The Sun.
London, England, 1803-08-06 00:00:00

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Then clearS'hip, my llnys ! and each Man to his gun--*
lithe), hoard us, uNi re, and we'll soon ttplce.thent rtin t
.t).nd.ages to come shall still have in view
THE ISLAND or 04, her captain, .and Crew.
Heart olOak is this Ship, &c.

The. French Paper; received yesterilay trv7ntiots
that the Count de Mane°Fr, the Russia!' Atutias
victor at Paris, had gone to drink. the waters of
Barter, from which circumstance We conclude, as
well as, from the. cessation of all intercourse even by
Foreign Couriers between :his Country and Frances
that-the Negotiation which ,vas carried on for some
time through the medium of Count Maacou, has
at 'length been broken off. Such a Negotiation wit
flak!' reckoned upon, and it was easy to see front
the beginning that no Negotiation. mild Settle the
differences which now exist bet Ween us and France.
.We must convince the French Natioa that we ate
invulnerable, and we rust ctirtail their over.gr•oco
power; before we can again dream of the comforts
of traoquillity;
From the discussion upon the Bill for vesting a
discretionary power in the Grown, to suspend the
compulsoGrown, operation of the An lately passed lot
Arming the Nation, in shove eases %vbere it may
be deemed expedient, it appears that the voluntaty
'zeal of the Country has started, for ward in it man_
nett the most distinguished and satisf.ti'aory.—
The- sosomion of toe compulsory elatot,o3, %via
of Course, he guided by local eircturrit
Orders have already been 'is surd to the .L!)'rd Liente-
nanti, under* the authority of a elapse in the AO
passed a 'few days sinee,, to train and exercise
a number of persons of the First Class in each
Tatish equal to six times the number of the'
Old Militia. We have rib doubt, however,
that the formation of Vol:infect Corps will ten.
der' any . etimpulsory execution of those orders
• wholly unnecessary. It has already been stated that
the numbeiof Volunteers throughout the Kingdout
amounts to zflo,ooO. In addition to this it was la“.
night stated by the CHAtiCaLt.tn of the 'ExcaF.
QUER that offers for providing Carriage.; and limes
for the speedy conveyance of Troops, ha'heen trade
to Government to a very great extent.
Mr. WiNettAM professes himself to be the 001‘
dier's erie ad. 'We cannot suppose however that
his attachment to a certain American scrihblia arises
froth his being the writer of a work at the begins.
ning of the :French Revolution beating tokat titles
tiet. atm that work had rot objea to ottite the
Soldiery 'to Mutiny, to kbich
,it seems the
A;tr:otic Writer now endeavours to instigate the
Navy. We speak merely from what bas been said
in the. House of Commons, for we think no true
Briton can read the Works of the person alluded to
with any kind of teniper, The pillory of the gib.
bet we think a more appropriate reward. than this
which M. WINDH4tit has suggested fur a writer
of :such a stamp, . .
It is a entrusts .cireintitane:-: that at titre selo,rs
•
there Is such a coMplaint-oh* want of small \res.
sels of War, and so many of the Enemy's Privateers
are our, and cutting op our Trade, such a Vessel as
the trookoiri,re should be permitted, to lit idle, It
will b.e'recolletleti that,this vessel, which was fitted
out under the direflion of Capt. SUtiiiims late one
of the Commissioners of the 'Transport Board, did'
the most essential 'service during the last War, at
the attack upon Ostendi, and .heat off , titro-Freticll
Privateers, carrying faun times her number of men
at least, besides other ads of notoriety. We trust
that the now Admiralty Board, will be a little more
attentive to the essential interests of the service...
A number of young
,ladi?s, who, have been for
some .time at a boarding.school at Rouen. were sent
toCalais the other day on theit way to Englat)d..--
When on the point of sailing, to their great' disap.
pointmem and surprise, an order came -down •tram
the FrasT CoNSUL, desiring they might he tittaiii.
ed till the English Goieroment sent back &Laster
and Miss LArisesnis, nepheW and nic6!.of Ma:,;
dame BotrisrAßTs, who are prisoners England.
A letter from Nantes haS the Toildwing pka
try—" Th - heat is extreme, particularly as it is
constant ; tiresvntly o4i-Rivet will he dry ; and if
thz fila at Calais were to dr:CreaSein proportion to
our River, the French in passing to Dover .o.•ouht•
not be up to their knees in water.:._:.--It is then tlita
English would fear

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