The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-14 00:00:00

PORTS AM • IVl4lrcit j,

SA ILED His Majesty's Ship Aicmates. forqite
North Seas.

1)444L, IVIAR,c..H• 13.

His Majesty's Ship D4*.axce, Rear-Admiral
Paikvs,, sailed, yestcr4ay..vvening to. join the_
North Sea Fleet and the Fc,rtitile Frigate to
the Westward., •

,The Eirphafit and Raiyeu Sloops•of" cal"
in this morning. from, Portsmouth : the former
sailed for 'Yarmouth the latter-remains with the
geyer.y.fsel, Terpsichore, Neme.th, Swvttii r, and Gifu
Sloops, _
Tile Sir Stephen Ifnihinton, Captain.Cooctr,
with another East India:Company's ShipAnaaser‘
not known), came down this afternoon, *and ree
main,

SHEERNESS, MARCH 13.

Tars day the Jamaica, Trimmer-Fire-Nesse,:
and Provislenea hired Cutter, went put of Harbour.

YESTERDAY Captain AU;TEN, of the Navy,
arrived at the Admiralty, with intelligence of
Adrnizat GANTRX MIMI'S Squadron hay it put
into Tendon to refit; • In - this cast-, it will pro-
bably •bC overtaken by Sir ROBERT CALDER,
and•blocked- up in T-oulon, or at least its progress

towards-. Egypt .iery mattrially rctarded. s'

Advices have beenjeceivectat the Admiralty,-
Of the actual commencement 'of Hostilities against
the Sweilei. = The• Dryad Frigate, Capt.' MANa.:
4 r 44 Li hr on -her passage to, the Westindies, fell in
with a Swedish Frigate. Capt. MANSFIELD,, wish.
h
mg, to spare, t exprieeessary effusion of blood, sent
a boat off to itiforin the Swedish 'Commander.of
the-orders. he, had .received,, to stop and.detain all
the vessels. of • that nation,-he -might faki' its with;
• and notifying. to him the inevitable consequence
of his not surrendering his ship.‘ Not receiving
a satisfakftory :answer, a smart I\6ion ensued .;
*ha the. event was 'such" as mighCbe eXpeeted.
The. Sweiliah- Frigate ha§ been brought into
Cork, with the lbss. of five men killed and-seven..
, teen ivoundca. •

.. ~'RAIVCE:

PARIS, MARcti 6.

7411 E Merchants of Embden have informed the
Merchants of Antstiftiant, that the Kt NC of
PRUSSIA has forbidden all communication with
ENglanti.
The EMPEROR of RUSSIA has united to his
States the Province of Georgia, formerly called
Grusin:ta, and which lies to the South of Mount

Caucasus : This acquisition is very important to
its connexions with Turkey and Persia.
In proposing two laws to the Legislative

Body, one for proroguing the taxes of the z oth
year ( tBox-1802), the other for placing at its
4 disposal a sum of zoo millions, part of such taxes,
Government has not, for the following reasons,
brought forward the Budget of that year.
zst. Because the Budget is the most important
operation of the Legislature, it cannot be settled
until the year for which it is intended is come,
otherwise the Legislature of that year would be
deprived of part of its due influence in the Ad-

ministration.

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2(1. Because d Bitagei'Of the zoth year must
depend on the political events of that year, which
tannounow be foreseen.

It is necessary) however) to provide for the

service of the first three month.; of the year,"and
this is the reason why,gitWernment. has proposed
the above laws to
• (Moniteitr,) • ' •

. .
, or-
•' MARCH 7.
M. ICACi.TC HOF'F-arrilkd this day, and alight-
.
lea at the Mitit• prepark.44l).t.him; by the Minister
.of thirnterict.. He nieelevery 'where with the
_ greaten "•repeee: .
just learn-
ed the diiakreable news, that an English Frigate
-look (4I the ;di inst. several Swedish Vessels in
the open Port of 11rp404,A cookii2Op;;Ritoer.
The English .I‘iii.:l.s4iiiirtici‘d'Afoti. std vndua
them • The •Gitirison of diuciitat is -to- he in.
creaseet'to two men.
.1•
MARCH a. •
'The. Kozo of 114 r t.o.tas,• 'ft Itaid,:con.
'nded- an ;Attnist.k.e wth France ir is said
:that Citizen
Whither the Marquis tit a-A
-Lt.,-6 "ininieiliately
repair, in order to treat of a Definitive Peace
twtween the two States.

VIENNX, Frt. EMPEROR has rati-
ieel the Treaty of Peace, and the Cabinet Cou.
tier EYeTIMAYE it, has proceeded to Lune-vine,
the ItA tßeil r
to chrry thither
MAJESTY
.
The Envoy of our Court at &dim, has been
ordered to propose to the Prussian Cabinet the
astablishment of a closer connexion between the
two Courts, , having For its objeil the general
good of Gernmy ; ana we areassuied,,that he has
t eceived. from the Court of "Berlin assurances of
the most_ favourable dispositions on this head.

• CONSTANTINOPLE) JAN. 16.--The Secretary
of Lord ELGIN has. returned to this Capital,
having, it is said, brought official intelligence of
.second aii;iiion of the English -Fleet having
arrived ut Marmarissa.
American Agent- at Paris has addressed
the folliming Note to the American Agents at
the other ports

_ .
A:circular Letter of Mr: CAT. CART, the
Agent of the United States at Tripoli, in Barbary,
datedAd January-last, informs us, that that Re_
cency has officially declared 'War against the
0
United Sfates; and that the K Ivo of SWEDEN
having made a Treaty with the Regency, can no
longer, by his Frigates in the Mediterranean,
protea our Ships against the Tripoline Corsairs.
—• • -
Communicate this disagreeable intelligence to
our Merchants and Captains, and also to such
American Agents as you are conneeted with."
We aeg assured that the Treaty of Peace, with
the Ratification of the EMPEROR, will be pre.
5-clued to the Legislative Body this day.