The Sun. — London, England, 1804-11-27 00:00:00

AI 7727.1 R O'CONNOR. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. ' • SIR, • • . Tins Rebel, it may be necessary to inform your Readers, is a Gtneral of Division in the French, Army, ind•hae lately published a Wiirk against this Country, intitled, ,'t Etat aliael de la Grande-- Xretagiti." It contains, throughout, the most false and malignant aspersions against that Goveine. ment to whole merciful- lenity he owes his. life...,— . At the same titneOt abounnl'i"_ with the most ful some panegyrics on that pernicious despotism, be neath whose auspices he has sought rroteetiori, aed of which he is at once the. flatterer and the volun tary Slave. •••• . The Work is divided into ten Chapters, each of ..which is employed to discredit the charadera and to dispute the resources of Great Britain. It is P upon the same plan as Tom P AINS ' S T re a t i se o n the fall of our Finances, and if there be any shade of distindinn, either in the general argument., or the fallacies of the two, O'CONNOR'S is intitled to the infam sos pre.eminence. The first Chapter treats of " • the System, of ' ^ Gteat Britain towards other Nations ;" the second,' " of the. Instability of the System of Mercantile Conquests' adopted by Great Britain ;" the third * ,4 4 of the Failure of the Benk of England',. and its Consequences ;" the fourth, 4' of the System of Corruption,. of the enormous Expense which i t • oc . casions, 'and of t h e Di sco ntene which it excites';" the filth, " of the Political Coeduti of England in 'nation to Ireland, illusireted by Ihe ljeeritations .t the late Administration and their Predecessors;" the sixth, "'of the Stability of the British System, a nd how far other Nations ernes contribute to its overthrow ;" the seventh, 4 . 4 how far the English • Government is. justified • in arrogating the Right' of being the Champion of ' Europe ;" the eighth, " what are the Foundations of she . Sieleieg . -.. . Fund ? by Means of which, it is said, the Debts'ot Great Britain :nay he. Liquidated ;" the ninth, ." that this•Sye. tem, by distrading the natural cotirse of Hillis!) Capital and Industry, is as injurious to the People hi England as to other Natiens of Ealteoe ;" the tenth, t 4 what was the Qbjett of the British Mi. nisiry in involving England in the present War ial Then follows a conclusion, or rhapsody, addiesscd to the British Government,' replete with fury, ma. bee, and hatted. - The spirit and principles of the Work cannot he better demonstrated, than by ob. !erving, that he has the assurance to assert, at the ' , toy testers, he is actually in arms against the Con. 1 tituti on o f t hi s Countrso that " there is' not a. • vnisn in the two Kingdoms entertains a greater- re *neat for the Principles of that Constitution than himself," WHowever, as it is mo r e ,. th an pr o b a bl e th a t a ork of this descriptiot, may very soon be 'trans. ferred to this or the Sister Island, and translated,- fOr nhviovs purposes , I shall . take the liberty' of analyiing its contents, in order. -to anticipate the tnis'ehief it Might occasion by a general circulation among those who may yet harbour.a disposition to separate their interests and safety from those , of lThe- Government o f our C ountry. At present, 1 . ive eeoni reason for believing, that the only Copy of thi, lithel whith has yet reached this Country., is • in 1 /4' possession. . . . ' • The first Chapter Orbs, as might naturally be • :ItPeeted, with s t hull, after the old manner of ! • Ire!an d• It begins with a statoment of the 'Princi.: Vas (ever hostile to the rightil 'of 'othei• Nations). on which the power . and opulence of Great Britain are futilitied, and then- proceeds in , the paragraph -1 funnediatrly following, with a declaration, that these pi iociples ate fake, but are now more necem soery than ever to maintain bere. grandeur. If the general malignity aimed against Great Britain were pet self.evid'ent, I should have concluded, that in 1 1 i:i 1: , •al to censure our system, he was intliredly satirizing the Government of France. This -will alipcar 'twee ftely in the sequel. The leading doc. trine, however,- •of the Welk is, that England. haa never beet at Peace :for a Century ; that every ' Peace ells hae• concluded was a mere Truce .; an d ' • that Wit constitu tes t h e elements of her' 'riches, and •, is her sole etsource :Against . ruin. •If this be admit. Jetl, it cannot be denied, that we have dont wisely . in going to War. . ' After such 'a position, no one will be surprized; - r that like every other man. in ,a passion, he. shOuld . pay compliments to the plied of his antipathy. 'eke the following Extrad as a.specimen of. the opinion which he endeavours to excite in his adopt. e . ed Country,- of the power and opulence of the Bri. ''fish Empire: " An Island," says the Traitor, " situated at the western eve/miry of Europe". (he seems in have utterly-forgotten his native coon try), " with' a _population of eleven millions, of aouls,-affeCts to embrace within her ambitious pro. teas, the other 'bpi parts of the world." (so that England alone constitutes, according to' this pro: fond politician; our fourth of „the world.) " With one foot on the vast Continent' of America, amt. the ( Ither on the Banks of the Ganges, she condemns Afr ickto eternal ignorance and slavety e in, order that the produdisaiwol the Antilles may 'swell the Lost of her Imports. She raises annually, by, a:rnixt 'Peal of commerce, exadion, plunder, and tribute, a ;Revenue of seventeen millions and, an .half altar., l ung,. from the different nations which she -hat sub. Jogated. She has monopolized all their. Ovulations, an d by selling. them at . excessive }slices to Other, E uropean nations, she •has made those slaves at sea In° are free in their/own territOry, and compelled them to share in that injustice which she exercises e ver tho se unfortunate regions bithere.she has eats. , . • b u shed her iron sceptre." . -.- It is impossible to read the above passage with. °I/I a cknowledging, that in defiance of the virulent ”ilies Contained in it, .the grandeur 'and wealth of this Country could not have beenoslaced in a mote ent e l py light'; for it virtually admits, that by pa. .lou r italui try , enterprizing zeal, and intrepid,va. '• - e 4ll we have , with only eleven millioni -of beings, .. tablished such an Empire as has never been petal , . .leled its the hi story of mankind. Of the-nature of our d ' • • .d. minion, and t h e a n e d ge d injustice of our mode exercising it , I shall have occasion to treat at th r a t 1 ge, atter I- h ave exposed the summitry of his ~ges against us • - ate ' a . • commences - the 'elucidation - of his i • ' a short Narrativeh t e Narrative of system t a i Cause of the Amerie t tan War, which he ascribes to our lust for dotnioion and wealth ; became from the moment that Acne. rica produced a surplus in her ComMerce, we re. Solved to monopolize it, and thereby - ll4that Coon. try. Yet, iti,defiance of thiS statement, font its the face of theory - that thi's Country .subsist s only by War, he asserts, in the very neXtpake, that " the 'ComMerce we now Carry oil with America, on principles of ersality," (which is a sinkularad. mission, after having positively insisted_ that we monopolize and sell every thing at exorbitant *prices) '' is infinitely more luctatiVe than that to which we•fatmerly compelled her when enslaved bi os." However, without paying-ails , attention to the pa). pable contradiaion into which he had fallen - , he hastens to infer that thesominercial advantages Europe has derived from the Independence of Arne.. rica, ought to inspire its re,peCtive Powers with a just idea of thellosses '-they sustain, arid will con. titiue to feel, while the East, and West Indies re. main in, what he.terms, " mercantile chains." The French are told in the next place, that Great Britain gains no wisdom froni experience; and that the enormous expense of maintaining so many dis. tant pmsessions must eventually .cause her ruio, and as on evidence of the justice of - the remark, we are favoured with the following most extraordinary demonstration she has extended her system of worcantild cOnqUest °Vet all Hindoostan, where, in .the two proVinces j only. of Bengal and Behar, she ex. ercises the rights of sovereignty over thirty-two millions of civilized men." This proposition makes against his theosy : for, if we can retain within Übeitier4, ands With ti comparatively T.mall military' establishMent, .such an immense population of civi lized beings, triple the number of the population the Metropolitan Country, it necessarily follows, that our system of mercantile conquest must possess some atiraCtiona, and that the footsteps of vidary have been followed by mildness, justice, and tno. dcration. But, '..these extensive con q uests, con. ciders as the cause of our 'having subj;:ed E u terpe to heavy aid humill.ttingirotihens: -It would he no difficult matter to spew, in answer .to this as. prrion, that amidst a more general competition of commercial interests amonot the European States, in tl event of a free trade to India, that beautifid p9ttion of the world would becoMe the theatre of contention ; he eternally exposed to the: desolatilms, of war ; and that from the inevitable interruption which the peaceful pursuits of the naiives'would dergo during such contests, the nations of Europe would either not be supplied at all, or 'pay infinite. ly more extravagant prices for . all their articles than those which are now imposed by this Cotintry. Our present system, , therefore, which he calls Ati ti.European and an exclusive monopoly,.' and to which he ascribekall the losses, jnloUsies, expences, wars, and effasion - of blood in Euro p e, has a direr tendency to obviate all 'these evils; and before I have concluded my observations upon this work, I,May hasp occasion to shew, ,iu vbat manner our commercial system aetually holds out the means for facilitating the final emancipation of. Europe, and for maintainiog in future, that equiponderance of power among its several States, which, notwith standing the momentary alt , ck it has sustained,must return •to itS elementary principles. If we have been more: fortunate in the acquisition of greater means . than others; if our spirit of erverprize has Been crowtted with more brilliant rewards, ought they to be imouted to us as crimes? The Traitor shotild have first ,hewn that we had, at any time, refused . to succour the weaker against the stronger Powers," hefore he, adverted to the possible abuse which .the.enjoyment of such means might tempt us, to commit. The •Navigattoo Ad it next panwrivd AS ,being #4 perfeetly conformable . too' the lest, of our system," without refieCting that by one of its specific articles, encouragement is afFutded to every maritime State, since each is allowed to import here its native pro. duetions, provided the Owners, Captain, anti three. fourths of the crew belong to the . Country whence such produetions are brought. The restrictions we enacted, were perfeCtly legitimate anti justifiable at measures of public policy'; because every nation is at liberty to adopt every method within its reach (not eootrary to the Public,, Law) to promote its, Welfare, and to extend its power. The first chapter closes with an excursion against " our usurped dominion of the seas ;" the best answer to which, for the present, is, come and ! Ll:reit it from . Nov. 26, ' . FALKLAND. Wl:en BONAPART't was last at DlTllkitk o BLACK. MAN'S Brig was on the stocks, alongside of which ,he had hoisted thirty or forty English flags. On the Corsiciin i a arrival at that place, he inquired the cause of ihOse,Eitglish flags being displayed; when . BLACKMAN informed him they were. flags taken from the English by him, one for evkrY Vessel that he. had taken; on which BaNAPARTR invited him. to ;line, and 1143 since nude him one of the Legion of Honour. Hambuxgh is now so much infested with Spies, that one of the Senators having lately made 'lo:ne pointed . observations upon the Infamy of BONA. tAlvrtt's cOntion, he was in ;dew days after called to - an: account -- for what he had said by the French' Minister gETNARD, who cautioned him to beware of the consequences of a second offence of this' kind against His Imperial Majesty,. as other measures would then certainly be taken, which he would' have reaion to repent. . A Letter from an Officer on board the Diamond Frigate, off Ferrol, states, that of the 'three millions of dollars which were landed in that harbour from 'the Spanish. Frigate ,whiCh• - so narrowly 'escaped 'being captured by the Spartiate, one' million and n half had. already been sent, under escort, to Bor NAPiRTI, by way of Bayonne: . About two o'clock on Wednesday morning Tho. Boag, master of a Sloop lying at the East Quay, Greenock, returning' from the marriage of - his brother, to sleep aboard. his vessel, unfortunately fell into the water, and though by the help of those who went along with him, and others, he was not above ten minutes under water, yet.no symptoms of .returning, animation were observable until medical aid h a d b een applied for some time. He expired on Thursday about one o'clock,l ) . M. J 1 U4'7~!NU. PAItOWElls i HAt.L.—ROY-AL HART CITACte" Ori T ues day lair, at eleven o'clock i each Sports man on, the Wo and around, Wim thought his horse 'superior in blood and 'speed, made his ap:.. peara,:ce at Foxholes it was sotm known / that the Royal Hart Thorspville, was at Coloriel THORN. TON'S Farm at, Roy thorp, whither the.. company: drew. At ten minutes: before twel . ye Sir. MARK . Sykes, the Driflield Hunt and Horaemen, number about an hundred. (a very Manageable field), bring . all . ready,. Colonel TunareToN oriered the 'dour of the pen to be thrown'ttpen, and the Hart made his appearance, but took - quite a . contrary diredion froth what was wishrd : he seemed fat, sleek, and modest; he soon, hoWever, bounded over a'nretty high fence, and took Boyth l orp 'Great Sheep Walk, and "seeing - the hounds - at a diatatice ( who •luckily did not see him) he went away gallantly up to Falconers' Hall, - Great Whin-bed, and as ,he,. now was seen a b out two or three miles, forward, the steady hound Con& was laid on the scent to drive' him, so that be might not loiter ;- the- pack in twenty Minutes Were then brought to the. line, and a finer or more sharp burst was never seen than what took' place through i Sir MARK SyttEs's high Wood, Butterwick •Wold, and across that extensive fine turf Shetburn Wok'. coos:// had got tin to him, hut he soon disen gaged himaell by knocking Mal over, and bounding the fence. • Herr the pack were st.pped, and the horses allo \sett Ica minutes to breathe; they then were per. 'Milted to go on, and another sharp burst took place in $wmAR STKEVIi plantations. A greyhound and .mongrel mait4:coming out of the Cover, made it clear they had run the Hart; and possibly killed him, for the Haunds.dia not acknon ledge any scent further. .After much search in the , Upper and . Lower Covers, the hound Modish, one. of Old Conqueror's blood, at 'last gave tongue, and im-• mediately from a thicket out bounded the Hart ; Modish attempted ,to seize him, but was knock. ed down by the . Deer ; she attacked him again, when he 110Unded ,user the fence. The burst was most tremendous, He tork the wide Wold over liesler ton ; descended the brow, the whole Pack at his haunches, and in the 9(1 of. snapping at hint ; dashed through EiSt and West ilesierton townships across Knapton Warren, seemingly to take soil at Seampston ; bent eastward across the Scarborough read for the river at Yedingham, where he got into a pool,- and there tlefended himself bravely against the,ands till secured.— ehus ended a long.; 'expetied chase, which' for speed and run over the finest turf, has no parallel. The . hounds all the way were in a,corripad body, and might have been covered with a. sheer. It iai ahoUght that the extre. snity oldie _ram could not be less than fifteen miles, and the whole run about twenty:five miles". The hart returned on . Thursday to his pen, appal curly no worse for the spot/ which he had afforded. MODERN FURNITURE. A LADY 4 S BM/EMIR is now hecome fashionable appenddge toxv.ery IVlatviionlsifirst:aate distindion. We are indebted to the' Parisiana for the improve... ments made, but the original designs were all taken from the Turks. The introdudion of these tee apartments have derived additional edat from the very high patronage .they have received from ' inch distinguishes luminaries as the M ,rchionesses : of HEITFORSi a :1 SAGNBURY, ulto have long presided over ‘ rite taste of the town. The apartments are intended solely for receiving the priVate visits • of female friends. They admit ofbeiqg furnished in the most costly manner.poiisible, as fir ;is elegance combine,' with neatness will allow-. The room itself ' is small, and. in form - , either o4li L ;on, oval, or circular but that depends upon kli: taste of the' Architect. The walls are , divided into com. partments, with projecting pillassers, richly carved. in irroktque ornaments. The pumas not occupied by the windows are all filled up with Chrystal pier glOss;'extLenfilog frqn the cornice to the fl mr, and on one side is. formed a deep recess to retieive a sofa. These sofas are very elegant ; they reseinhle in f.)tm the antique couches of the Grecian', being extrrme iy-low in the seat, with very - high matfrasies and large The i ns ide is hung with silk or cotton, of a plain colour, but the outside is beautifully decorat. 'ea with fancy i draperies finished with Egyptian fringe. The window curtains are en Julie with the' draperies of the recces, supported by antique , heads'in bronze, on reeded lath, or twisted bows and arro..ss. The window-blinds, or sun.shades, consist of painted transparencies; the subjed, fancy. Nu chairs are used in these apartments ; ottomans and antique stools are substituted. The carpets are of a plain colour, .principally Egyptian 'brown, manufaaured to imitate velvet, arid finished with •rich scarlet; the tout ensemble of which is very handsoMe. .Toe • chimney-pieces are of the purest statuary marble, affixed very low, and ornamented with bronze, or or.moulu, with a large glass:over it, which gives a finish to the EXTRACT Or A LETTER FROM DORI AN, NOV. 22. "'You may rely on, the following. fads : —A number ofTrenchmen have lately arrived in this Country, several of whom have been traced' to the County of Dublin. Positive information having been received of the retreat of one , of these persons, the house he was reported to have been in was sur rounded, but not before the stranger effeded his escape his host was, however, apprehended. A few nights ago our arti-ton were under arms for 'an entire night. The Cavalry Potrules last night were doubled. " The gaol of Croume, in the centre of the C ainty of Limerick, has been been broke open, antral! the State Prisoners liberated. It is confidently said, that either A itTll UR O'CONNOR, at some ' filVI of nearly equal rank in the Army of Guides, is mk, concealed in thi. City." A meeting took place on Tuesday fait in the neighbourhood of Solymount., near Dublin, he. tweet) Mr. P-GST and Mr. 0-x. After ex. changing two shots each, by' the interference of friends the affair terminated. The former Gclitle mln had a narryw eicape, . a bid! having tut,:ed through the collar of his coat. L+. • ~O~l:~~'G. ____ A considerable concourse of :people assemhlei early Yesterday morning on thc,.,toad to Worm. wood Scrubs, for the purpose of witnessing a fight between Tom Bather, brother to die -ackno,Oedgel champion, and Ryan, sort to the late Pugilist of that name, who foUght With johnsan some years since. The parties have been a month in training; hot the fight, which was anxiously lonke4 for, and which was to have been decided yesterday,- was put off until IVlonday, (hell of December, to the disappointment of souse hundreds of people, on account of a misunderstanding.relalive to the pNr.f, in he NI& for.-,-Belcher fought his fi rst battle with Ward some :months since, in whic h he was suc cessful. Ryan, who is the favourite, has never yet fought a pitched battle, although he is known to ke a skilful and a bottom man. Ward .second Belcher; and i?jasi will be secon d e d by Tpinjotret. A battle was fought near "to the 'White Hors* Cellar, Piccadilly, on Friday, between W. Tilliarns i a Western stage. Coachman, and a country farmers After some very Severe rounds, vidury was declared in faVour of Ceeihte,, who possesses much science in the art, And who left the countryman some frightful m irks of hit, dexterity. The farmer hassince wished to fight in blersinty,,but exprelsed his ignorance of that' art. ~ STANIII.-...-Tliis ancient Public Market was r*. vived on Friday last, the 33d inst. and proclaimed by the High Constable, attended by a number of the prinCipal inhabitants on. horseback, and Afterward* opened in dire form. At one o f clock, very large cons. panics sat down.to excellent, dinners, at the B,lsh and Lion:l4.ns,and drank the health "fond returned thanks to Ric it AR D TAY4E.R, E q. Lord of the M..n or , his liberality in making it a free market.. The day was spent with great conviviality. Thcre . were upwards of aoo quarters of wet and other grain pitched and sold, a good and pielitiful show ot•ings, and abundance 'of poultry, butter, cliee.e, eg , gs, and other articles, all of which had a b , irk sale. By the market returns, wheat was froin .191 1 t‘a . 311. 19.3. per load.; barley, 514. to 53t. per var. ter ; oats, 325. to 395. ditto; beans, 525, to 563. ditto; pease, ssi. to 57t. ditto. The last accounts from Antigua state the death of General DeNt.or. Thursday morning a .fnot4lee, for a handsomer wager, took place on .the Burrows, near Svonsei), bettteen Lieut. YoutiG, of the-Royal Navy,and Mr. Ct. ev Es, of , Wind-street, which.wacwon• witli great case by the Lieutenant, who left Ilk opponent considerably astern.--;Another bet Was • likewise decided between two persons:, one of whom , engaged to-run frin-;:;a house, near Coe Quay to the Angel at Greephili i .aod b 4ck again, (a distance of more th.in: a milt.), befare the other could eat a penny loaf ; not , ,s'ithitanili4the resent .ditnioutive size of the Je.perlqined before the unlucky gor. twntlizer . ll:stl finished his meal. Ye.terday, Jr Mnihorougit.street, ,u biker in Bto,td.street, Carnaby.rnirker e was fined 24. 61. I'er ounce to, a liztlCirney of weight in a quanta. ly of bread.. The M.lgiStrate ,mtrongly reprobited :111e. Deft ridint,*l conduct for an set so unpardonable, : iiicrea,rd by the exoriii(atit pt ice Of the article. Yesterd ty an Incfuisition w ;is held the I iospital :oiSt.Tliotn.ts, in S,uthwark, on the body off. Ths,intr, 4 draymtn, who most unr)rtunatdi, 100 his life by being pitched off from the shafts of his dray., on SAtorddy night List. It appeared that tbz rt.p.ir man bid i yt his, liCe by the itnprOdentTric.. tier of men riding on their carts or drays. The July fOund verdiet.(if—Recidental Death. Irlsterday irntrning an Inquisition was held . berora JAIN Js4s3r; C,roner for- the West Distisiol ..of the , County of Es!cx, on, the bi;dy of Mr, John Tyler, many years an eminent - Stlearrian in Leaden. svli unfortunately lost his fife yester. day - se'nnight. ..fhe evidence heard before :the •Coroner went ,to rove, that on the above dq he out with the SThtcription flitinckori Pipping 1 - rOrtst ;;that hepUshe,l his own horse, too)).rd, end knocked him •up ; fond of the chase,he applied to A friend to lend lint . a !One, who said he, it none to lend hint but One.he could nor title. Himself; Mr'. .Tyler, fearless of danger,' and eager for the chase, took out the horse, and mounted him, and after a ,run of near three miles the horse fell, threw his rider 'over against the butt of an elm tree, and ;eft hint to all aopearimce lifeless. It !tad all the ap. pearance that the unhappy man had been dragged some way in the stirrups,' from the contusions in hi s he4d, anti t h at he was dropped • there by the horse, which was on his return hoine , .vardS met by of Mr: Mtius's dr4yrnen; thersecared the h.irse, and 'finditiglhe poor m4n, still alive, under a tree, weltering in hh blood, they took him tip on the dray, bud Jilin on A.ttusi of hay, anti administered every possible - assistance till they got-him ' , to the Ball, - at Chingford Hatch, where he had every- re lief anti assistance that, a man 4: 0.41 have,' but in vain ; he paid the debt of nature,:on - Ftiday nigh t . His ;le was 47 he was a - greirt -fivourite at the "Market from his convivial qualities;, Mid has left a pregnant wife and infant family ,to lament the lose of a r t !affenionate husblittl • and father.. The. Jury found a verdin of----Pied.b) a fall front liarse— and found a Deodaad of forty shillings for the hors. Friday an accident happened to a Fisherrtm of the name of Dignall (sinttlAr to Capt..,llryer's). lie tv.rs Ii tong ley hinhell in the entroice nt 11.1mble River, when a squall upset the bOat, and i he was drowned. He has ieft a wile and nine children. fig wai taken 'np soon after, but no efforts could bring him to life. Verclitl—Accielental. Sunday'se'llnight , the house of Mr. Roe, maltster, oT Leicester, Was broke open 'whilst the family were at church, and robbed of various articles. About :seven o'clock the maltster came to nakc a fire at the kiln, and finding the doors open, and a light In th house, he intlgined his master WaS ai home; Still, hdwcver, luspcaing, from Mr. Roe's regular attendance at church, that these might brt some depredator in thc'house, he went and procurzci ussiatance e can his return he found the thiet had de. cainlied,leaving-hebind hirn two picklock keys and an iron ciow,:evidently in:ttle on purpose for breaking,.