The Sun. — London, England, 1802-01-29 00:00:00

THE SUN. 601.53,4 QUIS DICEkE P ALSUM AUDEt.T LONDON, JANUARY 29, 1802. ~W.g this morning received- the Paris Papers of the' zsih. The First Consul. had not returned to Pd rii; nor do the Letters from,Lyons, the last of which is dated the zr.st, say / any thing of- his in tended departure fiont that. City.—These Papers are, ax'usual, perfealytiltnt with regard lio. the procte-clii:gs at 'Fierich Funds were . 57 f. So c. or. the 24. th. A Letter from Cale firn . itfois, dated Oftober • ~ 30, gives some new details: OE the Jnsurre&ion in • St. &ming°. It appears, that .the Article of the Constitution §i en by:l l ,pussAlNT, which autho rizes-, the importation of-'Slaves into the Colony, had`bLreri the cause Or. gr(-iit of these troubles. — From five to six hundred Whites and Mulattoes had bevolia•ssaf.red, among whom.was LIBEATA x for mt-rly TOUSSAINT'S master. Sstairri; DI Cc. 78.—Whilst order and tranquil lity were . in appearance re-established at Belgrade, .- • . ..• tie Janissaries were conspiring in secret against the PAcHA, and to-day has been marked by a sanguinary catastrophe—About two in the afternoon the Janis saries entered the- house of the PACHA, at whom they discharged a pistol, by. which he was wounded, a - ad" :i;narrie:, diarely fell OpohliiiTi .with - their sabres,. until Ile-expired. The I'A9l.ii, boing thus assassi— nated, the Janissaries seized,llll that belonged to him, with the exception of his Harem,- Which they, left untouched. This event has not failed to cause the greatest consternation amongst the Inhabitants of Belgrade. ROhts, , ,DEc. z6.—We learn from Naples, under. date of the t9th, that three Russian Ships had ar rived in that port, destined, as it was believed, co transport the Russian Troops in that Capital, amounting to zioo men, to the Isle of Malta, which it is presumed the Russians have obtained the right to garrison. LYONS, JAN. z Minister Githe Interior, by an Arreti of the 19th instant, has established here a Council of Commerce, the number of Mem bers composing which is fixed at sixty. The Coun cil is divided into three Set - lions : the first for Commerce ; the second for Manufadures ; and the third for 4.rts and Agriculture. . . HAVRE, JAN..22.-M. RE IN I CI: E, Commercial Agent of Sweden in this City, has received from the Baron EHRENSWARD, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the . KING of SWEDEN to the French Republic, the following Letter " The PACHA of TRIPOLI still continuing hostilities against Swedish Vessels, the KING has sent a division of Frigates, under the command of the Contre-Admiral Baron DE CEDERSTRONI, for the protedion of the Swedish Commerce in the Mediterranean. cf This Commander having made preparations to place the Port of Tripoli in a state of Blockade, I request that you will give notice to the Com , rzanders and Merchants in the Port and Distria where you reside, and also to your Correspondents in those Ports where any Swedish Agents of Com merce are established, in order that no vessels may attempt to enter the Port of Tripoli during the Blockade. If, after this notice, any vessels should attempt to enter the Port of Tripoli during the Blockade, they will not fail to be detained, and treated as the Laws of War dire et in such cases." THERE have occurred, within the last week, two circumstances which have excited much ge neral attention, and displayed the character of our Government in a light so conspicuous, as must attral, in a very peculiar manner, the veneration of every rational SubjeCt, and the admiration of all Europe. Impressed with a Arm conviction of that upright, discriminating Justice, which distin guishes those who are entrusted with its admini stration, and urged by the strongest motives of Humanity, we forebore to give any opinion, while the fate of Governor WALL remained the sub jed of deliberation. We also cautiously ab stained from the introduction of the slightest in sinuation against that unfortunate viCtim of offend ed Justice, while there existed a ray of hope to cheer, the gloom of his prison, or to afford conso lation to his friends. As, however, the sentence of the Law has been executed, and the delinquent is now beyond the reach of, our animadversions, we are at liberty to offer those remark; Which a sentiment of delica cy towards the .unfortunate man and his friends, I),,v:fore induced us to suppress. The Moral is i n _ terided lot. -the advaritage of the •Public, not to aggravate the feelings of those wI.A9 survive hig4 The merits of this case we are not called upon to discoss; our Readers are in possession of the . whole :circumstances of the trial, and it is suf ficient for our purpose, that the Governor was pronounced Guilty by a Jury of his Country, after a long, patient, and impartial trial. It is with a view to the result of this trial, the important—conse— quences which are to be derived from it, in a folitiCal sense, that it is entitled to any particular commentary. Considered in this light, the Justice of our Country shines with unrivalled lustre. If any circumstance could have occurred in the eventful epoch of bur History, calculated to dis seminate a general respeel for our excellent Lawn, . arid frame of Government, this is one. The People of Great Britain must perceive, in this stroke of evenhanded Justice, that it is the only_Country in the weiiitin which true praaical EQUAL I Ty. prevails. There have been inclement periods in our history,.. when our jurisprudence has keen disgraced by the abettors of Mal-administration, and when the: People have been the; vietims of the' proliiiacY of their Riders. It is essential to the pure and inipartiol' administration of Justice, that those who arc to di red its course, : should not only be competent in p6int of lcgaY knowledge and ability, but that they should - possess -deal; and undefiled hands, 'TVA , sacrifice, therefore, which has been made, in justly , to be considered as an additional pledge of the pater nal care of the existing Government for the *general welfare of the Nation. . The Annals of other Countries rarely produce such-an instance of equal Justice. Interest i ccn_ . nedion,.and intrigue, have often rescued the De legates .of a GoVernMent from the punishments they merited;. and it is well known, that the command ing eloquence of CICERo was unavailing against a delinquent of the highest order. In modern Europe, we have seen the ... transgressions of Men in office passed over without animadversion ; hut, •it is in England alone, that the Law is the same for all men. No personal interest, no family connec tions can snatch the guilty from legal i pimishinent, and the People are secured by the fair Administra tion of Justice from the cruel exertion of Authority, and the wanton abuse of Power. At a time, when a Mutinous Spirit resisted the voice of:.Legitimate Authority, and when the disobedient have become its vidirns, it must be a,subjed of great consolation to those engaged in the Service of . their Country - to know, that if our Government punish Insubor dination and Disobedience, it is alike disposed to execute judgment on those-who, entrusced with the, preservation oforder and discipline, linvc quirefed condom to degenerate into cruelty and oppression. These observations apply also, though with less force, to the case of Sir Eow4ao HAmturots - , of the Navy, lately dismissed the Service by the'Sen_ • tence of a Court-Martial for a tyrannous' exertion of Power ; and they must convince every indi vidual, that the Government of this Country at taches equal . value to the life of all its Sahjeds ; ^ . . and that it not only possesses • the power,: . buti the inclination to cherish .and proted them. • ^ ! Although we regret that so gallant 'an'incliVidual as Sir EDWARD HAMILTON, should - have rendered himself amenable to the Law; yet we cannot but approve the• distinguishinZTVisdom of the Court in the sentence which- it ,proripunced, against him. Here then, as we have before observed, is the only true and pradical Equality in the world : Equali t y, not displayed in massacre and proscription, b ut founded on Justice, and upheld by Freedom; it is an Equality of Law, where Justice smites as well the offending Superior as the subordinate Culprit; on him, whose interest and whose duty it was to have respeded the laws, but who has been proved, by a Verdid of his Country, to have violated them, she inflids the most signal punishment. Without meaning any thing personal to those who have unfor tunately furnished occasion for these remarks, we must observe, that the man who is dissatisfied with such an equal mode of Justice, whatever be his pre tensions, is, in fad, no friend to Liberty, and is more fitted, by his principles, to live under the fierce and doubtful rule of a Turkish Cadi, or a Revolu tionary Tribunal, than under the mild influence of Laws framed on principles of Justice and Reason. Having offered these reflections, we shall close them with the most decided reprehension of that base, ungenerous, and brutal condud, which dis graced the Populace yesterday morning, at the time of the execution of the unfortunate Governor WALL. That unhappy man, when he ascended the scaffold, was about to expiate his crime, and to suffer all that the Laws of his Country required. The shouts of the Mob are strong marks of a degenerated People, and assimilate cur Countrymen more to Savages and ferocious Banditti, Cyan to Inhabitants of a well regulated and enlightened Community. For the sake of Humanity, we hope this abominable condud will never be repeated : for the honour of our name, we hope the Populace will never again be furnished *ith an occasion to witness a fiimilax speCt*le NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, JAN,' 28. ARRIVED this diy His Majesty's Ship Santa Teresa, from Malta arid Gibraltar in x 6 days, with Dispatches from Lord KEITH: she is underataran, tine at the Motherbank, Sailed the Medusa Man of War, on a Crnize in .the Channel, --- ;i t'A ^ l ; ITAZOVICiA JAN. 2s. , 1 ,, • ~, TH;_D,;ana. Post o*e Packet, Capt. SUM(ART, .sailed this intirming_for with the Dutch Mail and Passengers.- • 'There being no other :Packet in :the Harbour, the Ilambre' -and hiremen Mails rmiin here, _ SHEERNESS, J; N. iB. Tilts day'carrie: . :A\i;n from Chatham to Black :stakes, the,4,74hiatatigat, Capt. B2pINETT 4 hay. ing been,...-docked PEAL,: 2S. His Majesty's Ship 111:.'r..7!aur arrived this. morn_ ing- from the Westward, and sailed through the :Downs to the.l3.iv'er. Remain the St. Al4ans,.Nemesis, Ajax, Amazon, Brilliant, La iolaze, Galgo, f and G . annet, and. Ril ' grr Lighte r_ r ARR WA LS 'F R Mi fk: • to Sarah, ... _Bailey," stranggr, 8.61. : • At - Pie.:SchO l oner spoke the Brig Lucy Aim frOin Port Republican, bound -tolNe cv , , York; out' forty-three days,. and in t of prO which were supplied by Captain Hu They had on board Captain HENRY • lin? rnosit'ON,- and the:- ,Crew of the Ship Eliza, from - this Port, bound to New York, -N r Vhich had unfortkinitrely'ifounder'ed - at 'Sea, io, 2.. ind wericked ,up -by a Sloop', and put on,s6ard the Lucy lives- were lost. The .1 1 / 4 , ..a.au, Nitt,from Jamaica, :to London, drove: in the gales, and is loSi bit:the coast of Boulogne.-Crew saved. • .• Seven Homburgh Malls still remain due. . ~ I . Yesterday morning Mr. MULWTZ and Mr.: DRESS' NG, two of His 'MajeSty's'MeSsengers'left town with Dispatches, ,thc former to - Lord ELOT/ at.constantinople, the , laiter-mhit — Eicellency the !Marquis CokrtwALLls at Amiens.' - His Grace the Duke of PoP.TAAND has left - Town rtn - a few cayS.: , The Duke of NORFOLK" has . .also gone to -his .Seat,.near Epsom, for a few days. Wednesday night the LORD MAYOR gave - an 'elegant and splendid entertainment to ,many of the Nobility, his private friends, &c.: after which there was a Ball ; the first dance of which was led down by 'the - LORD MAYOR and. Lady STANHops. A greater assemblage of female . .beauty and ele gance .has not graced the Mansion House for some years. The Company were all admitted 'at the !private door in Charlotte Street. The Dance was in' the Long Parlour, which has been lately ele gantly ornamented and beautified.—An additional : hall'is made for the accommodation of the servants of the visitors.. The sum which . the American Government has consented Thpty, in order to liquidate the claims of British;q`&rehants, is .six hundred thousand Pounds;' Which' ib to be paid by installments of zoo,oool. every two years. Calcutta Gazettes down to the i ith July are• re_ ceived. They contain little that would be inte resting to English readers. • On the 16th of May the Governor-General, by General Orders, expressed his approbation of the conduCt of Colonel ST E V E NSON, Colonel SARTOR I US, and the Detachment under Colonel STEVENSON'S command in subduing the rebellious RAJAH of PY CHY, and for the assertion of the British power throughout the Province of Malabar. By General Orders of the 22d May, the Gover nor General likewise expresses his approbation of the condua of Lieutenant-Colonel INNEs, for the suppression of the troubles in the Province of Din digul, and the apprehension of the POLYGAR of PE ERAPATCHY, one of the principal rebels. A Letter received by the Melville Castle, from the Presidency of Bombay, dated the 14th day of August last, says, " We have received an account of the death of Monsieur SURCOUFF, the Marine Officer in the French service at the Isle of France, who has so successfully annoyed our trade in these seas : SURCOUFF has been on this station about four years, under the auspices of General MALARTIE ; he was so extremely daring, that he ran all risks to make captures, in which he too often succeeded. We learn by the same letter, that the Subah of Chotesgur and its dependencies, is lett out to WIN TUL PUNDIT, by the Berar Government, for a spe cific annual rent to be paid in Nagpore ; for which grant and the rAnic. of Subandar, WINTUL PUNDIT has agreed to pay . 'very considerable price. A Letter from Kingston, Jamaica, dated 7th No vember; says, " By an American vessel, arrived on Tuesday from St. Domingo, we learn that General MOYSE, who commanded in the Northern Distrid of St. Domingo, and who was the Officer that took possession of the Spanish part of that Island, by or der of General ToussAINT, has risen in rebellion against him, and that aetual war is now subsisting between the parties adherent to each other. The Armies were in sight of each other, near Gonaives, about six days ago."‘ EXECUTION OF COPERNOR WALL AFTER having been twice respired, Joseph Wall' Esq. who was conviaed at the Old Bailey on the 20 01, instant, underwent the Sentence of the Law yestet: day morning at the usual place of execution. 0 , Council was held on Wednesday at St. _James'' , to talce.bis case into consideu.tion,...and it was there decided that the Law should take its course. Ike. appeared on the platform a feW second s a f t er eight o'clock, attended by the -Ordinary, the Rev. Dr' FORD, who continued to'the last moment ,to adlik nik'cr'e.Very.consolation to' him that his awful an° unhappy state reqUired. ' After shaking,handsith' one of, tike, : . Sheriffs; who stood at the entrance ' o l' . the platform., in :doing which he manifested 010 .agitation, heWas brought for At this dread; Ifnl moment an expression of public opinion toolc !place, :whit!), for 'the honour of our' Country, 111 . 6 lhope never , 'to:* repeated. Vie immense concourse . -- , - . of - people assembled on the occasion, with a ferocitt unknown itiCivilied States, absolutely gave three cheers .as soon -as the Executioner began to pla9o 'the halter round the' neck of the unhappy man.' Whether it was to. express their detestation of theft, ;inhumanity which involved him in the offence fat' which he was doomed to an ignominious death, 9t' 'wh.:ther it was intended as a mark of approbatioi t o f 'the executive Power, we know not, but the aet was:higlily -izdeco.rirne, ;!serous and ss feelings el bu i n t gs which ill it e eor ,I. l l e a ct i., c u: i i i t i ( : tliose humane anci therto.charaeterized the :13riiith Nation, . . ' , . ... . He had his arms bound, as is usual; ,aid'a,white night-cap and white handkerchief on his head; His looks were bent to the ground, and he d;.(.1- not appear to pay the least attention to thesurroUnd4 objets. -. He spoke a few Word s t o the Ordinary! ; and was-immediately- after - his asc.ending the OP, ;form tietrup, Scarcely five minutes elapsed bet Ween ibis coining out and his being launched into eternity' iid, seemed ,to die in great agony, was strongif, !convulsed, and lifted up his hand s severa l t i mes . A - i . --' r . I . .? even 0 clock on. Wednesday night Mr.Kirki, !went into the 'Prisoner's cell with the man w i liO W 4 s :aPpbinted•to sit up with him,. : He inquired if ant; news had arrived ? he-was - ,told none. - Mr.' Sher,.,o7 , 'OO)t about this time . visited ,him in liis cell. • iO'speOe4 a tespio,till twelve o'clocknone then a! i iriving, after the lapse of near an hnur',.he iniuiLc e/ :particularly whether the rifjcliiife, - ':in being broti . glm ;ont7sfil* - Tprels-YaTd; - woul,:1 make a great noise' and inquireij - at . % - v - ria . i . tilne . ?l, • Ths attendant beins uriwilling,tn discompose kis, mind, pretended tOls,,i ignorant of these: ItiartrS, He fell asleep beti.Veo l ,l, ,fOur and•fiv - 7e:'o'Cloek,)nt.l . ..did. not bear the noise Q' 'the fatal maatine,_which was brought out at firfl o'clock,, 'although it shook the ,urhale prison b 0 about twenty; minutes afte r a Mail;co' iteli & oing bYI he. started, .and . said, " I s no t that the fatal sea' fold r!: The same same person answered, - no, 9 1 / q " serving it ,was the - mail, and he might hear the horn blow with it. He did not go to sleep ag ain;- he asked many other questions, and inquired wil e ' ther, being a tall man, he could not avoid the jet!: in the-falling of the scaffold, although it was doner he apprehended, to dislocate the neck of the safi c qe 4 . and put him sooner out Of pain. . _ tr y, -d CO - Mr. Ira It was areslzit t.. - q --grey m iZe Ct !with a black collar, and dark pant a l oons , an d Itzld • handkerchief in his hands. We understand it was at the particular reques t of the u n f o rtunate Gentleman himself t h at the °c ;• a cution took place so speedily after his appeara n C,' upon the scaffold. On the night previous to 11 g ° execution, he had his last interview with his OW. 'The scene was most distressing, Mr. Wall, we have been informed, was perfeall( ~ indifferent as to his personal f a te : hi s on ly a nxierl, respefted his unhappy wife and son. At t he trying moment of the annunciation of his doom in Coat i ,we never witnessed so s triking a di s pl a y o f calm, °f patient resignation—indeed we m a y sa y o f indil ference, as he manifested upon that occasion. New_York Papers received yesterday, up t° the zsth of December, give us the proceeding ; of the House of Representatives to the 18th ; bu t nothing of moment had taken place, except motion to repeal the Ads imposing the discricnina t ' ing duties between merchandize imported.in Ames rican and merchandize imported in Foreign Vessels' The 'Lotion, however, was not decided on the r7th' The French Treaty was laid before the Senate the r4th, but strangers were excluded upon . th e discussion that 'followed. Smuggling has been carried on to so great an ex' tent since the signing of the Preliminaries of Peace' as to engage the serious attention of Governmen t ' A Squadron, consisting of five Frigates and a Sloe of War, has been ordered to sail immediately from Plymouth, to pUt a stop to the contraband ! raffic' by which the .Revenue of the Country would very materially affected. These vessels are 1° cruize between the Start Point and Mount's Bay• Letters from Paris mention, that there has beef a very extraordinary commercial speculation enter e into by certain political charaaers at that place.< The Commercial Statesmen bought up all the Spani s ' wool in Spain they could get, amounting to 1 6,0 ° bags, and have sent it to Paris. Several Engli sh Wool Merchants are there to make purchases. The Ex-Director BARRAS has sold his esta te called Gros Bois, formerly belonging to the preseri , KING ofFRANCE, to General MoREAu, for 16, 00° sterling, payable by instalments. Surgeons GILLAM and Comas, of the Coldstrea° Regiment of Foot Guards, lately returned fro ' l , l l Egypt, and who were totally blind, have recoveree their sight. Many of the men affliCted with th same dreadful disorder are also in a fair way of se ' covery. Two horrid murders were committed, in Nove.r ber last, at the pen of Robert Wetherell, Esq. jo maica, bis y a Negro. The wretch enticed two of b own children to a rctired part of , the property, 3 , 11 er cut off both their heads, then acquainted themot!' a where to find her children ; after which he atteroP te to put an end to his own existence, but was prevell e r i i ed, and properly secured. 'What could have ind uc him to perpetrate so wicked a deed, is not loosvi'l 1 _