The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-28 00:00:00

Cruitera, or by beating them. Now, if it ~Were
true that there was 'a sufficient quantity of srigar 'and .
coffee in 'France for the cons'untptien of three years,.
it would not have been necessary to attempt to
consble the pqople of. France under their suffering:,
by such absurd and delusive. hopes.. That this Emr.
bargo, th6efore, will be r'rost Sererely:filt in France,
and that it must ,be the absolute ruin ,of .her rem
maining Colonies, cannot be elOubted‘ With regard
'to America herself, the consequence of the Embargo
must be great, and, perhaps, irreparable injury, be,.
'cause it will effectually destroy her carrying trade,
"during the War, if the Embargo should' continue;
it wily put an . end to her extensive trade in
the East
.Indies, and will in faa, .deprive her •of .
'all those
,commercial advantages which she star •
, .
'acquired during ihe. last fifteen years, in conse- -
'quenee of the War which has been carried on be-'
tween the European Powers during-the greatest part
of that period. These advantages .America acquired
solely by the War, and could only keep during the !'
War ; because, on the return of Peace, she would
got be able to rival Great Britain in commercial 'in- I
dustry, in skill, or in capital. The Embargo, there-
fore, will deprive America of advantages during the
War, which she . cannot regain upon the re- 1
storation of Peace. That thiS Embargo will
produ&ive of a certain degree of present
inconvenience to Great Britain cannot be denied,
because the dire& trade between Great Britain and
America must cease. But though the importation
of our manufa&ures into America is prohibited by
this measure, it would be absurd to suppose that the
ittiportation will therefore not take place. The Ante-,
ticans want our manufaaures, and their GovernMent
Will find it impossible to prevent their introdectoe,
In the mean time we must become the carriers Loci'
the world, because the Ships of no other nation ex-
tept our Allies on navigate the ocean., Upon the
Whole; therefore, 'Whatever might be the 'motive
Which induced the Amerleari Government to adopt •
this Measure-, it is obvious that the injury which
hatite and America will sustain from it must ha-
&Coll* and permanent, while the iacotivenietmeo-
Which Great Britain will endure from it, must bee
comparatively trifling, and can only be.temporary%

`'he more weftflea upon the Official Papot
Which have been submitted to Parliament, relative
to the Overtures of Austria for effecting a Negocia4
*kit between this Country and France, the more
We are convinced of the wisdom, rectitude, and.
magnanimity, which have guided the. CoUncil's
of the British Cabinet. Whether, in order to.eon-
Ciliate France, Austria tret proposed die measure to
the French Ruler) or whether the latter desired the
tiiperor of AVSTRIA to undertake it, in which ease
a desire must be considered as tantamount to an
order, is a question of 'little importance. The true
point at issue is,' whether any sincere desire 'of
Peace really existed in the mind of the French
Ituler ? It is evident that, however the matter ori-
ginated, the conduct Of Austria, during the %Oleic,
proceedings, must haVe been entirely udder the die,.
tation of Erna,. If the French -tinier had •been"
r
eally disposed towards, Peace, he would' have made
some dire& advances to this ,Conntry, - after the
willingness expressed by, the British Government to
inter into NogiCiations, kilt was impossible for.
France to suppose that this Country would,degrade
itself so Car as immediately, to send Plenipotentiaries
to- Paris merely upon the side-wind comtimnica.
Cons of the Court of Austria; Mr. CANNING very
properly adverted to this impediment in the way of
Negotiation, when he observed, in answer to Prince
ETaneesreasto, that the latter had omitted to
explain from whom he had received the communi-
cation (respecting the sending of 'Plenipoten-
tiaries), whether from his Imperial 111,Iter or
from the Government of France." Mr. Caw..
limo farther observed, that if Prince -Stittta
SEMBRita professed to_ speak, not from his Im.
penal Master, but in " the name of another Power,
the statement 'of some precise authority, and the
InoduEtion of some specific and aut hen tic documeni,
could alone justify the, Court to which he ad..
dressed himself in founding a public and im!
portant measure upon such a communication.".
Tho French .Government was fully aware of the
pacific ;sentiments of Great Britain from the whole
of the Correspondence that had preceded this )ust,
observation of Mr. CANNINGi yet what, was, the
result ? Instead Of, producing any solemn and
authentic pledge from France itself, after this ob-
servation, .foended.upon the most reasonable grounds,
and, whicb,,iudeed, was .an essential point in any
Negotiations between France and. this COuntly,
witheut any- direft advance on tholiart of the French
Ruler, to say nothing of the want of explanation as
to thehasis upon which a:Negotiation could be corn-
menced (a matter, however, of indispensable im-
portance), the answer of Prince STAHREMBERGmias,
a deillifild of Passports for hiniael land Auitiian
mission at London t!, Mr.. CANNINei'S.'` Note con
- Lining thine ihipe: iNi.bsdi;44o,llo dated*

thepAssports was cn the 12th following ; and as it
iwit impossible for hith fO have any communication
fruit i his own Court, or that of Vranee, grounded
-upon that Note from Mr. CANNING, it is evident
that:the French Ruler had prerioasly deternthittd to
makiatto ovettnres from hitnself, to, enttn• into no
explpnation. as., to the basis of Negotiation,
I 'aid that' in' bet,' the whole wa's a mean trik'intd
shallow collusion intended to deceiVe mankind, and
to make them believe that France was disposed
to give Peace to the world, and that Eng-
land alone was averse to so desirable a mea-
sure. Prince &.T. AfilleminutcOeclarei, tbat, in con-
sequence of orders from his Court,, " the present
circumstances obliged him to' dernarid passports for
:•hiniself and the Austrian MiSsion,at London." And
what were these " present circumstances ?" Not
any repugnance of the British Government to enter
into Negotiations : on the contrary, it had testi-
fied the utmost willingness to do so. The " pre-
"sent circumstances," then, was an indispensable re-
quisition ,on the part of this Country, that the
French Ruler (fully apprized of the pacific senti-
ments of Great Britain, which.was a sufficient over-,
tore for the latter to make through an indirea
channel), did not chuse to make any advances imme-
diately fromlimself; that Great Britain;--therefore,
declined the humiliation of sending. Plenipotentiaries
to France en such • uncertain grounds—and that no
Specific basis for a Negotiation, notwithstanding the
repeated revisitiens of Great Britain, were given by ,
France, oven through the medium of Austria, who
haddclubtless entered into the correspondence entirely
with the concurrence, if not in conformity to the
expressed will, of France. These are the " present •
circumstances" to which Prince STAIIREMBERO re-
miers,as thegroundsupOn which he desired passports,
in order to terminate all amicable intercourse be-
. tweeu his Court and Great Britain. This, we tile-.
slime to say,, is an impartial.statement.of the whole
of the communications which have recently taken
place upon, the important subje& of Peace,, and it
must convince the oppressed Nations of Europe,that if
,jbey are still deprived of the blessings of Peace the
and the odium ought to light Upon their en-
slaver, and not upon Great Britain, who was ready
to. treat upon any terms that might be consistent
‘vith her own dignity, honout, and the charaCter
she holds in tire eyes of mankindb

THIS morning. the trial of General WitrikocxX
OoMmenced in the Great Hall of Chelsea Collegen
Very soon after ten o'clock, the AlJnibers of Lthe
Court Martial being all assembled, their names were
called over by. the HtmAtir.
cateA and they took their seats at the Table iteeording
to their seniority in point of rank, and were then
SWOT& Gen..WHITELOCKE then entered, dressed
firhis Uniform; and attended by several Officers;
after which the Charges against him were read, and.
the Court -having made some regulations respeet.
lug the mode -of examining the Witnesses, the
Abvocsra-GtNeitAL .stated to the Court, ti at
he, attended .to condu& the Prosecution, assist,
ed by the Queer who was Adjutant.- General
at Buenos Ayres., and that General WIIITIti•
Locxx had expressed 4 desire to have the assistance
of the Officer who *trs Quarter-Master-General at
Buenos Ayres, in his defence;,

Upon this point some doubts arose; as, if that
Officer were allowed to assist General WIIITILOCKE
in his Defence, he could not be examined as a Wit
ness.

The Court was cleared for the purpose of consi.
dering this point, and the doors were not opened
again at half past eleven o'clock. Mr. PAR stunt
attended as Pounsel for General WHITELOCKS. •
The following are this names of the Officeri WM.
posing the Court Martial

Sir W. MAA DOM, PieSidOlt.
Generals Garth C.nerais Cuylet
Tgurtott 08iivy
Loa. fox -
Monson Sir E. nu%
Mdore Parris
:Nugent Manners
11u1se We!ford
Dunilas Garth
Pigott Stavely
• Clanricanto Sir C. Ross.

The Hall has been very well fitted up .for the
occasion ; it is matted, and Warmed with German
stoves., The Court was not crowded. It was ex+
paled that the Court would sit till four o'clock.

Yesterday. His MAJllsrf came to town from
Windsor, and held a private Levee at the Queen's
"Palsco,'soon after two o'clock, which was attended by
. The Laid Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the
'Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretaries of Statu for
th Hoine and Foreign Departments', the First Lord of the
A iratty,. the 'Master-General of the Ordnance. tho Duke
(x 1
of ontrose, Viscount Cathcatt, Lords Heathfiald and Am.
herst, C;enerals Phipps and Gordon, and Dr. Marlow.

The followinghad the honour of being presented
„„
to His „AJ EATS :
Viscount Callicart, upon his, return from Scotland.
General Phipvs, Upon his being appointed to thecommand
of tho 3d ,I3itt4lum of the both Regiment.
The Itp,.r Dr. Marlow, President of St. !obit's College,
Oxford, upon his being appointed yribcad of Canterbury,
by the, -Dulcet. 01...P0rt land.
His AUST Y gage audiences to the Cabinet Mi-
, •
nioters, and set off gt o'cloce. for Windsor.

V IT la IN \V O.

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176-Nrocrrit, 26..—Arrive'd tiro Lug.
ger Pri‘4;-tteer Marsotiit
,'rno,tuttng J 4 gulp, with GO
tutu ;c.Tturcd otl"the Lizard by thelrt; Frigate.---
Slic was ottOwieday;.front St, Maloe3, and had not
[bilge any captnie§." 5f44_ ;fel). pris that the French
Friptes La £S Prent 49 guns 44611,
mhde their escaptarom St. Maloes a clayor'two pre.
vious to the„Privateer7s sailing, and. were gone on a
secret Expedition. At the time the Privateer was
captured there were three English Vessels in sight,
whicb' would have been captured had not the Iris
hove in. sight.
The outward-bound East India Fleet and .South
Sea Whalers, under convoy of the Isis; of .50 guns,
sailed from Cawsand Ray this afternoon for their
destination,

PORTSMOUTH, JAg.. yesterday the
Sylil, METHAIki, ,Emerald, Si'oa, and Chatham,
WELLER, from Jamaica.--Sailed therefrom the 26th
November, under convoy of the.Chichester, of 4.&
guns; there being then 19 Sail in cOmpkny'i .sepa.
,rated in a gale of wind the 2d inst.' The Chichester
arrived this day at this Port.

SA:led the Linnet (:otter Brig for the West Indies.

LiyElAi.ool.o Jr.A 26.--" Arrived the Alontet ih-a,
Capt. Wasom, from Jamaica: she sailed with the
Fleet, consisting of t..'B Sail, on the Bth,November:
The Triton, Eliza,- and Brpediffon, parted of f Donna
Maria ed,December, and*on ad January the whole
were dispersed in z heavy gale. On the 4th' the
Montezuma fell in iith
.the Malta,, Bel lona, and
Britannia, of London, BROOK ; Hannah and the
4urorn, of Liverpool, the Thomas, of Lancaster, and
the —, 'of Greenock, and parked from them, on
the tath instant, in a ,gale.—The Ship Robertson,
for London, foundered on the 4th instant; crew
saved.

PAl.Motint, ?Art. 2.s.—Came in the American
Brig Lyon, CLIFT, frOin St. Auclero, in 13 days,
warned in, and her papets endorsee on the 23d inst
by His Majesiy's'Ship Rose. Capt. CLIrT reports,
that prior to his sailing it was reported that an Em-
bargo had been laid' on all Neutral 'Vessels in the
Ports of France, and it was alsO daily expeeted 'to
take place in Spain.

DEAL, JAN. 27.—Arrivegi this morning His Ma-
jesty's Ships Agincourt and 11-00/wich, from St. He-
lena, with the Sir S. Lushingtoa, from Bombay,
and-the Slat', BERNICE, from the Solidi Seas : the
latter Vessel has sailed for the River also the Jack
Tar, from Jamaica. •

FOISERWASS,' JAN. 27.—.-Sailie the ,Tca;er Gun-
bfig
.6* f-Itiwich.-:-.krivpd the Oriunt from Chat-
ham, and brought tip "at the Great Nore,,

IVEIV YORK, Dsc. 26.

[EXTRACT OF A LETTER.) '
I intimated in. my last, of the the probabi-
lity..of .an embargo, and .yesterday orders were scat
bytkvernment to stop all vessels from sailing to any
part of the world, ,eftcept such foreign vessels as
might. be part loaded, ór....in,liailast these only are
allowedste depart. The:gratinds of this extraordi•;
nary measure. are founded on_the=rectint dispatches
front France, Which refuies to give satisfaaion tcl*
the United States, respeiling the blockade ot Great
Nritain, in case the property on board its Own veiSeis
shall be bona fide -American. It appearS that.the
ita-
teution of France is to force.it intowt alliance with,
,its GoVernMent against England, car eke to refuse
'halting connexions in a.commercial point of vie* any
longer. The Government here 'seem detetinined to
resist such demands in the only manner left • iii its
poi,tei-,, namely, lw an embargo : whether this truen.
sure will oblige l' cane haver its tone is probleina-'
cleat :It any rate it will
.secure the property of its
own .citi"4`2tis,-bY Itceping it at home until sotrie et
t-tingernents have been Made of a permanent nature.
flow long this will take it is impossible to say.