The Sun. — London, England, 1801-08-14 00:00:00

THE SUN. SOLEIrI QUIS DICFRE FriLSI.:I4 AUDZAT ? LONDON, AUGUST TA., 'Sol. Lord NELSON ..has ,reached. Peal,,..• where he con tinues his . Preparations for attack uplift the Enemy. Diu morning-a Messenger arrived with Pis patches' from Lord MI=ND, at . Yic zra, of the inst: NIS 'Lordship, in his.Letterss continues to congrp.tulate Government on the Capture of Cairo; and this circumstance, 'though he- gives- no details,. .- • - supposing Government to be in possession of them, csonfirms. us in the belief that Cairo,'is in our pos session. Those who have the best Means of being informed. of the fita, entertairt , veri,little doubt on the subjea.---Thelmmense advantages that must result from such-an event, 'are so Obviotis, that it is unnecessny for us to enlarge upon them, Lord MI NTO ,had hiinself received Dispatches from Mr. to OK E, ann - d)incing the fall of Cairo., Besides the Messenger from Lord- MIN-ro, another Foreign'Nlessenger also arrived. •• We understand the East India COmpany have this morning received advises from Mr. TOOKE at Cott stantin9ple, the substance of which - has not tran, spired, • THE universal censure excited by the anti-pa triotic and calumniatory opinions which the Morn ing Chronicle had published respeeting the condu& pursued by our, Governtrtent in the preprations to ..meet the Invasion planned against this Island, has, it appears, tnught this Writer that he had ra ther injured than served the interests of his Party, He and shewn toOopenly their real - . sentiments. yesterday partially rettaaed what he had written ; end although he endeavour.ed again'to prove part of his former allegations, i he at...least. did not avail himseif "of—the. auxiliaries of abuse, and adm - itted that Ministers had fulfilled their duty towards their Country by adopting'. defensive . precautions ; thus acknowledging himself .beaten „on the main ques tion which we had suppoited, and on which every . • reasonable man, and t every : one . who has any at taclunent to his Country; can form but one jtidg- 'tent. This journalist finding, therefore, that a Contrary. ()pillion was on all sides rejected as absurd, and un worthy .of ar Englishman,, has • acknowledged— " that the Enetny.shOuld not bealloWed to mature " their plans • without interruption that, 'engaged • " iii-War as this Country is, it is . our, duty to be ". prepa - red against every attack ; and that guard-, .ed as we are: by so. many natural and 'peculiar ". means of defence; we are•ndt totally to.forget that tc War is a state that - dernandS courage and vigi " lance," • After having Onus treslroyed . with hii own hands Wliat he . had written but three days before, and after having employed -his pen, like. tb.e lance of Acitti.t.rs, to heal the wounds which `,it had, oc casioned, he has entered on the labour of his own justification, in which he has by no means been - so successful as in what - he has - arvolufitardy said on .that of our 'Administration. . , Endeavouring to prove that. Ministers: bad Sounded the alarm improperly, and creating at plea- - sure an imaginary distinaion, he says, that though, they ought to be ivakeful, they ought not to be clamorous. In this proposition we perfeCtly agree - . with him, requesting at the same time to see any - viva -adduct:l that our Ministers have been dame . raja. Where are those 4gmultuitii.nOisy .'firepara. tio . ns Of which lie speaks ? klitherto.no-one . bas per ceived the measures of deferiee adopted by Govern: . went but those whom; from their situation, they concerned. A dire Lion adapted to circumstances has been given to our Naval Force- which was ready in action. Our Land ForceS have been dis posed in such a, manner as foresight diCiated, or have received orders and instruetions how to a& upon particular events. The' Lards Lieutenants -Of Counties have, in conformity, with their constitu tional funEtions, arranged before band . what was to be done in case of Invasion ; 'and our Volunteer AssOeiations,, formed_ some years ago for the de -fence.of the Countxy, have in like manner, been in .s.trtifted what to do in such: case. If the . Writer to whom we allude had been a twin of co:innon sense, • or - had not been eminently deficient in candour, would lie not have agreed, that the previous,adop . tio,rt of such arrangcnients Was 'the best means .of preventing them in the hour of necessity from being w n ultums, an d w i l y ? Does not every one go peaceably to his affairs, and lay down ,with nullity, when he knows that all precatitienS are taken and all dispositions made for- his safety I pe. rot many circumstances prove this incontez.tibry ? At o moment when the expeaation of invasion ;la's been most general, has the tranquillity og any one' Tdwn.been disturbed, or has any part of the Coast been•abandoned by any of its Inhabitants ? Have the watering places on the sea-side been less fre quented than usual ? Nothing can prove more evi dently the confidence which the measures taken have inspired, than the calmand uniuffied counte nance of every ,man in the Island, pursuing, as Usual, his business, his habits;modes, and his plea_ sures. The •Writer in question having still his double objeain view, that of attacking the conduEl of our Ministers„ - and inspiring the, Public with false se curity, attempts to shew that _ in the threatened In_ . vasion there is no - danger: To this we shall reply, as we have uniformly done, there will be no danger if the necessary preventatives are adopted, but if these are negleaed, there will be, we assert, not only danger, but great danger. We are in a situation si tnilar toThat of a State, which being at peace with an other State, yet knows that the latter is making.Tre . parations which can be direkted only against it. y If the State which is. threatened do riot, 'on its side, meet the evil, it will be attacked ;. but it will pro bbly not be so if it manifests superior vigilance : and superior:means of resisting the proposed Attack.— This is the real ,spirit of the axiom, Which all the world knows, si wis ~Pacem para Bellum, and this proverb, like all others which are the fruits of the (wisdom of Nations, has been proved true in all Ages and all Countries. _ If we were not fearful' of insulting the judgment of our readers by pushing any farther.the examina tion of a : question which their common sense must at the first glance. decide, and which - could only - be brought into question by bad faith, we should pur sue the Journalist; whose paragraph we are examin ing, through the whole of his disquisition on the • relitive means- of France and:England. The result of this inquiry would be the v.tine-propositton which . • we have above laid doWn, tbat is to : say, that if we adopt adequate precaution's,' the French will never be able to command sufficient Naval and Military Force to attempt, or to effect l a descent, and that on the contrary, they will have means sufficient to 'accomplish their designs, if we do not avail our selves of the means we'have to prevent them. We may be wounded if we use no shield, but if we oppose one to the Enemy, their spears will either not strike at all, or wine shivered against our buckler. . Council of His Majesty's Ministers was yes terday. held at Lord HAwitEsitra. - es Of in Downing-street. Lord PELHAM, as Secretary of State for the Home Department, transacted business in his official ca pacity. • - According to letters from St. Peter:burgh, of the - 2341 ult. Lord ST., HELENS continued to be treated with the most signal marks of favour and distinc tion by the EgPEidlt and COurt. Superb presents are. preparing for this able Negotiator by ALEX- A.NDER..I. the value of which is . said to exceed roo,ooo rouble's. His Lordship has, accotding to the same accounts, received flattering invitations to visit the Courts, of Stockholm and Copenhagen, on his return to England. The Note transmitted by M. KALI TSC 11 BF F to the CHIEF CONSUL, on the:Subjea . of the Indemnities, has, according to. Private Letters, for the _authen ticity of'which,, , however, we do not vouch, been answered by a Note to the following purport : " The Fr asr Catls tit of the PrenCh Republic acknow ledges the receipt of the Convention of Petersburgh; of the t6thof Tune, and takes this opportunity to assure His IMr`E a JAL MA:it:sr Y, of the lasting good disposition and senti ments of the French Government towards Ifis MAJ.Esr Person and. Government ; and assures him, that he will do every, thing that may . be 'pleasing and agreeable, to- the, Court of Russia : and that this end would have been attained soon- , er, if the Negotiations with England, the situation of Affairs in .Italy and. Egypt, and the War with Porttigali 'had riot thrown .certain invincible obstacles,in the way of the buSi- ness." On . Monday' the 3d •inst. His Excellency the Lola) LIEUTENANT of Ireland, ,accompanied .by General. Sir WILLIAM MEDoWs, K. B. Cornman. der of the Forces, -Lieutenant-General .. .Cl4c., the Honourable Major-General NEEDHAM, 'the 'General Staff, and a great many Militaiy Officers, reviewed the PRINCESS of WALES'S, or Aberdeen shire,Highland Fencible Regiment, commanded by Col. LEITH, at Leixlip'-; when. that excellent Corps went through a variety of moVements of attack arid defence against Infantry and Cavalry, and - aded as a Light Corps. The high state of discipline and aelivity displayed On this occasion, drew.from Lord HARDWICKE, and the General Officers, the most flattering expressions of approbation. Her Excel lency the' Countess of HARDWICKE and. Family, with a. distinguished train of Ladies, honpured by her presence the review of • her COUntrymen; and was much pleased with tlieir - appearance. CHARLES M. ORM5111r; Esq. is eleded 'to serve. in the imperial Parliament' for the: Borough of Killaloe, in Ireland, in the room of Mr. •Pa.mriE, who has accepted the Escheatorship of Munster. We understand that the Expedition to Batavia was only meant to secure the Shipping which' might be found thel-e. The whole Island of Java is now under. the dominion of the Dutch, who Nye great influence with the inhabitants. - These people are ferocious to'a degree, Batavia, ~c.hich is seated in this Island, contains a prosligious. - nlhnber of people ; ~and is very :tKong,. but" so very unhealthy, that it is scarcely worth possessing. The mortality is ao great,,that the Dutch are obliged to repeopie Bath via every three years. 1 1C , N RYA L IV ETTIS, Non ill) imperium pelagi t sa-vumque tridentem, Sed mihi some datum. DEAL, AirG. 13. VISE-Adlniral Lord NELSON, in His Majesty's Ship Medusa, with the Galgo Sloop of War, .Explo. s'ion Bomb, and Express Advice-boat, arrived last night, and remain. A great many flat-bottomed Boats have been taken off from His Majesty's Naval Store-yard here, this morning, to the Armed Ships under Lord NELSON'S command, and his Lordship has several alongside of his own Frigate. . The Hound Sloop of War sailed yesterday on a Cruize ; and the Ship Sarah Christiana, Captain GRAHAM, for India, came down this afternoon from the River, and waits to sail with the first Convoy 'for Portsmouth. YARMOUTH, AuG. 13. Tilts morning arrived the Diana Packet, Capt. OSBORNE, from Cuxhaven, with two Mesiengers, but no Mails. Sailed this morning the Prince of Wales Packet, Capt. HEARN, to Cuxhaven, with Mails; and Prince of arange Packet, Capt. BRIDGE, to‘Cux haven, without Mails. Arrived the Pdyphemus, of 64. guns, froni Go ree ; l'Esfieg/e, and La laic:tie Brigs, and Specu lator Lugger,.. from a Cruize. PLYMOUTH, Auc.. 12. ARRIVED the Royal S'avereign, of too guns, Vice_, Admiral tir H. HARVEY, K. B. Bnd San . 7osef, of z, Captain WOLSELY, from the Channel Fleet ; and Goligh, of 74. inns, Captain W. .ESI NGTON, from Portsmouth. .PORTSM6U - TH, AVG. 13.. • \STEwr nut of Harbour the Visuvius Bomb vessel, Sailed the Hind, Cutter, with a Fleet for the Downs. SHEERIaSS,_ Ave. 13. LAST evening arrived His. Majesty's Gun brig, Swinger; I,ieut. McDotioALL, from the-Downs: , - Thisday arrived the Cobourg hired Brig, ,Licut. Wad G HT, from Yarmouth. Lieutenant DANIEL kiAMLI WE is appdinted: to, and has taken the Command of; the'Crash Gun-brig, fitting out at: this Port. Orders have been transmitted from the Admi ralty to Portsmouth, to fit out with all possible dis patch the Ships, that arrived from the Baltic on Sun day. ..They. are to take on board five months pro visions.. - . . The 7 1 1.;/thish, of 74 guns, Capt. HARVEY, is ordered to victual at Ply-mouth for Foreign Service. The G . arrison of Colchester 'now consists of nine Regiments of Militia, one Regiment of Regulars, the 13th Light Dragoons, and a strong Corps of Artil lery, which thus parade : in the Upper Barrack Square the Warwick, Leicester, %Vest Suffolk and Cambridge; in the Lower. Square, the Bucks, East Essex, East Middlesex, Monmouth, and another Welch Corps ; on the right of the whole, the 49th root, and Artillery Corps ; and the Dragoon Corps in'the:rown. The Marquis CORNWAL LIS Commands the whole in per son, and under him are, Lieut.-Gen. BALFOUR, and Major Generals LENOX; and Lord CHARLES FI TZ OY. The Marquis of _BUCK-INGIAI:4 at the head of his own rekiment,.as are also Lord EUSTON; of the West Suffolk;''cod Earl, MANSF I E LD,- of the Middlesex" Lord WORC ESTE it commands the -Kon mOuth, in the absence of Ibis father, who is indis . posed. One-third of the Garrison of Colchester received permission on. Monday last, from the .Commander in Chief, - fo by out to harvesting in various pasts of the Ad jacen t counties: The Essex_ Agricultural Meeting was holden at the Shire Hall. at Chelmsford, on Ire,clne . sday last, when theprincipal Breederl of Stock, and Agricul turists of the County; attendcd.,..There - was-a ge neral show of Stock, evidently improv,ed very high-, ly since the meeting of , the last year. The ten Prizes of the _Society's' Silver Medal, for the 'best produced Stock s were thus,adjudged, viz. I. For thebest Cut Stallion, to Mr. WAKEFIELD. tuil—Mr. WESTERN. 3. -,----- Co w', pr aejfer-7:7Mr.:Sni rT H. 4; " Leite§t:lA - 11 MR am or other—:Mr. Ras i NS a ig: 5. —77'1%910 DOWD Rani—Lord PET RE: 6. - . _ l'icestrrshjit Ewe, - or other—Mr. 800 s EY. 7. --- S6tIMPOWII ' EAr - - "Mr : WESTERN. 8. ---1--e—H — Fat Q7c.-- I :Lord P ETRE. ' 9. —-- Wctherof liis age—Mr. Ronx NS. 10. ,---- Bpar—Mr.'KNlcar. At the Chelmsford Races, young Golding, a boy about thirteen years,of age," •who•roae the 'winning filly for the Queen's Guineas, broke his stirrup, not SQo yards from the starting-post ;. when catch ing it in his baud, be rode the heat, and, won it virith only one foot in the other stirrup; it was fortunate that he carried the other, as he was found to be no more than the exact' Weight with it, when he came to the 'seales. The Desengannon, , from Barcelona, is taken and carried into Gibraltar. BPIGHTOAT, AUG. 12. THIS being the PRINCE'S Birthday, the morn ing was ushered in by.Uw ringing of bells, the fir ing of cannon, and other demonstrations of joy. The South Gloucester and West Essex Militia, the ssth Regiment of Foot, and the 18th •Dragoons, were reviewed on the Downs .this morning, between - Lewes and Brighton, by the PR INCE. His Royal.., Highness left the Steine at half after nine o'clock, attended by General WHITE. The Review coil,„ menced at ten, .when the different companies went, through their evolutions with much precision and spirit. The firing . was regular. At half after twelve the Review.concluded, when the PR INC E and . a party of Ladies returned 'in a sociable and_six to the Steine, where, after walking a short time-, the • company separated, and the PRINCE went home.-- The PR INC E spoke in very flattecing terms of the.', good order and regularity of the men, and comp mented the Officers on their great attention, The PRINCE does not give a dinner, as was said; His Royal Highness dines this day with Lora LIT CAN. His Lordship provides a splendid enter tainment for the:Prince's friends. The STADTHOLDER , came down yesterday, anct dined withk the PRINCE. His Serene Highness looks well ; he walked an hour on the Steine, in com pany with Mr. Hoes, and a party of Gentlemen- Mr. HOP E arrived yesterday morning. Lord PE' TERSHAM came last night. Mr. WILD, who was for many years Prompter of Covent Garden Theatre, died last Week at Li; verpool. - He waS a well-informed man, independ ently of his draniatic knowledge, which was more extensive than that of any other Theatrical Charac ter in thiS - Country. As a Prompter, he was assi , duous, diligent,. and impartial, never irnproperlY absent from his post, and equally attentive to the highest and lowest Performer.. In the earlier pair of his life; -he tried the profession of an Actor, brig not being able to execute his own conceptions 01 theatrical merit, be renounced the Sock and Buskin , and was content to..assist others in a pursuit lot which he did not deem himself sufficiently qualified , though Nature had given him a good person and' solid understanding, -- He has left a wite and severSs children,. on whom- he has bestowed his Pioperjr, with equal justice. Mr: WILD had ofte n express o l . a desire of cloSing his days at Liverpool, and liii' chosen a spot of ground in which he wished to b e buried. The' place, we understand; was in - of. Church-yard in . which PaLmEk, the late excellent: Affor .of Drury--lane Theatre, is interred. It somewhat singular, that hii wishes in this respeo/ have been gratified.- His remains were last night to be deposited in the seleaed spot, and thecere rnony was to. be attended by a great number of the Theatrical _Body, as-well as many private fridinisi Whom' his social, intelligent, and manly qualities A had. attached. "lie wis .in . the fifty- second year ot: his age. • .-- . .• . - ' • , - FREDERICIT,'_Iei PRI,ISIA.-4I has been, peto 'hap's, the late of thi, M 0 0t..-.k to lroa - tilt. 6riclsl: live after hiiri, '" and the evil interred with ho. hones,'.' :contrary to the general course .of. events' It - may,• however, be deemed too harsh to con s icle-. as•an evil; merely the gluttony of this Monarciii which . the following instance is related by _Z“ 4 :I MERMAN. After speaking of the intemperance c. His PitussfAN MAJESTY, he gives an account o'i his •having endeavoured to put him on a coufse.° more moderate diet. During this system,: his do;; ner was, accbiding to ZIMMERMANi on the 2 61 :; June, '2186, as follows : 'c To begin his WA) says the akior, " he took -a large quantity of soq' t which was made of those herbs and plants, that were most' remarkable for heat anti strength ; 3 this he added a spoonful of flour of must:rd, an 6 . e • another of ginger. After his soup, he took a 13r ,b - ac is, of bouille, dressed in the Russian fashion, that . boiled in half a bottle of brandy. He . .then ea an Italian dish of Polenta, which consisted 6 Turkey corn and Parmesan. cheese, kneaded a c n e i baked together, over which a strong gravy of W ert was poured. His MAJESTY concluded his dill° by. eating an, enormous dish of eel.pye." j The parent Willov.i.,ree of this Country, pla iti f tg -at Twickepham by - the hands of PoPE, has, like 'DO master, fallen a vi&im to the ravages of time• i , rc: has been conseqUently cut down, by order of !' are MENDIP, and. sawed into small- pieces, whiPh t he given to such of his Lordship's friends asho e taste to preserve and admire the relic. nj ' • Mr. CDNNoLLY, by the death of-his motler -.' .t ef/ the late Earl STRAFFORD, acquired a large i i )r°P h t° in . England, subjM to a legacy : of t0,000 , ..e ac 4 , his three - SisterS, the Countess of BuciciN" A o i sk IR E, , Lady .At - .BY.Ii, ..and . the *CouritesSo Ho w . E..' He.has :since obtained leaKe to sell di estates. :on giving. 'security -for t h e seieveics , , 0 for one of them;' the Bedfordshire-Estate , h o c - lately ear red . 50,0001. • . . . .j, of June last, by . a person who called, himself Ir l .. A shocking murder was committed in the 01_ 0 ,_f itil l mas Morgan, .upon•the body . of Mr.. John C l a m' - r, of .Northumberland-,County, in America. .','1,,„ . Clarke vas removing with his family to Per - gclu i . s i . . and- after passing, the . Allegany IVlountains) . t ''` r l v i - Oi'erlOcen - by , Morgan, who continued to i fr vel along With. him; . and was treated like . 4 - 1 .4 of. the tamily.• Morgan,. on the way, took '' f bt, : Ciarkes fifle'gnn,.upon a pretence to loot4al,i ~, garpe, ,and went off into the woods where he mrl charged the-piece. He then returned, and told orl Clarke he, had killed a deer,. and requesad f c . -Clarke to-take one of the horses fronilhe; te, ; S • _,., ~:,..t...,,, ~ carry off the carcass. The recluest, wa. row.r sc l with ; ..oat no ' sooner did the wretch find 101. 1 i f f with Mr. Clarke in the woods, than he s hat', } , through the head, mounted the horse, and rode a' 0 . At the execution of the Soldiers at Chelmsfor d ' ;,, ant", `Friday last,. !hitcher, the ringleader, on mo . f o,- the, platform, kicked off. his shoes; as a pro ° , i(c . brutal hardihood, in which he was followed by !,:i of hia comrades, who had been confined with o i in -the same cell. The-others. died, in a YerY c ! if tent and,contrite manner : the . last words 41. fir.. rage were,' a request that his body might be g,:`,.., 1 .1 a of service he ' to the Surgeons, as the last' render to mankind. '' - . 6 '~l} • 1: kl4l 440 t" tie,