The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-15 00:00:00

THE ADMIRALTY.

WE have from time to time made our Remarks
upon the condild of the Admiralty, in the hope of
exciting more adivity. in the management of that
Department, of inducing those who condo& the busi-
ness of it, to pay more attention to the fair claims
both of Civil and Naval Officers connected with it,
and of turning the attention of certain persons rather
to public duty than to personal pique. The Public
will have great satisfadion whenever any question
connected with this Department is brought before
Parliament. Sir W. ELFORD gave notice before' the
Recess, of a Motion which, as we understood, em-
braced only one point in the management of this
Department. What we should wish would be, that
a Committee of General Inquiry should be insti-
tuted, and that if any ads, either of Neglea or of
Tyranny, should appear, that they should be marked
as such condua would deserve. In such an Inquiry,
the propriety or impropriety of our Blockading Sys-
tem, considering the enormous expence of it, and the
manner in which it has crippled our Navy, should
be fully considered. In investigating this point,
the risque of our .Blockading Squadron being dis-
persed after violent storms, resuming
,their station
one by one, and the Squadron often being left in a
state totally unequal, from numbers, to cope with
the Enemy, if he should come out, should also be
fully and maturely weighed.

Not only the case of Mr. BARTHOLOMRW, but
of other individuals who may think themselves ag-
grieved, should be brought forward. But, above
all, it should be fully examined, whether we have
prepired against the meditated Attack of the Ene-
my, not only the, sort of Force best calculated to
repel the attempt at Invasion, but. whether that
Force has been colleted with all the expedition 'and
dispatch which circumstances required. These are
great National objects,, and require great, and,
ewe think, immediate attention.

Our. opinion of the First Lord of the Admiralty,
in which we know nine.tenths of the Navy agree
with us, it is unnecessary to repeat. ,Wc have
often stated it to'the Pu'olic—but if thc state of his
health requires such frequent and I.2ng absences from
London, as have continually taken place; that
circumstance alone, at such a moment as the present,
renders him totally unfit for the situation he holds.
We have very little doubt that the result of the In.

cluiry, to which we have alluded to, would he a Mo.:
lion in Parliament to remove the Earl St. VI NG ENT
r •
from His illajes's Councils.

BANK OF ENGLAND. .

NOTE.; of Five Pounds each, and .upwardi, in-
cluding Bank Post Bills payable seven days after
sight.
On the ist of Tune - Z... 12,847,540
Ist of August - , 1803 - - 13,0 13, Iso
Est of October - - 1803 - 12,570,5c0
zsth of November - - - 13,502,40
Amount of Bank of England Notes of - Two
Pounds and One Pound eae.i..
On the tst orione
Est of August
1.1 of Odobor
zith of November
Ilankot England, Dee. 2, 1803,

- - 1803 - IC. 3,=53,600
- , 14.3 - 3421,330
- 1803 - - 4,052,0t0
1803
„, - 4,4z9,240
W. WALTON, 4,.: . ten.

The following account shews what has ben
deemed of the National Debt, the Imperial Loan,
and Land•Tapc, to the Ist of February,:tBo4.:-.,__:.
National D'ebt teemed - £•79,294,t3t,
Imperial Limn ditto • . 459,525,
Land Tak ditto ' - -

Total ,C. 100,90 1,854

The sum to be dkpended in the ensuing Quar-
ter is

- .£•1,557,8'25

Mr. DowtEY deserves the thanks of,the•Volun-
teers, and of the Public at large, for his perseverance
in having the question relative to the suhjel of Re,_
signation fairly decided, -as well as for his liberality
in-not proceeding farther against the •Mitgistratel,"
after having obtained a solemn determination on a
point :of great importance to the feelings of the
Volunteers, and consequently to the, country at
the present critical moment.
Capt.
.GUNSTON a general favourite with the
Southwark Volunteers. It it therefore not very
difficult to guess their feelings towards Mr.
NEY and Mr. ALCOCK.

Yesterday being Valentine's day,theTwopcnny past
had such an extraordinary influx of Letters, with
Valentines from the Lads and Lasses, that the Post.
men, although assisted with a number of supernume-
,ratie‘:, could not get through their deliveries in the
regular time.

A man died lately in Lithuania, vr,l yea,rs
°9 year he took a second o:*•, girl 91