The Sun.
London, England, 1801-11-07 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

;We have received the Letter of BRIT AN:itcws, fr 0312 Sheer'ness
tre rhould most ciealfugy, of course, give place, to any thing
calculated to do justice to the HERO or 'THE NILE, but zve
think that the anorcymoms attack of an infamous Assassin, is best
answered either 4y condign pu*sbrftent, or the most marked con-
tempt.

THE S U 11.

4o1A).1 gyis p;cltßz 110. sum wyps4T?

LONDQN, NOVEMB4R 7, lgoit

YESTE I:DAY the Committee appointed by the Ge,
peral Body of Exchequer Bill Holders waited op the
CHANgELLoa of the XCHEQUEgI on the proposal
for funding the Exchequer Bills. A Meeting was
?fterwaida held of the cenetal. Body, at which Mr.
CO UTT3 TROTTEa was placed in the Chair. He
before the Meeting the result (If the conference
y;ith the ClitAsic, t Lt o of the FlccHswiE4, lie
ptta4tlig cro ve I lIPICM prOVOSC4 t 9 fuu4 $;500,0901,

of Exchequrr Bills, In 3 per Cents. New 5 per'
Cents:or in 4 per-Cents. jointly with Long .An.
nuity, at the option of the Holders ; that previous
to receiving any Proposals, the CHAWC ELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER had deemed it his duty to state, that
the reports which had gone abroad of the wants of
Government, had been much ex4ggerated, and that
exclusively of the present operation, he did not con.
ceive that the Geileral Loan to be agreed for, could
amount to 20 Millions, if so much ; that no Loan
would take. place. till after Christmas, and that,
in the event of his not agreeing with the Exchequer
Bill Holders, on the Plan now proposed, he should
pay them off in money, to be raised by a Loan
that he wished
,the Committee to wait upon him
again on Wednesday next, at half past four o'clock,
prepared with Proposals in the Funds above-men-
tioned:, and. that they should then also come pre_
pared.to treat for a further Sum of about 40 per
Cent. on the amount of each Proprietor's Bills, to
be applied to the Payment of about 2,400,0001.
held by the Bank of England, which they were not
inclined to fund. The installments to be made at
the Bank, viz.-2s per cent. prompt-2s per cant.;
on the .18th of December ; and so per cent, on the
224 of January, The Meeting, after taking the
above information into consideration, resolved,
that another Me.:.ting should be held on Wednesday
next, at two o'clock, to consider of the Terms to
be otfeted by the Bill Holders,

The two Hamburgh Mad:, which were due ar..
rived, that which became due on Sunday, last night,
and that due on Wednesday, this morning. In
their contents there is little of importance, except
the intelligence of the favourable dispositions of
the Court of serlin to the removal of the
causes of difference with this Country, The eva-
cuation of lianov4.,. by the Prussians is stated in
the public artkies of the Mail to be near at hand;
and our Private Letters go so far as to fix the day
(the 6th inst,) on which the Troops were to com-
plete their, retreat,—This circumstance is the more
agreeable, as the same Letter informs, that had the'
War continued, 25,000 •French were to have suc-
ceeded the Prussians in the occupation of the Elec-
torate.

Much of the intelligence by the Mails, like that
brought by the Fre.nch Papers, relates to the New
Batavian Constitution, which is commended not
only for itc happiness which it promises to the
Dutch Republic, but for its toleration of the Orange
Party,

As this Paper was on the point of being put
to Press, we received Paris Papers to the 4th inst.
They contain little that is important. Citizen Du.
puts, formerly Intendant des Islfs de France, and
de la Renni-on, is appointed Secretary of Legation
for the Negotiations with this Country.
Sr. CY R is named Ambassador of the Republic at
Madrid.

These Papers were brought over in a French Flag
of Truce which arrived with Dispatches.

OUR Readers will now have seen the different
lines of argument which have been taken upon the
discussion of the important Question of Peace in
both Houses of Parliament ; and they will, we are
satisfied, do us the justice to admit, that we had
very fully stated the general reasoning which has
been tirged by those who supported the measure.—
The grounds on which those who opposed it argue,
appear to us to be so weak, that we are surprized
when we see such men as Lord GR ENV I L LE atld Mr.
WINDHAM stand forward as the great Advocates in
Patliament for the continuation of the War. We
do not mean to confound the distind views of these
eminent Statesmen, but we agree with neither. Lord
GRENVILLE thinks that we have not got as much
from France in Terms , as our relative situation en-
titled us to ; and Mr. WINDHAM seems to think it
of very little consequence how much we got—the
evil is, Peace with the present Government of
France. It is hardly necessary to say, that of
these two opinions we certainly think the first
founded upon the most rational grounds ; but, at
the same time, as our obje9 is Security, " grovel-
ling securio," as Mr. WINDHAM terms it, we
hardly see how this objeEt could be materially ad-
vanced by the addition of Territory, either in the
East or the West Indies ; and it is to this alone
that Load GazNvILLE'S argument applies, as he
does tot contend that we had the means of forming
a Coalition on the Continent, or any other means
of creating a counterpoise to the power of France.
Giving, therefore, every possible weight to the
argument of Lord GRENVILLE, we cannot see that
his objeetion constitutes a ground upon which Mi-
nisters would have been justified in breaking off the
'Treaty, ,As to Mr. WINDHAM, we hardly know
how to treat his argument seriously,' -If we exa-
oiinii. 'it respea; it is because'we respea him
who 1A used it, ngt because we think the argument

itself entitled to it-}4e would have carried on the
War for the cban-ce of something turning lip in our
favour—He would have prosecuted the War for
no one specific objet, the means of attaining
which he could point out, but in the hope that
the Chapter cf Accidents might have produced
something to our advantage.
.He thinks that the
Chances of War are not only•more favourable to us
than the chances of.Peaci; but so much More favour-
able as to counterbalance- the difference of expence
between trying the one and the other.. NoW, we
differ from him so essentially, that, putting the great
difference of expence (for great it must be, eVen-Vp(in't
the most reduced-scale of Defensive War), we are..
satisfied that the Chapter of Accidents;.. with a view'
even to his favourite objea, a change of the Go.
vernment of FranCe, is more under the pre-
sent circumstances and situation of Europe, to pro-
duce a new order of things in Peace' than in War f
and that a,Military Government in. France is less
likely to maintain itself when there is no' pressure,
from a foreign Enemy, than when there is—unless;
that pressure could be made by the co-operation of.
a considerable force upon the Continent, which ap:
pears now to be unattainable. ;Whether a change
of Government in France would. now be for. the
advantage of this Country, is at least doubtful ;
that any thing which lessened the power of France
would be desirable, nobody can deny.; but if cir.
cumstances prevent our weakening the power of our
Enemy, the next consideration is, to take the best
means of strengthening ourselves, -It was upon
this view that Ministers concluded the -Peace, and
in so doing they judged wisely for the-Nation,
We believe also, that those who so much. dreaded
the enormous. power of France, are less apprehen-
' sive than they were at first; they must have found,
on refledion„ that we . have increased, even
during the War, in all that constitutesStrength."T—
, We have a Constitution which is endeired to us by
every consideration, but never by any one more
than.that it,appears, by, the-experience of the. lasii
nine years during the French Revolution, to possess.,
within itself a principle of self.preservation—,that
it can accommodate itself to:all dangers.and
ties, and, as it was well exprels'ed vy Vora
REACH, in the House of Commons; - thkt it eittn'ltt
. all times afford to those who have the
shaßpiness to-
live under it, as much liberty as is consistent with.
public safety. In Franie, every thing -*hinging
to its Government is experimental and precatiOut•i-
and when we are told we -are to be rivalled in.
Trade and Manufathres by Franie,'We ask, where
is the free Government which is to prate& them,?
Where is the capital, where the spirit of enterprize,
where are the habits and manners which are to
courage them ? With us, every thing is 'ready—.
with them all foundation is wanting:-

We are far from trusting implicitly to the pacific
intentions of BONAPARTE—We hope he has such
intentions : at all events we ought to be upon our
guard: but we cannot see why an Alarmist in this
Country, under the influence of BR' SSOT and Roe
-
sr: ERR E, may not at least be less an Alarmist un-
der the milder and more rational Government of
BONAPARTE. If he will not trust to the Chief
Consul's disposition, he may trust something to his
Interest ; but, above all, he may trust to the Pre-
cautions which it is evident His Majesty's Mini-
sters mean to take for the Welfare and Safety of
the Country.

IN the 'Report given in our Paper of yesterday,
of the Speech of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex_,
CHEQUER on Tuesday evening, there was a mis-
take which, because it is material, we are desirous
to correa. We stated him to have said, " That
we ought to adopt towards France. a condua of
caution, of prudence, and ofiqousyr"—We should
have stated, that " we ought to adopt a .line_df
condua, not of su.9slcian and jealo' but of. pru,'

dente and circumspethon." In another instance we
have to mention a small mistake. The CHANCEL-
IOR of the EXCHEQUER said, ".;that he was
ready to acknowledge that it depended upon the
wisdom of Government, and of that-House, whether
this Peace should be"—not a curse or a blessing,
as stated in our Report of yesterday, but, "a bier-
sing or a misfortune," We are ever ready to cor-
red mistakes—upon the present occasion we do
it with cheerfulness, because we have the satis.
faetion of knowing our Reports 'to be generally
corral.

Yesterday morning His Serene Highness the
PRINcg of ORANGE sailed from Yarmouth for Ham.
burgh, in the Diana Packet, Capt. STEWARD.

Hag MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES left Kew
yesterday noon for Windsor.
Hts MAJESTY cam; to St. James's Palace at half
past one, and held A Levee, of Which were piesent
the 'Right Rev. the Lord Bishops of ST, DAVID'S
CH/CHESTER the Dukes of PORTLAND, ROX-
SIIRGH, ATHOL ; Earls CHESTERFIELD, WEST-
AItaLANDJ CHAT4AMA WRSTIARATH, CARLTON ;

Lord Hon Arr, General Ft; LLAXTON, Coronel Fut.-
LARToN, Sir J. PULTENE Y, Sir G. DALLAS, YR.
JOHNSON, Mr. VANSITTART, a number of Noble
Peers, and Members of the House of COmmons.
HIS MAJ esTr received the Address of the tva)
Houses of Parliament, which were presented by
the Lord CeIANCELLOR and, the SPEAKER of the
•
House of Commons. -- • • • -- •

General FULLARTON was at the Levee, for the
first time this season, and presented his relation,.
Colonel FuLLARTON.

Lord CHATHAM, as Master General of the
Ordnance, Mr. PITT, and also a number of the
Noblemen, who attended at St. James's Palace
yesterday, took, particular notice of the model of
a turning moveable battery, invented by an inge-
nious artist of the-name of GILLESPIE, for the
proteaion of the sea-coasts in the case of invasion;
it was brought for His Majesty's inspeaion : the
materials of the machinery are so constructed,
.that
the beaVy orslnarice can be direaed with the greatest
facility, according• to the position of,the enemy;
and so easy is: its process, that only five persons,
who remain in perfeti safety in the machine, are
required to do the duty.
It is not true that Mr. DUNBAS has come up
from the North. He remains in Scotland, we be-
lieve, till aftm Chiistrnas.

Marquistoits*sits landed at Calais on Tues-
day evening- amid= a grand salute of artillery, the
ringing of belfs;.a,general illumination of the town,
and every possible demonstration of the public joy
and resped.
His Lordship was complimented immediately
upon his landing by all the. Military and Civil Au-
thorities, and conduaed by them to the Hotel
which had been prepared for his reception. His
Lordship was to proceed to 4'65 at ten o'clock
next morning,

the vessel which brought over the Paris. Jour«
nals, sailed on Wednesday morning from Calais
with a number of passengers, but in consequence of
tempestuous weather; 'did not reach Dover until
Thursday between one and two, "
The communication by P,,ckets between Dover
and Calais will probably soon be re-opened, the!
Postmasters-Generathaving appointed Jo tiN PA y Ns,
Esq. to be their Agent
_to -the Packets at Dover.

On and after• Tuesday next, the Mails for Ham.
burgh, Bremen] Scc,. will be forwarded from Hat.,
wich instead of :Yarmouth; and trie Mail of that
day will go 4. the Prince of Orange Packet, Capt.
131'`I u
rliGe Efirsntdvi-vait:ilio79lvficil.
the
or.z ester Militia, and
• 4. A
the last division of the North Lincoln, marches
from FortsniCratirun-Thursd42 ,fOr their respediva
CounOrsr - •
RlSSeilen .arrived from_ Bengal per 4,2,-/4,ircer,
••
Captpin 'll<kg,t. Es RAirr, Commander ;
, •
—trettt;inanvedlonel David Woodburn; 'Honourablq East
; India Company's Eite.4li4nnent. Captain
Alexander 'CAlttivel4 'ditto; 'ditto,: ditti); Mra. Caldwell.
Captains .chAkie‘Whitc anti. 1. 14,. Rind, Honourable East
India Coßtllany's Natitie Intuntry. Captain ToUiaS Smoi"
Jett, His Ma.esty's 7801 •Rtgiinent.' Captain K,„wey
•Licutctiant Chhrles:Poatccsbn, His Majesty's 29111 Light J),_,T;
Koons. Lieuten.int Al4,ihtler Honourable, ";
India Company's Na:ivc bitantry. Fraser, AssiSta"
Suwon, lion9urable .ast India Coilipan)"s Sttrvi,,e.
B. Wyatt; Writer, Bengal Establishment. Miss
-
. Artne. ii:Nkitnan. Miss I. kind, Ml,ster K. Rinti, Mastero-
- Steverisi-•artti Master J. Kelly. Capt. putcrtc; Lite of 014'
Mahrrtic French Privateer, Made his escape'Lli board an
I car, whet; lying at St. Helena'; and tiiree snare
French NaNak
°Ricers. •
•
- It-must be a great satisfaaion to •the Public r°,.
'know, that notwithstanding the vast importation of
Y'rovisitms,. whit:ll'so materially contributed to re-
lieve the distress. arising from the late scarcity, Yc.C.
:from the judicious system on which the Bounty 105
granted, and other salutary arrangements made by ,
Government, the exrence to the Public Revenue.
will prove much less than has generally been
!posed. -It has been• often stated at near three Inir
lions, but we have the best authority for saying it
will not much exceed half a million, In one
stance, the died has been remarkable • The quan-
tity of Rice lately arrived, or soon expeded
the East Indies, is so large, and so much exceeds.
the consumption of this Country in any time of or"
dinary plenty, that it was expeaed by the besc
judges to sell for no more than ics. or 2s. per °yr'
and consequently that the Government (who are
obliged to make up the price to 355.) would have to
pay from 'zzs. to zss.,for every cwt. But this was
.not the only evil, tOr so low a price was likely t°
discourage all future importatiOn of the article.
But by taking off the prohibition of the t xportatioo
of Rice, so much aftivity has been given to the
trade by purchases for Foreign Markets, that the
price ;at the • East-India Company's sale yesterdaf
'was about '2ss. per ..cwt. making a saving t° Ghl2;
VcTllijlekll.Ol more than half the Bounty, while t
Public .are secured in an ample- supply of that useful
article, at a very. reasonable price..
In consequenee- of a gang of Smugglers -havinir;
fired with slugs on a party of the Derbyshire
ti-a at Deal (where their assistance was required .°7
the Officerspf the ReVenue' to escort a seizure tr.
had 'made, to the Custom.house), General DO has
issued very strutorders, and that in future, ifeall
ed.upon a likd occasion, the party
of less than fifty men and three Officers, who arc to
load. their pieces before they march off the Parade,
in order to return any fire that may be made on
them, shall not consist
The thunder and , lightning on the night of the
arrival of the Ratifications in this Country, hay.
been met by correspondent prodigies on the event 0'
Peace in France. A French Paper contains the,
following notice :---" In the night of the 3d (1,1
06tober, the day on which the Preliminaries II':
Peace with England were published, a very remark
t
able conjunction was observed of the planets °a-
turn, Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon, near th_
beautiful star Reguitrs. The celebrated Astro?:
mer, MESSIER, gave an account of this interes.ttui
solute
phenomenon in the sitting of the National Insti
on the
Count COBENTZEL has made a present of
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beautiful white Dogs to the FIRST CONSUL....io:i:
seems to imagine, that not only the prop:). sltiove
but the converse of it is also' due, " Lobe me'
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Tilts morning sailed the Diana Packet, Capt.
STI wARD, for Cuxhaven, having on board His
Serene Highness the PR INCE of Ot ANC.E, and Suite ;
also the Diana Packet, Capt. DEANE, for Cuxha-
ven, with Mails and Passengers.

Arrived the King George, FLYN, and Prince of
Wales, DEANE (Packets), from Cuxhaven, which
place they left on Monday morning last. On Tues.
day afternoon the King George met the Prince of
Wales Packet, Capt. HEARN (which sailed from
hence on the rst inst.), off Heligoland.
The Packets have received orders to resume their
former stations at Harwich and bover, respedively,
and the next Sunday's Mails will be the last sent
from this Port.

The Peggy, of Yarmouth, 13Loozvar tr 3 Master,
from Hull to London, with corn and goods, is on
shore at Eastness, near this place, and is become a
wreck. The Crew are all fortunately saved, not-
wit7i4tanding the boat was twice upset in their
endeavouring to get on shore.