The Sun. — London, England, 1803-05-26 00:00:00

lYii i r.il44 111 DOVER; MAY 2g.-.-The Vixen 'Gun-brig, Lieutenan t IlaowN, sent into this HArhOur yesterday the Renomme French Ng, laden with ruin and sugar, bound to Dunkirk'; and this morning the Jalonse Gun-brig sent in the Deux Freres French Brio, front CettO, with Wine, oil, and brandy, bound to Antwerp ; and the Speculation French Brig, with _gyniothnonds,"ao drugs, for Amsterdam. FA 1.M . 0 UTH, MAY 23.—1 n consequence of an order re , ceived last Post by the Agent for Packets, the folio% ing Packets were ordered to proceed to Sea immediately, with anti Dispatches, via. . . Prince Ernest, PETre z, mails of tSth inst. for Leeward Islands ; Prince Adolphus, J ON es, Mails of 17th inst. for Lisbon ; Earl of Leicester, Sir Ax 1., MailS•ol the 4th inst. ,for Neto York and Halifax : the former of which sailed last i vening, and the two latter early this Mornitig.—The Reso lution Cutter, Lieutenant GROUSE, arrived last Evening with-a small French Cutter, (Pilot- Boat) L'Esperance, which she tell in with off the Lizard. She had been at Sea (front Havre) eight days, and is supposed to have been sent Out to warn all French vessels of the rupture between this Coun try and France. The Resolution sailed again this day on a cruize.—Pasied this Port yesterday afternoon, to the west. ward, a ;lime-decked Ship of War, and a Frigate, supposed to be the Vielork, of no guns, with Lard NELiON I 3 Flag, and the Amphion, of 3a guns, for the Mediterranean. The 'fowtishend Packet, DolaV, from lamaica, Duke of Bent, De NN Is, from New-York and I lalifax, and Walsing. ham, Ron Ears, from Lisbon, may be expthed to arrive ao soon as the %Vinci shifts: it has blown fresh for several days from N. tO.N. E. which is against them. Passengers by the Prince Ernest are,• Mr. 1.t.0 o, j. W. Dania Esq., Chief justice of the Island of Nevis, .Incl Lis Daughter., Per Prince Adolphus—Mr. GA ea: ER, Consult General at Lisbon, and his family ; Mr. G s M... BENNETT, Mr. I .IiTER, Mr. ANN IRARKE, Mr. LEZSON, Mr. ADA msON, Mr. PIANKENH At V, Mr. SZTARRO, M. COSTA DE Lt Tr., BETSON, M. I. DE AZIVIDU, M. I. POTIER,. and GILDERNISTZR. Per Leicester—Major AusrEtr, 6 , )th Regiment of Foot !qrs. AUsTEN, Mr. YEOMAN, Mr. FOREMAN, and Mr. UNICK. PLYMOUTH, Mnv 24.—Arrived :he French Dogger, LcUrand Actrien, laden with salt, from France, bound to Obtend, Captured on the 22d instant by the Revolutionairc Frigate; ak . o Le St. Tronquille, of Fecainp, PIERRE Ito l'44cr master, laden with mackerel, captured on the 22d lust by the Pickle Schooner. Arrived the Pickle Schooner, of IA guns, front a Cruize in the Channel, with loss of bowsprit. PORTS.MOUTH,. Myr 2'3.--The following French Prizs are sent into this Port py the La Minerve Frigate, Captain 13vt r.t t.:--Le Hardie Sloop, P. Sou TI tr. master, from llrest to Fecamp, vith cyder ; Marie Brig, JULIIEN D& PA.uctie master, [rein Ilavre to St. MaloeS, with plank; L'Esperance, G UNA IRD, from Havre to BOurdeaux, in bal last ; La Laboureax, Lore rt r, froml-lavre-de,Gxace, for West, with plank; La Patriot, La Ci.ncctizz, from Ilavre for Brest, with plank ; Le Pary Viaorious from France, with salt. Passed by, the Sir Andrew Ilamond, DoNnes.4 from jam:llea, in six weeks. • HARWI CH, MAY 25.—Government have given direc tions to prepare and mount the Guns on the Batteries all along the Essex Coast. The Prince of Wales Post-Office Packet, Capt. HrAn h,. and the King George, Capt. S Awr E 1, sailed this afternoon immediately upon the arrival oe the Mails from London, the tanner for Cuxhaven, middle King George fur Helvoctsluys. Yesterday morning between nine'anil ten o'clock, }its MAJESTY and thelluke of CUMBERLAND, at. tended by General GARTH, left Buckinghum.house, and took an airing on horseback over Westminster bridge to Streatham and Croydon, through the town, arid returned by Dulwich,, Norwood, and, Camberwell. Ills MAJESTY paid particular attetn_ tion to the buildings and alterations that . have been matte in those neighbourhoods lately, anti returned. to finckingharn-house about half past one r :--Hts MAJEsTY is supposed to have rode near '3o miles. About half vast two Iles MAJESTY Went' to St. James's Palace, anti immediately on his arrival gave an audience to Lord Hon ART, who was waiting the ;461;41 of HIS MAJESTY. About three o'clock, His MAJESTY being seated an his Throne, received the Address of the House of Lords, which was - attended by the PR INCE of `VALES, the DUKE of` YORK, and the DUKE of 'CUMBERLAND, the Lord CHANCELLOR, the Arch. bishop of CANTERBURY, the Archbishop of Du ti. .Llll, the Bishops of Sr. ASAPII, ELY, BRISTOL, GLOUCESTER, and DURHAM, together with - the following Nobility.: Disket—Portlarld and Roxburgh. Alarquisses—Salisbury and To wnshenn Earls—Spencer, 'Roslin, Moira, ()minty, Romnev, Cour. town, Darnley, Effingham, Chesterfield, and Wssunor. land. Lords—Limerick, Kenyon, gelsra. Boston, Stopford, Went ivorth, Willoughby de Broke, Waisiugham, Newark, Dol.. ton, Pembroke, Cathcart, Melville, Hobart, and Pelham. HIS MAJESTY then held a Privy Council, which lasted a considerable time; atter which His MA..` esnr gave a private audience to Mr. ADDING. t.r, for near three.guarters of an hour; Lord Pet.' lIANt had likewise a private audience . of. Hts MA., JESTY 'for a considerable time. About five o'clock His MAJESTY 'returned to the Queen's.house to dinner. The Duke of CUMBERLAND dined with THEIR MAJESTIES. THE THEATRE.- 7 -THEIR MA J ESTIES honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their presence las; night, and were accompanied by four of the Prin. ceases. The Dramatic Pieces commanded on this occasion were, the Comedy of The Heir at Law, and the operatic Farce of My Grandmother, both of which went off with great spirit. The Royal party received the most loyal greeting from the Audience, and God Save the King, which was repeatedly sung, was attended , with the most zealous .applapse. A Court of Aldermen was bet fi on Tuesday at Guildhall, when . the Court ordered thu' Price of Bread to be raised half an Assize. The LORD MAYOR, agreeably to ancient and annual custom, nominated the. following Gentlemen to be put up on Midsuinmer.day, to be chosen 'Sheriffs for the year ensuing, viz, Edw. Fotster ' Esq. Mercer., Wm, Itnw, Esq. grocierer. Win W e bb; Etzq. Vintner. ELlw. Str.ith, Esq. Skinner. Rowlet, Esq. (Hover. Henry in r sq. Ihrcher. • Cules, Esq. Wneelwriglit. 1.1.1ei, Esq. - (.11ast-sclier. Jas. (i - a4(.oi h ne, Esq. Slter. r , 'CONSERVATIVE'SEtiATE, M4Y Tog Counsellor, of of Stare, Bigot, Prearrentit, Demilles, and Fleurieu , , Orators of Govermeot, .have this- day communicated to the Senate, il.e Note addressed '3'esterday to the Ambassador of His Britannic Majesty, by the Minister fur Fo.. reign Affairs May 13. Under the important and serious circumstances in which the two Nations ale at present _placed, the Undersigned, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, has received orders to submit to the British Government the following Note : .0n the Bth of March, His Britannic Majesty made known to his Parliament, by a Special Mes. sage, that several formidable Armaments were pre. paring in the Ports of France and Holland, and that important Negotiations, the issue of which was doubtful, were then pending.between the two Go. vernments. This extraordinary and unexpeficti Declaration naturally excited 'the most general astonishment ; but, the maritime situation of France was obvious to. all. England and Europe knew that she had no formidable Armament, either in her own Ports or in those of Holland. The Under. signed does not wish to recall to.themind of - Lord Whitworth all that was yid at the time to which he alludes. We demanded to be informed from what soutce had sprung such unfounded information. The discernment of Lord Whitworth, the fidelity -of his charatter, could not for an instant permit suspicion to alight upon hiM. The assertion that France had prepared hostile . Armaments was so manilesly erroneous, that it was Impossible any person could be imposed upon by it. It produced, however, the effea of serving the cause ,of 'certain individuals, signalized by the in, 'veteracy of their opinions, and who seek with avi. dity all manner of pretences to foment troubles, to inflame the passions of the Veeple of Great Britain, and to excite a spirit of defiance, of hatred, and alarm. As to the English Government, we must suppose, that if, by false reports, it had been led into an error with respett to the existence of French Armaments, 'that could not be the case with tespeet to the pretended existence of Negotiations. The Ambassador of the Republic ,at London was no sooner informed of the Message of His Britannic Majesty, than, astonished that the existence of a Negotiation should be announced, wizhout any knowledge, on his part of such a fad, he repaired to Lord Hawkeabury ; and stnyeding before that time that a call for a National Armament, founded upon , two suppositions, equally false, might be made to conceal a projed to violate the Treaty of Amiens with respeetto those articles which were not yet ex. ecuted, he presented on the loth of March, to the ,Minister of His Britannic Majesty, a Note, in which he demanded the necessary explanations. At the same time, the Undersigned received orders to demand of his Excellency Lord WhitSvorth, an ex. planation of the motives which could have deter mined the English Government to authorize, in its ,Message, two'assertions, equally false, in order t 6 enable then') to call upon the Nation to arm, and 'bleak the, bands of amity which had united the two States. His EXcellency Lord l'lawkesbury, replied on the istli of Mardi, to General Andreassy, in a Note, at once vague, aggreSsive, and absolute. This Note, far from clearing up'any one point, served only 10 throw an additional' obscurity upon the subject of the disctission ; it afforded no possible opening to the desired explanation, and still less of hope that t h e discussions would happily terminate. The re. ply-of the French * Government, of the date of the 29th of March, was as pacific and , moderate as the Note of the British Minister bad been hostile. The First Consul declared, that a War with England was the most remote from his tyishes ; that he was desirous to consider' the expressions which .had been used, as not bearing a charafter of aggression ; and that he could not bring himself to believe that_ His Britannic Majesty entertained, any wish to violate the :wait) , of a-Treaty, upon which depended the security of so many Nations. This declara. tiOn, made by,order of the First Consul, provoked on the , 7th of April, a fresh Note, in which the French Government saw With infinite surpeize, an indefinite demand made of " satisPetion," addressed to it. The vague nature of-this demand, expres,ed without any apparent motive or ()Ned, left nothing to •be distin6tly diScovered, except the equivocal description of its expression. There was mini. Tested in t 4 NOM of the British Government, an 'intention to violale the Treaty of Amiens, and to refuse to evacuate the island of Malta. They seemed to flatter themselves that the French people would consent to give " satisladion " upon two pretended fads, upon an alleg3tion respetting which, they had perhaps , a . right to demand the same of them. In the performance of this affair, Lord Whir_ worth demanded that an arrangetnent should intim. diately be forme s (' upon the basis which had beetl ex plained, at the same time giving us to understand, that in the contrary case, he feared, he should find himself-obliged, by the orders of Government, shortly to quit France ) and thereby. terminate his mission. What reply could th . e Government .of the -Republic make to such hasty demands, to such strange propositions ? It was only its great love of Nate that could suppress the indignation to which they had . given rise. To submit s to a cool and calm decision, which leaves to reason and to jus. tic& the removal of improper paisions, requires one to be profoundly penetrated with the idea.of the numerous victims of 'the discords of Governments, who ,have no , share in the aggression's which pro, duce the destructive contentioni ; that the thou. sands of brave'ciiiieni, who, in heroic devotion, shed their. blood Only for their Country, have no deSire to offer offence to powerful neighbouring people ; that they 'take no interest in the empty and vain pretensions to superiority. We must trot only be penetrated with this sentiment, we must also in every respect subdue our passions. - His Excellency Lord Whitworth, agreed to write to his Court that the First Consul could not consent to a siolatior).of a solemn Treaty,, but that he. wished for the maintenance of Peace ; that It .the Eltl6ll Government were desitous of forming any atrarge. g t hntila nut Terns:. to Comp - ly with their wishes. and that the 'iatt'sN ,f Pith be 'derived from their red.. procal COllloolll's. These sentiment's were just and moderate ; it would be difficult to propose 'a Negotiation upon a basis more liberal: it. is not' foreign ,to the (pies tion to observe here, that it was now six weirs after the Message, in OW% it was announced, that an important Negotiation of deep interest, and un, certain issue, was pending, Mien the Mi n i st er s of the two Governments had not:so much as opened an aflual Negotiation. Lori Whitworth received new °Welly and pre sented successively two Projets of convention. By the first, it was proposed that Malta, should Continue under the Sovereignty of the King of Eng land and this demand complied with, His ,Britan nic Majesty would consent to recognize every thing which had taken place in Europe since the Treaty . of Amiens. The King of England promised still lur. ther to take •measures for e&dttally purs'ishing, those men, in different parti of England, who had formed plots against France. The Undersigned had the honour to observe to Lord Whitworth, that the first Projet of convention was a palpable viola tion of the Treaty of Amiens, and subversive of the basis of the Negotiation which his Excellency Was charged to present to his CoUrt ; that, with, resped to the recognition cffered by His Britannic Majesty, there was no real case to which it could apply; that no changes had taken place in Europ4..- since the Treaty of Amiens, except .the organiz,a lion of the German • Empire, in which the King of, England had, as Eletiorof,l-finover, concurred by his vote, and ‘rhich was a neeeNsary, cnrv.equener of the Treaty of Luneville, which had existence lung before the Treaty of Amiens. - That the events relative to the'Political situa. lion of Piedmont,.of the kingdom of Etruria, and the Italian and Ligurian Republics, had their date previous to the Treaty of Amiens ; that in the Nr. gotiation of that Treaty, France was desirous that England should recognize those three Powers: bul. that as no agreement was come to, either with re... 1 spe.t to that point, or the afftirs of India, as far as - . regarded the destruaion of several 01 the principal Scares, anil the invaluable acquisitions obtained by, England in - that quarter, the discussion of those °Netts was not entered into, as it might obstrurt the execution of the ,Preliminary . Atticles, .a ton. &mental object of the pacification - of the ,two Countries. The Undersigned observed, in Mine, that the French Government would make: no de... mand upon this point, nor' requite any approbation or recognition of His Britannic Majesty. -The Underiigned added, that with rspettt to the Bata vian Republic, it had been recognized by the,K'ng of England, in consequence of the Treaty which existed between them ; and that, by existing 'lira. ties between that Republic and France, the last vision of the French Troops would evacuate Viol,. land 'on, the complete . execution of the Treaty of Amiens, As to the refugee criminals in London, and the Island of Jersey, where' they give full scope to all their vile propensities, and where, in. stead of being punished„ - they are treated as Pen sioners by England, the French Government cirn ceivea that, in the at: Uill situation of the Negotia tions, he ought not to attach any impOrtanee to them: • Lord Whitworth then proposed a second Projet. England demanded that the Civil Government. of Malta being left to the ,Grand Master, the Bri. tish Garrison should continue tanccupy the fortifi. cations .of the, Island. „This proposition wits 'it's: praelicaltle,undinadmissible. Like that of the Arst Projet, it was contrary to Ole Treaty of Amiens, and .consequently to the, basis of Negotiation pro. posed by the .First Consul, ; it bore ChataaCt of Ihh most 'irremediable inconvenience, that of put_ ring an Older of Knights, beloging td all the Powers of Europe, under the; authority and atbitra,, ry will of a single Power ; it Was, in fsne, an dignity offered, to the honour and to'the rciigion tri an Order constituted by'all the principles of honour. Thus, in every step of the Negotiation, the Go., vernment of the Republic was . dooMed to see the English Government having only one with and ob. len in view, that of not complying with the potation% of the Treaty of Amiens, and of preserv .ing Malta to itself, for the reason only. that Malta watit position of convenience to England, and that btlol an acquisition would be a " sufficient Gua rantee." But 'what Power of Europe %mild' recognise itself . to he so . unequal as to submit to the will of another, without diseussiow of its rights, and withotit any appeal to the principles of justice ? What P u w t r, aboveall, sittiltted as Fraoce has been in the course of that discutgion, would have kihscribed to the conditions &dated in the cononercement of the Ne. gotiatioti, and announced by menaces of War, by preparations'and Arrriaroctir4, which were prepared as the means of arranging the rights and'interest s of the two States ? In one 'case, in some respells analogous, a Na. tion %%Irak, not fir want of courage, but from the exterit and population of its Provinces, who tiared to brave the English Power, hod its Cwit.ti menaced, the residence of-its Sovereigoexposed to danger, as, well as its Magazines, its only riches, the fruits of an hundred years of Pence, an t i an economical in. dustry, rather than subscribe to unjust conditions, proposed then, as now, for the convenience of Eng land, anti supported by a considerable Armament. Araie men perished ; the Danish Colonies were seized.; but however. unequal the contest, Honour left to that . generous 'Nation .no choice, with respeti to the part which it ought to take. . - 1 , 1 the present, discussion, policy speaks the same tlanguage.as honour; if the British G:ivernment" is free to conform, or nut to Cia)(01111, tu.ils engage. meats ; if it mav, in the Treaties Avhich it makes, distinguish the spirit.from the letter, if 'its Mental - reservations are. to be admitted as authorized ex. cePtions ; if, in short, the convenience ol Is to explain the meaning of Political Conventions, ,shat will be the limit of the concessions which it Avill.e t o ra y our s4 ccessively : ro wrest from the sup. P tl Sett weakness of France ? What will be the inch. sure o f t h e ,„ er di ees which stir will a ttempt to impose upon Fl4llCe ? Now_ a _d, vs the c Alvenience ni goghlild eXaetti guarantee agi t i o n,France, and 't - s.tains Ilia Etas guaraotee against France, anti' Dunkirk was de;. -streyeall And •ati English. tothiniSsary diaatcd laws in a Country 'Where Fienet colo'u'rs . '%yee ing I To-Morrow Reglaiul's toifireiiient•y will de.. wand A g'ujtautee against the progress Of French industry; and she will ptOpose a duty eon corn: metce, in order CO stop the progress of Or in. If wI repair our ports; if we 'Ciinstruft a ram.' pt.( ; if we dig a canal, if, by any encouragenienr; we promote our Minutinares, &c. they will require of us that we degrade Our ports, destroy 'our ram. parts, fill' up .our Canals, ruits manufatlureo. they will eta of ?rake that She Shall bccome poor, and she ,be disarmed, in order to coof. , rat herself to the coiri , enience of England, and give a tiqkcient guarantet to herG - wveroment. Whether we consider the principles or examine the-consequences, one- is equally struck with the injustice and the .scandal of these pOtensions. One may ask whether, :if they were submitted td an English jury- they cvoulti no be, without hesitts 'ion, Unanimously rejetita.. ' • - The G ~ernnient of the Republic has a right to be astonished that the Ministry should think itself mutt nised to suppose that it would sub. ink to such abasement. I-low - could they imagine that the present' Government 'of France would hue,' in an indolent repose, the recolleCtion of all that it had done, and the sense of its duties Are our provinces lets extensive, or less popu. tottti ? Are wa no longer the same men who have sacrificed every thing to the maintenance of our just interests ? And if ~after the splendour, of our successes, we have bilt!Wil a great moderation, to what other cause can that, moderation be imput, eel, It is not to be• attributed to the justice of our and a consciousn6s.of our strength ? "!'he Undersigned, in making these observations . to his Excellency I, ird Whitworth, conceives he has the right of tcmirking, that the moderate con. duct of - the Freud) Admioistration for two whole • months, during which there was a succession of tlte-i Most offensive provocations, and in spite of every impressi,,n of resentment, taught to induce him to appreciate the. true eharAer of The French GU Yet =lei) t. Whilst, however, die Govertitrient of the Republic 'waited in profound silence, not. ,withstanding repeated insults, to see if any means would be adopted to rep sir them, or at least to put • an end to them, whilst avoiding every thing which might tend to prejudge whatever might he the final issue of the bositiess, it shcwed the utmost atten tion and eagerness to .examine the means which might be propowtf to c: . incillate and satisfy the Eogli•h Government.; it was then that, vt.rbati_r, and refusing to give any d'claration in writing, his Excelleuty.Lord Whitworth made, in the name, aid' by the order of his Government, On the 16th of April,. to the Undersigned,the following demands : ":That' England bllO4l .retain Malta fQt pars. " T!' . ;tt England should take possession of the Island of tamped° 5a., That Holland hhotthl he evacuated." -His Excellency Lord .Whitworth moreover ile_ Glared, that these ptoposiiions were the liitima. turn of his Court ; and that upon the refus'al to ac:. cept them, he had orders tO qUit PAris after the lapse of seven days. . . . The Undersigned ventures to say, that there is no instance of ►uch a form being given to an Ultima. turn so imperioui. What I must Was' alone be disadvantageous. : for ? the English Ministry imagine the French Nation So weok, that in a ct»tjuntture in which the rint important deliberation is in Negotiation.. concerning it, it does not .beliefe itself bound to conform, as to itself, ti, the usages which are ob. served by all the G svernmentsof civilized Nations? Or rather is it not because:the sentiment of in. justice, which weighs Upon the conscience of the man in a public. station, as upon that.of the private individual, has prevented the ,British Government signing the requisition whiCh it has made ; and that by it step less decided., it 'bat endeavnured to re.' serve to itself for the future, the means of losing the traces of its true pretensions, and to deceive; for the space of one day, opinion upon the origi . n. of the 'rupture ? - Or, in sliott, the Miniiters of His tritannic Ma jesty (knowing but imperially theeharafier of the First Consul), hoped, by dint of proimeations, tta exaspeiate him, or to intimldate • Iran, to lead hint to forget the intete,ts of the, Nation, 'or .to excite him to some illustrious aft, which they might after wards. he enabled to represent in the eyes of ,Europe as the cause of the commencement of War. ' The First Consul, more than ;any mart in exist ence, is acquainted with the evils of War, because, more than any person whatever, he has been accus. totted to its calculations and its chances ; he be lieves that, in circumstances such as those in which. we are nOw situated, the fit:it coniideration of G q . vernment ought 'to he direCted to the catastrophes and the misfortunes which may he produced Irmo entering into a new War S he believes that his first duty iv, not to Yield to motives of irritation, bur to make every search for the means to enlighten, and to assuage the improvident passions of the People. The IJndersigned resting then, at first upon the forM of,this eommunication'of His Excellency Lord 'Whitworth; entreated him to observe, that , verbal and fugitive conversations are insufficient for the' discussion of such immense interests, all the fives of which arc generally considered in the Coun cils of Nations, after the•most mature deliberation. In these Councils, and in such circumstances, mating is judged indifferenr ; the form and even the expressions are there weighed, examined, de. bated, appreciated, and serve always both to deter mine, as well as justify the step- which ought to be taken. If such an imprudent and unaccommodating via. lation of :ill forms, had been pursued by France, what would nut have been said, what would not have been widen in England P There is Ass an Parliament who knolit Ut a tor in the two Howes of not have deelated'that this deviation from general rules escoblt•heil among Nations under important c,rcuinstanees, was an outrage to the English don. In the eyes of all, such an offen,:e /Live beer, regarded as a sufficient motive for bre.. Gegusiatiopa