The Sun.
London, England, 1801-04-04 00:00:00

LONDON, APRIL 4., 1:•;31.

Tx Is—mOrniiigi- and-
.rot before; Mr. N. VA:.
S tr,rAfßtarti.vc!bin Town, baying. landed at-Leith
-on --,Wecln esclayl last, from the Kit?. Cutter, •in
which Vessel .Mr.- DRUMIIOND likewise came
hotne. trVA'NiITTArt. T went. immediately On-his
arfival in.-Town, to-The Admiralty and to Downing-

stteet. He left the Fleet on. the'evening of the 2 3d,.
all well; it having passed the Cattegat, and it
was lying to oft' KrilleniiPoixt, on the S. W. roaft
of Sweden,' very near the -entrance of -the Sound.
The weather was moderate, and the.wind favour-
,.
able.

IT is some time since our, Readers were apprized,
that our Ministers had taker; fneasures. to ascertain
the disposition of the French Government:with re_
sped to Negotiation, and we have already stated,
that the answer upon the subjett was as favourable
as we Could wish. . • . '

LUC( WHITWORTH is fixed upon as did Negbtia..
tor between this Country and France. Those Who
are acquainted with the charader of this Nobleman,
know that a person of more engaging and coneiliat--
ing manners could not have been chOsen.. We stall
not, like many of. air Cotemporaries, alien to state.
the precise words of BON AP ARTE'S 411SIVer to the
Proposition which has been sent to him, but we
can state CONFIDENTLY, that it does not breathe
any, sentiment averse to entering. upon Negotiation.

. .
TlisiStiocb .journals are now generr.iiy. very
detrOliPolitiriFeiest.—lt is to Ccr. ally that.,We
must look for twit information which most itutue:
.diateiy.'COneeins Osr*and the intelligence brought
by the last Mail. is peculiarly of this natuiT.l.:._
Out Reader's. are aware that we have now 'COine
to the critical, moment. which •is to decide our
differences with the. Northern 'Powers in Europe'.
According to the latest intelligence from (:..p,,i-
hagen and Ehincur, which was of the- z4th ult.
little doubt was entertained in those Cities .that
our Fleet would.on'the following:day force the pas-
sage of the SOund, 'and the- Wind:hav ing b'een favour-
able, We May rest assured that.,tbe evcnt, has taken
place, and we trust with that, succati which the
justice of our cause and the valour of bar SeAthoft
entitle us to CxpeCt.'

While, however, on the 'one hand,' make.rhe
Maritime Poweri of tbe"Baltie repent of their obsti-
nacy, we have but too niuch. reason te: suppose that
the Continental Power, which has, though unwil-
lingly, coalesced in their viewi, will enter into the
plans -against us, and will do us. all the miechief in
its Power by land. Prussia has already signified to
the Manse Towns of Hamburgh arid. Bremen, that
its troops would on the Ist April quit their Can-
_t .
onments, in order to lake possession of the Mouths
.of .the Wrier and the Enr., and ter stop all Com-
mercial ConstnUnicationS between the Continent and
Great Britain ; 'The rumour in the City, was yes.
,-01
ter4ay, the Danes had taken possession of
Handiorevicifrhe Duke of Otost.4,stitit, the
Proprietor "cif the small Fort of Elsfierh, situated
about eighteedmiles below B,7mrn, has been 4i6.
.obliged to signify to the Merchants of Breorts,•that
-heneefotth all their Ships laden on account of
the English would be detainek., at.ElOrth, where
the Prussians will probably este:3l4lr some hundred
men. The Banks of the Ems likely, be
, .
guarded with equal seventy. .
. Disagreeable as is the expeetation of these events,
of which the operations in the Baltic,will, no doubt,
hasten the`exeCutiOn, we feel it our duty' to -tate
them to the,, Public,. wbo. have beep, indeed, long

• •
prepared for such intelligence. If they be Eleju-
dijal to our interests, they must be still, more so
to those of the Continent, and particularly to those.
of the North of Germany. They. are already 'as
unpopular as possible, as they must occasion a
great number of Bankruptcies,, must unite: men in
a general Confederaiy, _am! must produce a toi_
siclerable augmentation "in the Price of all ColQa-21
Produce,

Tile French FunLis have experiered. 3 consider.
abli rise. The T;ers Ca./fie/Aich . • •
were 3 short
time ago at
,51 'and a fraaion)- cr•qe go the,..yaiii.