The Sun. — London, England, 1802-05-21 00:00:00

'~~ cor l ' (01 C; 110 1 Oa !yds . vii tlr t ,• sterday morning His MAJESTY took an ex - '4 Q n to Kew Palace.. tq Fit MA J ESTY and the PRINCESSES took an air_ th •ti r ough Fulham and Putney. , „ Ittt 't Royal Highness the PRINCESS of WALES tO w k. 71 n yesterday for Bl ac kh eat h. e PR NC E of W ALES ' S R eg i ment, the oth keht td Dragoons, w as y ester d ay rev i ewe d on Ash _ ,t4v ,Illmon-; after which His R o y a l Hi g h ness " l e Officers an elegant dinner at the Bush at te ss he Countrof Surrey, yesterday, voted an Ad_ 1411,. ace the KING of .Congratulation on the retur n ➢, 11Y.oE E BALL.—The Entertainment given t ill f,„`k MA JESTY on W e d nes d ay n i g h t , cont i nued t ar t -ti ,r o'cl oc k yester d ay morn i ng, a c i rcumstance has s e ll' ev er remembered at the Queen's House. It t hi lin til l more extraordinary that the K ING should O n N , n -ee asion h ave b een the person Co keep the Co i n. 44 3 ' 1 1 ,p er p (le t° so l ate ati hour ; but His MAJE S T Y af ter -• Oared, with great good humour and CO_n_ r,,ltYs' that h e s h ou ld nor. allow any of the you ng 1 447 be idle, and encouraged the Ladies to con_ tiel'"- dance till the hour we have mentioned. 1 1 , 1 i 4 . .i k e r ..., 14 .t...has scarcely been known have sat to u p , Cl t)l e r-, 4tll irlg his reign. It was remarked by the Nte r " lll ests, that they never saw him in a better T h health, or in higher spirits. %ite ( i e P RINCESS of WALES was universally ad- Her dress was a spotted silk, and over one 41( ler eb Was a kind of mantle, which had a very rit k r „ appearance. Feathers were as unal worn I NF at numbers. Th e P RINCE o f W ALES d i d not stet 3 elev., I 'er. His Royal Highn ess went away soon 111. 4.. 1 '), as he had done at the DUKE of Cum. Ball last week. : i tli t s ,MAlEsTy has been pleased to grant to such y), \liEcers of the Fencible Corps, as have not Pa Ftros z , t y, t 1 nent rank ! . and are not entitled to half ile le following alio wances on being reduced, viz. 4 '°rlth. s pay to each Field Officer and Captain ; p t4i , in.onth's pay, and daily allowances, to the I(tatto'fiaeritenant, to each Subaltern, .and to the N l te rsli c o e i t i s . , from the day of disbanding, exclusive. w„'rtdal , Ing two appointments, are to receive the hauler is for only one of them; but the Pay. kt N 44 t 0 have a sum equal to two months full asntal such, including the pay of his Regi ii 'th ly e ‘-comtnission. r an 'brian Regiment of Fencible Infantry, tiviindeedtu_r?el from Gibraltar, were on Wednesday !tl. ea h at Bristol, each man having 14 days pay ti ,; l l v4itintnte to carry hi m h ome. A number of the it 414 . ered into the li ne at Gib ra l tar, and sI -ell more sinc e t h e l and i ng. tOC,i tpor at i on of Monmouth have lately pre ite,, - e P a (1d VINCENT an d L or d NELSON With 4111 ST• l,°oal4in m of. that B oroug h . Axw.ELi. is appointed to the Hound roo m of Captain SARRADINE, which take ten held piecesto the EMPEROR of a s a presen t from His MA JESTY. t yo lto. i•lneStlity a co urt of Direztors was held at -1 0 i rlto .11se, when Capt. THOMAS JUNES Was Istie ra r, t , r. t ,he Command .of the Hononiable Coin, Lis,v,?hip Tottenham, for Bengal direCt„ which 1t t he Sh ip of the season for that Presidency.- „! t e re'rt of the arrest of some French Ge_ k t 4 Par isr-whi •• • in Th T . , tb lie entirely unfounded. The letters by m ake no mention of any such event, the Security of this Lountry could be obtailied h tli ee were, the extinction of thost.principles whi c h ad produced our danger, the diminution of the Power of France, so far as to prevent her from ei lYing these principles into execution—the aug. rnentation of the resources and comparative strength °f this Country to suck a degree; as to enable her to s et the principles and efforts of France at defiance. 41 1 these Species of Security the Noble Lord proved i t° have been in a great. measure attained. The vio ent tempest of Jacobinism has blown over, and °llly recalled to our memory by the ravage s it tna de in its progress. The Navy of France, the " J P weapon which she could have employed against °tlr Security, has been annihilated, or transferred o ° augment our strength , an d w i t h regard to the ast, and, in o ur op i n i on , t h e b est o f a ll S ecur i ties, r Q r Com merce, our Opulence; our Resources; our e ans of D e f ence , our R eputat i on both b y sea and 46 .) are arrived at suc h a comman di ng em i nence, fat we are enabled to enjoy Peace with France in . le . eu ritY, or, if she rather chuses it, to meet her t . ll w ar without fea r . T o b e p l ace d i n suc h a si pation, is the best Security for the continuance of ; a ce. Treaties are bur words ; and if we force an h e to disadvantageous terms, we can ex "' °l to be preserved only as long as that Enemy u , Cured tin ra 1,1 eto resist them. E t ft a Pea ce t h at i s se :red by mutual adva n t a ge s , an d a b a l ance o f r°w er, has th e f a i rest p ro S pe tt o f b e i ng permanent. hY a re newa l of the War, France mu s t l oo k to h ave t leviving Com me t ce , t h e objetl of her fondest o Pes, destroyed in it's cradle : while, with re... < ! 44 1. to t hi s C ountry, a renewal of the War would ill Y tend, as i t f ormerly did, to make all the c Ql tne4e of the Wo r ld fl ow i nto our P orts. I n tt l er resped s , w h at could France gain by the re. lv al of War, or what could we lose ? Who then b tll say, that the present Peace is insecure ? that !4 re in a state of imminent danger ? t A fter refieEting on the s e co ns id erat i ons , it i s to eh qed, that the Public will no longer be de. A lv ed into f a l se f ears b y t h e m i srepresentat i ons of larmists. ; but repose in the greatness of our Na t444l strength, and the wisdom of the. Govern. ', 9 t which has conduaed us to the present state pea ce and Security. tV A '' A :1, Al Le* 14 1 s', FALMOUTH, MAY /8. ARkIVED this morning, the Prineesi Eliza beth Packet, Kr Dri, twenty-eight days from Tor_ tola ; and the Princess Amelia ditto, STEVENS, in thirty-four days from ditto, with Leeward Island Mails. The Chesterfield Packet, with Mails from England, was safe arrived out. Arrived the Lady Arabella Packet from Nev.t York, in i 8 days. The Prince Adolphus Packet, with Mail from Lisbon, may be expected to arrive in the morning, the wind having blown very strong all day to the Southward. Arrived this day, the Brig E - irphami,i, Capt. SANGSTER, from ,the Coast of Catalonia, with wines; the American Ships Little William, BALD. WIN, 38 days from Norfolk, with flour, and the "int/aware, BROWN, 39 days from Philadelphia, with sugar, coffee, flour, &c. for orders. Sailed His Majesty's Brig Hunter, of i 8 guhs, Capt. JoNEs, and the Revenue Cutter/Eget, AL LAN, on a Cruize against the Smugglers. _DOVER, MAY 20. THE Ship P:rseverance, STAY ERS, from ,the Southern Fishery, arrived off Dover this morning. On the 16th inst. they spoke the Princess Amelia Packet, from the West Indies,, who in her passage had spoken a Squadron from St. Domingo bound for France, by which they were informed the French were not in sufficient force to quell the Insurgents. The Express Packet, Captain DELL, sailed for Calais this morning ; also several Passage Vessels, with a great many Passengers. The intercourse, which is now very great between .this Port and Calais, is almost daily increasing, and is expetted to be far beyond what was experienced during the last Peace. In proof of this, arrangements are nearly compleated for two London, and Paris Dili gence Companies, in addition to the original Com pany, which was formed in the lair Peace, and was revived immediately the. Preliminaries of the present Peace were signed. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 20. His Majesty's Ship Beaulieu is come into Har bour to be raid off. The Arty and Argo Transports, with Troops from Egypt, are this day released from Qaaran. tine. Arrived the Majestic, Noy D E rc, from Jamaica ; and Seafio , iver Brig, from a Cruize. Sailed the Cullan's Grove, for the East Indies ; 'yre, WOOLLAND, for Plymouth; and Pegg i „ THERBY i for Guernsey, for Troops. SHEERNESS, MAY 20. THIS day arrived His Majesty's Frigate the Phiehr, of 36 guns, Captain THOMAS BAKER, from the Downs. DE :IL, MAy zo. SAILED the East India Company's Ship .ilarin;ral Alin, Capt. Roo ERS, fbr Madras. Arrived the Di/tie/gee Sloop of War, from Ports mouth and the Changer Gun-brig, from Sheerness the former has sailed to the Northward, and the latter to the Westward. ..N.IL'AL PROMOTIONS. TH E following Lieutenants'have been made Com manders : Anthony Abdy Philip Lamb lames Agassiz John Lamborn George Andrews Frederick Langford John Baker (zo) ,Thomas Lyne . C. P. B. Bateman Philip Lyne Thomas F. Baugh Donald 14. Mackay Matr. Bar. Bradbv K. M‘K,enzie (2d) Edward Pelham Brenton Daniel NPLeod W. Crosbie Brownrigg Tolin Manley John Bushby John W. Marshall Wi i i d irn4 ashman Francis Mason • John Chdcott James Master Edward Church Edw. I Mitchell Edward Cleather W. MOurniey George Cocks R. J. Neve Samuel Colquitt Martin Nevill Charles Coote J. Arthur Norway. Robert Corbet H. M. Ommaney George Digby Thomas Orde Michael Dod Robert Paul John Douglas (zd) Hugh Pigot Archibald Duff' • Philip Pipon John Edgcumbe William B. Proctor Robert Evans . Robert Raynsfhrd C. Montague Fabian William Richan Arthur Farquhar - J. Richardson (Ist) W.. Humph. Faulkndr: Fashamn Roby Isaac Ferricrs P. 1.. J. Rosenhager) Robert Forbes (ad) George Sanders Henry Gordon R. H. Savage Ed. Lloyd Graham . C. M. Schoniber g Edward Grey Robert Scott Arthur G rumley F. I. Snell George N. Hardinge James Stewart {ad) Gilbart Heathcote Christopher Strachey M. facob Henniker , Gustavus Stu'part • - Edmund Heywood 11. E. P. Sturx.• Caleb Hill , Spelman Sw a i t ie S. Pryce Humphries J. 11. Tait : . George Clark Hurclis Thomas Thrush Joseph James fames Tippett Hood I nglefield john Tower Alex. 'lines - William Venom , John Joyce (Ist) . R. B. Vincent ' . • Robert ilayley Judd John Waller (ad) Alexander Robert Kerr Henry' Waling Hon. Edward King fameg - Welsh. . . Mrs. Brr..LINGToN's husband loft London-on k Thursday, on his return to Paris.' . MR. ph never thought our Countrymen decient either in Justice or Gratitude; but we should 14e doubted the corredness of our judgment on these points, if the People could have suffered Mr. PITT to retire, after his long and arduous services, without testifying those public marks of approbation, which do no less honour to those Who confer, than to him who is the object of them. The moment which has been chosen for evincing this feeling is as st, as the thing itself is just and becoming. TO have epressed thanks to Mr. PITT at the moment of his resignation; might ha‘ e savoured too much of Party Spirit, might have looked even like an Opposition to the - exercise of the undoubted prerogative of the KING in the choice of his Mi nisters—but to have waited till all such feelings trust have subsided—t o have seen the effects which his measures have produced in the attainmen i of Peace—to have witnessed his great and disinterested condud on that question itself ; is to have sought the period when every praise which can be bestow_ ed, when every testimony of applause which can be given, is offered With additional weight and recom mendation. With a great majority of our Countrymen, we believe that it is to this identical WILLIAM PITT that we owe, at this moment, the- existence of our Constitution —W e believe that it is to the energy of his mind that we are indebted for having been able to struggle with the complicated difficulties' which the French Revolution presented to. us. Is it then because he was thwarted in a measure, upon the adoption of which the ablest and best.inten tioned men may conscientiously differ in opinion,= a measure approved by some of tile greatest men of both Parties—a measure which he thought essen tial to the safety of the Empire —and which, if the War had continued, some people .think we might have found to . . have involved in its consequences a question of no less importance' than whether Ireland should have been preserved or lost to us—is it, we ask, because at a moment 'when he thought this measure so important, and was prevent.. ed from carrying he Thought fit to retire, that we are therefor :;rget all the services he had rendered his for seventeen years before ? Ts there a ,vho doubts, that if he had employed -that period in the avocations of that profession in which lie first set out, his great and transcendent abilities Would have led to the highest honours and emoluments ? And will the-People of • this-Country suffer such a man, the man ‘'vlio has Saved us, to re: tire unnoticed, because, in saving us, be has adopted measures .which some persons do not Approve, but 'which they do not approve only because therchuse to consider them abstraaedly, and independent of the necessity in which they originated ? The measures which have drawn down won Mr. PITT the severest animadversion Enemies; • . are those which h ave been adopted. Jor the pre servation of our. Independence,. and the Trotec tion of our Cohstitution:'—The great difference, however, upon these points, is not so much as to the propriety of the `measures themselves, as to the existence of the necessity from whence they arose. Those who think. that the Meetings of Chalk-Far m , of St. George's;Fields, and of Co penbagm-Hcuse, were harmless Assemblies, will not think that we required Ads of Parliament - to prevent such Meetings ; and those who think that Mr. JACKSON, Mr. O'CONNOR, Mr. O'CoioLEY, Mr. TONE, Lord EDWARD' FITZGERALD, &c. were.good and loyal Subjefts, will not think that any Bill against Traitors could be framed With any other view, than for the purpose of - wantonly in: fringing the Constitution—But the sober part of the Community may perhaps feel, that it was not a culpable aft in Mr. Port's Administration, to guard against such Men ; and that after the Oppo sition had been in a body to Maidstone, on a cer tain memorable Trial, they would have wiped away some suspicious stains,. and would have raised their own Charmers, if, on their return, they had re nounced their opinions, and had acknowledged the necessity of such measures. The Income Tax, however, is said to have been a most odioUs measure—but if it had not ,been im posed,; could we have carried on the War ? And would not the terms which the Enemy would have imposed upon us, have been ten thousand times more odious But this is a way, in which those Who condemn- it, never chuse to consider the sub jeCt—they tell us it wasill-colleded i evaded, un equal, and oppressi ; but they never tell us, that any other Tax to the. same amount would have 'possessed less 'of these objtelions ; nor do they venture to assert, that at the time it was imposed, we could' have made Peace,- without throwing out_ selves on the mercy of our Enemies. Most artful attempts have been made to induce Mr. ADDINGTON to think, that every . compliment which is . paid to Mr, Px TT, is a censure upon hiinw ~ .., ~1 1 /.~ J I7J f^ sell. Those men know little Of ,Mr; who suppose, that they can thu:i Wink tpon passions; and set them at varianti.! and his judgment.—This attempt did not sitet:• . zL;! in the House of Commons, nor sucCeed else where—Mr. ADDINGTOV: knows that the. is no inconsistency/in a per Son approving of every ael of Mr. Prrr's Administh;tion, in thinkiugth:ii flis Measures have aCitiaily saved the Country; and at the same timed not ntaciiing so much import.' ante to the giving or retei,ing the remaining pri , i leges to the Catholics, even during a War with France, as Mr. Pi TT does". —Mr. Ann NGT6N riot more united with Mr. the ties of per sonal friendship ; than he is by similarity of sen timent upon all the great political questions, srhithi have been produced by the extraottinary events of the last ten years. But it was hcit enough for the Enemies of Mr: PITT, to endeavour to excite Mr. ADDINGToIYs opposition to any mark of approba. tion of his conduct, ; it liras !;_ore than insintiated, that such approbation WaS no! agreeable in a guar.: ter, where it •is the grossest calenimy to suppose ] that Mr. PITT'S services are• either fOrgotten of under-valued,: We have redson to know, that there Is no man WM) appreciatei more correctly, or values more highly, the service's of which we have spOlceni than the Illustrious Personage to whom we He Will not readily forget what passed or: Mi. Fox's India-Bill, or what was dOne on 11 - :c question of the Regency but above all, he %Ili, never fcirget the efforts of the Man who haS guard ed Him zed the Nation from the dangers of the Revolution, and Who, in so* doing, has performed greater services than any other Man had ever before an opportunity of rendering to hi..) Sovereign. PARIS, MAY 16. IN the Sitting of the Legislative Body cf yester„ day, the Councillors of State Du P REY, BR u Ix, and; 1 - )ssoLt., Es, in the name of the Consuls, presented the fotlolVink Profed of a Law fChltiVt to die Colo nies restored to Friinee hy the Treaty of Amiens' and other French ColOnies. Alt'''. 1. In the Colonies restored to France; conformably to the Treaty of Amiens, Shivery shall I ntAntained ac. cording to the Laws and Regulations anterior to t7BO. 2. The same s h a ll a l so take place ih the other French Colonies beyond Oft Cape of Good Hope. 3. The treatment of the 13-lacks; and their importation infd the said Colonies,, shall he tegniated , - -tc;:orciinA to the Laws and kegulations existing before the said epoch of riB9. 4. Notwithstanding all anterior haws, the AdMinistratioa of the Colonies shall be subjed, during ten years, to such regulations as shall be made by . the Government. The di s cussion of this Proiea was fixed for to - morrow. EXTRACI FROM THE REGISTER OF THE CONSEIi.., VATIVF. SENATE, SITTING oF YESTERDAY.' - 7 - - . The artier of, the Day being read.fot the appoint., meat, of a Member of the Tribunate,- in the room of Citizen.. Rottioux, the Senate proceeded to the eledion, when - the. majority of Votes were, in fayour.of• Citizen MENotr, General of lion.He was accordingly proclaimed LI the Pre sident,.a Member of the TribinTate and the Elediort • was after Wards confirmed by the First Consul, ANTWERP,. MAY zo.---7-Twelve principal Coln '.mercial Houses at Brussels. are ..Making every neces sary arrangeme n t foe the es hi; 1 ta.,..SAmentof COMpting. houses is this.Cjty, Miry American families frotri :the United States have arrived here within a few ,a4ys past, with the intention of residing, . On the other hand, we learn that : one of the First Coln. mercial Houses in London is about to . form an Esta.. blishment here, supported by r,000,000 of florins ; te , ' serve as a House of Correspondence between England and the North of Germany, At length- the City of 4ntwerp becomes every ..day more fiourishing ; ,the value of houses, is ,tripled ; a'nd the Scheldt is covered with trading vessels of different Nationsi which arrive daily with rich cargoes: - In the course of the present year i we shall begin to dear out the Port, and to take away the Bar which impedes tht . Navigation of the Scheldt, , 11. CORN EXCILINGP:i Al ay rrf; 01.T . P. Market this day vas hut' thinly s'upplied,, and having many Buers, catised Wheat to advance, ; and some fine samples fetched high l vices ; Barley and Malt little alteration Rye scarce any on sale; (kits continue to sell briskly ;. Flour, a short sup., ply, and many Buyers, has made t!laL article dearer, Wheat , OS a . 5&•. a 6,Ts od. beans - ..3:'s• a 3f7s 06 Fine do. - • 71s a 72s od Tick ditto' - As a 3ts 64' Malt ' - +ls a 44s a you od Oats - 145 aAs a 22S ca Fine ditto - 515 a 535 c:d Poland do. 2:3s a 2,5 s od Harley -30 s a 35s od 1 0 .'apit Seed 3 . ei a 331 per lasi Rye - - 325 a 355\0 Fine FloOr sos a 545 per sack:. White Pease 315 a 365 od Second du..45s a .i., pei do. Yesterday morning at three o'clock, a dreadial fire broke out among the public buildings Wool , As soon as it was discovered, the druni beat to - atms; and the niflitary and inhabitants.. Made every effort fo stop the p ro g ress o f the flames, Happily the magazineS to which the fire spread, escaped, otherwise the damage must !:aye been ira.. mense, and the shoCk must have damaged the tow n , The gun-carriage warehouse, the repositoiy and the carpenter's Workshop are consunied. The beauti-, ful model of Gibraltar we understand has beer. de stroyed. The extent of the dathage i's variously re..• ported ;. some accounts making it several thousand pounds, others more,; and a few less'. The cause of 'the firs has not been ascertained. • On Tu2s.day last Was mirried' at Maiy_le.t. ) 6 ll .,, Church; G. A. Leolu KECK:, Esq. M. P. foi Lei csterslrirc, ro Miss ATirg.mrow, second daaghter of the, kte R. V. AllitltTUN, El. of Att44.4tobi. in the County of Lancaster,'.