The Sun.
London, England, 1803-12-05 00:00:00

L ONDO N, DECEMBER s, 1803.

OUR Plymouth Letter of this morning furnishes a
sample of the miserable fabrications that are resorted
to, to amuse and delude the French People. A Car.
tel which left Mor•laix on the ' tst instant, brings
information of an account having been spread there,
of the Invasion having actually taken place from the
eastern Ports of France anal from Holland, of its
having succeeded, and of the French Troops having
marched vidoriously three hundred miles into the
Country► ! When the French Government resorts
to such miserable falsehoods, we may fairly infer
they consider their hopes from the Expedition
against England as completely desperate.

Yesterday a Mail arrived from Jamaica, brought
by the Lord Charles Spencer Packer, by which we
have received journals of the Bth Ottober. An
article in the Paper of that date informs us, that
a Vessel arrived at Jamaica had been boarded
off Cap Frontal' by His Majesty's Ship Blanche,
from which information was derived that the
French Troops at the Cape were at an allowance of
a plantain and a half a day, and were hourly ex.
peded to Capitulate.

The Fleet from Jamaica was to assemble at Port
Antonio on the loth ult. and to sail for England on

the tsth.
The Boats of the Theseus, of 74, had succeed.
id in cutting-out the French Corvette, La Sa.
oeS4, from under a heavy fire of the Batteries
at Fort Dauphin. Ttys' Boats of the _Der'iree
Frigate had a!so cut out the French Schooner
L'Aiarobie S4b;e, from iVionte.Christe ; both of
Ciese vessels had arrived at Port Royal ; as had also
two .},stench Brigs and two Sri:outlets, which, with

the Town of St. Marc's, had surrendered to the
Vanguard, of 74.. The Troops in the Town had
been sent to Cape Franc s.
A French Sloop from Jeremie, bound to St. Jago
de Cuba, with Troops, prize to the Mous Sloop of
War, had arrived at Port Royals the Troops were
sent to St. Jago.
The garrison of Fort Pirsoltim had surrendered
to the Thema, and were sent to the Mole with a
French General and his Suite. The Garrison of dux
Cayes had offered to surrender, provided a sufficient
number of Vessels were sent to carry away the
Troops.
The Spanish Captain. General of Yutacan had
again demanded the surrender to him of the Eng.
lish Settlement of Honduras.

On the forenoon of the sth of OLober a slight
shock of an earthquake was felt at Kingston.
An attempt to set fire to the city of Kingston, on
the night of the 3d of October, by some vile incen.
diary, had been discovered soon after the fire was
kindled, and happily extingtiished.

Rear-Admiral DACILIS is going out to the West
Indies in the Courageux, of 74 guns, which Ship
takes out a Convoy. We presume the Rear-Admi-
ral is appointed to the Leeward Island Station.
We are happy in being able to say, there is no
• truth whatever in the report of the loss of La Pir.
glair Frigate.

Tlf R Gazette of Saturday contains General Or.
ders issued Offifrom
ce of his Royal Highness
the Commander in Chief, commanding all Military
Officers below the rank of General, who do not be.
long to any particular regiments, to report them.
selves in person to the General of the District in
which they reside, in the event of a Landing being
elicited by the Enemrin any pert of the United
Kingdom. All General Officers not employed on
the Staff, are also requested immediately to trans.
mit their addresses to the Adjutant General.

All the Accounts brought by the last Mails concur
in asserting, that the Court of Petersburgh is admit.
ed by a spirit completely hostile to the French Go.
verntnent. Dispatches'are stated to have been sent
from Peterrburgb to the Courts of Stockholm and
Copenhagen, declaptory of the sentiments of HIS
IMPERIAL MAJESTY upon this subjeift, in which
these Courts entirely concur. It is also stated
in a Letter from Han:burgh' of the s Bill ult.
that several Russian Noblemen of distiottion who
had reached Frankfort on their route to Paris,
had received intimation fo suspend their jour-
ney until the question of Peace nr War, now
at issue, shall be decided. Of a New Levy of
60,000 men having been ordered to augment the
Russian Armies, and of the Russian Fleets in the
Baltic and the Black Sea having been ordered to
be got ready for Sea, there appears to be no doubt.
It may be doubted, however, whether Russia has
not suffered the season tar efedive operation to
pass away, and whether the Court of Petersburgh
has not allowed itselito be cajoled by BONAPARTE)
until its interference must for some time at least
be rendered in a great measure 'useless, whilst the
cunning Tyrant of Fratice seizes the opportunity
to trample upon the Rights of Independant
States, and to replenish his exhausted coffers
by extorted Loans and forced Requisitions un-
less it may he imagined that the 14 lasi. CONSUL
will be inclined to:_ purchase the forbearance of
Russia at any price, and will thus surrender up the
prospeti of that golden harvest which he seems to
have promised himself in Germany. That such ah
event, however, will take place, there appears very
little reason to suppose. BONAPARTE has amused
Russia daring the Summer with fair promises' and
solemn protestations, and now when he knows that
that Power cannot immediately at to thwart his
schemes, he throws off the mask, and exhibits a
French Army in Germany, demanding Loans, or
rather Contributions, from the neighbouring States,
in a tone and manner which those States will find
it difficult to resist : for how are they to resist de-
mands like these, backed by the Bayonets of a
French Army at their Gates, when, without pre.
vious concert and co-operation, they have not the
means of collating a sufficient force to support their
own Dignity or maintain their own independence
Added to this, they must still be, further intimi.
dated by the conviction, that France has at the pre.
sent moment a large disposable Force, which may,
with little difficulty, be marched into the heart of
Germany, diftating, with the most relentless ty.
fanny, to the whole of that Empire.
It may then be seen that the whole of the Con.
tinent of Europe,' with the exception of Russia, is
completely at the mercy of France, and it is indeed
to be lamented that Russia has opened its eyes too
late to the fatal consequences of suffering a French
Army to obtain a footing in Germany during a
period of profound peace with the latter power,
thereby paving the way for all those calamities
which now threaten the greater part of Europe, and
for all those humiliating Insults and that abject de.
gradation to which 'the States of Germany are now
peculiarly subjected, Considerably too much stress
has we think been laid upon the expeded benefits to
be derived from the active intertereoce of Russia.
That Power, as we have already said, cannot at with
effed for some time to come; it is in vain to sup-
pose that Austria will embark in a new contest
with France, unless Russia leads the way; Prussia
is a mere instrument in the hands of BONAPARTe,
and cannot now extricate herself from that 0..1..11-
dom in'which site is held, without it straw, which
might involve in its event' the loss of her independ.
ence. Sweden and Denmark are thems,elses i„
im-
mediate danger, totiess respect by the prompt and
eflicaciutis assistance of 104514,

in this 9ltuatioadaiadxf little is at presem to VC

hoped for from the tartly movements of Russia.
The Continental Powers have hitherto remained
inafiive spectators of the preparations of France,
without once reflecting how easily these prepara.
tions might be turned against themselves, and with
so much the greater effect, as they would be taken
unprepared. BONAPARTE has a large disposable
force at command, and is restrained by no consi-
derations of honour, by no bond of amity, by no tie
of faith ; the gratification: of his ambition is his
only objeft. hi may be said, that we have drawn
a gloomy pidure bf the state of Europe, but
it is unfortunately nothing but what is warranted
by the real situation of affairs. However cheering
the prospeCt may be of any alive interfer.
once on the Continent, which may eventually
check the career of France, it is a distant
prospen, and we think that much too san.
guint an expectation hat bun expressed by many
upon this subject. BONAPARTE has outwitted the
Continental Powers ; he is already in a menacing
attitude of hostility, whilst they are in a position
of Peace, and have all their preparations to make
before they can venture to engage in the combat.

A Datiti Mail of the se.t inst. arrived this morn_
but brings no news.
Yesterday morning the ROYAL FAMILY attended
Divine Service at St. George's Chapel, and heard
an excellent Sermon preached by Dr. DUVAL, from
the xoth Chapter of St. Matthew, and 8 and 9
Verses.

As the ROYAL FAMILY passed from the Lodge,
the 13th Regiment of Light Horse,the Staffordshire
Militia, and the Windsor Volunteers, were drawn
up in the Court Yard opposite the Royal Standard,
and they gave His MAPISTY a Royal Salute.—
His MAJESTY conversed with Colonel Root, their
Commander.

ROYAL HoNT.—On Saturday morning fin MA.
PUTT' and the DUKES of CAMBRIDGE and KENT
rode to Ascot Heath Race Ground for the purpose
of hunting a fine yorang Hind. About eleven
o'clock the sport began; at starting the Hind took
by Ingram, passed across the Camp ground towards
Warfield, by Mr. NvIiLCH'S Park, makirig a double
back by 'thc Dog kennel, across the Race Ground,
through Sunning Hill;„t,aking the right through the
Bogs for Swinley, where", she got into a herd of Deer,
from which the Yeoman Packers got her out and th
Chace was resumed to the right of Tower Hill ; she
was taken after a hard run of near two hours. The
Hind was a present to Hits MAJESTY, with several
others, from Mr. POYNTZ.

' Friday evening His Royal Highness the DUES
Of CUtAtitlt LAND arrived at Gen. WHITILOCKE.S.
at Portsmouth, from Winchester. His Royal High.
ness was on the Parade on Saturday, and at two
o'clock he inspeeted, on the Glacis, the Hanoverian
Legion, with the Worcester and North Gloucester
Militias, in garrison. His Royal Highness dined
afterwards at the Military Club, which %vs' held
at the Fountain ; Col. VAUGHAN, of the Meriotieth
Militia, in the Chair.

Yesterday His Royal Highness the Dues of
CUMBIL4LAND inspeiled the Volunteers of the
sowno of Portsmouth and Parma' on the glacis of
the Fortifications, and was pleased to express him.
self well satisfied with their soldier-like appearance.
The Sheerness Volunteers having received their
uniform clothing, and accoutrements, art shortly to
take upon them the duty of that Garrison.
On Saturday, at ten o'clock, the Law Asiocia.
tion mustered in the Temple Gardens, in full uni-
form, for the purpose of being personally inspeded
by Colonel Jssixtusps. Soon alter two o'clock
the Colonel arrived, when the Corps was formed
in open. column to receive him, with shouldered
arms and fixed bayonets; the first company took
open order, and the Captain then delivered to the
Colonel the state of the company, which he pro.
ceeded to do with the other five companies; he then
went to Colonel EINKINt, and expressed himself
highly satisfied witlt the state of each Member of
the Corps, and all tittit t he required of Colonel ,Ett.
sit ma was, that' the Corps should go through the
platoon exercise';' but Calooel Easxima Wormed
him the Corps could go through all the field ma.
nceuvres, and wished him to dinate those he de.
sired them to perform : they then went through
the whole with the utmost corre&ness. They be.
gan firing by Colonel JENICINSON'S desire, twice
by companies from right to left, and after perform.
ing a variety of evolutions, fired twice from centre
to flanks; the line then retreated and marched by
columns to the right of their respeftive companies,
wheeled into a line, and fired two vollies. Colonel
JENKINSOK said he never saw so elegant a set of
muskets.

The permanent duty of the Canterbury Volnn.
leer Infantry ceased on Thursday, after which they
had a grand field.day, and received the thanks of
General Sir DAVID DUNDAS for their soldier.like
conduit during the whole time they had been
embodied.

This day the Dover Volunteers were to be bri.
gaded on Barham Dawns, with the Volunteers of
Faversham and Walmer. Mr. PITT continues inns
atlive and zealous in arranging plans of defence.
He has infused a martial, ardent, and unanimous
spirit into that part of the country, and has contri.
buted most essentially towards the defence and se-
curity of that important advanced post of the
Island.

A Letter from flythe, dated Dec, 2, says, " Yes_
terday the first Battalion of Cinque Porte Volun.
reefs, under the command of Mr. PITT, marched
from Dover, and manned the new lines of defence
at Eastware Bay, near Folkstone, They fired se.
veral rounds in a very military stile ; after which
they retreated by Companies to the rear, formed into
line, and ad, VaI:WCA to the entrenchment at the charge.
The day was very favourable, and a concourse of
people assembled., Mr. PITT looked remarkably
well, and gave the word, of command in a soldier.
like manner."

The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and. Council of
Edinburgh, have unanimously resolved, that at the
present emergency, they would suspend the pri.
vileges of the City, sespeding the billeting of Sol.
diers upon the Inhabitants, on all occasions when
the Commander in Chief shall find it expedient to
order it,