The Sun. — London, England, 1801-10-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, tiOLEM QUIS DIC2R,Z. lALSUM Ati.7.ZAT ? LOND 0, .V, CTORE R 13, 180 1. ORD E Rs have already been issued from the Admi ralty and Navy Offices, for the immediate paying off of a considerabfe nuinber of Men of War. We cannot but highly applaud the new s regulations frarnecay. the Admiralty Board upon this occasion : The Seamen are not to receivi all the Pay that is due to them before their quitting i their respective Ships, as for . Me4y, but will be paid a small sum .to carry them home, and be furnished with a Certficate 1 specifying the sum - due to ,each, the" amount of which wilt be paid at their respective residences :t , the Provincial Collator of Excise, Customs, or "- axts. Thus the families of our gallant Tars-will - te greatly benefited, and the Public saved from the scenes of riot and dissipations, with all their dread ful consequences, which a full discharge in the Sea. Ports has always • heretofore 'imfcir:unately occa sioned. We have seen, as we eßpeded, same objections stated to 'the Terms of Peace. Never,. we believe, was a Treaty yet concluded, on which there were not many readyr to assert that more might, have been obtained; and knowing well the Inconsistency of our Opponents, we were prepared to find those who were most clamorous for Peace—who have ,stated repeatedly that Terms were of little conse guence—the first to condemn whatever Terms were made, in all the bitter reproaches of Jacobin In waive. But many Misrepresentations, too flinisy to de ceive, pervade the statements of the Writers to whom we allude. They chuse, to consider the War which has just been concluded,. as a War volunta rily entered into on the part of this Country, and undertaken, not for what we could save, but for what we could/ obtain;' and then they gravely ask us uhether we have procured•that which _is, worth all the treasure that has been lavished to obtain it ! They chuse to pass by all the unjUst'provocations and aggressions with which the First Revolutionary Governments of France insulted this Country-t—they chuse to forget that BRISSOT thought War necessary to the Revolution 'that lOBESPIERRE did not think it less SO---.,that BARRAS and the Direaori pursued it as if it had been commenced upon a fair pretext—and that though BOWAPAR.I E offered to ' negotiate' for Peace the moment he had overturned the DireEtory, yet lie sheaved at that time, by re fusing to treat with 'us jointly with our Allies, and since by demanding an, _Armistice, allowed. to be disadvantageous to this Country, as the price even of Negotiation, that he was not, at those periods,. really desirous of Peace, upon terms fair and ho nourable to this Country—all these things these Writers chase to forget—they chine to look upon . the War as a common War, and, if we are to be lieve' them, prosecuted for the purpose of wresting from our Enemy, by force of Arms, thoe acquisi tions which should repay the expence of the COrt. test, Upon what other ground is it that they can ask us whether Ceylon and Trinidada are worth the Two Hundred and Fifty Millions-which they state us to have spent in the War ? Upon what other groundis it that they compare the Conquests which France has retained, - with those which we have 'ke'pt ?- 7 ---nnless they . mean to, assert that it was per: . !flitted to . us to have remained at Peace—and if they mean to assert this, let us fairly canvas the .Question —for if Trance would have left us and'our 'Allies *unmolested--if no danger was to be appre hended from the introchidion of Jacobinical Opi pions into this Country—if, in short , . we could , have remaincd at Peaee,,--we shall then agree _with them' in many of their Conclusions. But the first `step towards proving these thing. must be, to make - us forget all that has passed since the commencement of the French Revolution. If Great Britain had - not been at War with France, will these Writers pretend that 'the French Army would the less hare invaded Belgium, or Hol -lan4 or S w tze land, cr Piedmont, or Lombardy, or Italy ? pr that OisTAPARTE would the less-have led his TroOps into.Tmt—and if not (omitting every other a 1 of aggression), with what consist , ency are we told that we might have .avoided the mar Or with what justice is the Peace. 'con demned because - stance at the conclusion of the War has acquired a larger extent-of Territory by it than ,Great Britain? _ . ...• That with all the evils and miseries attending the French Revolution, one of the effects of it ha., been to procure to France an increase of Possession, gncl an apparent augmentation of Power, )11; irzr an inflyence over other Nations, is cpr _ flinly tree—but tje Goyernmen; of FraPPP is phcenomenon, , and it is yet to to seen whether it tends to real Power, or, whethel .a too extended Dominion may "not, as has been often the case, lead to weakness in some of its parts. If we are asked, whether we like the trial of this experiment width so much destroys the antient Balance of Power in Europe ? We answer--certainly not—and we may add, that if the Allies . of Great :Britain had been as tirm and hearty in the'Cause as herself, we should not have had the experimera to make. Why tben, it may be asked, do we, under such circumstances, approve of Peace ? We reply in the terms of Mr. WINDHANI, because, we .think the evils:of' Peace less than the evils of War—be Cause we think the French Government, from all that we • have lately observed, capable of maintaining the relations of Peace, and sincerely disposed to main: taro them. We repeat, that it is not a question 'whether France or Great Britain has gained-. most Terri torY by the War ?--The question is, whether - we, could haVe avoided the. War ?--Whether those who have condueted it have made the most of the means which were placed in their hands ?—And whether, .while every - other surrounding Nation has suffered from the contagious Principles of the 'French Revo lution (Principles which are now in that Country giving way Co more temperate, rational, and prac ticable do trines), this Country has:not come' out of the Contest, not only without the loss of her Con stitution and her Independence, but with increased Possessions, with Honour, and with Glory. ? It is upon these grounds ,that neither the Repu tation of the late Administration will suffer in--hav ing carried on the War; or the present Administra tion in haVing, wheri the first favourable oppor tunity arose, thus honourably concluded it. Faaious Men, we know, will cavil, and 'we expel it ; but the fair and thinking part of the People will , give credit where it is due, and will think that both' Mr. PITT and Mr. ADDINGTON have deserved well of.their Country. We have in,our subsequent columns inserted the terms of the Preliminaries of Peace between this country and France, as published BY AUTHORITY. Though not differing materially from the articles inserted in the Paris Papers, we have nevertheless 'thought it proper to repeat them in the form in which they appear in the English copy; signed by the Plenipotentiaries. The KING yesterday morninT, accompanied by PRINCE ADOLPHUS, Lord, WALSINGHAM, and Col. M. A NNtwcHA.m, rode opt in the Great Park, and afferwards rook the diverbitm - or hunting with the harriers; and, before two o'clock, His MA JESTY and Suite returned to the L. to Bold a Privy Council with the Ministers. • The QUEEN and PRI,NCESSES AUGUSTA, ELIZA.- DETH, and MARY, took an excursion to Frog more. PRINCESSES SOPHIA and - AMELIA rode out on horseback. Their -Royal Highnesses the DUKES of CLA.. RENCE and KENT arrived at, Windsor yesteiday, also His Grace the , Dukp of PORTLAND, and Mr. FAWK ENEK, Clerk of the Council. It is uncertain when Marquis CORNWALLIS will Set out for Amicas, as the CH lEE CONSUL has not yet nominated the Ambassador, who is to meet hii Lordship at that-place. it is understood that Col.: lirfTIiEHALEs will accompany the Marquis, as Se cretary Of the Einbassy. , • 'The Illuminations were last night repeated, and with the exception of the Public OfficeS, were as general and brilliant as on Saturday night. The same transparencies were exhibited, the same de gree of exhilaratiOn at • the happy event - of Peace seemed to preVail,, and the POpulace paraded. the streets in crowds - to a late hour, with the nips; per- feet. decorum and good order. • M. OTTO'S House was illuminated in the sate brilliant mariner as on Saturday. The Public Offices, it was supposed were not lighted up in consequence of an event which was reported to have taken place, and which we do not cht;se to particu larize but upon the most authentic information.— We think it hardly worth while to mention, in the midst of such ge-oeral rejoicing, the obscure excep„ tion or two, to the public'feeling upon this happy and fOrtupate occasion, and which seemed by an .ab surd pertinacity to invite the Populace to riot. . His Majesty's Stationary Office, Palace-yard, ex.. hibited a beautiful illumination- 7 a wrsath of laurel in green lamps, encircled the CtoWn of England ; on each side were the initials, G. R. ; on the righ t hand window was exhibited a brilliant Star.—The whole had a grand effeo. In Bridge Court, Westminster, a Barber's Shop had Transparency with the inscription—“ May the enemies of Great Britain be shaved 'with a rustyrazor." The whole front of Northumberland House, , at Charing Cross, was illuminated. The Lion on the top of the building was decorated with wreaths of laurel, and in his rriouth was placed a large olive „.• branch.. The Mansion , in . pddition to the Lamps, exhibited three icansparencies, one of theKi NG, in the centre ;. on His Majesty's right side the City Arms, and on his left the Royal Arms. :Braziers' Hall, in Coleman -street, made a very handsome appearance. The different armour for, lf rly worn in the procession on Lord Mayor' , , Div, beirg exhibited on the outside of the ii4 . s), liliied zlp 'with small variegate 4 lamps. , • • 11 1) a7 4 _k:A.1,1 1 1 NAV AL ,-i' , 4' ‘` .--t : . PiZWS. ,',.; .' )).- . ~i . ,e . .,() . / t a ,„...„i, Nan illi imperium pelagi, savumlue triclentem, Sed mibi sorte datum. PORTSMOUTH, 0 cT. t 2. Ts Lords - Of - the --- Admiralty have been — pi:eased to order His Majes.'ty's Ships Defiance, Russell, and Amphitrite, to be paid .off without delay; and we • /.. are happy to hear, that their Lordships intend to advance the Seamen a small sum to carry them home, and give them an order upon the provincial Col leaor ofExcise, Customs, or Taxes, in .the neigh. bourliooct of whose Collelors the Seamen's resi_ . dences.or faniilies are, xo_ be paid to tliem upon their reaching their homes. This regulation'is highly to the credit of the, Admiralty, and will be very ser viceable to the Men who have so bravely supported their Country's Cause, as well as to their families ; and will also prevent much confusion in the places where those men are usually put - on shore, upon be ing discharged from the Public Service. Arrived the 144, . Cutter ,from, and sailed the Pe g gy, for Marcou.. , • , - - Sailed the. Sayan Cutter, HOMEWARD master, for .Havre-de-Grace, with French Passengers ; and Nep tune, THORN, for Guernsey. SHEERNESS, per. 12. YESTERDAY evening arrived His Majesty's Bomb vessel Zebra ; and this, day the Vesuvius, and Vol cano, and Ffrret Fire-vessel, from the Downs. The Thrinderer, of 74 guns, has proceeded to Blackstakes from the Nore, to get her guns and posvder out, and will afterwards gb to Chatham, to . be paid off. YARMOUTH, Oc r. z 2. SAILED the Prince of Wales Packet, HEARN, for . Cuxhaven ; and the, Princess Royal Pa c ket, HA . Nt- MOND,: to Dover, to be stationed there. • The Lady Ann Brig has sent in the Waakzambeit, BERGIi rnater, "from Hull to Amsterdam, 'with goods - ; and L'Eqiii/e has sent in the Morgen MULLER, from Dantzick, with timber. The Henrietta, of and from Dantzick, with tim . beT for Plymouth, got on Happisburgh Sand, and becoMink full, of water, was deserted by ;he Crew, but was afterwards got' off, and is expeEted to come into Harbour next tide.: Jay,, Amy, Quinton,, Good Intent, Barber, Bee, Wallace, Ann, Carson, and Lapwing; BOnd, for London ; GOod In tent, Dickie, for Hull; and 'Liberfy, Miller, for rlpswie4. TORBAY, OCT. TO. YESTEP,D•AY sailed His Majesty's Ship La Con. stance, with the Admiral Mitchell and Alert Cutters. 'Jtist 'arrived the Curter Camperocupt, and tco morrow intends sailing for Portsmouth. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ON BOARD' LA POMONE, DATED PORT: MAIION, AUG. 20. " The Phoenix, Pearl, and ourselves, fell in with a French Frigate and her Convoy, on the 3d inst. ; our superior sailing brought us up - with the Frigate first ; and we.engaged and took hpr before the other . two Frigates co u ld get within gun-shot. She str u c k after a close aetion of half an hour. She is .called, Le Carriere,• a very fine Frigate, almost new, mounts 44.. guns, and carries 390 men. This Fri gate was bound to the Island of Elba, with bat tering Cannon, Powder, &c. for the French Troops who are besieging Porto-Ferrajo. We had one of the Marine Officers, the Boatswain, , a Quarter master; and one Seaman killed; the Master and-, three Seamen - wounded ; one of them since died in the hospital. We took four other Prizes off Elba, one of them since retaken, with our Lieutenant Nagl.:, and seven men on board : another foUndered. "j• wc , of them are safe With us at Minorca. We lately engaged three Batteries near Barcelor , :a, for four hours, and ,druve part of a CQi-1VQ3.7 •ot4 shore and ' destroyed, them'. , Our First got blown up, but is since.recovered." "Yr We learb from GU': Correspondent at Dover; that on the zSth Set:,`,:C!mber, His, Majesty's Ship Sylph, engaged a_ 44. gun French Frigate for two hours and five nv:nutes, when the latter bore up and made sail, QWlng to the main top-mast of the Sylph being shoi away, in consequence . of which she could not follow. The Sylph had only one wounded ; - owing to her getting on the Frigate's weather-bow, and raking her the, whole time. . , A circular letter has been sent to all the Captains on the impress service, to discontinue the impress, and to discharge their gangs. Orders are sent to disband all the Sea Fencibles immediately, The North Pevon.Regiment of Militia are sta tioned at Weymouth for the winter. His Grace the AitCHBISHOP of YORK, on Wed-, nesday se'nnight, consecrated the new Church, called Sr. - James's, in Leeds, and an additional piece of burialrground belonging to the Parish Church. The „Traveller, , Lamplough, reported to have been last on Hogland, is arrived at Elsineur, having lost part of hq . car4o overboard. ROCHESTER, 'CT. U. LORD. HAWKESBURY 's Notification of Peace was received here by all ranks of inhabitants with ex travagant joy. Every one hailed with rapture the return of a blessing so long a stranger to this Colin• try, and every expression of gratitude- was la vishly bestowed upon the inestimable authors of it- Thil -morning t it a ry , --.Foree ) - bot h--ge ular, and Volunteer, :was drawn out, and the thunder 01 arsilltry,respunded on all sides ; and this evenini thefeir to bettpftrlidid ill4mination and ball;, THE THEATRE. Cavent Carden. MR. SIDDONS made his third apfearance• lass night at this Theatre, in the charaler of Hamlet.: There is, perhaps, no charader in the whole round 'of the Drama thatdemands a greater assem blage of powers, intelle tualaßd corporeal ; and 3 man may be a very,kood aaor without approaching the heights of this-difficult part. Mr. ,SiDDONS, 14 the great'outline of the charaaer, certainly follows the traces 'of his Uncle, but he exhibited - some strokes in the colouring, very creditable to his own judg ment and talents. His voice is not very well adapted to level speaking, and, therefore,, he was least successful in the declamatory passages, - parti cularly as be has too elaborate a precision in his ut terance. When, however, he: was animated by passion, this artificial-studied manner . gave.wfty.-to the force of nature. He introduced some pasog es of the original text, which are not generally spoken , and hence gave some novelty to a part which fre" .quent repetition has familiarized to the public mind. The good sense which Mr.'SIDDONS evidently possesses, will effcClually secure him fiom miscon ception in the general idea of a.part, and he should 'endeavour to guard himself chiefly from minor faults' Hence he must strive to divest himself of tha; laborious accuracy in his enunciation, to-which We have Overfed, as well - as of an interjectional adds* lion, not only to every sentence. he- delivers, but sometimes to many words in a scntence This is a,fault that demands particular attention, a s i t i s. §o cOtinnOn on the -Stage that we hardly know one Performer, Comic or Tragic, who is exempt froto a. - We 'consider Mr. Stonow s as one of the most • r 0r:45 Mg. A - 44.L.5 t tbc..l4Pndon Stages and in this opinion we are obviously supported by the Public , - who' observe him with attention, aP° - • applaud.- him with. zeal., , . • Mrs. H. Joxic.sTorris a pleasing young woman' but she is who i ily unfit for Ophe/io, which !e c l air - a .amoredignified simplicity of m a nner t h an s h e ho i , attained. The language of SHAICESPEAftg i n deed 'is too weighty for her, and it' is to be rt' gtetted that...so.ag.rerable.a young.A.etreas should 1; 4 till;erl out of her.: province. The part should bf given to Miss - Mni.R4Y. The charafter of Pohnius is generally rendered WO fdrcical, To the credit .of MtINDEN it should be mentioned, that though be contrives to introduce little sy waggery into it, he rescues the part froro t4e-buffecinery by whieb . 4 lias been too often dim grave.. - TTie Mitres of this Drirna,.hackniTyed as it Isf and the nleiit of, the young Attor who suisporto the chief eharaoer, deserved a more numerous dience than attcnOed; hut lllumi, atior was ihe - of' der of the .night,-and it is hut right that at this ipt teresting - crisis public atnuse.meot should give WTI to national exultation. M. OTTQ and General LAI/RISTON dined O Sunday with Lord HAWKE SBURY , a t his house 3 ' Wimbledon. .ik - latze Party was present, a n d tut s day the same Party. with the aboye two Gentleme' dine with the PRIME MINISTER. at his . house 4/ 'Wimbledon. . General LAVRISTQN is a young man, w; - under' stand,. of very elegant and prepossessing mann ev; and has conducted himself in a .inan..)',:r here, so to gain - : the este'. n of all who 4;;) ,- "e had any ince f ' course , with him. Mr. MELLISH, the ,9"6ntra6lor for the Na" has countermanded at) 'order for 20,000 hogs, an between 6 and 7oQc,..head of cattle. The demandiir Coloured Cloths on Tuesday last in the Halls : kioth at Leeds 'and Hudlersfield, 013. greater t1-47. n has been known on any former markt!'" day fey •,everal years past. • I". Letter from Bristol-says—" It gave us mot e °Alanordinary pleasure to observe in our market oil Thursday, a greater number of cattle and shed e exposed for sale, than we have seen there on on o day for many years past : and we are rejoiced f O , 'learn too, that a material reduetion took plaee. b the prices of thein, as well as of hogs, of wi i/ there was also an unusual number." Qn Monday, at .the Court Leet of Sir Q s voi. l . ' P . MOSLEY, Bart. Lord of the Manor of Manche,st e"" Mr. JOSEPH THACKRAY was elected Boroughree` A 'and Mr. RICHARD WILSQN, and M r . joHN 0 ^ o : VIER, Constables, for the year ensuing. • d A OP Last night very fine fireworks were playe d in the King's Mews, in honour of the Pea6e• vast concourse of Spedators.was present. We could wish, that on occasion of Public ga joicings, an end could be,put to firing of Musk and Pistols, and letting 4 off Crackers in the. stree ts ' as highly dangerous,. particularly - where there °' horses. • • A young Gentleman w a s t a k en i nto cusiodY loa Saturday evening,, by. th e W atc h, in St. Pa th , " o Church-yard, in the at of throwing.a serpent a carriage ; and when examined, no less than s " dozen w ere found upon him. On Saturday evening a Gentleman, who was 6111 ; ployed in the very Scandalous practice of rnusquet out of a window, having unfortonatelY 4 two sons standing, assisting him in charging w i e r, spark from a candle fell i nto a pa p er of gun} len t lying on the table, which blew up with a viole,c explosion, and has, it is feared, totally blinded of the. unfortunate lads, and very much dis6gu r himself and the other. A ;RE IN( I?Ci THE HIS Dom 0 1 FIRST Of th , ] desire struffi v good U h ave n; -b c 0'": 1 1:14 : I lia ll s KY u b 3: 1 C 1 . 1 , t ary of the F r 91To, Prisoner to unicat form, h Article Article atd ratilj tw een H and by la anti bets' 1 Y itwrui Coinniat States, a ?aS.Sport zi v~lar,~ a greed, t tither of t4leCtiv present 1 4 h:11 Made aft Art. 11 Republic a nd to th occl t otlfse of )11"finicl 1 % 1 , of vk l 'tServ es t Art. II ° PN't to t i Parties Art. / :hall b e 4 441t1 Te.S2Ol 0 el that of the C 111! 4 ;r:I in t Art. V *hoe Ti as t] F Art. 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