The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-29 00:00:00

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' tit isinntning Dispatches were received at Llrd
lion ALT'S Office, • with an account of the Starer,.
tier to Iris Majesty's• Arma of the Settlement of
Berbice, The following Notification of this event
was' this forenoon sent by His Lordship to the
LORD MAYott.;

" MY LOAD,

(COPY.)
" A"tuning.sirert, Nov. 2j.

" I have the Honour to acquaint your Lordship, that I
have this morning received an account of the Surrendet of the
SettleMent of Ber'oice to His Majesty's Arms, cm the 24th of
.
Septernher.
44 I have the Honour U) be, kc. dec.
;Signed) 44 110134 RT.
4. rdthe Right floe. the Leeet *var.,"

e yesterday evening received Paris
.7 ossrmats
to the ifitli, and Daub ?slier: of the 15th inst.
making a series of the former of five days. They
furnish us, however, with little upon which we can
found an opinion of the real state of things on the
other side of the water. They still talk of the
continued preparations for the invasion. At Bon.
lope, where the Chief Consul was still on the
zoth instant, we believe these to be great—
it seems the point at which the whole force along
that Coast, from Hawre to attend is concentrated,
and from which it will issue, but it can be a force
merely of Boats, The Consul was expelled to
leave Boulogne on the teth or t 3th for Osiesd, and
to proceed along to !baits: and the Isle of Wal.
theme. The Minister of Marine came to Boulogne
on the lath, where it was probable he would find
13osArAttrt.

Thirty Posts from Havre-, having. on board
about 700 men, had entered Bardogne in the
course of two or three days preceding the 13th.
Other Squadrons of Boats are likewise said to
have arrived. Twenty-five flat-bottomed boats
were, it is stated, at Cherbourg, destined for
Boulogne, the Soldiers on board which were, ac-
cording to the French Accounts, extremely eager to
come to England. A number of trading Vessels
retained by Government, quitted the Canal of Brris.
refs on the I zth and t 3th, and were to be succes.
sively followed by others. At DunAirk a number
of Daggers and Fishing Boats were arming with
the greatest glivity. Each of these is, it is stated,
to carry one 24-pounder, four 4-pounders, a num.
ben of Troops, not stated, a crew consisting of 40
men, and a stable for the transport of Horses. Se.
venal Boats from Holland were likewise expeded
there. In Holland, the preparations were pursuing
with great activity, a Commission of the Coun.
ca of Marine was charged with their inspec-
tion, and to give all the necessary orders that
the Squadron of Ships of the Line and Frigates and
the Flotillas might put to sea at the first signal.
In the mean time, however, General Moan El had •
ordered new measures of defence
.for the Isle of
Wakhereu. At Ostend the Gun-boats and Pinnaces
destined fur the Expedition against England were
completed. The number of vessels of all descrip.
lions which are to he employed in that Expedition,
is stated at five thousand. Orders have been given
at'Brussels to prepare a great quantity of Biscuit
for the Army of England. The construdion of oars
in the Forest of Soigne: was proceeded in with re.;
doubled activity, thirty thousand of which were it
is stated to he made. Five ' new flat-bottomed
Boats were launched at Rotterdam on the loth,.
making the number of fifty furnished by that Port
completely equipped and ready to set sail.—The
French have been making fanciful experiments
to prove that their gun.powder is superior to ours ;
we shall however prove to them how much pradice
is superior to theory.
Letters from Antwerp state the detention, by
order of the French Government, of forty-four
Vessels from Emblen; loaded with colonial produce,
.and that a Commission hal been appointed to en.
quire into the validity of the neutrality of these.
Vessels. Probably it i 1 already decided in the true
spirit
.of French tyranny that they were not neu_
tral; and therefore fair Prizes.
The Moniteur of the r zth, states, that the French
Governmegt having !ell-kit that General BUYER was
detained in a Prison in Scotland, had ordered that
an English Prisoner of distindion should be treated
in the same manner as General BUYER should be
used here.

From ihrnove.r of the 7th it is stated, that much
activity prevailed amongst the French Army occupy.
ing that Country, and that several carriages were
emplOyed in transporting, cannon and ammunition.
Four Vessels were at Ilarbourg ready to descend the
Elbe, loaded with 24. pounders and gunpowder,
and a secret Expedition was talked of. The French
Council of War had pronounced upon a Hanoverian
Serjeant, convited of recruiting for England, the
moderate sentence of condemnation to the Galtics
for fifteen years.
Accounts from ri,.nna, in the Paris Papers, re-
peat the old stories of pacific propositions being
about to be made by that Courtin concert with
Russia and Prussia.. The ENtrvitoit of GERMANY
is said to be very solicitous to procure the Election
of a King of the Romani, but from the diminished
influence of the House of Austria, this prujed would,
it was supposed, meet
.with many obstacles. The
Parisian Edit Ors, however, so notoriously fabricate
Correspondence from different parts of Europe, that
very little reliance is to be placed upon the state..
ments they make respetling European politics..
• In the same situation may be classed pretended
Letters from the Bank: of the Mein, ridiculing the
idea of the disposition of Russia being favourable
to Faigland, although they suggest, at the same time,
what, perhaps, is too probable, that the Continental
Powers will wait the result of the Expedition against
England before they take any decided part. Nothing
is said in these. Papers respedir.g.the reported change
in the Russian Ministry.

Letters proceeding from the same. souree, dated
from Piessa, state, the Porte to in a situation
of the greatest perplexity and embarrassment, in
consequence of the steps taken by England to draw
it from its Neutrality..

An account is given in several of the French
Papers, under the date of the 7th, from Hansburch,
of the demand made by General BERTIIIRk of a
Loan of 3,000,000 of Marks Banco, upon x Mort-
gage of the Hanoverian Possessions. The Senate,
it is stated, represented the sum to he too large,
but on the reiterated instances of Gen. Baltlllllllt,
they agreed to the Loan, one million of which
was to be furnished immediately and the remainder
by instalments of 500,000 Masks tacit,

We are satisfied that upon the statements in the
French Journals upon,any 5 :e(,--very liatitistreli.
ance is to be placed:, We kt w from the intorma.
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fion of our own, Oft v icers, 'eil recently communi.
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cated, that the Preparations in the Ports of flat-
land have been very much exaggerated. At Flush-
ing, and in those places occupied by, and contigu-
ous to the Stations of the French Tioops, a show
of preparation may be unwillingly made by the
Dutch, but they ere so convinced that the Expedi-
tion must fail—they are so disinclined to the risk,
and are so sick of their task-masters, that we may
be assured their part of the business will be very
languidly and inefficiently executed.

The French Funds were on the 16th at 52.

TH E idea of the Invasion being speedily attempt-
ed, seems to gain ground in the City, in spite of
which, however, the Funds have for two or three
days been looking upwards. The reason of this is,
that the attempt will end the state of suspense in
which the Nation is kept at present, and no suppo-
sition can be entertained that it can meet with
even a partial success. For ourselves, we have
no idea that the Enemy in any numbers can cf.
lea a landing on any part of the Coast, at least
on any part of that the most contiguous to the
Capital. Our Squadrons for the defence of the
Coast are now wisely kept at anchor in safe and
convenient situations, from whence they can move
in any diredion as circumstances may require.—
By this means they art less subjeft to damage
by gales of wind, and their stock of ammunition is
husbanded till a proper occasion for adion shall
present itself. Meanwhile small Vessels, are kept
off the French Ports, sufficient to watch all the
movements of the Enemy. We know it was the
opinion of some of our best Officers, that if the.
Bombardments such as took place some time
ago, were continued, the Enemy might take ad-
vantage of the exhausted state of the Bombarding
Vessels' Magazines after one of these attacks, and
pot to sea in the face Sof our Squadrons without
opposition. The chance of this is now .prevent.
ed, by the disposition that is made of our Na.
val Force. Not that we do not think an at-
tack upon Boulogne, well planned and judiciously
eanduaed, might not have a very good effea, and
the more crowded that Harbour is with Boats, the
greater would be the damage which we might do to
the Enemy. Unless, however, an enterprize of this
nature were undertaken in a proper manner, it is,
under all circumstances, better that it should not be
risked.

We have no doubt that our Army, both Regular
and Volunteer,, longs for nothing so much as that
the Enemy should soon carry his threat into execu-
tion. It seems, indeed, as if it would he diflicult
for the Chief Consul much longer to find an excuse
for not liberating his Flotilla from its cooped.
Up situation. In the crowded state in which
his Army must find itself at his principal de.
pets, and more pat ticularly at Boulogne, we ep.
prebend that the patience of his Soldiery must by
this time be pretty well tried. The moment they
venture out, we feel a confidence that their courage
too will have to undergo an ordeal from which few
will he able to shrink. The vengeance of our
brave Tarstwill overwhelm them like a whirlwind.

Ir was stated in a sort of official way yesterday
in the House of Commons by Mr. VANSITTART,
that there is nu intention on the part of Ministers
of bringing in any Bill to amend or explain the
Property Tax At, and that they intend to take
the Apiessments for the year upon the Aa as it
now stands. It is therefore to remain with all its
imperfedionbupon its head.

Yesterday morning, soon after breakfast, His
MAJESTY, attended by Lint WALSINGH.kII/41 and
GeneraN MANN INGHAM and HAII,COURT, rode into
Windsor Great Park, and viewed the improveMents
making there ; and at twelve o'clock, with a nu-
merous suite of attendants, went, to hunt. with. the
Harriers. PRINC ISM AMELIA and SOPH IA tO.Ol.
an airing in a coach and four by. Holly Gruve and
North Row.

Yesterday morning the Staffordshire Militia was
inspected in Windsor Little Park, and the 13,h
Light Dragoons in the Long Walk, in .the Great
Park, by General Fox, inspedur-General of the

The Windsor Volunteers are to have their Uni.
forms on:Wednesday next,_ and the Colours are to
be presented by Lady CARDIGA.N.

Last night Capt. iluNT,.tif the: Navy, arrived at
the Admiralty and Lord- :HapArtr's Office, horn
Commodore Hoop and GenerafjCittlNFlEt.o, With
Dispatches, containing the Articles of Capitulation
of the Settlements of- Demerara and Essequibo,
which will be published in the Gazette of this
evening, but which we were enabled to give in our
Paper of Thursday last.

We un►lerstand that the Commanding Officers of
the several Corps within the Distritt under the corn.
[nand of Lord HARR iisaTaN, are to meet his Lord-
ship, by appointment, on Friday next, in artier to
settle upon Alarm-posts, at which a Guard of VO.
lunteers is henceforth to be stationed, and whicht
arc to serve as Rendezvous for the meeting of the;
L:orps, in case of necessity or any sudden call.