The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-05 00:00:00

DEAL, jAn•

E Comet Extra Ship arrived in the Downs last
night from India, and sailed this morning for the
River, in company with the Trim Briton.
led the Rcyal George and Earl Camden, for
India, and several otlier outward-bound Ships.

Yesterday the Parser of the Hindostan attended
at th, India House, and received his final dispatches
for Madras and Ch, bta. The Hindostan is also to
;touch at the Cape of Good Hope.
Yesterday the arrival of the extra Ship Comet,
from„Bengtd,' was announced at the India House,
She left that Preside* the 25th of August, and St.
&hag the isth of November last.

When the Comet left Bengal, the folloiving ships
were' shortly' to sail for England, viz. the Sci..y-
yr.!igg,Ciiiiitin GI La EILT MITCHEI,L;
4-bit, Captain JOHN LOGAN ; the General Stuart,
(.tptaio ROBERT ARBON MASI! ; the, Caledonian',
jOti hi CRAIG, and the Neirtb:amptott, Cap_
plain RoBE,Rr BAAKE! It; The Cornet met with some
'damage in, a 'gale, of wind in Bengal Riveri which
detained her two months. : '
„havq
.thc,plc:ts'utclo,t:nention the arrival in
!the Downs of the East Indict Company's Ship.thel•
Pr;ncess Chir'illtte,," Captain BENJAMIN .RICHAik D.
last from the Shannit. .I.Mach apprelieoon
existed respetting the-safety 'of this ship, as 'sheen.
countered-- very severe iveather. the-Chrtsineli—
. The . Princess' Charlotte, is ,laden'-. principally with
spices, from

By the high wind, .rm the night of Sunday se'n-
night, the Frencll 13tig Le Volcan bound
trout I)utik.itk to New 9rieans, laden with tnilitory
:gtorec, was driven chi and- wretlced on the
Stiss;x Coast, ne,ir Shoreh.c.n barb our, whet! t Tiree of
ti drew usdorttzliately r,ri.ht,..d. Their bodies were
the next day .vasat:ct n shore', an..l token up for
Irit,einmat—_,SgAcral cases vf cnuket.:. Wye since
been Saved. ,

~The curious ni)vel and fine Painting, be
highly grotified with the sight of the beautiful
vet wind)
_has just been enrnykleted hjyller Rey,al
Highness- the PRtNctss Lof WAES, for the pit-pose
f hinging 4 snit of rooms ;:li her residenOe at Biack.
heath. Ntitliink can possibly exceed the 401 e and
richnesa of the Painting.

o irjy
nn; next Royal Highnesses the
-
PR /New of •,WALEs, Thir4 of, CLAILENCE, acid
DUnt', of CUMUERLANti,. itral. t &led Pdrty of
Nobility .intend.honouring Sir LIONEL DAR ELL
with their companylb dinner; in the evening there
will b an elegant ball. and supper.

Great prep—rations are making for a magnificent
and superb 8411 that is to he given on Friday next
by Sir Joitt4 SE LS MIGHT, at his. Scat in Hertford.
The Marquis and Marchionest of SAL IS-
ilu 11 V, and all ths People of Tashion in the County
are invited to it.

'
Yest:erday Sir %Tr TI,LIANI and Lady joHNstort,
left their se;lt at 800401111, I lerts, .(cir'Ntirtli
On Christms4 Eve, the .13tS.H.OT Of CHICHESTER'S'
anntlai dOnatiOa of heel, rice, potatoes, and-coals,
was diitributed, in the preienee of. his Lordship,. to
-the poor
,of that city„and its suburbs:. And on
Cbristrtias Day,, his Lor4ship entertained, at ,the:
episeorl: residence, the. boys and girls of the Cha-
rity 3chdols, yitb,,theiieetiStotned Christmas fare,'
toast beef and plumb pudding,,
..
• 31V1it...• ros AY.HAi, OppyiSitiori'..'Prini
ofyesterday aff,:etS tb itt,inuate, that there is some:
thing ludicrous' in -Ku'r puttin,' ita'4o.7ti illC ennner
,given on' Mr. Pixt's Bts.-clt-I).6Ay as a mohpra
event ! If im assembly of many charaUers, the'
most tiistiol49ished in—thiS,cohntry, for. rank: for-
woe; pr 4bity, and talents, and a numerous body of
the in-tit of the Meicalitile Interest, con--,
vened for the.parpose of cloing.honour to a :Mini-
ster •'who preserved the...Brirish Empire amidst,.a
shook which convulsed the whole world, be a Meet.
ing that deserve* to be recorded, we Ittiow not of
a-Otr.reine-nrarabli- e‘vetit in the history .of any indi-
vidual than ttie elebrarion' of 'Mt. PITT'S BIRTH-.
DAT. " `-*

At Lady S.A4.tstlii4y!sliunt on Thursday last;
a euriops circumstance occurred-,---A covey of
Pah tiiies litrerejpirut, and almost instantaneunt,li
a Hawk was obstiliti(l,to be in ehace, atid was seen
strike: the uppermost hird,-when onc.of the Gimi:
with mOie-attentinrkind curiosity than the
rest, for:owed the H k arid7its prey fir 'more than
thr—z luilcs, lidivlt qt.:mina:illy resting., and
ri :t;g;lecording to its ability and strength, till at
I ,t thtotlgl? fatigue it resigned- its prey to the
,:,ttr,,,,-"fte.,Partritige weighed 16ptinces.
widlil,ted pv:torther injury than from the grill
-4t
4.4.1,trt ItA6lllc.. bottoih of the iieck,
t •
CLY 413646hr4ennigra a vet'y Bittern,

To E glorious circumstance of the capture of this
Standard has of late become much the subject of dia.-
ctiission in the Public Papers, from unauthenticated
statements, ignorant assertions„, or wilfully mail-
cious representations. It has been positively-d F..
nied that Serjeant Sirrtt:At R, of the 4.itd Rtiginienr,
took the Invincible Sranilard. No fad can be more
certain... Such has been the statement, not only
orilie 'Officers of the +td, but of every Officer
who served in 'the glorious Campaign
.in Egypt:
In addition to- mass of verbal testimony,,
we have now that, of a most gallant and respeaable,'
Officer, who himself was present in all ace battles.
in Egypt, and who describes them in a work just
publisheel, antitled " A History of the British
pedition to Egypt, etc." That Officer it;' Sir
Rossaa: TtioNs‘ks WiLsort, Lieutenant-Colonel of
Cavalry, and Knight of the Imperial Military
Order of Maria Theresa. After describing, with
the greatest spirit and perspicuity, the Battle of tlie
2ist of March, he says,
• , 44 In *this battle the French Standard 'was taken.
,--Serjeant SINCLAIIt, of the 4.24 Regiment,..
and a Private of the Minorca,' whose name on.
fortunately' cannot now- be acquired, (this we
presume to he Lwrz), claimed equally the tro,
phy, anti' it- appears that each merited the ho.,
nour ; Serjeant SrocLATFt first took it, but being;
ordered fori'virds by an Officer, he gave it to a P:i.
vateiavho Lined. When the -Minorca zic:vanc,7d,
the 'trench
.111 d recovered the Colours.; but .thp,Pri.
wrested tli!mi-frotu the man who had possession,
and died 13ayoneted him." -
After, this: clear and convinckp testimony, WET
think no &Wit can remain; upon the mind of any
candid tindividual With. 'regard .tO the.truth 'of Ser.
jeant, -St tvc.t4ia's. Narrative,- or the motives of
those Vvliat.yould wish to rob him of an honour WhiCh .
is t 6.- jti'stly' :his doe. We are far frotn desiring to
detratt 'from the merit of LuTi, 'in recovering the
polourri after they had been re-taken; but in doing
Justice ,to one brave-man, 'it is -equally unjust anti
unjustifiable to calninniate another. .

THE ART.S.—We have, had occasion to notice
the new Instittoion entitled Ttfr Rarrrsti ScHoot4,
4nd we are. glad to find that out.prediciions in its
avour are confirmed by -its- success, It certainly
Wf.itils a very good Opportunity for the display' of •
'talents, and enables the Artist to avail himself rea.:.
dily of public liberality. • 'The l)irectbpiiin btile.r -
to give scope to juvenile arnbitirin, and.i,kist:;ise to'
genius, in various departinents of Painting,
.ha-re
suggested a, plan which pro Mises .spun
and consequently to be. of considerable
ser/lee to the Artist.' For this purpose Premiums
tave been proposed in the follow.ing urder
-For-the bewitistorical Pieturo '.Co
Fur tlit; next in merit . 3*
• For 601N:sr tan y tivxd, or PortrAit of a Pubti,.;
Ch.tracter - 3*
nor trio riex,t in merit - • , 2.41 p
kor V L I:: best arictsvV,it'• '
Sy
' torthe. n'ext in merit • 3,,
For tip: best -.o:,rnie
For the next in merit
' if this Plan shouid meet with adetpate encourage.
meoi, its. i, priwosect to eatend, it•to.iscplmire, dr-
chitcth:r't,' ;Ind I)esigN, It should be mentioned to
the credit of the .10ire1ors, that .by one of their
Resolutions they have precluded themselves, from
the opportunity of being Candidates. As this Plan
seems likely to give encouragement to the .fforts
of Genius, and to reward: those efforts, our war-
tiali ty for the Arts induces:Us to submit the outline,
of such a liberal Plan to puhlie attention. .

Lord
K sty oN, in a c tse which was left undecided,
was of opinion, that o:1 an information against an
unqualified person, for Sporting, the informer was
C•ined Upon' to prove that the definqUent had no qua.
lification. But it teems the decided opinion of the:
Bench at present, that the Informer is,:siot called
upon to prove a negative; btu that it jS Luflieic!kr
tor. him to lay the information, and char the oficillikx
must prove that he is pi:flirted to sport—by having
a clear income of fool. a...year. •
A question has started op in America; which 11:43
caused much interest between the reaerilists and
Republicans,. Whether the Vice-Presidenr,, in'the
absence at the President, is invested with full.exe.
cotivc power has been decided in -favour of
the question.

The Neu-York ETenine Post,' of Nov. .3§;
that by a Letter from. Washington, inforrnation had
been received, that on a certain evening, Manias
Paine had arrived there, and taken a lodging at
which was oceopied by a number of
persons, who made loud complaints to the landlord
to havini Admitted
.him into his house. The next
Morning the Gentlemen got together, and. passed a
Ito bf fain at Phinra: 'Paine should not be permilta.
.the same table With Pitrri, ortyfiiets
he iyas4oly:VtfOrmed .by the 'toaster cat , the ,hot:,e,
accoidingly left the place. He went di redly to
Tile, owner of the ‘hartrthig tnnns,rgn, trcrn
he met:With a very difiesent-reception. ldl.r. JE F.
FE asull's Private Seerefary, as soon is breiiklase
was over, was dispatched,. with tac., ma: Paillt, to;
ilitr,i(lllCe heal to all., the heads of the different de.
; and the important ceremony • wig p“-
forrneci accordingly. 7/'e. 004i/14,10n. Federalist
a.rys, The'vv I Parne dines with the President three
or.four times a week.::- •

A letter lately received from Boston, Atrcr'icir,
say&, 6 The Gavernrrment of this-place has, by :I
Lite decree, abolibited the Export Doric' s, anti the
Internal Takes. The Culle4tori have in .conbe-
quence been suspended.'

The Sciciety of C;tainn,46., in
,Ameria, have ail-
preyed., at a late Meeting, of the proposition of
their Standing Cormnittee, to erect s')nitt 'es-
.
timooial of the public veneration for the Clia-ra4ler
and Seivices ;f the Jute General WASH N GTON . Xt
supposed, that a Statue Willa i‘.4 9unicquenc, be '
ertete4' to his memory.
'Monday seinnight, the mail from Catrick to
Clonal-el, was attacked near Kilslieetim, 14 four
viitain.s, anti a shot was fired 44.t4 ihr
WhiQh he was wounded,with—se,iii4itedliaiii).4ll
,

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LORD PELUAtt, a Minister of die Ktsto of
P,NcLAND, mule use of illne words in the Cham-
ber of Peers

" Lord GR ENV ILLE was wrong in saying, That
Vie wish to isolate ourselves. Our intention is to
profit, by every opportunity that may occur on the
Continent, to contribute to the safety of our Coun.

f try,.
IlliS reveals to us the secret of what we have
,
',- 'iltndv seen, and it will be proper to recollect it
1 in the events which may succeed., .
sstr ts,
When we learn that a swarm'of et Agents,
i under the orders of DstAkt,
; WICKHAM, &e. inun.
1 date Germany and Italy, we may presage that the
1
Prophecy of Lord Ptt.sfa.st is realized, and that the
Continent is menaced with a crisis. Birds of evil
1.. tugury, they will bear every where the signal of
cnitage and devastation.
If War is a scourge more terrible for mankind
4 than famine, Pestilence, or Drought, what profound
perversity must have rendered insensible to all the
sentiments ot Nature, GRENVILLE,WINDHAM,
VIINTO! and
They have endeavoured for several months to
disturb Holland, Switzerland, and Germany; they
endeavour at this moment to disturb the tranquil.
'icy of Genoa, and this is the object of the frequent
voyages of the Frigate Medusa.
They have 'endeavoured to bring about a Revo.
lution at Naplef. Nlot,vrtra4o and Brta)trect
„.. have been arrested at Cato;,, at the moment when
Ithey were embarking to confer at Zardars with
the Agents of the Faction which direEted them...-
They are arrested, and their Process is commenced.
The Counsellor of State, THrIIAUDtAU, has already
interrogated them several times ; their papers are
numerous and very interesting.
Thus they seek also to disturb the tranquillity of
the pore,
and two Agents, who both took a part
• ' in the Civil Disorders of Rome, have met at Paris,
the one coming from London and the other from
Italy.
In pursuance of the same system Mr. I\lOOltll
appeara on the Continent surrounded by the Agents
of Durettie, who are miserably sullied with every
Crime.
it is also for the purpose of exciting storms upon
the Continent, that more than too Brigands at
oney, condemned by the Tribunals for robberies,
assassinations, and incendiary crimes, have sought
there a refuge, from whence they embark in fish.
ing.boats, and COMM upon our Coasts to assassinate
tanfortianatemomen and unfortu,iate Proprietors.
But these plots are vain ; let us hope that they
will continue to be so. The French Government
will always, cut the thread of sech intrigues, altho'
they may be woven with much art, like the Got.
dian.Knot. The Continent will remain in Peace,
but the glory will accrue to the French People, and
the remorse to the Friends of War. Yes, the re.
moue, after ten years of War, when a third part
of the generation has perished. Is there now a
Mother in England, Germany, Italy, or France,
who must not regard with horror, GIUNVILLE,
WINDHAM, and Mttero I those men who provoke
War which they never make. Ini the bosom of a
wealtk, and magnificent City, surrounded ta: all;
the delights and comforts of life, they provoke the
massacre of the rest of Mankind.
Is there a Sovereign upon the Continent whose es.
sential study is now not to read with attention, and
to meditate profoundly, On the speeches and the
ideas which reveal that infernal polity, confess.
ed now with a shamelessness unexampled in the
history of nations, and which can only be the effe&
of delirium, the first punishment of crime ?
Mr. WINDriAm accuses Ministers of not having
Allies, and at the same moment be speaks of the
Russian Nation as ferocious and barbarous. The
Emperor ALEX SNDER will, doubtless, despise such
provocations ; but if we consult the annals of all
People and all times, has not the Russian Nation
the eight ofdeinanding a just satisfaCtion ?
At the same time they give five hundred pounds
sterling to a miserable Emigrant, for printing a Libel
against the Grandson of FR EDF Itlc 11. against that
wise Prince, the Friend of his People, to whom
t'uroPe owes in part the tranquillity and the repose
tvhich it begins to enjoy.
Wh4 • t iftime V
1A4110111143c for a conduct so strange, on the part
of a nation with whom he is at peace, on the part
Of a Government for whom he has preserved the
State of llanrprr P
In otdet to insult all the Governments of Europe,
they support the saute principles as the Tunisians
and the Algerines, who, although at peace, insult
the flag of all nations ; but it should be reeolleaed,
that they only attack weak Powers; and certainly
Franee, Russia, and Prussia, may at length become
fatigued with this excess of licentiousness, aid say
sh,at it s/,...11 exiit 140 longue.
They complain of not having Allies, and all the
diatribes of the faCtiou tend to prove that the EM.
!!Rok of GERLtA:,!Y was betrayed, when advised
by a perfidious Minister, he twice sacrificed the
flower of his armies, in order to support that cause,
and not his own.
We leay apply to these Qrators what was said of
the Couecil of Kings of Babylon: " They. give all
the Counsels which they ought not to give, and
they negled those alone which ought to he follow.
These men do not speak either the opinion or
the wish of the English Nation.enlightened
I 1
•.%);,it ii.itioll 50
, so philosophic, has other views and
other opioioes, and if it had had to appoint its Re.
preseetatives, it would not have chosen Lord
GUENVILLV WINDHAM, or NIT oro. But what
do they wish? They have ruined the Fin:incTs of
their Country, by their foolish enterprizes; they
have !oat the good opinion of Europe by their ar.
togance. The prince, when he discovered them,
obased them from his presence. They have re.
main" ranch their' vegeta, iiv.;i4.l) purism they:, hr..
mew :hem, and gvvo )a all their affie,, s. and all
theie speed)°, I'h:a Arius tone .'which remoras the
slate Of their minds.
Trouble, Disorder, and Blood can alone relieve
them ; they wish for 'Tearthle, DirJesiee. and .814.•
Their speeches are those which the celebrated
\ r
'',I4TON OiCcd L.' the mouth 01 .;;Jr.:ll. ,

again and again, that thr rare, the .v.rhole of the
Peace, and nothint ht the Peace can consolidate
Europe, and England especially. It would be a
wise and patriotic Law which should prevent those
Ministers %via) have retired, from sitting during
the first seven years of their retirement, in the
Parliament of England.
Another Law not less wise, would be, that every
Member who insulted a People and a friendly Power,
should be condemned to two years silence. When
the tongue errs, the tongue should be punished.
To Conclude, it results from all their Speeches,
that they wish for War ; but that they are without
Allies, and without Credit upon the Continent.—
We shall therefore have Peace, thanks to their
discredit.

Tender Mother:, good Citizens, enlighten:d
lantioropiris, bless Heaven for the discredit of that
Faction ; for its credit upon the Continent would
be the signal for the death of your Children, tar
the devastation of your Provinces, fur the mourning
of all nature ! ! !—(Mcniteur).

A Council of Finance was held last Tuesday.
The Ministers of the Finance, and of the Public
Treasury, gave an Account of the Receipts fur the
year to.
The Receipts of this year have exceeded the esti_
mate made by the Minister of Finance by fifty mil-
lions. That estimate exceeded the receipts of the
year preceding by thirty millions. The year to,
therefore, has produced an augmentation of receipt
of eighty millioas beyond the year 9,
At present, the increase of the revenue for
the year 11 is estimated at 3o millions more than
the year to : thus there will he a difference of zio
millions between the years 9 and 11. In these
statements are comprehended only real and effec.
tive receipts.
At the igt Vendemiaire, year it, all the resr,nrces
of the year I t were untouched, and the 312 millions
of obligations for the service of the t tth year, were
complete in the portejekille of the Public Treasury.
The result ot these accounts, in all their details,
in all their statements, iu all the receipts, duty by
duty, department by department; as well as those
statements which are balanced to the public treasury,
will be printed and published, at the time of the
next Session of the Legislative Body.--(Alon;teur.)
The Sittings of the Legislative Body will corn.
mence on the zoth of February,
The Ftgrr COVSUL has appointed Citizen GAL.
tt, of the Deparm,nt of the Po, and Citizen SE.
CUR, Legislator, Councillors of State ; o d the
General of Division, Bouytct Ex, Councillor of State
and Member of the Council of Administration of
War.

Brave, DEc. 23.—The Letter of the Ft ;UT
CONSUL to the Deputies of the Helvetic Consulta,
containing the basis of our future Constitution, has
caused here ar, extrantdinary sensation, such as was
never before experienced at any epoch of the Revo-
lution. In general, Federalism appe,irs to have here
many patttsans, but we are still ignorant whether
the Canton of Berne will preserve its ancient limits;
if it does not, the System of Unity will be prefer-
red, whilst Berne will he the chief place of the Re.
publie, and the.. residence of the Gov-crnment.

18.—Yesterday arrived, Dutch
Courier, with the Exchange of the Convention con-
cluded between our Court and the Batavian Repub.
lie, relative to the Towns of Se.l'entaar, Ilte;sset,,
and lt/n/boure: the exchange being effe6ted, he re-
turned immediately to the Hague.
A Courier also arrived from Vienna, bringing, as
we are assured, positive intelligence of orders having
been given by Fits htrratm. MAJESTY, to the
Baron de fluor t., to assure the Members of the
Deputation of the Empire, that the General Plan of
Indemnities should be, on his part, entirely fulfilled.
RATIstioN, DEC. 21.—The Extraordinary De-
putation of the Empire has not held any Sitting since
the ,4th.

LtGIIORN, Dr.c. 15. —We have had here
for some days past a Dutch squadron, composed
of three ships of the line and other /essels.
We learnt at its arrival, that an English Fleet of
fifteen ships of the line and several frigates, dis-
embarked in the port of Orirtoit, jn Sirdinia, all
the troops which it had on board. So great an as-
semblage of forces in the fvledit errancan, under
the present circumstances, is somewhat singular.

A Cock that had been purchased by the present
Admiral BERXELRY, wheneaptain of the MarlAo-
rough, of 74 guns, for the purpose of being kept as
his live stock, greatly distinguished the undaunted
spirit attached to the English breed. During the
time the above Ship was engaged in close a4"tion
with the French Fleet on the glorious. tat of June,
by being ordered on the boldest service against the
Enemy, she became totally dismasted, and was
reduced to a mere wreck. At the time her main.
mast went, the Cock alluded to flew upon tte to nip,
whirl) projeaed about twelve feet from the
deck, and began to flutter his wings, and to
crow with exulting boldness. So singular a Cir.
cumstance attracted the attention of the brave Tars,
who became re.animated by the example, and
fought with additional bravery, until vietory
crowned them with her laurel. This undaunted
Cock was preserved until the ship reached Plymouth ;
when, in remembrance of his valour, and the glori.
ous occasion, he was given to Lord LiNox, who
placed him in a walk, where ha to this day struts
with a silver collar round his neck, descriptive of his
worth, proudly supporting his. honour, and the gal_
iant behaviour of the British Fleet.

At Leeds, four young men, for ill-treating three
fishermen, were last week fined five guineas--a
man for swearing, r rs.—a publican, for refusing to
OCCOllllllOaatC a soldier and his horse that had been
quartered upon him, fined 40s. and costs—two
men fur driving their waggons through that Borough
on Sunday, fined thirty shillings each; and a per.'
son for purchasing a pair of regimental breeche's
from a Soldier belonging to the rBth Dra.
goons, was fined five pounds, by the Sitting Ma.
gistrates, at the Itotation-Office.
Owing to the mildness of the weather, the young
Wheats, on the poorest lands of the Sussex Weald,
are in appearance as promising, as on any of the
Dos: fertile will at the Sow'''. pb.33qui„