The Sun. — London, England, 1801-09-02 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR -Of THE_SLT,37, SIR, ..:WHEN I troubled .you some little time since with a few animadversions on a Letter in the Morning,. chroniele'on.tWsubjea of invasion, which a short visit to town had given me an. opportunity of read- I had nointention of addressing, you again.. But your insertion of them has encouraged me ; and, . • though Ihave now no opportunity of satisfying my curiosity-(for what else could be satisfied) by read ing that• Paper, yet as have-had moreleisure to re flea .On the stibjeCt, perhaps some further *erva tiOnS" from an unbialseed bye-stander may 'not be 'altogether unacceptable. to you. The Paper however to which have.refericd, has I conclude preserved its consistency by an' industrious • • • .• perseverance in calumniating His Majesty's present 'Ministers, 'especially for, the steps which they have thought proper to take to prepare the Country against 'the'possibilitv-of an Invasion. From that consistency I cannot spspeCt it's Editor of any clis position 'to depart.- _But I am more deceived than I am willing tc, think . myself; ~.because.,l will not, libel the tmderstandings of my countrymen, if he has succeeded in leacliig 'the c+inion of one think, in 4 ,lnciyici.nal, to whnm the petulance of a •rancorons Jacobin will not 'pass for argument, and who has sufficient command over himself to suspend his dis gust, whilst his sober judgment calmly, weighs this most critical and important of all considerations. " Where all is at stake no rique - whatever should • be 't-nn."---Tflis seems to me a solid and admirable . proposition ; we know to a certainty, which not even the. Morning Chronicle-has, ventured to contradict, that very large,bodies of the best .dis'ciplined Troops, completely equipped and • ably commanded, are aktually assembled on the different coasts of France,- . frbm. whence a descent might, with the greatest ease, or rather the least danger to themselves be attempted. We know that a lafger nuniberof vehicles for those Troops has been colletted , in their different ports than at any period since the 'commencement of the War. That rehearsals of such 'an attempt have actually commenced; which I am by no means di's-, posed to treat so lightly as those who.might perhaps be as little,ipdined to meet French.Srms, they have been to oppose French Principles. We know" that, hopeless, of recovering Egypt, and - disabled by the annihilation of her Navy from attempting any • dist'ant operations,'France - can have no object Whit. e-er in continuing the but the desperate de__ termination to aim a .blow a; the very`heart of •Great Britain. Bat it seems Abat.nolmit,sion is in_ tended,.heeause that intention r i as not bve - rrpubliely announced by •the French Government.. have not forgotten What. passed in. the i 9 7 : and a. man ofless shrewdness and very inferior tale iris to BoN4r:AteiE ? could not under,circumstances - . .nearly 'similar, to draw an useful lesson froth the childish and frantic conduct of the French Rulers • • . of that day .—How did their repeated denunciatios, their p4hlie avowals, their extravagan . t . threats, their pile ? lda "est Carthago, Operate on the Public Mind of this Country ? To rouse a - martial spirit, un known even , in, our best days ; to unite : all ranks of people, to make a S9idier of every Citizen—l had. almost said. 'to turn every plOugh-share into a fire lock,-ancl thus to enable-a vigilant Administration to adopt measures which almost precluded the possi bility of success in the attempt. Had BoNATARTE held Stich language, I should have been_ the first to have doubted the reality of his intention. 'But ipsa ;filcatitz ters:ent, 7 when he springs, it will be like. .the Tyger. ',Though let me be understood, Sir, as - declaring my conviaion; that :Great Britain can +nye nothing seriously to apprehend, till she should be disposed to follow the c.baift)A;:na..trecherous advice thus wiekedly, given in,a PubliC Print, .and till Government, by its' .v'ant of vigilance and pre- Taration, should deserve impeachment, and earn,the ' applause of the Editor of the. Morning Chronicle.' saving no means of forming an opinibn hint' from an-occasional perusal of A. Newspaper, . . . .I could."in deed almost be re4'to — think that the . Measures al_ ready - taken, had been less vigorous than the cumstances of the two Countries called for, .Had, I less confidence in .1-lis..lV ) lajesty's Ministers, Who - have better means of judging than I can.have, In should think so decidedly. Should' .the War. t, continue, which .1 am the—last man to wish, when could* so favourable an opportunity'Prel sent itself, of •adapting some well-matured Plan, sort^ thoroughly' digested System, of internal De.. - fence,,,by 'which all the Military Energies of the Country mit)ht be called out iii an instant, to Which the gloricins spirit 'of Volunteerin g in its service has afforded , S , : Much ?- :Possibly this may be in contemplation at this moment ; am sure it t ought . to be. It . would recd eternal .credit on the . Government by whom it was adopted,''and which 'must ever be closely connecied with the'pellnanent SeciirrtY 'that the Country may derive' froin -their efforts and v.'„ 'dom. It would be the most decisive step towards the termination of the present War,'" r i as well as the rrtO3t effcdual preventive of future ones.: It would, I am confident, be adopted by a wide House of Commons, without one dissentient voice, whilst the Editor of the,ltlering Chronicle • shall have no Seat there. it would be accepted by "a refleeting and spirited People, not as a burtben, but As a boon. This subjea, Sir, is a copious one, but in mercy: to the limits of your Paper here I step. 11.1 know myself, a genuine attachment to the interests of my Country, and a rooted abhorrence of all duatine3 . and - opinions . Which appear to me hostile to those interests, bave, alone dilated the Observa tions which I haVe troubled you with., Of that individual, be he who he may, who shall . continue to reproach the Minister for measures of precaution at such a moment as the present, I say Si Joins die 'non timet, ed magi's refer: mr,mihi, nostriiiue, timere." I am, Sir, Your litimble Servant, A COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. Wiltshire, Aug. 29 , 18or. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Sept. 1, ISol. Dublin Castle, Aug. 25, 1801. His Majestyi by his Royal Letters, having been pleased to appoint Sir Michael Smith, Bart, Master of the, Rolls in Ireland, to be of His Most Honour able Privy COuncil' of Ireland, he this - day, in Council, took the usual Oaths, and his Seat at the Board accordingly.' • Commisthn in the Volunteee Association of the . Wfird of Port sOken, in the, City .of London, signed by flis Plajesy. Dated, August 19, tBor. William Pratt, Gent, to be Ensign, vice colebatch. Commission ik the Kensington Volunteer Association, Signed by His .1119jesfy. Dated Aug. 4, 'l'hon'tas Stokes, Gent. to he Ensign,. vice Glover, resigned. • BANKRUPT i q i fE i S .ENLARG,ED, ()et 24. Thomas Toy, 61 Penryn, Cornwall, linen-draper, at ten, at Guildhall. Sept.. 2.9. Thomas Wilrh-f, 00 NY C Kent linen-. draper, at ten, at • Sept. 19. Michael Collin and Thomas'Levvis, late of Hat ton-Garden, navy-agents, at -ten, at Guildhall. Sept. 5. • Solomon Moses Solomon; of Queen-street ; Bir', minghant, merchant, at ten, at Guildhall. Sept. S. 'William Gandar, of St. john's-street, plaisterer, at ten, at Guildhall. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. ' . . Simon Field and. Abraham Field, late of Bermondsey-street, Southwark, woolstaplers. , John Steel aud Thomas Steel, late of Sutton, Surrey s brick makers. . . BANKRUPTS. William Lomas;.late of Need!ram-Market, Suffolk, hawker, to s",rrreuder September 24, 25, and October r 3, at three, at the Commercial Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Hewitt, - Spring Gardens,. Manchester ; or. Mr. R. Ellis, • ..Cursitor-street, Chancery-lane.. Robart Flux, now or late ' of Cirencester,'Gloncestershire, carpenter, 04.1ober 2,, 3, .and 13 - , at ele,yen, at the Fi,:ece. Inn, in' Dyer-stit , it, Cirencester. Attoruies, Mr.. David whAlie , .•-„of Cirencester; or Mr. 1,. Foulkes, Fiat-street, Bloomsbury-square. Williarn• Cantrell, of Burton-upon-Trent,. staffordshire, d - ruggisf, - Septenibs:r 22, 22, arid oClober r 3, at toti, at the ti'l;ire-•.Hart, Burton;ul.;on-Trcut.• Attoruies, EaxterAind Martin, Furnival's-Inn ;. or Mr. D. Dalryimile, Bititoittpoil-Trent. ; • ' 7 .Jamey Quantrill, late of Dillte-"street, pOrtLltid-Place, ' Mid dlesSeptembet iz ' 19, and Odober 13, at tett, , Attornies, Messrs. Noy and Templer, • Atinting-lane. - - • Jonathan tioci•son,- now Or late of Stockport; Chester; shop , -keeper, September 23, at• gleven, at, time Whitel Lion Inn, Stockport, September 24, at the 13riclgewater.'tkrmS,.Man-, chester. Attorney, Mr. Chetharn, Stockport. Jolia . Betscm, of WashiVood-Heath, Aston, Warwick, fador,, September is, at four, September x 6, and 06.Iober 'l3, at _ eleven; at the Stork Tavern, Birmingham. AtturnieS, Mr. SandersOn, Palsgrave-Place, London; or Mr. Maudsley, • DIVIDENDS. Od: 6. Robert Sims, late of Walworth, Surrey,.gro4er, at ten, at Guildhall. - . • . Sept. 26. John William Uther, now or lafg of llowlinz- Green-lane, Clerkenwell,24l4ll4llq, at one, tt QUildhall. Sept. 2T. Robert. Rorison :tliotley,Lincaskiie, grocer, at eleven, at the Globe Tilialtn,lßW l erpoM Oa. x . George Long the )ittangeroof,PoVilluty, Yorkshire, ' linen-draper, at eleven, at the Georgc.ancJ, pragon, - " bury. .- ,Sept. 29. Edward Barnett and Robert Olivet:of Manehester, linen-drilpers„at four, at the BridgeWater-Arms Inn, Man chester. Sept. 28. William Long, of, Pontefraa, Yorkshire, linen 4raper, at eleven,, at tbe. New Elephant and Castle Inn, Pontefraet. SL:pt.iso. Thomas Morton, now or late of Raistrick, Hali fax, Yorkshire, dealer, at eleven, at the Black 'Swan, in Brigln Halifax. Ott: to: John Barton, of Davies-street. Hanover-square, d6alerin horses; at eleven-, of Nov -7- James Reilly and lames Collins, of Mead's-court, Doud.kireet.- tavlors, at tett,,at Guildhall.•. 'Ott. Margaret K-roWen Hunter, - anti :Robert 1-hinter, of 'BriStol, rnerellauts, at. .., . . White Lion' Inalitistol. , . , ' .... ; . . •:. • Sept. 24. ' George Hammond , of Starnford„ . Lincolnshire,' - --mereet; -t-two i at-the George I an, Stamford-1 aron; North- . I amßtoa. Saturn, W'lt t li . ' whip. Sept. 24. John Gal°, ,nt New _rurn i s tre, I maker, at eleveni,at the Maidenhead Inn, New;.Sautn. . Sept. 23. William Wild, of ManaieSter,-Tustiinl : manufac- turer, at three, at the Commercial Inn, Manchester,.• CERTIFICATES. Sent. '22. Thomas .lcent, late of Exeter, cabinet 7 l - nal;er. Slephen. Artaud the younger, of Pitincr, Alidilf4sex, shop keper,. . THE SUN.'. , £ULLM QUIS DI4ERL FaLSIJM AUDZAT: ~ :,,.• LONDON', 'SEPTEMBER : . _ WE last night received.' Paris Papers to the 30th ult. which were tiroitglq . to . -Dover in a Flag of Truce, an 4 which -were fo'kwarded to Town by Ex press. They flrititin no news of MVO inVortance. the,Man;teut:4 of both days which have reacho,us,i are 4110 with the Proceedtipgs, of the Diet of Katz}_; 'bon, front the,Ratification of the Peace oflunen.7;//e, that is, from the.Slttings.4 the 6th and.7lllofl March, down to the Sth of April. These details are far too long, and too uninteresting, to allow us to - devote to them all that space which they would occupy in one Paper, particularly As nothing decisive hay yet taken place. 'A letter from - Ratisbon of the latest date is said in the _7o - zit-7al de Defirseurs, to represent the greater pare of the votes of the Eccle . siastical States as favouring the conferring .on His MAIE STY unlimited powers for'set ding the definitive arrangements which relate to the effdling of the Peace of the:Empire, All the accounts from the places situated on . the coasts of the French and Batavian Republies; agree in ' F epresint g the alarm, which has been excited by our operations, and by the vigilance of our Cruizers, as very considerable, • The Tiers Cons i olide was on the 27th at 4S. — The 28th being a decadi, W 4 are in possession of no later price. WE feel ourselves called upon to make Some :ob servations on a -most gross and unwarrantable Mis. representation of the • Convention 'signed at Petentburgh on the r7th of June,' which a'ppeared in the Morning Poit of yesterday. 'From our expe , ' rience of that Paper, we are notsurprized at its total ignorance of 'the sUbjed. of the Law of Nations, but it is scarcely possible, on the present occasion, that the Writer of the Paragraph can have . even read the- Treaty on which he presumes to comment. The first assertion in. this Paper is, that. the Northern Confederacy have gained all they desired, for that. all Naval Sio!•es„, every thing necessary. for •the construaion of a Fleet, may now •be freely import e'd into -France in time of War, under the authority of Great Britain.—This is false the . Northern Powers have acquired no more in this respeet than the Government •of Great Britain allowed them to , possess previously to the signature of the -Treaty :of Armed 'Neutrality. The 'state .of the case as to Hgcintraband.,_is . as folloWs : Great Britain has alvv'Ays :•,4,iontendetl'thztilNaval Stores were. contraband,: un "l.6i'keinptattY.y specific. "1: reaty : the rules respea. ili.••7; • _ • ng contraband in the different. Treaties into which ~Great-Britain has . - entered with,othdr Powers, •1 - e various.--/By • the 'Treaty with. Denmark, NaVal Stores are admitted to be Contraband ;' by the Treaty with Sweden, the Admiralty Courts of this Country have considered_ them likewise as Contra. , band; bdt as the' Terms of the Treaty have been thought ainbigueMS, a middle course has been adopt ed,' and the right. of pre-emption has been sabsti., ttited for that - of confiscation. -L- . .8y the Treaty with Russia, - concluded in- I 797,- as, 'ivoll as in the pre ceding one of 1766, Naval. Stores , were specifi. tally exempted from being consicfered as Contra band of War.- - -The present .Corryention annuls the Treaty of Armed Neutrality of December last, ;ii . (-1 by reviving the 'former. Treaties, places the question of Contraband upon -precisely the same footing 'on which it • has stood during . the progress of this and former Wars, The exemption of, Naval *StoteS from being considered :as Contraband . of War in tavour of Russia is no 'new Concession, but' is sim. ply a Recapitulation - of the Article tp -the same ef fea in the Treaties of 1766 and 179 . 7.—This fayour was granted to Russia .in return for considerable Commercial advantages obtained by,this Country. No.materialinjury could arise to the Interests. of ' this Country from making this Coneession f in favour o RuS'sia, a 4, from the total want of any .Mercan, •. • , tile, Marine, it was - not possible • for her to supply the' Enemies of Great Britain with these 'articles 'to any considerable extent. Denmark, Sweden, and other Powers to which it might be dangerous to make this Concession, are still precluded from this Trade, precisely to the same extent as they were 'before. • .. ~ The next assertion, that the Right OE. Search eN_ i tends no farther than seeing whether the Frilote, 1 , ,Luil A py L. 6 il,„ Merchantmen, has:the regular papers and documents to show of what tii,ii...c...- 3 ,,,, ron _ sist, is equally destitute of foundation; If there exists any ground of suspicion ; .the ,Seafcli may in all eases be, continued, notwithstanding. the Pape . r ! and Ce't'tifie;.iteS should be :regnla.o. ThelgriorimCe ?, of the Wtiterof . this Paragriph is so great, thache appears not to-knoW that the ancient and.subsisting ; Treaties of this Country. contain Stipulati,onS'to‘ the i . ; Same•effed, not • unit' With — re - tea to. Ships tindps ,Cprioy, . cohere the word 'and cleelaratiOn,qvii c i :K.'ing'S Officer may be had,- but with respe6t. miall . .. .. . • .. sino-le Ships wh:ttever. And there is\this addit;onal ~ , . . . cec'urity in the present Treaty, that 4:is distP6tly :, ~itiitgated. , that under no pretc.x.t is thii"Shiip l of s War . 41 . -tiTht, by force, the cietentiol :of a Me . tllir iit- Ship : Or4ps, 'by , the Ship , or Ships if Waroi tie II lir:. I .. sere:4'4. Power.. _.. - r . . , .. ~, , ~„ . • • . .:. . . . The Treaty' de, Aimed Neutrality of Deceit blir last was - considered by • Parliarriprif:anti thetountiy, • as containing an engagement -on the' part , of , the Contrataing Powers - j to establish by fOree , certain arinciples.of Maririmetaw, inconsis,tent with the .. .i . g tltt and interests . O(fliis' Cotintry. - If lits'MA.- i l J E,STY 'S Goieernment had succeeded it) dissolving that CortederaCY,Thney would nave iti:qt - TcferTal that could have been reasonably expeaed; but they have proceeded. further, and have been successful in obtaining, not only a renuncivion of the hostile principles ofithe• Armed Neutrality, but an express recognition of those Maritime Rights which this Country has always considered as essential tp.it s Prosperity and Security. The two favourite ob. : jets of the Armed Neutralities - were : First,- Tani F_REE.I39TTOMS MAKE FREE GOODS ; and Secondly, lUE PROTECTION OF MERCHANTMEN UNDER CON V9Y FROM EVERY SPECIES OF.SEARCH. The first has been wholly abandoned—the Property f eV? Enemy on board a- Neutral Ship is acinqxledged by . this Treaty.to be laczcyilt Prize. With respeCt to the second—the light of searching Meraant Shi l ls under Convoy is unequivocally. admitted, ~ w ith thi qualification only of its being exercised by Royal Ships, and not-by .Privateers. And we doubt who-. thet any map will be hardy enough to assert, that any practical inconvenience Call. result &am this iii mitation. - • In addition to these most important advantages: the abuse of the Neutral Flag, so often and sici justly complained of in this-and in all former Wars, is carefully and effe4ually provided against by the' Article ivrthe Treaty,. that stipulates that 'no Vessel , ruha 'fever is to be considered as the property - v - 11v Country whose Flag it carries, unless, the Captaig of the Ship and one half of the Crew are the Subjecis of that Country. Two liamburgh Mails became due this morning/ neither of which had arrived when this Paper waS put to Presi: , The Hon. Mr..PAGET has reached Calais, ;on his road to Vienna. This morning — arrived a • Mail :frOm Lisbont brOtighi . to 'Falmouth by the Prince of Wales Packet in twenty-four days. HIS MAJESTY, it is now decided, dots not go to Bath tins year. Friday evening,HisApyal Highness the 1") T Gtonc EsTr R arrived at the Suit - Inn, Southclinpton, from the I4le of Wight, where 11r hall been to visit his stn PRINCE WILLIAM. lie.iS Since no tO . Lyndhurst, at Which place he is expeeted to reina l some time. Yesterday the - Loab Mi:t.yort was waited on at the iViansion-house by the ivhdter a n d Wardens 0 1e the Baker? Company to' set die Assize of Bread :, and •it appearing by, the MealweigheW reports rhag Wheat and Flour had fallen very considerably• since their lass reports, his Lordship ordered. the Bread to be lowered four Assizes, ok.Bd. in the . P s eck Loaf, which will take place -tO-tnOrrow ; , the Quartera Loaf will then be sold for is. (44 Wheaten, - and . , id. Household. • • the late meeting of the Lord Lieutenant. :Ina Deputy Lieutenants of Sussex, on the subje4=t in removing tiasiOn, - General littr.st, obviate-the-neLesoity 01,c the (lead' stock, had it been judged prifc" ti&ble, proposed the expedient of e;:using..all milLstories;to be broken in the 'neighbourhood' . df the spot where the:Enemy should. effek.A landing: Last Saturday a division of 'the West.. Essex }elementary Militia, marched into LeWes, Jon, their route to join their regiment in BlechingtOn Barracks' • • Yesterday morning Morrslttrß and the 1.. c DE TIR. BOBON left town, to pasS a : few days'OW the Earl of LI Vfli POOL, at Addiscombe, •whidle; they are gone on a shooting party. .„4, The Dukes of ORLEANS aud,CHARTIZES arrive at the King's Arms Inn, at Ayr, on WedneoaY last ;'where they..wete met by Colunei FuLLAit . r ol4 ' who concluCtedshem to his seat of.FUllarton.i They intend spending-Some time in that pars. of Scollang' American Papers • up, to the' 20th -Of" July hal been received, but they contairi. part i cu l ars - 0 ' importance. • Advice has been received at New-York, from r h t Commanders of some American vessels on ~he cog s of Spain, signifying that they had escaped from' I ' te Corsairs of • Tripoli solely by' the•generoiis protec tion 0,4, some British ships of war. The import: oo 80(1 the. kindness of 'this service from Britons 111 ' ; felt with-warm gratitude in America - .... . • . :,.v.a A . De ite : don pu t t h a c ti A on of the merian M C in h i e s r te o r kee sat , \ ' \ r r ib as ses -lately ilitigtoi, and:rnutunl„ assurances of peace were:renewed he tween the two Nations. The arts 4..civilized,lit! i wpre be,ginuing .to prevjii arnpg tbesesavages, 3'' a ti..aropean instruments", of . agrieulttit i e were i' ) variety of ingtances employed. 1 - , , \k:S Ness York o°l , Calcutta, of a late date in Maich :last. Lien ren 3 7 nE His :Majesty's •SI Sff w it4l ' rp 71 1-w,ebly-ifi i ve..persons ot . :the CreW . , .went; 1h the. t',' ginning of that, month; ashore:on -riia.irici6 s t. on the Coasr'of fortrturtleS , , Ardsseci and ate of, isoine.'6f t'h . eni as conveniently . .could. They ate; of noshing.els I . l°E : t g ; - 1 4 1, ,. yet won r 'af;ei 'Waking that 'req, Turtle, they all sickened te i .Cv only Lielitenafit Mm.,:eothit tine Other. el•' • 1 • OW of the whole - twenty.:si3Z survived: 4 Woodmen of Ardeti, 'met Mdrtday s?' •I •• .rught ;at Packington, in N.ktrwkkkliire", I_4;)'rd AYP r ," .I . t.)ko!sseiii- to celebrate their an n u a l dia`nd A very skilful ecitnpetitibn'toolt plate atii-he7grlii , targett.rcl-G: RE PINGTQN, i',ESSl4. : Obtaltl4:4leig ° "as first gold - shoel,..aud , THOMAS PALM ° l 5l , 'Vf$Cl. l the silver inecfzi4.,''as'•s - eeord gold s lidt: . .ratter Gentleman was vilsdaleulared Cap,taiii.i , t Nu' c was , s ho . belt. NY,‘ednerselay: the Silver Arrow:, for, : at the di . st4noe of :it •••yird., 'and' won . 6y - F ER . `3TO ikr.. The - Silver. 1 . 34.ie Was Non. on 0 . 7 5 - day, at the;d4tance . ) , ,ards,- by - 14 PALNIF.R, Esq.—ln the .1..0t/F6' fotthe I_,ad Miss BRA E, of ,Coleshill, ;-dretvrtlae Arf?.` 4 ; and Mrs:CAttr daughtecifihe Laird of Arran, drew the Gold Bugle, • I • *"1/11 Fr ; ; Z(sAt'' til I) 4h ta