The Sun. — London, England, 1807-11-17 00:00:00

~„~.'~' To the EDITO1? fil . THE RM. LETTER 111, SIR, The Sixth Article of the new Treaty states (ac-, , cording to the American Abstrata), " THAT THE PANTIES CANNOT Ao.Rip ABOUT. THE AMERICAN TRADE TO THE. BRITISH WEST INDIiSp;7 but that while they attempt an amicable agreement, both, may exercise theiriexisting rights." •If -I had not observed the 'great degree of inattention with which ti‘e public has received 'the .foregoing intimation, I Fliottld scarcely think it necessary •to.-add any thing by way`' of thustraticin to the plain language of the if, • , . Article itself . ; but I find,that the adherents, as well' as . the opponents, of the late Administration, ap plying rill theft talents to a subsequent Article of the, TreatY (whicli . we shall soon ConsidOr), have passed over; as a matter-of no moment, the persith:uous and comilehensive 'stipulation '"nVir before US. t herefore deem it necessary to . place,on a more prd minent point- of.. view , the Jirth, Article , of this . abortive ,Convention. ' The Session of 1806 must have iiiniliarised to all your Readers the subjea of the American Intercourse With our West India Islands. - From t 78,3 to 1794, . nothing was definitively se*cl in reprd to this important trat‘: it was regulated 'from time "to time by, alumni A6ls of Parliament, or Orders in Council. Without enumerating the variations in these severalACts or Orders, it is sufficient: to 'ob serve, that at theperiod- of the Treaty of 1794, the Trade between the United States and our Planta , tiOns was limited to iiritis4 By the twelfth Article` of thiit•Treaty, Amirican Vessels (of not mote than 70 tons) were put open the same footing . 4 : British, as to the Import and Export Trade Of the West , lndies. To this concession two provi 7 sions were added, first, " that the said American :Vessels qo carry and land their cargoes in the UNITED STATES only :" And that, during the continuance of the Treaty, Bit rowels should be put upon , the ,sathe jboting with respez tti the Trade between the UNITED STATES and the said ISLANDS as the vessels J' AM V.ll ICA herself. The American Senate retbsin , i to eon:tent to these 'Perms and C onditions, 4ilditioual . .4rtiple was added tO theTreaty,where: it waoagreed.to :suspend so nitwit of ,the twelfth. as relmes 'to the Trade in question ,andthus "the , matter continued from that time to thexommenee; ,• . _ • merit of the late 'Negotiation. : r • it;wz S unclermood that two persons of. high Tank ::11(1 great valt.m.s beetc appo . intec.i to confer' with the very intelligent I.Ylitti o ters 'of the . Unite 4 States on the . .several points upon which the two . . Governments were at issue,' iLwas naturally supposed that the Into course would be considered. among the most ihtportant Objeas of tit e ie The subject, too, was , hre' ugh( tx. , :fote Parlianxia in ';1 particular manner, by the iuiroaldion of % . sawt, was called the AMERICAN IN'IIAt.CuUIt , J; pleasure WIIIN calculated to favour, by taking them. from the . attnnal cquizance of Parliament, the fre-' - fittent suspensions of the N'4vigattun Laws, which the necessity was stated to requite in regard. to thi branch of our Trade. , • It was therefore ,not 'unreasonable to ,apprehend, ti it the MiniF.tcrs Who preiared this Bid ere ra the'r inclined to look fivonfahly upon that wire. strained - and unconditional intetcourbo which was 61111p0S0t1 to be .the favourite objea of Arneric.i, It was RUSpeaed that they had introduced into their new Treaty, stipulations respeetinl iract;e, toore incon.iNteut ..yith our Navii,, , atiou , / it it than W.i3 either filled for by necessity, or compensated b, advantages obtained. suvicion the late' i'stnisters- Constantly and stoutly repelled there Iva& no pOint upon which they trove uniformly or, confidently (waded the TRE#YV:depiecating pat.:mature discussion ; and now that have the . . Treaty before us, that nothing could be inure un fair-than the insinuations cat Mr. PERCEVAL, .inote unfounded than the suspicious of Lord (;As- TLEIMAGII Minister 4 are unquestionably acquitted, on' thefr apoal,• from the charge of hav ing made an injurious Treaty upon the. subje& of.ht ter.f.airse, Ju, ilft.7l madc No I t ca ly , It is Certainly at first sight rather didicttlfto dis, c,!iiittr here the foundation of that arrogated sups- riotity 'of the late AdministratiOn, in - respea to c. ; 4; n ts, to prtidenCe, ur vVen concifiatiyii. But is it ni:etetided . , that se -any of tho . enzarsrasinteni;which farini`l. measures had entailed upon the. Neptiatort, , can possibly:have inftnented-theni in this stipulation ? Can it be Anted that they did not find - the question. pot fcetly 9pen ?., To what !cad former. Ministers . p l e d ge d the Country,? 111%;til 170, when 4.ord Growille framed with Mr. JAY the. Article which , 1N:1S „by iltninlea; not one circuinSttince of inter.vetwd.. ,a rl y t hi tig , h a d , could be cotwrued ;into i ditii f y; it Z:ti:ily that same AcT to whic h I c alluded, which might possibly be considered as it was by - many persons. here,. as mahile.ttitig a "dispOsition . to relax. -But waving Atberica, this, never aeerned question in diplomatic dis cussion more freely atid, complete'y before the Ministers of two Power s. Yet notiting . is iresolved. Sir, therevqybe a ver.y good reason Iv. this : , -4Lord Auc 4 . 4 ND'S ingenuity? may su , rdest,- and Lord HOLLAND'S eloquence may enforce,Ta perfea anq r atistaaory justification. But in the mean time it is 'not too much' to say, that the presumption is, against- thent. If their licktiovillOgcd talents were quotted as. a ptesumption . that they,, would unnecessarily have left an 'important article,. unsettled, I should set off against tharconideration the natural desire of all .Plenipotentiaries to sign (certainly not least strong in a coup d'essai),: nut t 0,.. tuention bins in favour of AMERICA, under which Lord HOLLA'W ni:ty be presumed te . haVe treated. A Thrther discussion of this subjea, would lead ane too f;ir into the general merits of the Treatyi I shall, therefore . , here quit the Sixth Article, and cnnclucle ivy Letter my next will refer to mostimportant- Matters, on which the Plenipotentiaries had not equal difficulty in making up their minds. As in the dis 7 cussion of these, I may perhaps find something de serving of rather pointed. censure, I Would recom-, mend the fie - ader to employlhe interval in impress strOugly upon his recolledion such instances.of the superior policy, judgment, and deciion of tliv . • • -; irate Adtninistration, as in the preceding discussion ‘: nay have most forcibly struck him. DECIrIS. P. S. Since 1 wrote the above, I find that-the sup- porters iif . the late Miniuistration will have some.; thing more to say for them to-morow. : I shall delay any Eourth Letter for, this supplementary de, fence. MAILS. Alcatvan—z Dublin, t Waterford. Due-1 Dublin, Wateriord. ' • PRICE OF STOCKS w . • THIS, DAY AT TWELVE ' O'CLOCK. 63 ii thuniuin z pr. rr II E, SU N. VOLEM QUISCOAX PALSUM, 41JDE,Ithr L N D 0 IV, TUESDAY, tioi - lim . pp ' ,17, 1807 WE receiv e d French and Dta.ch..Paers this day, the former dtited the 4th, and ilte; latter tn'thv 9th There is uothirig very important in their con . tepts.,Wne French army advanced towavdi Portugal by Salamanca. Thebead-quartersol I NOT wC)'BCX peERed to be at Pamploia on the 4.4.1 b or t.:15 tli t An ,Embargo has been laid on all Portuguese Vesiels,' and gu t Ambassador from Portug;tl to Holland, mas pre., paring to depart from the latter pouiltry. -The. King of Pruista, has s l / 4 -nt orders to Ilia d'Affairos to le . ave Constantinople with the whole ; of the Prussian , Legatiou,, atlci havOgnitied.-titat. unlagt- satisfaelion . .wai,:agAle•• by the , Ottoman Court fir tht: insult uttered to the Prui,ia would break. : off: . 411 interi:pvtsc„witlt the Sublime Porte. IT is mentioned in some of the private Letters re ceived from the Continent, that, BOONAPARTE is highly iniSAtistied with the condutl of Ame rica, and ph3t he had intimated to the American Minister, that'unless.some change in that cuudu& *tehli'pkiee, his presence at Paris would.' be clispensed • with. This account, we confess, appears tows very ,imprbbable. A ,Morning Paper, which in its eagerncis' to 1., 3 L;; he present Administration frequently niisre'.. presents faEts, and sometime's invents them, eharse4 Ministers. with having. lett our trade, nit prOteEted, and states that " when oar Fleet left the Sound, not a'SiniLle . Frikate, or . even a C'inizer,N,vas left to pro . tea our Merchantmen, or even to guard them from . surprise." . .. This is a bold assertion,' but it-is totally t hstituie o f truth. When off I' ieet ca me awav, th e livigiutrd, of 74 guns, two Frigates, besides several Sloops and smaller Vessels, . were left for the pro. .teetion of our Trade. The Vessels. vaiielt were taken off Cronetilierg werq outward-bound, and un der convoy of the /Li, rater s but it frequently hap pens,: thtingh we know not ‘,vbether it \vas SU itt the present instauce, that the Masters: of Merchant Ves sels are so irregular, that it is itnposAfle: for the Vessel that eonVoys thetit to keep t hern,togethero— At all events no blame is attributable to the Admi 7 , ratty far mit. having left a sufficient force 'for the protection; of our Trade. Another charge a.oinst . Ministers in the mime 'Paper 'is equally devoid of truths, viz. that: forty , empty Transports, have: re cently returned final the Mediterranean. This asser. lion ha's already been contradiaed; tint it is said that the contradi4tion ,%yas not stittkcientlyexplicit.c therefore think it, necessary . to repeat, that it is completely unfounded. , . yvstOrdny atteertecUid tt repiirt'Whieh Was eit-. caned, of gigue unpleasant cifcUrnltarice4 hacing occurred ,at one , of the Sea-ports, , respeaing the env.. 'hatkation of the troops, and t.xpreued onr di ibt 11l t wp arc no eiiahled to state positiveLy that it leas no foundation whatever. IIAvING yesterday Inserted at lonotli tile Order isiued•by-}lts-MAJESTY I in Council, relative to" the Tra,:e with France, her Allies and pl.pendeofs ) : we shall ni,v/ give an Analyiis,of thein; with such ob. servati9ns as are suggested ; by the ,reinarlcs which Itave been made in Uther (patters. The first Order recites the Decrees of the French Government, and the acquiescence ofNEUTR ALS In the unprecedented system of warfare •thereby esta blished. It refers to the Order issued on the 7th of January, "-which has not answered the desired pur -- T' r ' p This Order,.i t w ll,be remembered, ; wtis issued py,„tlie late. Administration, very soon after Buo ,- N A PAATE's Decree of the 2 1 s t Nov.) 896, and it Was distiu&ly stated by Lord Howtc . i, to be the inten tionof Government to adopt stronger measures, in case the prohibition of the Trade from Port to Port should prove indication and the Order itself de aired, that !‘ such attempts op the port- q* the - Epemy woolg give to tits MAJ ES T Y an unquestionalle RIGHT OF RETALIATION, and 'would warrant: His MAJESTY in enforcing the sop' e NIGH IBITION Qr AL t. CoMmerce zvith FRANCE, W /UCH that .1 3 0 u.)Cr , . vaixkly hoped atict against the - Commerce of His MA JESTY'S Suyeßs." And it was about the same time. . • - • declared to the. American Miniiters, that-it NEU» . tHAL Nations should. AC Q UIESCE in ize Usurpations Ftan . ce,,Fils MA4138 rY might probably be . cürnpciled, • h .• • 'A o uietier rauCianily, to RETALIAT E m tsinst d4fcHnte, and to issueorders , to his Cruizers to adopt towards NiIITRALS any hostile ,system WH T H OS E NEUTRALS SHALL HAVE SUBMITTED his'Epe mies.!! Following up, then, the principles thus, avowed, .HIS MAJESTY 4'113 now adopted - the 1017 lowing GENERAL RULES. T. All Places belonging to France, to her Allies, gor to other Countries .at War with gogland,. and 'oil Places in Europe from y'hich;•• although not at War with .us, the B 11.1 'PAS f . FLAG is ardith r id, ,A d all places the Colonies of our ,Euernies, are considereci .. as. .I.llijea'' to the most rigolorts 81.0 IT, All Trade. in Arti(rlefl the paotiticu or N.l A.- NuFAcTuitn suelt Countries and Places Ls UNL.\\V FL'Li wherefore ..1.11. Every Vessel tradinL , from or to them , ther with: ALL goods or mercliondize on board, and all Articles of the PRODUCE or . MANUFACTURE of those. Counirie:s, ' shall be ,•But in order to .chew to Neutials: tilaf GREAT BRITAIN is " Sabje.a .- them to greater inconvenience than- is absolutely ifiseparable from' , the earryititi into effea his Majesty's jest detertnin atilp;":lh,.s.lQroer br the present, cei tain • • RxcErrtoNs 1, VOssels and tar g . oes . o/Coiintrie, not subjel 1.0 the BloCkirl, as above, trading direblly between .a •... • , • P ort of their men Country, or .a.. British Colonial pur4, itnil.4l port of die , Eneuty's CO 4 .2, •YeSSOS.ancl‘Caro6 of 'atotirieS NOT at. War,. going, ttnder,:regtilittiors'to-te presibtyl flits; from a Port of this Kinviotn, GIBRALTAR, or MALAITA, or . of our ALLIES, to the port specified in their clear. dances, 1. e,' to smelt Part iIS'IVE SHALL, PERMIT. 3. Vessel; and Cargoi.s of Countries rior at War; (inning , from places in'Etirope W 114,11 ARE declared LI be Fl!idea 0 , 'Blockade, on "a,diicel voyage to a place In Europe belonging to GREAT ARITAIN. These exceptions are, of course, ' not to ey,empt Vessels or (.460c1s liable to seipire for Other causes than the present Order. .. At present, therefore, it is intended to permit the _threw :Trade between Ametici . or any other Neutral Certutry not dependent on . France (if Such there. be !) .ania'thehostile Colonies. Tiie c/C on 4 excrption has be stated to destroy i the . etreA of the whole,: but it is obvious that it merely tibelare's the intention of GOVtirlltilent to permit such Trade tiet,kee'q- our aii - niuions find the torbiddei;Ports,.a Prot tiina to time may thought right;---and this iy PKPl'irne4 lorther:by _the SECOND Order in- Council, as will be The third 'exception merely pro ;• vides, Neutral VeS9CIS who can, ib spite of Decree 4, bring cargoes ,from a Port inchtded in our Blockade, to a British Port, shall be fivottra.bly received. here. 'kite next Paragraph' of the First Order provides' for the immediate execution of the preceding, by direaing th i at all nssels which have already commenc ed voyages, now declared unlaufal, shall be warned by our Critizers to proceed to one of OUR Ports, and V:esselsdisobeying, or, sailing contrary to the Order after reasonab,le time- for notice, shall be captured and made prizes. This Order,contains likewise a further GENERAL RULE. IV.' All Vess7el4 haviv on hoard" CERTIIICATES of ()marl, or pt* ciocarnents reinired by WO DHCREI;3AS proofs that the cargo is not of Barran Produce or Atartujaauie, shall, together with , the c,irgo belonging to the satne Proprietor, bp L:tWI U! I'Fu'l,p. `',[3king on boird such;papers, •is a clear proof of 1 .10 ac742creence wawa isi' tout odation of the pre , • - • $ sQnt Orkt(r The seeoto Order in Cuancil emaiiat !S from the Provisio4of the-First, with reip..at to the Traia to be atrried 'nn through the medium. of 11R uric P6iTs; and establishes-these 3 GENERAL RULES. is Coed's, enumerated in our Consolidation Aa of. 1803, 'tray be iTported . PROM any Country. TIOT AT ANt/TY in Pessels l V Countries AT AMITY, audit . the • 'I. • Y y y same regulatiola - as to duties, drawbacks, &C. as Vessels' navigated according, to , Law, ; and if .thot • goods are such as re prohibited to be imported, they may be exported' to any Country in amity. • If. Vessels coming into.Britith Ports actordingfb the First Order,. on bei_ng' . warned, or receiving notice, after the takinc in of ;their Cargoes, tirlY pro' coed with their cargoes to .their, original destina7. thin (if lawfid before),or to any. Port at amity under the . Regulations .flow established--or, if they prefer it,. they. may import their. Cargoes as if they had. • originally sailed'inc4nsequence of the Order. • All Vesselscoming in in comequence of the Order, may clear..out to. any ,Port which they may • .choosy to have specified in their clearances ; except with SUGAR, Corra6,• WINE, BRANDY, SNUFF, and TonAcco, which are only to be exported according, to such rides as may be 'specified in Licences . to granted for that special purpose. The l'it n w Order in Council refers to. tho prae. ,'; tied . of transferring tl.)e Ships of f-nemies to .Nett trals, which is well known. to.have been done fo r , the purpose of covering the .trade and property ut Enemies; - and which, therefore, the old 'Frcach pradice deemed illegal.. We now, therefore, aooPt. ass ' GENERAL RULE. stile`t.A a NstrritAL, of any Vessel - teion,giq N. His MAJESirfs ENEMIES, shall not be decale4 in any manner to alter the char4Ekr of the 31: . and all 'Vessels so transferred Shalt be PRrzE. .shall reserve our further observations on thoP important measures. -r• - 7 • „ ~ LordNi4coupt .TQC,ET4NE,. Count UGGLAS, from ' . StcockbOinl; l thiti Mr. NICIIOLAS, , With - DisatcheS, frern'.COpenhagen, arrived yeSt . erclay. "06 - Sunday last, .Le-Prince Due D'A;qoat4,Ertir.?!, eldest son of Dlonsietit,. and who 'espdused . tlli' amiable Princess Royal-of Ranee; 'had a Levee at Le ; DueDE BERRI!S hinise,,PeOrge•street Matiche . ster, . isquare : all the Princes and wiled Noblesse, &c. ot . France, with-'several of] Our own Nobility, to tO• amount-of 30ta persons; assembled there, to congra..' .tulate.his Royal Highness on his arrival in England; and yesterday .the Prince• set cite on his return to • GO4field Hall, Where be will .remain Stone time with hits);,l li.rl l i lustr a ie i i i 7 y r o el l 9 / k titce a ,.. ,e t e he li C o,e o.mtehils)sseLatti.Li in . E ' s ' s l o 'l x it , i R , which the.Marqiiis"ofiltiCxlNottam lent to them zis a temporary residence; bin the whole of their esta- . blislitnent is supported by - themselves. . • '''.' ' - , . Cranbourn liodge, Windsor Forest, is' preparing for the reception of , the Princess, SorilLi.of Gov.„ ' ces'rea,. that . she may. be near the Royal klarltilY. - whilst she remains in the country. . ~ - Th e - QvigEsr . of WIETEIUBVEQH constantly cor responds with her Royal Father, Mother, Brothers, and Siters; scarce a week has passed for m.itlY months back, but the Gottenbiirgh Aid coataine4 letters from the above illustrious Princess. = ' The Venerable Mother G . I . t he able and i Pap4cgsi:fWA rieus. LE 9 . is, in conjunction with that ami o llust Lady, abouLto found a school for a limited t itunbt-'e. of the orphan female children of seamen at Greetv wick, • - . 'Seven Regiments of British 'lnfantry, and' th greate4 part of the German Legi4ll,' it, is...said, ar e e; to proceed on an Expedition from Portsmouth i t mediately. The orders which werelgiven last were fur diStbantling apd paying off the l'rahsports'lyills. in the liver have been countermanded. The ilk, lowing are the Regiments mentioned as under orders.for this new Expedition :--7th, Bth, 32d, 34 1 h, , e con d battalion; SAO), 60th, fifth battalion ; Una til (53d. The Naval part 'of the Expedition wi ll consist. 7 'of !Weise Sad of the Line, under the comma n ear-A d ot . Rear-A d m ir a l KEATi. . The latest letters from Gibraltar infam us,' th a t a spy had .been detet:ted there. He is ' described to „be a French Officer in dinuise. A bribe offeredr a British Officer led to the discovery, and I,' Frenchman was secured. It was added, that it AO Othrdisercifl"TlignstearsPceto.‘taviuliitlheindguaciredisOitil7oGi cLebrrin-lai to the registry, of their names and places of abode. e FASHIONABLE FURNITUEB."In the 'costiund•P` fashionable ttirniture, very great improvements 30 abOut to be introdnced. The Egyptian gives prey' deuce to the Chinese and the Grecian. Artii leS ov the latter description are now in a state of forward!' ' nesi, .which .will eclipse .all preceding attempts " i ezicellence yet known in this country. Artists col inimitable talents have been for,Sorrie time ernploY`„, f " . . . , to- produce a 'something which shall be a "' I l' Cr(elliffe. The drawing room window curtains,,abo to aPPear , WO excel every article of the kind wilil: has yet been thought of; they, are composes °`, azure blue' velvet,- to represent ether,: and the do.. peries are adorned with the signs . , of the '.lOOO of gold. The couches,' chairs, , and carpets, are all o_ • correspondent elegance and. richness. The 191: , magnihcently,carvedlaStres; in butuished gold,-"1', three branches to each., are in a state of forsvvislo?''; they are really the most exquisitely beautiful th'' g' .. ever beheld. A bedstead, equally norivellt and c 01, ,,, '! sistent, is nearly completed, which, . when ti fur will speak 'for itself. A suite of new articles , f ` ir . i s : ~ marning 7 ropei„ all cxecnted in an or y ig es i::::: te, nearly_ready.. , , - , - . • - ' r ' The books at.LLo-vo's exhibited, . ..i, arta theriglootny catalOgue4)l the etfeetS of the l'"..t o ts of wind' ; A 'great number 01164ses an d e 1 A', „ , ! were registered, wining which is the t mob p • . 1 Danish 84 gun. Ship, lost near Copenhogeu . ' -