The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-29 00:00:00

that the daily Reports of the health of our beloved
Monarch, which all ranks of his faithful Subjeas
daily crowd to his Palace to peruse, that they may
know the progress of an indisposition which is
universally considered as a great National Calamity,
do not so much refer to the state or probable. dura-
tion of 1-Its MAJESTY'S complaint, as to the anxiety
of the Public—that, in short, the Medical Bulletins
are more c lated to play with the feelings of the
People than to tell them the truth. We sincerely
hope there was some•error in Mr. ADDINGTON'S
statement, or in the general apprehension of his
meaning in this part of his extraordinary speech.
We should
,be willing to suppose or believe any
thing, rather than suppose that a set of men of high
professional charafter, of unblemished reputation,
and held in the greatest possible personal respea
and esteem, should have entered into a combination
to delude a whole Nation to whom the welfare of
their Sovereign is so deservedly dear, and who
having a• legitimate interest in every thing that
concerns him, have an undoubted, right to know,
if not the whole truth, at least -something like the
truth. In the Howe of Commons, we believe, that
the chief emotion which the speech of the Minister
excited was that of pity. It chewed the shifts
and flounderings of a weak mind, perplexed by the
multiplicity and importance of circumstances press-
ing upon it, and appalled by the awful responsibility
which now hangs over the heads of those, who still
presume so unworthily•to occupy situations for.which
they have upon every occasion proved themselves so
unfit.

The second subjea which occupied the attention
of the House,
.was the second reading of the Volun-
teer Bill. This was rendered more interesting by
-a speech of great length and eloquence from Mr.
PITT, upon the general defence of the country. In
the. view of that great Man, much remain_sto he done
to render this complete, though, unlike all other
Statesmen under the same circumstances, he does
not magnify our deficiencies and danger for the pur-
pose of critninating Ministers, or enhancing the va-
lue of the plans which he himself has to propose ;
on the contrary, he expressed his opinion that our
means of defence were great, but that by judicious
measures they might be rendered still more equal to
the great crisis which seems so near at hand, and to
the present unsettled state of the affairs of the civi-
lized world. The great length of the prelimiltary
discussion upon the state of His MAJESTY'S Health
prevented this Speech, of about two hours duration,
from being given to the• Public at any length, a cir-
cumstance certainly extremely to be regretted ; but
in the Committee on the same Bill this evening '
there is reason to hope that Mr. Prrfs ideas upon
this important subjea will be still more particularly
detailed, and we shall be able to give a'connefted
and satisfaaory idea of them to our Readers.

In the course of the discussion on Monday night,
Mr. PITT adverted to the very inadequate state of
our Naval Defence. This we have repeatedly
touched upon, from a conviction of the error and
obstinacy which have been uniformly practised by
the Naval Administration of the Country upon this
very essential point, add it is no doubt a proud con.
solation to us that we arc suppOrted in our opinions
by the authority of Mr. PITT. We likewise heard,
with peculiar satisfaaion, that that great. States-
man intimated the 'probability of his bringing
forward, at some future- day, a spetific motion
upon the subjen. The more it is itiveitigated,
the more we are satit.fizd we shall lie 'found -to be
justified in every thing. we have said upon the
conduCt of the present Board of Admiralty.

N erw.Y ork Papers were received yesterday to the
t4.th of January inclusive.
A Bill fur ereat‘g Louisiana into a part of the
United States, under the name of the territory of
New Orleans, and to provide for its temporary Go.
vernment, has passed the House of RepreSentatives..
The executive power is to be vested in a Governor,'
who is to be resident, and hold his office for three
years. He is to have the command-of the Militia,
and the appointment of Officers, both civil and Mili-
tary. The power of punishment and pardon is, also
to be vested in him.

It appears limn the accounts -of a Captain of;
Vessel, who arrived at.. Philadelphia on the loth of
January, from Port Republicain, which place he
left on. the 19th December, that the Blacks were
employed in levelling all the Fortifications at that
place, and, at the same chile, were ereding,wooden
buildings. for their 'residence, in order that they
might set them on fire, and retire to their fast.
nesses, in case the French should return in force..
It is said that Government has, within these few
days, received dispatches from the British Minister
at the Court of Berlin, stating, that the prOposition
made some time since by the Ft as.r Co Nilf1:00 form
a close Alliance with His Paussi MAtg:iry, has
at length been decidedly rejected by thelatter.
The following Corps are to be brigaded in three
Battalions under the command of Lieut..:General
Fox

The Right.--Brentford and Ealing 300 men. Is!eworth 10Q.
Twickenham 204. Licut._Col.•' .1.) I'N te.
WATER.
The Left.—Kensington 480 men. Lieut.. Col. Wicc is .
The Centre."--Pulham 320 men. Chiswick 260. Lieut.-
Mmick.