The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-30 00:00:00

L 0,N1) 0 ,Zr! RC H. 30, 8.0 It

As has. been ever the.eae when
.any cornniuniert-
,!in 'rebtiYe, to Negotia.tions Vetween this country
kind France has' talsen place; the. Public have since
-Friday inch,igcd. is a'nntnber of sptculatiohl relative ,
to nattitt I,f-tlfe reply ,nude by •the French GO-
-.v.e.ornent to die eort of overture made-by our .
pistery rough 'OK channel of M. OTTC).. 'This is not
gmttpr for, astonishrher,t, nof that there slioul'd he
.:etrtir.- where theta, is so rn4h tincertainti-. 'We
ip;snaOt prrtentl tl; 'state w.fint is the substance of thit:;
1 •
y D.r %a, . CS. which have lien'
• crnt..:l on -the sulYjen; rile most riasonable 'seems' fo
that the ?fund, ifleNvo is df'
tlii-,po:cd to ticat rot Pe.a4;) but Inve-chos-en to (Li
(' 0:,1y 5,1 conFurtiiion -with its Allies, and has u;

consequence expresso

[csire to a

vise t

lcln o

as a preliminary. This reply would be that which
it is most natural to expea.; and it is not probable
that the.Chkf Consul would risk entering upon any'
negotiation before communicating on the subjca,
with the EMPEROR of Russia.

Yesterday aflag of Truce, the Aranry, of Dover,
C4ptain LAIINURE, sailed for Calais, with a Mes-
senger,and.bispatches horn M. Orr() to the French
bovernment.

Weyestrday received Paris. Papers of one day
later date, to the 246. • The. only important fa&
which they contain is from E4,-) whence the
French Goyerniiient;have received dispitches, which
hll exclusively six. pages of, the, 4/viiteur. If we
May givethny Credit to this authority, two French
Trigates:liad hatt:thetgcmcl fortune to elude the vi.
gilanee'of .Lard'.-Ii Fleet ; and had, on the
,
4th of Ftbruary, entered the Port of Alexandria,
.where they'diSembarked ;co men, is,ooo musquets,
hall -60,000 bullets. *Twenty other small vessels
, -
had inthe same manner,: it- is said, reached the
Coast of Egypt, but this appears to us " very
doubtfill. The letters of MENOU to BONAPARTE
draw, as usual,- a flattering pit ure
.of the Mili-
tary Colony of/Egypt, exalts the resources and
the constancy of the" Army,' and represents the
.Turks. as possessing no means of attack. MENOU
speaks•with the 'same confidence, although with more
falsehood, of-the Army of SirR4iLPll A IiERCROM-
BY, of which he affeds *await-the'attacic *fib-
iMpatlence, That it had not taken place as late as
•
the
4,th of February, may be concluded from the
'Paris. Papers, and we have reason to ,believe that.
the intelligence
.received on this head" three days
ago by our Government, was not quite so favour.
able as that which preceded it. "The Pa.iis Papers
confirm the fad that G,INTHEAUME, after having
'entered Toulon, had sailed again froth that Port,
but they give us no dates. on this subjed. .

As we have little.that is new to communicate to
'our Readers to-day, we shall avail ourselves of the
'opportunity of calling theirattentionto a subject
:On 'which we have_. long felt it necessary, and on
which we .have' long seen desirous of saying a
Otir'objed in so doing is to defeatinjustict,.
to.reniove- a prejudice, and to reftify an inference
which is the result'of false reasoning: This 'we are
sensible is not an' easy 'task.; but it is one which
it is at least honourable to attempt, and to which
we are led both by duly and inctinationt
The in9rnenirwhen'Mr: Purl. .resigriecV,ltia'.officei:
and its weight was transferred to the. hands of, Mr.
ADDING-I'ox, has more than' any circumstance, in
Our recolleetion, -shewn, how seldorri the. imme,
cliate•judgment of the Public in great events, coin-.
cides with that which Posterity will form. Why
the former. Gentleman has quitted his situation,
and why the latter has. succeeded to ir, are clues;
dons on which the Speculator may continue to
amuse himself with conjedurs as vain as they
are probably unfounded, but on. Which we
.have,
. however, heard
.no respedable man form any pre.'
sumption, in any degree. derogatory to the cha.
rafter of men, with such' claims to mutual and pub.
lie, esteem. It is not our intention to seek.extra-
ordinary causes fOr this change, when the Parties
interested, have themselves assigned such 'plain
reasons on the subject. We shall only remark,
incidentally, how natural the love of the Marvel-
lous is to the 'greater part of :mankind.' . While
they, shut their eyes to what is immediately before
them, they endeavour to see into that which is
beyond the :regions of their sight, and those of
Leaving then the subjecl to the Coffee...house
Politicians, on which,' 'as Mr. PITT said.pn Wed-
nesday last, they already know
.all that they will
probably ever knolk, we shall turn to another point,
on which their errors are less• pardonable, because
they are more dingerdus ;—we mean to allude to
the personal intimacy which subsists between Mr.
PITT and Mr. AporNcTorr, and to the political
support which' the: former ,gives to the latter: It
could hardly hibelieyed, if we had not read it 'in
some of our Daily Papers, And still more if wq had;
,not .heard it in a place which gives importance to
whatever i.. 4tterqd in it, that a circumstance
honourable to both Parties, we might even add, to
human nature, as it is advantageous to theireottn..
try, should have .been considered .-is astonishing;
unfortunate, and !elven disgraceful,.: This perVer-
sity of sentiments and of opinion, would be incoo,
• -
ceivable, did not the blindness of party.spiritt anti
the phreuzy of disappointed ambition alliir4.a:sckti,„
don, Vie.are 'willing to adenit that it isatioY.tlty
•
its 64, and
_indeed in everi•o•ther Country," for
a MiliistiT who iias•stiJOng; and in.bucli importalt
c,rornstinces,-held the reins of :Qov!rnt,nent, tac
suecieeled, befOre any Sta. riga... hits' °eel) (red; lit 'those
. .
circumstances,' by a 0300411 Q ptctrniscil;if tint ab-;
zolutely to Futsue the same conduit, at least to at

upon slmllar priricipic ; tiluugit vit; vu4L.tv, at.
the same time, that history affords examples, which
if ntit, it is true, similar., are; at least in part analo-
'pits. But that a thing should excite wonder, 'or
create suspicion, ,because it never happened before—
that two men are not to be found with sufficient
virtue, and sufficient esteem for one another, tospre-
vent their. friendship froth being shipwrecked on the
shoals which commonly prove the ruin of human
connections—that because.some shade of difference •
in their opinions prevails' on. one particular point,
there cannot be a good anderStanding between them'
on all other topics—that because one is no longer
Minister he cannot support the person who succeeds
him—and that because the other has entered into
'office, he must necessarily condemn the condua of
those who have preceded hiM—these ate opinions_
which none but the vicious cap entertain, and none
but the, thoughtless utter. To hold Such'idoEtrine
is to deny the existence of-virtue, to injure truth,
to pervert reason, art to belie conscience : it is to
pronounce a libefboth ups? n' our country and upon
hum:in..nature itself. •
It is 'indeed a,proposition-equally curious in Mo-
rality and in Physics, that becausea thing his never
yet been seen,- it is for that tame alone badl. and.
What, adds to the singularity of this reasoning
that it is advanced .by those very .men who have,
approved all the novelties and innovations-which-
havebeen produced on the other side of; the water ;
/and have exerted their best endeavours to Make 'tit:
.partakers of them. Though far from agreeing in
,their unqualified taste forinnovations, we must ac-
knowledge that it woUld have been desirable that
'sortie should have taken .place in the last eleven':
years Every one agrees, that the dontinent of
Europe has been destroyed by v the endear to
combat that greatest of all innovations, the Fren'ch
Revolution, by old weapons ; and by means. of
which that event had destroyed the Wed. After
• having so
:happily and so gloriously •eseaped. the
satne,misfortunes, we have no hesitation in assert-
ing, that we should still have ended by bearing- .a
share of them, if this novelty, of which some
plain,:hasl not taken place ; ifr as has always lir,
therto happened, the 'Administration which has, gone
'out had been succeeded by a•man of opposite views
and' sentiments. -The glory and advantagerwhich
s,.
• England had aequired'or ptoserved•
-would have, 'Vanished befbre a Peace, vicious in
principles, and.'perhaps
:dislionouritlile. sin -its:tettns.:i
France would have'had the triuptpli3Oftedisciniiiii:::
country io.the same disgrieefutistiretnileyraPOthr
cOuntrieS is and .-the. iriench 'of social order
ha vebeen deprived. of the. consolation of seeing even'
• one nation escaping uninjured in : its
.honour and
in its power from this long revolutionary: tern:::
pest. As . then, unhappily, the Pilot Ivbck.had.
hitherto saved the Vessel of the State-was to quit.
• it, by whom could it be 'at last brought into port,
but by'some one who.woula continue to gtiides.tbe.
helm in the same manner, combining
experience of his predecessor, whatever nevecir-
• curristances might require ? Would not the ship on
the contrary have been exposed to almost' complete
ruin, if the helm had fallen into the hands of men,
who would have violtntly and:suddenly given: ii an
opposite direetion ?. Hacknied as this comparison has
been, it is nevertheless correct, and only calculated.
!to ilantrate to the mind the circumstances .Of the
caSe. It has,thus.been happy for :England, that the
Government of this country, in passing froth' the
.
hands of Mr. PITT, has been transferred to. one
who, with the same -views, had not to .meet . the
same, though with great difficulties ;,-who,bavring-the
same objeCt to pursue, was still at. liberty to -reach
it by other, means, and who, adopting the same ba
sis, might yet raise a different.stiperstrutture ; who-;
in short, equally patriotic, and guided by the same
fundamental principles of human reason sand wise pa.'
licy, might premise. .to England-to preserve what
the former had saved,-and to 'acquire whit was per-

haps beyond, if not. hismeins, at least his situation.
Such is updisguisedly our opinion; on this yioint, and
we feel confident; that we do no'more than antici.
pate the judgment which Posterity will form upon
it :. their judgment will indeed be more easily and
more generally fOrmed, .because the happy effeels- of
the elevation of Mr. .ADD I NGTON to Adminisira.
,riot -will ,then be felt, while we can: only predia
theM,; they will enjoy the blesiings of PeaC4. of
which wc;can );et only perceive the..tiawn.
There is still another question which we havp
!tided to, and on which, although we have ex,ceeded
the limits .we had proposed to ourselves) we amstill
anxious toa say,someWhat. The iuppoit
.which
PfiT ADonlgioN, and t.o the worthy•.
Co4leasu6,.Wjiotn he. has:thosen, is still considered
• by. souse as 'a sort of pOlitieat• raradox; anti they.
4'4. to that. 4-will, '7 pax oiliOng• durati9n.
Vjc 704d.ad,viie..tijeir qc4ie,. ,thiiy]fnitio
the:r hon'our; to hied `this-Itigut4e-; aid Co te' FOnrof
that any ev havi"*4l-held:iti• it. •pottsevctc Gam*.
4.11, ranounce.on.hilself,. to itipteue

nishment at. seeing it pratlised., We will not say
that men of moderate minds and common souls .
could do what Mr. AD DI ZiGTO:•I and Mr. elfr now
do; but the noble spectacle which 'their conduft pre-
sents, furnishes much matter for admiration, none for
astonishment. They do nothing but what theii
past conduCt gave reason to expeCt ; they have
shewn theinsclves throughout their Ih-es—equally.'
formed reciprocally to esteem one another, as to be
beloved and esteemed by 'their countrymeo.' . It was
worthy: of,tbem to present this rare, anlrgieat
ample; and it will be,aszlorious as advantageous
to England, to haVe produced two men, capable of
such an association of genius, of _talents, and of
;
virtue.

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Two Hamburgh Mails remained due when this
Paper was put to. Press.
The -RorAL. FAhir LI- Aid not attend divine
service yesterday. at the Chapel Royal as was_ex.
-Odted.
HiS itOyall-ligfiness the Dux r of YoRK attended
yesterday •at his --(Zee in the 1-10. rse Gliards ; the
tight HanouralAefisstiY ADD I NC TUN (Chancellor.
of,the'Exch'equer),,,tipt a IJng ia,tzr ;le w with his
Royal Highness.
" Mr. EASTWOOD', fthe':Mess. eogerp arrived yester.
day:from Torbay, having been dispatched wik.h
deri for the Sailihk of the Fleet under the coluaranA
of Admiral CORN W LIJS. •.

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' General Cuii.e it, Who so 'many years serired_his
~
Country in the West Indies, it is said; is to be in..l
vested with the: Order of the Bath. ••
Lord HAWKESUUP.Y, Minister for Foreign AF.. -
fairs, --gave a: Dinner to the Ambassadors, on Saw.:
tiara--at his hciuse in. Sackvilie Street. • . ,
: The En tertainmeni which was to halle been given
'on S'aturday by Lord Hos Ayr,Was licit off oft itce4tnit,
of the death of:Genera STvAR-r. "- ' . ',:::•'
Saturday, , Mr., As a AAA,* ' f.N EiTi I. 4.1-iti-, t 10 tiitaftitt .
`at the* StOik _Sicitinge:*ith. a Message frorw7tistN:,. •
Chancellor :iyf .:the.',Excaectitet, Announcing t_bat .4;4
rntirroiv, at ele'veit o!clOcki he? will be re"fdy, to.tIK:
for the Stag Ebtiety;,. .'
'\ ' ''' : - '": ''''*!l . - •
iti cbn`i*ittet4.- itho death of; GeneraiSzlftatts,:,
:one of the IttieientativerfOr ra9re,-Mx'.6iiititait.;
GARLAND, 3011.1iklaVir, to Bs NI Am fit J.evrett;s64t.;‘4,
is- can vassi nethiiE'l ettotq: :',--', . -17, - . .-,-.: ~.' ..:.. 'i ..s IA
'TJieAtgetirie-A-tttbassatior sortie clays - since •tlii
.fed to.Ministery tlte,Yetie?pt ,of.kotellig"en'9",e ftOttital
Canirct":tHat -.lthe`Yrito. ,Ent.tri'siho has- fiteirre4C;,
.sided.,4t Algietp; a,ttiliiitere-,,.i,:ith 'a -itle 'I!: 'fitf:iod*aill
• the' frienthhip - a the Ei&r.coyaidirrit'fice, -Aif-iftliti
ex..ice Alin to,-hostitity..4sainstEngland,:heliat.
.i.
pelitielii.immen's„4.o:.or.imiwikAiii b0n:46,11/7.
x
ed, and ordered zo inform. the freneli:Gover;ileutoi':
that pr-FlittliNtY- to. •,,ars'..scs?ll4P.O.,'Aer: - ;
'oiler to, ihe i.l.geriite,4tate,. must b 4. il)elley'ket*. , ...
of Egypt. by tier,-ITtoept,:;-,4ittpon .this c.ondlisOlk:!-.
Algiers liad.;oionoce4:;!4;ti.ir,.. months Arrnisiiceikl',
wtrieltliidbeenifolfingiidAtutifF.,444ifietii-tli4t i11.,..ifel :
S I ipo4tioti.ivi:"l4.lie 90113144`4*.i.et. Ig'
.DotiLlUilt
con‘lic ion ' ajoile -Wald sltitsien-ibLani.-... aiientittz
for the.te,:establishment,oUtP.Cib-Wehic'e:ifiii -1.44.,::
ther.pleasure to state, thaCcin-Thtmday lasts the Am.'s.
baisPdor; who like Wise ho! the diHingtHWATAI sta.::
tion of High Admiral of',A;gier4s• ol4ciit4ysOjpmuol,;,:
rated to :Vriltisters, that the' Ott. in :testmot_ty. 01.) tire'.'
friendship to mi. 40 tant*.l.ajesty Vika sirsiv,..**33 tilt:
a 'Knight cti'ltjaita4 andt63. Nilaltes4 who hail , be*
captured by his Cruigr4,.prcviousTto the reduCtiow
Of La. Valet te by :did British,' itidlbfa iiiiii..klavery._
shook!' be- liberdrett-witittiut:fatimitn-:o44litli:;k4a •
have amounted to upWirtfs of 100,c4p0t.4 •consicjet..
ing them subjeEts of. iris MO'l/4:rX i 4n4 has ttireZ4'
ted that whatever supitslares of provisiuni • tuNr,l* ,
wanted' by the Garrisons 'of ‘iVl4lta or IVlinoreAk
shall be furnished 4 "hie Statel,
•
..
,„.• _ _
The poptlation of Stamford In r7?5 amonntert ta
3,837 ~..• in the- present year- it eaMptizes male,
2289, tetnales 2775 ; total 5061.,,,being 4n incteaW
of 1227 souls. . ' ' . '
..
..,_
• _ .
The population of Louth in r7S2 y/as, gilts, 064
in Isot, males 1958, ferna!es. iF374 total 4593 i •
being an increase of 1 1 7 8 souls. ::

Gainsborough, by the late census, contztipsi uNikip
zog+, •females 2+ol, total 4c6 :—and Lynn sift
18oit, males,4s4t, females 5554, total t 0,095.
4.; Swaffhain Bulbeck, iti cambridgeshire, tbe
population,imouutt to s+o, the number of male*.
and females being 'ekaftly equal.
The population "ot Lynn is 4541 males, and 5544
females,: in all 10,094 persons,

The average Price of Sugar, computed from the
returns made for the week ending the *2sth daY, of
March ifior, is Stvehtptix Shillingi and .Six
Thrze Farthings per hundred weight.
Stwo-riNo.-.-The returned Shooting Match be•
tsveen the • Honourable J. W, (ovawritv, and
ii.TirN, Esq. was shot for on Friday of North
Cray, Kent, and was won by Mr. COVENTICY,
whd
kilted nine birds out of eleven ; and -.--- BARON,
Esq. killed seven. Betts at the eommencentent
were cqoali and:towards the close 5 to t in favottF'
of -Wit. covtrirkr.-Likewise. a Cup given by
Mr, CQTENSRY, value Twenty Guineas, was shot,.
.for byt,Fivp Keepers, and won by ELL to.r,-
Cnvt.Npuy's Keeper, A dittO Subscription Cap
was sh9t fOr by Eight Gentlemen. This match was
warmly contested, five out vf. therti'hi6ng, tied.
and were._obliged to,shoot over again ; and it wal
.at last won by Mr. SmAt.i.. The whole day's sm.%
was highly entertaining, and was .CondiAtted with
great' decorum, The company, which ,01.1 very
numerous, was highly entertained.
The Abbe ULARic, ore of the ablest matherna7
ticiani of Europe, and attached to 'the ci.devanst
Duke (VAPI0011.1?)41 ai' his Preceptor, has- put ati
end to his life at Kovigthirs, by stabbing hitusejf
through the heart, just as he was going to set out
to follow the Count de 141,1. E .to ;Fa mew. The
motirt which le(i him to this-at of despair is nor
known. It is not known that he was labottring.
under-arty petsvnal chagrin, and 14 had never
any sips of turtal weakness. •