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

TO THE PUBLIC.

WA address our Readers ou the Commencement of
another New Year; under very dyereit circum-
stances from what it was our la to do at the
beginning of that which has just expired. We
wish not to enter into. a minute review of tthe
circumstance: of that gloomy and distressing pt.
riod, and we refer to it merely as furnishing
matter for congratulation on the more auspicious
dawning rf
.1805. The Countty has now, at the
head of its Councils, the Man to whom it looked
up in the day of tribulation and danger -with a
longing eye; and hope and confidence are restored
to us in a degree ',which the aiwful circumstances
of the World at that period hardly nvould allow
the most sanguine to anticipate. Changes are
taking plate in the opinions and tondidi of some
of the mast powerful of the Continental Courts,
,which augur toe!' for the salvation tf the per.
Lion of Europe still free from the domination and
yoke of the new " Iniperiar Republic ;'" and ewe
trust, in the goodness and wisdom of Providence,
for the ultimate deliverance vf that pOtion which
is so grievously enthralled. The Pilot who so
ably and successfully 'weathered ;he storm of Re.
'volution for his vurn Country, may be, and 'we
humbly presume to hope is, destined toeondetel
into safety what remains of legitimate Govern.
most, cud unsophisticated Religion, on the Conti.
went of Europe.
For Ourselves, the Year that has elapsed has sup.
plied a most gratifying and honourable triumph.
Tins is the only Paper maid, in the day of
his retirement from public situation, remained
faithful to the Man 'who eras formerly syled,
and is sumo almost universally admitted to be,
the Saviour, under _Heaven, of hii Country. On
this topic swill not dwell. The reflrdiox of
brmitt: ailed. a faithful, consistent, and honour.
able part, is brut and most satisfaelorily felt im

the heart.
While ate thus Imola nit honest pride in the glitter's
tenor of our contivti, we are not i/se less averse to
admit and acknowledge our deficiencies and errors.
'The Last of candour on our part shall not be con.
fined to mere 'words. The zeal of atkrto4l;ledged
.e.luty, and the hurty of IVerv.:3loter Complition,
guilt at tu,tes overpcwer the strielest eaution, and
defy the utmost al ript4ily of prudence, Mute
I)4ragraphs are cartitten :lon reported or ima.
gilled pas, rwhich afterv,ards prove to have
keen "wrongfully conceived, and inconsiderately
and intemperately expressed. Our Readers null'
readily perceive that nue allude to 'a Statement
*which appeared in our Paper in the year preced-
ing the last, refleNing iv a particular point upcn
the condur9 of the then 'Board ?f Admiralty, and
asurting a circumstance etaiek nvas per eel'
founded. We here alLde to that particular ar.
title, not so much from the idea that any thing
-we can soy upon the subjec? nols!, and in this
place,, can be considered as an atonement, but from
the desire 'we have of easing ourselves of a moral
reproach. What 'we have rashly and unfound.
edlY asserted, nxie ought, according to our ideas of
en;rality, publicly to contradiTi, We take this
opportunity oftorrejing a mistake, and exposing
n false assertion into which are were led by
ninon: information; and !hough no good elells
may be produced by it to ourselves, 'we satisfy the
dinates of 'what nue eta:rider as an honest princi..
ple. from ,which tine trust gal shall never depart.
We shall only add, (hat no relaxation' shall take
phte in cur eforts to obtain the earliest and most
authentic infirmation on every point of pidilic
pGt tuna., and no pains shall be spared to farssisb
all the rational and innocent entertainment 'which
qcell regulated Miscellany ought to supply. For
the first, the Public 'will readily contrive we
ko•Ve sources inaccessible to all others ; and for
the other, the ablest talents, connetted nUith, prin.
• eiple and judgment, are engaged.

MAILS.
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TII E SUN.

QUIS DlCkitt FALIUM AUD%hT

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TUtSDAY, JANUARY I, 130. r.

WIC are concerned to butte, that His Majesty'a
Ship Th.vudtrer parted her cable and got on shore
in l'Santry 1 y On the 21st of Iva month, and that
on the 2311 she still semainea in a yery, precarious
state. Priucess rf Wide; WA% at that time
nartding into the. aty, by whost;4sistance we have
gte,t lt, i,es bitt: might be got off.
',the Brilliant Lea carried a Spanish int()

The easterly winds having abated in their.vio-
leoce the lasi three or four days, the skulking if:o.
tilla of Boulogne have again begun to creeti
under the cover of their Batteries.. On the 3oth
ult. there came out about 12 Lug ge rs, 20 Brigs,
and a Praam.

From all the accounts which have reached us it
appears that there has scarcely ever been known so
long a continuance of easterly winds blowing with
so much violence as in the present season. Every
Vessel that has tither put to sea, or been driven
from her anchors, has invariably been forced to the
Westward. We are therefore not in the least sur.
prised at the long delay of Mr. Fa ERB, the reason
of which we have assigned three weeks ago.

LAY' night we received Dutch Journals to the
z6th ult.

In these we have accounts from Madrid of the
3oth of November, which positively state, that pr.
iters had been transmitted to the Spanish Ambassa.
dor at London to demand his Passports. The non.
arrival of the Spanish Messenger with these orders
may be accounted for, from the ....ante cause which
most probably delays Mr. FReRE. It doe; not
appear that a Declaration of War was issued by the
Spanish Court on the z7th of November, as expefted.
The contagious Fever has again appeared at Car.

thagena.
The intelligence from Paris in these Papers is not
of so late a date as what we have already had.

The intelligence which we have received from the
Continent, through private channels of the first re,
speelability, is such, as to lead us to entertain more
sanguine hopes than we have hitherto done, that
the period is rapidly approaching when the Powers
of Europe will rouse themselves from their lethargy,
and combine their efforts to secure ;heirindependence,
and to affix some limits to the enormous power of
Fiance. We have reason to believe that the
Treaty of Alliance, offensive and defensive, he.
sween Great Britain and Sweden, if not klual.
ly signed, is finally agreed upon: This Trea.
ty has been negotiated with the know.
ledge and perfat consent of Russia. Negotia.
tions for a simildr Treaty are, we believe, car.
rying on with Domark ; and though Austria
anti Prus:ia have not openly declared themselves, yet
when the proper time comes, and we believe it is nut
far off; they take a decided part against the
common Enemies of Mankind.

A respdiable Morning Paper of this day, quotes,
from the 1116otivg Chron;eb of yesterday, the ap-
pointment of Mr. ADDINGTON to the Speokerbhip
of the House of Lords.

We have every reason to believe that there is no
ntention, at present,, of separating this Ofce from

that of LORD CHANCELLOR. S►►ch an arrange.
meta would certainly be in many resileels desirable ;
but from the long u►►ion of the two Offi,:ts, would be
attended wid home ditEculties.

The only part of the disposition mentioned in the
Morning Chucnicle, to which we arc disposed to
give any credit, is the retirement of the Duke of
PORTLAND, whose health has been long upon the
decline, and whose attachment to Lis .Sov tR,FIQN
would, doubtless induce him to forward any arrange.
gent that might be thought conducive to his ser-
vice.

The pact which his Grace has for a series of
years acted in public life, the assiduity and honour
with which he has Idled several of the most isp.
portant offices in. the State, w 111 unquestiondhly
entitle him to- a handtiOrtle provision for the re.
mainder of a life, the greatest part of which hds
been spent in the public service. It will be re.
collefled, that upon the unexpecied and lamented
death of the Marquis of RocKlrtcHitm, the nuke
of P43IIII.AND was pointed out by Mr. Fox, and lay the
unanimous consent of that respeelable Party of
which Lord ROCKINGHAM had been the head, as
the only person fit to succeed their former illustrious
leader, In the short period during which His Grace
was at the head of the Treasury (~oil of the Coalition

Ministry) his honour and integrity were acknow.
ledged by all. When, ten years afterwards, His
Grace, with Mr. BuRF., a, Lord Ftrzwsw.ralt,.
Mr. WiNDUAM, and others, considering that the
line of separation which had been (it may be said
accidentally) drawn between their Party and that
of Me, PITT, had been removed; and still more,
that the principles and contluA of Mr. Vox and
others of their friends, conali4utqd a deimrture
frOm the System upon which tie Union had
bean formed under the Marquis of ROCKING.
•
NMI!, thought it right to add his ii.ttueni:r to
support of His MAJItsTY acrd iii Gowen.
Menti, 'the' Duke .of POItTLIOD undp'ituok
then -extremelf'slifficult and important .QsTite
Secretsiy of. Statl.." for the 1-krne 1111063(m ;
whii..h.he filled with grestf credit and ativ'ani;sit
iii t)te di,soltteon of Mr:
t• • •
Fbsl pc..
rid his Grace 'resigned that vest to

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Lott! PELHAM, to favour the formation of an Ad.
ministration, and has continued to advise his SO-
VEREIGN in the dignified situation of President
of his Council.

His Grace has never shone as a Public Speaker ; but
we arc assured that his experience and judgment
have been strongly felt, from his first taking office,
both by his Soy aRRIGN and his Colleagues.
We shall be happy to have it in our power to an.
nource the manifestation of His MAJESTY'S gra.
titude for the services to which we have referred.

We shall, in a day or two, make some remarks
upon the manner in which the Morning Chronicle of
today has alluded to the formation of the present
Administration.

Yesterday morning, soon after breakfast, Hts
MAJESTY, With several attendants, walked to the
tior,,e Barracks, and inspetted the Oxford Blues.
Afterwards HIS MAJESTY took an airing in his
chaise and four to Cumberland Lodge, attended by
General SPENCER.

Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, HER MAJESTY
and the PRlxcessks took an airing iii their carriages
to Stoke Green, and honoured Miss VYsit with a

'vibit.

A Cabinet Council is summoned for so-morrow,
at Lord HARkRoWEY'S Office.
His raoyal Highness the PRINCE of WALas, and
a selatt party, dined yesterday with Lord and Lady
MELBUU NB, at their house, Whitehall.
His Royal Highness the Due of Sussex left
Town to.day for, Windsor, on a visit to THEIR
MAJESTIES. • •
On Sunday evening. THEIR MAJESTIES enter.
tained a selea party 'of Nobility and Gentry with a
grand Concert of Sacred Music, in their elegant
Rooms in Windsor Castle, which Was performed by
HER. MAJEsTy's excellent Band, and the Gentle.
men of the Royal Choir at Windsor, whose match.
less performance of the Cathedral service have de.
servedly attraded them to the notice of the ROYAL
FAMILY. Part of the SeleCtion for this occasion
was the Faneral Anthem, composed by HANDEL.,
on the death of QUEEN CAROLINE, with the songs
" Oft on a plat," and " Pleasure my former ways,"
which was sung in a chaste and core 4t manner by
Mr. SMITH, formerly of St. Paul's Cathedral ; and
6, Lord, of thee each night and day," by Mr.
GRAY. The Chorusses for, the conclusion were "He
gave them hailstones," and " the Horse and his
Rider," which were executed in a masterly it•anner,
and gave great satisfaction to the Royal Auditors.
The Concert given this evening by HER MA-
JESTy, at Frogmore, is under the AireCtion of Sir
WILLIAM PARSONS. The Band is to consist of
Hea MAJEsTy's Band; and the Vocal Performances
by the Gentlemen Of the Windsor Choir, with the
assistance of Madame BANTI and Mr: BARTLEMAN.
The performance is to. be Alcxerader's Fratl.
The Right Hon. the CHANCSLLOR of the Ex.
CHEQUER, accompanied by Lord CAsiLEREACH,
left town yesterday for Lord CAmottN'a seat af.she
Wilderness, Kent.
Admiral Louts returned to Dungeness on sun.
day, from off Boulogne, where no movement of
particular consequence had lately taken place. He
Left outside the Pier about twenty of the Enemy's
Gan„brigs and Loggers. •
On Saturday last ware landed at Plymouth, from
the Malta, of 84 guns, Capt. BuLLEa, lately ar.
rived from off li'errol, several4isi,grtieadrrieilrs,m', containing
60,000 dollars in silver, c
in Spain to their Correspondents in London.
It is in contemplation of Government to con.
vert a considerable part of the Yeomanry Infantry
of Ireiand into sharp-shooters and riflemen.
A letter from Cork, dattiti Dec. 20, Says—" The
vessels lately chartered by GOvernment, which
have excited so much conjeCture respeding a grand
expedit;on, are, on inquiry, we understand, taken
up for the conveyance of troops to such Parts of the
United Kingdom as necessity may require, in case
the enemy shall make any partial attack against
these eountries."
Orders arrived at Cork an Saturday se'nnight
Irons die Adjutant General's Office, fur the discharg.
ing the heavy baggage of the 15th, ooth, and 96th
regiments.
P'riday and Saturday se'nnight the first battalion
of the 59th regiment of foot marched into Limeriak
from Loughrea, 4c. on their route to Cork.
The's6th regiment have marched from Loughrea
for Colic. Ivey are to he replaced by the 32d re.
girnent from.LongfOrd, the first division of which
have arrived at Loughrea.
Tti F THEATI!.a.---The Tragedy of Richard the
77.4 rd was the dramatic fare last night at Coma
Garden Theatre. Cooaa, as usual, was the hero
of the piece. In one of the scenes he displayed a
(wavering notion, which ended in a fall. The
audience considered this circumstance as .the result
of a fritivity usual at the present season, but did
not Kalil disposed to allow fur such an appearaac-
trafiry on theatrical boards. Some disapproha.
;ion there-fore took place, in consequence of which
CooKa addressed the audience, assuring Allem, that
I,e was really under the influence of a disorder
which often aff,dti his side ; and another of the
performers, with more fervour than delicacy, con.
tirtntd this declaration, vehemently asserting, that.
" Mr. Coot:a was not drank I" The audience
were then pettedly satisfied, and restored to their
good humour. The play proceeded without fur.
ther impediment, and was very well received.
Master BETTY, We are sorry to hear, has had a
felapse, but not however of an alarming'kind.
Saaostosr, from the implike of friendship, and
the admiration r‘f genius,.is Preparing to bring for.:
ward a grand Requiem in hoots* of HAYDN.'
We are sorry to hear, that the Fever having been
judged to be completely subdned, on the zoth of
Novetoher, the Governor of Malaga permitted the
tamiliq' which had retired into the country to re.
; unfortunately, ain.inbi every person was
a; tat aed, :tad not one of the sick was expeded to
c,c, ye. ' On the 271 h, the deaths in one day exceed.
.e] hidl6o, and had not been'' less for some days
rut Ming, The cold weather, which had in some
&glee set in, did not appear in the least to abate
the vinletce of tin pestilence.' •