The Sun. — London, England, 1802-08-20 00:00:00

ARRIVED Holland o urgh o Mc►ILS. 'RICE OF STOCKS, DUE THIS DAY .►t TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols. . - 691! j Oinniuin 72 a 8 Disc. THE SUN. SOLEM QVIS DICER!. ?ALSUM AVDEAT ? LONDON, A UG UST zo, 18oz. YESTERDAY we received a Aioniteur of the 16th, instant, and this morning the remaining . Papers of that day. The Ma ni/rap is principally filled with Addresses presented to the,Firt Consul on the preceding day, by various Public Bodies, expressing in strong terms the langllage of Panegyric on his general conju6l, and more particularly on those recent eventso- which have arisen out of the Sennius Consulta of the zd and d.th of August. The Addrcsnes alhided to, it elude, amongst others, thole of the •Legislative Body, the Tribunate, the Archl,ishop of Pails, the Protestant Coniiistory, and the National Institute. The only expres - -sion worthy of remark is, in the P.Alress if the Legisative Body, which proceeds thus " First Consul, France has acquired, : at the price of its Misfortunes, an useful experience ; she is convinced that Learned Speculations cannot com plete; in a few days, the Legislation of a great Peo ple, .that the most elaborate theory iilways leaves on. the Body Politic, some incoherencies which human irehight cannot avoid.. If the parts of f ! that Body .are iollaxible, and their connections immutat ble, the slightest disproportion menaces the whole work with speedy destruain. Your prudence has guaranteed us from this evil ; you have done .much for Liberty ; you have not done less fc ) r Public Tranquillity , and you have reserved to -yourself the power cf still further supporting both, when ever the necessity of pursuing that line of condut is dilated by experience." An Article relative to Switzer/aid, to which we refer, gives a (ktailed account of die present situation of the Sri ailer Cintow,. It appears that the Inhabi tants of the Cantons of Uri, Schlviiz and Underwald, hlve I , rmally dcm , rtied to be sepArated from the 1-leiveric Republic, I;i,:dging as their motive, that thc .Co:htitiit ion of A.,nt-r.qtory; is the only one which is suitable to their habits and their manners. This demand is addressed to the French Minister in Swlizethind, rev , Air% he will use his influence for the gratificarien of their wishes, They urge that the union l.t:tween them and the Helvetic Republic, under, itr, new Constitution, was a forced and un forturn.te Marriage, and that the only remedy is a Di v•irce. it is stared from Rokna, that the cause, either rral or pretei.ded, of the late disturbances in that City, arose ot:t of the scarcity an.l dearness of P rov isions. Tranquillity has, howevtr, been re. stored by means of the French Troops. The Minister of Police has addressee: a Circtilar Letter to the PrekEts, desiring them to make known in their resreai‘e Departments, the various rela ikn, by ‘thich the last Senatus Consulte'd the 4th of Au B ust is conneCted with, the ConAitution, serving upon the various points of view in which it ouBht to be consiacred. An account of the Festivities of the zsth, will be found under the Paris head. IN resuming our Remarks upon the New Consti tut',,,n of F.ance, we cannot but observe, that it kias been discussed, or rather abused, with coo sider.d)ie violence, by some of our Cotemporary journalifits. It appears to us, that the distinaion bet t‘een the Internal Policy and the Exterior Rela tions of It;:arce, has tint LCCiI SUffijent!y • lnarkfd and preserved in many of these discussions. Thai the vehement advocate for Liherty should declaim against the present Sy , -,:m of G)vernment in France, is by we ins surprizing ; but that such a Spirit ,houid lead ‘, gr., 53 Invec;ivesag tinst that Country, or its i,f ~ , ,.,g i st rate s is greatly to be lamented.--- :ether Ftanee now possesses the only Govern ment which is snittd to her l)ispmilion Or her .Chara(ler, is a questiop that may he ca l m ly di-_ cussed without violence and without agitation.— But why direct the grossest Toveoi ves against the Chief Magistrate tA the French Republic, for doing that, which ti, remains yet to h e p ov e l i, i s not at, .4tl beneficial to the French _Nation ? Liberty in the hands of those wlio know not how to enjoy it, can only degenerate into Anarchy—and the only i'erne4 for Anarchy, is the strong Arm of Power. f4Overnments are good or bad only in proportion as they are adapted to the respe4ive Charaders of the F.e ,, pig t.!..1t0 are ,subjeo to them, It is evident, 04t tlr,l.44islcops!.ittitjup was ;gdtiertly trans. planted into Turkey or Persia, it could not take root in either of those Countries, because no Soil could there -be found analogous to its properties and its habits. The fundamental Error of most of the Speculatists upon Government, has consisted in beginning with Theory instead of Experience : number of Persons who called themselves Philoso .phers, fancied they were endued with the Power of regenerating Mankind, and began with destroying every thing. What did they. substitute ? A Theory that was to suit all .People; all Times, and all Cireurnstances; but'a Theory that was drawn from no one axiom of Experience, from no'data of Ob servation. The Experiment failed, as it obviously must: Theory succeeded Theory, until, at length, it was discovered, and reluEtantly admitted by many of those who had been fascinated by the charms of an Utopian system, that all Theory was vain, unless deriving its Source from Experience.— That General Happiness can be established without consulting Individual Comfort, is a monstrous chi. mera, which could only have been conceived in the brain of a Modern Philosopher ; since it must he evident to every Man, ,not blinded by a favour ite Theory, that General Happiness is only the produ6t of the Happiness of Individuals. Whether the present Constitution of France is • calculated to promote the Comfort and Happiness of the Individuals of that' Nation, time only can determine; but when compared with the mon strous SyStems of Democratical, or of Oligarchical Tyranny which have preceded it, the People of France have certainly reason to congratulate them selves on the change. More has unquestionably been done miller the present System to conciliate the feelings of the heart, and increase the stock of domestic comfort, t;an under -any System which preceded it since the Revolution. This subjea may be considered in many different points of view, blit let it be discussed with tem per and with moderation. To ,mix with the dis. cussion invekaives and reproaches, breathing in some degree a spirit of hostility, is unnecessary, and im proper, impolitic and unjust. The Government of France, become more concentrated, atd surrounded with pacific emblems, offers an additional Security f or the permanence of the Peace. To blend there fore Remarks upon the Constitution of France with invectives which can only wound and irritate, be trays a spirit inconsistent with that Peace which this Country has promised to maintain, and is de sirous of preserving. While France faithfully maintains, on her side, the Peace which has been so happily effeeted between the two Counrriesi it is obviously in the highest degree improper to make an hostile attack upon her Government and her Chief Magistrate, which can only provoke animo sity, and engender hatred. In beginning with-the French Constitution, and ending with the Eleaion of a Member to the Eng lish House of Commons, we follow the example of The fMorning Chronicle of yesterday, which starts a discussion concerning Liberty in France, for no other reason, as it appears, than to bring in at the end of it a paragraph concerning the late Middlesex EleCtion, in favour of the newly adopted Champion of the Whigs. ", Shall we," they triumphantly ask, " see men have- the of to inveigh against one popular Eli Rion, and the introduftion of one popular Member into 'the House of Corn. mons ?" We answer. " No," 'the House of Com mons is a Popular Body, and no man who is at all acquainted with the English Constitution, would think of inveighing against the introduaion of one or 658 popular MeMbers into the House of Com mons. But we inveigh against an Ele6tion, carried by a Mob, in defiance of the sense of the People : we arraign a triumph, openly connected with a con tempt of the I.\,ltgistracy and the Legal Authorities of the State. We can only see in that event the temporary success of Licentiousness, and congratu late ourselves that the time is not fa,- distant, when the legitimate triumph of real genuine British Free dom will be secured., The PRINCE came to town on Tuesday last, and dined the same day with the Duke and Dutchess of- DE VoN-ii IR E, in Piccadilly. His ROYAL HIGH NESS supped, on Wednesday last,' with the family. Yesterdaynoon, the Earl and Countess of Cnor,- NIONDELEY, Lard MoßpETtl, Lady CHAR LoITF. C HO L mo NDE V, Mr. CHOLMON'DEL Y, MiSSSE M , )U a, and suite, left town for the Continent. The party set off in four new post-coaches, with six h ,tses each, and out-riders. Three of the out riders were dressed in, scarlet at.d gold, and the cou rier in blue, with gord'embroidery, very rich and handsome. The .company rind retinue exceeded twenty persons, forming, in the whole, a most cavalcade. Tile party was to be met at Dover last r4,ht by their interpreter, Mons. L. and by his Lordship's house steward, valet, Sze. They intended sailing for Calais this Morning, and on landing, to i4 - ocecd immediately through the South of France into Lilly, Germlny, &c. The € LEI'S intend inaking a ten month's _ _ A house is taken at Ramsgate' for the Duke and Dotchess of DEyoNsmaz anti their family, PARIS, AUG. 16. CONFORMABLY to the Ordonnance of the Coun sellor of State Prefect of Police, of the izth inst. the two Senatus Consuite of the zd and 4th of August were yesterday proclaimed at seven o'clock in the morning, in the City of Paris, and throughout the Department of the Seine, as well as in the Com munes of Sevres, Meudon, and Saint Cloud. The Mayors of the Twelve Distrias exercised als of beneVolence; according to the instruftions they had received upon the subjeft, and distributed prizes in the Primary Schools. At eleven in the morning, the Administrative Authorities of the De partment and the City, assembled at the Prefedure, and proceeded to the Palace of Government. At four they assisted at the Te Deum in Notre Dame, in com mon with the Tribunal of Appeal, the Criminal Tri bunal, the Tribunals of the first instance and of Com merce, and the Justices of the Peace of the Twelve Distrias. A Military Detachment accompanied i them.—ln the evening the Tower of Notre Dame was brilliantly illuminated with a Star, in the centre of which was placed the Sign of the VI gin, the constellatiOn which presided at the birth of the First Consul. The principal Public Edifices Were 'illuminated. Amongst others, the Pont Neuf was most admired it was decorated with a Pedestal, having on it the Statue of Peace voted by the Senatus Consulte of the zd inst. A Fire-work of a new kind, agreeably surprized the immense crowd which pressed on both Banks of the Seine. The Pedestal, left in obscurity for the pur pose of favouring the brilliancy of the fire, was on a sudden illuminated. At the same instant, other fire-works from the ci-devant Hotel de Ville, and at the Esplanade of lite Champs Elise'es, disputed the palm of admiration. Grouper of Dancers, such as Paris a4-one c',n present, assembled near the Orchestras ereaed on the Place Vendome, and on-that of the ei-a'eg;ant Hotel de Ville, and prolonged the Fete during the night, Every one, on retiring, blessed the happy day, as the dawn . of that happiness which France will enjoy securely and in peace. There was also on the same day a solemn ser. vice of Thanksgiving in the Protestant, Church of Paris, in the street Saint Thomas du L4sure, on the occasion of the Proclamation of the Senatus Consulte for organizing the Constitution j and M. J. D. CAPRAR A, Legate of the Holy See, celebrated in the Church of Notre Dame a solemn Mass, during which he consecrated the Archbishop of Lyons, M. FMB, uncle to the First Consul. The formation of the Civil Code is proceeded on with aaivity : the conferences for the discussion of the Articles, are held every Thursday at the house of the Consul CAMBACERES. At the audience of the First Consul yesterday, Mr. MERRY, Minister Plenipotentiary from His BRITANNIC MAJESTY presented MCSSI'S. SHIRLEY, VERNON, ST. LEGER, ADAIR, STEPNEY, Capt3.4l NEW BERY, Captain BURREL, and Mr. GLASSR. BOLOGNA, JULY 27.—Disturbances of a serious nature have broken out in this City. The scarcity and dearness of Provisions was either the cause or .the pretext. The Prefed, after having employed to no purpose every means of gentleness and persua. sion, and seeing the public tranquillity every day more and more endangered, and even his personal safety menaced, he confided the exterior and in-• ternal Police of the City to the General of Divi- , sion, VERDIER, who immediately arrested seve ral of the guilty, and publiShed a Proclamation on the 22d, in which he anw)unced to the Inhabitants, that he should employ the most ener. getic means to prevent further disorder, and to re establish tranquillity. For this purpose, he pro. hibited the Inhabitants from carrying - about with them Any species of weapon, even Sticks, and threatened to arrest those who should ad in con tradidion to this order; and to deliver them over- to be tried by, a Military Commission, in the same manner as if they had been taken in the ad of insurrcaion, wick. arms in their hands. At the same time, .the Municipality ordered all dealers in articles of the first necessity to give in, within two days, an account of the quantity of provisions they had in their hands. On the 25(11 a large Body of French Troops arrived, and yester. day General VERD I ER published a secot# 'rocla. maoon, explaining the motives of their a al. JULY 3 0.-011 the 28th, a Corps of French Ca valry arrived here from Modena. On the following night, those - .-persons who had been arrested, were sent to France.; is now perfealy quiet. The Prele carries rigorously into execution his regu lations of Police, respeaing Foreigners who are unprovided with the necessary papers. NAPLES, JULY 20.—His MAJESTY has addressed a Letter to the Archbishop of PALE Rmo, Presi dent of the Kingdom of Sicily, announcing his happy arrival at Naples, and ordering that his faith ful Suhjeas should be informed of it. His Excel lency has published an gdi4 upon • this occasion, and Tr Qcrem has :also been sung, at whkh the Sacred Ctllege, die Senate, the Noblesse, znd Magistrature assisted. His MAJESTY has issued a rigorous OrdonnAnce against the Monoplizers of Grain. HALL S, AUG. 9.—Our Colonial Expedition set sail on the sth. One of the Ships run a-grourmi in going out of the Texel, and it is yet dimbtful whether she will be able to continue her voyage. The harvest in Batavia is most abomianr. If the Legislative Body sanCtions the proposition. of Government, for granting to the holders of thc Stock of the ci.devant East India Company the ex— clusive commerce to China, they will be obliged to import into the Ports of the Republic 4.,000,00c, pounds of tea. Several Merchants have presented Addresses against this measure ; but it is not thought that they will meet with any attention. The re-organization of the French Constitntion ha's excited at Amsterdam the most agreeable se.nsa, tions. BERNE, Au c. 7. —The following Address has been published, which was presented on the part of the smaller Cantons to Citizen -VERNINAC, Minis, stet of the French Republic in Switzerland, on 113 journey to Sthsvitz, " The Deputies of all the Communes in the a:ace Cantons of Uri, Sch , tvt;tz, and tinder wall, to Citi. zen VEtNiNAc, Minister of the French RepubliG in Switzerland. lc We have uselessly endeavoured, for four years past, to tear from us a Constitution which, from its origin, and still nore, from the violence with which it was established, could not fail to be odious and insupportable. It is in vain that we have constantly hoped that the Helvetic • Go.t vernment, instruEted by the sorrowful'-events of, four unfortunate years, would at length. find,. thaC our separation from the Republic was that which was most wise and suitable for both Orties, and that the wish which we have so often and so strongly expressed for our ancient liberty, would have induced them to set aside all hope that those three Canton* would ever voluntarily accept any other Constitu , tion than that which has ever been considered as the only one suited to these Countries, and ,for that real soq so highly prized by our ourselves and our AN, cestors. Qur re-union with Helvecil h w hi c h has beep stained with so much innocent blood, is per haps the most ergel example,of constraint that Hiss tory can offer, " In the conviaion, therefore, that for a force& and unfortunate marriage, Divorce is the only ICS!' Sollabit Teenedy, and that Helvetia and ourselveS cannot recover repose and content, except by the rupture of this forced tie, we are firmly resolves to labour at that separation with all possible aaivie tyy and we think it best to address that Authority which for four years past has united us in spite of ourselves, to the Helvetic lepublic. As to an? thing further, we only wish to preserve goo 4 harmony in our commercial relations, as be' comes brave Swiss. In listening to our just tie( mantis, the Helvetic lepuhlic will acquit* in us brothers and faithful neighbours. " Health and consideration, " Schwitz, July r 3, ISoa.'t CQRFU, JULY 7,—,-, Oa the 7th, ult. OreesOtioe man Ships arrived here to relieve those whichllAl;e for some time occupied this Port. Itxttnedi.itelf after, ,three Frigates of the Division of PATRONA BEY set sail for Constantinople. This Admiral-has been raised by the GRAND SIGNIOR to the dignitY of CAPTAIN BgY. The Courier who brought his appointment was also the bearer of that of MusrA , PHA EFFENDI ''OZINAI, Ottoman Minister t o 00; Republic, to the place of Commander in Chief OF Saphis. On the reiterated application of the Ga. , 0 0 SIGNIOR, our Government has prohibited the Ves" sels of the Republic from taking on board slave+ for the purpose of carrying them to other places , and also from buying silks in Labroussa and several other Ports of the OttOman Empire. ' The Nephew of the Pi CHA of GIN EMICCit rived here on the 16t11, and having gone on board PATRONA BEY'S Ship, informed hini of the Peac e concluded by the Paella his Uncle, and all the inlia; bitants of the coasts of Romelia. He was salute d by the Turkish Artillery, and received a Cafteers as a mark of approbation. We are in daily expeaation of the Russian TrOoP / from Naples ; every thing having been long i ti readiness for conveying the Battalions under the command of General BOROSDIN. NAPLES, JULY I 9. -We learn by a Vessel frol Algiers, that a Spanish Squadron, consisting O three Ships of the Line and two Frigates appear% before that City on the 16th of June, and that the Commandant of the Squadron having learned pretensions which that Regency formed in reV r to Spain, declared war against it : but after th ree a days Negotiations, every thing was termina ted. an amicable manner, and the other Spanish Vessels proceeded to Tunis, to repeat, in all probability' the same operation. ••••••.•••• It has been said that the Chief Consul has forbi d ' den the introduction of English Newsi, a pef S France. Such a report seems highly iniprobable, I f e the Chief Consul would hardly deny himself o f advantages resulting from such important sorce s instrullioas *saMP P ri