The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-16 00:00:00

.LoNpoN, FEBRUARY _l6, 18or,

Tlits morning at ten o'clock, the Loan Con-
traaors waited. upon Mr. PITT, in Downing_
.street, to .eouclude the Bargain for the Loan.
'The Bidding being the' same from two Lists,
-these were declared to be the ContrAftors, viz.
Sir Fk'ANcl'S BARING, SMITH, PAY NE and SMITH,
, •
arid Messrs. Ro BARTS, Cuterts and GOLDSMI D.
The 'Terms are 125 Three per Cent. Consols,
s. Reduced.

This is justly considered as a good bargain for
- ,tbei Public.
•-•• The Loan is for 28,000,0001.

The Three per Cent. Consols were at eleven
o'clock at 56

YESTERDAY Dispatches were received at the
Admiralty, brought by Lieutenant SMITH', in the
ilfdirook Schooner, from Lisbon. He brings an
account of the French Squadron having been seen
off the Coast of Portugal, steering for the Medi..
terranean. The Squadron, by this account, is
stated to consist of Seven Sail of the Line rind
Two Frigates. If this statement he coma,
the two that had separated soon after their
.sal'ing, had again joined, probably off Cape Fi.
nisterre.

THE "Hamburgh Mail which became due yes.
terday, arrived this morning. It has brought
us from the North, accounts of the continued
preparations for Hostility, on the part of Sweden
and Denmark, between the latter of which
Powers and 'Russia, an arrangement has taken
place as to the mutters in dispute. .The Em-
bargo laid by, Great Britain on the Swedish
Vessels, had occasioned the greatest anxiety at
Stockholm. •

The Vienna article, which is of the 31st ult.
states that Lord MINT° had, in the name of his
Sovereign, made a declaration, which sets Austria
at liberty from her Treaty entered into with this

Country.
'The Russian Minister KALITSCHEFF, who is
.to represent PAUL in the Congress at Lugiry;lle,
has passid through It' onistberg,.
Lou Is BONAVART E has left Berlin.

our Paper of Saturday, we gave an accu-
rate List of the New Administration, as far as
;the different Offices had then been filled up,
but these comprised the most important in the
Government. To this subject the eyes of the
Public- arc naturally turned with expelation
and anxiety ; and, as it seems to us material, at
the present critical conjunaure, that the utmost
possible union should prevail throughout the
Empire, we are now desirous of exciting in the
Public Mind sentiments of confidence in the

Administration which. His TvIAiFSTIP has thus

been enabled to form. Our regret at the
departure of the late Ministers from Of-
fice, is now mingled with the hope that their
Successors will be able to guide the Country
with success through the difficult circumstances
with w hich it is environed. The known Prin-
ciples of the new Ministers equally secure us
from the dancers of Jacobinism with the Old.—
..
Innovation and French Fraternity will be re-
sisted with equal firmness, and,, we trust, with
equal success. On this ground, indeed, as in
many other instari6es, we confidently trust
that we shall see both old and new Ministers
forming an united phalanx, which shall, as
triumphantly as hitherto, stem the threatening
torrent of Revolution, and maintain the honour
and safety of the Country as (Tare as they have
happily, to the present moment, beep preserved
by the wisdom and ability of the Men who have
retired from Public Office. To give due efficacy to
the measures of Government, it is essential that
it should he supported by the good opinion and
confidence of the People. Aided as the New Mi-
pisters are, not only by the wishes, but the
aEtive services of 'their Predecessprs; a great
portion of that confidence which the latter
enjoyed, may consistently be transferred to
them. The same principles of foreign and in-
ternal Policy will 'aduate their condutt, and even
.the only question upon' which it is probable any
difference of opinion may take place, will, we
doubt' noti be agitated by both with temper and
. liberality.

The wnsation occasional in every quarter of
Europe by the retirement of Mr. PITT, from the
helm of State, .cannot fail to be great ; but, its
effea with r4,,ard to this country will be unfa-
vourable only in.pr9portiori to the effect it Mall.

ppelc to have (Ton ounei yes. If our Enemies

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shall see. the Executive Government of the United
Kingdom still supported by the general confi-
dence and approbation, the'', will be able to
augur little in their own favour from the partial
change which has taken place :' they will per-
ceive that it is only a change of Men, not of
Measures ; and that the Government of England
is as ready, and as much qualified as ever, to
maintain its Rights, and to vindicate its Ho-
nour: In this cause, we entertain no doubt of
Britons possessing the same ardour as ever, and
of their being equally ready to exert it.—Though
men may reasonably differ on speculative points
of Legislation, or of Civil Policy, there can be
no difference of opinion in• the minds of English-
men, where the Interest or Honour of their
Country are concerned ; and we feel it our pecu-
liar duty, possessing as we do a very flattering
share of the Public Confidence, to inculcate most
strongly the reeolledion of what we all owe to
the General Interests of the Empire.
Our veneration for the Talents and Integrity
of Mr. PITT Mlle can doubt, and we will pledge
ourselves that it shall be as lasting, as it is fer-
vent and sincere. To evince that feeling, how-
ever, in the truest way, we think we cannot do
better than imitate his condua : Ha gives his
zealous support to the New Administration—We
feel every disposition to do the same, from mo-
tives both of duty and inclination. We have
already declaied, that we know not where HIS
MAJESTY could have selected men to succeed the
Ministers who have retired, more fitted for their
high situations than those whom he has been
pleased to appoint : many of them are known to
the Public, by their talents in the Senate—some
of them are highly distinguished by the eminent
services which they have performed—and the in.
tegrity or all is unquestioned. Our attention,
however, is naturally_ more particularly fixed upon
the immediate Successor of Mr. PITT, in the ar-
duous Situation which that Gentleman has so ably
filled for so many years of unexampled difficulty
and danger. We have already expressed nu
opinion of Mr. ADDINGTON'S talents and in,tegri-
ty.—Of the former, the Public can judge from
the Manner in which he has discharged, for about
twelve years, the high and important duties of
Speaker of the House of Commons—of the latter
we have the most perfet convitaion. The man
who from his earliest years has been the chosen
and intimate friend of Mr. PITT, may reasonably
have credit with those who do not know himifor
a great, enlightened, and honourable mind—those
who do know him perionally have as high an
esteem for his Virtues, as they have respe& for
his Abilities. From all these motives, which we
have thought it thus due to ourselves to detail,
we are led to support_the Administration of Mr.
ADDINGTON ; and it is no small consolation to
us, in the midst of the serious calamity which
we must ever think the Country has sustained by
the loss of the public services of Mr. PITT and
his late Colleagues in offiCe, that in supporting
the Executive Government which succeeds them,
(a line of conduit which, at the present momen.
tons Crisis, appears to us to be an imperious
duty upon every good Subjed,) we shall at the
same time be lending our aid to the Administra.
tion of a man, whose Principles and Talents
will fully justify the Support which will thus be
personally rendered to him.

The ROYAL FAMILY heard Prayeri yesterday
at Buckingham House.
The new Speaker of the House of Commons
held his first Levee yesterday evening, at his
house in the Adelphi, which was numerously at-
tended by Members on both sides of the House
of Commons.

The LORD CH ANC E L LOR held a Levee on Sa-
tu:day at his house in Guildford street.

Mr. GARTHSHOR R conies in as one of the new
Lords of the Admiralty.
Sir CHARLES STUART, it is confidently said,
goes to Ireland as CoMmander in Chief.
Mr. ABBOT, we believe, succeeds Lord
CASTLEREAGH as Minister for Ireland.

General MANNERS was on Wednesday re_
elected member for Cambridge. .

A Notice has been published from the War-Office
to all the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital re-
siding in South Britain, discharged from their
respective Corps, as corporals or .private mcn,
with some few exceptions—as of those who have
lost an eye or a limb, personally to 'appear at
certain places and at certain times, in order that
such of them as on examination shall be found fit,
may be sent to Garrison-duty only.
To-morrow, the Right lion. the Loan MAvoa
will hold a Court of Aldermen at Guildhall, to
dal a Colledor of the City Duties of Water.
hailage, Eastward of London Bridge, in the room
of Mr. READ, deceased, and on other business.
His Lordship will' take the Chair precisely at one
o'clock. •

It is reported that Government have officially
notified to all Ambassadors, Consuls, our. Com-
manders in the, Mediterranean, &c. thaeldalta
now forms a component part of, the BritistrEm,
rirc, and is to be regarded as such in all Treatiel
which may in future be contrafted.