The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-16 00:00:00

LONDON, OCTOBER x 6, aol,

WE this morning received Paris Papers to tlle
33th inst. They present us very little subjett for
observation, The French Minister for Foreign
Affairs, has announced officially the Signature of
Peace with Russia, and the Exchange of the Ratifi-
ations. No Preliminaries appear to. have been
igned between those rwo Powers,, nor could they
have been necessary, for the Treaty where little
was to be adjusted, can contain little more than
a declaration of Peace. and Amity.—ln the general
pacification of Europe, Turkey is to be included,.
and a Treaty is shortly to be entered into, sayi the
Clef du Cabinet, between that PoWer and France.
The 'French Papers dd not give qs any further
information 'with respe& to • the matter in-dispute
between Prussia and •Austria ; but the question is
stated with the pro and 'can, in an article froni
Angsburih .Of the 4th of Otiober". the opinion of
the writer appears to be, that the Court of Vienna
will be forced to give way ; but fads seem as much
to favour the contrary opinion. The'Politicans of the
Continent have, however, 'in all their .distractions,
the consolation of hoping that they shall soon be re-
lieved from their present state of .suspense.'

The French Tiers Cons°lide are stationary at 55;1.

The Harnburgh Mail due 'on Wednesday is •not
yet arrived.'

Yesterday mornitig His MAJESTY, accompanied
'hyHis Royal Highness PRINCE A66',rims, took
an airing in his phaeton to Kew..
The QUEEN and the' elder PRINCESSES, in so.:
ciables, followed.
After viewing the improvements, . THEIR MA-
JESTIES returned to Windsor to dinner.'
Their Royal Highnesses- PRrnEssas SormA.
and ANI.EI, IA rode out on horseback, attended by
Lady ALB/NA CUMIIERLAND.
We have great pleasure in stating, that the DUKE
of GLOUCESTER. is recovered from his late indispo-
sition. •

The whole of the Somersetshire Yeomanry have of.
fered their services to Government, free of expellee, as
tong as it may be thought that the circumstances of
the Country require them. We think this step no
less creditable to their good sense than to their pub.-
lie spirit, and have no doubt that the example will
be followed by all Corps of the same description in
the Kingdom.
The Companies of Guards, which now number
about Igo men each, will be rMuced.at the befi..
nitive Peace to 100 men.

Orders arrived on T'uesday last to Major-General
BOWATER, Colonel Commandant of the Plymouth
Division of Marines, to call in the Recruiting
Fatties.

'Yesterday a Court of Dirdlors of the East India
Company was held at the India House.. The fol-
lowing Ships are ordered .to be aflOat the 6th of,
next month, and every e3ertion is:_to-be used to
forward their departure from Englard,,, viz. the
first Fleet, consiting of the Ge-iwon.,• a new ship
shortly to be launched ; and the Thiibig, for Bom_
bay and China ; and the Arniiton, for St. Helena,
Bencoolen and China, Capt. CA,mr B ELT. Ma Jus
viNics, of the latter Ship, was aworn into the com-
mand.

The joy occasioned by the signing of the Preli-
tninaries of Peace has been no where so sensibly felt
as at the Hague, The wreck which the War has
occasioned of the fortunes and modes' olindustry of
most of the inhabitants of. Holland seems to be so
rear, that no moderate term of Peace could enable
them to recover the shock of it. The. Dutch, how-
ever, appear not :to despair'of the Republic, and
they are: prepar,ing to attempt a competition with
us ; of which we can contemplate the.result without
'uneasiness, and the progress with the greatest saris-
faCtion, from the
_stimulits it will give to our own
artificers. -

There are a considerah!e number of Merchants
from Amsterdamand Rotterdlinnow in town, but
'their orders are' giyen bin sparingly, compared
with those. of former times. They complain, in
bitter terms, of the hardships they have suffered
horn the ,Revnlution. 'Twenty-five per cent, on
thccapital property, anal 1 e per cent. on the in_
tome of every indivichrti, above A terrain class, in
e fates, wu& actually leviedin the course of one
year-

Blackheath Michaelmas Fair, wai held on 'Mon-
day. There was a good Sleow of cart-color and
dratght horses; the prices much on the decline :
rigs; that four guineas were asked fbr in the morn-
xame down to three potmds, and under, before
the evening. Lean cattle, and all stock, seem much
on the deeline', as well there as at 'Uxbridge, on
":irgsday at '.trmingham {Kent), yesterday.
11,1,ny cart cults were left unsold, And are gone on
fur rylaidstobe Fair, in,hopes 'of better prices.

it
.certainly is not very decorous to tind fault
with the,decisions of Nlag;strates, but we cannot
Pet') 14rncnting that those persons who were taken
tip inr. letting off guns and pistols, and throwing
di ring the late illumination, have been dis-
pissed without pgnisbment: The'numbr of acci-
tients that )-4ve recently happeiled, lender it neees-
ary that tlielaw-ty(34 this subject should be striElly
rut ia
We have 'every reasbn to believe that The reign
pf Il!cobinism ill France is-"pretty nearly extinct,
w'c recolletT. thlt BONAPARTE considers tht
at: his .Ire.a:est ellexties. ' •
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FRANCE.

PARIS, OCT. 12.
4-....-.

Tex Peace between the French Republic and
His IMPERIAI. MAJESTY of RUSSIA, ,having been
concluded and signed at Paris, by the Minister for
Foreign AfFairs and Count MAR xow, the Ratifica_
tions were exchanged on the f3th, between the
respeffive Plenipotentiaries. It was announced in
the following Letter

THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE

PREF EC DP POLICE.

" I have the honour to inform you, Citizen Prefea, that
-the Peace between the French Republic and His. Majesty
the EmPEZOR o:Ru s stet, having been signed here by Count
MA axow and myself, the Ratifications.wcre yestetday ex-
changed. 1 request you to publish this in the ordinary way,
and,arn, 4c.
(Signed) " CH. M. TALLEYRAND.
CounterSigncd "

The publication of the Peace took place in the
evening by torch-light, with great pomp ; by all
the Commissaries of the Police assembled 'in the
SquarCs and Places, and =ilia the acciamations of all
ranks olCitizens.

'lmmediately after the signing of the Prelimina..-
ries of Peace, we announced that Marquis CORN-
WALLIS would be sent as the Plenipotentiary of His
BRITANNIC MAJESTY to Amiens.. The English
Papers not only confirm this news, but add, that
Citizen JOSEPH BONAPARTE will be the Republican
Plenipotentiary appointed to meet him. We think
this likely, for
.who can be more fit to sign the
Maritime Peace than he who signed that of the
Continent ?

Several Englishmen ' have already appeared in
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Paris, and among them a Member of Parliament.

We are assured, that it,appears certain that Peace
between France and Turkey is at this moment in
negotiation, and that it will sbbn be signed.
The Archbishop' of _Co RINTH has received the
following Letter, dated .16th September iBol, and
intended to be 4ansmittecl to the'Porg, from -the
Bishop- of MAcO N. This Prelate is eighty,two
years of age, and has been forty-three years a
Bishop.
" His Excellency the Pope's Nuncio, the Archbishop of
Coßi i.rti, haying communicated to me' theleiter of your
Holiness, addressed to the Archbishops and Bishops 'of
France, on the Istlf of Auguit last, l have received it with
every, sentiment of respect ; and have read it with all the at..
tentien which it deserves. •

" I 'was at all times disposed to obey the orders and sage
advice of the Holy See, but paiticularly I.vhco, its objet} is to
preserve Catholic Unity in France, anel to restore peace to
the Chuich. therefore hasten to comply with the paternal
in -itntion Aittich your additSsed to-mo•

" I de4tre by these presents, 'Siguediand sealed, .that I
freely and voluntarily, and in the most unequivocal manner,.
give in my resignation of tike See of Mavon, and all appendant
Privileges. I request your Holiness to consecrate this new
sacrifice by your blessing; and I beg this with equal urgency
and humility." ,

U E2'OC 6.—The arrival of the Courier from
Paris, with the in iigence of the Preliminaries
having been .signed, 'has excited the most lively
enthusiasm. Citizen SEI,TONV.ILLE haStened. to
-communicate it to the Executive Dire6ory. It
was welcomed with the sound of cannon, and this
evening there will be a general Illumination. .
MA,7.HEINI; OCT. 4..—The Palatine Government
yesterday received-froth IZlrv.ich a copy "of the Ar-
ticles of the Treaty sith tthe hLEcrox, Wbich re-
speashis States on the Left Batik of the ',thine ceded
to France.--They arc to be published officially to-
morrow: From what is known of them
the French Government undertAes to pay
the Salaries of all persons employed on the
Left Bank of the Rhine, and Cite Annuities due to
such as are Annuitants,. whether they have re-
mained in that territOry or have left it ; and this
from the moment of -the signing of the Treaty of
Luneville. mother Article states, that France
will, on its own aCcQUilt, take upon itself pro-
portion of the debts of the State, 'as ascertained
'by the Regency and Chamber of finance, yqual
to the extent of the Territory which it has ac-
quired. A third Article states, that from the time
of the exchange of the Ratification, all segues.
trations imposed on irenues and property,of Sub-
jeds and Servants of the F.,leaor4 shall be taken off,
and the property left at the disposal of the Proprie„
tors.

AUGSBVRPH, OCT. 4.—One of the most Im7.
portant events which relate to the'German Empire,
and which in sane degree affeo the Germanic Con_..
stitution, is at this moment covered with the greatest
obscurity. The most recent letters from Vienna
assure us, Olt the last lota transmitted by the
Prussian Minister, has 'made, greatest impression
on the Austrian Cabinet : a great Council has been
held, at which all the Ministers were present, and
the abdication of the ARcli ou 10E ANTI-101-T dettr.
• - •
mined upon. In support of this assertion; is men-
tioned the precipitate departure of that Prince 14.
''rata,
_whither Le was accompanied by the AR pi-,
`;SE rRDiNAND, who has himself quitted the
abode of Si ha-I/brut:lt, .wliere he seemed to. wi:jl again
to fix his ahOde.

-Dn the other band, the Vienna Gaittte is filled
with accounts of preparations making for the al,_
.
proaching nomination of the a tc TO2. Of:COLOONE;
and with accounts of the rejoicings which have
taken place 'in consequence of the ekdion:, of the
ARCHDUKE ANTHONY to the Birhopirk of Muff.
ster. The arrival of the IMperial Commissary, M.
SCHLIEK, at Ahrember?, is also additced as a con.
vincing proof that the eledion will take place.
.If, however, we calculate the degree; of proaabi.
lity which each of these two versions presents, and
the importance which the declaration of the KING
6f PRUSSIA lliust axe founded, as it is .on the
immediate and necessary execution of the Treaty
of Luneville, it seems that the former account is more
to be relied on than the Papers. This affair cannot,
however, remain 'Jong in suspense, and all dotibti
will soon.be removed.

•
The following ascount is given in Morning
Paper, of the Bearer of the Ratification of peace
from Paris
Colonel LAU R IsToN's father was the son of the
brother of the great LAw, of Lauriston, the Finan-
cier, Of whom all the world have heard. _The family
is originally from Scotland.

The father of M. LAuatsioN married a native
of the Isle of France, by whom he had six sons and
four daughters, one of them the. present Officer.
Most of them were born at Pondicherry, of which
the father was Governor. . He realized great riches
there, but was very tinfortUnate in afterwards losing
them. By the robbery of one caravan he lost the
bulk of his fortune. He was, however, enabled
to settle in France with a small, but comfortable
independence;_ and his family were provided for by
the Court in the manner of the sons of the Noblesse.
Two of the six sons were educated for the Army ;
•of these, Colonel I....AußtsTos was 'one ; and two
for the Royal Navy ; a fifth was ,educated to
the Church'. The eldest of the Navy, died in
the Expedition of D'ENTaEcAsTeAux round the
world.'in- search of I_4 Ptiot/se. The second,
.Theh present Colonel, emigrated with his four
younger brothers in 179;. The. Colonel was a
twin brother to the thief, who was an Officer in
the Navy,. entered the Regiment of Heflor in the
pay of England, went 141 the Quiberon Expedition,
and was taken and shot by order offALL It kr, or one
of his depUtie. The fourth, educated for the army,
went in the English service to st. Domingo, and is
now settled atjamaica. Thre fifth lives at
pool ; and the sixth, who was a Clergyman, is now
\a partner in the.house of JOHNSTON, 4Aw, andico.
in the City of London.
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Colonel LAtilttsTott owes his rortune to the cir-
cumstance of his having been e'lucated at the
tary School at Paris with s;-,N4PART,E. Thrre
they were boys, students together, and they are
now nearly of an age 7 I..Auittstoii had obtained
the rank of Lientenant of Artillery in the French
ser-,,;.., 4nci eritqcet the
Austrian service. In 1796 Ile 'was takeri prisoner
in Italy by BON.PAXTE'S Army, at• the corn.
mencement of that General's carcer'. LAU' It IVIO ,
afraid of heing put to death as a traitor, obtain-
ed an interview with 130/4A;PARTF,' who TC. QM.
idled him with emotions of affedion nil alum.
tie advised him to enter as a private in the French
.service; saying, there was no other way 'of saving
his. life. LALTRISTON did so, and BorIAe4x,TE did
not forget him. tie took the earliest opportunities
'of promoting him, and made him a bosom.friend.—
LAIIIOST was With in Egypt, and has Bien
his constant companion in all his peills. '

We never had so great a War Establishment as
during the two lqt yeiirs, which has been nearly
as folloWs :,
.. , ' Seatrien . . - .- - ll2ogo
h irst,ritte ships - - - . II
_ -sevoiVi-1-ate's - - _ 2.3 "
Third ditto - ;53
§nips under 64, Frigates, Sloops, &c. '
441

• In all, firmed Vessels '628
eii..
Regular Regiments OFFoot - - 96
favalry - •.. - . 30
llattalions Of Artillery - - 4
Itlilizia - - - 32,000
Volunteer Catalry - .- *coo:
Ditto Infantry ' , - , - 120,000.
Ditto Artillery - - - , r,OOO
•e 4 Fepcibles - - , - s,OOO

Foreign Regiments inEnglish:service and.pay
eluded, the whole number does not fall much short
of half a million of fighting men.

There is a schism it seems in Oppcsithn. One
,part is called the old Pipcsit;on,, and the other the
nt,n) Oncsition. The former are friends, and the),
latter enemies to the Peace. The proper distine-
tion, however, would be, the Jacobin Opposition and
the Constitutional ONosition, for those who ate
friendly to the Pene, retain some sense of• the
British chargler, but those Opposiii.mists who ex,
claim against it, .trust be considered as the enemies
of their Country and Mankind. •
Mr. WI ripHAm's opposition to Peace will doubt.
less be cried up by those who are themselves incon-'
sistent in every thing, as the perfe4ion of consist-.
ency. • We mean not to detract from that Gentleman's
talents, bitt 'we may, without offending him, re,-
commend to his recollettion the precepts of one who
was not inferior in political and moral knowledge
to any who
.have succeeded him. " He," says
BAcQN, that will not apply new remedies must
expect new evils: for Time' is the greatest intro
vator..!' Ah 1,, Speakiing of the arguments for a-
stri4 adherence to precedent, he says " All this.
is true,if Time stood still, which, contrariwise,
moveth so round, that•a froward retentiOn•of cus-
tom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation."

The Parisian Traiters already rejoice at the Pro-
bability of a visit-from john Bull, and they anti-
eipate,;wiili great delight, the probability of again
seeing the representation of the L' i/r Paris.
'ods- allows vorr les
.Anglft in r, is 'now to be heard
in the bar Of every tavern in Paris, and the -picked
11/.irms and noisy Sueettheats arc preparing for the
reception of our Mtn of Taste. •