The Sun. — London, England, 1801-10-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, 401. AM QUIS DICZRZ /ALStiat AUD&*T ? LONDON, O CTOBE R x 6, aol, WE this morning received Paris Papers to tlle 33th inst. They present us very little subjett for observation, The French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has announced officially the Signature of Peace with Russia, and the Exchange of the Ratifi ations. No Preliminaries appear to. have been igned between those rwo Powers,, nor could they have been necessary, for the Treaty where little was to be adjusted, can contain little more than a declaration of Peace. and Amity.—ln the general pacification of Europe, Turkey is to be included,. and a Treaty is shortly to be entered into, sayi the Clef du Cabinet, between that PoWer and France. The 'French Papers dd not give qs any further information 'with respe& to • the matter in-dispute between Prussia and •Austria ; but the question is stated with the pro and 'can, in an article froni Angsburih .Of the 4th of Otiober". the opinion of the writer appears to be, that the Court of Vienna will be forced to give way ; but fads seem as much to favour the contrary opinion. The'Politicans of the Continent have, however, 'in all their .distractions, the consolation of hoping that they shall soon be re lieved from their present state of .suspense.' The French Tiers Cons°lide are stationary at 55;1. The Harnburgh Mail due 'on Wednesday is • not yet arrived.' Yesterday mornitig His MAJESTY, accompanied 'hyHis Royal Highness PRINCE A66',rims, took an airing in his phaeton to Kew.. The QUE E N and the' elder PRINCESSES, in so.: ciables, followed. After viewing the improvements, . THEIR MA JESTIES returned to Windsor to dinner.' Their Royal Highnesses- PRrnEssas SormA. and ANI . EI, IA rode out on horseback, attended by Lady ALB/NA CUMIIERLAND. We have great pleasure in stating, that the DUKE of GLOUCESTER. is recovered from his late indispo sition. • The whole of the Somersetshire Yeomanry have of. fered their services to Government, free of expellee, as tong as it may be thought that the circumstances of the Country require them. We think this step no less creditable to their good sense than to their pub . - lie spirit, and have no doubt that the example will be followed by all Corps of the same description in the Kingdom. The Companies of Guards, which now number about Igo men each, will be rMuced.at the befi.. nitive Peace to 100 men. Orders arrived on T'uesday last to Major-General BOWATER, Colonel Commandant of the Plymouth Division of Marines, to call in the Recruiting Fatties. 'Yesterday a Court of Dirdlors of the East India Company was held at the India House.. The fol lowing Ships are ordered . to be aflOat the 6th of, next month, and every e3ertion is:_to-be used to forward their departure from Englard,,, viz. the first Fleet, consiting of the Ge - iwon . ,• a new ship shortly to be launched ; and the Thiibig, for Bom_ bay and China ; and the Arniiton, for St. Helena, Bencoolen and China, Capt. CA,mr B ELT. Ma Jus viNics, of the latter Ship, was aworn into the com mand. The joy occasioned by the signing of the Preli tninaries of Peace has been no where so sensibly felt as at the Hague, The wreck which the War has occasioned of the fortunes and modes' olindustry of most of the inhabitants of. Holland seems to be so rear, that no moderate term of Peace could enable them to recover the shock of it. The. Dutch, how ever, appear not :to despair'of the Republic, and they are: prepar,ing to attempt a competition with us ; of which we can contemplate the.result without 'uneasiness, and the progress with the greatest saris faCtion, from the _stimulits it will give to our own artificers. - There are a considerah!e number of Merchants from Amsterdamand Rotterdlinnow in town, but 'their orders are' giyen bin sparingly, compared with those. of former times. They complain, in bitter terms, of the hardships they have suffered horn the ,Revnlution. 'Twenty-five per cent, on thccapital property, anal 1 e per cent. on the in_ tome of every indivichrti, above A terrai n class, in e fates, wu& actually leviedin the course of one year- Blackheath Michaelmas Fair, wai held on 'Mon day. There was a good Sleow of cart-color and dratght horses; the prices much on the decline : rigs; that four guineas were asked fbr in the morn xame down to three potmds, and under, before the evening. Lean cattle, and all stock, seem much on the deeline', as well there as at 'Uxbridge, on ": i rgsday at '.trmingham {Kent), yesterday. 11 , 1,ny cart cults were left unsold, And are gone on fur rylaidstobe Fair, in , hopes 'of better prices. it . certainly is not very decorous to tind fault with the , decisions of Nlag;strates, but we cannot Pet') 14rncnting that those persons who were taken tip inr . letting off guns and pistols, and throwing di ring the late illumination, have been dis pissed without pgnisbment: The'numbr of acci tients that ) - 4ve recently happeiled, lender it neees ary that tlielaw - ty(34 this subject should be striElly rut ia We have 'every reasbn to believe that The reign pf Il!cobinism ill France is-"pretty nearly extinct, w'c recolletT. thlt BONAPARTE considers tht at: his .Ire.a:est ellexties. ' • 4 • •• FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 12. 4-....-. Tex Peace between the French Republic and His IMPERIAI. MAJESTY of RUSSIA, ,having been concluded and signed at Paris, by the Minister for Foreign AfFairs and Count MAR xow, the Ratifica_ tions were exchanged on the f3th, between the respeffive Plenipotentiaries. It was announced in the following Letter THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE PREF EC DP POLICE. " I have the honour to inform you, Citizen Prefea, that -the Peace between the French Republic and His . Majesty the EmPEZOR o:Ru s stet, having been signed here by Count MA axow and myself, the Ratifications.wcre yestetday ex changed. 1 request you to publish this in the ordinary way, and,arn, 4c. (Signed) " CH. M. TALLEYRAND. CounterSigncd " The publication of the Peace took place in the evening by torch-light, with great pomp ; by all the Commissaries of the Police assembled 'in the SquarCs and Places, and =ilia the acciamations of all ranks olCitizens. 'lmmediately after the signing of the Prelimina..- ries of Peace, we announced that Marquis CORN WALLIS would be sent as the Plenipotentiary of His BRITANNIC MAJESTY to Amiens.. The English Papers not only confirm this news, but add, that Citizen JOSEPH BONAPARTE will be the Republican Plenipotentiary appointed to meet him. We think this likely, for . who can be more fit to sign the Maritime Peace than he who signed that of the Continent ? Several Englishmen ' have already appeared in • < Paris, and among them a Member of Parliament. We are assured, that it,appears certain that Peace between France and Turkey is at this moment in negotiation, and that it will sbbn be signed. The Archbishop' of _Co RINTH has received the following Letter, dated .16th September iBol, and intended to be 4ansmittecl to the'Porg, from -the Bishop - of MAcO N. This Prelate is eighty,two years of age, and has been forty-three years a Bishop. " His Excellency the Pope's Nuncio, the Archbishop of Coßi i.rti, haying communicated to me' theleiter of your Holiness, addressed to the Archbishops and Bishops 'of France, on the Istlf of Auguit last, l have received it with every , sentiment of respect ; and have read it with all the at.. tentien which it deserves. • " I 'was at all times disposed to obey the orders and sage advice of the Holy See, but paiticularly I.vhco, its objet} is to preserve Catholic Unity in France, anel to restore peace to the Chuich. therefore hasten to comply with the paternal in - itntion Aittich your additSsed to -mo• " I de4tre by these presents, 'Sigued i and sealed, .that I freely and voluntarily, and in the most unequivocal manner,. give in my resignation of tike See of Mavon, and all appendant Privileges. I request your Holiness to consecrate this new sacrifice by your blessing; and I beg this with equal urgency and humility." , U E 2 'OC 6.—The arrival of the Courier from Paris, with the in iigence of the Preliminaries having been .signed, 'has excited the most lively enthusiasm. Citizen SEI , TONV.ILLE haStened. to - communicate it to the Executive Dire6ory. It was welcomed with the sound of cannon, and this evening there will be a general Illumination. . MA,7.HEINI; OCT. 4..—The Palatine Government yesterday received-froth IZlrv.ich a copy "of the Ar ticles of the Treaty sith tthe hLEcr ox, Wbich re speashis States on the Left Batik of the ',thine ceded to France.--They arc to be published officially to morrow: From what is known of them the French Government undertAes to pay the Salaries of all persons employed on the Left Bank of the Rhine, and Cite Annuities due to such as are Annuitants,. whether they have re mained in that territOry or have left it ; and this from the moment of -the signing of the Treaty of Luneville. mother Article states, that France will, on its own aCcQUilt, take upon itself pro portion of the debts of the State, 'as ascertained 'by the Regency and Chamber of finance, yqual to the extent of the Territory which it has ac quired. A third Article states, that from the time of the exchange of the Ratification, all segues. trations imposed on irenues and property,of Sub jeds and Servants of the F.,leaor 4 shall be taken off, and the property left at the disposal of the Proprie„ tors. AUGSBVRPH, OCT. 4.—One of the most Im 7 . portant events which relate to the'German Empire, and which in sane degree affeo the Germanic Con_ .. stitution, is at this moment covered with the greatest obscurity. The most recent letters from Vienna assure us, Olt the last lota transmitted by the Prussian Minister, has 'made, greatest impression on the Austrian Cabinet : a great Council has been held, at which all the Ministers were present, and the abdication of the ARcli ou 10E ANTI-101 - T dettr. • - • mined upon. In support of this assertion; is men tioned the precipitate departure of that Prince 14. ''rata, _whither Le was accompanied by the AR pi- , `;SE rRDiNAND, who has himself quitted the abode of Si ha-I/brut:lt, .wliere he seemed to . wi:jl again to fix his ahOde. -Dn the other band, the Vienna Gaittte is filled with accounts of preparations making for the al,_ . proaching nomination of the a tc TO2. Of:COLOONE; and with accounts of the rejoicings which have taken place 'in consequence of the ekdion:, of the ARCHDUKE ANTHONY to the Birhopirk of Muff. ster. The arrival of the IMperial Commissary, M. SCHLIEK, at Ahrember?, is also additced as a con. vincing proof that the eledion will take place. .If, however, we calculate the degree; of proaabi. lity which each of these two versions presents, and the importance which the declaration of the KING 6f PRUSSIA lliust axe founded, as it is .on the immediate and necessary execution of the Treaty of Luneville, it seems that the former account is more to be relied on than the Papers. This affair cannot, however, remain 'Jong in suspense, and all dotibti will soon.be removed. • The following ascount is given in Morning Paper, of the Bearer of the Ratification of peace from Paris Colonel LAU R IsToN's father was the son of the brother of the great LAw, of Lauriston, the Finan cier, Of whom all the world have heard. _ The family is originally from Scotland. The father of M. LAuatsioN married a native of the Isle of France, by whom he had six sons and four daughters, one of them the. present Officer. Most of them were born at Pondicherry, of which the father was Governor. . He realized great riches there, but was very tinfortUnate in afterwards losing them. By the robbery of one caravan he lost the bulk of his fortune. He was, however, enabled to settle in France with a small, but comfortable independence;_ and his family were provided for by the Court in the manner of the sons of the Noblesse. Two of the six sons were educated for the Army ; •of these, Colonel I....AußtsTos was 'one ; and two for the Royal Navy ; a fifth was ,educated to the Church'. The eldest of the Navy, died in the Expedition of D'ENTaEcAsTeAux round the world.'in - search of I_4 Ptiot/se. The second, .Th e h present Colonel, emigrated with his four younger brothers in 179;. The. Colonel was a twin brother to the thief, who was an Officer in the Navy,. entered the Regiment of Heflor i n t h e pay of England, went 141 the Quiberon Expedition, and was taken and shot by order offALL It kr, or one of his depUtie. The fourth, educated for the army, went in the English service to st. Domingo, and is now settled atjamaica. Th r e fifth lives at pool ; and the sixth, who was a Clergyman, is now \ a partner in the.house of JOHNSTON, 4Aw, andico. in the City of London. - r Colonel LAtilttsTott owes his rortune to the cir cumstance of his having been e'lucated at the tary School at Paris with s; - ,N4PART,E. Thrre they were boys, students together, and they are now nearly of an age 7 I..Auittstoii had obtained the rank of Lientenant of Artillery in the French ser-,,;.., 4 nci eritqcet the Austrian service. In 1796 Ile 'was tak e r i pr i soner in Italy by BON.PAXTE'S Army , at• the corn. mencement of that General's carcer'. LAU' It IVIO , afraid of heing put to death as a traitor, obtain ed an interview with 130/4A;PARTF,' who TC . QM. idled him with emotions of affedion nil alum. tie advised him to enter as a private in the French .service; saying, there was no other way 'of saving his. life. LALTRISTON did so, and BorIAe4x,TE did not forget him. tie took the earliest opportunities 'of promoting him, and made him a bosom.friend.— LAIIIOST was With in Egypt, and has Bien his constant companion in all his peills. ' We never had so great a War Establishment as during the two lqt yeiirs, which has been nearly as folloWs :, .. , ' Seatrien . . - .- - ll2ogo h irst,ritte ships - - - . II _ -sevoiVi-1-ate's - - _ 2.3 " Third ditto - ;53 §nips under 64, Frigates, Sloops, & c . ' 441 • In all, firmed Vessels '628 eii.. Regular Regiments OFFoot - - 96 favalry - •.. - . 30 llattalions Of Artillery - - 4 Itlilizia - - - 32,000 Volunteer Catalry - .- *coo: Ditto Infantry ' , - , - 120,000 . Ditto Artillery - - - , r,OOO •e 4 Fepcibles - - , - s,OOO Foreign Regiments inEnglish:service and . pay eluded, the whole number does not fall much short of half a million of fighting men. There is a schism it seems in Oppcsithn. One ,part is called the old Pipcsit;on,, and the other the nt , n) Oncsition. The former are friends, and the), latter enemies to the Peace. The proper distine tion, however, would be, the Jacobin Opposition and the Constitutional ONosition, for those who ate friendly to the Pene, retain some sense of• the British chargler, but those Opposiii.mists who ex, claim against it, .trust be considered as the enemies of their Country and Mankind. • Mr. WI ripHAm's opposition to Peace will doubt. less be cried up by those who are themselves incon-' sistent in every thing, as the perfe4ion of consist-. ency. • We mean not to detract from that Gentleman's talents, bitt 'we may, without offending him, re,- commend to his recollettion the precepts of one who was not inferior in political and moral knowledge to any who .have succeeded him. " He," says BAcQN, that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils: for Time' is the greatest intro vator..!' Ah 1,, Speaki i ng of the arguments for a stri4 adherence to precedent, he says " All this . is true,if Time stood still, which, contrariwise, moveth so round, that•a froward retentiOn•of cus tom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation." The Parisian Traiters already rejoice at the Pro bability of a visit - from john Bull, and they anti eipate,;wiili great delight, the probability of again seeing the representation of the L' i/r Paris. 'ods- allows vorr les .Angl f t in r, is 'now to be heard in the bar Of every tavern in Paris, and the - picked 11/ . irms and noisy Sueettheats arc preparing for the reception of our Mtn of Taste. • LISBOII, StpT., 26, *r, are still in the same state of ignorance as te our fate; although it is said, that the Spaniards aril . evacuating the Country, yet - the Treaty remain!. unexecuted. The Defence, of 74. Guns, came into our Port some days ago with an English Convoy of Eighteen Ships. They are chiefly laden witt: Warlike Stores for the Portuguese Government.--• As soon as the Auxiliary 1 roops had reached their Winter Quarters, the General gave orders, that they should, hold themselves in readiness to march-at an hour's notice. There is a great held to-day, but as' the result of, their aleateration will certainly not be known before the sailing. of the Packet-boat, we can only form vague guesses upon the subjea. The Owner of a four-masted Ship, Which had been fitted as a Privateer, having offered hiS Vessel for sale, it was immediately looked upon as a sign of Peace by those who had large quanti ties of sugar to dispose of, and wig) could not ever sell it for the freight. The 'intimacy which susists between his Royai Highness Prince Aucusrus, and the- Duke de L'INFAx7ADo, is another prognostic of Peace.— They went yesterday to examine the • new con -struded four-masted Vessel, after which they went on board the Defence, Capt. PROBY. They pass their evenings in the lame society, where there are generally a number of fine women. If this is not the way to arrange the affitirs of their Countrie s , at least it will not tend to dera nge them. 80,6 - (;"(5% sterling, in . piasters, was yesterday put.on hoard the-Defence, for the payment of the Army in Egypt. WESTMINSTER SCHOLARS. SOME of the young Gentlemen of Westminster School having been addressed with the insulting ap pellation of Treucher.cap, by an inha . bitant of one of the streets adjacent to their premises, took a .summary vengeance on the offender, by Bogging him. The man made a complaint to the Master, Dr. VI NC ENT, declaring, at the same time, that he would seek redress at late from the principal offen. der. • The Master wishing .to keep peace with all his neighbours, and zealous for the pres:!ryazion of the discipline of the School, prepared to cor. poral chastisement. The SLudents - had!niltlived so near Westminster-hall to no. purpose : ;. they- rt mon,- strated that it was unjust that any person-001114 be pttnishe4 twice for the same offence,-- 7 The Master persisted in-his resolutiqn i and i-ke Students prepared to rebel. 4ccordingly,,on. Iri-if.iay morning, after:-throwing some books on the I lead -Inasteeb tablet as a signal of revolt, they marched out Ol: ! chdol in a body; - broke the windows of Dr. Wi Nair; o, the tiecond-inaster,i and absented themselves. from all duty for the who!c of that day ; hut cm the next day, refle4ion,. and the advice of their friends, had already coriin•cel them o their fully :- the culprits returned, repentant and submissive. - - The principal offender, he whp ha 4 been most kidiyf: iri flogging the man, yielded himself tq Fur nishrnent ; anal the principal instigator of the rebgl:- lion (a near rel4tiqn of the Ltish Chancer , ;f E : cliquer) Nvs senr,tlic;r4 to ex.p 4 Mo n ,, Quietness , is Low entirely restored. -,.. Qpposition are sty eireaually nonplussed by the excellent measures Of the present "Minirry, 414 more especially by the last -Jet, which restores tran quiiiity to the world, and preserves innumerable blessings to this Nation in partiettlat, that they yeti!. a pecesSity of reverting to the thread-bare and e,) 7 .• ploded sub . of* the 'War; in order to keeb them:. sel yes from sinking into contempt with the feu who have been the dupes of their sophi,try. 'phis is not' to become the favoorite topics and ail the thf:,.toric• lOgic, and eloquence of Dissention, are" to be caber } foftli in reprobating anew those expedients of the late Administration which have so sue. - ..es:,fully the foUnditiOri of that inestimable good %arch Bri tons are about to erjoy, The task, no doubt, will be an arduous . one ; fr r the glorious termination of the Contest' in which v c have so lamentably, but nnavoidably, been eng.,g ed, ".has completely disconcerted our P a t rrotrc Steed7-makers, and deranged - all those effusions of oratory that were preparing against the muting of Parliament : it has already produced a very sensible effect at an Anniversary Election Dinner, and it is more than probable that the argument,s from the same quarter will, on the approaching 'Session, • equally betray the weakness of the cause, and the imbecility of an expiring Party, Nor can it bc otherwise ; for our incnniivrabJe Premier, by t he gratification of national feeling, has diffaLed quiver sal satisfadion, and manifested that genuine Amax I)a.-titriE which the ambitious Candidate for power Must necessarily be destitute of. The People mot now ask those zealots Who endeavoured to deluti them, "'What has become of the calamities which you so often predicted to our Countty'? Where is 11 16 &appointment, the disgrace, the discomfiture Where the utter ruin you so positively, yet vainly' portended ? Are we to' seek - for them :pricing the laurels wehave gathered in the Baltic and in EgYFF —in these Expeditions that you so much rioicate4 and .by anticipation pronouneed abur tive ? Is raltg' to be discovered in the midst of triuniph,—in eri 11 0 ', nourable Peace obtained . by Conquest—not huniblli sued for, as basely represented- by the Enemies 01 our Glory and Prosperity ?" But to assert that more advantageous term; might have been procOred at former period, of ti! c War, is false and slanderous : on the contrary, . 1= is extremely doubtful whether that desirable 't was, till, latterly, attainable bv any cO ce»it)°9whatever ; but certainly not without a - total nunciation of the Honour, Dignity, and Interest of this Country ; and it is only since our sucCessftd Expedition against the Coalesced_ Poweri of ' l4 North; and the recovery ;:f E g yp t , thatTrancelo6 Manifested an ardent de s ire f or t h at a mity whit; has so auspiciously taken place .for;the honour an mutual adva . ntage of both Nations. Some of the wicked Wits of Opposition . still sinuate that Mr. WINDHAM. did not ilitirnin3ie f ° the Peace.-- 7 -His hope was-tertain l Y lighted up sulli . cientjy to make darkness ,visthle. and ni Truce Ear fr om ( singer ?acke Guard Naval Muni( to mei a PPOir aengel the p night] the sa the N and C A pa Tp~~ ieachc AR Admi S I • ; E -2t)t . Waid Voy i; 6 i) thi iiieil &eace io.dr.t? leSy, )1044 Tins b e 1)2 1144 C titte htth 61-1 to wn, Prep( bia t ds Hi /41„7 , Gun_ -Nav ) ttls t ense inf o a n, . f ?es c ! Lo 7.Bth :apt 4 8 al of 1, 48 a rr Iv ere 'III LI , loai ttz i `boar r,f r , ;t i e t 4i ti ti t e 6 bit rar er -40,4 s