The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-29 00:00:00

THE PEACE.

WE continue to receive accounts from different
parts of the country, expressive of the joy and
satisfaetion which are every where felt on the return
of Peace, and particularly on the tone and manner
in which it has been concluded. Some of our Cot._
respondents, indeed, have said that we ought to
have obtained an island or two more in the West
Indies, but none have contended that the Treaty
ought to have been broken off on. this account.
—Seldom as we agree with Mr. Fox, we think with
him, that, independently of other considerations,
the pecuniary value of one, or indeed of many West
India Islands, can never be considered as objefts,
the attainment of which could compensate for the;
sacrifices which must be made in the prosecution of
tin War.

Though we are satisfied with the Terms of
Peace, looking td our Security, we derive still
greater satisf:,►:tion, when we consider the manner
and the period in which it has been concluded.—
We have made Peace, Masters of the Sea, with a
Navy every where successful, and with art Army
triumphant and vi6lorious ; and we have made
Peace, sacrificing many of the Conquests of that
gallant Navy and Army for the advantage of those
Allies, who have been faithful to the Cause in
which we were together engaged. We have con-
vinced them and the World, that to be true to us,
was to be true to their own interests—We have
made Peace, therefore, with the reputation of, our
Fleets and Armies, high in the estimation of the
World, and with a charader of Fidelity and noble
Generosity towards our Allies, which must make
every Nation in Europe eagerly seek our friend-
ship. And if every therefore, the state of things
should render War inevitable, and a Confederacy
necessary for the preservation of our Honour and
our Interests, we cannot doubt of obtaining a
powerful Alliance on the Continent. It is to these
considerations, even more than to the additional
wealth and resources which we have acquired in the
course of the War, by the astonishing extension of
our Trade, that we trust for the Independence and
the Security of our Country.

Under such circumstances we have concluded a
Defensive War by a Secure Peace—But has this
been a work of no difficulty ? It is human nature
very soon to forget difficulties when they are sur.
mounted--Have we then forgotten the just apprehen.
sions we entertained at the propagation of the Re.
volutionary Principles of France ? Have 'we then
forgotten the Muti..7 eur Acct---the swerns. Or
cash payments at the Bank—the descr(ion of some
of our most powerful Allies—or the fear of Famine ?
Or, are we ungrateful enough to forget the unre.
mitting attention, the firmness, and the ability by
which the danger of these evils has been averted ?

If we want other objects of difficulty to con-
template, let us look at the termination of the
Northern Confederacy, aimed at our Maritime Great-
ness—and at the issue of the French Expedition to
Egypt, planned for the clestruCtion of our interests
in the East. The first has ended (whatever verbal
cavils may be made upon our Treaty with Russia)
in the complete recognition of the Right of Search
of Neutrals, and of all those general principles of
the Law of Nations for which our Ministers con-
tended—and the latter has been concluded in a
mariner which will, we are convinced, render our
Eastern Empire secure from any future attack from
France, by the road of Egypt.
We have heard it said, however, that our Eastern
Possessions are not safe, because Malta and the
Cape are given up to France—The fact is not so in
either instance—and if it were, the conclusion is
false. The Armies of France had obtained Malta
and Egypt, and neither time or assiduity were
wanting to render those Possessions saute to them.
They appeared also to be further insured to them
by the protection of
.a powerful Fleet. With a less
numerous Squadron we destroyed the French Fleet
in the most memorable Action that our Naval His-
tory affords, and with an Army inferior in num-
bers, at the close of a long and arduous Contest, we
expelled the French Forces from Egypt by a succes-
sion of Vklories, which will ever immortalize the
Heroes by whose invincible courage and perseverance
they were atchieved.
If, therefore, it were true, as It is false, that France
were, by the Treaty, in possession of Malta, is there
any thing in past experience that would tempt the
Chief Consul to try another expedition to Egypt
As to the Cape, opinions differ essentially with
respea to its Value. Some few think it necessary
to our Security in the East Indie4. Many consider
it of some importance, while others deem it of no
advantage to us whatever.-4-We believe it'to be of
3Qtne, but not of essential importance ; and even if
it were true that it was ceded to Franc?, it does not
appear tp us that it would give her any considerable
means of attacking our interests in the East, beyond
those she -alrea4y possesses and, therefore, conii-*

dering also the destruaion of the power of TtYroo,
and the acquisition of the Island of Ceylon, we rtiast
look upon our possessions in the East not only as
much more valuable, but as more secure, also, than
they were previously to the War.

In the West Indies we remain, with resped tai
Possessions, as we were before the War, with tile
addition of the important acquisition of
but with the advantage of a great improvement 10.
the Cultivation, and a vast c::tension of the Triidc
of'bur Colonies.

Many of those who condemh the Peace, treat out
acquisitions as of little importance, bec.,,:ie, they sap
th‘ conquest of Colonies was not „the ob;cCi of the
War ; and liVlinisters are accused of having frequent',
changed that objeet. The object of the War has
re cer been changed.--That objet`' was se/f-jefeatt
against the principles ,and the power of France!,
The mode of that defence may have been changel
because the Enemy changed the mode of attach'
When France seized upon Ho/LA Ministers well
censured by Opposition for seizing also upon some
of the Dutch Colonies, as being an aft totalll
foreign to the objeet of the War; but they weft
condemned by those who wculd have laughed
them, and deservedly; if they had not done
The late Ministers sustained our honour and cha-
raCter firmly and ably-13 prosecuting an arduous and
necessary contest, in the mode in which its prose'
cution was most likely ultimately to prove bereft'
cial to the Country. In the midst of the most try'
ing difficulties, . the present Ministers pursued tilt
same line, and they have wisely taken ad'
vantage of the first favourable occasion for ter''
minating that contest, By concluding Pc:ice!'
they gave to the People of France and to fll4
CH ;BF CONSUL, a subject for satisfaction and PP
instead of a Topic for sorrow and mortification!
in the disgrace of an Army, and the failure of a
Yourite Project ; and in seizing this opportunitYt
they gamed in. return honourable Peace for 044
Country, from those who were before fairly and
reasonably supposed to he averse to all Peace;
who appear, previously to this period, to have he'.
communication with our Ministers upon the subje
of Peace only for the purpose of bringing forwat,ct
pretensions insulting to the feelings of Englishmen'
Nothing of this nature appears to have been pt '
posed in the late Negotiation : certainly nothing
of this nature has been submitted to. The Peace ig
the reconciliation of two great and powerful
dons, each sensible of the weight and influence 0
the other. In the course of the War, each 1-1 k fri;
creased in strengthxt
France, by an eeriSti-oq
territory and connection ; Great Britain, by an 1,,
crease of Foreign Possessions, and by a vast 36'
dition to that from whence our stren.gt4 wiii he 1
ways' :in a great degree derived, ourrommeree
Manufactures. We.vie yr our rclat;ve position, not°
free from anxiety, not as exempt from all possib°
danger, not as one which does not require the ‘Yi
gilance and the precautions of Ministers, but as. 011 e
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which ought nut to occasion alarm as to any
our essential interests; and we approve the Peace;
not as the most advantageous in point of terms 11°
we could have wished, but ai honourable, as prudent'
as placing us, under all the considerations we.llo'i
stated, in a most exalted situation in Europe, anVc
furnishing us with the means of securing our futuf,
interests more certainly and effectually than tbell
would, in all human probability, have been secul;
by the attempt to attain any different settlement
the affairs of Europe from the further prosecutil
of the War.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at tip
East India House, when the Court unanimously ,``e
quitted the Officers and Crew of any blame in
loss of the Lent, when captured by the Conjoic;'
The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Weaves'
day next.
h iff
The Clergy of the Diocese of Winchester a'ra
generally reported to Lord l'Eutiva, that the °to
mers of their respeCtive parishes are not inclined
make the returns of their crops, ver acre, as desire
cl
by Government.
The Convoy under the bisitz-acr Sloop of \l°l.l
arrived at Elsineur on the 17th inst.
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All the ships for the Baltic, 'fhat.had arrivri;
Elsineur previous to the 47th inst. had proveve,4:
those for England were detzined there wind-hour
Last winter, when I;pper Canada was coverey
with snow, a vessel of So tons burthen, compl_e,ir
masted and rigged, was drawn by land from ts'"o
pawn to Queen's Town, being the distance of

miles.
Two females, natives of the Andaman Nail
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have been lately secured on board the ArQnszich,
be carried to Bengal, for the purpose of fa'''to
liarizing them with our manners; every e£1.0050
effect this having heretofore failed. TheY het
young, and. were taken along the Coast as tie'
were looking for some fish. They are Ire d
with great humanity, and have already got ilifeard
all fear of violence, except what might be ° gicts
to their chastity, which they appear :o guard %toll
unremitting vigilance; although they have a 5 reAl
apartment allotted to themselves, and have 'l'7oo
cause for .apprehension,
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Non iii imperium pelagi, Javumque tridentem,
Sed mihi torte datum.

THE Bye-boat which sailed hence in Saturday
for Calais, returned last' night with two Passen-
gers ; about the same time arrived a French Passage
,Vessel, with fourteen Passengers.

This morning a Flag of Truce was dispatched "to
Calais, with a Courier from M. OTTO ; also sailed
4 Passage-vessel with several pssengers.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 28.

Aittuveb the Tr .ot, - S TODDARD, from Lon-
don to Boston ; and Mary and Ann, NEWELL,
from London.

Sailed the Hanson Hope, Akt.tmr, for Long-
sound, and Crown Prince Frederick) Scuosb) for
Christiana.