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

TO THE PUBLIC. , EVERY, Year since the Establishment of This PAPER, cue have returned our qvarmett Thanks to oar Readers for th.eir Encouragement, and every year cwt bak,e had additional reason for - offering our grateful . Acknowledgments to them. No Neu - vale'', :we believe, nvai ever so extern - -sive& patronized as this, and gve shall endeavour to deserve the distivßion‘ , l,oith cuthich 'we are . honoured, by the most unremitting exertion in the 7 : . : invite of the- Public. is ewe 1 ave notj upon these occasions, contented ourselves smith barely expresiing our gratitude.—lt 'has been our praBice to give some intimation to our Readers, respelling the line of tonduq we mean to pursue.,. and to notice, ihortly, some ,of the .prin cipaloCcUrrencerOf the year.--W4 ,call not desist from'sach a Piaßice now, after having - witnessed events so remarkable as those whith have oc.. - curred tu the course of the last twelve mouths. That period has been particnlarly marked- by. the „h an g, . o f an Administration which bezel condueled the Country safely through the peril; of the ?reach .., RevOlution, and ; which had preserved oar Consti .,tution entire ! . in defiance eau the attacks which had been made Upon pas: over the causes. 'which led thoSe'Who composed - that Admiiristration to retire from 06c - e;.-Ant we feel, •-evith millions of their Countrymen; grateful to them :for t. eir exertions during the critical period to rarhich ea.(' have . referred. They s haVe „been steC ceede'd by Men holding, upon all the great and leading points .ewhich have engaged public attention for the last l ten .years, the same principles with themselves. :We supported those Principles in Mr. ,PITT-,-- , we shall as steadily support them in Mr. AD pINGTON. I:l;;ny‘thing could add to the admiration sue feel the Charaaer of theloriner,' it would be the - - not% e, fondue? .he has. held since he retired from Office: Despising the common resentments of com mon men, be has disdained to, appear .the Leader of Opposition, becanse he could no longer appear as Minister..._—lle has shesun himself as, much above the frequent, 'but' degrading jealousies of : mankind, as he is known to be above every self • interested-.consideration... So far from suffering ' his friendship for the person • by Whom be was .succeeded, to be in any degre:e shaken, everj..ej; to separate them has only 'tended to unite them more closely"' together. May suety Men ever be - united for the benefit of their Count ,y I Sitiee the accession of Mr, .ADpINGTQN to the first Ofce in the State, .he has displayed marks of the . - .1 - orindett jtidgalint and diseretion,:,lsziring that interval, Peace been obtained, and`•to him, . and Jo his able Coadjutor, Lord -11AwKE-s4o' R,sie feel peculiarly indebted for 0.0 blessing.' - Even the EhemieS of the new Ministers, admit that they have taken advantage of every fa'vourab'le occurrence which has- arisen,..and tamed it to the benefit of their Country. oThe People continue to' feel, that in the situatiOn in n..vbich th - e stood, Pface upon the term; which have been cbr tained, was far preferable to the brosecutionn of the War, under any pros peel which that alterna. tivi presented to our Jffortu4tely the present state ofthillgi should con_ tinue,' our duty will be 'of a very different .kind from that which has lately fallen to our shall no longer have to folhrECr the movements of contending Armies, or to !watch the rise .and fall of Faaioni struggling fir power. The Lest mode of restoring our Finances, of extending our Commerce, iyanufaCtures, and Agriculture;— in short, all that tends to , the improvement of the. .repose of Peace, 'will form the °Yeas of our al . gentian; and in the consideration-Of these subjeas, 'we shall endeavour to give that variety to our Miscellany, !which the different Sources of Infor . 'patron we pm.ess errable us to promise ti our Readers. The confidence ! which is reposed,iu us ay persons capable, from their Situation, of mate ass;stillg',us in these endeavours, is highly f lattering. - We are proud of it as a particular Compliment to ourselves, and because (we have always (unlike- many Of . osir Cotemporav, nalists) valued ourselves more "poll stating that , which is authentic, than that which is calculated . • 7 to excr4 , eittoer curiosity am.axement. inerely reviewing the barz.)e taken in the condue? of TH is PAr E the anxiqus period eve bac::e latelY , witnessed, we feel no small cause of sa i s f q si on , We hartia uniformly resisted eery at. lack-whit; has' bees' made upon our !Ali:glair, and • onr Morals, •or our . Governnient.— We have been dlikf the Enemies of the Illumines of Germany, t h e Jacobins of France, and _the small band of Traitors of our o'wn 'Country,, an,?, epposing the list steps towards ReFolution, undervhatever Preten:e they were taken, We flatter our.. s e lvei we have moie than once contrib'tited to sit the sound Part of the Comm:init.; upon ibeir guard, LONDON, JANUARYzBoz. Tuts morning we received French Paters to . the zah.ult. They ; do not bring any intelligence of 3 • importance; and with regard to the pr9ceedings it. Amiens, they are completely silent.,The disorders in,the interior of France still continue, but the most vigorous measures are taking to suppress them. • , The French Papers make no mention of the , de. parture 'of the Chief Consul for -Lyons ; but he is said, in Private Letters, to have set off on .the 27th ult; This account seems confirmed by the departure of the Minister for Foreign Affairs for that City on the 24. th. , THrs morning the Hamburgh Mail due on Sun day, arri% c.Ci in Town. An Article from the Ilague pretends to give some account of the Pro ceedings at Amiens, but we do not think that much dependapee can be placed upon such intelligence, The Mail of Wednesday remains due. We have-the pleasure to announce the Capture of the Island Termite, in the East ladies, which sur.., tendered to - Cofonel BURR- on the zist of June last, try; capitulation. This. is one of the largest of the ,NlOlucca hlands ; 'alsoiinds - in spice, and is govern.: ed by a King, who once held dominion over Am... hoyna and Banda. This intelligence is received by the Star, Bombay_ Cruizer. THE FROGMORE FETE; —The Entertainment given by the OuEEN at Frogmore this week, was very magnificent. An elegantnress-ball took place in_ ttie evening, which was followed by a Supper re_ plete with - ev-ery delicacy. The Ball was o p ene d at eight o'clock by thc,DuKE of CUMUER LAND and Pura.: ESS'AVCU,TA.; about . a dozen couple followed. It - was in the.principal drawing-room in the Lodge where -the dances began : the -room was hung with festoon's of evergreens. The KING and Qv EE N were in high spirits. HT s MAJESTY entered into a lively chat with several of the Ladies,. At twelve o'clock the -company sat down to supper, and at two they departed. The QUEEN was dressed in white Satin; the PRINCESSES Were attired in point lace and silver. [[his. day HER MAJESTY was to give a Children's Ball, to the younger branches of the Nobility anti Gentry resident in the neighbourhood of. Windsor. In the centre of the Ball-room was to be stationed a tree, resembling an evergreen, on which was placed a varidty of toys, which were to be distri buted by, the QUEEN'S order among the children, previous to theft departure. The following General Orders have beep lately issued : " The Generals commanding Distrids have .received the Commander in Chief's directions to call immediately upon the Officers commanding Regiments, in their respective Distrids,. for Returns of such Men belonging to each Corps as are under five feet four inches in height, above forty years of age, or of With bodily infirmity. .The Commanding Officers' of Regiments will, therefore, forward a Return of thi s descrip tion, through the . pryper channel, to Head-quarters, in order that the General's Returns may be made up, and ,trans mitred to the Acijutant- General for His Royalllighness's in formation. • . . " Lieutenant-General GWYN having received th e Com mander in Chief's directions to make an inspctilon of the Ca valry Regiments in England, with a view of seeding and de terinniinl on thos;: Which, under the present circumstances of the Country, it is desirable toictain in His Majesty's ser vice, His Royal Highness desires that every assistance may be lent to the General in the execution of this service, as tar as relates to the Regiments stationed in such distrid." There is every reason to believe, from good au thority, that a Detachment of , the Fleet at Gibraltar is' gone to. the. West Indies; orders being sent out for that purpose on the-first accounts of the Mutiny at Bantry Bay ; if so, our Fleet in the West Indies will be more than 'a match for the French Squadron justisailediram Brest.. The Merchants of Bpurdeaux and -Marseilles are more busily etnPloyed thakin any other part of the. iir.;mch Republic. They expe6l, ,and with reason, that their commodities, the wines • and brandies of France, will find a quicker sale than they have done since the Revolution, and rendered essential service to. our Country. We bopeihat the charms of the New Philosophy of the Eighteenth Century have at length faded away ; but, if there are among us, any who are still fascinated with its delusions, let them look at the state of France—they will there find a People, in the midst of flidories and Triumphs, groaning under the Miseries which these• Principles have produced. We hope that the Government of that Nation, although we are very far from thinking it perfect, may not be overturned iand that it may be amended in the - only wc. , y in which (except' in *very - extraordinary cases indeed) any Govern , ment can' be meliorated—,by slow and gradual Improvement,—We hope the convulsions of France are at an end; but r . rsle. are far from being con— . fident.of-it. If new Fadions are to arise, , ewe must pray, for our own sakes, that they'may ust be beaded by a BRISSOT, Ropzi!.s6ptp.E, or a BARRAS—tha, their Demagogues' may not be men who think War with this Country either • necessary to the continuance of their own power, or, as one of their former Jeci.ders expreSsed it, " a good Revolutionary measure;" and that, in ' spite of the internal comniotiOns of-our Neighhours, c zve may be able long to preserve that Peace Which the-.,wisdom of our present Rulers has obtained for us! THE SUN. SULLNI QUIS DICLRF. ITAI,SiItA AUDZAT NAJ'AL NEWS. HARWICH, DEC. 31. THE Diana Packet, Capt. OSBORN, sailed this morning for Helvoetsluys, with Mail fe(i Holland and the Netherlands ; at_ the same time the Diana, Capt. DEANE, sailed. -for Cwiliaven, with- tike- Hamburgh and Bremen Mails. The Zxpreis Packet, Capt. AELL, arrived from CuxbilrPt With thamburgh Mail and Prosengers. DE IL, DEC. 3r, SAILED the Arnistort, MA J OR! BANKS, for India ; and the rest or the Outward.bound for fortsmouth. R - RITISH NAVY. STATEMENT OF THE DISTILTBVTION PP TijE 44AVM, FORCE TO THIS, Exchtsivg of the 'HIRED Althitr, VASSEI-S chittly employed in proteding Cpaso Cir£AT 13NiTAIN. DAY. which are Trade of Lin! . In Port and fitting - Guard-ships - - In the Englis'p and Ira 2 Channels- - S On the Ddwns and ;Curt it Z Sea stations - S On the Baltic Service Ai theW e 8 t India Islands • and onthe Passage On the Jamaica station_ - ? and on the Passage S American & 'Newfound- e lana stations - • '5 C. of G ..Hope, E. Ipd• andpft the Pasiage • 5 Africa . and Madeira On the Lisbon Station S pain and Portugal with-'? out the Straits - In the 'NI editerranf.an' - Hospit4l and Friso!l Ships so's 4 Frig 5 8 3 Sps, . o - 8 Total hi Commission 137 Receiving Ships - 4 Serviceably and repairing 2 9 for Seri/ice - - 111 ofitimity ''nl; - a 8 Building ' A . : - 19 5[ 2 5° 4 Q . 2 32 86 4 0 ' ' Total '9 20 • 241 ST.,r5: OF T. lIE ORDINAk Line. Portsmouth - - - 55 - - 8 Plymouth • 0 . 'Chatham . - _ Sheerness - - . 2 River • 0 AT EACH 1' I 338 Tot. is 6 1 49 ORT 8z So's 1 Frig 1I Sps. Tot. o 9, 26 a o . 7 1 6 3 , 21 0 I 0 10 0I 10 29 41 1 , 12 , 17 30 Total 4 1 . 3 I 38 88 I 170 The Mutineers are 'on board the St.. George, Admiral Mt Flag.:ship, and are fifteen in number. TheSe 'are-. the only men whom it has hitherto been thoUght . necessary . to put; under con finement: They are the principal ringleaders of the CreWs 'Of the Formidable, Temeraiee, M a j est i c , and Vengeance., 'which .were, oh the 7th of Decem ber ordered to prepare for sailing to the West .1r dies.. It was on this occasion, that several of the S6men on board. these Ships declared they would not weigh anchor on such , a service ; for, as th e Peace . was Concluded, 'they would return to their 'homes. Upon this demur the Admiral wrote home for instructions hertv to proceed ; and as the service of these Ships could be supplied 'froM an, other 'quarter,' it was judged most expedient Tto order the whole Fleet to England. The_ Court_ Martial on these men will be held next week ; but the day is not yet fixed. It is possible that in the course of the evidence, many more persons will be implicated in the Mutiny, and tried, biat at pre sent.it is only intended-to bring the -above fifteen Seamen before the Court.--=Every things remains quiet.on board the Fleet: Yesterday a.court of Direaors of the . East:lndia' Company was: held at the India House, when she follotvifi CoMmanders attended, and were sworn into tile - odikiiiand of their .reSpee.t t ive §hips, viz. Captain' of the United Kingdom, and Captain-Wit:6A M AGNEW, of the Walthamstotu,, both conig•ned.to Coast and Bay. We have die pleasure to state that the FiOnourable East India Company's outward-hound Ships the Worcester, Captain SEARLES WOOD ; the Airy Castle, Captain ALEXANDER, NASH ; . the. Fort William, Captain josErrt BOULDERSON; and. the Lord llawkeshury, Captain WILLIAM DON ALDSON, ‘vhich sailed from England for Bombay dire& on the thirty-first day o f M arc h l ast , arr i ve d at that Preside n cy the latter end of July, all well.— The following Ships have-sailed from Madras for Ben gal, from whence they will, be consigned to England with cargoes, viz, the Dover Castle, Charlton, Sir Stephen Lushington, Calcutta, Asia, Walpole, and Duke of Monhose. The following ships arrived at Madras, are .to be dispatched from tl7ence for China, viz. the Admiral Gardner, Hindostan, Hope, and Boddam . The . new ship Perseverave, of rzoo tons, cOm niandetl by,Captain JAMES TW E EDALE, built on the bottom of the late ship :.Earl Fitzwilliatn, is sta tioned by the Honourable 'Couft Dlree}ors for Coast and China ; she is orderedto stay at Graves_ end thirty days, and to be in the Down's ort the loth inst. with the Cirencester and Alnrivick Castle, for Coast and China ; and the Marquis of• Ely, for St.. Helena and China. Tuesday night Count and' COUnteSS STAH REM. BERG gave I . a very elegant Bali at their villa at Twickenham ; which were present, Lord and Lady,iViou-cr Ericcumnl., Dowager Lady .1311CK NGHAMSH 1 R'F.,."'Lady ATHLONE, Lady MARY DUNCAN; Liar EL ZAB ETH COLE, Lady w •Mr. and -Mrs. TREVOR, Sir LION,EL and Miss . DARE LLS, Lady ' CL ARG ES, Baroness NAGEL, many Foreigners of Distinction, and several persons lashioii in the neighbourhomL Tile dancing commenced at nine, and continued with spirit until • twelve o'clock, when the Company. adjourned up stairs to, a most elegant cold, supper. , The dancing was afterwards renewed, ' and continued until past three o'clock, when the cbmpiiny ,retired, much amused. gratified. • „ "HE HA MBURGS MAIL. VIENNA, DEC. HIS IMPERIAL MAjEsTy, wishing to re-esta blish the relations which anciently subsisted between . the House of Austria and the Cantons of Sw;tzer land, has appointed M—PEzLER Minister to' tilt said•Caiitois. This abre Member of the.piplomitic, Body wAslormerly attached to the E m b ass y at Sr. PetersbUrgh, when the present Court and State Vice.Chance4r, Count COEENTZEL, was 'sador at that Court. It is not expeaed, however, that he will repair to the place of his destination .lill after- the conchision of the Definitive Treaty of Peace at !'miens. The QUEEN of NAPL rs, the day before yester day received by an extraordinary Courier dispatches from the Neapolitan Minister at St. - Petersburgt, which . she immediately sent off to Naples an 4 Palermo. lAGUE, DEC. rs. FROM Akit7ls we have novrAtarned with Cer. •tainty, that Lord Coßimtat, is, with che Incur.. rence of the Court of Russia, has 4h:early adtnitte.l three points of the Treaty of Zutteville to make 2 pa of tht Definitive Treaty, viz, the Cessipn of fLeft Bank of the. Rhine ; that of the Ktistrian Ne therlands; and the Indemnification of f the GRANS, DUKE of TUSCANY within the German Empire, Citizen GXASV,E!..D3 who two years ago._was puted to the Cisalpine Republic, is now appointed EqvQy to Florence ; and Citizen DEDiuf, iiho was ; at S tutgardt, Envoy to Florence. Citizen GR4svFLD will proceed to the place of his destination, with t h e C o nvoy which is :.,hortly to mil for the Medi . terranean o _ ' As Citizen Luvr,- of Groningen, has declined the post of Diredor, on aieount of illness, Citizen ALBEI).\ of the tame Province, has been appointed to it : he is of the Orange Party. .42 Mulatto Revolgtion has certainly been effea.e4 in Guadeloupe, and the Metropolitan Qovernor driven out of the Plantation; The following particulgrs h4yebeen, received in 4 Letter from Martinico Extraft cif a letter froM Martinicn, dated St, Pierre, Nov. 15, rBor A Cutter arrived here four days since, and brought us advice that the ; Prelimi r . narks ofPeace were signed between Great Britain and France on the - tst of 00ober.- We, are anxious to hear of the Conditions, and to know the fate of our Colonies, Thi s news arrive mitiy, for Uual , daloppe, where a pew - insurridion has broken out, not of the Negroes, as, at h. Domingo, but the, Mulattoes are the instigators of it. They wish - to•- command ; one of diem, by name PEI,AG,S, seeing that General LAc aoss a's measures thwarted his - views, formed a- party;,, seized on the General as he was visiting the Outposts, and forced him to • embark. The vessel in which he was on board Was stopped by one of b u r Cruizers, and taken to Port „Royal. Four-and,fwenly,hours afterwards, our Governor having he a rd of the signature of the Preliminaries of-Peace, concluded it were better to send him back to GuadOupe on board of One of our Frigates, which sailed - with a Flag of Truce, We are, anxious eNpeffation to know if he has been permitted to land, but we doubt it. ' " One of the unfortunate ,Ernigrants;7 - who left oithi:a.daio pla upe, went ceab about on afortnight .since . to return to shore at the c omm e nc em ent of the insurredio n , but was fortunate enough'to find means to escape, and is just arrived here, leaving behind him his wife and children. He - gives a melancholy pklure of the state of that Island.,—, The Insurgent General has - dismissed all the Whites' `from their employ ; has re-established all the Municipalities which General LACROSSE had abo lished-; has _placed Mulattoes at the head of every Depart me nt; disorganized the Army, and placed also at t h e heed of ,the Troops people of: his' description. These man 'will not Only refuse to assimilate with the Whites, but will have an empire over, and command them. It is . time that the European Powers should take some decided steps With resped to th e C o l on i es ,: an d ex p e l t h ose Mu lattoes, as has been, done with 'the Caribs ; other-- wise, llefnrc.-, ten years ar:.--vv-cr,-_the English and French Colonies. will be annihilated. You shall hear • more on thii subject by the first opportunity)' By. Letters which came from Antigua in the last Packet, the. Merchants have received. the' most pleasing intelligence of an abundant crop this year. We are extremely happy to find, that the French Government have determined to, discourage thv portation oC English Coal. One great cause of the dearness of Ails . articles rises from the-speculations of the Newcastle Colliers, who, immediately on the signature of the Preliminaries of Peace, dispatek . to different Ports in France, a number of the yef:, which had. been previously destined. for the Yoe London. There is no impropriety in the extch of the sale of any article of Cornllicrce, t.or any thing objeftionable in• fair competitio ,, ,— when they are carried to such an injurious as to cause a violation of the good 'oiel adir Charity begins at home," we think the', only deserving of reprObation, but of - interference. Mr. READ, Master of the Military A‘cader ChelSea, Has a Pye for his Christmas Visiqw, seeding zsolb. weight,, Composed as follows, _ x Ham, sliced 2 Rabbits • . ,2. Geese ' 2 Brace of Woodceks ~ z Turkies x Neck of -Venison Ip i z'Ducks x Breast ditto , LiT - i `Fair of Capons — 6 Pair of WiOgcol.s_ . ,--- a Hares 13 Pair of SparrowL;. 1 I itO