The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-26 00:00:00

VICTUziLLING-OFFICE.

Aura* 2,5, 1812.
'THE CO mmrss ro NERS j'Gr VICTUALLING
I:I.IJES7'PS do ,r.crcly give Nofice,,Tiat
on Fridt.„l7; .18th of September nt.-t, t.W7f will be ready to
receive Tei,derS in. ieritink„ (.erfled ap), and treat for wriai`
SEA PROVISIONS shall be required for Me use of his Ma-
jesty'si%i, and re3VeS at Liverpool,' Swansea, Newcastle
and Tionzrati'Llaven, rtt7;lloaM in Norforlk and at Liaz.e-
a):d ia the, River, Si ancca, ix Ireland; end also fir
what W be demanded for the supply of his Ata-
josj's Sipsat Yarn oath aforesaid, for Tweive Months cer-
tain, and farib:r, until Site warnin,s, shall be given
for tie terininatien of the respective Contracts : the whole to
be paid far by Bills, payable with Interest, .iVinety Dag; af-
ter date.

:Thc iCogditions of the Contrac:s may be seen a! the Scere-
tarits Vice, at .this ojice, or by applying to the Collectors
of his 1116:ieSty'S Customs at LiVerPool4 Swansea, New,cast!e;
and Linzerick, and to Kr. Jona Croc ford,,at Yarinoutit, re-
spectively._
•

No regard-will be had to vnq Tender in which the Price
shall not be inserted in words at length, or that shall not be-
delivered to the Board before One o'Clock On' the said lei of
September next, nor unless the' Person who makes the Tender,
or some Person- on his behalf, attends to answer When called
for will any Tender for the Sea Provisions •Mat may
contain extravagant price upon some articles, and prices mach
inferior to the real value upon others, Le considered as proper
to be-almittcd.

Each-Tender must be 'accompanied by a Letter signed by
two respon.siVe Persons engagiag to become bound -with 'the
Party tendering, in the Penal Sums ander-nzentioned, fur 1/e
due performrnee.of tLe respective contracts:—

ri.iverpoi)l

S.vansea ZSOO
Newcastle and Tit-Imonth Haven 4506
Yaralcuth
Sea Provisions
LLimerick, and in the River ►
,C5OO
• Shannon• •

Water

EXCHEQUER BILL Q!' ICE,

,C 500

• August 22, 1812.
All-F.CHEQUER BILLS datad in the Month of Au lust,
•

1811,
TO BE, PAID OFF.

1E LORDS .. COMMISSIONERS of HIS
IWAJESTrS TREASURY having given direCtions
for paying off the Principal of the abovementioned
QUER BILLS with the interest due thettou, at the Ex-
c.hequerßill Office' in the receipt of Exchequer, New Palace-
yard, Westminstec, on Tt:esday, the 13th day,- of Septembei en-
suing: Attendance will be given daily (Sundays and Holidays
excepted).until, and including Wednesday, the 9th day of Sep-
tember, from Sett in'the morning, till one in the after-
nothi,forinte purpose of receiving the same, and, for the greater
.dispatchithe bearers of the said Bdls are desired to plaie
each Description of Bills in separate- Lists (which may be ob-
tained at this (Mice). es:Attaining the numbers in numerical or-
der, according to their respective dates, with the prineipalsmns
and interestdue thereon, computed from, hut'excluding t Le days
on which they are respectively dated, to the said 15th day of
September inclusive, when the interest will cease; and the said •
bearers (being tolders•or not)' are iidispeniablizeTtired to
indorse each tall witirtheir usual 'signatures ; and to, write.

their names and residenee at the bottourof eac:l s:Tarate
list; and they are moreover required to - attend the Exche-
quer Bill Office for payment, and to receive the new Bills,
and give the receipts fibr the same.

If any of the holders of the aforesaid_ Bills' 01910,4. de-

11 sirous of receiving payment of the principal mid in orest,
previous to the said Path day of September, they ni!!::
madated on computing the interest,to til,n clay on \which th 4
wish to he pail, and leaving the said Bilis foi examinat.lfiJ.
one day prior thereto.

Such persons as' nay' be desirous of having. new :Exchequer
Bills -in whole or- in part of• payment of princll;al, upon
marking- new Bills, and )nentioning the amount at the bottom
of their lists, delivered on or before the 9th Seftembe7:,
may- be accommodutcd With new Bills, carrying .an interest
of three pe!ice half-penny by the day, oil every one hundred'
,pounds,•which said new Bills will hear date ;he said 15th day
of Septernker, and will he delivered, together with the interest
ttrie in respect of the:Bills FO desired to be e:changed ou•
Wednesday, Ihe'l6th September, and following days.
. N. B. All Exchequer Bills dated prior to August, 1911,
have been advertised to be paid off, and the interest there-
on has eased,

, .
' MAILS.
ARRT cr. n-1 Malta, 4.Gottenbnrzb, 4Waterford.
Du e.--1 Csdiz, 1 Lisbon, 1 Waterford.

prdtr: OF STOCKS
rlils mks' AT TWELVE o'cwirtc.
C-InFols 58ii I Red. Ann..... I Omniuni pr.

THE SUN.

s,)tr.m Qurs nicEßt: r.‘tsuni Aunr.vr?

,I, 0 N D 0 IV,

'WEDVESDAY; AIIGUST 26, 1812,

We this morning received Gibraltar Papers to
the Bth instant, but theydo not contain anynews ;
and Malta Papers to the &I 'ultimo, from which
we have made the following extracts :

SMYRNA, •JUNE 22.= On the 14th May the
'Treaty of Peace between the 'Russian EMPEROR
and 'the GRAND SEIGNIOR was signed by the Pleni-
potentiaries at Bucharest; and there, is no, doubt of
its being ratified by the SULTAN:
Russian qffic-ers are 'arrived at Mr. CUMMINGS'S,
in Pera, to treat for the liberation of the pri-

soners

This looks well, and indicates that the Court of
England and St. Petersburgh have preconcerted
measures for a peace. Hitherto no exportation
of grain is permitted through the Dardanelles; two
cargoes have been lately seized there.
Mr. LisToN has quitted the-Argo, and takes his
passage in boats, tp`go sooner to Constantinople,
where 'his presence is very,essential at this mo-
inent; •

FrenchAmbassadot, ANDRE9SSI, is also on

his way to Constantinople.
The confirmation of the Peace, and opening the
Black Sea .to the Russians, will give a turn very
favourable to commerce in general, especially that
from Malta.

.MALTA, JULY 11.—The Commissioners A.
COURT and BURROWS, who came in the Gany-
merle, to inqurie into the laws, &c. of this island,
have commenced their proceedings, to the great
satisfaction of many.

We this morning received the- folloviing letter

from Greenock :

GREEtO CK All G. 22.—Arrived the Narian,
EwiNG; from, Jamaica. On the 23d July in lat 33;
22. long. 45 west, in company with the John,
Skirling Clinker, and Henry Cerf, all of London,
from Jamaica, • at 11 A.M. the John, being the
stertnnost ship, made the signal for an enemy ;
•tve all hove to ; when a schooner came up with
English colours, and hove to also—Capt. CLARX,
of the JJhrt, being suspicious of her, fired the first
shot.; the schooner hoisted American colours, and
returned it : they, engaged Some time l'efore'the
American hauled off to the southward, she slimed
nine ports, and was full of men. Ili the evening
the schooner bore' down and engaged the John
a second time, and was, again. obliged to haul off
to the southward : night coming on we saw no
more of her. if.it had not been fa-Capt. CLARK,
of the John, some of us would. have been taken.
The Marian parted from the Jahn, Starling,
,Clinkri and Henry Pl', all well, in lat. 49, long.
22.
.west, on the 14th, of August.

The follaTing article was this morning posted
up at Lloyd's :---

"Lloyd's, August 26.
" Capt. TUCKER, of his Maljesty!s ship Cherub,
at ri‘ ed from the Leeward Islands, has informed:the
Lords Commissioners of the -Admiralty, that
431- the fleet which sailed from St Tlfomas's the 3d
nit. under his protection, parted company.at dif-
ferent times during the passage, by making sail

from the-convoy.
" TheLord*Commis§ioners of theAdmi'ralty have
informal the Committee, that if Masters of vessels

under convoy continue inattentive to signals and
instructions, and will Voluntarily
.part company in
• the manner they at piesent so, generally do, that
his Majesty's Officers cannot he responsible for
' the safety of the trade."
A letter from Captain MAXWELL, of his Majes-
ty's ship Aiceste, to J. W: CROKU, Esq. states,
that the convoy from Malta,, un(ler his protection,
" in general'were very attentive to hiS signals and
orders, arid that with the exception of one. ship,
they 11:e.d all arrived safe ; that ship, the Falcon, has
also arrived. •

We .do not attach any credit to account re-
ceived; yesterday from Corunna, respecting.an-
other battle. If any Major arrived there with
dispatches' as stated in the report, he:was proba,
the,bearcr of the duplicate. of ',or(' 'WELLING-,
TON: s Dispatches.

"We were gratified a few days ago in the oppor-
tunity of commending the....ll:l6Ming. Chroniae for
its liberal homage to harl-tylt,TANGToic, and of
concurring with it in • the cutivittion that he de-
served every mv:rk of honour Which this country
can bestow 'upon 'him for the services which he
has rendered, 4nd the incycased glory which he

hai conferred on the national character. Butcve
were not without. 4- secret • fear that we should
soon-have occasion to differ with that great prop:
of Party, or, to use its own phrase, we ‘`progizt7s-
ticated a prophecy" in our own minds, that we
should soon lie obliged tQconVert our praise into
•
censure. Accordingly we find .this day an 'artaCk
upon Ministers on account of" the delay and subse-
quent suspension of the Sicilian Expeditioßut
even to adopt the Chronicle's statement ofthe matter,
which of course has received a colouring faVour-
able to its own views, we see no cause for attack-.
ing Ministers on this ground: The Chronicle..al-
leges, that " the leading. point ia Lord Wm.-
LIAM 13ENTINCK'S instructions was, that in the.
prosecution of whatever object the Expedition
should employed in, he should iiever lose Sight
of the paramount ronsideration ; and thaOhe
cause of the Peninsula. should ever cilaihi the more
direct and anxious attention, and that every other
should - he held as subordinate to , it, -and only
as eventually conducive to that- primary and
essential object." We beg teave to ask the
ChroiziCle, whether there was any thing obj-
jectionable in these instructions, or %Thither they
afford ground for " prognosticating a- prophecy ",
injurious to the. 'great interests 'of this country
and its allies ? But it seems, that " a temptation
arose in ,another quarter,J! which induced. Lord
W. BkICTINCE to conceive that the expeditiv
might be more beneficially employed, arid there-
fore he sent .over a statement of his reasons to
Ministers justify his hesitation and •to solicit
'new instructions. Now, will the Chrbnicle Con-
tend, that if a fair temptation occurred to
induce a belief that the great cause might, be
promot2d by' 'a variation of measures,. Ministers
.were compelled to abide by the strict letter of their
own instructions ? It is true policy to act aword-
ing to circuinstances. But it states that Ministers
took some time to deliberate upon the measure sug-
gested by his Lordship. At length, however,
Ministers deemed it proper to confirm their origi-
nal instructions. But the tendency of all that
the Chronicle has -said on *this subject is to ex-
cite a belief that- an unnecessary delay took place,
and that we-Josrthe " critical moment" Now,
if the Chronicle means to say, that a Government
should never pause upon expedients 'proposed, or
never deviate from measures it has directed, but
that they should be carried into sudden execution,
without regard to intervening advantages, Wemay
venture to -" prognosticate a prophecy" -that it
will soon lose all its credit for political sagacity,
and be considered as ,the mere dupe of its own
party feelings.
After all, we can relieve the Morningi Chronicle
from its " prognoSticating
.prophecies,"'lri asSur-
ing it that the Expedition did sail due time to
Produce .the effect eNpected fro'm it, and that it
will produce it, iii spite. oldie ill bodingi of that
Paper.

Before. we,quit this-subject, it may not be
un-
amusing to recal to the recollection of the public
the opinions expressed by the Chronicle when some.
doubt was entertained respecting the victory at.
Salamanca, and •to contrast them with the
prediction which it has pronounced now that
fact has been ascertained. When the first report
of the battle of Salamanca reached this country
from Corunna, the .ChrZnicle declared that it was
unquestionably, if true, " the most seasonable vie-
.
" tory ever obtained by our arms, for its conSe-
" quences will be most important,' not to England
" only but to the civilizid World. The defeat of
" All.motoNT's !limy, with the loss of ten or twelve
" thousand men -would bo, in the present circum-
.
" stances, decisive of the fate- of the Peninsula."
Some doubts having arisen With respect to :he truth
of the accounts fromCorunna, in consequence of the,
non-arrival of the official diSpatches, the ClirOnicle
adopted these doubts,and expressed its regret upon
the Qccasioll%beCause " a 'vietory over MnamoNT
" to the extent reported in the Coruana papers,
would have been the most critical and important
" event" for the cause of Europe„ that. has hap-
" pened since the commencement of BnoNA-.
PA4TE'S career; but it is our duty not to eon-
" Teal the truth, however unwelcome:7
One would naturally have supposed, that when
the oftcial accounts did/ arrive, ednfirming the
former reports to the fullest extent, when a vic-
tory had been obtained, " the most important
,for.
the cause of Europe, that had been obtained since
the commencement of MIONAPARTEss career,"
that the Chronicle would have been among the
'loudest in the general exultation : . but within
a week, a little week, after .this glorious news,
was confirmed, the Chroniele. relapses .intO its
old habits, and we are this day told, that—
but, lest we should be suspected of misrepresent-,
ing the Chronicle, we will e.:ztract its own remark-
able wohhs :—" nor' do we hesitate to prognosti-
," eate a prophecy which we entertain.with reltict-
" ance, that, for the present, none of the great ob.,
" iects will be attained of which the British pUblic
" have been so studiously deluded into theflatter-
.
ing, bat false, hope of speedily seeing realized."

Yqterday the PRINCE REGENT inspected the
Royal Train of Artillery and the Arsenal at Wool-
wich. - - - -

Yesterday Lord Afp,LviLLE held a Levee, at his
Office at the Admiralty, which was fully attended
by a nundier'of NaN;al Officers.