The Sun.
London, England, 1801-04-10 00:00:00

prodi4ce changes in the present relative degree

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the powers of different States;- that as all-the-law
has diSappeared, there will no longer be any fixed
or knOwil basis ; and that henceforth the sword"
must decide every. contest, We may therefure
believe that the -last Peace of the Qcontinent 'will
leave a very perficlioniffierniitance to posterity. 'they
will. probably havqmjtpffer net less than the present
generation has done from the scourge of War; from
the .stilivkiqion of property, and from the destruelion"
of, all morality in politics:.
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One IlambosZ Mail remains due,.
HIS MAJESTY, yesterday,. took •the exercise .of
riding on hor,seback, in the Riding-hciuse at Pim,.
lico. - ' . • •
The Qv Ent, and PailicE3SES EL4A4BETHI
RV) SornrA, and Arsixt:ts, 'accompanied by the
Marchioness of 13Arif and the Countess of gi.y,
took an airing n their carriages. on the- icing's
ROati,
Yesteitillv. 'morning His' Royal Highness the
Pg uof :WA't ESs. Attended by the. Earl pf BAR.
RYMOKE, left Town:far Brighton. . •
A Council of the Cabinet Ministers was yestgrday
held at 1,041 1-I:4l47KEsstnty's office, in Ppwning.--.
. street. ; -•...- •
Yesterday' Mr
.VANSITTART entered upon
hrs.:Office as S'ecretaty.ro,the Treasury, in' the room
of Mr..C.-Lotio, , who, tooklis leave, A Board
was herd upprtlhe qeCii*nl at-which Mr. ADD 9
TQ pre'sided, •
Yesterday a. Court of Direaars was held .at•
the
.Es Eakt, India House, when DAVID SCOTT and
CHAIt!„ •Mtt-ts, Esqrs. were chosen thairman,
and Deputy,' for the year ensuing.
The Court adjourned at five o'clock till Tuesday
next.

The Batavian GoVernment seems to be disposed
to set an example which it would become that of
France to imitate, viz, in the idea of affording
some compensation to the House of Qatar'er for
the 'Property it lost by the Revolution. flow dead
to every thing like humanity must the People of
France be if they can contemplate the situation of
their rightful Monarch, with Out feeling a wish to
make him some coni*n 4e
tii,on' for the want of his
inheritanee, rejected 4s is throughout Rurope,
and Obliged to procure even- the necessaries of life
by pledging `the- jewels of his Niece. Surely the
charader of Frenchmen is not so much Revaliqio.n. i
hedas to deprive--them of all compassion f9r an
Illustrious vidim, who seems now to want the
consolation even of Vope, the .last resource of
the wretched.
The Opposition have been very resolute against
the Bill for continuing Martial Law in Ireland,
though there is every 'reason to believe, from 1
the testimony of the' Irish Members,
.that it is the
only measure calculated to preserve that Country
as a_ art of the British Empire. It might be sup-
posed. that -some -deference tvoula be ilaid to the
onintein32or en3iBfiti.n..4 frif:n.,,, selid::Jl3 a.,,,, 4:v•ary
possible advantage of loc-01 knosyletige vfhose
property has .been deeplrinjured; and whose lives
have bee.i,endangered.,bithe excesses of..lriih Re_
bullion. But c 4 .he jests at seats who never felt a
wounajt! and the Opposition Menibers'have never
been e.xposesl..to greater danger than the midni4lit
excesses of a tavern.meeting.
The-.necessity of a Union to the improvement of
Ireland, seems to be evident, from the inefficacy of
lei-met attempts. to' improve its situationd Many
inefiedual attempts at civilization hare been made
by, parricu)ar Statutes. By a Statute of Elizabeth,
they it*. I.Qrbicid.ep to -wear, their- hair over tly..ir
faces, their beards on their upper lip, or s.iffroll
shirts-rwhith were worn till :they dropt off their
backs).; is 'these were'usarlios, favour their theft
and rapine. -'They are forbidden.by other Statutes
from tearing the wopl4off liv,e sheep, instead of
shearing them:. andtko Statutes of Charles I. for-
bid.thcfm-to plough w itfi - theirkaner .1,1;11, or burn
their oats:in- the straw; ~.-" '

Of the political charaaer of TNLI, rEN We
lately iook a glance. It is hardly. necessary to
recapitulate the whole, of his history: our Readers
will :not easily forget that TL
ALIIi N voted far
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the death of Louts XVlth ; that it was he who
set in motinn the Guillotine at Bourdeaux ; who
pren etl over the •Massa,res of the zd Septem-
ber, and o'er tholerO 'QUibelli, It is said, we
know hat 11,-)w truly, that .:Quo, was I:lVit(d
meet him at the house of Mr. forns, where he
dined, 'Nit thAr that gentleman declknO going.

A detachment of the Danish Army has taken
fobsession of the City of Lobed:. 'Ter were re-
ubed adinittance for ,ix hours, inni were obliged to
Cannonade the place before the inhabitants conso\t,
eci to open their gates. Abp intelligence.reached
liamhurgh on the 28th, that the Prussians had
entered the Territory of Illanover, without any
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(wow ICLII

The Butchers of Plymouth have agreed to sell
meat on the 13ili mat. for 7cr. per lb. ; and the
Bakers to sell their flour at 31. 35. per sack.
The Magistrates assembled at Taun,ton, for the
Devon Asslzesl took the formal opinion of Messrs.
DALLAS; Gt. ess, 'L Ns, aaTitIPP, respecting the
extentof their poe to suppress Riots and Insur-
redions, by the aid of military foxe, which opinion
sanctions` the, exercise of their anthoritY, in coin.
manding the Military. to a 6 against lilsorgents,
who may compel the farmers,•&c. '!o, sell their pro-
perty, at the will of a Mob, without • the previous
measure of reading 'theltiot

The OppO,sition'Printilhave Tiibliillett an article
purporting to 4c .an exridet-filoin .ji-p'riv4e Letter
(tom an oster on boaratillioNotii Bi/a Fleet;" but
the artWe' in question otinitiqsltlch a de,,ponding,
account of the rliflieu4ies likely tk)
rci,4: tile Expedition', that it neYtT. on be st;plxnej
the British Natty. is ilinraceci by an Ciftircr of sN)
timid will. dastardly a tktnpere vett if 14. ~11 1){:
go higher in lank titan Captain
'fl itawkilis,Pre4veh f6r :Irtic)),
!1.191:1 aria fiat back to , . •
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