The Sun.
London, England, 1815-08-19 00:00:00

EAST INDIA

The Coa;pa4'i ships Henry
!lames, Surat Castle,•Rdyal Charlotte, Cotqts,
and Glottal, froln.6liina, the Warred Hastings,
`ran BengalAlinksai, the: Prince I:legerils;
;rum Anitiopia, the private ships Lord Duncan
and Somerseshire; Orpheus (Cape trader), arriv-

• the Wight yesterday, under convoy of U.
S: Ulysses ; they left St. Helena th 6 15th

LTsit6ToIST, , Aob. 18 morning the
Purser of the Royal Charlotte; from China, lad-
-61 at this Rlace ivith dispatches, and immediately
proceeded to London. The China fleet; eight
.ail, under convoy of liis Majesty's ship Ulysses,
nave passed by all %veil.

IVEYNIOUT/I, AUG. 18.-The • litirser of the
Prince Regent East Indianien landi:d here this
morning with dispatches', and hinnedintely set• off
for London. He gibes an acconntof the safe
rival of.the following ships; they pasSeit by this
port this mornirtg with a good wind :—Glakiiht,
Coutts, Surat Castle, Royal Charlotte, Thames,
and Henry Addington, front China; Prince Re-
gent; from the Malaccas ; Lord Duncan and
mersetshire, from Batavia ; arch Orpheus, from
the Cape of Good Hope. - The Warren Hastings
parted from the fleet in a gale of wind, off the
Cape, in May last.
-Pilars‘mouTH, AVG. 18.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Crescent .I.rom the Downs ; It.s Majesty's
ship Ulysses front St. Helen:t. Sailed the -Maid-
stone to the eastbard.—Arrived off here the Glat7
ton, JIALLiat[IiTON ; Croats, BuYC.6 ; Surat
Castle, ROBINSON ; Royll CI Jar.ottr, $E151•1 ;
Thames, litekßas ; and Henry Addington, Kit.:
PATRICK, trop Uinta ; Peine-e Regent, and Lord
Duncan trout Bengal ; Orpheus- tiom thy Cape of
Good ; acid Somei•setshire trout Batavia,

PLYMOUTH, AUG. 1l.:-Catne in his M !jesty's.
ship Endyinion, iron ,t cruse. Lame,
Erne, and on a anise..- •

DEAL, .AUG._ vcd and sailed fur the
River the Eianna, •RIGGE, horn Prince Edward'i
Island ; Poinona and Desiree frigates -from the
4.44“%vard-, to- be paid nif.--Ca d:rvn from the
River - the •Country Squire, for A.lrarnic.hi.—Ptit
back by contrary wind the Surrey, for New vro-
viderrce: etc! 'remain in the DCAVVIIS, the
Aurora, Nicitot,s, from St. Petersbur;;ll ; Hiber-
nia, rnum.,,,s; froth ditto ; and Gratitude, -from
-Memel.---Wind S. W.

YA115101.111-I, -AUG.IB.--Arrived the Cadmus
sloop of %vat., attd SO:end 11'0111 the
thitric.—Tilesday.the Cambridge Militia Marched
in here, to. replace the 55th, .who are going to
.Margate.

We learn that the frigate on board which the
torniture and other effects of Mr. BAooT have
been embarked is to be immediately paid off, and
the property to he relanded, and that Mr. BAGoT
has beewinformed that he will not be-required to
prOteed_on his ,enibassy for several weeks.'
Orders have been givk'n to reduce the Navy of
Great Britain to I 2,0p0 Seamen, and 5000 Ma-
rines. Twelve sail uf, the lane are wbe k6A iR
comniiision for guard-ships, and one ship of
flue for the East India station. All ships beating
flags on foreign stations are to be of the rank of
50 guns. -
Lord -EXMOUTH is to" have the command of
Portsmouth, and hoist his flat; in the Caledonia.
Admiral Sir J. DUCKWORTH has the Impreg-
nable for his Hag-ship at Plymouth.
Sir CHARLES RoWLE.Y is to have a Hag at Sheer-
ness, and Sir BENJAMIN HALLOWELL at Cork.

Two hundred sail of men of war are-under
tiers to bre paid of.
The ships at present in commission are -all to
be paid off at the several ports, and some of them
will be re-commissioned iintnedimely for the
Peace establishment.' The naval stations ti_t Jer-
sey, Leith,- and in the Downs, are to be diseon-:
tinned, and the Admirals, Sir J. FnEi,..maNTLE
nut! W. HOPE, and Admiral SCOTT, are to
cinish their respective commands at•those plat2es.
A system of the greatest econottiy, it is said, will
be instituted by Government. t,ie,P.ll.lm,coLm's
naval station at the Scheldt will also be dispensed
with ;. and nearly the tvlile ot.the lentlezVons for
the reception of irnp ressa men are to be broken
up without delay. None but volunteers will be
received tor the peACe e€tablishment. The issuing
of protections from the impress is already discos
tinned, the Lords of the Admiralty considering'
them of no further use.
_ _ _

THE AMERICAN NAVY.—When the whole Arne-.
ricaw Naval Force joins at its rendezvous at Pore
Mahon, Minorca, it will consist, as report goes,
'of the following vessels :—lndepeh!ence (BAIN-
BRIDGE), and Washington (CnauNcEv), 74's ;
Guerriere and Java, 44's, under DEcA.ruict and
PERKY Macedonian, 39, JONES ; Constellation
and. Congress, 36, GORDON and NORRIS; 04"
tart'), Erie, Epervier, and f irefly, 18 guns, .
Cap-
tains .ELLIOT, RIDGELY, DOWNS, and RoGEtts
Boxer, Cnippawa, Saranac, Flambeau, and Spark,
16 guns, cormnandvd by PoRTF,n, ItEED, ELTON,
NICHOLSON, and Gamtmc ; awl the Spitfire,
Torch, and Lynch, of 14, under DALLAS,
CHAUNCEY, and STußElC—Stimmaiy : two of 74,
two of 44, one of 3S, two of
f 36,,0f-1 50.
four of 18, ,five
of IG, and three of 1 4 guns—in

The contest for the Representation of the
County of Oxford is carrying on with uoparal
leled exertions an both sides. Owing to ,tiord
CHURCHILL' not-having yet sent to the Speaker
a certificate of his elevation to the Peerage,
.the,
writ has not been issued, and of eourie the Wly of
election is not yet fixed. A stib3cription been
entered into ('or the ptirpw.e. of ckfraying Mr.
AstintntTs expenctn. Lrch party appears COllll.-
(Liar of sucms.

iliT;, TftAkrELLER ATSOLTI PARIS.

tALAts, Auo. I.

There have been a multitude of Tours in France;
),;A I pluciiise to Senil i7Ott the Journal of one,
inore', Is is nOts.that they haVe an displeaied nte,
for some of them hebri and some ‘4ll
written ; sortie the produciiBuS of` inen who hurl
purified thernselAcs6' for travel by „a thorough and
• . ,_-
searching course Of ADAzd SZ ITH, cud Others the
easy effusions of gentlettien. ,ant none haVe fallen
into my hands that have possessed what Ittlways
Want to find in a Tour---fidelity. I have not met
one that gitei the the portrait of the Country and
the People, such as both lie in all corners of the
earth before iny obserVatit eve, anti Such as they lie
France beyond every C;ther. It is
ever, that this deficiency arises from causes hut
slightly referring to the qualitieS of the
The immediate lineaments of Ccitintf-ies crime in
nearly the sante colouring on all speculators: The
difference is subsequent and subservient to °tn.
perSOnal habitS of thinkh4. The sweep of the
iandScape with itt varibosness:Of forest, and
Plain, Monntani shooting up to heaven, and lake
still anti rePosing in its shadow, is scarcely more
obvious, and bepitid tiie power of misconception,
than the character. of._the Men that wander over
its hills and waters. Forth'er habitude of course
corrects the errors of tiOi:elty and surprise ;
we grailmilly di cover, that the Mountain is not
orsuch formidable elevation, nor the lake of such
unruffled and perpetnal Butt our
knowledge is paid for with priee, and the, na-
tive grandeur and characteristic beauty of all that
astonished and had a tit lit to astonish us, soon.
sink into disregard and notes on thermometers
and barometers. The first impression judg-
ing of the mass of a nation, almost the only aiA-
.
terials of secure judgment. Here, as in the in-
dividual, the first glance reveals the physiogno-
my, and a thousand inspections could do no more
to disclose the character. I shall then in these
letters give you the impression which I receive,
and without venturing to arrange it by any feel
anti not suggested at the. tnotnent of the impres-
sion. I shall of course lit this; tell some of your
reaf4ers of objects which they have seen. But if
50,000 British subjects have vi7.ited France with-
in the year, there are 12 millions who must have
to rely on the vi)ion of Others, and I shall
un-
deviatrly p e k of France and its wonders, as if
I stloLe of it-to those who had them all to learn.