The Sun. — London, England, 1802-05-26 00:00:00

WAt'AL NEWS. PLYMOUTH ) MAY 24. • 4 S 411 -tp the R e , :ar d, o f i 6 guns , with nispatches .0, t oe ! West Indies. Arrived th e Betsey Transport, with part of the tz t h Light Dragoons from Alexandria ; also the 44 d 1 li Sla) Cox, from Cadiz, with salt. 'PORTSMOUTH, MAY 25. 11111vEb.the Rose, BUTTON, from Plymouth. • • 411 ed the Sea 11, wpb, CHURCH, for Guernsey. HARWICH, MAY 25. Pr liE Diana Post-Office Packet, Capt. STEW ART, 4 44. d • ts morning from Cuxhaven, with the Ham tir e t his ah Mail and Passengers. ~the Prince of Orange, Capt. BRIDGE, and the rrnepss D oy i xai Pac k et, Capt. A. DEANE, are pre- I ted fro m proceed i ng w i th S atur d ay ' s M a il s, ow.. in g to the wind blowing hard from the East. `=main the Arc-us and riper Revenue Cruizers, , b . 7 tce ° .f Wales, Ki ng G eorge , E a rl of Leicester, and +.qr.4,44 Pac kets, DEAL, MAX 2.5. Ikt, -rAttv in the Downs the Amazon Frigate, v esse .Ze Sloop, illomkey ) Vixen, and Confiia Gun. ls. t o This morni ng arr i ve d a M a il f rom Li s b on , brought tw Fal mouth by the Prince Adolphus Packet, in • el ve days. A Yes t , A id , the LORD MAYOR held a Court of Alien/len at G u ildh a ll, at w hi c h were p res e n t 17 (et Theil, Mr. RECORDER, and the SHERIFFS. „ Th e - LORDki tiffi - MAYOR nominated. the following th e.eh teen, fti be put up on Midsummer-Day for , 9f S heriffs the Livery, to elea two for the Office for the year ensuing, viz. ~t'illiun George Willi ~t Si . bley ? Es, Merce;. Philip Clothorker. L'q. w NorrisGirpenter. Charles Pratt, , - Baker. i?hrißutts, Es 1. - - - Draper. • ichn Arundell Knight, - G , unmaker. • p eter Everitt MestaPr Esq. C kothworker. .arses Simmons, Esq. - - Stationer. 11161 nas Fish, Esq.- - Am - tourer and Brazier. t read was ordered to be advanced half an assize, ' a nt penny in the peck. loaf. Y priv ate L etters f r om Pa r i s , o f the 22d inst. l earn that on Friday last, not above 7000 names pf hen inscribed in the Lists for the reception 4s Chief votes respeaing the Election of BONAPARTE f hief Consul for life. Thi s El e fti on w ill, pro_ 4DI L Y, be made by a ver y sma ll proportion indeed t oe French People. b ( !'n )\ Monday morni ng Hi s R oya l Hi the '4 14 of CAMBRIDGE embarked on board the .14 1 1 5h ion Frigat e , C apt . F RASER , at Y armout h, t tud e r a Royal Salute from. the Amphion Frigate, fi esh t ile Adder Gun-vessel, but the wind blowing ? to j at North-east, His Royal Highness was ex e" to return to the Nelson hotel that afternoon. spie n Monday the LORD MAYOR gave a very li dld entertainment to the Britannia Lodge of t l : e Masons, at which the PRINCE of `'VALES and a n d t f the Brethren %vete present. The PRINCE 4 e , u ls 'party did not l eave t h e M ans ion -hou se t ill 4r eleven o'clock at night. v„jhe Earl o f G UILDFORD a f ew d a y s s i nce ;t Ited upon - ,• Mr. PITT, and resigned his situation Li eutenant Govrnor of Dover Castle. This %.14Z1 i i:ltrnerit is in the - gift 9f the Lord Warden of IllqUe Ports, an d was g i ven to his Lordship by et e(r at her, ; when Lo r d N ORTH . Mr. PITT on suc tessor.'B to tliat' office continued it to the late pos_ Lot • tor Wow said that ne ither Marquis ELLESLEY I CLIVE return to Europe this season. at l3 0 (1 th Ladi es an d G ent l emen are to b e i n un if orm Ca le dress ball to he given next week by BOODLE'S %iCi• The Ladies are to be dressed in white and The with sprigs of laurel and olive intermixed. le Gentlemen are to wear a green coat,. _with I . trock collar and yellow basket buttons. Military ° h, ,aval unif orms , or C ourt d ress , w ill lik ewise - a d mitted. .. (, \ v etera T he present f rom hi s B rot h er P er f ormers to t h e n tratif • KING d oes t h em i n fi n i te cre di t , an d i s a is ft Yitig tribute to t h e p ro f ess i ona l an d mora l dia -1 , t ri g" °f a man wh o h as , f or so man y y ears , con 4, U ted largely to t h e pu bli c stoc k o f i nnocent • ..tusetrient. 1 II I t i II f s MAJESTY having been pleased to appoint f or a ter one o'clock on Thursday the vith inst. _ C am receivin g t h e Add ress o f t h e U n i vers i ty o f triridge, such Members as are disposed to attend h a t occasion, ar equeste d to meet a t the • ' af t er at ch'd House Taii,••_fn, St, James's_street, at half twelve o'clock on that day. 1., kiAtL_CoAcit NIA - rcit.—Last Thursday the t Dn don Mail horsed by Mr. Land, of the New ona . - On Inn, Exeter, with four beautiful grey horses, li nd INdriven b-,..m 4Jray 1 r. Cave Browne, of the Enniskillen . s t goons, started (at. the sound of the bugle), from • 11 1 S Ydwells, for a b et o f 500 gu i neas , aga i nst th e 0 111 e)uttavlail, horsed by M r . Philli ps o f t h e Hotel ; th it h four cap i ta l b lac k s, and driven by M r. Chi. .. fireler, lir:Arlington-house, which got the Mail , .• fir er to the Post -Office in Honiron. The bet was . : . ~,,n * .ith ease by M r . B rowne, w h o d rove - the i 6 ' • '" to "es in / h our and 14. minutes.—Bets at starting 6 ~4 °n Mr. Browne. , •'. . ca .4:-., arly 00 Monday morning the Cotton Mill at • :,, tl , l ,ver, in Derbyshire, was discovered to be on fire, thu notwithstanding every exertion to extinguish co e ames, in less than two hours it was entirely •-•,. nsu tned 14i„, • It is not ascertained how the accident t)n r,rnedi the works were minutely examined late its night, and every thing appeared 'in per 4cler. Ilic losc is estimates ;t 20) Qa°" o i \ --,,.. . PA IS, MAY 22. ttcl§tAtiyE Bony. SITTING OF MAY 1,0. TREATY OF AMIENS'.' GAttots, Orator of the Tribunate : cc tcgislal tors, the Treaty concluded at Athiens, and which you have sent to the Tribunate!, re-establishes Union between two People, between whom War or Peace has produced, for an age, the War or Peace of the World. It is the last act of the general Pacifi cation. " This disastrous War, which for ten years had overturned Europe, so terrible by the energy of its cause, by all the passions whiclOt had roused, by all the means of adion and of resistance which it inspired, by the reverses, as by the success of the contrary principles which direded the move. ments, is at length terminated by a Peace which equally avows the honour and the interests of Na tions ; by a Peace worthy of the triumphs which have prepared it, and of all the generous sentiments which have invoked and accomplished it. " How comes it that a people who wished to be free and independent, could find amongst their enemies, a people who owed to their independence and their liberty, all their power, their welfare and their glory ? Legislators, let us leave over the origin, and all the circumstances of this War, the veil which Humanity has at length thrown over them. It is not - in the day of Reconciliation that we should recaithe remembrance of Discord. " Too long have the National Assemblies. of two people kept the oaths of hatred, and the cries' of extermination. Too long have impious vows against Humanity been applauded, and honoured as the warm expressions of love for one's country. While it was wished to exalt the spirit, the ima gination only was inflamed ; and without giving to war means more decisive, the return of peace was only rendered the more difficult. " In the course of this long and cruel division, some sounds of peace made themselves he heard ; but jealousy, hatred, ancient and deep-rooted ani mosities were hid in the heart, and Humanity lost the hope of ending so many evils. " It was necessary for the real re-establishment of Peace, that the men whose passions had kindled the War, or whose obstinate' pride had so much prolonged it, should lose their fatal influence in the Councils of Nations. It was necessary that in France, a Government called for by all wishes and all interests, strong in the confidence of the Na tion, and in the ascendant of glory, should offer to Europe, in the Interior peace re-established by its means, a pledge of stably j cor foreign peace. 44 Then Europe saw an end of the calamities with which it was overwhelmed. .All the obstacles which opposed themselves to Peace were removed ; all. the motives, all the circumstances which could diminish the difficulties, were united ; and when the King of Great Britain prese nte d to France, for the sincere and prompt conciliation of their interests, the honourable charader of one of his most • trious subjeas, the First Magistrate of the Repu blic confided the expression of the national wish, and of his sentiments, to the noble frankness, to the liberality of spirit, and to the personal affec tions of the Negotietor, who had seconded him with so much success in the first ads of the General Paci fication. This choice was, as one may say, the Pro clamation of Peace. Three months were scarcely elapsed, and Peace was given to the World. " Legislators, before presenting to you the ge neral considerations which result from this Treaty, I ought to submit to you an examination of its principal stipulations. " The firsi is relative to the Prisoners of the two States. It has been decided, by the second Article, that the expence of keeping and maintaining the Prisoners of each Nation, should be defrayed by their respedive Governments. " It was,at the Peace of ;763, that this regula tion was established for the first time. England had taken during the War, about twenty-one thousand French Sailors. She exaded,-by'the third Article, that their expence e should beßaieL by France. The same regulation wat,renewed al . the:Peace of 178 3 . " The Discussions which` took place upon this point at the time of the Preliminaries, were renewed in the Negotiation of the Definitive Treaty. 46 The Right of Nations, and the principles con , secrated by usage, were, without doubt, sufficient ly constituted by that long list of uniform Treaties, according to which, it is said, Prisoners are restor . ed without any ransom, or recompense whatever; and this right and these usages cannot be altered by the single Treaties of 1763, and 1783, which can only be regarded as exceptions. The French Go_ vernment, after having refused to recognize this Regulation as a principle, adopted it as the most prompt means of conciliation and of Peace. But it caused it to be admitted as a compensation, that _there should be carried to account, not only the ex pences occasioned by the Prisoners of the respective . Nations, but likewise by the Foreign Troops, who, before being taken, were in the pay and at the dis. posal of one of the Contrading Parties. " The justice of this compensation has been strongly recognized by one of the British Ministers, in the Sitting of the House of Commons, of the 4th of November last. He declares, 4 that as these Troops were not only in the pay, but at the dispoSal of England, it was reasonable to consider them as Pri soners of War.' " Already the English Government has hastened to restore to their country those brave Frenchmen who, in the rigours of a long captivity, aggra vated without measure by _political passions, to which they were strangerq.da not 'cease to ex press their wishes for the?,prdsperity:.of France, and offered to her every ci fi p kt: In, slangs con.' secrated to national vietory,.their . e,uthusiasm for her glory, and forgetfulness of all - Rig evils which they suffered for her. _ _ _ All the possessions and colonies of the French Republic, and of her Allies, which have been con quered by England in the course of the War, are restored to them, with the exception of the Isle of Trinity, which is ceded by Spain to England, and the establishments of the Isle of Cuton, which are ceded to her by the Batayian'Republic. The Cape of Good Hope remains to the Batavian Re. public, in full sovereignty, as before the War, ' Thifei Prance tecoireri ucre, and . Tobaga, Aineliorated, and, above ail, preserved .from the calamities of the War. ) and the devastation of interior troubles. ghe recovers her establish tnents in Africa and Italia, ready to receive all the impulses. of a free, naive, and powerful industry. FOrthwith Commerce taking her flight, proteEted' by an enlightened Legislation, by a just and firm Government, by the glory of the French name, will reopen her antient channels,' and find out new. " Our fisheries on the Coast of Newfoundland, &c. are restored, by• the fifteenth Article, on the same footing that they were before the War. " It is known that the Treaty of Peace of 1783 terminates all ilisputes which existed since the Trea.' ty of 'Utrecht, by regulating new limits ;- and that the explanatory declaration 'of the. same date, gave to use French fishery greater facility and safety. A great amelioration resulted from this new order of things. It appears, in faa, by :he com parative tables of 1773 and 1788, that in the space of these fifteen years the value of the exports rose frofn six millions to twelve and a half. The ho nour of the French flag was established by this Treaty. The fishery was protefted by Ships of War till 1793 ; our fisheries on a bounded territory occupied as much extent as all the English fisheries. " The Treaty of Amiens replaced us in the same situation as before the War. Immediately a.great aaivity will reign in the ports of the ocean, de stined for these vcpeditions ; and then the capitals returning to their old channels, will re-animate and extend this valuable branch of the Commerce and tl t c.Marine of France. _ _ . ... • " England restores to the Batavian Republic her Spice Islands, her establishments in India, and her colonies of Surinam, Demerara, Rerbice and Ism pito, which the capitals and the industry of the English have carried to the greatest degree of pro sperity ; the authentic statements recently publish- . ed prove, that in 'Sot the exportation of certain articles were some twenty times, others forty times greater than in 1799. Thus, the temporary occu pation of these colonies by the English, will have given to the Batavian Republic an acquisition of riches in that part of the world. " England cannot certainly consider as a sacrifice the restitution of the Cape ; it has been proved, by calculations which seem to merit every degree of . confidence, that the commerce of the Cape, since England possessed it, that is to say, since the year . 1795, is entered in her general commerce only as a six hundredth part. " It is besides known to what excessive expence this establishment has hitherto subjeeted the English Government. It is only under the economic and at tentive administration of the Dutch, that the Cape can he rendered an useful possession, and pay the ex pence of its Civil and Military Government. "The change which the Revolution has produced in the political and administrative system of the e a `y r a i i Republic, by abolishing the existence of exclusive interests, and introducing a greater degree of fiber. ty in the commercial organization of the Cape, will give to that Colony a degree of prosperity which it has never yet enjoyed. " All that England could desire is the right which has been accorded to her, as well as to the other Contracting Powers, ' to make their Ships of every kind anchor there, and to obtain necessary provisions as heretofore, without paying any other duties than those which the Batavian Republic obliges t h e Ships of its own Nation to pay.' " The establishments of the island of Ceylon are for England---a very useful a c qUi s itio n , considered under the head of political interest. She •there finds t h e means of defence for her doininions in India,. capacious and safe harbours for her fleets, and re. tr e a ts for her armies. But, under the head of Corn. mtrc ial Interest, Ceylon ha s a s y et a dd e d n o t hi ng t o the prosperity of its possessors. The long and bloody wars which the dutch Company had to s us. rain a century wi t h t h e i n h a bi tants o f t h e I s la n d, a . n lo d o the vice4 - of its interior government, h a d stop. p progress towards amelioration. It is ac. k no ,, v ledged that, before the War, the territorial r evenue, the cUstoms, and the other little branches . of Commerce, were riot sufficient to defray the cost o fi i ts administration and its defence." (To be continued to.morrvith ) The following Order has been issued by Major- General ST AV EL EY to the Troops in the Northern GENERAL DISTRICT ORDERS. " Head -quarters, York, May IS, 18oz. Major-General ST AYE El' has received the Commands of Ili a R o yal Highness the CONIM ANDER in Ca tF, to notify to the Troops His MAJESTY'S Royal Pleasure, that the a _ppointment of Major-Generals on the Statfin the Northern DistriB is to cease the 24th inst." The reduclion of the Army proceeds rapidly. No fewer than one hundred and thirty of the horses belonging to the 7th Light Dragoons; quartered at the Barracks at Croydon, were sold by public auCtion at that place, on Saturday last, and brought on an average thirteen guineas each. The Subalterns of Militia Corps will receive a Half-pay nearly. equal to Officers in the Line. An Ensign is to be allowed thirty, and a Lieutenant thirty-five pounds per annum, which, with the ad. ditional sum of eight pounds allowed for joining the Corps to which they belong, eight and twenty days in each year, will make the Half-pay thirty-eight pounds to the Ensign, and forty-three pounds per annum to the Lieutenant-. Lieutenant-Colonel \..I.TILLIAm ScotT is appoint ed. Resident at the Court of His Highness the Nabob of OUDE, at Lucknow ; and Lieutenant-Colonel J. Cott,' NS, Resident at the Court of DOW LUT Row SCINDIAH. Yesterday morning about five o'clock, a woman of very respedable .appearance, about the age of -forty, was taken out of..theßiver, on the Surrey side of Blackfriars, neatly'drowned. She was taken to the Cross-Keys ..tap-room, where she received every possible attention. _Eking pettedly restored, , she was asked her name and place of 'abode ; but refused to gratify the inquiries ; cried piteously, and expressed much disappointment on being saved from a watery grave. Some humane persons took her in charge to walk her about the Surreyroad and adjoining streets, thinking to meet with some of her friends; but she took care to elope from them, having outrun them turning round the or. ner of a street. POYAL AC A° , 21. 7 An' ._•. No: t. Portrait of Sir Sidney K. FOR TA. Tars is a Picture which afford a .E.igher" pleasure to every British SpEti..atOf than . any that: could arise from it as a mere wOrlf.' of art, lio‘atver excellent. The gallant Defender. of Acre haS added to the military renown of our Country, and the Portrait of such a man must, of Cotirsei iinrass the' mind with a gratifying sense of national pride.-=4 The Artist . stands on such an .eminence in the, Historical Department, that he may be excused' if his ,merits arc not equally conspicuous in the confined province of mere Portrait. Though his original may be truly ranked as a hero, the Artist has made no affeded attempts to invest his subjei with any ostentatious display of military iiasm. Sir Sidney appears to be in a thoughtful attitude, and his countenance exhibits a concern plative shrewdness. The figure is judiciously re. 'jelled, not by the common expedient of a glaring curtain or a heavy shadow, but by a Turk behind, who is properly introduced, as symbolical of the Empire that was so signally protected by the British Arms. The military ornaments are appropriate and charaderistic, aLd the pidure is aliogethei marked by truth, spirit, and imagination. No. 49. Portrait of Mr. Walker, Professor of Elocution.-- H. Asnal. A very - good likeness of a most respenable mane whose perseverance, ability, and success, in pro moting a due knowledge of the English tongue, and the art of public speaking, entiile him to the respeC and gratitude of every friend of -Lii-crnture. No. 47. The Minstrel.—R. WESTALL, R. A. Though this piaure naturally reminds us ofG:.ltiJ. BOROUCH's celebrated She,bher.l's Boy; yet it would be hard to accuse the Artist of plagiarism. however, bears rather too strongly the marks of imitation. The poet's conceptio'n of the infant en_ thusiast, is happily transferred to the canvas. The face indicates sentiment and intelligence, andwe may really say, that " Edwin is no vulgar boy." There is a sort of burnished hue over the piece, t h at h ar dly correspond; with the simplicity of the subject, or scene of anion. No. 29. Portrait of Baron Williams, Colonel in the service of Austria, Commander of the Imperial Flotillas during the late War, on the Rhine, in Switzerland, &c. fie.-- H. THOMSON, A. We noticed this Pilure in its progress, and the excellence it displays in its finished state, fully jus tifies all our favourable predictions.—The figure is placed with spirit, but without affeded parade. The coiour : hg is chaste. The Artist shews the talents of a landscape-painter in no small degree in the back-ground, which exhibits a view of the Rhine and the surrounding country. No. 72. Portraits of the Princess ofWales and the Princess Charlotte.--T. LAWRENCE, R.A. Though this picture is by no means free from faults, it is highly creditable to the Artist. The likeness to the PRINCESS of WALES is very strong, and it is recommended by an interesting expression of maternal tenderness. The PRINCESS CHARLOTTX is equally close in point of similitude, and the Artist has very successfully caught the careless ease and spirit of the infantine character. The PRINCESS of WALES appears somewhat too theatrical: in her attitude, and her arms, particularly the left, are much too long.—Altogether the picture is showy, grand, and striking. COW/ EXCHANGE, May 26. Tilts day our Market had a middling supply o f Grain in general; sales rather dull ; Wheat scarcely fetched Monday's prices ; some of the Distilleries leaving off work for the season, rather lowers the price of Barley and Malt ; nylny Buyers of Uus, which are something dearer ; Flour but little alteia.. tion. Wheat • 42s aOs a 66s od Beans - .qrs a 345.6 d Fine do. -67 s a 69s cd Tick ditto - 30, cd Malt • - 4os a +4s a sos od Oats - ;ZS a 365 a 223 od Fine ditto sts a 575 od Poland do. 23s a 255: od Barley 3os a 355 od Rape Seed 311. a 341 poi - Last Ry e • . • 3os a 34$ ol 1 , me Flour jos a-535 per sack Whitt Pease 35$ a 37s 6,1 Second do. 455 a 505 pet do. Sunday sennight, in the afternoon, three young Gentlemen and three Ladies (sisters), of the Ci'y of Bath, entered one of the quarries on Comb_ Down, with a lanthorn. Two of the young ter n, and one of the Ladies, went before with the light, which by some accident was extinguished; the three who were behind soon returned out of the quarry, thinking their companions had jocularly left theca in the dark, and had found their way out by another passage ; after waiting some time, they returned to Bath, believing their friends had previously got home; but, when it became very late at night, and neither of the other three having; returned, a pato" of seven or eight ..vent to Coomb-Down, and called up the master of the public-house, who 'attended them with lights into the quarries ; where; after a long search, they found their lost friends sitting down, quite tired with their incessant •toil of more than eight hours in total darkness, endeavouring to find their way out ; they were excessive cold, and inclined to drowsiness. It was half past twelve o'clock before they were discovered, and it is sup posed, if they had continued in their cold damp prison much longer, they would inevitably have perished. • Finely contrasted charafters throughout a plot of peculiar interest, accompanied lv excellent ivlusic, and Scenery well adapted and beautifully executed, are perfeC.tions which seldom unite in one piece; but such are the acknowledged rr►crit.s of the new Grand Ballet of Action the Fatal Prediction, or Midnight Assassin, at the Royal Circus, anti the exertions of the Performers do the tnnst i1111; 11 .' jus tice to it. the. Birtha of Miss Adams, con cys amidst the utmost elegance of action, the strongest impression to the Audience, which is answered by universal - plaudits. Mrs. Helme, in Elburga, is admirable ; 'and Mts. Herbert, in the principal Mystic Sister, charms by her voice and aaion: the Duetts •of Miss Adams and • Mrs. Roffey are kewise so highly pleasing as to deserve particular notice. . • • kilt 41 4(7' /It) -i