The Sun.
London, England, 1803-08-31 00:00:00

LONDON, AUGUST PI tBc3•

THe Dublin Mail of the 27th arrived this morn•
ing. Robert Emmett, the Brother of the Counsellor
of that name, stands fully committed by the Fria`
Council for trial as a Traitor.

Ws lament to see that same wavering and unsergf
tied disposition, which we think has already upon
several occasions proved so disadvantageous to the
Country,
prevail upon a subjed on which we not only
thought
the opinions of all parties were agreed.. but
on which we flattered ourselves one general and tali'
thtou
form system would have been adopted. We refer to
the Plan of raising x Volunteer Force ghout
Country, upon which from the tithe the measure
was proposed, till the present Moment, theft has
appeared in the Members of Administration so mucit
fluduation and variation of opinion, that very for
persons know either what they he m depend uPollo
or how the question at present stands. This is tt
subjed upon which the Volunteers naturally require
explanation from their Commanders—but scared,'
the
has one explanation been given before the case hat
been changed, and it has become necessary to do it
away by another. Immediately after the first Att
for the Levy en Masse passed, two explanatory Big°
were introduced, and the provisions of all these
Aas have almost entirely been dont away by Letters
from the Secretary of State to the Lords Lieute"
flatus. A Letter was circulated on the Bth °f July
offering a rate of pay for Volunteer Corps '41116
we confess we thought 'extravagant in the highest
degree—it was however annulled by another Letter
about three weeks afterwards, proposing a rate
pay about equal to one-fourth of the first proposal
But this is not all—Volunteer Corps who have been
invited to offer their services, whose services have
been accepted, and which have been trained anj
exercised, have been told that their services were
not wanted.--What can be so ungracious as to slt
to a Volunteer who has put himself to the eXPencl
of purchasing his Regimentals, that he is not allow
ed to stew his zeal in the service of his Counts"' ?
What can be so aukward as for a Commander of
Volunteer Corps who has encouraged his men Sct
come forward, to tell them that the Ministers Wei
changed therr minds, and that he is obliged to reJf
their proffered, and perhaps accepted service?
is trifling with the spirit of the Peoples and it m"
already had unpleasant efeas•'
The Country certainly does not 'look u
Ministers for the display of
to the
of great and transcendent
talents, but they do aped from them upon pl5lO
subjects, something like a uniform system of anion'lf a difficult Negotiation were on foot, we 0014
expect various and changeable Councils, and we
but
should know how to make great allowance,
i
surely in directing the spontaneous zeal and Pub 10
spirit of the Country, no ability was
thatreVited'
deep political knowledge was necessart'all
te
the ardour of the People one day,
was wanting was a settled system. But to "clic
and to fell"
the next, is to do all that can be clone, though vl
are sure not intentionally, to destroy
'
it altogether.
We are disposed upon this occasion much more to
lament than to condemn. We earnestlyhope no
more changes of opinion will be manifested
vP;on
this subject.--If Mr. AnniNcrori has a friend who
is not a flatterer, the advice he will give biro
this, anti indeed upon all other stiLjeas, is, to dal`
Jr
He will tell him that an unsteady fluctuating Anil
indecisive mind, if it ultimately takes the riPt
cision, generally takes it too /ate—that upon 'vett)?
oP
many occasions (though it certainly does Hat
un fiPY
e,
to the present), if the knot is too difficult to
ue
it is best to cut it ; and that if ever Firmnesst
"La
Decision were necessary for the conduLt of
is in the
arduous affairs of this great Nation, it
have been entrusted to him.
anxious period when the conduct of thoseaffairs

WY have frequently had occasion to advert
to the
temporising, dilatory condat of Minigt"
With "hard to Spin, as ‘vril as urn evell oshtf

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Totnt of Public Policy. We have again and again
stated that Spain is virtually at War with this
:Country in coniequence of her Treaties with France,'
and that it is.from an interested-policy only on the
part of the latter, if 'she delay, for a period, ,her
demand 'upon the tomer for the execution of those
Treaties. The Treasure from South Amerin has
arrived, or is daily arriving in the Ports of Spain,
while we very cOmplaisantly permit it to be safely
conducted thither, for the purpose ultimately, of
furnishing the means to the CHIEF CoNsul, of
Trance, into whose hands it must be transferred
,wheneyer Ile d to demand it, of carrying
on his PI, :n of Invasion, or, what will be still

mote ruinous to this Country, of protraffing the
War. We live some reason to belieVe however
that our Ministers must be reldtantly roused
from their lethargy upon this subjeft. Authentic
AdVices are received in this Country from Portu-
gal, that French Privateers' are fitted out in the
Spanish Ports, and that British Prizes are carried in
and
.sold there ; in consequence of which a*Memo.'
rial and Remonstrance is talked of ou. the. part of
the •Merchants interested in the Portugal Tcade, to
be presented to our Minister. ,Such. a represents.
lion we hope will induce him to all, and take t!..use
steps of which the obvious intevests• of the ,Countiy
should have long ago induced tlfe.attoplinn.
It was y.esterday very confidently stated, that the
Eatavian Government had positively refused to take
any atctive part in the Invasion of this Couniry, and
that in consequence the equipment of the ;Vessels in
the Texel had been. suspended. -We can readily give
credit to, the disinclination of the Dutch to such a
Strviee, and kuowing this disinclination,• it is pos.
.6..i,b.l,cjhat the. CHIEF Comot, may have resolved not
~Fp .4114 them.
:Witll.:lrevea to Runic, we shoUld 'he happy
'that %,o.4Pulti say, we have any thing more to hope
for,at, the present moment than a Cold Neutrality'.---
We believe that
,the Cabinet of St. Petersburg's
views with dissatisfy Lion the Invasion of Hanover
by the French, and it is willing to attribute our
blockade of the Elbe and. the Weser to just motives
of retaliation on our part.' But entertaining tiovery
6vcurable Opinion of the Talents, the Firmness,
and the Consistency of the British Cabinet as it is
at present constituted—it is -averse to committing
itself too far with. Men in whose Experience,
Wisdom, and Decision, it thinks it cannot safely
confide.

With resped to the policy of the Blockade of the
Elbe and the 'Weser, considerable doubts we under.
atatnd now begin to be .entertained. We hailed it
as a symptom of vigour in our Ministers which was
new and unexpe6ted, and as such it met with our
applause. But it is now doubted, how far we are
not by this measure aiding the views and wishes of
BorfArAttrt in the exclusion of British Manufac.
tures from the Continent. Were those Rivers open
to Neutrals, there can hello doubt but-that British
Commodities would find a vent there, and the pre.
sent stagnation, of our Trade is perhaps not cotripcp-
sated by the ephemeral credit for a vigorOui mea.
sure which our Ministry have claimed upon this oc.
cAsion.

. , On ,Monday evening, at half past five o'clock,
their Rity,al Highnesses the. Princesses Et.t.t.
and AM EL I iti LOA an airing in a sociable, bta gray
St. Leonard's Hill, and returned to the Otreen's kolgt,At ,Windsor,, at 'seven o'clock. Smolt after
.sdhich the Royal Fainily, appeared on, the Terrace
iiritt' their usual attendants; before eight o'clock
'they -returned to the Citstle, where Their MA.
lits•rtes entertained a Weft Party of the neigh_
, }louring Nobility.:
[ : The continue& rain yesterday p erevented the
', • Royal Family frOm leaving the Queen's Lodge.
Tl''' day THE 111 MA jth ES and th elde
r'ttlicessas came to town fromI Windsor, ane d afterr the Levee will return thither. again.
Earl m, , ,
--oticA is so much recovered that ne.nas
arrived in Town.
.),T,ll,teesT''''",, deserted as it is, still bna'sts of the
tes of
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The Gazette of last night contains Loyal Ad-
'if` dresses 'to the te-
...INQ from the City of Doblin, the
Count • '
1 tY °I Dublin, County of Down, Queen' County
21.11" the County of Longford, in Ireland, deprecating
the late Rebellion in that Countty ; also an Address
from the County Palatine of Lancaster, promsipg
their support ofthe War. ,
It is confidently said thit General Fox is to be
recalled from the Chief Command in Ireland. We
I Live not yet heard positively who iw to be his sue-
vessor, but Sir WI IL TAM PITT has, been mentioned.
The Earl of WAR w rex, the Lord Lieutenant of
Warwickshire, has made an Offer to Government to
sobscribe,the sum ofro,oool. fo be expended in the
Prehase of arms for the use of all the 'Volunteer
17,°,! Ps of that' County, which may have received
f." 9 Majesty's approbation. We are likewise in-
meta, that his Lordship has.declared his intention
(3t,‘, a,!,llltti"g the sum of 100°1. for the relief of the
L'll,."ses of such Volunteers of the County,of War-
e-'c'e: as may fall in the honourable deience of their
onntry
NI Subscr
iption atL or, it not so
loy expended, in aid of the gene-
d's. vlhe number of Volunteers in the West Riding of
'i lkshire, beintz above i c 000 and their Fel"-
ue , g 14,500, the Levy cn Masse Act is
rtiunubeilnti tit
R—iding. - ' ' • "3"
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