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

LONDON, OCTOBER io, 1801.

IT. was not till this forenoon that the Ratifica-
tion of the Preliminaries was received at Lor4,
HAWKESDURY'S Office, brought by General LAU-
RISTON, First Aid-de-Camp to the First Consul
of France, whose Secretary arrived in London
about eleven o'clock, and who himself came about
an hour after.

We are happy in being able to state some parti_
culars relative to the Signature of this Treaty, highly
honourable to this Country, more especially as
some malicious misrepresentations have been given
in the Opposition Papers, and particularly in The
1t10,3;v Past, calculated to repress the Public Joy
upon this happy occasion.
According to established usage, Two Copies of
all Treaties are drawn, in one of which the name
of one of the Contracting Parties stands first, and
in the other, that of the other Party.

As a Copy of the Articles of the Treaty has come
first through the Channel of the French Papers; the
French Republic is placed before Hts MAJESTY ; but
in our own Official Copy, this arrangement, as well
as the Signature of the Plenipotentiary, is reversed ;
and it is honourable to this Country, as a thing ne.
ver done before, that this Treaty wjs drawn up in
English, as well as French, both of which Copies
were respcdively signed by the Plenipotentiaries.

The iggorance as well as malice of the Opposi.
tion Papers, is eminently displayed upon this occa.
sion. The Morning Post of this day states, and
we presume the absurd statement may be copied by
the Jacobin Papers of the Evening, " that the ex-
change of Ratifications took place yesterday after-
noon, and the Silver Box Was employed as before,
in obtaining the Great Seal,"

It happens that the Silver Box is the unvarying
companion of the Great Seal ; and no exchange of
the Ratification could take place, as it did not
formally arrive till this day.

Immediately upon receipt of the Ratification, or-
ders were issued for preparing Illuminations at the
different Public Offices, and a General Illumination
throughout the whole Capital is expefted to take
place in the evening.
It was on the ph ihstant that the Ratification of
the Preliminaries took place at Paris.
The Park and Tower Guns will be fired the rno-
ment the Ratifications are exchanged.

The Packet which 'brought over to M. OTTO the ,
above Intelligence yesterday, brought us also Paris
Papers to the 7th inst. which are highly interesting,
as it is by them that we are put in possession of the
Articles of the Preliminaries. They are given in
detail in our subsequent Columns, translated from
the Moniteur.—The substance of the chief Ar.
tides has 'already appeared in this Paper so con,
reeily, that it is hardly necessary to recapitulate
them. In addition, however, to the most important
points, the restoration of the Colonies of France and
her Allies. Spain and Holland, to their former pos.
sessors, with the exception of Trinidad and Ce.y/on ;
the making a free port of the Cape of Good Hope
the reinstatement of the Knights of Malta in the
possession of the Island'; the restitution of Egypt to
the Porte, and the guarantee afforded to that Power
and our two other Allies, Naples and Portugal—
we find other articles of subordinate, but still
of considerable interest. The Republic of the
Seven' Islands is acknowledged, the independ-
ence of which is of considerable ,moment to a
Power which carries on an extensive Levant
Trade. An interchange of Prisoners is imme-
diately to follow the Definitive Treaty : the ques-
tion which had arisen respeding the Maintenance
of the Prisoners, and which has been the occasion
of so much exasperation between the two Conn-
tries, is reserved to be 'decided- by the Defini.
tive Treaty. All Prizes taken in particular lati-
tudes, after a limited time from the signing of the
Preliminaries, are to be restored, and this time is
a fortnight in the Channel and North Seas; a month
in all parts South of the Cirannel, as far as the Ca-
naries ; two months for the space between the Ca.
naries and the Equator; and five months in every
other part of the world. All Sequestrations of Pro.
petty are to be . removed on both sides. The
Fisheries the Coast of iNewfaun4f/and, and the
Gulph of Si. Laurence, are to be placed on the
same footing as before W:r. In all cases of
Restitution agreed upon, the Fortifications are to
be restored in the same state as at the time ofsign-
ing the Treaty, and the Inhabitants of the ceded
Colmtries are to have three years allowed them :to
dispose of their Properry, and petfettindemnity
is to be granted them for all :heir past condua.

SUN-OFFICE,

THREZ; O+ LOCK, P. M.

Tx t Park and Tower Guns have just been fired
to announce the Exchange of the Ratification.
General LAURISTON, First Aide-de-Camp to
BONAPARTE, has been paying his respeCts to the
principal Officers of State. His carriage was drawn
by the Populace amidst the loudest acclamations.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, Oa. to, isor.
TT is the Direction of my LORDS COMMIS..
11 SIONEP.S of the ADMIRALTY, that tke RECRL
ING SERVICE for HIS MJUESTY's MARINE FORCES
he Suspended until farther Order.
ErAN NEPE AN.

WE this morning received further sets of Parts
Papers, which come down to the Bth inst. one day
later than those which arrived last night. They
contain but one article of importance—the annun_
ciation of an event which has been the first conse-
quence of the Preliminary Treaty concluded with
this Country.

" The Peace between the French Republic and
the Kingdom of Portugal was signed at. Madrid on
the 29th of September, by Citizen Luc 'EN BONA-
-I".ARIE on the one part, and Citizen CYPRIEN
BIBEIRO FREIRE, Commander of the Order of
Christ, on the other."

Yesterday morning His MAJESTY and His Royal
Highness PRINCE ADOLPHUS, with PRINCESS
SOPHIA and AMELIA attended by Lord WALF. I NG-
'HAM anti Col.
_ C ARTWRIGHT, rode out on horse-
baCk to Staines, followed by the QUEEN, and
PRINCESSES AUGUSTA and ELIZABETH, and the
Countesses of .CARDIGAN and ELY in a Sociable,
and PRINCESS MARY, attended by Lady ALBINA
CUM B E.R LAND in a Phaeton. The ROYAL FAMILY
took great notice of the Iron Bridge, which is very
forward, the stone one is entirely down, on account
of its giving way a few years ago ; TH EI R MX-
J ESTI ES returned home through the Great Park.
The KING and Suite, at twelve o'clock, took
the diversion of hunting with the harriers.

The DUKE and DUTCH Ess of You( dined with
THEIR MAJESTIES on 'Thursday: in the evening
Their Royal Highnesses returned to Oatlands.
The communication with France will, probably,
be re-opened in the course of a few weeks. The
Definitive Treaty must, of course, be signed, be-
fore a regular intercourse by Post is established.-

The news of the Prcliminarieg of Peace was re-
ceived most cordially at Eton College : the Long
Chamber was most beautifully. illuminated with co-
loured lamps, the Statue of the most Noble Founder
was elegantly lighted up the Great Hall, Provost's
Lodge, as well as the School, were illuminated,
The King's Scholars enterrlined the Company as.
sembled on the occasion wzia God save the King,
Rule i3ritannia, Britons strike Home;', not forget-
ting the fa\ ourite Air of Jemmy Boich; all the
houses sheaved their loyalty, particularly Miss
Hawtrey's, on whose house G. R. PAX WC7t
displayed in coloured lamps.
An overland Dispatch from India has brought zn
account of the arrival of the following vessels, viz.

At BoMbay, from London—The Eliza Ann, Captain Par-
son; Hertiles, M'Farlan (Country Ships).
At f3ornbay from China—Theiloughton, Captain Rees.
At ditto, front ditto—The Ganges, Captain bray (revlar
Company's ship).

The latter. sustained so much damage last Oaober,
on her passage from Bombay to Chum►,. that, on
her arrival at China, it -was ,found necessary to
order her round . to Bombay to repair, before she
would be capable of carrying tea to Europe.. She is
too large to be hove down at China.
•At Bombay, from Bengal—The Melville Castle, Captain
Lumbe ; Skelton Castle, Isaacs ; Travers, Saunders (Com-
pany's ENtra Ships), to load for Europe. -
At Bombay, from Bengal—The Calcutta, CaptainM'Do-
nald, and sailed from thence for the Red Sea on the loth of
May.
At Bengal, from Lisbo.:v—The Mcnturo, ,and the Vragenti.•

The Arrogant, Fifforious, and Trident Men of
War, sailed, from Bombay on a Cruize the- middle
of May.
The latest dates Itre,..the 19th May from Bom-
bay, and zzd March from Bengal. •
Captain RE ES, of the Houghton, arrived at Bom-
bay from ~China, saw in her passage a bale of cotton
screwed, and several fresh planks, preumed to be-
long- teo- the Earl Talbot, Capt. DEMPST R. They
have sent two vessels from Bombay to Cochin, with
a .view of discovering if any persons have Survived
the dreadful fate there. is every reason to think has
bef.►llen her.

The Hon. ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, whose mis..
fortune we some time ago mentioned by the Bursting
of his double-barrelled gun, near, Aberdeen, when
on a shooting-party, has since been so dangerously
indisposed as to ,tender an amputation by the wrist
indispensibly necessary. After the first (filagree-
able accident, he lost one of his fingers but a mor-
tification rapidly advancing, hisfriends were glad
to save his life by the expedient now described.

On Thursday morning osep b Williamson was
hanged on board, the Glenmore Frigate at Spithead,
agreeably to his sentence, for mutiny on board that
ship, and taking an oath not to proceed to sca while
the ship was Commanded by Capt. TALBOT.
On, Wednesday night, the warehouse of Messrs.
Appkby and Co. Cornhill, .was broke open, and
robbed of several pieces of superfine ,cloth and ker..
sey mere .
Early on Thursday morning the house of Mr.
Gill, in Lower Brook-street, was broke open, and
robbed of several articles of plate, linen, &c.
The same morning the house of Mr. R. Fuller,
at liornsey, was broke open, and robbed of plate
and other articles to a considerable amount.

On the night of the 2d instant, the house of Mr.
Hefftll, at Braintree, Foscx, was broke open, and
fobbed of a large quantity of linen drapery goods.

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