The Sun.
London, England, 1803-04-19 00:00:00

LONDON, APRIL 19, 1803.

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MANY rumours have been in circulation as to the
causes which at such a moment could have prevent-
ed Mr. PITT from coining into Office. Through.
out the City the most anxious inquiries were nude
upon this point, during the period it was in agita.
tion ; and never was there a more earnest or gene.
ral wish expressed upon any occasion. We under.
stand that Mr. PITT upon being applied to, dcclin-
edentering into any details upon the general sub.:
jed of arrangement, unless he should be called upon
by the Highest Authority ; "but declared an opi-
nion, that in case he should be so called upon, he
should feel it his duty, under the present circutn-
stances of the Country, to propose the formation of
an Administration upon an enlarged scale. In ad.
dition to the grounds upon which we rest this state.
merit, every person we think must feel that the
situation Of affairs renders the representation highly
probable. We shall only add, that we cannot but
unite in the universal sentiment of regret, that any
circumstance should deprive the Nation of the ser-
*ices of so eminent a man at such a time. It is no
disparagement to His Majesty's present Ministers,
whom we highly respdi, to say, that the charac.
ter and talents of Mr. PITT ar the head of the Go.
verinent, would create a confideucc highly impor.
rant to the interests of the Nation at the present
critical juntiure.

By private Letters received by the Dutch Mail
yesterday, we learn, that the greatesHissatisfattion
universally prevails in Holland at the entry of
the Frenzh Troops into that Country—At some
Towns upon the Frontiers the Dutch Governors
summoned up courage enough to oppose the
entrance of the French Troops, and even to
put on a skew of resistance till they should receive
ordere„from the Batavian Government. The French,
however, ,pushed their way into these Garrison.
Towns, and put their Commandants and all the Offi.
cers in them under arrest. These proceedings have
naturally meited the greatest sensation in Holland,
and have produced, what we believe we may truly
term an unanimous Antipathy to the French. In
this feeling all parties are at this moment personally,
as well as Nationally, united.
The Batavian Government, it is further stated,
have made a representation to the Cat IF CONSUL,
that in case of the renewal of the War between
England and France, they will endeavour to maintain
a stria neutrality. The intentions of the Batavian
Government may be perfeEily good in this respea,
but as they are at the mercy of France, how little
prObability is there of their being able to carry
their patriotic intentions into died P The citcum-
stancc of so many French Troops being at the pre.
sent time marched into Holland, secies to imply a
distrust, con the part of BONAPARTE, of the People
of that Country—but if that People are as unani,'
as they are now represented to he in Political
Seiititnenr, it is possible that they may yet be able,
by one grand effort, to throw off a foreign,
graceful, and galling yoke.
By the Same letters we learn, that few days
ago a Dutch frigate came out, and falling in with
Rear A,!miral TunkNnottouou's Squadron off
Carer, saluted his Flag in the old good-fashioned
way, which was pf course properly returned, and
sent 3 bo4t orthoard to know if the Captain of her
should petionally wait upon the British Admiral,
This ceremony was dispensed with, and the Dutch-
man pursued his course,

Yesterday morning Hrs I\4ip,rasnr, accompanied
by "their i..t.wyal Highnesses th? Nut NC ESSIS SOr II /A
at .L AM? 1,1 A, and attended lwy Generals GwYNNP.,
IiSRCOUrtr, and DE BUDE, and by Sir WaLtAst
and Lady PITT, took an airing on horseback, and
viewed the different improvements in Windsor
:Great Park,
iIER MAJESTY, and the PRINCESSES AUGUSTA,
and ELIZABETH, With their usual Attendants, took
awaiting to Ftogmore.

Ilex Royal Ffigimeris the PRINCESS MARY, air
tended by Lady CRAt4I.II.II, tool:: an airing in a
;oach-and-lour, round by Eng Wield Green.

THEIR. MAjtsTrrs will honour the Antieht Mu-
sic with their presence to.morrow evening. The
Terformariee will be etuky the dire,::liun ut the Ltd

1V Y. 014 Pv-ets to March Ktli etre received.
I.titer of. the itith of jimudry, Irotti New Or-
Ireins 1).414.1 irsiormatioll pt' the arrival of the
cltoorer 4,ll:c?ltare ai th.st, port, with dispatches
Fcrn ti Atnefic4l, cro‘icrillocnt to Ole Spanish Jt

teodanr, and of its basin again sailed wiahila.a.;l
very few hours, with answers to those dispatch.
The aoswers were not understood to have been Kt-.
vouraide. The Fiench had not, at that sitiai, taken
aEtual possession of Ne,-ai (Means.
The American Congress adjourned, sine die, on
the 3d of March last, after adopting, in regard to
Louisiana and New Orleans, the propositions of
Mr. 13R ACK E Int:E; by which meastoes of pre-
paratioo for hostility are indeed order.-1, but the
President it left to ad at his own discretion in the
whole -afftir. Eighty thousand of the Militia of
the States are to lie inniediately detached to aft as a
general Army, if it shall be necessary to attack the
possession of Louisiana. One million five hun-
dred thousand dollars are appropriated for the ex.
penditure of this service ; 25,000 dollars are ap.
propriated for the establishment of arsenals on the
Western Waters. Avery strong remonstrance was
transmitted to Mr. Davis, at Washington, front
the State of Kentucky ; but it was not teeth-
ed till after Mr. BRACKENRIDGE'S pi opOsit ions
had been adopted, otherwise the bolder proposi-
tions of Mr. SMITH would, it was thought, have
been preferred. It was understood that an Agent
from the people of the two Floridas had waited on
Mr. JEFFERSON, with full powers to treat for an
accession of those Provinces to the American Union.
They threatened, it was said, if JEVFERSON should
refuse their offers, to put themselves under the protec.
titan of Great Britain. The inhabitants of Kentucky,
in expeCtation that the Congress would resolve on
immediate hostilities with Spain, had taken. arms
to the number of io,ooo. Above so,ooo dollars
had been contributed, by voluntary subscription,
fur the necessary expellee. They had encamped.
Boys appeared in the camp with labels in their liat;,
War, and no Democrats. Mr. JEFFERSON, in great
alarm, wrote to soothe their impatience, till the
issue of the Negotiation by Mr. MoNRoE might
be finally known. h was understood that the for.
tifications of New Orleans were in a ruinous, in.
defensible state, and that 3000 men from Ken-
tucky might easily, take the place.—The total
value of the commodities which the Anglo.AMeti-
cans send annually down the Mississippi, exceeds
4,000,000 dollars.—The' exportition was perform-
ed in asaa vessels, of zso tons borthen each.
Several men of great consequence in the Western
States, among whom were Colonel Jortta
and Sir Wat. Mum aal, were lately most vexatious-
ly injured, in the exportation of the produce of their
estatea, by the Spaniards at New Orleans. .
The Congress passed at different MIS during its
Session. Its next meeting is expetted to be on the
first Monday of November next,
Accounts from the liavannall state, that vessels
were about to sail from thence to take the Spanish
Garrison from New Orleans, and convey it to Sr.
Augustine, and that the former place was to be tie.
livered up to the French ; as a Frigate, having on
board a Colonial Prekt and a number of Officers,
had arrived at New Orleans, to take possession of
it for France.

' Capt. SPOOR T ER, of the Schooner darts y, from
Flavannah, states, that the day previously to his
sailing, a
.Ship belonging to Philadelphia left that
p 1 ce for Cape Francois with a number of -blood
F hounds to hunt the Blacks. The French Frigate
which sailed a few days before, and on board of
which a reinforcement of this kind of warriors was
said to he embarked, had a considerable number of
Spanish Troops on board, but no hounds.
Yesterday advice was received at the EastJndia
House, of the safe arrival of the Cirencester from
China, whence she sailed on Christmas aiy, in
company with the AbinAck Castle and Perreveraner,
which were to sail from St. Helena the ad of March,
the day after she left that Island.
Private Letters received by the Cireurcesur state,
that the VICEROY having quelled the Rebellion,
and tranluillized the' neighbouring Districts,
turned to Canton on the 12th, and died suddenly on
the 14th of December.; strong suspicions having
been entertained that be had taken poison, not be.
ing able to bear the displeasure of the EmpFitoa,
who bad censured his condutt during the late Re-
bellion in toles of the Most aggravating nature.
' A Spanish Ship has been lost on the Chinese
Coast, with 850,000 dollars on hoard.

A Letter from Ctithagenoof the 21 April, states,
" This forenoon a Monument was solemnly erected
over the grave of the Naval Heroes killed, in the
Battle here two years ago, in order to perpetuate
their memory. It •conststs Of a plain column of
Norwegian marble, with the following in.cription :
" They fell in defence of tltrir Country, April 2,
t sot. This Monument was erected to them by the
esteem of their Fellow Citizens." On the Pedestal
are the following words, from a Poem by Professor
SANDS Unfailed.blooms on the grave of the
Hero, the garland prepared by his Country."
To-wirrow the report of the Nottingham Elec-
tion Committee, will be taken into consideration in
the House of Commons. To those zealously attach-
ed to the British Constitution, the discu4sion is a
most important ode : it is to determine, in a great
degree, not only the future freedom of Eledion,
but also whether the Civil Government of a large
and populous Manuladuring Town, is to remain
delegated to those anb, who have given too con-
vincing a proof, either of incapability or want of in-
clination to enforce their authority. We shall not
presume to dißate to the Legislature, but we enter-
tain a hope, that by the wisdom of its regulations,
a Police, which has for some years past been consi.
tiered a disgrace to the Country, will undergo a
salutary amendment.

The Morning Chronicle, with its usual veracity,
says, " that the Negmiation for the return,of Mr.
PITT to office, was broken off by His NI4JitsTY ;'
that it was broken off Nith ill-k4peour on both
sides, and that the People rejoice at it." We will
venture to assert that it was ',of broken off by, Ris
MAJEsTy—that it ended •withoia ill-humour on
either side—and that the
.7aro4in Prodar are the
only People who rrjoice ir.
On Saturday as Lord CASTLE it wab return-
ing to town from the Marquis of An F. !ICOR
this side of Stanmorehis cur rile got ent,iiicd he.
tween two Waggons (which bad [-wen cotti:s,tt.ti to
file care of boys); his Lor4ship jurnr.Nl oitt;: (1
eery providentially escaped 4414rii thcy
br‘ke to pieces.

NAVAL NEWS.

HARWICH, APRIL 18.

FitIDAY morning the Ear/ of Leicester Packet,
Capt. THoNtrsoN, arrived from Helvoetsluys, with
the Dutch Mail. We understand that a Dutch
Frigate that sailed from Helvoetsluys last Tues.
day, was brougl4 to off Goree by Admiral
THIRNBOROUGIe3. Squadron, and after being
detained some little tilw, permitted to proceed,
not haVing any Troops on hoard ; her destination is
the West Indies, under an Admiral's Flag.
Yesterday afternoon the Pnipice of owe, Packet,
Capt. HEAttN, and the Diana, Capt. OSBOKN,
sailed, the former for Cuxhaven with the Ham-
burgh and Bremen Mails, and the, latter for ltd.
voetsluys, with the Dutch Mail.

A large supply of Provisions are collcaing for
the use of Sir SIDN7'V SMITH'S Sqnadton, now
assembling in Hoseley Bay. •