The Sun.
London, England, 1801-09-02 00:00:00

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LONDON', 'SEPTEMBER :

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WE last night received.' Paris Papers to the 30th
ult. which were tiroitglq. to.-Dover in a Flag of
Truce, an 4 which -were fo'kwarded to Town by Ex-
press. They flrititin no news of MVO inVortance.
the,Man;teut:4 of both days which have reacho,us,i
are 4110 with the Proceedtipgs, of the Diet of Katz}_;
'bon, front the,Ratification of the Peace oflunen.7;//e,
that is, from the.Slttings.4 the 6th and.7lllofl
March, down to the Sth of April. These details

are far too long, and too uninteresting, to allow us
to-devote to them all that space which they would
occupy in one Paper, particularly As nothing decisive
hay yet taken place. 'A letter from-Ratisbon of the
latest date is said in the
_7o-zit-7al de Defirseurs, to
represent the greater pare of the votes of the Eccle-
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siastical States as favouring the conferring .on His
MAIE STY unlimited powers for'set-
ding the definitive arrangements which relate to
the effdling of the Peace of the:Empire,
All the accounts from the places situated on.the
coasts of the French and Batavian Republies; agree
in 'F
epresint g the alarm, which has been excited by
our operations, and by the vigilance of our Cruizers,
as very considerable, •

The Tiers Consiolide was on the 27th at 4S.—
The 28th being a decadi, W 4 are in possession of no
later price.

WE feel ourselves called upon to make Some :ob-
servations on a -most gross and unwarrantable Mis.
representation of the • Convention 'signed at
Petentburgh on the r7th of June,' which a'ppeared
in the Morning Poit of yesterday. 'From our expe,'
rience of that Paper, we are notsurprized at its total
ignorance of 'the sUbjed. of the Law of Nations, but it
is scarcely possible, on the present occasion, that the
Writer of the Paragraph can have. even read the-
Treaty on which he presumes to comment. The
first assertion in. this Paper is, that. the Northern
Confederacy have gained all they desired, for that.
all Naval Sio!•es„, every thing necessary. for •the
construaion of a Fleet, may now •be freely import-
e'd into -France in time of War, under the authority
of Great Britain.—This is false the
.Northern
Powers have acquired no more in this respeet than
the Government •of Great Britain allowed them to
, possess previously to the signature of the -Treaty
:of Armed 'Neutrality. The 'state .of the case as to
Hgcintraband.,_is.as folloWs : Great Britain has alvv'Ays
:•,4,iontendetl'thztilNaval Stores were. contraband,: un-
"l.6i'keinptattY.y specific. "1: reaty : the rules respea.
ili.••7; • _ •
ng contraband in the different. Treaties into which
~Great-Britain has.- entered with,othdr Powers, •1-e
various.--/By • the 'Treaty with. Denmark, NaVal
Stores are admitted to be Contraband ;' by the
Treaty with Sweden, the Admiralty Courts of this
Country have considered_ them likewise as Contra.
, band; bdt as the' Terms of the Treaty have been
thought ainbigueMS, a middle course has been adopt
ed,' and the right. of pre-emption has been sabsti.,
ttited for that -of confiscation.-L-..8y the Treaty with
Russia,- concluded in- I 797,- as, 'ivoll as in the pre-
ceding one of 1766, Naval. Stores, were specifi.
tally exempted from being consicfered as Contra-
band of War.---The present
.Corryention annuls the
Treaty of Armed Neutrality of December last, ;ii.(-1
by reviving the 'former. Treaties, places the question
of Contraband upon -precisely the same footing 'on
which it • has stood during . the progress of this
and former Wars, The exemption of, Naval *StoteS
from being considered :as Contraband. of War in
tavour of Russia is no 'new Concession, but' is sim.
ply a Recapitulation-of the Article tp -the same ef-
fea in the Treaties of 1766 and 179.7.—This fayour
was granted to Russia
.in return for considerable
Commercial advantages obtained by,this Country.
No.materialinjury could arise to the Interests. of
' this Country from making this Coneessionfin favour
o RuS'sia, a 4, from the total want of any .Mercan,
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tile, Marine, it was-not possible • for her to supply
the' Enemies of Great Britain with these 'articles 'to
any considerable extent. Denmark, Sweden, and
other Powers to which it might be dangerous to
make this Concession, are still precluded from this
Trade, precisely to the same extent as they were
'before. •

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The next assertion, that the Right OE. Search eN_ i
tends no farther than seeing whether the Frilote, 1,
,LuilApy L. 6 il,„ Merchantmen, has:the regular papers
and documents to show of what tii,ii...c...-3,,,, ron_
sist, is equally destitute of foundation; If there
exists any ground of suspicion; .the ,Seafcli may in
all eases be, continued, notwithstanding. the Pape.r !
and Ce't'tifie;.iteS should be :regnla.o. ThelgriorimCe ?,
of the Wtiterof.this Paragriph is so great, thache
appears not to-knoW that the ancient and.subsisting ;
Treaties of this Country. contain Stipulati,onS'to‘ the i
. ;
Same•effed, not • unit' With—re-tea to. Ships tindps
,Cprioy, . cohere the word 'and cleelaratiOn,qvii ci
:K.'ing'S Officer may be had,- but with respe6t. miall
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sino-le Ships wh:ttever. And there is\this addit;onal
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cec'urity in the present Treaty, that 4:is distP6tly :,
~itiitgated., that under no pretc.x.t is thii"Shiipl ofsWar
.41.-tiTht, by force, the cietentiol :of a Me. tllir iit- Ship
:Or4ps, 'by, the Ship, or Ships if Waroi tie II lir:. I
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sere:4'4. Power.. _..-r . . , .. ~, , ~„ . • • . .:.
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. . The Treaty' de, Aimed Neutrality of Deceit blir
last was-considered by •Parliarriprif:anti thetountiy,
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as containing an engagement -on the' part, of, the
Contrataing Powers-j to establish by fOree,certain
arinciples.of Maririmetaw, inconsis,tent with the
...i.gtltt and interests.O(fliis' Cotintry.- If lits'MA.-
il
J E,STY 'S Goieernment had succeeded it) dissolving

that CortederaCY,Thney would nave iti:qt-TcferTal
that could have been reasonably expeaed; but they
have proceeded. further, and have been successful
in obtaining, not only a renuncivion of the hostile
principles ofithe• Armed Neutrality, but an express
recognition of those Maritime Rights which this
Country has always considered as essential tp.its
Prosperity and Security. The two favourite ob.
: jets of the Armed Neutralities-were : First,-Tani
F_REE.I39TTOMS MAKE FREE GOODS ; and Secondly,

lUE PROTECTION OF MERCHANTMEN UNDER CON

V9Y FROM EVERY SPECIES OF.SEARCH. The
first has been wholly abandoned—the Property f eV?
Enemy on board a- Neutral Ship is acinqxledged by.
this Treaty.to be laczcyilt Prize. With respeCt to
the second—the light of searching Meraant Shills
under Convoy is unequivocally. admitted,
~with thi
qualification only of its being exercised by Royal
Ships, and not-by .Privateers. And we doubt who-.
thet any map will be hardy enough to assert, that
any practical inconvenience Call. result &am this iii
mitation. - •

In addition to these most important advantages:
the abuse of the Neutral Flag, so often and sici
justly complained of in this-and in all former Wars,
is carefully and effe4ually provided against by the'
Article ivrthe Treaty,. that stipulates that 'no Vessel
,ruha 'fever is to be considered as the property-v-11v
Country whose Flag it carries, unless, the Captaig
of the Ship and one half of the Crew are the Subjecis
of that Country.

Two liamburgh Mails became due this morning/
neither of which had arrived when this Paper waS
put to Presi: ,

The Hon. Mr..PAGET has reached Calais, ;on his
road to Vienna.

This morning— arrived a • Mail :frOm Lisbont
brOtighi.to 'Falmouth by the Prince of Wales Packet
in twenty-four days.

HIS MAJESTY, it is now decided, dots not go to
Bath tins year.
Friday evening,HisApyal Highness the 1") T
Gtonc EsTr R arrived at the Suit- Inn, Southclinpton,
from the I4le of Wight, where 11r hall been to visit
his stn PRINCE WILLIAM. lie.iS Since no tO.
Lyndhurst, at Which place he is expeeted to reinal
some time.

Yesterday the-Loab Mi:t.yort was waited on at
the iViansion-house by the ivhdter and Wardens 01e
the Baker? Company to' set die Assize of Bread:,
and •it appearing by, the MealweigheW reports rhag
Wheat and Flour had fallen very considerably• since
their lass reports, his Lordship ordered. the Bread
to be lowered four Assizes, ok.Bd. in the.Pseck Loaf,
which will take place -tO-tnOrrow ; , the Quartera
Loaf will then be sold for is. (44 Wheaten,- and.,
id. Household. • •
the late meeting of the Lord Lieutenant. :Ina
Deputy Lieutenants of Sussex, on the subje4=t in
removing
tiasiOn,- General littr.st, obviate-the-neLesoity 01,c
the (lead' stock, had it been judged prifc"
ti&ble, proposed the expedient of e;:using..all
milLstories;to be broken in the 'neighbourhood'. df
the spot where the:Enemy should. effek.A landing:
Last Saturday a division of 'the West.. Essex
}elementary Militia, marched into LeWes, Jon, their
route to join their regiment in BlechingtOn Barracks'
• • Yesterday morning Morrslttrß and the 1.. c
DE TIR. BOBON left town, to pasS a:few days'OW
the Earl of LI Vfli POOL, at Addiscombe, •whidle;
they are gone on a shooting party.
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The Dukes of ORLEANS aud,CHARTIZES arrive
at the King's Arms Inn, at Ayr, on WedneoaY
last ;'where they..wete met by Colunei FuLLAit.rol4'
who concluCtedshem to his seat of.FUllarton.i They
intend spending-Some time in that pars. of Scollang'

American Papers • up, to the' 20th -Of" July hal
been received, but they contairi. particulars- 0'
importance. •
Advice has been received at New-York, from rht
Commanders of some American vessels on ~he cogs
of Spain, signifying that they had escaped from' I'te
Corsairs of • Tripoli solely by' the•generoiis protec-
tion 0,4, some British ships of war. The import:oo
80(1 the. kindness of 'this service from Britons 111';
felt with-warm gratitude in America-.... . •
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:,.v.aA .De
ite:donputthactiAon of themerian MCinhiesrteorkee sat,
\'\rribasses -latelyilitigtoi,
and:rnutunl„ assurances of peace were:renewed he-
tween the two Nations. The arts 4..civilized,lit!i
wpre be,ginuing .to prevjii arnpg tbesesavages, 3''a
ti..aropean instruments", of . agrieulttitie were i')
variety of ingtances employed. 1-
, ,
\k:S Ness York o°l,
Calcutta, of a late date in Maich :last. Lien ren37
nE His :Majesty's •SI Sff wit4l' rp 71
1-w,ebly-ifiive..persons ot.:the CreW., .went; 1h the. t','
ginning of that, month; ashore:on -riia.irici6st.
on the Coasr'of fortrturtleS,,
Ardsseci and ate of, isoine.'6f t'h.eni as
conveniently. .could. They ate; of noshing.els I.l°E
:tg ;-141,,. yet wonr'af;ei 'Waking that 'req,
Turtle, they all sickened tei.Cv
only Lielitenafit Mm.,:eothit tine Other. el•'•1 •
OW of the whole- twenty.:si3Z survived: 4
Woodmen of Ardeti, 'met Mdrtday s?'
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.rught ;at Packington, in N.ktrwkkkliire", I_4;)'rd AYPr,"
.I.t.)ko!sseiii- to celebrate their annual dia`nd
A very skilful ecitnpetitibn'toolt plate atii-he7grlii
,targett.rcl-G: RE PINGTQN, i',ESSl4.:Obtaltl4:4leig°
"as first gold-shoel,..aud, THOMAS PALM °l5l,
'Vf$Cl.l the silver inecfzi4.,''as'•s-eeord gold slidt:.
.ratter Gentleman was vilsdaleulared Cap,taiii.i,t Nu' c
was , sho
.belt. NY,‘ednerselay: the Silver Arrow:,
for,:at the di.st4noe of :it •••yird., 'and' won. 6y-
F ER.`3TO ikr.. The -Silver. 1.34.ie Was Non. on 0.75
-day, at the;d4tance. ),,ards,- by - 14
PALNIF.R, Esq.—ln the .1..0t/F6' fotthe I_,ad
Miss BRAE, of
,Coleshill, ;-dretvrtlae Arf?.`4;
and Mrs:CAttr daughtecifihe Laird
of Arran, drew the Gold Bugle, •

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