The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-06 00:00:00

LONDON, 0 CTO BE R 6, iSoz.

ON the great and happy event which -has so un-
cxpeaedly burst upon the Country, and, which has
called forth, so universally, its admiration and gra-
titude towards those who have been the instruments
of Providence in bringing it about, we -shall not
perhaps think it necessary to offer many observa-
tions till the Ratification of the Preliminaries shall
arrive. We shall neither descend to comment on
the effrontery of one journalist, who has dared to
ondemn the secrecy with which the Negotiation has
been carried on, nor animadvert on the consistent
inconsistency of another, the most 'unprincipled that
ever insulted the feelings and understandings of a
too-tolerant Public, which, on Friday, asserts, that
Peace ought to be mare on any terms—on Saturday,

applauds those who had made it:=--and, on Mondizy,
reptobates the Terms on which* had been conclud-
ed. Had it pioved -less honourable for the Country,
• and- less creditable to Ministers, it might perhaPs
have continued to experience the. applause of the
Editor of the Morning Chronicle.
,But even in this moment of general exulta.
tion, when our attention has naturally -been so
much ecgrossed by the cheering and consolatory
cause of it for the last three or four days, .we,
feel' ourselves almoit, bound to apologize to our
• .
Readers for nor having adequately expressed our
-sentiments on an event, which is so closely con-
tikicd with it, and which has ,so essentially con-
,
tributed to it ;we Tear?, the {teal; success of our
arms 'in Asjpt. Happy for this Country, that
while Wisdom and Talents have ruled our Conn._
ells at home, Zeal, Skill and Valour have dire red
our military operations abroad, and that the splendid
-co-operation of both has placed-Great Britain in a
situation, which though all, or almost all, might
wish, we believe that few were so '
sanguine as to
look. forward.to—
Qdod Divam'promittere. N.crao—
huderet.u- • •

In the ,original conception of • that stupendous

enteri'rize, we discover a vigour of mind, and an
• extent of politic-al sagacity, to Wilich the world will
ever bear testimony, but to our estimation of which
we are absolutely at a loss for words to do justice.:
.The objea.of it was not merely to avert danger
from our East India possessions, to afford -ge-
nerous assistance to a faithful" Ally, but to
remove an obstacle whiCh- must have remained an
insuperable one to all chance of a Negotiation for
Peace. All these conSiderations, wisely enter-
tained and vigorously ailed. upon by the late Ad_
ministration, .have been wisely and vigorously
prosecuted by the present. If the Country -owes,
asit does, 'infinite obligations to the War Minister,
who planned, the Prime Minister who adopted, and

the Commander in Chief Who so ably carried it into
,effea, and who has, so abundantly earned the confi-
dence of the Country ; no less is due to those who
have so strenuously followed up the blow, and have

completely attained the great ob.
t jOl, which had been with. so much decision and
Zvi>du ra planned by their Predecessors.
But of the Army which had to carry this vast
criterpriic into efija, what shall we say ' What,
trials 'had they- not to' undzigo ? What diffieul ties
Of every descriprior, had they not to surmount ?

:What dangers ii.ad they not to encounter ? Cooped
up as they hem in Tr,:nsparts for many months,
unac,:w.toir,,,,l 10 the ign4tantof the Coasts
.before z.Uv landed, -and rti-Iccivainted with all the
Posts and local advantages anti disadvantages of the
Country after the :Us-embarkation was effeaed, they
had to face.art Enemy, at least, o:le-third'their supe-
'Tic:- in nUmber, cothpoFid of the finest 'Troops in the
French service, inured lo the Clirnate, every where
strongly entrenched, .abundantly supplied' with pro-
visions, and who' had ten for three years in com-
plete and undisputed possession of the'Country.

" Think they cried,' rlauglat remains !"

This seems to have been 'their motto, and they
have steadiiy and gloriously acted up. to it. ' They
have executed more than their Country could have
expeEted from' them ; and all that military spirit,
discipline, and an ardent zeal in their Country's
Cause could have .:ttchieved. Great Britain is
grateb4, and their, fame is immortal. We will
boldly pronounce the 'result, as well as the detail,
of the Egyptian Campaign, as the most splendid,
in the great Outline, 'and in all its parts, that has
ever graced the Military Annals of this, or any
other Country,

This Lit sulijeet
as highly animating to our feelings, in
,ursison,• we
are sure, with those of the Country at large. The.
consequences of this Atchievement will lOng be
felt ; but possibly not so long as the Glory of it.
will be recognized.. The latter will.be eternal! 'We
close this subjeft with protesting, that' no circum. -
stance attending the. termination of this War will
afford us more heart-feltrapture, than the considera-
tion that an end is.thus put to the toils of that illus.
trious Band of Heroes, whose efforts have so deci.
sively contributed to it ; whose example can'
never cease to operate on every British bosom,
and who, on their return to their Native Land,
will be received by their Friends, and be hailed by
their Country, as amongst the best Assert9rs of its
Cause, and its most gallant Defenders and Protec.