The Sun. — London, England, 1803-01-05 00:00:00

'lls .44"~ .., 3^. ~i-~: ~i ..<Jti3,ft'. LORD PELUAtt, a Minister of die Ktsto of P , NcLAND, mule use of illne words in the Cham ber of Peers " Lord GR ENV ILLE was wrong in saying, That Vie wish to isolate ourselves. Our intention is to profit, by every opportunity that may occur on the Continent, to contribute to the safety of our Coun. f t ry,. I lliS reve a ls to us the secret of what we have , ',- 'iltndv seen, and it w ill b e p ro p er to recollect i t 1 in the events which may succeed., . sst r ts, When we l earn t h at a swarm'of et Age nts, i under the o r d ers o f D stAkt , ; WICKHAM, &e. inun. 1 date Germany and Italy, we may presage that the 1 Prophecy of Lord Ptt.sfa.st is realized, and that the Continent is menaced with a crisis. Birds of evil 1 . . tugury, they will bear every where the signal of cnitage and devastation. If War is a scourge more terrible for mankind 4 than famine, Pestilence, or Drought, what profound perversity must have rendered insensible to all the sentiments ot Nature, GRENVILLE,WINDHAM, VIINTO! and They have endeavoured for several months to disturb Holland, Switzerland, and Germany; they endeavour at this moment to disturb the tranquil. 'icy of Genoa, and this is the object of the frequent voyages of the Frigate Medusa. They have 'endeavoured to bring about a Revo. lution at Naplef. Nlot,vrtra4o and Brta)trect „.. have been arrested at Cato;,, at the moment when Ithey were embarking to confer at Zardars with the Agents of the Faction which direEted them...- They are arrested, and their Process is commenced. The Counsellor of State, THrIIAUDtAU, has already interrogated them several times ; their papers are numerous and very interesting. Thus they seek also to disturb the tranquillity of the pore, and two Agents, who both took a part • ' in the Civil Disorders of Rome, have met at Paris, the one coming from London and the other from Italy. In pursuance of the same system Mr. I\lOOltll appeara on the Continent surrounded by the Agents of Durettie, who are miserably sullied with every Crime. it is also for the purpose of exciting storms upon the Continent, that more than too Brigands at oney, condemned by the Tribunals for robberies, assassinations, and incendiary crimes, have sought there a refuge, from whence they embark in fish. ing.boats, and COMM upon our Coasts to assassinate tanfortianatemo men and unfortu,iate Proprietors. But these plots are vain ; let us hope that they will continue to be so. The French Government will always, cut the thread of sech intrigues, altho' they may be woven with much art, like the Got. dian.Knot. The Continent will remain in Peace, but the glory will accrue to the French People, and the remorse to the Friends of War. Yes, the re. moue, after ten years of War, when a third part of the generation has perished. Is there now a Mother in England, Germany, Italy, or France, who must not regard with horror, GIUNVILLE, WINDHAM, and Mttero I those men who provoke War which they never make. Ini the bosom of a wealtk , and magnificent City, surrounded ta : all; the deli g h ts an d comforts of life, they provok e the massacre of the rest of Mankind. Is there a Sovereign upon the Continent whose es. sential study is now not to read with attention, and to meditate profoundly, On the speeches and the ideas which reveal that infernal polity, confess. ed now with a shamelessness unexampled in the history of nations, and which can only be the effe& of delirium, the first punishment of crime ? Mr. WINDriAm accuses Ministers of not having Allies, and at the same moment be speaks of the Russian Nation as ferocious and barbarous. The Emperor ALEX SNDER will, doubtless, despise such provocations ; but if we consult the annals of all People and all times, has not the Russian Nation the eight ofdeinanding a just satisfaCtion ? At the same time they give five hundred pounds s terling to a miserable Emigrant, for printing a Libel against the Grandson of FR EDF Itlc 11. against that w ise Pri nce , t h e F r i end of his People, to whom t 'uroPe owes in part the tranquillity and the repose tvhich it begins to enjoy. Wh4 • t iftime V 1A4110111143c for a conduct so strange, on the part of a nation with whom he is at peace, on the part Of a Government for whom he has preserved the State of llanrprr P In otdet to insult all the Governments of Europe, they support the saute principles as the Tunisians and the Algerines, who, although at peace, insult the flag of all nations ; but it should be reeolleaed, that they only a ttac k weak Powers; and certainly Franee, Russia, and Prussia, may at length become fatigued with this excess of licentiousness, aid say sh,at it s/ , ...11 exiit 140 longue. They complain of not having Allies, and all the diatribes of the faCtiou tend to prove that the EM. !!Rok of GERLtA: , !Y was betrayed, when advised by a perfidious Minister, he twice sacrificed the flower of his armies, in order to support that cause, and not his own. We leay apply to these Qrators what was said of the Couecil of Kings of Babylon: " They . give all the Counsels which they ought not to give, and they negled those alone which ought to he follow. These men do not speak either the opinion or the wish of the English Nation.enlightened I 1 • .%);,it ii.itioll 50 , so philosophic, has other views and other opioioes, and if it had had to appoint its Re. preseetative s , it would not have chosen Lord GUENVILLV WINDHAM, or NIT oro. But what do they wish? They have ruined the Fin:incTs of their Country, by their foolish enterprizes; they have !oat the good opinion of Europe by their ar. togance. The prince, when he discovered them, obased them from his presence. They have re. main" ranch their' vegeta, iiv.;i4.l) purism they:, hr.. mew :hem, and gvvo )a all their affie ,, s. and all theie speed)°, I'h:a Arius tone .'which remoras the slate Of their minds. Trouble, Disorder, and Blood can alone relieve them ; they wish for 'Tearthle, DirJesiee. and . 814 .• Their speeches are those which the celebrated \ r '' , I4TON OiCcd L.' the mouth 01 .;;Jr.:ll. , again and again, that thr rare, the .v.rhole of the Peace, and nothint ht the Peace can consolidate Europe, and England especially. It would be a wise and patriotic Law which should prevent those Ministers %via) have retired, from sitting during the first seven years of their retirement, in the Parliament of England. Another Law not less wise, would be, that every Member who insulted a People and a friendly Power, should be condemned to two years silence. When the tongue errs, the tongue should be punished. To Conclude, it results from all their Speeches, that they wish for War ; but that they are without Allies, and without Credit upon the Continent.— We shall therefore have Peace, thanks to their discredit. Tender Mother:, good Citizens, enlighten:d lantioropiris, bless Heaven for the discredit of that Faction ; for its credit upon the Continent would be the signal for the death of your Children, tar the devastation of your Provinces, fur the mourning of all nature ! ! !—(Mcniteur). A Council of Finance was held last Tuesday. The Ministers of the Finance, and of the Public Treasury, gave an Account of the Receipts fur the year to. The Receipts of this year have exceeded the esti_ mate made by the Minister of Finance by fifty mil lions. That estimate exceeded the receipts of the year preceding by thirty millions. The year to, therefore, has produced an augmentation of receipt of eighty millioas beyond the year 9, At present, the increase of the revenue for the year 11 is estimated at 3o millions more than the year to : thus there will he a difference of zio millions between the years 9 and 11. In these statements are comprehended only real and effec. tive receipts. At the igt Vendemiaire, year it, all the resr,nrces of the year I t were untouched, and the 312 millions of obligations for the service of the t tth year, were complete in the portejekille of the Public Treasury. The result ot these accounts, in all their details, in all their statements, iu all the receipts, duty by duty, department by department; as well as those statements which are balanced to the public treasury, will be printed and published, at the time of the next Session of the Legislative Body.--(Alon;teur.) The Sittings of the Legislative Body will corn. mence on the zoth of February, The Ftgrr COVSUL has appointed Citizen GAL. tt, of the Deparm , nt of the Po, and Citizen SE. CUR, Legislator, Councillors of State ; o d the General of Division, Bouytct Ex, Councillor of State and Member of the Council of Administration of War. Brave, DEc. 23.—The Letter of the Ft ;UT CONSUL to the Deputies of the Helvetic Consulta, containing the basis of our future Constitution, has caused here ar, extrantdinary sensation, such as was never before experienced at any epoch of the Revo lution. In general, Federalism appe,irs to have here many patttsans, but we are still ignorant whether the Canton of Berne will preserve its ancient limits; if it does not, the System of Unity will be prefer red, whilst Berne will he the chief place of the Re. publie, and the.. residence of the Gov-crnment. 18.—Yesterday arrived, Dutch Courier, with the Exchange of the Convention con cluded between our Court and the Batavian Repub. lie, relative to the Towns of Se.l'entaar, Ilte;sset , , and lt/n/boure: the exchange being effe6ted, he re turned immediately to the Hague. A Courier also arrived from Vienna, bringing, as we are assured, positive intelligence of orders having been given by Fits htrratm. MAJESTY, to the Baron de fluor t., to assure the Members of the Deputation of the Empire, that the General Plan of Indemnities should be, on his part, entirely fulfilled. RATIstioN, DEC. 21.—The Extraordinary De putation of the Empire has not held any Sitting since the ,4th. LtGIIORN, Dr.c. 15. —We have had here for some days past a Dutch squadron, composed of three ships of the line and other /essels. We learnt at its arrival, that an English Fleet of fifteen ships of the line and several frigates, dis embarked in the port of Orirtoit, jn Sirdinia, all the troops which it had on board. So great an as semblage of forces in the fvledit errancan, under the present circumstances, is somewhat singular. A Cock that had been purchased by the present Admiral BERXELRY, wheneaptain of the MarlAo rough, of 74 guns, for the purpose of being kept as his live stock, greatly distinguished the undaunted spirit attached to the English breed. During the time the above Ship was engaged in close a4"tion with the French Fleet on the glorious. tat of June, by being ordered on the boldest service against the Enemy, she became totally dismasted, and was reduced to a mere wreck. At the time her main. mast went, the Cock alluded to flew upon tte to nip, whirl) projeaed about twelve feet from the deck, and began to flutter his wings, and to crow with exulting boldness. So singular a Cir. cumstance attracted the attention of the brave Tars, who became re.animated by the example, and fought with additional bravery, until vietory crowned them with her laurel. This undaunted Cock was preserved until the ship reached Plymouth ; when, in remembrance of his valour, and the glori. ous occasion, he was given to Lord LiNox, who placed him in a walk, where ha to this day struts with a silver collar round his neck, descriptive of his worth, proudly supporting his . honour, and the gal_ iant behaviour of the British Fleet. At Leeds, four young men, for ill-treating three fishermen, were last week fined five guineas--a man for swearing, r rs.—a publican, for refusing to OCCOllllllOaatC a soldier and his horse that had been quartered upon him, fined 40s. and costs—two men fur driving their waggons through that Borough on Sunday, fined thirty shillings each; and a per.' son for purchasing a pair of regim enta l breeche's from a Soldier belonging to the rBth Dra. goons, was fined five pounds, by the Sitting Ma. gistrates, at the Itotation-Office. Owing to the mildness of the weather, the young Wheats, on the poorest lands of the Sussex Weald, are in appearance as promising, as on any of the Dos: fertile will at the Sow'''. pb.33qui„ 0111•11/11N3a , m.r.• k;ttg's Theatre. THE Comic Opera of Ifl,r Barron; ~ Vas l►erfohned list night at this Theatre, for the second .time. The Music of this Opera, as we before Observed, is in many parts extremely beautiful, and was Per formed, as might- be ckpeCted, much better than on the first night of its representation. Signora Geis_ stet gave her Songs with great power and area, and received, as shedeserved, very great applause. We have no doubt this Performer. will soon become a favourite. Mott EtAt's voice is very powerful, but not always in tan e.' In t 4.,: Ballet which followed, Madame LABcißt was partiularly remarkable for the elegance of her movements, She is a charming Anre.ss as well as Dancer, and cannot be too much encouraged. The tiouse was not full, though genteelly at . tended. We are happy to find Round Hats art no longer introduced in the Pit. THE THE ATR E. Covent-Careirn. The Opera of Family Quarrels was represented at this Theatre last night. In consequence of the illness of FAWCETT, his part was performed by BLANCHARD very successfully. BLANCHARD'S charaeter was assigned to BEVERLY, and Mrs. ST. LECti‘ was :he substittite . for Miss CHICPMAN. The-3F : ihauges were unavoidably a. drawback on th 4 mancg,,but the vocal poWers of Baa.friAm kept t Audience in good humour. We. have already given our opinion on the Drn_ ma of the new Opera at Covent Garden ; and still maintain, on that subjea, " the less that is said the hetter."—The Mn ic, however, is in a style to meet the attention it receives. BRAHANt's Ballad, in the first Aet, is a.pleasing Cat:ft/We, and the point of the words ,is well ex pressed by the point in the Music: 2 The Duet be tween Bit Ali AM and I. HD ON, is of a more per_ feet composition, and evinces the Master.—the Fugue, in particular, is well worked ; both the Singers deserve much credit by their execution.— INC E DON'S SOSOPU/0, however, on a high note in the . fahetto voice, is alms too much for hiM, from the length of time he holds it out ';—'—were per-- haps, to shake on a part ofit, it would be easier to himself, and more agreeable to his anditor!.— BRAMAN, in general, has merit in his compositions. Some of the movements in the Symphonies, pus us in mind of PA Esl F. I. LO, from yehom it is certainly no disgrace to borrow ideas. — ln the . Airs allotted to Signora STottAcE, he borrowed a little frnin him self in The CabiNet. The' Glee does: nnt. exaftly come np to our notions of that species of comptisi, lion. It is rather what used to be called: a three Sa#jl. Madame Boss!, who unfortunately lost her Hus band a few months ago, is engaged at the Opera_ House till the recovery of PAR I SOT. She possesses., however, so much merit in her profession, and i 3 so money recommended to Public proteilion by her misfortunes, that we hope, she will secure a perms. heat attlatiou in that Theatre. - The Public - will, we fear, have to regret the ab sence of poor PAR isoT for a considerable thin.; her bruises are very severe. Every body, how ever, do her the justico to allow, that rte never has b:_!en absent from her duty cm the Stage, since her eng-agement in this country, except when prevented by real indisposition from attending. We are sorry to hear that FA IV Err is so :dam ingls indisposed as to render his recovery doubtful. The alteration in the property of the Kbrg'l Th tutre , which has been mentioned in most of the Papers, we believe will not take place until next year, as we. understand nottking can. be done in it until after the close of the present Season,. '['he American 'Play-Bills still find 'it necessary to continue,the. notice, requesting, 'that no Imoiikiv may take place in the Lobbies, or in presence of the Audience. The Grand Theatre at Petersburgh has been lately finished in a very superb style.t. number of ACtors from different parts of Europe., particularly from France, have been , engaged forita,.opening.: The Architect who completed ~the building, M. D'AuNtoNt, has received magnificent presents from. the Emperor and Empress, in tesrinitOrty of, their ap probation of his skill.and exertions. The Prize.; Agent 'who lately attempted to elope with a young Lady from Portsea, , we suppose wss not satisfied with the small - profits arising from , and therefore resolved to -turn captar, From experiments lately - made, i t has been ••dis.: covered that a mixture of . six parts - of gold and One ui Piiatina, forms a metal or a beautifol colour, •very malleable anti susceptible ofa fine polish, and which is also less liable - than gold to change when exposed to the affion of hydrogen, sulphur, or other Chemi cal Agents. We are irfbrmcd from gond authority, that the Methodist Misiions in the West- Indies, are is a most flourishing state ; about seventy thousand 'of the Negroes are now under instfation ; and about seventy of the Mulattoes and Blacks are already become teachers themselves. From the Bahama Gautte of OR. 5, we learn, that out of the six men convicted of Piracy in that Colony, two, viz. Richard AleEvof and Willaugb4y Davis, were executed to the other four Governor HALKET had extended the Royal mercy. On Wednesday afternoon, in consequence of a quarrel between John Itrwit Banks, a felon, and William kith, a deserter from the Royal Artillery, both confined in Hull Gaol, the latter received from the former a wound in the back, with a pair of large shears, which penetrated about six inches into the chest; in consequence of which he now lies in the utmost danger. A vessel belonging to low, CLARK, Mg. of Biyth ; commanded by Mr. Tucis; N AZ c LT, has made in the course of last year s sixteen voyages, anti delivereii as many cargoes ,of ,coals in MC Lon-- dor Market, from SU mferra bier' is 'COr sidered by the persons iu that trade ay an extra ordinary instanco of oxptditiVlA.L Os'e, 3k.. - Or the z.i.tit inst. sailed, under Cont , dy of tits Corvette De Flirt, a Squadron - Of TranspOrts car tying out Troopsi Civil Officers, wiils don, and other articles, to Batavia atatl tlit Afa_ !rears Islet. The smite day sailsed;. likeWise,aforce of 1000, t 700 men, td S fle7J4 De r r&ara, and the West.hdia Isles ; in whieli the Gdireitf... rnent intends to keep stringer ./Zair yt kai• yet 'allowed to Be;lts mated to t ie NesCnpaperi of till* Country. The Tromps are to go out in small De tachthents r and so as to elae, as the notice or other powers. the Batavian Legislature reeeitrei at leisi Ad hundred representations a_day, against ihe - plin OF ' paying off the,Public Debts, natricd 14icriltioat, iii obligation:, instead of teady money. The Merchants of Amsterdam, ROt?ekitath, Dart, S;e:. ' arc all in arms against thertieasure; The I! :ions, though only eight days sineei at f or 7i per cent, have fallen as low as 6.jl'. The market of our other Stocks fall in equal prbportion: It is not true, that the 'French GrivernMent ha! demanded a Loan olio millions froM the Bataviad RepubliC. Eut there are. indeed, irrneli Agenti in Amsterdam, who use every solicitation; thotiO with little of rio success, to pesuade the Monied interest of that City to furnish Loans to Fiance: There is no exaggeration in the report in your Newspapers, that .the Vortresset .of this Republic are 'occupied by French Tioops4. r fitit 3biS is nci new event ; ever since 179 t, BitZz i Goraum, Fhtthilig, Bois-le-bra, and all our strong Towns have been, as they now adthilty afz, held by Qut French Allies: . ' CORN EXCHANGE, J. S. nom the short supply of Wheat bn MondaV;, and some few arrivals to day, sales were at nea;lv last prices ; Barley and Malt are heavy, and without variation ; as are 'Beans ;. Pease continue getting lower ; there are not many Oats at Market, and they may be fully quoted ad before; Flour remains steady. . . ~ Wheat 4ja a 48$ a OSod 1 'rick jeans - 305 a 33s od Fine ditto . sBs a s9s od 1 Oats - - the a isis 23s Barley ~ atts a api 6,i 1 Poland ditto -.14s a ail od \ lalt - - itos a 4.v.; 6.1 Rape Seed - - 321 a 3sl R - ' - .355 a 3SS od *Pine Flout - 4;71 At Os od White Pease . 3.3$ a3h od: Scconddo. -4 0 s k 452 Beans . i. 331; a 3-7 s ' : ad MANSIDIV-HOUSE; JAM 4.4 YESTIRDAT the two prisoners who have. been in ccisspdy some days, and who have undergone a private examination befOre the Lord M a yor; were again privately examined before his Lord. ship, /charged with being concerned in the plundering of a ship at Barnstaple, , which outward-bohnd; the plunderage of this ship, it is said,• amounted to s'oool. and on purpose to conceal ito substituted brick.bats and straw, eco.• instead a bale gUodm. A Cool%el attended .the examination, and several Merchants Concerned in the cargo, with the lighteirrian who had • shipped these OAS.; but as there are some others cntwerned. in the robbery, not yet in custody, we fneft6ar.sot tnentionany partictilars, as it might defeat thetntii„ of justice. The Prisoners were again remanded' close confinement for further examination,. On 'Thursday sennight a persOn in the neigh. baurhood of Hadklenham, was ca Hetet! before the Rev. CitsAr, Mott GAN, D. D. and the Rev, \Vii,. LIAM MIITCALI', Clerk, two Of His Majesty's Jus.. tides of the Peace for the Isle of Ely, of coutsing ori the Lord's day, and paid the penalty of Im posed by the 461 of t 3th Geo, 111. 'cap: 80, for the oifence, with all costs. On Friday morning; about two o'clock, a sharp a Ear took Mace _between two Excisemen and twos .Smugglers, whom they Overtook in the lane between West.isnd North -street ) . in Chichester, with : a ,oue. horse cart; laden with tobacco and liquors: Smugglers fought with bludgeons, and the Ofliceri with sabres and pistols. Viaory at, length, . de.. eared in favour of the latter, who remained•masters of tlie . cargn. UNtoN.:HALL.—Yesterday Mr;Edwards t a masse: mill-wright, in Vine -street, Lambeth, came byline the Magtstrates, with Mr. CUMMingS as his Coup-. sr!, to-complain under th e. ter m s o f the t,',itute•of thp 39th and i.oth of Gea. 111, for preventing 4441 . combinations among journeymen and manufatturers, Sec. againt Robert Steele, for that he . being a person in his empl o y, ( lid ma li c i ous l y, anit 4ithotir atiy. , jitit cause, strike, and refuse to chniinue to war; k on the sgth clay of Novemb e r l a i c , thereby, under' threats, compefli:tg his Said inasterto discharge; under pretence that heWai Welt a fair nisi), a matt named Murton from kis employ, againit .the said 4tatittei was cdnvitttlid of 'die" otter ice; ants Committed for the sp,tc.: of three mobtlis to this County Gaol. A tew mornings since, before day-break, flu it 00 R. o, farimr, at Shellinttou, near Slt.fl'ord, irk Bedfordshire, being alarmed by the fall of some tiles, tired a fowling-piece front his chamber window, at a persoli he saw on she roof of one of his out housci, who fell to the ground: he proved to be the' farmer brother-in-law, who had been all night Ht a dance at a neighbouring village, raid was ended— , vouring to get tO r at the wind ow o f t h e grAnsi y , which, communicates 'with his bed-rooM.' His sot. prize - the discharge of the gun oceaitioned the young trim to fall,' hot he receiyell na inittryi • A few days since died at COiCht'S Grigs,' r ,Barber ) aged 84. Fle'estimatud, that,' On an average; he operated on the chins of d . x. personn► daily, for the last sixty yckirs of Itia 'znd con. sequently that he shaved I 3 r 1,40ci beards. Mr, Witt - m.)lw, Coroner for Devon, took an Iniiuest on the body of Mr.", E. 17,,, /tiding Surveyor of Excie fot th,'Ptiii of Dartmoiith, alto was so cruelly brat onlifc`..istzb of DiOlither• las't by two Smugglers. Vertikt of the itVid Murder utuinu a frreim or ,pirani ure qproi. our Sinugitlets are iri custody on suspicion . of Tieing cahfceined :in . brnral and inhuman 'murder of a very attive"Cilircer, at hi a t cr'y vi or tby thamber of 4 , -