The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-05 00:00:00

LOYDON, FEBRUARY 5, 1801.

A very considerable alarm having been excited
by difierelt paragraphs which have appeared in
the T;,, s, and in other Papers, relative to the
probability of the immediate exclusion of British
Shipping from the Ports of Poitugal, we have
had the satisfaftior.to learn on inquiry, that there
i 6 no foundation ,rxibetsorver for the belief of any
'such intelligence having been received in this
Country : At all events we are justified in assert.

kg, that fro intelligence to dust trelt has beer
received by Goverwilent either from M. de Pom.
88.18. A, (as has been falsely_ stated in ore of the •
D•
Papers) or from any other quarter.

WE last night received Paris Papers to the
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The sets -Which haVe come to our ,
hands do not contain an important fact, which is,
we learn, to be fOund in some Others, that Peace
keen signed --6etrween Austria and France.—
The Terms of it are said to have been kept se.
fret by agreement, it'being one of the stipula-
tions entered into between the two PoWers, that
the Articles shall hot be published the end of
this month, when the engagements between the
Ksxo of ENGLAND and the EMPEROR of Gra,
MANY, are •no longer in force. Such is the.
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statement in the Moreing Papers, of this day,
which, as we-fire' before observed,. our sets 'of, Ya
Paris Journals do not warrant, and we do nor
find eve; itt the Papers that contain the in.,
telligen'ee; any extras'}
,under- the Paris Beall-'-'°
to justify .it. should it prove correa, we
have. too often prepared our Readers for, such
an event, for it to be unexpe6ted.: If our inte—
rest- in our own concerns dlininfsh,es the sensa- •
tion which this fats would otherwise • have pro-
duced,- it should nevertheless seiiuusly engage
the attention of the Politician: for be lie:_
cessarily followed by important consequences. in
many eespeas. Althoagh this Peace be concluded •
only between France and Aril ria, as the latter
kept several subordinate Powers in War,
her example and ber influence, will probably lead '
them to take a'part in the'Peacc.' It is therefore
probable .that Leer-edit will, beforelong, be the
seene,of a Congress ; and the departure from •
rieuna of the whole Household of Count "Co,
BEKZEL, would alone be sufficient to indicate
that the abode of that Plenipotentia:y in France
will be long, It is impossible to decide Thus
early what will be the liMits and extent of the
Congress': it will -.lirtibably he decisive). either
like that of Rastadt: by producing a general
War ; or, which is more probable, by bringing
about a general Peace. In fad, the interests of all
the Powers are too dependant,'one upon another,
to admit of any partial settlement—and what
will satisfy one will have 'the sane effea with
regard to tie others. it is only :when the situa.
tiors of every Power is determined that any one
'of them can coresider his own a sectue, or can
enjoy it in futtiee with confidence..
'l he Frew S f4prs contain but one mote fall
deserving of notice. The Tribunal of. Cassation
. has rejeded the Appeal which had been made to
them by the four persons convided, of the first
Corisplraey-against the Chiefconsui--Dmerville,
Ceracchi, Arena, and Tclino Lebrzio, and have
consequently confirmed tlle sentence condesnning
them to deaths prOnouneed by the Criminal Vri.e
banal. There is reason; to belieee that no, delay
will have been suffered to have taken place in,
the execution of it, and that France. will, for a
second time, see some jatobins expiating under
the Sword of justice, some of their foemer and
unpunished crime;.

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The Dozer Letter, inserted in our Paper of
Tuesday, and; we believe, since copied intoevery
other Paper, giving an account of the refusal of the
French to admit the Cartel, which had sailed
from that Port, into the Harbour of (..%-//a;.r, has
been ridiculously treated by some o#' our . Jour-
nalists, as highly important ; while others, with
more reason, although not able to assign the true
cause 4it, bestowed no more attention on it than
it deserved. 'ln this light we treated it, but'
upon :reading the conclusions which ha-ve. been
drawn from it, respecting the Invasion of this
Country, we cannot. avoid 'asking, what con..
neftion there is between these , two things ?—.
What is the great secret which BONAPARTE
would conceal from us ? 'Did we not kneW by
the last Cartel, by the Paris. Papers which had
arri ve,l; and by the information of intelligent.
persona, that'd few, days ago' no Troops had been
assembled, nor -any Ships_ colleded, which could
give us the least .uneasiness ? It. will surely, be
difficult to persuade any one, that, at the moment
when the Armies of Germany and of _ltaly are
still wholly retained ln. these Countries, .and
when all the Troops, remaining in France, arc
employed in every diredion in,hunting the Ban
ditti, it will, we say, hardly be believed, that as if
by a sudden magic power, an Army should be col-
idled on the Northern Coasts of France nor re
!Wing on the vigilance of our Cruisers, will it he
believed that a considerable number of Ships could
have been colleted at the same point,
.and it is
besides well known' that the Ports • of Ca/a;r and
Minhirk cannot adMit Ships of any size sufficient
to alarm us. The threat of an Invasion, which
accompanied the reftisal to admit the Cartel, was
no more than a Mere gasconnade, of which those

who made it, hardly flattered -themselves ,that any
one would be the dupes What the reason was
for sending back the Flag of Truce, we shall
not take upon rselves to say, but whether it
is to be sought in the orders of the French
Goverment, in the caprice of some individuals,
or in some accidental circumstance, it should be
tecolleded that the same thing has happened
twenty times since the commencement of the
Revolution, without its having been followed by
the invasion of our Island, or by any inconve.
nitrite to us. A proof of it this time is, the
arrival of Paris Papers at Dover from Calais,
since the event in question.

Three Hamburgh Mail: still remain due.
His MAJESTY yesterday morning rode out on
horseback.
The QUEEN and Princesses AucusTA and
ELIZABETH, accompanied by Lady C. FINCH,
took an airing to Fulham in their carriages.
His MAJESTY, at one o'clock, held a Levee
at St. James's Palace, which was attended by
the Imperial, Hessian,' Portugueze, American,
Wirtemberg, and Bavarian Ambassadors, the
Marquis de Clic ELL°, and the following No-
blemen :.
Dultn—Roxburgh, Montrose, Portland.
Marquisw—Hertford, Townshend.
Zirl4—Chastertield, Moira, Liman, Suallt, Berwick, Por.
chesteri Camdrn, Darnley, Spencer, Clare, Fortescue,
Pi:cunt: Falmouth,_ Wentworth, Sudley, Stoplord,
Ilinchinbroke.
kirdr-4. Somerset, Bridport, F. Montague, Cathcart,
Mulgrave, Romney, Kenmare, Moray, Andover, Bal-
sam, Bastan,Walsingham, Grenville, Bayning, Castle.
reagh, Powerbi.ourt, Rossmore, Cwydir.
taron Nolleken •
diellairth—Russc 1, Knight, Pole, Montague.
Dr. Marsham.
Csortrait—Ti.. nand, G wynne,- Balfour.
Colonel--Harris, Brent, Cotton, Fullarton, Vavasour.'
Cot Temple, Irby.
Sirr—Rev. C. Caved C. B. Rouse, B. Burges, R. Cham-
bers, j. Stuart, H. Man, W. Wynne.
Nessrs —Dundas, T. West, Dickens, Glanville, Elliot,
Proetor, sen. and jun. Cockerell, Hunter, Stanhope,
Peceling, Dawkins, sen. and jun. Hunter, Egerton,,
poppet,
_Andrews, Mr. M‘Naughten, Strange, Black-
UM, Wynne.
The Noblemen introduced to HIS MAJESTY
were) Viscount ANDOVER, by his father, the
Ear of ; Lord SOMERSET, Who had
the ur to kiss }its MAJESTY'S hand, on being
appointed Colonel of the sth Regiment of Foot,
serving at Gibraltar ; bis Lordship was intro..
ducCd by Viscount FALMOUTH; Earl of LucAN,
by Earl SPENCER ; Mr. .PROCTOR, jun. ac.
eirapanied by his father, was presented to the
Ktric by Lord CATHCART, the former Gentle_-
Man being promoted to a Cornetcy in the Se.
owl Regiment of, Life Guards, of which regi.
spent his Lordship is Colonel ; Captains
LIARD and TEMPLE, of the Navy, by Lord
Bono); ; Admirals RussEL and KNIGHT kissed
His MAJEsTY'S hand, on their promotion ; and
Mr. MIINAUGHTEN, by the Marquis of HF.T-
-IFORD•
Lord MORAY was at the Levee, for the first
time these three years; and Earl PORCHESTER,
for the first time this season.
After tho Levee the LORD CHANCELLOR came
up with the Address of the House of Lords, at.
tended by the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY,
the ARCHBISHOP of CASHEL, the LORD PRI-
MATE Of IRELAND, the Bishops of MEATH, DUB-
J.IN, DURHAM, GLoUCIMTER. NORWICH, WIN-
CHESTER, CHESTER, LITCHFIELD and COVEN-
7ity, and a number of Temporal Lords ; to
which Address His MAJESTY delivered a most
gracious Answer.

The Si'EARTIt of ,the House of Commons at-
tended by the MASTER of the Roi.o, and several
Members, also came up with, their Address,
which was presented by Sir WATRIN WILLIAMS
WYNNE and Mr. CORNWALLIS, the Mover and
Seconder ; to which His MAJESTY returned his
faithful Commons Thanks.

The Kw°, when the Members had withdrawn,
gave audience to the Cabinet Ministers, and at
fin o'clock His MAJESTY returned to Bucking-
liam.house.
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We are extremely sorry to announce, that the
most setious apprehensions ere entertained of the
safety of General KNox, who w 0 some time ago
appointed Governor of Jamaica. General KNo x
sailed from Martinique for Jamaica on the z6th
Odober ; and letters from Jamaica of the Bth
December, do not mention his arrival. indeed,
we much fear that the apprehensions are well
founded, and little doubt remains that the vessel
has perished. General Kxox was universally re..
spefted for his military talents and his personal
virtues.

We can assure the Public, ,that the Corn Corn..
inittee of the House of Commons have unani.
rnously resolved to recommend it to the House to
repeal so much of the Bread Aft of last Sessions,
as relates to the dressing of Barley Oats, and
Rye, and to indgmnify Millers, who may have
continued to dress Meal from chose sorts of Grain,
liner than the Aft allows. When more corral
information shall have been obtained on the sub-
jeft, it is probable that such other regulation's
will be adopted for the dressing of Barley, Oats,
and km as may be proper and useful. The law,
as it respals Wheat, will probably remain the
We understand there arc five Lists already an.
nounced for the ensuing Loan, so chat Mr. PITT
will not want offers of money at least. The Lists
are ist, Messrs. Rua ARTS 'and Co. Sir F.
BAKING and Co. and Messrs. GOLDSMID—id,
:Messrs. SMITH, PAYNE, and SMITH-3d, The
Committee of Bankers-4th, Messrs. NEWNHAM,
Ev MITT) and Co. and their Friends—and sth,
'The Gentlemen of the Stock Exchange:
Mr. GEORGE PONSONSY, at the final close of
the Poll for the County of Wicklow on Friday
last, had a majority of 73 votes, the numbers
being, for Mr. PAXSON ay, 695 ; for Lord Pao aYi
642.-•=4:14 former of course was declared duly

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Nay illi impetium relagi, revuxque tridentem,
Sed exibi torte datum.

DARTMOUTH, FFD. 4.

ARRIVED the Tartar Cutter from Portsmouth.
Yesterday spoke POiseau Frigate, who informed
him of his having captured a French Frigate from
Cayenne.

DOPER, FRB. 4.

ARRIVED the Adventure, from St. Helena :
the Captain says, that the Glatton, Cifffnelb,
'Palmer Castle, and Rojal Charlotte Indiamen,
Triton, Dunlop, Kent, and Aurora Whalers,
sailed from St. Helena on the aoth of December.