The Sun. — London, England, 1801-08-20 00:00:00

STATE PAPER. TEEATI:OTAMITY ; CONIKERCE ; AND NAVIGATION ; CONCLUDED RETWAEN SWEDEN AND RUSSIA; ST. PETERSBUR.GH ; ON THE FIRST (13TH) OF MARCH, AND RATIFIED AT LANDSCRON4 ON ,THE I ITH OF APRIL, AND Air ST. PETERSBURGH ON THE 30TH OP MAY (I ITH JUNE) OF THE PRE- •SENT YEAR. 'ART I. There shall be a durable Peace and. true Friendship - between the two Realms, and their Sub_ jells shall, mutually assist each other,, particularly in transaftions of Comnierce and Navigation. 11. 111. The. Swedes shall enjoy. full .liberty of Commerce in Russia, and the RuSsians in. Sweden, 'and similar proteftion with the Subjths of the two 'Countries ; but they shall not deal in goods the importation and exportation of which are prohibited. IV. In order to obviate any inconvenienties that might arise from an undefined extension of this liberty of'Commerce, both Parties have agreed to limit it to • all the Ports of the two States, without distindion ; and, as to the Comme'rce . in the Coun try, to certain places on the frontiers of the Russian and Swedish parts of Finland, in these frontier places the Subje&s of the two Powers, without go ing farther into,the Country, May carry on a whole sale, but not a retail trade, and traffic with .such Merchants-as arrive there from rernote,distrias.-:- Tra veiling Meichants and HasNlcers of.both Nations 'slia,ll not be suffered, but cOusillered as, Smuggler. Y. VII.' The Subjetls of both Poweis shall ply the \ same importation and exportatioin, duties on goods, and in the same coin, as the• nat"Mes of the Cojintry to which they trade. They shall likewise enjoy 411_legal proteftion, the free exercise of their Religion, and the rigla.of leaving the country with thekr Property. -VIII. The- McrchantT of both•Narionsniay keep focist..books in what language they please-, and never shall be -forced:to prOduce -them, excepting in laW_ . suits, and-then only such extracts as'are absolutely necessary for clearing- up -the point contested: IX. X. - In case of bankruptCY or differencesi, the Subjetis of eiifier‘Pcitver shall betreated agreeably to the Laws of- the Country in which they then re side. 'lf the.Subjetl'of one Power dies :in the.Coun - try , of the other, without heirs, his'property shall, Within the space of five . years, belong •to - the Ga., - vehniiienti of the Countiy in which he died, if, after t,Pioclamation inserted in' the NewSpapers three times, no heirs should apply. XI. XIII. The respetliVe Consuls-General and Consuls shall be under the particular protettiOn of the Laws, and enjoy the same Righrs and _Liberties as those of the most favoured • Nati - 6ns. - Sailors who have deSerted shall tie delivered - up by both Patties, even in Foreign Ports. Merchant Vessels shall, on no,accou,nt, take Passengers without Pass- Torts, .or goods without proper Certificates. - With respett. to contraband, and the ,punislunent of per- Sons importing it, the Laws of , the •OVP Countries 'shall decide.. _ XIV. S:'-:dish alum, salt herrings, and salt, inn. ported from Sweden into kussia (*etersburgh ex. cepted); shall pay only one-half of the duties men. tioned in the regulations of - the Cuktoms ; and smo:tked herrings "imported from Swedeo, only 'one . third. KV. All the produce of Sw - edhh Finland, 'eyen wood, any be imported, into Russian Finland (which bath hitherto not been the easel, free from d 1 duties i and the wood from Swedish Finland may be exported from Wiburgh and Ft idricksharn. XVII. Hemp, linen, and tallow, imported into Sweden from Ras&ia, ghall only pay one-half, and, linseed two-thi-rds-of the duties 'hitherto paid.— ,Thc Rus,ians shall remain in possession of their Sroye-houses at Stockholm, the limits of which are to l 4- enlarged. . - XIX. Contain regulations fOr.prevent ittiltnsians and Swedes froni navigating Foreign ... I .2r.r_ P oods their own. XI. ,1•4 ot more than four *Ships of War of = ;sower shall.enter the fortified Portstof the other at one time, if, 'special permission hits--not been granted' for a greater number. Ships of War, as well as . Merchant Vessels, that . have suffered by storms and other accidents, may be repaired in the Ports of the'other Power. XXII. XXIII: If Ships of War of the two Powers, the Commanders of which'are of- the same rank, meet at sea, 'no saluting shall take place ;- :the commander of inferior rank, however, shall' salute the Commander of higher rank, who shall . return the salute, shot for shot. Ships that have 4ttanded, shall receive all possible assistance. XXIV—If one Of the Contiaaing Parties hap_ 'Tens .to be at War with other States, the. Subjeds of the other Party shall not, on that accotnlt, be prevented from continuing their Commerce and. Na. vigation with those States, on condition that they do nor supply these States with conm.hand. Con_ winced of the principles laid down in the Conven tion concluded ,at St, Petersburgh, on the - 16ih of December, last year, for the . general good of Trading Nations ; the two Crowns, declare, that they make it the indeviable rule of their condua. They further declare, that they acknowledge the following principles: Ist. That Neutral Ships may freely sail fo r the Ports and Coasts of the Bellige rent Powers., zd. That, with the' exception of Warlike Contraband, the goods of St bjeas of the ,Belligergnt Powers in Neutral Bottoms are: free, 3d That such Ports only are to be onsidered as blockaded, where, from the proximity of Ships of War, there shall aaually iae dangef in' entering. 4 th. That Neutral Vessels can be detained only on (Yrounds and evident fdeis. h: That no ) , o , nvoy. 41,01 be seaFehed, witon the Cpmipander of the Ship of War convoying theta declares, that there Is p 0 contraband on board, • XXV. XXVII. In time' of War, one P.owp.7 i r, a y 1 - ,llpt its ports against the Privateers and Prizes 6f the other that is eng aged in war. The follow ing 4rticies oply - 'are deelared to be Contraband, ciqps 4 moriars, firelpcks, gic r"iiSst !4415? f"%itis4 , eP 4int ? Ft4c4es?l'Pws l ,4? it. petre, sulphur, cutlasses, pikes, swords, sword_ belts, cartridge-boxes, saddles, and bridles. - All other goods in Neutral Bottoms arelo be consider ed as Neutral Property. That Power' engaged in War shall grant leave for fitting/out Privateers to such of its Subjefts only,•as reside in the Country, and' are able to find security for the damage they may do to Neutral Vessels. XXIX. If either of the'two Powers should he at War with another State, its-Ships of . 1/Vac and Pri_ vateers shall be allowed to search such Merchant Ships of the other. Power as are not under convoy ; bur only two or three men shall be sent on board to investigate the legality and neutrality of the Cargo. XXX, If any such Ship should liave Contraband on board, that only, and nothing else, shalt be taken • and confiscated. • XXXII. XXXIII. If one of the Powers .is car rying on . War, the , Subjects of the other shall enjoy, in the Country of such Power, all liberty and se- Curity as before ; and its Men and Ships, shall . not be employed in Military Services. In .cases of Bankruptcy of the Subjeai of either Couritry, • • Trustees of the Estate shall be appointed; XXXIV. jf a War should break out 'between the two Powers, the space of a _Twelvemonth, from the date of the Declaration of War shall be,dlowed to their respective Trading . Subjeds, „for with. drawing their PrOperty from the Country„ of the other. : " XXXV. XXXVL. The present Trea6r, is . con, chided for twelve y'eats, and signed,hy COUNT STEDIKK• PRINCE KURAKTN. • • COUNT VON ,DER PMILEN4 • PRINCE GAGAILIN.' Here follows Ratification of GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, and AI,EXANDER I. " THE SUN. . 30L'ZIA I , 44BUNI•AUTIL4T ? LONDON,. - . : . A*IIG:UST zo, Loßn NELsd,:, in the Medusa . Frigate, made a ,signal on Tuesday evening in the Downs, fo'e the hired Cutters to weigh, w:tich they did, and proceeded to sea. His Lordship, with the whole of his Squadron would, it was expeaed, lotiv yesterday evening. WE this morning : received Paris Papers to: the rBth inst. Their contents - are wholly -unintereSt ing. The - AToz w icia in particular, contains 66 one article of Foreign Intelligence„ that is of . the least moment. No mention whatever is made of Eey,frt, except in .the following article in the Journal des Defenseurs de la Patrie. CONsT 4 NTtNoP.Lz, JUL i to.----The Allies have for some 'days past been sorrowful and ill-humoured. All this presages no good news to the Anglo.-Turkish Ariny. The VrzIER, it is whispered, is de feaielf The Campaign is considered as at an end, owing to the heat and the inundation. We hope that an exchange of French Prisoners will take place, thanks to the measures taken by the Russian Mi .nister : he has °brained the removal to • Constailti nople of all those who had been sent to the Castles of the Black. Sea,,-Stt. The French Funds. have risen upwards of z per cent. The Tiers COtnolideiS at 43 4. The HambiirJh Mail due yesterday, is not yet arrived. The Inhabitants 0f Deal.-have. entered into a Subscription for the unfortunate men who Offered at Boulrgne, and their families, and for the finniiies of the • " • A De.putationof the principal Distillers of the •Metropolis, and its vicinity, have recently waited ,upon Mr. AD DINGTo knoW, if in consegnence of the great abundance Of the present crops, i 4 was ..his intention to permit them to 're-open the ry. The Ci-tANcELLott' of the:EXCiEQIJEA.in-• Torined them, 'that .he :saw: no rea s on to expeet. that he would be able to remOve the piohibiti . on during the present year. , • - • • , There were but few sales of at the Corn Kirket, .Mark lane, yesterday,--the buyers being very shy. Prices from- Jos. to :15s. per quatter lower than on Monday.; Oats brisk sate at MOnday's prices. .Pther.. - artieles as then 'giten; Flour was very uncertain, some -Woulcl willingly have sold 'at Bos. while ,otherS asked gos. per-sack. little sold. •. Orders were received at Plymouth on Monday for the Royal Lancashire Reginient, Colonel Lord STANLEY, to be in readiness' to march. to Wood bury Camp at It moment's 'warning. The Royal Radnor Regiment of Milita have, by direCtion of GeneralSlmcPE ) been marched to the Park.of Roy a l Artillery at Plymouth Dock. yest er day the Third Battglion ofßoyal East Ip dia Volunteers assembled' at their Head-quarters in New-street, at eight o'clock, with twelve sounds of ball-cartridge, 4fiti proceeded from thence to ire at targets at Higligate, - . - The train of Artillerywhich is to be attached to the three Regiments of,Royal, East-India Volun teers, consisting of six field-pieces mounted on cur_ rick carriages, is„ -we understand, in great forward ness, and expeacd to be exhibited at the head of the ist Regiment the ilext general field-day. JtzliN IYl4xTt,ocic, Esq. was elected for ;fie sixth tithe . _ . Mara; vf Cambriciz . . onSawnlair last. ctS L AC I4 ki t i\J NAVAL /NEWS. 'k i ll 4 , 5 4 "Nth .Nott 1111 imperium pria g t, sa-vumque t7l4ntem, Sed mihi sale datum.. DEAL, Auc. 19. A Signal was last night made from the .Afedura\ Frigate, for the hired Cutters to weigh, and they accordingly proceeded to sea, supposed for the Bay of Boulogne. It is expeeted that Lord Nut-Sax, with the whole of his Squadron, in which are three . Fire-brigs ; will follow them some time this cvening. His Lordship has visited the woUnded'in the . Royal Naval Hospital at this place : he was ; oh_ served to pay particular attention to every indivi dual, inquiring their cases, and consoling them': with a promise that he would. send thein good news shortly.,—Of a Seaman whom he rceolleeted, his Lordships asked him how he was.; the' gallant 'far, replied, he had lost 'his arm : ; . to which the Admiral said, f' Never , mind that, I have-dost an arm, and perhaps shall ,shortly lose .a they cannot be lost in a. better cause titan fighting for our Country."—This had such an el-• feet on the Sailors, that several of them exclaimed, ,they only regretted the'ir wounds, as it preventea them from accompanying "'him in another Attack oti their Enemies, the French.. The Netley. Schooner has> sailed to the West. ward ; and the Fiaoire' Fire-brig came' down this morning- from the River, and remains - with His Majvsty's Ships avesyssel, Medusa, Leyde n , snaar,- Savage, and Dart ; 'Otter, and Nancy Fire brigs, Hecht, Sulphur, and Exihsion . BOMbs, Co-a stiint and Hasty Gun-brigs.. 'PORTSMOUTH, AliG. 19. THis day - Allmiral POLE, with Six S a il of th e Line and t o Fri ,, ates sailed for the Westward, supposed to be for the Mediterranean, to reinforce Sir TAMES SAUMAREZ. Owing to contrary wind, the homeward-bound Leeward IslandTleet are this day put into this Port. F /14111 0 UTH, ,Arc; 'ARRIVED this evening ,His Majesty's Ship Pan_ dcur; of 44..gun , ,...with-Dutch.Troops.fyom-.Corls, for Portsmouth ; she will wait the arrival of the - Mediterranean Convoy frOin Spithead. Arrived the chesterfield (a new Packet intended for the West inclia station), Capt. BLIGHT, fiom Dartmouth. Put into Mount's Bay, a Vessel from the home ward-bound Lisbon Fleet, which:she left, all \v el this morning off the . Lizard. : Capt. PoRTEus "and Crew (late of . the; Lady Arabella Packet), are come Passengers in the Fleet, an 4 were landed . this-thty. , Salted the* Samuel, OLEtrmiu.,. with-wines for .Portsmotith; and the Schooner Clara, REGNART, for London. -• • This day the remainder part of the Ist Royal Cornwall Militia -went 'into Camp on Pendennis Heights. - The 2d Supplementary Cornwall are ex peaed to . :4K, . embodied about the 24. th inst. when they will also encamp. SHEERNESS, Auc. 19. THIS day arrived His Majesty's Brig Haw ) of guns, Ca pt. EbYs, from YarmoUth. The ./Lo/us has gone out of Harbour to the Nore. YARMOUTH; AUG. 19. .` Tins forenoon the Lynx Sloop and Speculator ,Lugger , brgught,,into these Roads,- as . prize l .two large vessels ;. names at present unknown: • The Prose,'lina, KO EN, from Cronstadt.to Am, Aerdam; with goods, is sent in here by HisiVl . a, jesty's Ship Drive:: • :Lieutenant F: rektKEa is appointed to the com mand of the Indusoious Ann Gun-vessel. • • The Hopourable East India Company's outward_- hound Ships the Albion, Duke of BualeughdVarley, Alfred, Woodford, Taanton Casty', Belvidere, and Earl Abergavenny, were spoke with at sea'on the 6th June last, in latitude 39 South, and longitude 14. West, all well, The dispatch of the following East India Ships s now expo ted to take place this week. or BOMB .—The Sovereign; Captain Gilbert Mitchell, and the Northampton, Captain Robert Barker. For MAn RA S .—The 'Caledonian, Captain John Craig; the General Stuart, Capt4in R. A Marsh; the Monarch, Capt. ThomakMorttmer; and the Ann, Capt. Alexander Sinclair: — • ". For CEY °wand Manship, Capt. T. Logan. For B 1 o A I..—Tite'.C:ornet, Capt. Thomas Larkins; and the Sarah Christia% Capt. Charle Graham. For ST. HELENA alld 10$ C A L.—The ?liciCeS§ Mary, Capt: Andrew creve. According to a private Letter received from-Ben gali we learn that the Government-General of the Presidency of fort William. in Bengal, have pre sented Captain Wu, t.tnm MgFistT i Commander, of the lion. East India ompany'§ Sp - the _ Chi _ ix. with a VEN Ci T h2nSAMP . Surnrrl trinrir of thgir approbation of his ctonduel, in his recent gagement with the General Afalartic,a French P vareer, which terminated in the capture of that 5 11 Lieutenant MA"c GUIRE, of His Majesty's . 8 Regiment, who was proceeding to tiengal on bo; the Pbawis, has likewise received the Thanks of .l Most Noble the Governor-General., for-his cond' when in charge of the Troops, at the time of capture. . Yesterday a' Court of Diredni-7s was held at India House, which adjourned at six o'clock till day. The fall in, the price of Wheat has been so coils!' derable, that fie Wheat, which stands- in our DI of the - aoth ult. a t 1 6 os . p er quarter, stands in t h' e€ last Monday at 84.5:. The Earl of YARMOUTH had an untoward ae dent- on Sunday e :!nirrg last, in. opening.a bottle wine :.the bottle broke in his hand,p and 'cut fl" leading sinew s b etween t h e thumb and first fine; An, apothecary in the ne i g hb our h oo d dressed til wound, and we are h a ppy to l earn it is likely to du 'The Citadel of Grand Cra:"*: is situated on a 110 hill, to the South of the'Citv : it is nearly a leastl! in cirOtimfereke cont - tins a will of great anti' viity,of'near three 'hundred feet depth. It was con' strtietcd - by Some tiati t or Mame Juke Prince, ca ild josFPH, whom with the Patti' arch of that name, Citizen THILoRIZR, of Paris,• has invented sortznfiftre-box for heatirig baths,. theus‘e wh ic :{ r l will to remarkably yheii* and advantageous. heats the bath in half tl;e. time of : tlee which the French use for that,purpose; consuulc h i not ahoy.., half the quantity of charcoal, and is triu, e less unwholesome. - The inephitie gases from combustion are, by TH ILOR I &R'3 inventicir, 110 i. suffered to-wend, but "carried down by a current 0 air o a situation where they are_ condensed and d 0 ,composed, The SoCiety of the Medical Schooli examined these fire-boxes, ,and earnestly, a pprov' their u • 'ln the course olthe -argumentson an applicati ° to the Court of Chancery otr Tuesday, to set aside $ 1 Com Missio n -of Bankruptcy, the Lotto CuANCO; LOR observed, 4 e that, it was time, , by some nle ts ' i l, or oilier, - to put a'n,end to that, increasing scrallw from different parts of the couqtry;:for the advant4 of what was called working the Commission." LAW,' cif narrow - th fg ro r u tu i n h e' g; 4 ; a to b r i c ti h on G:n h t e le , m h a a n d the. projeaor of -the•MissisSippi Sche bad g w re as at a , part of Europe, and subsisted chiefly by garniPP" by which he acquired considerable- sums, part'`'' .laxly in Italy, where he first hatched his paper po" jel, which afterwards gave birth to those cletes A ," able. bubbles that brought both England-and Fat to the-brink -of ruin. He offered bus scheme fir to the s King ,ot - Sardinia,. who told him his doo ll nions were 'too small . fin such a project E‘ If I knoW the humour of the'French, His they will relish-yccur plan Mr. LA,w g ot Majesty' s ' advice, and i t succee d e d. The "Duke of Orleans came into his View's. In 1 -- )0.7: ber 1799, LAW abjured the Protestant, Religl°',' and in the January following was made Comptr° l, '; ler-Gencral of the Finances ; in which situation h 6 so managed and controlled, that he a m ass ed alnl f all the cash of the kingdom, a n d brought into. t King's coffers,. and was himself nominally wor t , half a million but not having the prudence c'• foresight to secure . a shilling of, it in foreign banlO i ' he was obliged to relinquish this immense treasure' and the very next year to fly secretly from Fraoc e ' tO'avoid being torn to pieces, by the enraged peogir 'BUch a sudden elevation, and precipi tate downf all in ' :are ;scarcely to be.parallelcd. kcorn being the l' rs - anin a great'kingdom, on 7 wii,otn all . the pe.0, 1 1 gazed, as at a meteor, he Was,. it ) , the . t winkling an eye tedueed to the low rank - of,a sorry v 3 g e bond, whom all men despiied s ;.fOr; after wande r ' ling about EUrope - for some tithe, - he died at W e i fiich, very poor. - After hi s d ecease hi s wid o w liv' a 1 at - Utrecht in a private manner ; b u t hi s son was i l i fortunate as to procure a Cornetcy of Horse ! and 1 4 daughter, a very amiable young Lady, married t" Lord Wallingford, 'son to the' Earl of Banbury. There- an• institution in the DUmfries-sh i l Militia, which we believe is peculiar to is it,, which . refleds equal honour on the Officers and iw e l i The institution alluded to, Regimental Scho ° 5 for , the Children of the Non-com Missioned Offic e % and Privates. Separate instruffirs and . apartmo, are k rovided for the boys and girls, i n which th e ; are .not only taught- the essential ru di m e nt s of re i , A gion and education, but-wh e re th e atten 3 tW is-paid to - the cleanliness of their persons, and fie propriety of their conduit. The boys are supPli o with uniform Jackets and. trOivers ;- and . the' fit under the patronage of Lady DUMPRIEs, with cap s ' .ftgriks, and other cloaths. '-As no part of the you t n Of this country,, it is feared, are unfortudareiy 5" • el; generally negleded as the children of Soldiers, A highest praise is due to Lord and _Lady D A Litsrl: i for an institution so useful.and so benevolent ; 3 ,, it is to be wi s hed that the ex a mple s et by the Dtr e , fries Militia may.bc,followed by all the other P jj ; giments in the service. Upwards of eighty, c b il t dren have been in this excellent Corps removedilv N nFgle& and ignorance• to a state where their hea lt e 1 morals, and behaviour are the objefts of watch• ! Lord PgNitYN has Lost one AF his oldest tena tits i OWEN.AP.OWEN, who lately di e d at t he age Upon one of his Lordship' s f ar m s i n Carc )3 " o vonshire. . I of A METEolt.—On the evening of the x4- 1 ' 1 0 ! r July, about half aftef nine; a remarkable Nlete was seen .at Motagaillard. The sky was clear an the wind calm. A n ex h a l at i on like a - coalll' ° s cloud then gradually aros e . ,It seet neV,Of the leng t of 3000 fathoms, in breadth about 5 . 200 or 15 - °?; eider an angle of twelve degrees., in a little l appeared to take fire. It burnt with a pale flame like' that of spirit -of wine. At the edges it e; hibited 4 Splendid glory. It continued tor filteel.. minutes. After ,an interval it was rekindled 10' eight or ten Minutes . more. It was then extingui=?)/i ed, and in a moment appeared ithird tim4 none cif 'Vf•IPIV a 1"... see der ter by IL; cul , 01 Cs CI Nik