The Sun.
London, England, 1805-01-15 00:00:00

FROM THE I)UTCU PAPERS.

SOUIRDAM, JAN. 4.—The Journals having given
Various details of the Decree of Nov. 23d hst, of
45 suspension, and of its rescinding, it appears ne.
cesoary to state the fans as they occtired.
No sooner had His Majesty the Emperor of the
French received notice of this step of the Bata.
vian Government,. than he found it repugnant, as
well to Treaties, as to the first rules of military
hierarchy, and to the regard due to His Excellency
the General in Chief, and therefore demanded,
through his Ambassador at the Hague, as a proper
satisfadion—the dismission of Messrs. SrUORS,
nEZlert, BYLWELD, and Gam NOS.

The Decree, which bad been suspended at the in.
.
6tance Of the C.,lerieral in Chief himself, and which
had preceded the cifficial Note delivered by the Am.
bassador, has been definitively rescinded, and Messrs.
th.ooßs, Rviwri,o, and GOCKINGS, have retired
twin the Goveturnenr, And thus cOmpleted the sa.
titigtion inch the injury had tendered necessary.
Pm: is, 3,),—.1;n the -.night of the 3d, two
English i!qiipof Witt., thimiking the steeple or Wis.
cant fur 3 'Halt:ll4w- Appeoached too near, .rod
got aground : (Jew of one or them ituccectif..l izi
gettii% off, •after ilayiNg set 04 brig on fire ; I,kit

the other endeavoured to get afloat, though UltStle.
ceSsfully, and het crew, consisting of 48 trAtil,
compelled to surrender, bring tired on by rule ,at.
ing batteries there, She proves to be the Alf,ll4rd,
and carried ten 18-pounders : she has received but
little damage, and will be got off.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.-

bays reetive,/ a Letter front Canterbury, complaining that
notice bar not been taken of an article 'signed " A Sufferer.'t—
We beg to assure our Coiresponilent, that we have not rkeiVed
the article to which he alludes.

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;OLZM QUES DIGERE FALIUM AUISEAT ?

This day His MA !WIC opened The Session with
a Speech from the Throne, a Copy of which will be
found_in another part of this Paper.
We shall nut anticipate the Discussions to which
this Speech, and the general state .of affairs, will
give rise 'in the two Houses of Parliament :.the
communication from the Throne will be received
in the Cuuntry with a satisfaftion proportionate to
the athelioration of our circumstances •since .the
close of the last Session.

The preparations for, an invasion of this Ccontry
have been carried on by BONAPARTR with .unre.,
milted aftivity ; but can any one say, that we have
not materially improved the means of our Defence ?
It is' not necessary to be minute, because it is per-
fedly clear, that the strength of-the country which
is to be invaded must of necessity be increased
much faster than the force which is to invade it.

But we will advert to two out of many points that
will be discussed : We are told that therolanteer
Systim is st dead letter. We believe that never
was expeeted that the 4.800000 Volunteers who were
enrolled at the commencement of the War would
continue to be constant and regular at all drills
or musters, We believe also, that the at-
tendence at this season of the year is riot so
full as during" the remaining months. But'
does any man doubt, that in the event of their
services being required, the assembly of the Voltm.
mere would be instantly complete ? Or even sup.
posing,
.what we do not at all believe, that the
numbers should be reduced to. 2 or 300,000) Will
it be thought that these are all dead letters.,? They
will at any rate be the ',Wed men of the Corps—
those
.most to be depended upon, and the best
trained. Intteed if it he thought, as it is by many
sensible men, that the ,Volunteers can attain a cer.
tain degree of discipline, and no more, and that this
degree is to be acquired iii a very short tine, in this
point of view', so as we can get the Volunteers to.
gether, for a few weeks, when an immediate
Invasion is expeCtert, it is a matter of no conse-
quence whether thry attend the intermediate drills
or not. If, on the other hand, the opinion be; that
every field.day adds something to the fitness of the
Corps for service, it must at least %c
that the part of the Volunteer Forte which has
been constant and active in the training and exec..
cite, will constitute an ,efficient and highly service.
able Force, in which discipline will compensate ,for
number's.

With respeet to the more impotlant conSideratious
of the Regular Army' and the 'Militia, it surely
will not he denied thii Time was more necessary for
us than for BONAPA4TE. We believe that it will
not be said, that our tithe hai been mis.sperit, or
that any thing has been neglected on the part of
Ministers, or of the CoMMANDEIt inCit Er, Which
was necessary to bring'our Troops into the best pos.
ale state. We hope that this will soon be put to the
surest test. But it is said, Mr. PITT', Bill " has not,
raised Men sufficient to fill up the vacancies
.caused in
the ordinary consumption of the Troops.". The num.
hers as yet raised by the, Parish Officers has certainly
fallen very short ; but were they the great objects
of the Bill? Was it not a much more important ob.;
feel, to facilitate the ordinary recruiting-, (with mode.
rate Bounties; and 'without COMprthiV; P And has nut
this been done, even already ? Hat not the Recruit.
ins ServiCe thriven throughout the Country P Has
it been equally flourishing for several years ? Fair'
will answer these questiOns in the affirmative; and
we wish for nothing more to establish the, superia.
rity of Mr. Purr's measure over those which pre.
ceded it.

One other point we, will mention, on yvhicb, int
believe, "there is‘a general sentiment throughout the
Countty, ,not excepting an hundred persona alto.
nctllcr..--Xlie NAVY i in the hest state.

‘Ve shall say no more than !lone rt‘peet.

ring the 01/effort front rItANCE ; but ,we mast 4i4-
claim the " sankuine interpretation" said to be put
on it by " Ministers and their followtts." We

never expeaed any thing from it, and assuredly
v
the Exposi,
and —ONAP ARTS'S Speech to the Lego.
lative Bodylif he be sincere), do net warrant any
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