The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-07 00:00:00

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- PLAN 711'17 C4MPAIGN.

From our flead-C,tarters, Pall Mall,
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GENERAL ORDERS.

THE Army to be fo'rmed into two Divisions ;
the first, commanded in person by General Lord
GRENVILLE, to occupy- the his; the other,
under the orders of Lieutnant-Genn'al WINDHAm,
to attack the enemy in leis /orzver Position.
The Ground to be taken by. either Division, to
be previously marked out by Quarter-Master' Ge-
ne ral COBB ETT. A Copy to be given to each
_Of-
ficer, to whom the command of a Coluinn may be
entrusted ; the Quarter-Master General's Advice to
Le taken, and studiously observed in every ope_

ration.

The Campaign to be vigorously opened as scmn
as- the lrnenty shall he'known to have taken hi,
principal position.

,General, Lord GRENVILLE assumes to himself
the entire command of the First Divisionbeing
secure from any possibility of surprize in his Rear,
which is fortified by an immense redoubt, he pro-
poses to attack) en masse, on Tuesday) the 4th of
May.
The Second Division will be divided into Four
Columns.

The. First, under the orders of Lieutenant.:Ge-
neral WINDHAM, will consist of the Grenadier
Companies; and, under ,the feint of a skirmish, will
make a real attack on Monday the 3d of May, by
an attempt to penetrate the Enemy's centre.
The Second, commanded by, Major-General
ELIOT, consisting of the lightest Troops, will on
Wednesday the sch, endeavour to turn the dank of
the Enemy.

The Third, under the'orderS of Major-General
Earl TEMpt. E, consisting entireiy of hea. zi armed in-
fantry, Will,
.on Thursday. the 6th, advancie'on the
Malta side, as rapidly as it can, ' and undei:positive
orders to muffle its Music. This COlumn may, as
occasion serves; now and then be made Use of as a
diversion.

• The Fourth, under the direCtion of that scientific
Oitcer Major General DoElor LAwR ENC E) to whom
the heavy artillery and the Lumber Troop are exdu-
.
siyely entrusted, will on Monday the zoth, thunder
on the Enemy, and has pOitve orders to take every
advantage of their being found fast asleep, or absent
from their Quarters.

Major-General THOMAS GRENVILLE will cotri-
mand the Reserve, which, though usually en.
misted to Officers of the first.--rank, is for
special reasons given to' him. He will- be ready to
, -
do his best in supporting any part of th'e Line that
may appear to be giving "way ;—and will -be'parti-
cularly-vigilant in securing the. Rear of the Com-
mander in Chief, in case of unforeseen accidents,
from any insult.
•
The communications between the two Divisions
to be kept up as well as possible.
It being generally understood, that the Enemy
will reserve himself for a General Aftion pn the
I i th, or perhaps the tzth of May, every artifice
and stregagem is to be had. recourse to, which may
afford a chance of bringing it on on an earlicr day.

If he refuses his Centre, his Flanks must, if
possible, be turned ; and every effort in the in-
terval made to gain as much as possible of his
position. Against an Enemy so wary and de..
termined, Espionage must be employed to its fullest
extent. Our Force being small, every thing must
depend. on Concert, 'Unanimity, and Diszipline.
Any Officer commanding a Column to be broke,
Who shall be convieted of not having the Quarter-,
Master General's instrutaions his pocket.

(Signed) General Lord GRENVILLg.
(Countersigned)
Quarter-Master-General Cor,B Err.

By the new inclosures on the YOrkshire Wolds,
about to,ooo aeres.of fresh. land will be converted
into tillage.

At Plymotrth, on Tuesday, forty-eight eggs were
sOld.for zs. and fresh butter 7d. per pound. .These
articles were brought by cartel ships from MoriaiX.
At, Reading Fair, on Saturday, there was a very
great show of horses ; and though the best sorts
fetched high prices, the generality sold nt reduced
rates. There was a ,tolerable show of cattle, which
sold well.

A fatal accident took place on the illumihation_
night, by the dangerous practice of firing otf pistols,
guns, Sec.—FAlward Thumb Wood, a journeyman
to Mr. ROBINSON, a Tin-man,. in Long-Acre,
was passing along King-street, Golden square, when''
a.pistol was fired from the door Of MR trades- ,
man in _ that street; containing a woodeit rider,
about five inches and three quarters length, Surplus
which entered his right thigh.' The deceased was
taken to St. George's Hospital, where lie died. On
Wednesday evening, the parcies'who were the cause
of the unfortunaje accident, were examined at Bow-
street, when it appeared that the ruler hail been
used as a ram-rod, and left'in by negligence when
fired off by Mr. P.'s son ; yesterday the Coroner's
Jury sat on the body, and brought in their verdiCt
Accideval Peadu The prisoner was therefore ad_
mitted to bail.

YESTERDAY the Calculations on the. subjeEt of
the proposed 'Consolidation of the Old and NeW
pinking Funds were presented to the flousc ,of
2s.ommons. These Calculations are
.prefaced with
'the following Observations :
The Sinking Fund established by the Atc.l of the
2,6 th of Geo. 111. appropriates , the annual sum 0f-
r,000,0001. to be issued by quarterly payments, to
the 'Commissioners for redeeMing the Public Debt
which subsisted preyiously to the year 1786 :—To'
these quarterly issues the interests on the debt re-
.leemed are added', together with the Expired and
Uqclaimed Annuities for Lives, or, for terms of
years. It is also enaded, by the 341 of, Geo. 111.
that the Savings which may arise from the Reduction
'of the 4 or 5 per Cent. Annuities to Funds bearing,i
lower interest, shall constitute a part of this Fund.
It appears that the Debt, subsisting previous to
the year 1786, was about 238,000,ocol: and that
the Commissioners under this At had redeemed, to,
the first February, 1802, the Capital of 3 and 4. per,
Cent. Annifities of 39,885,0001. and 18,ocii,00al.
had been transferred to the Commissioners on account
of Land Tax redeemed, leaving a Debt remaining to
be redeemed by the future operation of this Fund, of
about 198,1 is,oool. the Sinking Fund amounting,
on the ISt of February, rBoz, to '2,534,1861.—
The future progress of this Fund, in extinguishing
the remaining, portion of Debt, must eyidently.de-
pend on the average price at which the Capitals of
the Funds may. be purchased in the Market, which
areTassumed, in the following Estimates, 4r the se-
veral prices of tool. 3 per Cent. Stock -at 100-
92 4.-i3tllb---85 5-7ths-80---7and 75 ; giving the
rates of interest 3-31,-31---,3i—and 4. per Cent.
per ann. JeSpedively.—These several prices are
here taken as data, not from supposing that the
adual piices Will in future he confined within these
limits, but merely to shew what alterations in the
times of redemption will be the conseque.lee of
tnese assumptions.

_ .
By the 26th of -Geo. 111. as explained by the
.32d of Geo. 111. it is, enaCted, that this Fund shall
be continually augmented by the interests of the
.Debt redeemed and the Annuities which fall
,in,
until its amount shall have become not,
including either the original surplus of tiooo,oool.
per.ann. or such annual or quarterly payments as
may be voted bY.Parliament in aid of this Fund,
After the Fund has' aitained
,its maximum of
amount, 'The interests of the StOck purchased by it
are to be eousiderd -as paid off and discharged.
Whatever Debt may 'then remain, is to be discharged
by instalments of 4.,000,0001. each, with the addi-
tion of such sums -as may 'be annually voted by Par-
liament in aid of thIS Fund.

The estimates state the several periods of time in
which the ,whole of the Debt will be paid off and dis-
charged by the operation of this Fund.
By the 32d of Geo. 111. it is enaded (Clause 3),
for more effedually preventing the zcciumilation of
Debt hereafter in 'consequence of future Loans,
that whenever any sums of money shall 'be raised
by Loans for public purposes, an additional annual
sum shall 'be issued from the ,Exchequer to the
Commissioners for the Redudion of the National,
Debt, over and above the interest on the Debt ;
which sum shall amount -to -one-hundredth part of
the capital stock created by the said Loan.--LThe
per Cent. issued to the Commissioners .Since the
year 1792, in pursuance of this Ad, added to the
interests of the redeemed Debt, constitutes the New
Sinking Fund, and has redeemed to the rst of Fe-
bruary 1802, the capital of 3 per Cencs. amounting
to 19,703,5961. and bearing interest at 3 per Cent.
, -
per ann.'of 591,1071.
To infer from these datas the periods of time in
which the, several Loans will be redeemed by the
Sinking Funds, provided it will be requisite to state
the different modes in which y
the Sinking Fund mays
be applied to extinguish the Debt, particularly re-
speding that part of it, consisting of Annuities for
terms of years certain, which cease and determine of
when the time for which they were
granted shall have expired. If the Annuities of this •
description be not taken ieto the Account. of the
Debt redeemable by the Sinking Fund, it will be
necessary to consider only the Capital of. Perpetual
Annuities,' bearing interest at 3,4, and 5 per Cent.
The r per Cent. issued on account,of Debt-created
in each year since 1792, including Long Annui-
ties, has been employed in .pnrchasing,3 per Cent.
Stock. Any of the Long Annuities granted during
this period will effedually be laid °Wand discharged,,
according to the diredion of the' Ad, whenever the
Capital. Stock purchased, in resped of an Annuity, and
cony( rted into money, shall have amounted to a stun
which shall be sufficienr to redeem that part of 'the
.Annuity which shall remainafter4s years from its
commencement ; but if it should be deemed expedi-
ent to apply the Sinking Fund only to the Perpetual
Annuities, leaving the Annuities for terms of years
to' expire of themselves, this will afford another
ground of caleulatiOn. Different results will:also
be the. consequence, if the 4 and 5 per Cent.' An.
nuities should be' reduced to a 3 per Cent. Stock,
and thus form a part of the Debt bearing interest at
.3 per Cent. per annum ; or if these capitals should
be considered as redeemable, bearing their present
rates 'oF•interest, or as being paid off at part what-
ever may be the price 'of the 3 per Cent. Funds.
The Calculations conclude with this summary :
REDEMPTION op THE,CONSOLI DATED DEBT,
or: Tr APRIL, iSoz.
Amount of Stock purchased in 45 46, Years, at the Rates .
of Interest 3, 31,-31, 31, and 4 per Cent, by .a Sinking
' Fund of 5,585,57z1. NI: Ann.

At Par, the Consblidated Sinking In 45.yeari.
Fund purchases - £.52.,395,06-0
Comolid. Debt, 7th April 1802 4N,9:,7,656

Surplus - - - 334c7,344
!At It per Cent. is pludi.iscn - 617.,737,000
!consolid. Debts 7tli 1802 435,917,656

- 123,749,844

In 46.vears.
540,339.00 f,
4V-3,9S 7.659
61,071,944

639,02.;,,0p
48,987,h56

150,032,6'44

At 31 per. Cent. is •purchlsed .
Consolidated Debt, 7th April 18a2 488,07,656
'
Surplus - 2t8,232,344

738,72070Q0
488/957,656

249.732,344

gi50,370,0e0
2013,07,65 t,

1361,387,344