeer in the House. Those who see you from the Gallery of the House of Commons will allow you to be an rfalde, if not an able . Minister ! , Yuu have a smile ready fur the most intimate, a nod for those less familiar, and a 612, , for all. Now, Sir, lam nut averse to digni fied and becoming attentions, or conciliating man ners; a Minister - should be free in his intercourse, attl as easy of access as his avocations will alloVsi— if he go beyond this line (and, believe me, you pass iv very far) his civility becomes disguiting obsequi ousness, and his attentions, abject and degrading servility, Canvass, if you please, the Members of Parliament, but do not canvass- them by shaking their hands and smiling in their faces, but by the avowal o!: . sentiments which call forth their respel and admiration, and by the proposition and adop- tion'of measures which are calcufged to benefit the Country. I'mnst suppose (however difticult it is to entertain such an idea) that you consider yourself fully qua. lifted for the high station you or certainly you could not reconcile it to your conscience to remain there at such a moment as the present, and expose to hazird the best interests of die Nation. If this be your opinion, you furnish indeed a strong proof of the vanity of Human Nature, and of the diffiCulty o f a t t aining that knowledge which is recommended. 44 our best stody, " the knowledge of one's-self." I am, Sir, Yotir obedient Servant, CRUO. MAILS. DU:. aaglvaD, Vidmburg 0 PRICE OF STOCKS. l‘us nAy AT T WLLVE O ' CLOCK. s5l Red: Ann. 56 ?lA I U.m. - 3a 2 THE SUN. SOLEM QUI3 33 . IERE FALiUM AUDEAT LONDON, JANUARY 21,.1804. Tuts morning one Hamburgh Mail, that of the :lte of tile 6th inst. arrived. Th: following arc its principal contents: CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 28.--,On the i ith the Turkish Flotilla returned to this Harbour, except ing the Admiral's Ship, which arrived five days later. Letters from Alexandria bring advice, that on the 24:11 of Oluber two Capidgi Bashis couriers arrived there from Constantinople, who immedi ately repaired to the Turkish Governor, ALI P4sHA, io the Fortress of Alexandria. Jt is be :if;ved that they brought Imperial full! powers and ratifications with respeft to the Negotiation/ commenced by the Agents sent by the Beys to the Divan. After the arrival of thete Com znissioners, the Turkish Commandant e ndeavoured to prevail on the Beys to withdraw from the city of Alexandria, and wait in the vicinity the result of the Negotiations. But to this they refused to consent, and demanded that the conferences should be held within the city. The arrears of pay due to the Turkish Troops, had nearly been the occasion of some sanguinary scenes, of which ALI PASHA himself would have been the vi aim, had not same European houses advanced the money for the Soldiers. All commu nication between Rosetta and Cairo was interrupted, and the want of money, and relaxation of discip line, rendered Egypt a scene of devastation and confusion, Thew English Minister, Mr. DRummoND, took his departure hence on the 17th inst. in a small Galley, in which he will cross the Black Sea. The French Ambassador has frequent conferences with the. Turkish Ministers. Tile English have taken and carried into Malta a Russian Ship, the cargo of which they supposed to be French ; hut it appears that it was nor. Coßrtr, OCT. 3o. —A Turkish Fleet of ten Ships of the Line, three Frigates, and some smaller vessels, has anchored in the Harbour of Modore and Comte. The Officers of an English Frigate which lies in our Road, have 'frequent conferences with the English Minister here. Though we are not ex. ally informed of the subjed of these conferences, it is believed that they relate to the provisioning of seven Ships of the Line of Admiral NELSON'S Fleet, which are to join the Turkish Fleet. Time will furnish an elucidation of the plans which are now forming. BRUNN, DEC. 22.—According to accounts from the interior Countries of Turkey, the plague has made its appearance at several places. MALAGA, Dec. Io.—The distemper here is now so much diminished, that instead of So or 90, rot more than 6o persons die daily. FRANKFORT, Dsc. 3o. —The report that Gene ral DEsoLLEs, with i z,soo Troops, had began his march on the tsth of December from the Terri. tort' of Osnaburg for Holland, is exaggerated, at least with re:Tea to the number of the Troops. VIENNA, DEC. 24.—This day several Couriers arrived here from Paris, with Dispatches for the French Ambassador, Citizen CH AMPAGNY, who, it was remarked, immediately after had several lon g conferences with Count Con ENIZEL, the Imperial Minister for Foreign Affairs. We understand that advices have been received in Town from St. Petersburgh, which positively state that Russia is arming with considerable vigour, not, however, for the purpose of interfering in the War between this Country and France, but to proteft her Ally Denmark, threatened with an Attack from the marauding Forces of the Corsican Usurper. Under whatever pretence Russia arms, we cannot but consider the circumstance as highly favourable to the interests of this Country. ADVICES are said to have been lately received from Madrid, of a very interesting, nature. Letters of good authority state, that Armaments are tnaking, in all the Ports of Spain, for the purpose of co.operat with France against this Country, and an open rupture is expeEted to take place at 110 very distant period. These Letters further state, that Overtures of Peace have been made to BoNA PARTE from the British Government, through the me di um o f t h e &panish Government, and the Spanish Ambassador at Paris, which, it is added, the First Consul received with great insolence and contempt. We hope, for the honour of our Country, that this information is incorrect or untrue, but we under stand that private accounts from Spain very posi tively state it. Yesterday the KING felt little or no pain, and found himself altogether much better. At two o'clock His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, which was attended by' the Dukes of PORT LAND and ROXBURGH, Lords HOBART and WAL SINGHAM, Mr. ADDINGTON, Sir EVAN NEPEAN, and Mr. FAULKNER. It was yesterday very currently reported, that His Royal Highness the lijuKE of YORK was about to resign his high Office as Commander in Chief, and to be succeeded by the Marquis CorzNwAws. There was a strong rumour yesterday, that Mr. PITT would be speedily recalled to his former high Official situation. We shall he happy in stating that there is something more than rumour in this. Letters of the date of the 4th of December have been received from Lord NELSON'S Fleet: It was then off Toulon. The Noble Admiral had main tained the Blockade of that Port during a course of the most tempestuous weather ever known in the Mediterranean, by which his Ships had been s ome _ what strained, but otherwise his Fleet was i n g p o d health and condition. This nrning Dublin Mails of the /6th and 47th arrived. They state perfeer tranquillity to have been, r estored to the County of Wicklow i since the SUP. l ender of D , -.. , ,yer and his gang, NAYAL NEWS. Pox jAN. zoo—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Decade, from a Cruize on the French Coast. Sailed His Majesty's Schooner Chadatte, Lieut. ALT, for the Eastward; and Charon, of .4. guns, to the Downs. Early this morning we had a very strong gale from the South, which set in the tide in a very uncommon manner, and inundated the lower part of the Town, bat did not do any serious mischief. DEAL., JAN. 20.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Arab, from Portsmouth ; the Harpy Sloop, Blood_ bawd and Archer Gun-brigs, from the Squadron at Dungeness. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Brilliant, Arab, Per seus, Autumn, Harpy, Bonnetta, Speedwell, Sloops, Basi lisk, Bloodhound, Archer, Gun-brigs, Abundance Store ship, Deptford Lighter, Waliner Castle, Winchelsea, Glat ton, Cirencester, Cambrian, East India Ships. DUNGENESS, JAN. 17.—The firing which was heard at Deal and Dover, on Tuesday the roth, proceeded from the batteries at Boulogne. The Euryalus frigate' and a cutter had got under the batteries, which opened their fire on them. An immense number of shot went over the cutter, but not one struck her. The Earyalus was out of gun shot. The lugger privateer, brought in by the Speedwell, seems to have been most daring in her different cruizes. The Captain of her reports that, on the 24.511 December, he came to anchor at Dunge_ ness, and remained the entire night, though several King's ships were there. He states the prepara tions at Boulogne to be far more extensive than they have ever been represented, There are, according to his account, 530,000 men at Boulogne, and 750 gun-boats. BONAPARTE, on the 4th and sth of this month, was on board every gunboat at Bou logne ; and, by way of she wing an example to the Troops, he waded up to his middle to get on board the boats outside the pier, and would , not allow himself to be carded on board any of them. We cannot attach implicit belief to the report of the Captain of the Privateer, though we know that the preparations at Boulogne are most formidable. The Leopard, Euryalus, and Dutchess of Cum berland cutter sailed for Boulogne this morning, and the Speedwell brig for Diver, to see the trans ports with the 43d Regiment, from Guernsey, safe in there. She is then to proceed to Portsmouth. The privateer, her prize, sailed this morning for Portsmouth. Remain at Dongeness, the Harpy, Sulphur, and Ilecla. The Captain of the privateer says, that every thing as to the Invasion is kept a profound secret ; •no one can conjeaure when it will be attempted. BoNATARTB never opened his lips during his inspeaion of the gun_boats, he did not even remark how far lie thought them fitted for the purpose of Invasion. In short, sullen silence was the order of the day. Capt. T. WELLS is appointed to the Command of the Windreir Castle, of 98 guos, at Portsmouth. In the early part of the ensuing month, the Eagle, of 7¢ guns, building in Messrs. PITCHERS' Yard, at Northfleet, will be launched. A temporary, lantern is erected on the Light house of the Old Head of Kinsale, near to the en trance to the harbour of Cork, in place of the late coal. li g h t . The light is' from oil lamps and refledors, at i ) i l y steadyin storms and disappear like the light o o e b s se n r o v t e fi d a e s q h n a from coals. atc,:tills,aayndbed We understand that Mr. MARSDEN, the Second Secretary to the Admiralty, has been prevailed upon to accept, the Situation of First Secretary in the room of Sir EVAN NEPEAN. This was essential to nncarrying the. I`/ten Public ic newto the Business, as it c ou ld not b e t c e supposedthat arry t,xo Office, could en- ter all at once into the vast and extensive details of_ the Admiralty. Mr. TUCKER is to be the Second Secretary. Yesterday I.,:tters were received from Holland to the 16th, and Papers to the tph instant. They add little to the knowledge which we before pos. sessed of the Enemy's preparations. By a Letter from rlieland, dated the tith inst. we learn, that the Enemy's preparations in the Texel are far from being in so formidable a state as have been lately represented. The Vessels in the Texel Roads had been obliged, on account of the drifting ice, to warp into the New Diep, where all, but the Admiral, lay with their topmasts struck, when the Ships that brought over our Letters left the Vlie. The Ships in the New Diep consisted of one Fri, gate, and three Line of Battle Ships, with twelve large Dutch Greenlandmen, retained as - Transports, neatly as large as our East Indiamen. This is all the preparation known at the Texel or Vlieland. It is very probable, however,, that there may be other vessels further up the Zuyder Zee, and nearer to Amsterdam, but they cannot be in any great state of forwardness for an immediate attempt. By this time the frost has, probably, so cleared away, as to leave the passage entirely open to the Squadron in the New i)iep ; but our Corresponden t is positive in his assurance, that, at the date of his letter, there were' no Troops on board. He con. jctured they would embark from the Helder. The letter proceeds to state as follows " All the small Vessels that have been equipped fur the Expedition in this neigbourhood have been sent to Amsterdam, and from thence, by inland canals, to Flushing, which may be called the Headquarters of the Batavian Flotilla. There are at present only four Schuyts at Harlingen, which are expctled to sail far Amsterdam every day." The Leyden Gazeue speaks in very afaitling terms of the hardships which the Inhabitants of some of the Towns of Holland experience in con_ sequence of the late frequent arrivals of French Troops among them. " Crushed, annihilated under the weight of contributions, which are laid on with. out interruption or interval, many families, before in easy circumstancrs, now fiend themselves in a state of indigence, of which they had no preriuus con. SOUTHWARK VOLUNTEERS. I THE misunderstanding still prevails in the Corps of Loyal Southwark Volunteers. The Light In fantry Company is suspended until further orders.. The 3d Company, at the time of the difference opinion being first discovered between them and the Commandant, expressed a desire that they might have some time to consider of the suhjed upon which they differed; since that they have received a letter from the Lieutenant-Colonel, desiring them to send in an answer to the correspondence which had been communicated to the Corps. They met in con sequence, and have come to the determination not to return without gaining the exercise of what they consider to be their just privilege, as they affirm that it was s tated i n the Regulations upon which the Corps was formed, that the right of electing all hut Field- Officers was vested in the Privates. On the other part it is contended, that it was not intended that the Election should take place beyond the first in stance. On that point. they are at issue, and yester day the following Declaration of the Third Com pany was sent to the Lieutenant-Colonel, in the name of the Company, with an introductory Letter signed by Lieutenant ROSE. We, the Members of the Third Company, in reply to this Letter communicated to us by Lieutenant Rose, beg leave to observe, that we, with due deference to the opinions read to • us, conceive the right of electing the Officers to be, accord ing to the strict original Regulations of the Regiment, vested in tip; Privates. That we positively assert-that we have tever hea r d Colonel I TiER NEY as mentioned in his Letter to Mr. Y 0...), pub -- licly or otherwise declare, that "atter the Regiment was once formed, he would allow of no further elections." That we cannot acknowledge ourselves as having been bey frayed into any error, unless the desire of adhering to the ori ginal Regulations elthe Corps is to be considered as ouch, and that any irregularity we may have committed in a .inilitarY sense, has arisen through ignorance of the etiquette to be ob served on such occasions. That considering the critical state of the Country, and that the defence'of our King and Constitution should supersede all other views in our minds, we are willing to forget the harsh treatment we have experienced, and to return to our active duty, on condition that no man shall be singled out ;I , a Ringleader . in a Cause which we hereby acknowledge to V the spontaneous ad of all. That the Third Company beg leave to return their Thanks' to Lieutenant Rosa, for his spirited exertions in their causes n ' and tbr his able and impartial conduct on this occasion. Friday, jan. 20. The number of Volunteers who exercise the pi. , vilege of eleaing their Officers is so great, that the Privates of the Southwark say, the only diicultY they find is, to discover any Association of Volur.. teers which is not regulated by'that principle. Marquis CORNWALLIS has been appointed to th t /' . Command of the Eastern Distna. Some more American Papers have. reached to' • Accounts from Washington state, that the Spanish Ambassador to the United States had suddellif • taken his departure, in consequence of Mr. JEWriii t - .. sort not having given him an audience at the precise' moment he wished ; but this statement does EP* seem to rest on any authentic foundation. A report prevails in the City, that a proposal hag been made, or it intended to be made to the Mint' • ster, by the old West India Proprietors, particular' ly those of Jamaica, to suspend the Slave Trade lo t five years. • • - J Mr. Lxvitressrow, Secre.tary' to the Anusxi, Legation at Paris, 'who cam e over from Ti • about three weeks ago, and whose missiorr ; wasts : the time thought to be of a conciliatory nat' uf ej i s returned to France, The decision of the Court. General BURTON, sentenced th M at a O rt ffi i on the ground of indiscretion ; the K acle t r er ut o poo c nh o eM e b, • 43r fe r f il ei g , the sentence, but the next day Officer to his rank in the Army, estored that gall replyin ine The ; uCapofotunerrtt-hwMei which n ; t d it, e t c ; c ) c n eo n .u L r t i e lt u ti t e eicinabanennrtoa.ttCeil,coaif;pxerl od ß frie o at t j ik : s, terminated yesterday. Adjutant ROY was heard: d ir gated.till it has received the approbation of - The ST re;;ort of a fatal duel having lately r ale , ri e • place in Ireland b etw e en Lords BeeolEy and Moat, as mentioned in some of the papers s there tG every probability is without foundation. T b friends of the respective parties in London have r e ;e , ceived letters of a d ate more recent t h an t h e ta ll) ( at which the duel i s state d to h ave, be en fougl". which are entirely silent upon the subjett. Colonel HARNAOfi has resumed his military a y ' cations. The East India Company's Regiments °I. A , to be severally inspected on M on d ay , T ues d a y, a" I. Wednesday next, by this indefatigable veteran. / • 1 Dr. GISBOR NE , w e are g l a d to fi nd, is no t deal ~ as reported, b ut at hi s h ouse i n D er by s hire. 15 ,, t e '• • Gentleman i s ver y muc h a d vance d in life, but enjoys a green old age. His faculties are in expe l a .• lent ord er , an d hi s c onversation is so well seasoneA, with learning and anecdote, that it is an unfailitt source of instrunion and amusement, conveyed 1'; the manners of a Gentleman, when Gentility was tl° the familiar impertinent thing it is at present. t. VIOANON I was yesterday morning suddenl tacked with a ,. violent fit of the gpot,_which have prevented the Opera from I. l7k gz i r y fo o r ff m e e r d id ti` go , . evening, had not M adame Bo sustain his part at a short notice. On the t4th inst. died at Colchester, the w ife 0 Mr. RICHARD MILLS of that town, Banker, ,r d E C sl o . un s t ta y te S d e , ssi i o n n h s, is t c li t e ur i t rr o na t ; JO A HN t Jury, he had been informed that many Farmers a . l l ' s t p he Aß S ß ta o ff: respeaable Landowners in the County t e. I ed their servants from devoting a few hours attee .„ ance from their usual labour to the safety and ri c e fence of the Count ty, and had even refused to eng4,,, ;. had restrlo.' servants who were enrolled in any Volunteer As:ut, ciations ; and observed in conclusion, that all tempts on the part of masters or farmers, to thru ra i obstacles in the way of perfed e ion in the ge n the I ,defence of the Kingdom, would be treated by Court as a misd emeanor , an d p un ished accordi n g ly. igh t Yesterday morning about one o'clock, a, l oh Collier lying ou ts id e t h e t i er a t Shadwell I ' 4l be broke her moorings, t h roug h the violenc e car hurricane, and for wa nt o f ballast upset• Th f v eer taco making great exerti on to save her v"" teat much hurt ; he, as well as the Crew, w ere .se l l a rnel danger of being drowned, had not one of the m : save d Police Boats accidentally passing by at th e ti acci' o f s eriou' h c stortn° them. It is apprehended a number dents ha; happened in c ons e q uence of E.