The Sun. — London, England, 1807-10-31 00:00:00

TO THE E/irron OP THE SUV. a 7 ft IT h a fine feature in the chara6ter of our Country men, that so fat" from easily enduring any relinquish= rr►ent of their Rights, they suddenly take fire at the slightest tendency towards it., This noble jealousy, though necessary to the maintainance of our Consti tution, yet often leads us into temporary mistakes, by perinitting our passions to prevail over our tAder standings. lam induced to rnake this remark, by perceiving the strange construaion which no saiall part of the,, Public put upon the Proclamation for preventing the desertion of our Seamen. Many, • persons imagine, that we have therein meanly CO - ceded our Right of Searching Men of Way; and it soMappens, that the argument, they addqcein sup-, port of their opinion proves the direst reverse. They say, that by forbidding our Officers - to conipel this Right . of Search, we virtually concede the Right it- Self. Now, Sir, it is evident, on the Contrary, that this prohibition is made fqr the purpose . of maintain- . ing the Right more effealually than ever, by render ing the consequences of refusal more serious than before. Fli.herto the Right of Search has been en forced by individual violeFtee- 7 -a confined' and un certain method of cornpuliion at best ; but we ngtv • make it a matter of national cognizance, constitute it a crime at onee, and punish the transgressing party with a War instead of 'a Battle. • It our Officers were allowed the right of enforce ment, they would be obliged to require the search ing of all Armaments, whether inferior or supe rior to their own. But suppose a superior Arma ment refuses to beLransacked; what is to be done We must either fight, and be 41isgraced by failure, pr sail away discomfited, and become objets of uni versal durisioe. Tile night of Force must be maiu!- pined by Force;. and therefore the means of main twining it ought to be uniform and effeaual. iS , impossible in cases of casual encounter. And, after all, what do we ga in by these encounten; Nothing but the person of a :Alin roinkins,, per haps, while we lose the. lives of valuable 'Seamen in conteA, and incur the odium or attacking Stu amicable Nation unawares. indeed an idle idea has been . .tdvanced, that dur ing the time which elapses bet Ween making the , e'r;mplaint and redressing the grievances, the beser ter in question escapes.,, Why truly it is.a sad,case, that we cannot at once.secure, by blood, what we niight afterwards, obtain 'by treaty. It is lamentable that we, should negle& the map fur a shprt time, in order to secure, the principle tor ever.' , But happily, Sir, we pursue a less piratical and a ,More elfeCtual plan. We call upon the Government which protects, to surrender him, and if it refuses, the ,CO4sequence e I presume, will be something more tremendous than merely chastising a refractory Ship of War 7 Heretolere, our only reparation con listed in recovering the runaway by force. Subse quent war, on our side, was out of the question ; and if the party enforced thonght fit to resent the tvrong.by general hostilities, we must havientered into the lists as the eggressors, net as the aggrieved. put some,williay, granting all this to be the case; still we should support our Officer. Sorry, Sir e i am to answer, that our Officer hiMself has taken all possible precaution to prevent us - from supporting him. Not, indeed, by having proceeded to violence when right of search was retued----perleaps the lucre a a itself might have been justified by the proloca tion he received. Not by havieig . jn , ,tified that ail upon the general principle: of an enforcing right vested in Officers of the Navy—perhaps Govern ment might have chosen to' pass that over, as an error on the better side. But he has rendered it Impossible to support him, by having pence' an ad of unauthorized eeneession 'With his nI of unautho rized violence, in permitting American Caprains' to reciprocate the search if they pleased. So that in order to carry our Officer fairly through ,the dispute, ve Initit necessarily issue the folloWing,Prochuna . tion,i • , Whereas, &c. \ye do hereby require: the , 4 4 - Captains of our Royal Navy to enibree the search !e. iii of the Men' of War of ail other Wations ; and do hereby permit - the Captains of the Navies of her Nations to search our Alen of War." 'laws, Si,, we should re.tittio to ourselves an ob solete-or imaginary, tight, which could tigt'serye us, and we shotild present the world with anew pri vilege, v.ltich would ultimately destroy- tl3. sir, I will venture to , say, there is not -a Ciptain of an English fishing-boat, Much less of an English Nan of War, that would submit to the indignity of hay. i ng his Vessel overhatiled,. according to, the .adutis. aion of-Admiral BEttiKt.tr4y. Flow; then, can Go.' vernmetit possibly uphold the , person,yho disgraces our Naval supremacy by this unexampled conces. pion ? Had Admiral BRaxer.le (whom I certainly re pet as a brave and I well , rneaning than) issued orders to search for de , ,erters-on board the Chesa peake' and assigned the provocation he received, as a reason, he had done well. But the fa is, he does not seem to feel :that himself and his.flag suf• fered insult at AP. He - proceeds to iiolence as it it were an indispensiblOcluty demanded of Mtn by the custom of his ,i;ountry. And yet, pr ethinks, his permitting reciprocity of search; appears a tacit ad mission hat the step was rather extraordinary and usual and - fit. .ConcesSion, I believe, is se,ldom'made, unless to compensate in jury. But he first jumps into the pit, - and then en deavours, to extricate hiiriself, b) digging another underneath: This instance, itt itself, is sufficient to display the danger of vesting in our Qtlicers an option fry power of ataing hostilely against friendly nations. If 'Ad,- miral BERKELEY had assigned provocation given as the 'cause of quarrel, he might have beed excpsed, • just as a man might be 'excused who shoul4 hurt another in consequence of an outrageous insult. BUt if that man should attempt to justify the wound upon the general principle that' he had himself a right to be both judge and executioner, then he would'be justly considered as culpable and unsafe. It appears, then, that the Proclamation is rigorous and deciSive in more, ways than one. It not only separates two distina disputes, which it was wished to confound, butit briny a long-contested question to the point at last. America lias yet reparation to make for her unfriendly and outrageous condu6l, and I trust we shall not be found wanting in the dig nity of an offended Nation, I trust we shall render States, instead of Ships, responsible for future insult, and strike at once at the heart of desertion, instead of prize-fighting for the body of a deserter. MAILS. ARA Z vsn—i Gottenbursl2, 2 Dublin; Waterford. Dut—l Libbon, Dub Vaterluiti. l'lt ICE OF STOCKS • THIS DAY A r O ' CLOCK. Consols 6z Oninium - -• pr. THE SU N. SOLEM QUI& DICERS FALSUNT AUDEAT ? LON D 0 :iATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1807. . . • Tuts morning a Mail froM Gottenturgh arrived. It brings very little news; but some private letters which we have seen state, that the Conimissioners appointed; . on the part of France and Holland, to treat iespeeting an exchange of territory, have dearly finished their labours, - and it is ; reported that the French are to be 'put in possession of William, stadt, and other fortresses on the Meuse, and tha t the Islands at the mouth of that river are also' to be ceded to France. It is obvious' from this circum. stance, that BVONAPARTE dues not 'conceive that the Decrees which be has compelled the Dutch Government to issue' against any intercourse with this Country are carried into execution With sutli 7 cient rigour. It was reported on the Continent, but we believe without foundation, that the French had taken possession of Memel.. • Private accounts reached town this morning which state, that - a Treaty of Alliance, offensive and defen- Sive, has been concluded between France and 'Russia. A private Letter from Berlin relates a circum stance which we should be unwilling to. state, on the ground or its improbability, if 'the fate of the' unfortunate PAI-N1 did not tend to, lessen our. incre dulity. after Berlin was resigned again to the Prussian Government, a Play was perfOrmed the: Theatre of that City . , in which there.werecharaelers of a German and a Prussian Officer.: The Ador Who perfOrmed the first, disposed to jay some compliment to the French troops,' 'who still remained in that Capital, appeared in the insignia ofthe Legion of Ho- . nour. The moment this badge appeared, the audience burst into the strongest expressiens of indignation, which could not be appeased till the Performers withdreW, and removed the offensive mark. An ac 7 count of this event was iminediately sent to Paris, and BUOWAPARTE, according to report, flew into a violent paSsion, and dispatched a message to Geueral KNoaLesnoavv, pointing out two Prussian Officers who were. 'said to be chiefly instrumental in' kindling' the riot, which he considered as a per sonal insult' to himself, and' demanding that they should be immediately taken out and shot. General ENOELESDORPF returned an immediate answer, Stat ing that tzmults were very common at a ,public Theatye, that he was persuaded . the Officers in question were not likely to have taken any alive part on the occasion, and imploring .13uobwmates.cle mency. This interceSsien, so far from appeasing BUONAPARTt, is said to have enraged him- still more, and that he then dispatched an - order to the. Fre n ch Commander at to execute the Sentence upon the twtiOrficers. The result we do not know, bu t we received the intelligence froth a quarter in which we haVe reason to place much confidence. Hto NIA,TESTY bas not rode on horseback since Monday, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather. NAVAL NEWS. DOVE# e OCT. O.—Early this, morning arrived in the Harbour the Active hired Armed Cutter, Lieut. Htmts t _having last night had - a sharpaaion for an hour and a quarter with a large French Lugger Pri. ' vateer, full of men, in which we lament to say her gallant Coiritpander4Vas very severely Wounded, bile' of hey Crew . (I'. But. LAttp, of Dover) killed, and several others wounded. The Cutter was off Folk stone, about two. or three 'Junes from land, and about eight o'clock, ,it being very, dark, was run alongside by the Privateer; which mistook her fur a Sloop but finding . their mistake commenced a sharp firing of musketry, which was briskly returned from the Cutter. The Privateees people, who out numbered the Cutter's Crew, more ',than four to one, twice Attempted to board, tlieM, but the 'fi.'.ut ter being prepared with her Warding netting; up, her little gallant crew, with their pikes., drove them back and obliged them to sheer otf, and from the pries on , board, no doubt, with. severe loss i Lieut. Ht - cs received a musket ball just below the fifth rib, which' is not yet, extraEled. These kiiid of Priva. Leers have lately much infested our coast, and - cemmit depredations tq a greater event. than is generallr known. PORTSMOUTH, QcT. Natio Frigate has, cptureCi'and sent into this Port a French Lugger Piivatcer belonging to Cherbourgi the pido MIL• LER, from St. Thomas's, boqnd to Tonningen, with coffee, has been; detained and sent into this Port by the rig/tont Privateer, of Plymouth. 4 • • .Arrived L'ili-gus Frigate from Cork ; Derwent Gun.brig from Plymouth ; . .Nistent, WOOD, and Polland, NEWTON (for JaMaica), and Ennniline, WATEamAII (for Mogadore), from - the Downs; Brothers, Day.wurr, and Mary, MASSY, frsim Wa terford ; liero,aosnco, and Cato, ELLooN, from. Sunderland; Delight, LOvs, from Cardiff . ; and :Susannah, ELEEDMAN, from 'Lynn. Sailed thellOsnu'ind, SLININIE Rs', and John and "inn; for Sunderland ; John and Elizateth, BELL,. and Speedy, ALDRIDGU, for London. . - This morning the Diana Frigate c r ime into• Harbour, Hui,t, OCT. Ilornby Transport, from . Copenhagen ' with Troops, has this evening put in • here, with the loss of .anchor and cable, and other damage. She sailed from Copenhago_sevendays ago, at which • time our Troops had evacuated the island of Zealand. .4,Lieut..BaoWN; of the German Legion,'. who Came in the Hornby; was the person who. delivered up the keys of the Citadel to the Danish Officer Appointed to receive them. Lord CATuCAarr had gone to ,Helsingburgh, where the King•df S w eden was, in order to have an interview 'with His Majesty, and a Frigate was aPpointed to bring his Lordship home. A division Of our Ships are s;iid to have been left cruiting:in the Belt ; but. the remainder of sthe •Fieet, together with the Danish Ships, &c. had sailed for England. SitEERNESS, OcT.,2g•--"Tie following TransliQns sailed from Copenhagett, for England, on the 125th of September, under convoy :Of the Raillenr Ze phyrus, Small Bridge,. Beatrice,. Prince cf Wales, • Providence, Avon, Achilles, Amphitrite, Royal Yeo man, Friends, 'titian, Union, Patriot; Alice, and Li berty. Under convoy of the Inflexible, 64, on the (29th September—King George, Ocean, A, S. Sully, Car ron,- Walker, John; Enterprize, William, Rebecca and Bl4aLeth, Mentor, Ocea:i'B. Eagle, Melanthc, Howard, .lenny, and Chancellor. Ocr. 30.—Arrived the Rapid Tender from Lynn with recruits for the Royal Marines, and some im pressed men and volunteers for the Fleet. YARMOUTII, OCT. 30.—The Prince of hales, Admiral GAMBLER, and about fourteen Sail of the Line, wi►h other Vessels, are arrived, but the wea ther has been too foggy to learn their mimes. The British Naval and Military 'Forces, and the Danish Vessels and Stores, Jeft Copenhagen the 21 st• DEAL, OCT. 30.—Carne down from the River the Elizabeth and Mary, GROFF, for St. Domingo: Arrived His Majesty's Ships Royalist and Blazer from a cruize, and remain in the Downs with the .Ships as per last. , PLYMOUTH, OCT. (.29:--itrrived the Marlbo rough, of 74 guns, from Chatham ; and the Ade hired Armed Cutter, from the Itochefort Squadron, with Dispatches ; the Hear! of Oak, TuovpsoN and 11endra„ MfiLl,nutsx, ti.om Liv,erpuol. ; and the Bee, rs from.Cheputow. The of 74 .guns, went out of Harbour this morning, and anchored in eawsand Bap L'I.ANp3 OF SCILLY, OCT. 26.—Arrived the Wig Catherine, Woop Master, from: •'Guernsoy, for the cargo of the Spanish Ship San Francisco de l'aula, condeitined as Prize ' to the Ai.otn. Privateer, of / Guernsey, Typi , E3. Master, stranded qt this Port on' the 28th O&ober 1s06; cargo consisting of bide', hemp,' honey, snuff, and tobacco. Arrived from a cruise His Majesty's Sloop Plover and. Prlter gun -brig ; also the Ranter (ny Ireland, with provisions ; the Thomas and Judith, from Newport, with coals ; the 'Neptune, MAY M3steiV i With ditto; and the Prussian BritiPelboont, 4 3tkidi/eDVER Mater; fee di Memel . , with` timber, timber, bound to Limerick. When the Master left Memel, the place was healthy and free of any epidemical disease, to the best of his Knowledge and belief, • UT, DJ 0 Utir, OCT: i 9. This day completes 'the meritorious exertions of Mr. BRAITHWAITE in recovering the, property 'of the Atergatr ny East Indiaman i wrecked oft -1114 port-some time since. 1:1 1 i s G en tl em hu has been . unwearied, as well as most fortunate, in his . entl6l l- • . vour“or the interest of the East. India Company. It isilliVotipy.io i i c.hOped that the saving-of so r - finable a part ot - the cargo, by *mean's of his Divine Bell, accompanied wit!} so much skill, ingenuity, and undaunted resolution, will secure to, hi m a re muneration, if possible, equal to his merits. The termination oe the gale, with a fine g entle breeze at N. E. has produced an abundant, s upply of fish In the market Cod Of, near nlb. weight are sold at 3s. e.acli„ and Herrings in perfealQll At 9d• a dozeni and as the season advances they will coney: der;ibly in price. Every - advantage has beeti taken of the pleasant change of weather. . The walks and rides appear 35 usual, decked with beauty and fashion. Among the groups . of Pedestrians were the fach riming Miss HAw4E, Mrs.,Thriost, Mrs.,Bicuoins , ‘ two Miss Bros, Lieut. Colonel HEAD,- General' Corroti, - Erc. - &c.'; and among the many carriages., sported on the Sands were those of Lord HA‘vic.!,, 131:Xtiii.1, — MiSTGiikawLY, Mr. CH/016ER" LAIR, Captain it!Cn, &c. &c. Otlr Tbeatrtdast night produced a bumper, 10 6 ' jug for the Benefit of Mr. SANDRA n, and by desitO of Lieut. Colonel HEAD / •Of the 13th Light Dra goons. The performances were the favourite C tnedy of The Heir at Law, and the now p9Pula c Farce of The Ifeatherrock. . ". Earl PAULET is OH a visit to their-MAJEsTtas at , Windsor. Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held 3 ' 4 4 reign Office: • • , His Royal Highness the Puke of Canner pox re viewetl the - Jst Regiment of Life Guards yestertiay, at ten e'e,lock, in their exercising ground, Warren's Field, king's Road. • On Thursday the .Pariih Chtirch of Windsor was opened, after hating, undergone a Thorough repair, With the performance of the Sacred Oratorio of the Messiah, under the patronage - of their Royal High?, nesses the Dukes of .J.,:ewr end. cANIEUIDGE, nfi well as w ith the sanction of their MAJEsTtes and 'the PnzKcrssas. The Royal DiticeS ettended their full suits, and, satin seats were prepared O F them ; the principal families in the tats: and neigtn* bourhoA were also present. Lady - CaAtiLay, and the two Honourable 11/ Rises MuvitAY, went in her 144.t.esre'si earriage. The .Royal Pukes tooli, thoir seats exa&ly at twelve o'clock, 41 - ien, in honour of their presence, the Coronation Anthem was itnmel .diately perforirted, 4 previons to the commencement of the subtilise Oratorio. ! —Tite Messiah Wail opened ' by Mr. VAUGHAN in ' a very finished style. Madaro* Butxclit and Mrs. IfauonAm in " I know that rtig Redeemer liveth," and "J./9w tectutifid are the Feet., were every thing that could be WiShed, ' and gave ti very proper etTeet to:that divine music. Mr. Goss was in most excellent voice, and gave the Air" /If 'was despised and rejelitit or Men," with go moo, soleinnity: and feeling, as to arrest the attention pt the ,whale audience: we never heard it given with greater of en.. Mr. 13ELLAsvir, who is undoubtedly the second bass singer in Englaud, gave the bag* songs in a very superior style, particularly Trumpet shall sound," in Which he was most adcHie rably accompanied by Mr. WALLIS on the trumpet , The 'cher-asses were well supported4by the Gentle , men beloegi ng to St. George's Chapel Choir. Her M4' ,ISTY was greeiously pleased to grant permission to her Band to perform ; and tbr the umber- of v o c 3l . and instrumental perfo'rMers, \via venture to say this delightfUt oratorio . was never better got tlit ) • greatest praise is due' to Mr. Rol:togas, 1,14 noes-ries Organi,t, who presided at the Orgla , and has conducted the wheile lansiriess. The formance Was: occasionedby the 'expellees of repair ing the Church having far exceeded the estimate , being nearly double. The subscriptions and 'moneY ,received for the tickets, at ins. : ad. each, amounted to near wool. We understand his MAJESTY sub' scribed tool, her MAJESTY 501. the ROYAL 1)0X0 251: each 1. the 'PRINCESSES t Ll. each, Colonel attow and Mr. RAMSUoTTOII ) the Members I'oo o town, tool -each. the following is an Extrakof a Letter-from Nfo' mel, received by a,. respeilabKt - house :—" &gri st ,: Ships being prohibited from entering our-Ports; on'. Neutrals only permitted, tew opportunities 'occuros writing to you. Our Court is still here. li n ' Freitch,haee such 'a strong attachment to Prus'ila' that they have no inclination to leave it. By t!' Articles of the Peace, they . were to crovi the P.''' . singe. on the tioth orAugtist ; but' they Still occie that neighbourhood, unda the pretence that 1 1 ''' WM - id:fries, of Dantxic are not regelared - ; for • liens were stipulated, and now LEFE'IIVEE 10SiStS c Jn two German miles. Prussia is' not in a state to de:. fend herself, and must submit to the mandates 0 1 : e the two Imperial Courts, The contributions :i re very heavy on ,Konigstitirgb, which is desirous ( 11 ' n ,Meinel - Shouldpay the half ;' but there is In) "' v .,' why nine thonsancl inhabitarns should ray en r sum with sixty' thotissiind. The Loan is tine cent. Tile flux is very fatal; no less, t han _3O O 1) ..0t last week in Konigsburgh ; , arid at Worrildi tt, fir from the - Passage, not less than tioy are de.aa"r)(4 ' the' same dis6se--the whole, 61 the iti l ", l 4 l . ) , l dis. Were nut, more than Mg. thousand. , At dreat , s", •temper-r+s amongstAhe horned cattle;. 1 1 1 1 ; ip , sit, out of 00 covvs the town,had„ only ten .o ``, l , 0 0 Thank Heaven the cattle here are healthy o";bcy have not 'Su ff ered so much from sicknes - as $. have done iu the nei•dibourin PrOViIICO.