The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-30 00:00:00

MONTHLY REPORT FOR, ARRIL.

THE Wheats on heavy Lands, which the ftoSty
winds had much injured in their strength, as well a 3
coloUr, have not been much improved by the cold
rains that have since prevailed till near the end of
the month. The forward sown Barley and Oats; on
strong soils, have experienced the same effdas: the
Corn, in general, ,upon tender lands, look? better ;
but warm, dry weather, would be highly serviceable
to the growing Crops of every kind. Beans look
well in Kent and Essex ; but the early field 'Pease
are very irregular, and in most Disttids are tin,
healthy, and incapable of a fair average produce.
The Rape, Mustard, and other small Seeds, have
been materially injured by the sharp nights in their
early bloom.—The Clovers, though backward, have
stood the winter better than for some years past.—
The 11?-p plantations in. Kent and Sussex, have
thrown out their bine unusually late, but it is strong,
and healthy./Lty continues' reasonable in all coun.
ties, except near the coasts, where the demand is
large for the use. of the- ATiny.-3thithficid Marker
has had but a thin-supply of prime meat of all kinds,.
through the month; so that the prices have consi-
derably advanced Beef_has reached ,63. 15:1. pet.
stone, and other articles in proportion:.— Lfan Cat.
tie are somewhat lower,_ but good -stock is scarce,
particularly Scotch runts, and ,lrish oxen.7.-Stock•
Sheep have increased in. value.--:-Harres are lower,
except of superior kinds, and these fetch as high
prices as ever.—The Wool Markets arc dull, and
have had little or no variation since tbt last mull th's
Report.

.f.VOTMER FABRICATED FRENCH PLOT.

The Mercare de France announces the avtswal
of a Plot to deliver up Brest to the English. The
following is the account which has been published.

" RIVOIRE, OFFICER Or THE NAVY, TO THE
" GRAND JUDGE.

" Lourde4, 3 Ger!final (z 3.1 111,:reb).

" Devoted from my infancy to the service of my
Country, if I have erred in the means of execution,
my intentions have always been pure, and my objet
has always been the good of my COuotry. The
RST CONSUL has succeeded in attaining it by a dif.
Brent way; and though at present his enemy and
liis viaim, my heart compels me to breathe wishes
for his success.

" Too long havr I sacrificed myself for -a; mo.
tive diaated by my heart rather than my head,
and I have served an ungrateful party, whose
pusillanimous Chiefs yield all their confidence
ro egoistical and faithless Ministers. Vietim
for the fifth time to their fruitless attempts, de-
termined to al)andon a cause; whose success. I at
length feel would be the misery of France,. I impa-
tiently waited for the end of the war, which I con.
sidered as the only obstacle to the execution of my
sentence, when I heard, in a confused manner, of
the discovery of the late Conspiracy. You will ex.
cuse my sincerity, but I do not think it misplaced
with you; I would willingly have given all that I
have most dear in the world, that the Government
under which I was born had never changed; but
now, matured by age, and cruel experience, I think
that those who have not the courage to seize again
the helm of State, are incapable of managing
.it.
" I was condemned as an agent of GEORGES ;
but when I came. to Brest, I was charged with direa
orders from the Prince, and I came from London.
GEORGES was merely to aid me with his Troops
when I should require him ; we were to concert
together in eftry thing. Brest had then but few
Troops ; the -Workmen were not. paid ; a great
part of the Sailors were from the insurgent Coun.
tries, and ancient Chouans. Spanish Troops had
been debarked to perform -Garrison Service, and I
could at least reckon.. upon their neutrality. My
plan would have succeeded, had it not been for de-
lay. The indecision of the PRINCE'S Council, in-
stead of a delay of six weeks at most, retarded for
five months, the execution of a plan which could
alone succeed by prompt and decisive measures.—
During this interval, the Troops
.assembled for the
Expedition, and the changes which took place in
the Squadrons, had determited me to renounce the
project.

" In a Council held upon.this subjea, divers ex-
pedients were proposed, and, among others the.in-
fernal machine, already attempted by the Jacobins.
I opposed it openly, not 'from zeal for the FIRsT
CONSUL, for I considered him as an Enemy, but from
interest for the party. The idea of assassination,
attached to such a plot, was calculated its set every
honest man against it : besides, I oblerved that the
result would be entirely in the hands of the Jacobins,
always ready to seize favourable occasions, for we
had no person of sufficient credit in the armies to put
himself provisionally at the head of affairs. It was
then that I proposed to imitate what the Confede—
rate Poles had done at the Coronation of Port Lk-
.-rowsKi ; to assemble the Chief Leaders at Paris ;
that we should there take horse, and go openly and
armed to attack the Ft rtsT CONSUL, when he should
go out with his escort ; that such a measure would
dazzle men's minds by its courage and audacity :
that if we succeeded, 'that such of us as should sur-
vive, should profit by the general surprize, to get
possession of the authority ; and that even if we fell;
5%, e should be infinitely useful to the Party by out
example of devotion given tweledrify the minds of
the French. The Council seemed to yield to my
advice, and it was decided that we should write to
the PRINCE Upon it. •
" A 'few days after, I was informed of the affair
of the 31 Nivoe. I could not refrain from express-
ing my dissatisfaelion to Geottois.

Well persuaded at length, after w6t had happen-
ed, of thelmbecility of the Prince, and disgusted with
,so many fruitless measuresul had taken the firm
resolution to abandon for ever all rolitical intrigue.
" In consequence. of this design,
.I meant to go
to England, to get a. small sum I had deposited
there, and thence to repair to America, where I
possess some property, when I was taken up at
Calais, and carried to Paris.. It was . three years
ago since I was taken up, and.l have undergone two
trials. The charges against me are partly true—
the details are nor,

41 If when I was taken at Calais I had not been
in danger of death, I should willingly have given
details and• information calculated to prevent fresh
attempts ; but I chose rather to dissimulate, lest it
lithOuld he supposed that fear had made me speak.
Now that my fate is decided, that 1 neither fear nor
expeEt any thing—l. have relieved my heart by giving
you the, above
.documents.
(Signed)

(L RIVOIRE."

MANS"! ON-HoUSE.—Saturday several tradesmen
complained to his Lordship of having been defrauded
by a nest of swindlers, who had held out' to the
public that they were merchants forming a firm;
and issued notes and bills, on which they obtained
goods from the complainants and others ; but when
applications were made for money for the hills, the
parties were either not to be found, or were disco-
vered to be inhabirants• iir different prisons. The
LORD MAYOR.ordered his Clerk- to draw out. a
Caution to the Public, to be inserted in she News-
papers.

Fr4ix the LONDON GAZETTE, APtil 2.10 1804.

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/Var-Office, 4prii 2gi igo4.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards, Archibald Gordon, E sq.
to be • Paymaster, vice Parsons, who resigns.
tst Regiment of Dragoons, Lieutenant John Lamotte to 'be
Captain -of a Troop, 'Without purchase. Cornet Edward:
' Snowden to be Lieutenant, vice Lamotte.
9th Regiment of Light Dragoon,, Surgeon -- Humphries,from a Recruiting District, to be Surgeon, vice Wallace,
who exchanges. -
I.4th Ditto, Lieutenant George Rodney Purdon, from Half-
pay of the late 24th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant.
tsth Ditto, Lieutenant William B. Lottns to be Captain of
a Troop, without purchase. Lieutenant Joseph Thack-
well, from Half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant,
vice Loftus. Cornet the Hon. W. E. Cochrane to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase. Serjeant-Major jatnes Buckley,
from the 44th Foot. to be Cornet, vice Cochrane.
16th Ditto, Surgeon Isaac Robinson, 'from the ll3d Foot, to
be Surgeon, vice Rawlin, promoted. •
23d Ditto, George Foljnube,C;ent. to be,Cornet, by purchase,
vice Sleigh, promoted. .
. 3d Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant Richard Dawson to be Cap-
tain of a Company; by purchase, vice William Johnson,
who retires. Ensign Henry Langley to be Lieutenant, vice
Dawson.
4th Ditto, Ensign lI.T. Bellingham to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice'Capadose, promoted in the loth Batta-
lion of Reserve. William Alley, Gent. to be Ensign, vice
Bellingham.
7th • !Attu, Major Lord Frederick Bentinck, from the 45th
Foot, to he Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase,. vice King,

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• who retires.
Loth Ditto, Ensign Benjamin Keene to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Douglas, promoted in Colonel Ramsay's
Regiment.
istli Ditto, Brevet I.ieutenant-Colonel Phineas Riall, from
Half ply, late it/ith Foot, to he Major, vice Copson, who
.exchanges receiving the dillerence.
27th Ditto, iolin Gad; Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
' chase, vice Half hide, promoted.
18th Ditto,. Lieutenant Henry G. Bird to be Captain of a-
Company, without purchase, vice Pearsei deceased. • En-
sign fames Bond to be Lieutenant, vice Bird. Thomas

Nairne, Gent. to' be EnSign, without purchazie, vice Bond,
promoted.
24th Ditto, Serjeant Bolin 'Mansell to be Quarter-master, vice
G r,:enwood, deceased.
29th Ditto, William Keith Elphinstone, Gent. to be Ensign,
by purchase, *ice jebb, promoted.
3otli Ditto, Captain Alexander Hamilton tube Major; with-
out purchase, vice Pigot, deceased. Lieutenant Elias Mal,
let to be Captain of a Company, vice Hamilton. Ensign
C. S. Watson to be Lieutenant, vice Mallet. D. Sin-
clair, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Watson.
31st Ditto, Lieutenant Robert Brice Fearon to be Captain
of a Company, without purchase, vice M'Cumming,
su-
perseded. Thomas Burgh, Cent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice O'Kelly, promoted in the 13th Battalion of
Reserve.
3zd Ditto, Dennis O'Kelly, Cent. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase,. vice Barry, who retires.,
36th Ditto, Lieutenant Samuel Reid, from Half-pay of the
89th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fraser, who exchanges.
37th Ditto, Ensign Thomas lames to be Lieutenant, without
urchase. Willi an Hadley, Gent. to be Ensign, vice
James.
39th Ditto, Ensign and Adjutant john Brown to have the
Rank of Lieutenant.
42c1 Ditto, Ensign Alexander Fraser to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase.
45th Ditto, Surgeon William Tonry, from the 47th Foot, to
he Surgeon, vice Porteous, promoted.
49th Ditto, --- Shaw, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-

_chase.
szd Captain - Tuyll, from the r4th Battalion of Reserve,
to be Captain of a Company, vice APCarthy, promoted in
thg New Brunswick Fencibles.
both Ditto, Lieutenant Edward Smyth, from the zzd Dra-

goons, to be Captain of a Company, by.purchase, vice loly,
removed to Sir harks Green's Corps.
69th Ditto, Captain lanies Monro. from the Half-pay of the
late York Rangers, to- be Captain of a Company, vice
Gordon, removed to the 95th loot. Nl' Mahon, Gent.
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fearon, removed to
the 3 tst-Foot.
83d Ditto, F. G. Brown, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Mortimer, promoted in the sSili Foot.
87th Ditto, Serjeant-Major I. 'curlier to be Quarter-Master,
vice Brophv, deceased.
95th Ditto, Captain Alexander Gordon., from the 69th Foot,
to be Captain of a Company, vice Lynch, who retires on
the Half-pay ot the late Yor% Rangers.
Ist West India Regiment, Captain William Lee; from the
55th Foot. to be Major, by purchase, vice Broughton,
promoted.
sth Ditto, Ensign Daniel Safe to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Caulfield, promoted. Boyle Hill, Gent.

-to be Eniign, vice Sak.. :
6th Ditto, Ensign Edward lohn \Vatton, from ilalf-pay of
the lodependents, to be Ensign, vice Desparcl, who ex-

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chniges.
4th Battalion of Reserve, Lieutenant Philip F. Hall, from
the 58th Foot, to be Lieutenant.
sth Ditto, Ensign and Adjutant Thomas Reid to have the
Rank of Lieutenant.
iith Ditto, Hospital-Mate J. M. Young to be Assistant-

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Surgeon.
tzth Ditto, liospital•Mate R. j. Brown to be Assiitant-

. Surgeon.
13th Ditto, Ensign George O'Kelly, from the 3 rst Foot, to

7be Lieutenant.
14th Ditto, Lieutenant William Hope Shackerley, from the
zoth Foot, to be Captain of a C.mpany, vice Tuyll, ap-
• pointed to thels•ad. koot.
New Brunswick. Fenciblcs, Lieutenant Barton Wallop,Trom
the Bth West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant.
The Kiag's German Legion, Adolphus Nagel, Esq. on the
Ilalf-pay as Adjutant of the late z4th Dragoons, to be
raymaster of tne ist Light Infantry. Battalion: Stuart
Boone Englis, FA. to be Paymaster of the ad Light lii-
fantry Battalion. Thomas ,liinlayson, Esq. to be Pay-
master of the zd Battalion of the Line.
Meuron's Regiment, Ensign Lewis de Courtens to he Lieu-
tenant, vice de Bosset, promoted in the King'S German
Legion. .Andre Spreelier de Berucgg, Gent. to be Ensign,
vice rle Courtens. Florian Sprecher de Bcruegg, Geni. to
be Ensign.
York Rangers, Ensign A. B. Higgins, from the 70th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice O'Rourke, pro-
moted in the Royal African Corps.
Dillon's Regiment, Major 'Lord George Beresford, from the
6th Dragoon Guards, tohe - Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Pro-

by, removed to the Ist Foot Guards. Major Perpon,
cher, from Half-pay of Lowenstein's late Levy, to be Ma-
jor, with permanent kauk in.the Army, vice Doran' who
exchanges. Captain:,-- de 13outand, from the Half-pay
of the late Loyal Emigrants, to be Captain of a Company,
with temporary Rank in the Army, vice Dc Boulet, who
exchanges. Ensign Tabouiilet, from ditto, to be En:-
sign, vice Du Cliambye, who retires. Ensign --- Pkou,
from the late Loyal Emigrants, to be Ensign, vice Chicza,
who retries.
A Company of Attificens in.the Barrack Department, Ensign
John Barber, from.liall-pay oldie 6oth 1 out, to be Second
Lieutenant. •• ./
ad Royal Garrison Battalion, Captain John Lucas, from
Balt-pay of the 63d Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice

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Veivoux, who exchanges.
sth Ditto, Captain Joseph Bacon, from Half-pay of the late
i ath Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Stephenson.,
removed to the 7th Battalion.