The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-22 00:00:00

INVASION.

As this subjea very naturally occupies the men.
don of ranks of the people, and As we have an
ambitious and desperate foe to contend with, who
will not be satisfied with any thing short of out total
ruin, it is ourduty to give publicity to evety thing
calculated to avert the menaced danger. For this
purpose it- is pgopvr to recall public notice to the
sentiments of Sir HONIZ l'orilAst, an Officer de.
servrdlr respeCied for talents and judgment, and
whose opinions have the eanttion of long and varied
experience.

The following article was written by that Gen.
tlem;►n several years ago, under a similar menace
from France, and is equally applicable to the pre.
acnt moment.

Read: of a Letter front Catta;,l Po PH AM to a Gene,
rat Uflicer on the Sabita iftheiYea Fencible Plan.
..VICAR SIR,

I,ltook the liberty of suggesting the annexed
Plartilrott,a vonvi4lion that the French, in their pre.
lent state Air unreasonable enmity to this Country,
would attempt any enterprise, however desperate
and ,Sanguinary in its execution, which might tern'
to irritate the people. against the existing Govern.
sitent,, or cause a momentary depreciation of the
Public Credit ; ea T now presume to offer you my
opinion on their arrangements for this serious threat
or intenthd attack. But in offering this opinion
Cate it for granted, they have many thousand men
why they with to provide for in the most plausible.
,
manrcr, who are pampered up•witit the nopes of

plunder, and enthu.siasiic to a aegie4 of maniasm.
These troops will 14 cantoned along their exten.
sive sea roast from Ostend to Brest.

The coast will he divided into three grand or
tincipal distrids of Picody, Normandy, and Brit.
tAnY,..alid to (hear- nrly he added the departments of
Brest • I .wilt proceed to. thew the capability of the
iirbr from. which comparative cah.
etilationcof the others may bta drawn. This dis.
uitt shall extend to part of Fktrtish Flanders', shall
have in its, view the invasion of the coast of Susux,
ittd that part of the tooth west coast ofKant that is
**orchards& betwom Dungettnet* an 4 clit South
Foreland.

I wilt now take- It for rag tied, that they leave
built s certain nunitstr 44 flat vessels. which I be-
lieve to be the case t that these vessels carry two
heavy guns, with field pieces on. board, and that
they will make use of the fishing boats fee auxiliary
transport vessels ; as I know chordates in the tilt.
triet I sin now writing upon, have as many vessels
ctthat description as can be wanted.
Having supposed that the French have troops anti
vessels sufficient for the enterprize, and are despe.
iota enough to undertake it ; let us for a moment
allow them system anti experience sufficient to con.
tirtit, at a proper time, and in a proper manner, the
embarkation of the troops in this &stria, which
should-be finished in two hours with southerly, or
easterly winds, and ought to take place at the sett.
ing in of a frosts when the best.tnformed Philoso.
pliers prediti its continuance front-t'iobservatiorts
they have made on the appearance of weather, and
its etrat on mercury in different situations,*
I will annex the places .of embarkation in this
distrift, .with the least number of men which may
be embarked, their respective destinations, and the
distances from their own coast.
°stint . foe* ,
N icuporr - aeon Folkstone. I- the, From it to ss
Dunkirk . 4504 and to Uungenness ' leagues.
Cravelinea spa .
aUitlla.*iple - - 3c,00
oo i Rye and Hastings (Isto so leagues
F.
ITO
staplesc
- 2000 .
flue - 1°46 Hastings to ,!catchy Int°
`• ~ • Crotty - - 2.oaa - - 1
Treport - 20.:0
Dieppo - Ihrr). Brighton
St. Valitryck 2000
eittl,l - Rtightoll to Arundel to to as leagues
recatn p - ono
114.vi0 - r 2,01)

36,000

Having now embarked the ,trnops, they are
thrown on the calculation of chances ; therefore Irt
us :allow that one third will be lust in getting
across ; nearly that number in effeeting their land.
log and concentrating their men ; and the remainder
nriy ',rob:44 exist a few days before they. are
taken or destroyed. _ _

I (In not app;rltend the Dire dory wealth a bet.
ter foe for their troops. Their object will be an-
swered in some respals : they will have provided
for their idle soldiers; they will have made a cont.
motion in England ; and oblige this country to vie.
tual such as escape, which ought to be few indeed.
The &stria of Norm Andy is well checked by the
islands of Guernsey and jersey, particularly the late
ter, which is, so well situated to watch the opera*
dons of St:Valoes, that I wonder an attentpt has
trot been made on these islands preparatory to the
invatiion of England.
'Should the I)itettory be really and seriously bent
on the invitsion of this Country, I think it will be
preceded by a stroog'expedition from Brest to Ire.
Lonl, and At the sage time probably to the Bristol
Chain;ei and Cunt of Wales.

If ti►e toil 0104PINI .4110, d'ebrzhorre is •nat
ready, ai;tl the necessary arrangements made, it will
not ast mihh me to hear that the enterprixe is put
otf t U nrxt year, a►►d that we shall be kept m
continued state of alarm by their praelising the cm.
baikat inn and disembarkation of troops.
I ilikk thy fishing boats ought to be seized, and
if it can be managed to make the coup general, it
will not only deprive the enemy .of a number of
transports, bitt the best pilots they have for the
c,Jast c.f Sussex, which I suppose are principally in
the Dieppe vessels. 'There are belonging to Ostend,
Nicupur►, Dunkirk, Gravelines, Calais, nottlognet
at,Ll Dieppe, at least eight I.todred %Pellet ; indeed
I should think many more. From this information
y u will best judge of the expediency of the melt,
tore, and the advantage that may result from its
being carried into etfvt.t.--1 am, dear, Sir,
H. p.

1 Sea renclblei,