The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-13 00:00:00

FI?ENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS.

PARIS, Nov. s.—The Saxon Arn,bassador set off
this morning to meet the King, his master, who is
expected to arrive at Fontainbleau to-morrow,: or
the folloWing day.
His Excellency MarShal the Duke of Ragusa sets
off this clay to' put hicnself.at ibe head_ (4 his corps,
which is to occupy Dalmatia and the Illyrian Pro-

arinces.
The Journal of Gard contains the following article
uiom Nismes, dated-O&.•28
" The 'day before (yesterday, between ten and
eleven otelock.at night, there was felt in this, place
a concussion,. followed by a very loud and sharp re-
port. This. was heard twice, with an interval of
about .half an hour between each report. The
cause was at first thought to, be an earthquake; but
as the sound proceeded from. the coast, (for it was
almost a dead calm, and the little wind there was
carne froln, the S. and S. W.). and as several French
and -Englishsvessels had beef) seen upon the Coast,
between Cette aid Aiguemortes, some persoins
ascribed tills phenomenon to the explosion of a great
quintity of gunpowder. • This conjecture is thiS day
confirmed by inter. ;once, that two vessels which
had gone ashore near Avesquieres, had been. set on
fire and blown up at the time above-mentioned. It
is remarkable, that the explosion should have been
so distinetly heard at Nistnes, considering that it is
ten leagues from the coast. We are in anxious ex
petiation of, the particulars of this event."
The five per cents. with dividend friom the 22d of
September, are at 801. 30 c.
The English
.papers have.published a letter from
Adjutant-General, Stewart to the ,Commandant of"
the 2iith 'regiment, in which, by command of Sir
Arthur Wellesley, he presents that regiment with a
stand of French colours, said to have been taken by
it frhin the French in the battle of Talayera.—Upon
thisletter-the Moniteur has the following note :
" :Our troops have no celours ; t hey' have eagles
only. The regiment from which the coldurs. Were
taken is not named. The pretended spoil rm;,!e by
the E9glish 19 the battle of '.k'alaVera 'is cOutraditted
by the ailininistration.of the Park of Artillery, so
far as regards the cannon, and with respect to the
eagles, by the administration of the different corps.
This, therefore, is nothing more than a falsehood
invented to amuse the English people." .
Cardinal Fesch continues with his Majesty at Fon-
taitibleau..' A Council of Ministers was held there
on the Ist, at whichhiS'Maje'sty presided.
We learn from aYienna newspaper, that the'Areh-
alike Charles continues to reside at Teschen with his
uncle, Duke Albert, of Sase Teschen.
A letter frorri Strasburgil of the2gth ult. says
Sevefal snuatitons of the 13tH and 14th regiments
of dragoons have arrived here. They are on their
march for the interior of the empire. We have not
hitherto seen any infantry cot ps of the French array
Germany." •
General Roy, who Organised the differeht legions
tif: national guards'at Antwerp, has returned to this
capital. '
The 'peace. recently concluded has been announced
In all
,the principal cities on the Continent, amidst
the sound ot4annoo, arul every - demonstration of
generd rejoicing. At Vienna, MUnich, Sturgartti
Frankfort,. Naples, Roine,',Fiorence;
.Milan,.
drid, Ac. as well as in Paris; illuminatiOns have
taken- -prace; -Au hundred millions 'of - men have
taken part in this general festivity, and celebrated it
With marks of public satisfaction. •
The English' alobe regard it With astonishment
and consternation. They have recourse to calumnies
against that Power which they have urged" nearly to
dte brink of destruction ; aq the Ministerial papers
induStriously pi upagate the notion that' the hands of
Austria- are tied up ; that 'the peace is compulsory,
and cannot be of long duration. It will last-too
lottglor them: Driven out of Austria, as they have
been driven frcim Italy, they will speCdily be ex--
pelted homSpiin as they have heen trorn-Austria.—
How cart the insnrerefit.i, divided amongst them-
belvcs, and beaten by' a small part of the French
army- at Talavera, wake head against the -whole of
our toice . .

VIE Nlti OCT. VOli
.Übna, Atistrian
Cotrimissionei in negOciating the Treaty of Peace,
having received orders to •communicate, it ,to the
piil,l;e,. has t: is illy caused it to. be placarded, and
exposed to sale by the imperial. 0-ititer, to whose
printing-office the pt,oplo are going in crowds.to pro-
cure copies of it.
The wandiyark of -artillery is in motion, and from
100 to i4t) ejltaollS are sent off daily, which shewS
that the -evaA uatiou of Vienna • will not be. long de-
layed. A_ great. number, of coael:es art also sent of
daily, will): the sick and wounded, who are cotiveyr.
ed to St. Potto and thence to Lintz. .
We hear that the misunderstiinding between the.
Divan
,atid the Englitsh Minister Adair has risen to
tife,ii!ghest pitch ; and ttioukh he
.still remains at
onstikottrlople,. his departure for London is sup..
posed_ to be very near at band. • The Porte islsaid to
be liiglily dissatisfied that the English Government
should have presumed to, apply for the admission of
English troops, olio the islands of the Archipelago,
under the pretext of prote4ting them against the
French .:hid .11.u%sians.

The troops,of the Grand Duchy of Naisau began
;heir warco on.the 22d for Spain.

The bloWiny, up of the u►rtitications did some da-
,
age to. St, Stephen's Tower.
The immense magazines of hay and straw formed
k the fosse of this city, are now selling to the,high-
est 6idOer. •

, .
Some infasures are in Contemplation for re§toring
the credit of our Bank notes.

The rumour of the plague haying broken out at
Smyrna appears to have been circulated by persons
interested in raising the price of cotton wool.
The Eagtish and Sicilian rnerchandize and turtnu-
fa&ures confiscated at Trieste,amotint to 6,000,000
of livres.a In consequence of the ninnber of ;Eug-
lisli frigates and privateers cruizing•betore•that -port,
thi4 property will be conveyed by l,u to the hitter
-place. 'There are several pickages of these commo-
dities which belong to the Augsburgh merchants.
The intelligence of th,- conclusion of peace was
vceived with every demonstration -of joy at Raab,
aad in the
.counties of Hungary .most contiguous to
Ili They sent Deputies to the Emperor of Al.s-
triA, to thank him .for this blessing.
ROTTERDAM, N0v.'9.7--The following is an Ex-
trad of a Letter from -Alarshal-Dumonceau to his

'Majeaty, dated the Ist inst. from his Head-quarters
at woes .• .

" SittE,-;—T have the honour of still boring en-
abled to tratistnit 'to y6ur Majesty the most satisfac-
tory inteilikt:.tice with regard to the cousin& of the
Dutch troops;
,and also the state of defenee
of the most important points in the different
islands of this
.departtnent.• . From every inf Or-:
'nation
,that I can l,arn, it appears certain, that

. . .
the views of •the enemy are exclusively confined to
the town of Flushing, and—that all the act:o6ooDi
.their having received reinforeetnents areunfoeaided.
On the contrary, the enemy's force in that quarter'
rather seems to be rechiced; for in the'cou'rse*
last week upwards of 760 sick were'embarked.frotri
the island of .Waldireii, liSt England. The ruala-
dies which prevail among the enemy's troops are de-
cidedly to be ascribed to the cliMate and season
and it is therefore but natural to conclude,-that they
should equally atleet v3ur Majesty's troop=; though,
on the c1u4.1- hand, 'the great attention of the medi-
cal department,, and every possible assistance in the
'Royal lio,p.balS, bate been am:tided with the 'haps
piest efFt-eis : so that itt the course of la,t month
noless than 1525- men .were discharged trgni the
11,.:spiralS, and re-joined their respective corps." '
Front a return of the Saute date, transmuted, by
the M.ir'sl-01., it appears, ihat,there skill tenaitined in
the hi sphal six officers and 799 melt sick, and one
°dicer and .e.,95.0n the list of cony alescents.

The latest accOutits Irons Vienna c,nuradial the
report of the demise of the Empress of Austria, but
add that she cominued dangerously ill, and had been
eons eyed in a. titter from Tutis to Buda. The Arch-
duke Maximilian has beers for some time at Buda,
seriously indisp '5O front ,a nervous fever.
STUTGAIID, 527.---The. Prince ot Neufchatel
and ),Vogr nu, the' geueral Stmt of die army,
were sibi in Vienna on 'the. 23d. The Prince was
occupied in gik lug the .peceksary instructions, with
regard to the new po'snions to oes tal:en by the diffe-
rent carps of the army. The deparinre of the Vice-
roy was annotinced for the C4th. His Italian army
marches a4ainst the Tyrolese. The elevethh corps,
-which iv lorwed 'the army of Dalmaiia,'resurnes
its tormrr peSilionS. Its 11.T.9.,- quarterS will be at
Laybach. _ _ _

The resignation of, the Archduke Charles still oc-
cupies the attention of the people of Vienna., It is
generally thought that 'his bad state of health, and
his regret at the turn which atfairs tok, were the
causes which led hint to resign his funttions ; and it
is thought that no consideration whatever can induce
him to iesurne them.. • _ • •

AU6SBURG, OCT. CoMmission Eitra!
ordinary established at Constance to inquire into the
cause of the late disturbance's in that qnarter, haVe
nearly brought their labours to a - It is ru
moored that the result will' be fol.lnd extrethely im-
•
portant.
The Provisional Governont at .Saltzburg have
adopted every. means in ti..wrr power to induce the,
inhabitants .of the high lands of .that'Provinae to lay
down their arms. , Their. efforts have been .mcist
successful: In spite of the ,Projetts of certain Chiefs,
Who have sold themselves to the eternal enemies of
'the Coneio:.!nt, the revolted aistrias have submitted
to thelr lawful government. ,The pat ishes ot:Val de
S;11, and those of Pintzgau, have ' sent Deputies,
and are giving up their arms. In some of those diS-
tri6ts the enemy's agents have been apprelien&d.—
The distria of Pitzgau has spontaneously delivered

up its leaders. •
By orders.from high authority, all the Austrian
'deserters and Tyrolese' found in those quarters are
sent in custody to Saltzburg, and thence into Ba-
varia.
Some.detachtnents of the Prince's-corpS have
crossed the Seize, and penetrated to Krumthal, on
the frontiers of the Tyrol. The rest. of the Bavarian
• corps were to, follow, as soon as every thing was
.quiet in the territoiy.of Saltzburg.
MUNICH, Ocr. 24.LLFurther accounts have been
received respetting the military operations in the
Tyrol. Lieutenant-General Deroi's division advanc-/
•ed on the'2lst train Wargel to Rattenberg. Thai
of Baron Wre.,e reached:Kundel on the 20th, .anct
next day marched for the bridge. of Zill. The in-
•serge•nts evacuated Ratte,nberg in the morning Of.
the 21st, in consequence of the advance 'of the Ba-
variaes. The division under the Hereditary Prince
is posted in the environs, of St. John, to support
the measures, taken ter disarming the people, and
taking husuiges in the vallies of Sitlzcack and Saab,'
and also in tine bath IVicks of Icetzbuchell, Kutatein,
and Ratt,phelg. P . .. .
We are assured that the greatest misunderstand-
ing exists among the Tyrolese ; which, together
with the advance of our troops, affords every reason
'to conclude that the insurrection is nearly at•an Cud.
OCTOBER 26.—0 n the 24th, 140..T.yrolese iosur-
gents, and 30 Austrians, taken a few days before in
• the vicinity of Lofer, were brought in here as pri-
soners. They. were yesterday sent
.to
_lngolstadt.
Amorig .titcm is the son of the Tyrolese Chief,
Speckbacker, who was killed in the last engage 7
ment. He is 'a lad of only 12 years of age, and of •
a most interesting appearance. He has therefore
been separated from his associates.
1. Colonel'Count Von Obersdorf arrived early in the.
morning of the 25th at Scharnitz. • After a
cann(- ade of that pass for half an hour,
,he Stormed
it with the regimeet of Jagers, supported by three-,
companies of the 3d battalion of the Ist regiment. of
toot. That important post was 'Carried in -less than
half an hour. We lost'a sub-officer killed, and two
officers, with several soldiers, .wounded. It is ret
ported that the insurgents, on their retreat, set fire
to the hoeses in Scharnitz.
OCTOBER 27.—.-OH.the 25 t h Ahe Bavarians enter-,
ed Inspruek, in wife of every resistance which the
in,urgenti could make. We expp.d the of cial de-
tails, ut this event.

. ,LAYi3ACti; OCT, .18.--Several of the inhabitants
of Gottscher and. tV.aetling lately committed,_some
outrages upon the Italian soldiers quartered there.—
Tte greater part...of the inhabitantshad no share in-
those
.excesses, though the rioters maltreated ,thus
who refused to join theitt;- and • even burned 'the.
liciuses 61 some of them.' 'A Preelatimtion by tho
Bi4hop of Laybach, a detachment of 'troops,' and.
above.?ll, the happy tidings of peace, spec-oilysup-.
ressed those. seeds of discord. The. inliabiwnis of
C. ...,,;het are a sort of savages, who speak a dialect
unintelligible to their neighboutg, and who are con-
sidered, by the existing Government as a very le-
fradory- set of people. Bvtli parishes have been dis-
armed.

SECOND EDITION.

SUN-OFFICE.

HALF• ?MT THREE O'CLOCK.

We stop the Press ,to state that a Ma7.ziteur has

been: received by a Gentleman .in the city, which

slates that an aaion has taken place in the Mediter-

Tanean, in which Six French Line-of-battle ships

-were destroyed, and Four„ British. We have no

doubt we shall shortly receive intelligence of a glo-

rious vi&ory.

It will be recolleBed, that the French stated that

we lost ten sail of the line in the battle of Trafalgar!.

T ILI L

S U • N.

30LEM QUES DI ERE FALSUA AUX,:

L' 0.7 N D 0

MONDAY, NOVEMBLe 1,4, 1809.

Just-before this Paper- was put' to press, we re-
ceived some French Papers, but they contain no in-
telligence of importance, except that they announce
the death of:the Ewprtss of Allit

We expressed bur-hopes on Saturday, that we.
should soon receive intelligence of a very gratifying
nature front the Mediterranean ; these have not been
realized, but they have been very tnuch strengthened
by a paragraph in the Rotterdain Paper of the gth
inst. The paragraph' which is dated horn .isflifnes,
the 28th'ult.'is as .

"The day before yesterday,, between ,ten and
eleven o'clock at night, 'there Was felt in this place a
toncussion, followed by a very loud and sharp re-
port. This was beard twice, with an interval of
about hall an hour between each report. Tbe•cause
was at first thonglit_to be an earthquake ; but -as',
the sound proceeded from the coast,(for itwas almost
a dead calm, and the little wind there was, came",
:from the S. or the S. W.) and os.several French and
English vessels bad been seen upon the coast, be-
tween Cette and Aiguernortes, some persons ascribed
this phenomenon to the explosion of a great qtian-
(ity of gunpowder. This conjecture is this day ton,..
firmed by that two vessels which had
gone ashore near Avesquieres, had been set oh fire
and blown up at the time above mentioned. It is:
reloaikable that the explosion should haVe been so
dtstindly heard at NisnieS, considering that, it is ten
leagues from the coast. We are in anxious expec-
tation of the particulars of this event."

When- we couple this account with that recessed
two Mercantile Houses in Rotterdam, heir
Correspondents in Paris, announcing the c. ire of
the French Convoy, with the articles in the Spanish
Papers to the same effect and with the I..tter of
Lord COLLINGWOOD, which,he expresses a. firm
conviction 'that the Toulon fleet was about to put-to
sea, we cannot but flatter ourselves that the French
have sustained a signal defeat iu the Mediterranean.
The Letter of Lord COLLINGWOOD, to which we
allude, was addressed.to Admual PURVIS, off Cadiz
and in it his. Lordship expressed his opinion that the
French fleet would put to sea before that Letter
reached its destination.'

The Gazette of Saturday last contains the official
account of the victories obtained by the Spanish j
artnyy, under t he Command of the Duke DEL PARQUE,
over the French, Atte substance of w'llich we COM-
naunicated to our readers on Friday. We are happy,
however,' to find from subsequent accounts; that
.the success of the Spaniards waseverfreater than
we at first.beiieved. A corpS of 3000 of the Spanish
light troops pursued the enemy a considsrable
distance,' killed great "numbers of theni, and.
took a considerable quaptity of baggage and am-
munition. From the ,Lisbon Diary of the 28th, we
find the following postscript to" the Letter of the,
Duke pm.; PARQUE
" According to accounts which I have received
since I wrote my letter, in which I related only. what
came within my own view; the:battle was more de-.
cisive than L then had the opportunity of knowing.
By diSpatches received this day, 'learn that the 3060.
light troops, •:who, supported by some corps of .Ca-
valry,-pursued.the enemy on Their retreat, have dope
them considerable , Four leagues of the
road are covered with their remains—with.dead Men
and horses, ob erturned. waggons, muskets, cart ouches
and cartouch boxQs provisions and
.acCeJutienients
every where scattered auout. .Such was their haste
to return to Salamanca, which place:they entered
toiday at.titlt! o'Lloc1;:, Y. M.—The Grand Chaplin
of the arrny'has superintended the interment of 1200
Frenchmen, -and the dead which have been found
I between half a league from the head-gearters and
are not inciuded in- this ntomuer. The loss
of the enemy is nuw estimated at about 2000 men."
" TILE DUKE DLE PARQUE."

The rumours of BUONAPARTE'S indispoiition still
ontinue to be circulated on the Continent, and the

pains which the ArQniteur has taken to cdrivirice
peopli of Flince that their Master is in ewe 4
•nplaltlt, have, hitherto by no means been successful.
The circumstance of his remaining so long secluded,
,without condescending Co visit his good-city, of
Paris, tends in some degree to strengthen the ru-
mours which were before generally circulated,-

Nothing can afford a stronger- proof of the diffi-
culty which the, Opposition Writers find in-disco-, '
vexing any faire ground of attack upon Ministers,
than , the coarse and personal abuse to which,they
daily have recourse: This is a, species of hostility
which requires..no kneWledge, no ability; all chat is
necessary is an abundint use of abusive terms, which
may beapplied to all persons, at all times, ;and upon
all ticcasions. Thi.is called free political discussion,
and it is b the daily use of this species of eloquence
that they expe4 to induce the people of this Coun-
tr) to. withdraw 'their confidence from the present
Ministers. Lord 1‘461.:0a' AvE, 'and the- other Mem-
ht.-as of the Admiralty Board, p.irtieularly Mr.
W4pD, aro hopoured -,with a pioluse share ^of
this scurrility, not , becanse they. are incompetent
to the discharge.; of. their duty—not hecanse
they negleCt-
_it--uot., because the naval service has
suffered under- their Management—but because
they are in office. Against Mr. WARD, indeed,
there is another accusation.; • his 'Christian 'name is
.rvoratai', and by a frequent repetition of the abbrevi-
ation . ,
of that name', it is heped that the publie must
be'convinced of his incapacity,! We recoiled the
time, even when party hostility was greater' than it is
now, but then the opposite 'parties seldom or •
ever degraded themselves by fOitetting the lan-''
guage and manners of Gentlemen ; the political
writers then did net :think 'they should serve
their own cause, or depress 'their adversaries,
by the use of language which must excite.' disgust_
every where but in the vicinity of Billingsgate or.
St. Giles's. We should' be glad if Our opponents..
,would meet us fairly upon thesubjeetof the condu'4,
of 'the Admiralty ; we should be glad if they would
enter into a comparison between our naval successes
obtained under the present, and those' obtained un-
.der the , late Administration: • It success alone be
the criterion of merit, let them point out to us the
Vielbries obtained.--let them give .us a list of the
ships captured during the Naval Administration of
Lord HOWIcK. and Mr. GRENVILLE. It is true sir
JoHN DucK.,,,,wl;rii 'did destroy 'a French scujdro,u
in the West Indies, and Sir JOHN WARREN tools •
• tie Marengo and the Belle Poule, while ord 1-low-.
Ick. was ;at the head of the Admiralty ; but hi 4„,
Lordship can claim no merit from these suceessc
because these Officers were ailing under theorderi
•
of the preceding Board of Admiralty. We are not
.•
now arraigning the Naval Administration of Lord
HOWICK. or Mr.. GRENVILLE, but if, ,according t°
the principles of their suppbrters, want of success is a
proof of iticapacity,• they must have been thost
capable First Lords of the Admiralty, for during the'
14 months that they fiileu that office, we believe,
only a single slip of the line was taken horn the,
enemy. '•

Friday morning, his MAJUSTY and Princesses AU
GUSTA and. SUPitIA, accompanied by Lord SomEz-,
vILLE, Lady ELY, - GeneraiS SPE-Net:it crud CARTr,,
witiGitT,-and. Colonel T'AYLOH and DESBROIVO rode:
in Windsor .Great Park, and 'returned -at twelve'
o'clock to the Palace.

Yesterday his MAJESTY, and Princesses AUGUSTA
and SOPRlAy'accintiparlied bytadies CRANLE. Y and
WALDEGRAVIt, and General SPENCER, iode to 'St;
George's C'hapel, and hear, Divine Service. •.
We are 'happy ià announce, Princess AAiELIA iS a.
little better since her return to Windsor.

NATIONAL DEBT.---A❑ account shewing what
has been redeemed of the National Deb', the Land-.:
Tax,
,and Imperial Loan;. to.the Ist of November,-,
1809 :

r c k
Redeemed by 'Annual Million, &e.un " t.7.).91,173
Ditto on. account: of Lvitis - . . 5i.894, ~
64 E. t
Ditto by Land-Tax -
- - ,?3,384,963
Ditto by. U. per cent. per Aim. on imperial' Loan 1,007,033
.I.' railSreircd .tor purchase of Life Annuities . - .. 919,903 '.

Total . - 53,597,71;4
The sure to be expended in the CLISLuin6-quartef is
12,80,5771; 1 ts. 9d.
The following statement of the losseswhieh the
French have sustained in Catalania, is, perhaps,
greatly exaggerated ; 'we ex!rad it from- The Lisbon
.biary of the tl of oeouer

Losses suffered by the yrencll artnies in. Spain, from the 2tsg,
0.1. April, tgoS; to the Entt (A Sept. 1809 : Merl.
In the two sieges oritieiona, 41 july and August, 18oS i 0,0040
lit the tour months siege of the sante place, in the pre-
sent
year. ~„ -. , - . _ - _ 15,000
lii the clung of the fortress of Rosas . . . 4,000•
lathe battlo 'of .13ruch • - - - 3.500'
In ttie battle oe Valls - - - 6,000.
Killed by,the Soiridteries of Anipuerda, at least 4,000
In the first tattle of .i.sriuntios.i.tet Ka •
- - .. 3,000
In the scoiiiii bai Lie - - - 2,5°0.
When the cai.4l.? oi Vicli was attacked in April of the - • _

prfSetlt year - - - .. 2tooo.
Killed by the Soznatenes betore lidrcelona . 5,0c6
SLCL anti wounded in the titopitals - i i,coe,
. 1 ..i . • ' - •

TotAl

70,000

We understand ihat'PrtuLe STAHREMBERG has re'
ceived ordeis Iroin 1. is Government to 6ieali °trail for'.
ther cominunication wi►h this country) in compliance
with the pith article of the Treaty tJi Vienna, at"
to retort, to Austria. 'this stipuidiiuo or the Treaty,
when Aut.tria no longer had the means ol.Cothihercot
intercourse whit us,• shews the hostility and jeaiou. y
J.BuoNAratcrE• entertains towards us, at •lii"
same t Attests, the pliant subserviePcY

of the fallen FRANCIS;

MISREPRESENTATION OE' THE TI2IIES.

" hiw a plain-tale will put them down."

in a recent-instance we had occasion to point out'
the. wilful misrepresentation of that Paper.' We .
have now Ao!take notice of a long lejiding para-
graph, hatched by a malignant and cahimnious spirit,
draWn up in • total igunrance: of the, subject, and
replete from beginning to end with falsehoodsli we
allude tohiS statement respeaing Milford. A con-.
tra4, i't is stated,. was .made.. by , the Navy Board
Withia Merchant Ship Builder, named JAcOt4,. ;to
bttpdth:.that place, a
_Ae Niiritx-four gun ship ~an'S
frigate, to be called the .111iyOrci and the La-
-Thi's .is -false -in'the outset. The ships
eontraaed for by JACOBS,..were the Spencer, at
Bucldershurd, and the iVaatilds,, at Milford ; and-Mr
BARRALLIER (a Gentleman of science, who had the
whole superintendance of the naval arsenal of, Toulon,
and who had been of essential service to us in our
'aliaCk on that place), drew the lines and
`superintended the build,ing of these ships, which he
did with such .satisfatlion • to Government, as, •to
in-
duce .itlo lay down, on the slips at Milford, a 74-
gun 'still:), and a frigate athe first class, the former
called the ':illitford,atidthe latter the Lavinia, both of
which have also been 'laUnched, and finer ships, per-
liarts,neyealited on the ocean. The expence stated by
the Writer to hive been incurred on those :ships (it
is impassible to say what ships he ;Means) is totally
. . •
false -It he means theiltliTord and Lavinia, we
Can only say; :that thb expense of building the Mil
ford has been stated .officially. to be near 30 per
Fent. cheaper 'than ships of the same. class
built by .:contrael, and. 'much cheaper than they
are 'or can :be built in `6f ytis Majesty's -clock-
prds,;uootwithtanding-the delay and irrreased 'ex-
Pence of supplying Milford 'lard with 'timber felled
in the Forest of • Dean, sent from theke past Mil-
ford to Plyniouth, and then 'returned from Plymouth
to Milford ;.---so.'muCh for the -first Tart of this 'saga-
tious writ.er's statement. •• ; •

It is etivally false, as•stated' by the writer iti.tlib
Times, that applicat io is. for the 'sale of t heland cverse
made to..three successive Administrations those of
Lord SinmOuTH, and Lord OfiENvILLn.
No Suelyapplieation, we will venture to isSeft, was
ever made, and consequently rot resisted by the
above-Mentioned ktifiters-: the.land belonged to
the late Mr. CHARLE. who neither
Wished tO sell it, nor, if st;aiiieb-ed, coutribe"kli it,
having no mot than a life interest in it. At his
death it descsendecl to his brothet the Present Mr.
tkrisiitk --Oaavit.LE; who, like fit's brother, had.
either the wish nor the power to dispose of it, Mr.
CHARLES GREVILL let it to:Ooyertarebt .at 2501.

a years Mr. IV.)BERT GREVILLE *at willing to do
the same; but So self-evident were the advantageS of
building ships of war at Milford, where timber froin
the forest of bean, and from many Wales;
parts
of
could be procured at a Much cheaper rate than at his
Majesty's other Dock-yards, or Merchants yards in
the River; where iron could be had in abund-
ance with little cost of carriage;' where labour
Was so touch cheaper than at most other sea-
ports, that, instead of continuing an establishment
Which held out those important advantages, upon
So precarious a tenure as that from year to year, it was
deemed advisable to enable Mr. GREVILLE to sell the
same at a fair valuation, which, we believe, was fixed
at something above 40001. Whether this freehold
purchase for the Crown, or the precarious tenure at
a, rent of 2501. a-year is the more desirable, we shall
not insult our Readers by offering an opinion. We
can also acquaint the Writer in the 'limps, for his
mortification, that two sail of the line and a frigate
are ordered to be built at Milford, and that, if ne-
cessary, two more can be added to them ; and that
" the wall of 12 feet h'gh, round a yard wherein a
ship of the line and a frigate may be built," will not,
for his further mortification, cost one third part of
the sum which he roundly, mischievously, and most
gnorantly states that it will. Where this most stupid
Writer discovered that Plymouth was better situated
for obtaining timber than Milford, we shall not
atop to enquire; if he had no other book than Guthrie's.
Grammar, a. reference to it would have better
inforMed him ; and why Milford should be
supplied with the necessary articles from Plymouth,
is we confess, totally incomprehensible tous. Can it be
ignorance, or the most shameless and bare-faced itn-
tiutience, for the sake of gratifying part,/ spleen, that
can induce any man who feels the worth of charac-
ter and reputation, thus to commit himself before
the public ? The opinion which he puts into the
mouth of the Attorney-General, and the " Oath of
Abjuration" he talks.about, are not merely falsehoods,
but most contemptible and ridiculous observations;
though they do not " excite our bile and provoke
Qur indignation," we are not so jaundiced as
this bilious gentleman. But what shall we say to
the observations of this sagacious statesman respeEt-
ing the appointing of two Catholics to Offices
of the highest trust and importance ?" It is
true the Legislature has conceived it prudent to re-
train Catholics from licking certain high giEcei

the State; fetinstance, a Catholic cannot ascend the, ,
Throne, a Catholic cannotbecome Lord ChanCellor,-
cannot sit in Parliament, cannot becanie a General in •
the Army,or an'Admiral. in the Navy; but for the first
time we are informed by, the Times N' eWspaper, that
a Catholic cannot take an adze in his hand, and
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square a bit of timber. We doubt even, whether, at
a, time when that body of men lanoured under all
the restri&ions that were ever etiaded, the prohibi-
bition ofbecorning a ship-builder.waS ever intended,
unless we are very much deceived: Mr. BARRILLIER
and,his son a're not Catholics, but illetber or not, -we
have very little hesitation in statilit it as' our opinion,
that it never entered into the. CC'otennplkion of
Go-
vernment to ask the question; rfitich less to ask the Az-
tortieyGett- whether a rtoMatt
drive a nail into one of his Majesty's. ships of war.
One word more, and we have done.
_So 'tar froth the
pnrehase•Of Milford' treserVing the appellation of "
foul job," we will Veritnre to pledge our credit with
the public; that there never was an establishment
created upon truer principles of ecOnOttly in every part
of if, nor one upon 'which a more full and win ue
investigation • into every 'citumstance of advantage
and 'disadvantage could 'have been instituted than
did 'actually take place before it was d'terntined to
carry the plan into eff,A, and we .will venture tO -
pronounce, without any disparagement 'to the other,
established yards, that ships of equal quality in every
respect, can and will be launched at Milford, at a
much cheaper rate than at any other building port in
England. •