The Sun. — London, England, 1802-05-18 00:00:00

f Thy r Le Council of St;te of the batch Republic leas :Pealed the Decree which prohibited the exporta -1" of Butter, Pork, Tallow, and Potatoes. 1 44E result of d a the two great D e b a t es o n Thu rs . Y and sa , Frid ay , seems to have diffused- general , "sfaOlOn over .the Metropolis, as we have no " c ' uh t it will over the Country at larg toe. Whatever Pre sslon may h ave b een made (which we believe. have b een much,over.rated) by_ the repe a t e d at _ to 's i l brough t b y the New Opposition against the pe it4,,,tive Tr eaty, on occasions when they well knew *inisters could not, with propriety, enter into a minute justification of their conduEt, appears to r have been completely done away: The day 1) ` fair discussion has turned out to be a, day of nc°4'llete tri umph.—lndeed, we never recolleCt a Iles tion of such high importance, to have been.car ' t ies by such commanding and decisive Majori ' - 1, -es3 in which no Man has yet dared to insinuate h"at corruption or unfair means, of any description; ava-‘.heen employed. In the annals of political dis.. issi nn, we • 11 0 , remember no instance of greater can.. C r ' of a becoming deference to the wishes of the tlou, %,,,• and of a more bottomed confidence in the yi e 7, 3 ef - a Cause, than in the Minister's instantly skC di ng to the Motion of Adjournment, when the was und er the full i m p ress i on o f t h e irre h bie argu ments stated in the speech of Lord -Iv'esatty. k t uought too, and still think, that this was a the pol ityc concession. It was material that the House ty: l4-I ' e ar, and that the - Country should know, treat me th ing that could be said in justification of this 4ti-at measure: A debate of one night would not tib ib i it °f it. Had it been refused, we might pos_ 4 144 ) : h ave lost the unanswerable statements, the i lat1" ? reaso n i ng , and the very satisfaCtory exp L ord la. s i which ar e to b e found in the speeches of I\l4 ASTLEREACII, General MAITLAND, the. of the R OLLS, the CHANCELLOR of the be -11'QuElt t , and other able and respedable.iMeal...- into 'We hope very shortly to be enabled to enter da te d d etailed exam i nation of the argument s ad _ k t t ill su pport of a me a sure for whith Govern tra entitled tO the lasting appl ause and 111itti if ited e of the Country. ---Perhaps w e think litt any thing, th oug h t h e i r posture was Of 44 ' 1 4' a defensive one, their language was Ai rather too defensive a charaaer . We a. iuid.. p moderation ; b ut t h ey had a right to 4v:taken a higher ground.--The Country would , ntl by them. They had ta k en t h e i r'Post at s rt ient Of imminent peril, an d complicated diffi leth a by the g ra d ua l operation of steadiness, most th f , 'llort t' itude, an d sound wisdom, had achieved tion glorious objeet of a trueStatestnan's ambi.. Lind e *4 l r the ci rcumstances in which the Country Its "ceds---that of restoring Peace on such a basis 1;: th e best calculated to ensure its continuance. been cannot but think that it might justly have 11 44, as kecl of Lord GRENVILLE and Mr. WIND.. ti ori W hitt was the real 6bjeft of their Opposi o; th is Treaty ? It ought to have been fr, t hese tw o either to prevent the Tre a ty kt, o , °ln a - carried into effea, or to induce , the , P t ° re move tho se Mi n i sters w h o h a d a d v i led tMA IR , tl lt 's to Sign The former they disFlann, i ri th e latter they p ru d ently shrunk from. Whatt w as their °hied ? N ot per h aps to pro d uce an t, j.ate renewal of th e W ar — not per h aps t h e gie attainment of power to themselves.— t 4 do ttii the ir motives, i n d ee d, we h ave noth i ng their but we are qu i te sure t h at the reed t e -e't language and conduEt could only be,. it in the Public wind s a distaste of that. essinl. Il akt g ' w hich we had so long panted for, and. , a eri t l en g t h so happil y o b ta i ned, to foment and a wa nton spi r i t o f A n i mos i ty against that ov ern lent with•whoin the Tre a ty'h a d b een con liatiti; 4 " . to inspi re di ssa tisfaCtion with, and ) 'it' St' °I ; our own, which, fortunately for Great , ' t ot e " as 'Proved itself untairited'% - viih thei . said r via. ext ravap - ancies. Th ey oug h t to have rc 1-i tiler break the Treaty—oi dismiss - the O n ) 11 leadi nglearurc s of the sp eec h es o f L or d I,Avitt silt ritY and Mr. ADDINGTON Wishall only t hat th e f ormer appears to us tb'have been h I,,Y.i'llsrepresent e d, as stating that he thou ht )4 ; g 414ce ins ecure. His argument was a general , tl arnely, that ost many Peaces had be e n t h oug ht i " 40 secure, which i n the event proVed the 4I1(1 ° 't'ice versa : and the infere n c e was , 4terl'ght not so far to rely on the present, as /,1 rt)m taki ng such precautions as prudence 4require to preserve it.—Tut we find the ' latlle Lt. 0k of the ExtiiEUE Ft . expressly aying., n o reason to be apprehensive about Its nce--tht he knew no cause to doubt the '4t 44 4tentions of .the French Government but t, Y alVearance of weakness onwhi c h ty re. our part, mi en th c : te di might hold out a temptaticn to France, " Present Government of that Country, like • . i all otheis preceded t, tiiigtit possibly riot ee able to tesist. The arguments of the former, grounded on the improved stale ,of things in the ;internal situation of that Country; and on the necessity of a length of time to enable her to re cruit her Marine, led direaly to the conclusion, that the recurrence of War was probably remote. This subjet we mean very shortly to resume, and snore in detail. In the mean time we shall only observe, on the apprehension which seems to have been excited by the refusal of France to admit our ManufaCtures into her Ports, that we have not been able to discover the smallest ground for it.— Selfishness surely is not hostility, In giving en couragement to our trade, she may think that she would be discouraging her own, which every one must see that she must have recourse to every ef fort, and employ every means, to cherish and re vive. Possibly, even with a view to her own in terest, her condua in this particular may be short- sighted. But it cannot be supposed that she would ever fail to see in Great Britain, with respe& to ManufaEtures and Commerce, her most formidable rival. Let her strain every nerve to gain the as- cendant. It is a fair and honourable competition and so far from being alarmed, we could give, what appear to us good reasons for rejoicing at seeing her sedulously employed in making the attempt. • THEIR MAJESTIES and the PRINCESSES came to Town this day from Windsor to Buckingham-House. The KING will hold a Levee to-morrow at St. James's Palace. HER MAJESTY will give a grand Entertainment to.morrotv at Buckingham House. Her Royal Highness .the PRINCESS of WALES yesterday compleated the 34th year of her age, and in the evening Her Highness's Tradesmen illuminated. The ROYAL FAMILY will 011 ThOrsday evening honour Covent-Garden Theatre with their presence. The 2d Battalion of the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards had a grand field day yesterday in Hyde Park. Yesterday the Dispatches for Bengal and Ben_ coolen by the Cziflan' s Grove, extra Ship, Mr. ANDERSON, Commander, were finally closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser. Upon the authority of a Morning Paper of yester day, which we generally find to be wrong in almost every thing it asserts, we stated a report, that an Order of Council had been issued, prohibiting the importation of French produce. This is, we believe, wholly unfounded. We understand that advices have been received from France, of an order having been given for all the British vessels in the Garonne to. be permitted to land their cargoes of coals, and a similar order was expected in the other Ports of the Republic. The Foreign Mail to be made up on Mondays, does not commence till Monday next. We have authority to contradict a paragratih -copied from an Evening Paper of. Saturday,' asserting, << that the Merchants and Traders who presented a Memorial to the Lords of the. Treasury against the alteration to be adopted in the Foreign Post nights, had received an answer from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, pur porting that their request could not be complied with, as it was one of the private articles of the Treaty- of Amiens, that there should be a more frequent. intercourse between the two countries." There is not the slightest foundation for this state ment. The subject never was agilated at Amiens, and the proposed alteration is merely in consequence o f an arrangement between- our Post-Office, and the Diretor of the Posts-in France. - We have no dairbt of the misunderstanding,which has arisen between the Court of Portugal and this country being amicably and speedily arranged. It seems absurd to ascribe it to the influence of France, for our Readers will recollea, that the arrest and imprisonment of one or two Captains and their boats' crews took place only at the time that General LANNES arrived at Lisbon. Very serious apprehensions are entertained at Paris respeding the operations of Gen. LECLikes Army at St. Domingo ; and though the official Paper, the Monneur, is wholly silent, as well as the Defenseurs de la Pattie, in regard to any very recent intelligence from that quarter, those most versed in politics consider as precursors to some affliEting information, the paragraphs admitted in several of the Daily Papers, Clou g h mere l y state d as reports from Captains of American Vessels. It is certain that 15,000 men are about to be embarked at Flcibbicg, Brest, and Rochefort, as a reinforce ment, and that they are to. be conveyed by the Squadron which has returned from St. Domingo; it is given out their destination is for Louisiana. Private letters tfrom Paris say, that the Chief Consul detected a mutiny in a regiment of his Guards, who had resolved to take advantage of the grand review to assassinate him ; and that this was the secret cause of the arrest of a number of military men, said to be implicated in the conspiracy,,and of the order which four distinguished General Officers have received to quit Paris." We know not what credit is due to this rumour. The great P e a ce E sta bli s h ment o f the French Re_ public, can create little surprize or apprehension, when it is considered what an immense extent . of Frontier they have to garrison, and in Countries not very favourable to the yoke of France. The Batavian Government are colleding Work men of all professions, for the purpose of sending them to the Cape of Good Hope. They are. going to ereti both a Printing Press and a Theatre there. Siveral Players have already offered themselves; a proof that the profession of the Drama cannot be a very good one in Holland. The frost has ; in a great measure, degtroyed the apple blossoms in the Orchards in Devonshire, and thelVe6t, of England, icrA PA t :t4i - E WS: PORTSMOUTH, Mif ARRIVED the Cullan's Grope, for the East Indies Arrived the Elizabet, EVANS, from Carmar then ; Priscilla, STE WART, frorll Dover ; Hope, K ITTE a, from Jersey; and Poiton, Bow EN ) from Sunderianth Sailed the Fielding, SMITH, for Hambror, SHEERNESS, MAY 17. YESTERDAY, after Post, arrived His Majesty's Ship Calcutta, of 54 guns, and Mallard Gun-brig, from the Westward. This day sailed with Dutch Searrien from their Ships paid off at Chatham, the Arrow Sloop of War, Capt. BRODIE, for Embden. The Irresistible, Calcutta, Alonzo, and Mallard, have gone to Chatham ; the two fomet to be paid off. DEAL, MAY 17. SAILED His Majesty's Frigate Phabe, Captain THOMAS RAKER, for Sheerness. •The-Bill' now pending in the'Hotise of Comrtions, for enlarging the powers of the Ad for the relief of Insolvent Debtors, commonly called the Lords' Aft, Contains Clauses to the following effed respelling Members of Parliament : . ' -" And whereas Debt Ors having Privilege of Parliament are not compellable to pay their just debts, by reason of the fr,:e dont of their persons from arrests upon civil process.; to re medy such inconvenience, and to support the honour and dignity of Parliament, and good faithin all dealings, which require that in all cases the Laws should have- their due course., and that .none should be exempted, by any privilege whatever, from doing eq ua l j ust i ce to a ll their - Creditors ; he it enabled, that it shall be lawful for any Creditor of any person having Privilege of Parliament (having obtained judg ment in any Court of Record) to sue out a summons against such PriVileged Person; and if such Privileged Person shall not, within one year after personal service of such summons, satisfy such Creditor his debt and costs, such Privileged Person shall be compellable to discover, deliver up, and assign, all his property, real and personal, for the benefit of his Creditor or Creditors, in the same manner as if he had been charged in execution for and during the space of one year, and shall for that purpose be subject and liable to ail the provisions of the Ad herein recited, and of this At. " That nothing in this A6l shall subjed any Person, en titled to Privilege of Parliament, to be, arrested or imprisoned during the time of such privilege, except in cases of perjury, and in the case made punishable by transportation, Dy the Aa herein recited. " But such Debtor having Privilege of Parliament, instead of being brought into Court, shall be at liberty to deliver in such account as athresahl, either in person or by Attorney, and verified by affidavit, and also to mike such assignment as is aforesaid, either in person or by Attorney, for the benefit of such Creditors as shall have obtained judgment at the time of such assignment, and who shall then claim .the benefit there° F. " Every Creditor intending to compel any Privileged Per son to make such discovery and assignment shall, instead of delivering such notice to other the Creditors of such Privi •leged Person or their Attornies, give notice of such his in tentipn by advertisement in the Loudon Gazette, twenty days before the day on which such Privileged Person shall be required to deliver in such account as atoresaid." Sir JOH N CP LPOYS, one of the Directors of Green wich - Hospital, has resigned, and Sir WILLIAM GA is appointed in his .s t ea d. se ß r ant COCKELL su c cee d s Lord ELLtNao_ E gouGH as Attorney General for the County Pala tine of Lancaster. T o _morrow the Marquis of EXETER gives a grand dinner . to a numerous party of Nobility. , Th e Miss MORGANS' Masqued Ball is fixed for the 2 d of next month. The F&e at Ranelagh, by BOODLE'S Club, is to take place on the 7th of J une . Th e pic.nATric t he .9ih of x s meantonheavt month.eaMasqu7de at their Theatre, on - In order to render the intended Fete to be given by the Union Club, as splendid and magnificent as possible, His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES, has, it is said, given the use of Carlton_ House Gardens for the night, which are to he open ed to those of the Club House, and most brilliantly illuminated. Sir WALTER RALEIGH observes, that in the year 1618, the Dutch employed on the Scottish Coasts, in catching Herrings only, 3,000 Ships and so,ooo Men ; and in transporting those Herrings, 9,000 Ships and tpo,ooo Men—in all, i 2,000 Ships and 150 , 000 Seamen. How many more of both might Great Britain employ at this moment, and with su perior advantage, because nearer home ? What a nursery for hardy Seamen, at once to enrich and to defend their Country ! Some Establishments are al ready formed and flourishing; and Government, we understand, is about to augment their number, by improving the natural harbours of those abundant Coasts. General AB DAL L AU ME NOU 'S flattering recep tion at the Palace of the Thuilleries, may be easily accounted for. He is well informed of some of the leading circumstances of the Egyptian Expedition, which it is as well to keep in the back ground. Yesterday, in the Common Pleas, the Special Ver din in the case of Lord Nelson V. Lord St. Vincent, was argued. The cause of anion was prize -money, proceeding from a capture made by a Frigate. of the Mediterranean Squadron, after Lord Sr. Vincent had left the Fleet and sailed for England: the Fleet .was, actually under the command of Lord Nelson when the capture was made. , On the part of Lord Nel son it was contended, that the instant Lord St. Vincent quitted the fleet, the Admiral who - cora . _ . inanded it was entitled to the Admiral's share. of prize-money. On the part of Lord St. Vincent it was replied, that there - could be 'but one com mander in chief of a 'squadron ; and that till Lord - St. Vincent resigned the command, OF was super seded, the responsibility of that situation,. ana the profits, belonged to him, and were not affected by bis returning to England for his health. • 'The judgment that the Court 'are to give-in this Cause, will I,le upon the true conskrudion (which is disputed) of certain words in the Proc)arnation rep= latiog Prize -money, AARIS, MAY i 4, • • tri an eictraordiriarY Sitting of tlic Legisi;!i•O'S Body of the tith inst . ,: on the Report Of the mittee charged tb Con Sider of the appointment 6f zi Deputation to express the sentitnents of the latiVe itody to Government, a DepvtatiOn Was a 17.. iiointed fir that ptirposei consisting of one Menibet from each Department, and a register was. °penesci to receive the Vote of each Menther of the Legis; lative Body; on the objeet announced in the Ar: rete of Governthent (relative to continuing tl-t: power of the Fir3t Consul for life), the result to he transmitted to Government before the cod of the Session: In consequence of tt' Grenadiers having,' latcl;ir committed suicide ; the FirSt Consul has ordered the following declaration to be insetted iti the General Orders of the Corps :--‘e A Soldier ought to learn to dve7corrie afilietion and melancholy; There is as much true Courage in ehduring mental Sufferings wi ttl fortitude, as there is in 'remaining firm amid:-. the _ . carnage of a battle. The man who gives way tr . ) grief ; without attempting td resist it ; who coni« mils suicide in order to escape from calamity, quits the field of battle befOre he has conquered." BE Rlu, MAY I .------ ThE KiN6 and QuEtrt wilt se[ Off on the 24th instant for Bran tleillcir g h and Pomerania, where preparations are making for grand .f7tes. As it *is known to be the inten., tion of THEIR MAJESTIES to Stay SOME time at Stargard, in Medlenburgh; a superb Hall is build . ing in that. City fOr their reception; as well a 5 apizitments foi their use. From thence it is confi dently said ; they will proceed to Memel, to meet the EM;EIiOP. and EMPRESS of-Russ/A, with whom they will have an interview. Their Majesties will nut, it is said, return to Char/;;ttenEr g tiff the 4th of July, from whence, after staying till the list of August, they will take a short journey to Silesia. FRANKFORT, MAY i.=---There has very little business 6een done at the Easter Fair in this city. A great nunTher of English, French, and German merchants attended with a consideta!ble quantity of goods ; but there were few buyers, on account cf the scarcity of money. ' There was nevertheless a great demand for English goods. Most part of the merchants have already set out for the Fair of Leipsic; but it is feared they will meet with little better success there than at ours. A Bil! for establishing a Legion. of Eionmir; is hods under the deliberations of the (2,,Cncil of State in Paris. It to consist of about 6opo !nen.: This Legion is to he di vided_into- Cohorts.: each of which is to have its peculiar station: Each Cohort shall consist of seven great Otlicer ; io Commandants, 30 Stihaltein Officers, and 35d Privates: The pay to be as follows :---To each great Officers soco franca per annum, and during life: To each Commandant, 2000 dittd. To each Subaltern, rOOO ditto. To each Private, zs.o ditto—all for life; Every individual, on -his being admitted bud the Legion, shall swear, on his - Conscience' and hid Honour, that he means to devote his existence to he welfare of the Republic, to the preservation of its .Territory (in its integrity), to •the de.; fence of its Government, 'its Laws, and the Pro. pert . ): , , which it • has rendered sacred ; to oppose,' by all Means which justice, reason, and the laws authorize, everTundertaking which may .tend td the restoration of fecdal system, of titles and im munities attached to them ; in. fine, to exert his best and most strenuous efforts for the maintenance of Liberty. and Equality. The 'First Consul is, 4- jtire, the Ciiief 'Of did Legion and President of the Great Council Of ALL, • ministration. . • The conditions required far being aditir'ed are, to have received arms of honour from' the hands, or by order of. the First Cdrisul ; to have rendered essential service in the War of Liberty, either in the held or in, the cabinet. In time of peace, a candi, date must prove that he - has serv'd 'twenty.five years. Each year in time of war te!i:. for, two ; each campaign. of the Republica() war tells fir four years. The folloWing is 'List of the Minority in . ihe House of Lord s on t h e quest i on of the Peace : Duke of Richmond Lord Warwick • Marquis of Buckingham Carnarcon Lord Spencer Mato Grenville , Darlington • CarysfOrt Carlisle ' • • Radnor Fortescue Ca wdor and. Mansfield. Kenyon., Last Friday evening, as an Officer who had seiteA, in Egypt was travelling in the Manchester T e l egraph Coach to London, he was tscen very ill just•befbre the coach, airivtd-at the town of Wo!,urni itr Bed fordshire ; he got out at the GeOrge Inn, in that town, and died in . A few minutes He had no pocket book, 'watch, or papers to lead to a discovery whO he was, and the only means of tracing his conneaion was a letter WhiCh' lie had iii his pocket, difeCled to a gentleman in London—he had only a few shillings in his po c k et . • A Lady •,od4 an Sunday las't bl'othiht to the un4 pleasant necessity of doing penance it - ; . Parish Chtttelf of Newington Bum, for having flippantly talked c i f her neighbour-a. A nurneroui Congrega.: Lion colleeted,-. for the purpose of witnessing the - • ceretnony : • .. For IkeNs, er _S-c,c,rli;ngs t47e- Nech.—Vv - a s hi ng Wens, or Swellings' In The Neck. with silt and water (made' pronoi4) .the ,salt), a few times in the dayi - effeded .grar B. They mtrst b well soaked each tinie . of doing thern4