The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-10 00:00:00

TO THE CLERGY.

Goc-ci Men of the Reverend Class of thesClergy.
1 have perceived with pleasure, .and have suffi-
ciently understood to estimate the peace and unity
which have been observed during this assemblage.
of the States of the Kingdom. This unity,—=this
.spnpathy. in sentiment, so seldom peretived in
numerous assemblies, has chiefly proceeded from
the proofs Of patriotism and, warm attachment
which have been given by all the. Estates of the
kingdom. ' May your hearts, therefore, receive
the most lively recompence, in the consciousness
of having contributed your efforts to a good pur-
pose. On your return to your parishes, and to
those places where the care of sows is reposed in
you, endeavour to impress the. commandments of
Christ on every, heart, and be never weary in
spreading the benevolentlight of his doctrine.—

Recommend to your prayers the King, our native
country, and my son.

TO THE ESTATE OF BURGHERS.

Good Men of the worthy Class of Citizens.

_ The useful and respectablp..; class of which .yoLl.
are the deputies, will always enjoy the :King's pro-
tection. Commerce, trade, and national indus-
try, are the chief supports of the prosperity of a
country. The attention which the King has shewa
to their increase, may r::nder yOu assured that no
unnecessary hiudtance§ shall be laid in the way of
your commercial speculations. His Majesty hopes,
that the estate of the Burghers will second his en-
dearOtirs for the support of the ,),eueral credit, and
the continuance of its prosperity.
:Tile King. has with pleasure obServedthe nnity
which prevailed in your councilS, when it was the
question to raise money for the unavoidable exi-
gencies of the State. I feel, a real gratification iq
imparting to you this proof Of his satisfaction.

TO THE ESTATE' OF TE X'EASANTRY.
Worthy Syyedee, .
The love you have shewn towards your coca-
try,---the late proofs you haVe given .of your at-
tachment to his Maiesty's person,. and to your
country,—would, if it were possible, increase the
sentiments of ',regard for you with which I h Lye
been impressed ever since my first meeting
Continue to rerrier :3seden conspicuous by your .
Valour and your virtues. May the \popnla.ce in
caw countries attain to such deserved regard as
your country gives to'you. The King. nour,hes •
an unlimited confidence in your sentiments towards
him, .and will never neglect to call nifon the as-
sistance of your Estate. ' He will always regard
you as:a support of his Throne, and you may al-
ways account him as the first defender of your
rights and privileges. Should the critical circunt-
stances in Which Europe is placed caii on your
children to defend our religion, our rights, and
oar laws, I
,will go with them, participate in their
toils, endeavour to relieve their necessities, and
so long as danger threatens, be to their a father.
. Carry back to your -habitations' that spirit of
union which has accompanied your steps in this
Diet;- and -again impress.' on those you left at
home, that the happiness of the people consists in
a close union 'with the Regent, aad in- obedience
to the laws of the kingdom.

Yesterday morning the remainder of the Ist bat-
talion of the Ist regiment of guards, ordered for
foreign service, to join the army in Spain under
fthAXarquis of WELLINGTON, were aaseuibled in
thecourt-yard of . the Barracks; at Knightsbridge,
aS early as five o'clock, and formed in two divi-
sions, consisting of 700 men, under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel ASKEW, Capt. WHEATLY.,
and other Military Officers 3. .the van taking their
route to Kingston, and the rear diviSion leaving
Knightsbridge to the left, towards Owl'. quarters,
for this night,. In the vicinity of Eglpini and
Staines ; the military band 'au:moo:II-lying them
no farther than the entrance of Harnmersinith.--
They. evinced.. the same spirit of Military ardour,
zeal, and loyalty, as their ctnni'r.cles, who
from town the preeeding rdorning ; and as tilev-
Vassed the Barracks of. the I,ol'e Gwiris, most of
the. ii being Out in front of t Z piace, them
Nv-ii.l4 thee huzias,

EAST INDI P►jTELLIGENCE.

SIEGE OF CkLINJIJR.

[FROI4 THE REGISTER OF FEBRUARYI,
We..mentioned in our last Number, that- the
army in.BUndiciind, under the command of Col.
Martindell, had taken up their ground before the
fort of *Callinjur, with the intention of besieging
that pace.
The forces, destined for its reduction began to
assemble so far baCk as' the month of December.
On the .24th of that'unonth, five 'Companies of .his
Majesty's 53d mgiment, juicier Colonel Mawbey,
and kscinadron the Bth light dragoons, corn-
.manded by Major.Westinia,*.niarohed from cki.ylf.t
pore to‘vards Reitz; and,.a.bout the sane
severid corps .of native cavalry began to move .
from Agra, Multra, aiid the otlier.stations of the
army. The whale force arrived before Callinjur
on the 19th of January ; comprising, in addition
.to the troops above-mentioned, two regiments,of
native cavalry, six battalions of. native infantry,
the light companies of the Ist battalions.oE the;
.2d and 3d native regiments, thee companies .of
pioneers, and' a strong detachment of" Eliropeanl
artillery, undes. the command -of Major.ruller.—
A formidnble battering train. of 18 and .I'-
pounders, with tysib heavy Mortars, and an abun-
dant stoke of shot, shells„ and shrapnel's, were .
supplied, from The nearest depots.

.
SURRENDER OF CALLINJUR.
CALCUTTA, FED. 29.—1 t is with unusual sail's.,
faCtioh, that we are enabled to announce the sur-
render Of this fortress on the Bth current by ca.pi-
tnlation event which,' ao doubt, would have
been equally'hrought al--out'bi, the Continued;
ope-
rations of Colonel MartindelPs force, but which,
in its present shape, is reinlered'doubly grateful
by the consideration of the many brave ;nen,
whose lives may thereby be saved to their coontry.
The breach in the north side angle'of the fort
appearing.tti be quite practicable, the storming
party marched to the attack, at sunrise, .on the
morning of the '2 current, under the
.Command of
Lieut. Colonel Mawbey. It , consisted of - five
companies of his Majesty's 53d regiment, together
with all the, flank companies of ,the line, 26. in
number, and constituting together a forceof about
2000 rank and'file. These were formed into-three
corumns ; the first of which was commanded by
Li-eut: Col. Mawbey in person, the second by
Col. Roderick Fraser, and the third bY'Ma-
jor Cumberlege. ,
The first column, consisting of the five com-
panies of the 53d,, and two companies of Sepoy
grenadiers, led the way up the hill by a path' pre-
viously prepared by the pioneers; until they -ar-
rived within a short distance of the breach.-41ere
they halted until Major Kelly should- commence
tt: false attack from the side of the town, which
Was to be the signal for storming. In the' Mean,
While their approach was discovered by the ene-
my, who, as they moved towards the breach, . re-
ceived -with a sharp•,fire of musketry, ac=
conaptnied with a tremend6us volley of massy
stones, which carried. destruction wherever they
fell. Oii cording close to the wall, the party were
surprised to find the 'ascent quite inipraCticable.
A. precipice,. 2'o'fcet high, and for the last six
feet, nearly perpendicular, was to be surmounted
before they could- gain the hi:each. In vain- they
entleairoured to plant their ladders under a shower
bf stones,- on ground which
.crumbled under them
ant every roach ; and the efforts of the few who
is-tended were alike ineffectual to throw them-
Selves- into thebreach. After a gtruggle continu-
ed for two. hours, with a bravery and persever-
ance AbOve all praise; and almost beyond example,
they were :coMpeLled to desist, -and-the retreat was
sonnded.
losS on this o.c'easion, we arc sorrv'to say,
has been heavy. The lilled and wotirided of the
53d regiment, -amount, we under :tand,i to- 122
tnen, atnong whom-are included all the, officers
present,- except Colonel Mawbey . and- another.
This -loss fell principally on the --grenadier .coin-
pany, vi-ho led the storm, and who are said to
have been seventy strong when they
.advaneed
to the breach, and have returned only seventeen:.
The n itive part of the column suffered. comp-
"ratively little, having only fifty-eight killed and
-wounded in all. Captain T. -Fraser, and Lieu-
tenant and Adjutant Nice; of the 53d, Jost their
lives by' musket shots. Capt. Cuppage, of'that
,corps, is mentioned as dangerously Wounded
were also Captains Coultman and Andrews,and
Lieutenants Stuart, Stone,_ Young, Bnoth,-Pa-
- -Vies, and Cruice. The only officer of the..COni-
- pally's' service who is said to have suffered is Lieu-
tenant R. C, Faithful, of the pioneers, whore-
ceived a severe contusion from a stone in.the side.
The Kellandar of Callinjor mimed his.negn-
Giations with the Agent of the Governor-General,
shortly after the• failure of the attack ; and it was
understood:that advices of the 4th inst. Feb:)
received last week by express, pve great nioason to
-expect the immediate surrender of the _place ;. it
was even added, that hostages from the fort had
actually arrived in camp. -An interval, however,
of 'several days having elapsed, without arry con-
firmation of this intelligence,-doubts on the sub-
ject began to rt-Ivive--when a second express ar-
, rived yesterday morning, bringing certain informa-
tion 'of the actual occupation of Callinjur by a de-
tachment of Colonel Martindell's foree.
CALCUTTA, JAN. 12..—An insurrection is said
to ha% e taken ce at the Dutch Settlement of
Palambang, on the eastern coast Of Sumatra.
It is said that the Rajah of Palambang, :who
possesses territories to the
:southward,;iandwho
gas long b;:en engNged in extensive contracts for
the supply of tin to the Dutch Government, .had
stimulated the Malay inhabitants to this outrage,
on the first news of the destruction of the French
power its Java reaching the settlement. The
wholetaropean garrison; with. their families, it
is a,!ded," were put to death\ to the• miiiiber of
tit 200, including men, wynen; and children.
detachment of British troops, under the corn-
'Ttland- of Captain Phillips; of the' Madras• esta-
blialiment, had previously sailed. from Batavia; to
adie poStession of Palainbang; where they would
probab!.y arrive, in perfect ignorance of the bloody. .
m.:ent which had been acted

SIXTH REPORT.

OF TUE
AFRIC AN INSTITUTION.

The Directors will 'prOcee'd, as_ usual-, to State
to -the. General ttie inehm which they
have employed during the last year to ,promote
the objects of the institution : arid first, ;:with re-
spect to the more coMplete suppreSsion of the
Slave Trade. ..
It is with real 'coneern that the Directors` fed
themselves under the necessity of admitting that
the representations, .which they made. in their last
Report, of the extent to Which the Slave Trade
had revived on the coast of 'Africa, appear to have
fallen short of the truth. The result of the
igence Which they. 1-I..:ve received, and which they
Consider as entitled to credit, is, that during the
year 181(1, no less than •from sevdnty to, eighty
thousand Africans were transported us slaves from
the Western coast of Africa to the opposite shores
of the Atlantie. This enormous traffic was chiefly
confined to that part of Africa which lies, between
Cape Palmas and ,Benguela. The naval force sta-
tioned on the African coast had succeeded in
nearly extinguishing 'the Slay.e Trade on- that part
of it-which lies to.the northward of Cape Palmas;
and Captain Columbine gave- it as his opinion,
that, even without any accession of force, it would
have been _in his power to have delivered the whole
of that district from the 'ravages of this- traffic,
were it not. that the Portiiguese Settlement of gtis-
sao intervened, And itunished' the slave traders,
-with. a point from which they could carry slaves
without the risk of capture. • - ,
It will he 'recollected, that by the tenth .Article
of the late Treaty of -Amity with the Court of
Brazil, the Portuguese. were restricted in their
'Slave Trade to.places belongiirg to the Crown of
Portugal. Had it not been for Bissao, theopera--
tion of this article, kceording to the constrkrtiop,
Whichthe Directors-are disposed to put opc.na it,
would have been to have at once interdiete& the,
Portuguese. Slave•Trsde at every part of 7the.-Afril
can coast to the- nOrthward of the Equator,- ;As-
Lao, howeVer, reinaining in the possession of Por-.
'fugal, an opportunity was thUs,afforded of .Cotiti7.,
'piing the Slave Trade ft-Om that settlement ; and-
the.opportunity has not been neglected. , -In_ pro-
portion as the vigilance of our eruisers rendered it
hazardoaS to ti-ade for slaves.to other parts. of the
windward coast, the SlaVe Trade from Bissau was
increased. It was further swelled -.by a sort of.
coasting trade, carried on in canoes, .from a con-
siderable distance-bbth to the north and south of
this privileged spot. The effect of ths distinction
which it enjoyed became particularly visible in its
own immediate vicinity; and an intelligent Offi-
of the iqavy, who lately visited the Rio Grande,
at the mouth of which the island of Bissao is situ-
ated; describes the devastation which- had taken
place along the banks of that river as almost ex-
ceeding belief. He distinctly states; that the coun-
try on both its banks was quite unpeopled by th©,
Slave Trade. -
The Directors are deeply concerned that some
arrangement has not beenmade, by the, cession of
Bissao or otherivise, to put a stop to this evil. It
is an evil indeed which was anticipated in its full
extent by the Directors, as their Minutes from the
coniniencement of their labours will testify ; and
they havelnot ceased;during the time which has in-
tervened, to make-themosturgent representations
to his Majety's Governirient on the.snbject. The
recent intelligence which has been received :has,
unhappily confirmed all their previous apprehzit-
'skins ; although they trust.it may have: the effect
of giving new weight, to their representations., It
is due to his • Majesty'sGover,?inelit, at the
,satire
time, to add, that they have uniformly expressed a
desire to- promote the wishes of the Directors oh
this important point, although 'hitherto little pro-
Otis appears- to have been made their ac-
- towards ther ac-
-oomplishment.. ,
With the-exception of the trade from- Bissao,
which'had-ebnsiderahlyincreased by the. 'operation
ofthe means iised:for its suppression in other parti;
the Slave Trade on the. district of coast
_Mirth Of
Cape Palmas had been nearly suppressed by our
cruisers.- This circumstance naturally,-suggested
the propriety of so, adding- to our naval' force, that
the same vigilance might be practicable, on'. the
extensive:line of,
,coast south. _of Cape Palmas,
which .had-produced Stich heneficial, effects to the
northward of
.&t. It was obvious, that if it had
been found possible to
,put an end tO slave_ trading
in the latter district, that is,, to the north of Cape
Palmas, merely by the'aetivity of our creisers; it
it_ was highly probable that the same. activity
Would be equally successful to 'the' southward of
that point. .it did not seem likely that there should
be any thing so dissimilar in-, the nature 'of the-
cases that would be met With in these two districts
'Of coast. (those-parts which belong to the Crown.
of Portugal excepted), as that the same rules.,of
adjudication:- should not' be made applicable to
both.. • . .
"The. representations which here mule on this
subject led to the appointment of the
,lion. Capt.
Jrby, a most active and intelligent officer, to the.
naval command. on' the -coast of Africa ; -such a
„force as seemed adequate to the object in view, be-
ing placed under his orderS.• He reached- _Sierra
Leone in the month of December Inst, and. was
about to proceed ittimediatelyto that part -of the:
coast, viz, the. Bight o(,Benin, where the slave
ships w6-..)likely to be found in the greatest num-
hers. The -Directors are in'the daily expedition
of learning the effect of his cruise:

Yesterday morning the first division of the 'first
hatuallion_ of the first regiment of Foot Guards
marched from Knightsbridge Barracks for Ports-
mouth ; and this morning • the :second division
marched for the above place, where the whole will
embark for Spain.
Saturklay night at ten o'clock, a collecting clerk
to a respectable house in the neighbourhood of
Whitechapel, returning home from Oxford-street,
when passing near Holborn-hill, at the end •of
Fleet-market, was surrounded by a gang-of seven
or 'eight fellOWs, ofter Wards thrown down, and
robbed of his pocket-book, containing 531, in
Bank notes, wb en -they separated, -running off in
differeufdirections, and made-their escape,•though
immediately pursued.

SPANISH COLONIES,

[FR9lcii THE dIJARTERLY lEVit
(c_lcuitinucti fivria our Paper uf.Yesteril4 )

in j
The weak .anfl short-sighted pcilitieians who
lluenced the first Regency'thought otherwise, and
treated the American Revolution with a degree-of
severity Nvll ich Seemeti to proceed from passion ra-
then than justice, and exaspelatecL the complaint
that prudence might have mitigated or reinoycch
A declaration of war froth a distant, unsettled,.
new-.bOrn Government, whose titles to command
were grounded upon Mere necessity, inns( have
greatly increased the dissatisfaetiOn which the pret
ceding events had c!.cited.
The Cortes might have 'recalled the' Colonies to
their first sentiments. The venei-atiog w,14c11 that
ancient, and ahrnist sacred name insured to the.,
representatives, of the Spanizkh nation 3. the addi-
tional interest derived from the- circum,stances
un
which the Spanish people were about to be
reinstated in their old. and; constitutional privi7
leges, Matte them the absolute .masters of the ge-s
peral' opinion through . the .whole extent of the,
Spanish xposs.essions ; but, unfortunately, they
were assembled in the. very focus of hostilitl:
against' America, and this circumstance placed
their members in au awkward dilemma. Anxious
for popularity, they had to choos-..betweeti the
'applause of the people of Cadiz, and that which,
though repeated by millions, would but late and
faintly be ecliocd :from beyOnd the seas. The
'Cortes took - the natural course. of ,human
ness";--present gratifications Outweighed, the dread
of distant evils, and the mercantile interest., pre-'

wailed.
No sacrifice of- importance was, required to
check the disaffection which was-rapidly spread-
ing ..,through the Colonies.. A frank and liberal
disappvihaticiri"Of the angry afeasurs of the Re...
gtrenq have prodnced arc instant and fa-..
,orirai,lo-eharige. But se. strong was'the-influenee'.
which, biassed the Cortes ypon this subject, that,
nrumithstaialing- .the signs, of displeasure with:
which the Regency had'heed. diSiniss'eel, its con-,
duct rtowards Arnerica was approved and follow-
ed; ~3111e.war was continued
~against those pro-
vinces, .I,liicli`; though sworn subjects' of ...Per....
dina-nd I thie Regency hid not hesitated to de-.

Clare rebel S- , . .
This. injudicious polipv, less the effect of con-
viction, than of accidental influence,' placed the-.
"COrtes in a singtilar'sithati-on with respect to, the,.
theoretidal prin4les• which they were ahont
.t 9
-prOmidgate as the
.basis of 'their proceeilingS.
Instead of deriying•their power from
as _all the other Spanish Governments had do'ne
during 'the Revoktion, they fOrmally 'declared, .
that the only sour=ce. and fountaii;*of their auftio •
rity was—the sovereignty„of. (he people. • Such
principle once
.established, the rest becornes',-a
matter of arithmetical.' :alculationti,•..Whe Am ri-
can Spaniards 'had been alWays aCkno.Wledged by
the laws as an integral pare of theiSilanib.
pie ; the Cortes had confirmed them in that right,
and they naturally expected to haVe their Share In
the 'throne assigned by`the-Bute of Three. But
the CortiA -were not. so,. Correct., in.irithmetie as
they appeared to be ,in metaphysics ;. and while
the EurOpean part -of •the i:otlereisit.was•coineoeil ,
of more than- one hundred members, theAmeriean
i'as.,,.redneed to twenty-four. ltwas scarCely to
be -expected) that a body so philoophieally con-
; At4uted.shouid.require the alie4iahee Or the Mile-.
Aican provinces, as a previous and indispensable
step to ,the. cessation of hostilities, - Trne, it is,
that the :Antericans were . told anew, that they
were. equal uv iticiwes to
.the old Spaniards ; but
those rights, hoWever; natural and inherent, they
. were not to enjoy until. the"-Spaaisii Cortrs, had
formed a constitution in' which their share in the
.sovereignty would be ti,Xeti! , • • •
- This was; certainly, affording very strong.arms
to the Theorists of Spanish America. The tortes
were. attacked with. their. own arguments in an
unanswerable manner, and theirinjustice towards
the Colonies was -made, palpable in the. addresses
and proclamations which the new Governments
spread amorig, the..people. Such is the danger of
abandoning the, practical paths of wisdom, and
making abstract and general truisms the ground-
work a system.of Government! The Cortes, we
are sorry'to observe, .have sheiva a decided taste
fin. these philosophical speculations—and the,sove-
. r6gnty of the people; which-they have consecrated
into a political creed,:in order to build upon it
• the whole 'edifice of the new Spanish Coustitution,
may, one day, prove the ruin of the internal li-
berty of Spain, as it has already dissolved that
bond of,,affeetiOnate.:,loyalty„ which preserved.
the union between her and her American pos-

sessions.
. Had the leaders of the American llevtiltition
succeeded in inspiring-a certain degree -of eonfi- ,
dence:, in their 'wisdom and integrity, nothing
could-have induced-a native of thow countlies to
"ailhere: to the Government of the-Peninsula; ex-
: cept personal views and eonneXions,- or a senti-•
went of the.most generdsity fortunately,',
' however, for Bpain, the '.revolutionary Govern-
' rents' which have hitherto appeared.in her4:olo-
, nies, .present .but an indifferent prospect of hap.,
pineSs to their , • The moderate and •pru-
_dent first Junici,of caraciitic-ha- s bcen.sueceeded by.
a turbulent congress, icompte.tely Swayed by Nil--
randa and his violent and ambitious partizans.
their steles have been Marked' wit 'bloodshed .and
oppression, ever since the declaration' of their in-
dependenee; A Jacobin dab, under We' title of
--Socieciad Patrio.tica,. has been: established. It
seems to be composed of . hotrbrained
phists, who dispose. of tbelives.of their fellow.
citizens according 't'o the code of liberty Whicl
inundated France-. with: blood, and prepared thi
ground fOr the growth of the present military des

(7b be continued.)`

A.. very active impress has taken place within
these few dtiys. 'in the ricer, and at the .several
oa-ports. So great is the demand- for seamen,
that the indulgence hitherto grantiA by the
Board of Aduiiralty, in allowing the release of in-
dividuals under ceitain restrictions, is, it is said,
suspended during the present cNigency.