The Sun. — London, England, 1801-09-03 00:00:00

T H E‘ . S.O N. SOLEM QUIS DICLRL tA ,LSUM AIJDZAT ? LONDON, SEPTEMBER 3,• WE this morning received Paris Papers of the ante of•the 3oth ult. one day later than those given in our .Paper of ye.;ierday. They arc more •barren than any which have reached us for some time, as they contain not a single new faa or observation, The history of the Proceedings of the Diet at Ra tisban fills up the Maniteur, with' the exception of a few paragraiAis from the London Papers. The Tiers Con's°lide is at The Flag of Truce that took the Hon. Mr. PA GET to Calais on Tuesday, returned very early - yesterday morning with Papers, Letters, &c. and ms .shortly after sent thither again with Dispatches for Mr. MERRY. 'either of the Two 474n/burgh Ma;ls due, had arrived when our Paper was put to Press. This morning arrived a Mail from Lisbon, brought to Falmouth by the Walsingham Packet in fifteen days. WE yesterday shewed the palpable falsehood of the assertions made by the Morning Post res'peaing the Convention of Petersburgh, and we shewed that this transaction had the doubly advantageous . effea, of annulling the Northern Confederacy, and of pro ducing the formal recognition, by the three Powers who composed it, of the two principles of Maritime Law which we have uniformly maintained, both by reasoning and force : Ist, That free Bottoms do not make free Goods; and zdly, The Right of Search by Ships of War. Although these two points, incon trovertibly established, would be sufficient to over turn all the propositions of the Opposition Writer, it may not be useless to shew, that his deductions are not less false.than his principles. " France," says he, " wants only the raw ma terials, as her own artists are far superior to those of the North of Europe." Without examining what tar and pitch have to do with superior artists, we would ask, whether one of the most essential things of which France stands in need, in order to the augmentation of her Navy, be not money, or credit, without which she can no more procure raw materials than manufac7ured articles ? We Would next ask, whether it is very certain that the Art;sts of France are so superior to those of the North of Europe in the manufadure of Arms, either' with resped to quality or price ? We would remind him on this head, that France has not only during the War, but even daring Peace constantly derived a great part of her arms, both titose . employed at sea and on shale, from the Northern Countries, as is proved by the famous affair of the muskets' of BEAUMARCHAIS, and by the , different reports made by the Agents of the French Government r.e'peCting the miserable state of the different Manufadories of Arms. Is it, besides, to be believed, that the French Gdvernment, which can at this moment have ail the wood contained in the National Forests both of antient France and the conquered Countries gratis, should be disposed to Purchase the wood of the North, at a moment when they are in want of money' . for the most necessary purposes of the State ? Supposing them, however, to have money' at their disposal, how could they get from the Baltic the articles of which they stand in need ? The destrudion of the Commerce of France, and the superiority of our Navy, make it certain that it will not be in her own Ships that she can venture to fetch them. Nor can she receive them from Russia, whose Mercantile Shipping is so small as to be almost a Nonentity. It will not be Den mark or Sweden, who will be the carriers, since, as we yesterday shewed, the ,Prohibition, enforced either by confiscation, or the right of pre-cmption, is extended, with resped to those,two Powers, to the raw material, as well as to the manufaElured article. It is evident, therefore, that as far as re lates to the first principle, the Convention of Peters hare, joined to our Maritime Superiority, places us in a state of perle& security.. Nor ate - our interests less secure with resped to the Right of Search, in spite of the folly and im pudence with which the Writer in question asserts; that this right is given up. Ile has not chosen to see that all we could desire on this point, is speci fied in the Treaty, since, as we yesterday observed, if, notwith:itanding the formalities to be observed towards the Ship of War which convoys, ther. .31 . s good motive far Suspicion, the Search shall never theless take place'; and if afterwards the Captain of the Ship of the Power at war, finds just and snfficient r2ason to detain the Merchant Ship, he is authorized so to Jo', and to t:arryi t into the Ports of his own Country. O n tke illUSt either have very little lud(rlnatt who d - cs not see, or very little candour 4. • who does not acknowledge, that the more explicit a Treaty is in its..form, and the more provisions it contains in its arrangements, the more it is Calm lated to prevent all future altercation, and to turn to the advantage of the ContraCting Parties. This is the case of that now under consideration it has at length put to rest that Question so frequently agitated, hitherto so . imperfeEtly defined, and which has continually arisen to complicate the difficulties s. s. of every War e we have gained those points which were of most importance to our external considera tion and to our interests; and we have the formal recognition of the three Maritime Powers of the North on the subjea. What was of scarcely less consequence, considering the situation of affairs last Spring, this Treaty has renewed, in a solid manner, the connexions which formerly united us with Russia. The Writer whom we are endeavouring to . refute, imagines, no doubt, that he has made a fine disco very, when he informs us that we have made a compromise with this Power. Where * did he ever find a Treaty which was not a compromise., even when concluded between the conqueror and the conquered ? Does not the former always relax from something of what he has gained, in order to induce the latter not to attempt to ,deprive him of it ? With much stronger reason must a Treaty between two Powers, who not being yet in a state of war fare with one another, endeavour amicably to ter minate their differences ; with much stronger reason, we say, must such a Treaty be, nor' can it . be otherwise, - merely a compromise. . This is most evident, and needs no illustration. What is singu lar is, that the very Paper which on Tuesday affea- : ed to blame what it called a Compromise, - was a few months ago incessantly declaiming against our Ad ministration for not being - willing to accept one. In refuting the assertions and the reasoning of the Morning Post, both by ,the statement which we yes terday made, and by these.observations which we to-day add 'to it, we have at the same time an.; swered those which were insetted in the Morning Chronicle of yesterday. Rather, we imagine, in the spirit of differing from its Colleague, than with the view of paying homage to truth, that Paper ac- ; knosvleclges that we have gained by the Treaty of Petersburgh an acknowledgment of, and the right of exercising those two maritime principles for which we fought before Copenhagen. It has shewn (as we have also done) that this Treaty is, in several re speas, only a confirmation of those which had been before concluded with the Northern Powers. But unable, both from custom and from inclination, to , allow any merit to any of the measures of our Go vernment, it endeavours to chew that the Treaty is illusory in the Clauses which relate to the right of Search, and that upon this point, Force alone will constitute the Law. If the arguments already adduced be not sufficient to convince that 'Wri ter, it only remains for us to present him a dilemma from which' he will find it difficult to escape. Either the Articles of the Treaty will be scrupulously executed, or they will not. — In the former case, we have nothing -left to wish, since our interests are fully provided for, as he himself acknowledges. In the latter, we have nothing to fear, since we are the strongest, as the operations io the Baltic have sufficiently proved. — Thus, whether Right or Force decides, the two prin ciples for which we have fought and negotiated, will be perfealy maintained. . After having shewn, that our Ministers have by the Treaty of Petersbuigh, happily accomplished every thing that Wisdom could suggest, and our Situation required, it can scarcely be necessary to overthrow the false Prophecies which the Opposi tion Writers graft on their false judgments. Pre sumptions very different from theirs ought to be drawn from this Treaty, as to the future condud of Mr. ADDINGTON. After having seen by this single Convention, the most fortunate and the most opportune that perhaps ever was concluded, our differences at once termi nated, both with respect to the present and the future, with three united Powers, and thus all the calculations which our principal Enemy had founded upon it, in a moment dissipated, our Country men have been taught to place, in future, a just confidence in the talents and political wisdom of that Minister; and of those by whom he is seconded. A Negotiation, terminated with splendor and ad vantage, is not calculated to presage ,an opposite result with respect to that which now occupies our Cabinet. We may be assured that it will listen to nothing which is repugnant to our Honour and our Interests, well understood ; and the Morning Post, as well as the Chief Consul, must renounce the pleasure of seeing the Three-coloured Flag planted on the Tower of London. This morning, at eleven o'clock, the Right Hon. the Lord) MAYOR ) Sheriffs, and several Aldermen, went in state Item the Mansion_House, attended by the City Officers, to.Cloth-Fair, West Smithfield, when his Lordship proclaimed Sr, Bartholpmcw Fair, according to annual custom. li k .4 5 7 " "4 e / ' .. / f ' r: ..' ' .P 7 ti ~;'.,•••. . 1...L:y 1 v, '4.. ',.....: .., , NAVAL :(''--,. .-- -- ~. 1 ~.; '--;), NEWS. z•-•,‘•.`-; f1.24;:-, Nom imperium pdagi, scevumque irideniertr. Sed mihi J'crte datum. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. I. SALtti thimorning, the Falcon Slim) of War, ,the folling light Transports under convoy for Spithead, ,viz. Warrior, Plait:tic, Cygnert, and Champion, lately arrived here from Madeira. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT.- 2. SAILED this evening, His Majesty's Ship Sophie, Captain BURDETT, for the Downs; and the Chain , pion Cutter, for Marcou. Arrived five Transports from Madeira, which carried there the Troops who are now in possession of that Island. Sunday evening passed the Isle of Wight for the Eastward, about too sail of homeward-bound Ships. Arrived and came into Harbour, this day, the Hambro' Ship Leander; detained by His Majesty's Ship Tartar, Capt. WALKER, off Havre-de-Grace. DOVER, SEPT. 2. A Flag of Truce, with Dispatches, sailed this morning for Calais. The strong South-west wind which has blown to. day, .has compelled the Gun-brigs and Vessels that were detached from Lord NELsort'sFleee, and have been lying at the mouths of Boulogne and Calais Harbours ever since .the last attack, to quit die Enemy's Coast, and run into the Downs. DEAL, _SEPT. 2. ARRIVED the and Isis Men of War; Disco- Bomb, Gannett Brig, Plumper and Snipe Gnn_ vessels, from the COast of France. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 2. A shocking accident happened this day between one and two o'clock, on board, the Ambuscade Dutch Ship,' fitting alongside the Wharf : as part of the Crew were employed in getting the main-top over the mast-head, one of them was unhappily blown off (it blowing very fresh at the time), and falling on the deck, was nearly dashed to pieces. HULL, Auc. 31. THE Delight, JOHNSON, from Newcastle, is ar rived at this Port to join the Convoy for Hamburgh, appointed to sail on the Bth of September. On the 25th of August, the Sloop Zouch, Mr. J cat N GREY master, arrived at Whitby from Strom tadr, in Sweden, to which place she was driven from the Yorkshire Coast by stormy weather in Janu. ary. last. On New-year's day this Vessel was off Whitby, to which Fort she was bound from Stockton with timber, when a heavy gale of wind, westerly, drove her off the coast. Having lost her ma sts a nd sails, the timber upon her decks being w as h e d a w a y, and the vessel thrown upon her broadside, the people on board expeded every moment that she would go down. In this dreadful situation they drifted before the wind, till the yes. sel providentially arrived at the above•harbour in Sweden, where she was afterwards detained by the embargo. A Court-Martial was on Monday held at Pdrts mouth, on Capt. FERRIS, and the Officers of His Majesty's late Ship Hannibal, to enquire into the causes of the loss of that ship in the attion with a French Squadron in Algesiras Bay. The result was, a most honourable acquittal to Captain FERRIS and his Officers, who, with the Ship's Company, were complimented in the most handsome manner by Ad miral HOLLOWAY (the President) upon the heroic bravery which they displayed on that occasion. Yesterday a Court of Direlors was held at the East India House, when CHARLES , MILLS, Esq. was eletted Chairman in the room of DAVID SCOTT, Esq. who resigned that situation. JOHN ROBERTS, Esq. was eleBed Deputy Chair man—this Gentleman served the office of Chairman in the year 1776. Messrs. ROBERT MACURE and JOHN HILLNIAN were sworn in as First and Second Assistant to the Company:6 Surveyor of Shipping. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Wednes day next. Little was done at Mark lane yesterday. There was plenty of Wheat in the market, which would have been parted with at prices inferior to last mar kef-day, if any one would have bought ; but the buyers are so confident of a considerable fall, that they keep off. Oats had a brisk sale at from is. to zs. cheaper.—All kinds of Grain dull in sale, and cheaper.. Vv 'e understand that the Company's Ship the Lad Burgeh lately arrived from Bengal, has brought from thence a very voluminous colleaion of Public Records ; among which are the Wills and Inven tories of deceased persons, exhibited in the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, for the year !Soo. We have to notice particularly the facility which is given to the transmission of Papers so interesting to the relatives of deceased persons, and fr'om which information of the utmost importance may be pblained, • WEYMOUTH, 'EPT. I. THE Eplanade Just night was but thin of Com pany : HIS MAJESTY walked .Sollle time, accom panild by PRINCE ADOLI4HUS, PRINCESSES AO" GUSTA and MARY, and PRINCESS SOPHIA Of GLOW C ESTER, the Earl Of UXBRIDGE, Lord WALstrIG HAM, the Lord Bishop of SALISBURY, his Lady atict Daughter. After which the ROYAL FAMILY vi sited the Theatre., to see the Comedy of The Ri vals, and the. Entertainment of Ways and Means. Mr. BANNISTER gained great..'applause in the cha. rafter of Acres. and Sir Dunder. He s ung the favourite Song of " Captain Wattle and Miss .Roe" with his usual spirit. Mrs: BR AMWELL sung " The Sailor's journal," in charaaer, between the Play and Entertainment, and was much admired. This morning, soon after breakfast, THEIR MA' r J ESTI ES, with the following Nobility,' the. Earl. Or ,UXBRIDGE, Earl and Countess of MAC C LrSil ELI ) ) Countess of RADNOR, Lord WALS NGH AM, Pa' roness HowE, Lady M. ERSKINE, Mr. and Mrs. WINDHAM, Mr. and Mrs. DRAx GEosvENoFt , Mrs. DRAKE, and several General Officers, took- - another excursion to Sea, with a fine breeze, the wind being to the West. Col. SNETD and family left this place yesterday. Monday night, just before THEIR. MAJEsTIEs withdrew from the Theatre at Weymotith, a hall jumped on the Bench in the. Pit, close to. the Royal Box, and behaved in a very outrageous manner; he w•as immediately, secured by a Peace Officer, an d after undergoing an examination, was sent to prisep' He appears to be about four and twenty years of age• The departure of- Mr. PAGET for Vienna, by, the. way of France, 'at a moment so critical as rite present, and the circumstance of his making - Part! in his way, a route certainly indireet, has exc ite` ] considerable hopes •in the minds of. many, tha t that Gentleman is to quicken the progress of Negotiations, and to be the meansvof brpg-ing abol 4 Peace between. the two Countries. The secrecy" observed by Ministers. is such, that no . one is en', abled to assert_hoWiari or how little, the o bjea Mr. PAGreS MitSiOrl is conned with the Nego" tiation, and where there is so little certaint);‘,- En' Public naturally form:-hopes':from, every circutp' That these'conterding,VOnntries, ;England and France, whose-very Shores-Inuit pale With envy of each others happiness, May lose their hatred. 'The:opening of the Winter Theatres will, as usual, he :preceded- this; day . byCth e 'Speaucles o' , .B.arshotomgw .Fair• Much as it. ho been. t h e f o llio o to ridicule it, it may be doubted, Whether tr, greater part .of the. -Exhibitions de - ; not — c&rie . t ' BACON'S deseriptiOns of Masques and Triumphs :"*". " Dancing. to Song," says his. Lordship, gi is thing of •great state and pleasure. I understand it, that the Song be in quire, placed - aloft, and accompanied with some broken Music, and the ditty fitted to theJlevice. 'Atling,in: Song, especially io pialogues, hath an extreme good grace :•I say ac' ing, not claneing' . (for that is a mean and vulg,_ a thing). and the. Voices o f th e Di a l ogue W ould strong and manly," A Periodical Work, entitled .The Contemplate' was lately published at Paris. The Government? however, wisely considering that coidempiation 0 135 not favourable to its operations, suppressed it JO the first Number. The British Public will, no doubt, he astonisbe! to hear that the man Whose tough and haaiened withstood the.dagger's of. the Sze&ler Hassars, JEO Diu ity, has submitted to, and now smarts unde f the pundnre of the lancet of a Co , tv-Pox Prattitione, ! . ; JEAN, who was ever a Patriot, has, for the bene fit of the Department of Dobbs, of which he is Prefect submitted to be vaccinated, together with two of h i ? children ; and the French Journalist who gives account of this interesting eq. , ent, observes, that t ll6 . patients maintains their usual gaiety and traninillitj' SAFE TRAVELLING--avith it Guar/ mid fil l : arms.—The Mail between Toulon and Paris has bee' lately robbed. The Letters were all broke 01' 61 : and property to the amount of about zoo Ligr e s . taken out of them. The Mail was escorted by f b o v ie Soldiers ; three ran away at the fint attack, and fourth who stopped, was killed, The celebrated FoNI'ENA, who is the superi r '; tendant of the Cabinet of Natural History 3 Florence, has published a Memoir on -the iensibdti, of vegetables. There is no end to the progress 01 discovery and of tenderness. Some kitchen gartie o atawiN will soon diseover that every wabble o f the pot, wounds the feelings of a cabbage, or de' stroys the sympathies of a turnip. In the present 'unlucky situation of the Freilc h Navy, it is but kind tb inform them that there i 5 classical authority for laying Ships high and dri,, upon the shore— " Jarnque fere sicco subduam-littore puppes." t This is the way we apprehend, the French Flee will be laid up in crdina,j , . Upon extraocj Binary occasions, however, they may he employ in snug sham tattles in the inner harbour of ,Brest', Tht arguments of those unfeeling wretc lo dealers in the articles of the first. Necessity, calculating upon the Public as their property, 3 " r g considering that laudable unwillingness on the 113 of Government to interfere in ,any commercial co,rli: eerns as an admission of a right to oppress, 1 1131 , 1 e rain that they are entitled to take adva ntob o of the necessities of their neighbours, have bee,' well answered by an analogical reason. " Wh3,t'of it has been said, " would theSe very men thin, -$ their system, in the case of a - Surgeon, who , Farmer or a Miller had . Met' with an accident on • ro g return from market, where he Fad been g ritl 'nd the faces of the Poor, should' stand over him , . 3 0 refuse him the aid of his prolc.'ssi'_ , n, till the exaell ° ' of his avarice were fully gratified 1" 10 , A Dublin Paper contains •the following phYs t gical statement. " The human heart, in one Uo 'beats 3600 times ; discharges 7 z oo ounces of b i° '. l c conveys through it the I.vhole mass Of blood in'`,„ body' not less than 25 times. In :he-space of tv e 6o6 four the whole blood in the body circulates times - thronh the heart." tti