The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-12 00:00:00

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A Cabinet Council W 3 held yesterday: wn''
deli
,at for several hours. The subjeet of beiagi°ll
was suppthed to be the discussions pending between
this Country 4rut America, relative t'J fix c"'
ion of the t4th
strunArticle of the Treity ° a
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Commerce concluded between lits MniirrY sn
bis Article
the Unitci Stites in 1794, B
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the Americans are restricted tront' trading to
any of our Port or Settlements in essels/4)ol'e
buil ,n '',co wrist, hey now strongly temp"'

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:trate against any testriCtion or limitation what.
ever, and it is,said they hold very lofty and menacing
language respelling their pretensions. This subjefl,
we understand, occupies at present much of the at.
tention and anxiety of Ministers. Upon a ques.
tion of such delicacy and importance, we for-
bear at present to make any comment. It is
One, however, which involves, not only the ex-
istence of many respefiable Individuals, but even
the general Commercial Interests of this Country.

Tins morning arrived a Mail from Lirboi,
brought to Falmouth by the Prince of !Pales Packet,
•
n seven days. The accounts by this conveyance
represent the state of Portugal as less critical than
preceding communications from that Country had
'represented it. The alarm of Invasion by the French
bad subsided, and the People flatter themselves
that this event cannot take place for some time.
Perhaps the Chief Consul is for the present satis.
fled with the complete ascendancy which his Agent
LAsivas has procured at that Court. No measure
which he can propose will in all probability be ne.

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gatived ; and while the French can thus govern
Portugal, they may suspend putting it under .mi.
litary execution till the COnsular Will shall see
fit. Little doubt seems -entertained of the Spaniards
fitting out some Ships 'of the Line at Carthagena,
and there can be as little doubt but they arc destined
• • •
to ad with the French.
The revel- Continued. to rage at Malaga with
unabated violence. Measures of precaution were
taking every where to prevent its spreading.'
The Auckland Packet had anchored in the Tagus
11,few hours before the Prince,of Wales, sailed. -

'nth morning arrived -the Dublin Mail- of the
7511 in'iatet• By priyate Letters we learn, that
considerable changes in the Staff in Ireland.: are
talked of. Sir JOHN CRA'DoCK, it is said, /s"fiQ
have the Chief Command at, Madras. General
"AVIEYR ICK Is to be removed to the 'English Staff;
land Generals Pt COT and Ditus,imorio' are to'be sent
'to Ireland. Some of the Irish Militia Regiments
are to be sent to England; and some'addition trade
to the English Forcirnow in that Country.
Lord CAtfICART was on a Tour in the Country',
inspeiting the force under his command. He had,

we understand, expressed much satisfa&ion at the
order and discipline in which he found the Troops
of every denomination.

Yesterday at one o'clock THEIR MAJESIIII
and the Prmactssts arrived at 'Windsor from Kent,
in three carriages, with their usual Escort. Baroness
ilowtt attended the PRINCESSES. .
The Duke and Dutchess of BEDFORD are at Wo.
burn, General FITZPATRICK is gone upon a .visit
tn them.
The Duke of QuEENSDERRY is so much better
that he is able to enjoy his
The Marquis of SALT., nuttY is gone again to join
his Regiment at Ipswich.
Lord WH ITWORTH and the Dutchess .of boasET,
have returned to knowle.

The Lord Bishop of BRlsTot, and his Family,
are at present resident at the Episeopal Palace
there..
The following official return of our• Volunteer
force was made-on Thursday at the War Office.
infantry
' - • 297,{02.
Cavalry
Artillery 31,600.
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Total - 335,329
If we add to these our ?ergots and militia, we,
'too, rney boast our. 500,000 fighting men.
Lieutenant General Fox is appointed to the Com-
mand of the Home District, lately commanded by
Lord CATHCART.
The L• udon and Westminster Light Horse, com-
-I,"nded by Colonel HRRRJRII, are henceforth to
have two Field-days a week, viz. on Wednesdays
and Fridays, in place of 'Thursday only, as herd.
tofore.

The Staffordshire Yeomanry are to be reviewed
by General GARDlptili in the course of a few days.
The Leicestershire Yeomanry are to be•inspeaed
on she zzd instant, h) Lieutenant Colonel cow.
n la, one of the Inbpcciing Officers for that Ws.
tria.

Public notice hai been given, that, by direftion.
of the General Meeting of the Lieutenanter Of the,
!I:aunty of ESsex,' held at Chelmsford the 4th in.
scant, beacons will he lighted on Mindy file
4th, between twelve o'clock and half an hour,
'after; at the following places :—Colchester,.
boratigh, DanburY, •Langden.hill, Come' Green,.
Ongar Park, Good Easter, -Weathersfield, Little.
bury Broom.—lf the weather should 'be unfavour.
.able at the appointed tiMe; theexperiment will be
made. at the same hour on the following day.
:Yesterday the Cumberland Sharp Shooters paraded
at seven o'clock in the morning, for the purpose of
proceeding to a convenient part, of the country to
practise on a more extensive scale their adroit and
active evolutions. They mustered strong, consi.
Bering thfy state of the weather, and went 04.
Conveyed in the Military Cars construdeci by
Mr.IRONSIONGER, which, milfil very short time,
brought them to the borders of Norwood, where
they alighted and fortad into two parties, the bet.
ter to pradise all their modes of fighting, when an
.active and ardent contest Commenced, in which they
14presented adverse. bodies of the same description. of
Voops engaging with each ,other open and am.
bush warfare. The contest lasted six hours ; during
which time they took a complete range of the whole,.
forest, and returned by.the slit= conveyances at
late hour in the evening.