The Sun.
London, England, 1801-11-20 00:00:00

dons :

Louts-RENE-Enov,kao, Prince de Ro.nAhr, - Cardinal
' Bishop of Strasburg. - •
LOUIS-APPOLLINAIRE LATOUR-DU.PIN.MO'NTAUBAN,
Arcithishop of Auch.
,LEAN-ANTOINE de CASTELLANE, BiShOpOf LaVaLIT.
CHARLES-FRA.NjOIS-JOSEPH de PISA NI de La GAunE,
Bishop of Venice.
ILAN-CHARLES de CotSeY, Bishop of Rochelle..
ALEXANDRE -AMEDEE .ADON,ANNE-FRANCOIS-LOUIS-
IOSEPH de I..a.yztERES,TIIEMINES, BiShOp of Blois.

Yesterday the Bank Dire&ors, in consequence ()!*
the Petition presented to them by the Holders of
Omnium, agreed to postpone the Redemption of the
Stock pledged with them from the 4th of December
to the 2zd of January.

IT has been fully demonstrated, both in Parlia-
Ment and out of it, that we have completely ob-
tained by the Peace, all the objects for which we
engaged in the War, withcut any disparagement
of our Honour, or any dereliaion of cur Principles.
We have shewn by, what we think, incontroverti-
ble arguments, that-the Ministers of this Country,
have laid such a basis for general tranquillity, as to
promise to the People of Great Britain, and to the
rest of Europe, security for the undisturbed enjoy-
ment of, this blessing.
The measures, however, which have been con-
ceived for more fully effetling this purpose; have
met with very unjust and unmerited censure in some
of the Public Journals. It has been industriously
circulated throughout the Nation, that our Peace
Establishment will become as expensive and bur-
thensome to us, as• while we' were in a state of
War. There does' not require much effort of rea-
soning to refute the fallacy of this proposition. .
We ought for ever to bear in our recolleaion,
that:Great Britain. made Peace in the true spirit of
Conciliation; she is therefore sincere, and there is,
noriason to doubt that the sentiments of the French
Government perfedly correspond with- her own.
Indeed, Peace is so much the interest- of France,
that; it is impossible to:suppose her councils will be
governed by any other principle, unless we also
ascribe to them the weakest and most improvident
motives. No one, however, will deny
.the aim).
lute propriety of adopting such measures of pre-
cautionEas shall not only render us confident in our
strength, but shall almost preclude the possibility ,of
interruption to our tranquillity. Although the
foundation stone of universal Peace has been wisely
laid, yet, if we turn our eyes to the Continent of
Europe—if we contemplate the opposite claims of
different Powers, their mutual jealousies, their am-
bitious pretensions;
,and the means which the Re-
public has acquired of a powerful interference among
them, it must be evident, that the superstrudure
will be the work of time, and that until we have
indubitable proofs of a spirit equally pacific with our
own, AdMinistration would be guilty of the most
culpable indifference, were they not to exert the
utmost vigilance and circumspettion, and render the
attitude of this Country 'such as to command re.
spetl abrOad, and ensure tranquillity at home.
Governments lidve been properly compared by
all Wtiters.pn the Law of Nations, to a moral per-
son, endowed with' the passions and the habits of
thinking, of individuals. Hence, it is Plain, that it
is no easy task to remove, on a sudden, that restless
spirit, which has for the la-it ten years raged out in
War and D6olation, and which cannot be expetied

to throw off the habit of ferocity to which -the
quarrels of Nations have unfortunately given rise.
Besides, although our Government believe the
temper of France to be pacific, and sincerely desire
that it May prove such, yet there is a material di-
stindiOn between the aJ of terminating a AV;r,
and the ad of consolidating a Peace. The lone
is momentary ; the other .exaas many. superadded
circumstances to give it stability. Peace is doubt-
less concluded with a view to its permanence ; but
should any subsequent departure from its genuine
intention intervene, what would be said of the su-
pineness 'of a Government, which voluntarily ex-
posed the Nation, in a defenceless state, to the pos-
sible dangers that might spring from a breach of it ?
Those who now so violently declaim against the
necessity of a strong establishment, would be the
first to arraign the incapacity and delusion, of Mi.

nisters. •
MAcH t AvEL has shrewdly observed, that " it is
a much easier thing to go to War, than to make
Peace." The observation is founded on nature and
experience. War operates on the passions ; Peace
on the reason of mankind. The blessings of the
latter must be not only desired but felt before the
world can be rendered secure and comfortable under
it ; therefore, the conclusion of a Treaty may,
.strialy speaking, be rather considered as the Pre-
liminary to, than as the Peace itself.
From these considerations, and from the circum-
stances of Europe, without making any invidious
allusion to the events that occurred on the Conti-
nent after the conclusion of the Treaty of Campo-
Formio, every rational man must be sensible, that
an imposing Peace Establishment is a most indis-
i_ensable security for permanent tranquillity. We
inhabit An Island which is one of the principal Na-
tiOns of -Europe ; it is necessary to the support of
•
this rank., :hat we take the advantages of its situa-
.. tion-; we ought always to remember that we are not
part of the C. ntinent, hut we ought never to forget,
that we are neighbours to it. Hence our immediate
Peace Establishment should convince all Europe,
that though we are disinclined to, yet we are always
prepared for War.
From such a system of internal defenee,.•there is
less apprehension of danger from without ; and, by
causing the Laws to he scrupulously observed, and
the Constitution to be sheltered from the inroads of
di:iaffedion, this Nation must secure to itself both
freedom and happiness. Indeed, these blessings- are
the necessary consequences of honest poiVer : and,
at this time (we mention it with mingled pride and
pity), Great Britain is the only Nation, on the whcle
surface of Europe, in which genuine freedom is pre-
valent, and fortified by the most sacred sanctions of
law, habit, and inclination. If we can but pre-
serve a due union of hearts and atreaions among
our Countrymen, in defence of our Constitution, we
have a right to presume that it will be secure from
any thing that Foreign Force .can do against it. The
Duke de ROH AN, speaking of England, said,
l'Angleterre est un grand animal, qui ne peut
mourir, s'il ne se tue lui-mime."

It is this species of National Suicide, which
every loyal Englishman should dread ; and by only
reverting to the Domestic TransaCtions of this
COuntry for the last ten years, heomust perceive,
that without a strong and vigorous Establishment,
,there can be no certainty of safety for our Religion,
Laws, and Liberties. On the strength of this
Principle, and on the. evident propriety of the
Measure, Government
.have already received the
most flattering offers-of Service- from many of the
Volunteer Corps, and there is no doubt, but .the
same • Spirit of Patriotism will display itself in
al) those As'soci;.ions. A cheaper or better mode
of Defence could never have been devised ; it is in
tria conformity with the Spirit of the Constitu-
tion, and the praCtice of our Fore-fathers. It is
the discipline of our immortal ALFRED, that the
Sword should be entrusted into the hands of the
Citizen ; and it is the duty of the Citizen to
volunteer himself in behalf'of those LaWs by which
his Liberty and Property are proteaed. The con-
tinuance of the Volunteer Corps seems, therefore,
to be a measure of the highest prudence ; these
Bodies constitute a most formidable -bulwark of
Interior Security, and compose, in the stritSl sense
of the word, the Army Of Freedom, while an
adequate Force of Regulars, must prove an effec-
tual barrier against any danger from without.

When the evils with which this Country lias been
threatened no longer shall exist, when (to use Lord
CLA.RENDON'S beautiful sentiment) this Nation
has returned sincerely to its old good humour and
its old good nature, there is no doubt but the se-
verity of military discipline will cease likewise. It
will cease with its necessity ; and the People will
then acknowledge with gratitude that it was the
temporary instrument of thtir salvation and lasting
security. Like the suspension of the Habeas
Corpus Ate, it would be a provident measure of
Government, to fortify Freedom and secure the

blessings- that flow from it. We may now look foL-
wards to happier days and scenes of rest. We have
nothing more to do than to repose an honourable
confidence in the men who have snatched us from
the miseries of Warfare, and whose measures havc
been so wise and upright, as to obtain them the
most perfect unanimity in both Houses of the Legis!
lature.—By a rigid observance of order, and nail.
unshaken fidelity to our excellent system ofGovern-,
vaent, they will be enabled to retrench our expencesf
to apply the National Revenue with economy to
Na-
tional Purposes, to liquidate gradually the Public Ill'
cumbrances, to encourage ManufaCtures and Agricul-
ture, and 'we may hope to live peaceably with our
neighb,ours, and to think of War only as 'a case of
necessity, as every thinking man knows that to have
been which is now happily terminated, but to be
always prepared for the possibility of its recurrence,

Neither of the two liamburgh Alai's due, bad ar'
rived when our Paper was put to Press.
The Krico'yesterday morning took an airing 00:
horseback in Windsor Park, accompanied by 0
attendants.

It was Mr. FuLLEa, the new Member for Sum
sex,. and not Colonel FULLARTON, who was intro•
duced by Lord PELHAM on Wednesday last.

WC understand that Sir THOMASTROUBRIDGf!
after having' received his Flag, will be removed t°.
the Navy Board, as Comptroller.
Mr. TUCKER has succeeded to the Vacancy at the
i
Navy Board, occasioned by the supercession
Mr. ROGERS.
Lord FRANCIS SPENCER, son to the Duke of
MARLBOROUGH, left Town yesterday for the Duke
of GRAFTON'S Seat in Norfolk, to be married to
Lady F. FITZROY.

Arrangementsare nearly completed between this
Country and France.on the subjeft of a regular irl;
tercoursc by Packets from Dover to Calais, al*,
vice versa. Provisions are made in this actable:
ment which must he highly approved of. .10
Passengers, in either the French or English Packets;`
are to be described in a List, which is to be de'
Livered by the Captain to the teqwElive Agents at
Dover and Calais, by which means the Governaleo
of each Country will know the charafter of ever#
person entering it from the other. This regolltf
intercourse is expeeted to be opened in a very le°
days.
• .
At a Meeting of the Dealers in_indiaStock,
yesterday at th 4! Stock Exchange Coffee-house, M
MAxx SPRO r in the Chair, it was Unanimously cles
termined that the purchasers of India Stock, for A
future period, should be entitled to -any bonus, je
crease of dividend, increase of capital, or atiy.othet
advantage; and subjea to any disadvantage attach!,
ed to the purchase of the said Stock. .

The ten Troops of Wiltshire Yeoma. Cavaltil
under 'the command of Lord Bat: CE, lave agreo'
to. the following Resolution :
" The Wiltshire Regiment or Gentlemes.
Yeomanry Cavalry, impressed with the liveliest grx.
titucle by their Sovereign's most gracious approbv
tion of their conduct, communicated to them in $
Letter from Lord 1-103 ART to the Lord Lieqtenang
of the County of Wilts, beg leave humbly to ot
tol-Its MAlrs-ry a continuance of their Servi cesii
until such rime as His MA; ErTY in his wisdom
no longer deem, it necessary to call on them for the°
exertions."

American Papers up to the loth of Onober, were
yesterday received, which state, in poielt of healthy,
the real situation of New-York. In the early 101:
of September a fever of a malignant kind broke 00`'
which does not appear to have at first given rise t"„
much alarm among the greatbulk of the inhabitarits;
By degrees, however, the alarm spread, and Vale
numbers of merchants, as well as other (lex, iptionsu'
the people, believing that the fever was of that pe
tilential and destructive nature from which they P,
formerly suffered such dreadful ravages, quitted they
homes, and left the town in great measure deserted"
In this state of things the Magistracr.were
ly aaire in taking every precaution against Sc c:c
strunive a malady, if it should really turn out tote
such, while they spared nu pains to get' the to't
character of the disease ascertained. The real(
Physician, Donor TtLLARY, has acCOrdink
pUbiiShed several reports tending to quiet alert;
neral apprehension. His last report comes dov0„;
the rBth of Onober, and the result of his most PI
gent and painful inquiries is, that the disease.s
is a fever of a malignant kind, but that
not of the destruCtive and pestilential chara':o'
which the inhabitants had dreaded. He states
this last report, that from the i7th of Septerobt;
to the zst of OCtober, zo persons had died of ill
lever : and from the zst to the _I Bth, eighty, so filo
in. this period (which was a sickly month) the clise,la
had carried off about too individuals„ from a po,,
which comprehends a population of 60,060 Soul}'
These fats of themselves are abundantly sUfficie4
to prove that the disease was not in the least oftivas
nature of the Yellow Fever, and the Physician oast
his own positive and unequivocal testimony, ribi,„e
reports, and a favourable change in the weather,ri,
at the time the Vessel bringing these Papers satlt
produced the most favourable eifFell. The alaf,
had begun to subside, the Merchants and other Ip-
habitants who had quitted the City, were returo,
ing, and several of the stores which had been sho,
were again opened for carrying on business. Theii.
Papers mention the appearance of the same disease,
other parts of America, but give no details of
numbers who had died.
The reception of MarquisCoß !MAWS, at 1°,6.
is not without precedent. ." When Lord Bot•Pri.
BROKE ar.rived in France, in August 17 tz,, to 4%;
plete the Negotiations of peace begun at titrec,_bc,
Louis XIV. paid him the most distingPPer-,
honours, and when he appeared at the.Operie/
one rose spontaneously to do him honour. 6 lie s%
• received, (says St. Lambert) by Louis*Xlv: A,;,
man come to save France, and by the French.
Minister who brought them a Peace so long cl'
for,"

NAvAL•R;vs.

PORTS.IIioUT4i, Nov.

Malesty's-Snip CakTata is thit 'day gone out
or the Harbotir to Spithe,ad. •
Sailed the Argo-, KEUP E, for FlensbOurgh ; Louisa
of arid:God Eivnomyi for Dantzic.