The Sun.
London, England, 1801-04-14 00:00:00

t'HE ROYAL AR77LLERY.

ors mAits.r.v., has been pleased, p. reduce tll6'
ttOyal-Irish-Artillery to one Battalion, consisting of
bYie Colobel:Commandant, one Lieutenant-Colonel,
One Kijor;and fen Companies ; and has direded that
ft shall, in. its present st,ate, be incorporated.with the
• Itritish Artillery.; and henceforth •it forms a part of
ihe Royal Regiment of Artillery, without differenee
be, destination. The Regiment will now consist
• of seven Battalions, exelusive of the Horse Artil.
'cry. The -seventh Battalion to lxe
completed in
Officetz-tOthe same qta!alishment as the others, so'
. that there will bean addition ofa COlonel.en.Second,
and two Sv:ond LMutenant.COlonels, to make the
latter equal to. the six former
,Battalions. But ills
MAJEsTy, considering the pretensions Of the several
Officers; and the castor and tisage of the corps,,has
thought proper to dire& that ibis, and all future PrO_
motions in the Royal Regiment Of Artillery, shall
be regulated by",the length of
,serviee—that is to
say,- every Meer to be pronioted accordi©g to seni-
, ()ray of his Comrhission in the Artillery, and not eon.
formable to the date of his present Rank. In conse.
.:,-;..quence/df thid arrangement, all the Captain.Lieute.
natiti‘ of the Irish Artillery, but one, have retired.
however, to the incorporated, field
Officers and Catitaint of the late
slrish Artillery,'
who may not be inclined under these regulations, to
continue in the Regiment, His MAJESTY has been
graCionsty pleased, to permit that they should retire
upon their Full Pay.

Though Sir WiLLI,U.I PULTENEY'S Bill-for
nas Aor the
Encouragement of the Growth of Potatoes on
grounds intended for sainmei. failed of
success, we cannot but think, that lifAreircr oh-
jetlionable- it fluty have been in some points of
view, that respe4itable Baronet is entitled to. the
thanks.of the Country, :roe -itaving' called its at-
tention. to that important object. We know,
that in some few parts -.of the Country, the
piaa.ice prtvails of: Farmers letting out ridges
, of arable ground to 'Cuttagers, for the growth-Of
•Potatoes ; a pradice no less.favotuable to the' crop
of. Wheat which is to fallow it than highly bene,
ficlal to the Poor of those Distrids where it'is in
11;:e. We therefore most earnestly recommend the
encral 'adoption 'of it: And— as 'we 'under.
stand, from the best atithority, that; in most
soils; the. planting' of • die ,L eye of the potato;
w/th asmall part of the bulb, answers the 'purpose
quite as well as the' planting of -onGthird or halfeof
the Potatoe,-We strongly recommendlt, as a special
agreement to 'be made between such 'Farmer and
•Cottager,fand for universal pradice, by-which an
•
immense saving-might be made in an essential ar-
ticle of food, . to the lower orders of people at this
distressing crisis.. .
• ii4,o:ittenttitlon . '..about .to.be.c4rried
i
• ntoimmediate exectitiori: it is to consist of no more
than three arches, the centre of which is to be capa.
ciOus'enough to admit vessels of zoo tons burthen to
sail under :, thts..lpridge is tube east-of iron, erefted'
on a stone bassi, the ..east. work !is estimated
53,0001. . .
South appOin fed to arrive
at Bristol on the aa& instanr, . and' twp following
days, to relieve either the Aitintrninth 'or zd So_
JnersetlMititia, both of shorts to leave
that city,

Allitkkii.

MONDAY MARCH 9.

ON Wednesday last THOMAS jeTritsort Oie.:.
sident of the United States; took the Oath of 9ffice
required l) the Constitutidn; in the Seriaie thnth-
ber, in the presence of the Senate, .the Menibets Of
' the HOI4e of ikepiesentatives, the Public.Oftcers,
and -a late concourse of Ciiitens. Previbus to
• which he deliVered the following, Address : ••
‘i Friortfrand fellow-Citisinii •
..:c
" Called upon to umlertake the dutrat of the first E;ecu.
five Office of our Country, I avail myself of the presence
of that portion of my Fellow -CitizenS.'which is. here assein-
bled, to express my grateful thanks for the favour with
which they have been pleased to look towards me;, to declare
a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents,
and that I approach it with those anxious and awful piisenti-
' merits which the greatness of the charge, andthe weakness
of my powers so justly inspire. A rising Nation, spread over
a wide and fruitful land, traversing all the seas With the rich
produt%ons of their industry, engaged in Commerce with
Nations whofeel power and forget right; advancing rapidly
to.destinies beyond the reach`of mortal -eye ; when I contem-
n plate these transcendent objeas, and see the honour, the
happiness, and the hopes of this beloved Country committed
to the issue and the auspices of this, day, I shrink from the
. contemplation, and humble myself before the magnitude of
' - the undertaking. Utterly, indeed, should I despair, did not
the pr4ence of many whom I here see, remind me that, in the
other high Authorities provided by our Constitution, I shall
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are charged with the sovereign fazaions of Legislation, and
conflict ing elements of a troubled world.
" During the contest of opinion through which we have
' past, the aninaatioudfdiscussions and ofexertiOns has some.
times worn an aspe& which might impose on _ strangers un-
used to think freely, acid to speak and to write what they
think ; butt this being now decided liy.the voice of the Na-
tion, announced aceordingto the rules of the Constitution,
all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the
Laws-andunite in common efforts for_the common good.—
. All too will bear in mind this sacred prinbiple, that 'though
thl will of thelnaiority is in all cases to prevail, that will,
to be rightful, must be reasonable ; that the minority
possess. their equal rights, which cilia' laws must protea,
and to violate would be oppression. Let us then, Fellow-
Cititens, unite with One heart and one mind, let us testate to
social intercourse that harmony and affeaion, without Which
liberty, andeven life itself, are but dreary'things ; and let us re-'
ilea, thathaving banished from our land that religious intoler-
ance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have
yet gained little, if we countenance a political intolerance, as
despotic as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody perse-
cutions. During the throes and convulsions of the ancient
world—during the agonizing spasms of infuriated man, seeking
1.,
through blood and slaughter his long •least liberty, it was not
wonderful that the agitation of the billows should reach even
this distant and peaceful shore; that this should be more felt
and feared by some and less by others.; and should divide opi-
nions as to measures of safety; but everydifference ofopinion
is not. difference of principle. We have called by different
names brethren of the same principle.. We arc all Republi-
, cansi we arc a,ll Federalists. If there be any among us who
would wish to dissolve this union, or to change its Republican
form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety
with whioherror of opinion may be tolerated, where reason ii
left free to combat it. I kaow indeed, that some honest men
fear that a Republican Government cannot be' strong ; that
this Government iselot strong enough. But would the honest
,
Patriot, -in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a
Government which has so far kept us- free and firm, on thz
theoretic and visionary fear, that this Government,the world's
best hope, may, by possibility, want energy to'preserve it-
self,/ •I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary; the strong-
est Government on earth. • I believe it the only one, where
, every man, at the call of the Law, would fly to the standard
of the Law, and would meet invasions of the Public Order as
his own personal concern. Sometimes it is said that man can-
-not bC trusted with the government of himself Can he then
be trusted with the government of other& ? :or have we found
Angels, In the form of Kings, to govern:.him ? let History
answer this- littestiritt. Let MS then, with courage and con.
fidence pursue our own Federal and Republican Principles ,
our attachment. to Union and Representative Government.
Kindly separated by Nature and-a wide Ocean, from the
exterminating • havoc of one quarter of the Globe; too high-
minded to endure the degradations of the others ; -possessing
a chosen Country, with, room enough tor our descendants to
the thousandth and thousandth generation; entertaining a due
sense of our equal right to the use of out own faculties—to
the acquisitions of our own inclustry7to honour and confi-
dence from our Fellow-Citizens, resulting not froin birth,
but from our aaions and their sense of them I enlightened
by a benign religion, professed indeed and praaiSid in va-
rious foims, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth,
temperance, gratitude, :and the .loVe of man..; acknowledg-
i _big and adoring aft over - ruling Providence, which, by
all it, dispensations proves that it delights in the happiness
of Man here, and his greater happiness hereafter ; with
all these blessings,what more is necessary tnmake us a happy
and prosperous people P Still one thing more, Fellow-Citi7
lens, a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain
men from injuring tux another; Shall leave them otherwise
free to regtilite their own pursuits of industry and improve-
ment, and. shall not. take from the mouth orlabOur the bread
it has earned. This is the sum, of good Covemment, and
this is necessary to-close the circle of our inquiries.
" 'About to .enter, Fellovv.-Citizens, on the exercise of
ditties which corriprehtnd every thing dear and valuable to
you; if at present you shoUld understand what I deem the
essential Plinciples of our Government, and,tonsequently
those which ought to shape its Administratiim;:l-will com-
press them within the narrow compass theOrilficeir, stating
the general principle, hut n_ of all its limit4elis:'' Equal and
exael justice to all men, of Whatever state or persuasion;
religiousor„political ; Peace, Commerce, 'and Honest Friend-,
ship with all Nations, and entangling All ia rICCS - with none :
the support of the State Governments. in all their tights; al
the. Most competent Administrations for 'out dam mit-, con-
' cerns, and the surest bulivarks_ against Anti-republican ten-
denciesof the general Govannient in its
:-.-trim preservation
who,le constitutional vigour, as-she sheet anchot °font peace
at home, and .;qafely aliroacli:.a . jealous care of the right of
elcaion by the people ; a mild and Safe corrective of abuses
while)] are Ibpped by the sword Of revolution, where peace-
able remedies arenalprcrrided ;4-absolute acquiescence in the

. • - , .• •
81.thelittrOtall the tital prineipie of Re übticw
frdal which is- no appeal but to FOrcei the vital Principle
and immediate parent of Despotist a well-disciplined
litiai our best reliance hi Peace, and Poi die first. momenta of
War, till-Regulars niay relieve them s the Supreiriacy of the
Civil -ok-er the. Military 'Authority : eedhOmy in the Public
Expedee, that labout nia be lightly burtlielieit : the honest
pay matt' of our Debts, and Sacred preservation of the Public
Faith : the encouragement of Agriculture, and of COminerce
as its handmaid: the ditfusi6n hf Information, and atraign-
Merit otall Abuses at the bar of the public Reason : Frcedeni
of Religion ; Freedom of the Press ; and Freedom of Person,
undei the proteftion of Habeas Corpus, and Trial by
Jamb impartially seleel'ed. • These principles form the
bright constellation which has-gone before us, and guided our
steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The
wisdom of our Sages, and bibod of our Heroes., have been de-
voted to their attainment ; they should be the creed of our
politiCal faith, die text of civic instruction, the tinithstone
by Which to try , the services of those we trust ; • and Slibuld
we wander from them in moments of error or of alatot; let-us
hastento retraceour steps, and to regain the road which alone
Wads to peace, liberty, and safety. .

" I repair, then, Fellow-Citizens, to the pit ybti have
assigned me. With experience enough in subordinate offices,
to have seen the difficulties of this, the greatestof all, I have
learnt to expeil that it will rarely fall to the lot of impa-
led man to retire from this station with the reputation, and
the favour which bring him into it. Without pretensions to
that high confidence rou-reposed in but first and greatest Re-
volutionary Character, whose pre-eminent services had enti-
tled him to the first place in his Country's love, and destined
for him the fairest .page in the volume of faithful History,
I ask so much confidence only as may give firmness and
circa to the legal adininistration of your affitirs. I shall
often go wrong through defetl of judgMent. When right,
I shall often be. thought wrong by those whose positions-
will not command a view of the whole ground. I ask your
indulgence for my own errors, which will never be inten-
tional ; and your support against the errors of others,
who may condemn.. what they would not, if seen in all
its parts. The approbation implied by your suffrage is
a great consolation to me for the past ; and my future
solicitude will be, to retain the good opinion of thcise who
have bestowed it in advance ; to conciliate that of others, by
doing them all the good in my power, and to be instrumental
to the happiness and freeckuußf all.
" Relying, then, on the patronage of your good will, I
advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it
whenever yoll become sensible how much better choice it is
in your power to make. And May that Infinite Power which
rules the destinies of the Universe, lead our councils to what
is ber, and 'give them a faiotiratile issue for your peace and
Prosperity.',

On Monday, the late President of t!:e United
States sent a Message .to the Senate, in relsaion to
the French Government.

He observed, " That it was his wish that the
Convention should have been .rat4ed entire. But as
a different opinion was entertained by the Senate; a
respitt lot the high authority
.of .that Body induced
him to ratify it, under the conditions they had im.
posed ; that he _had nominated Mr. BAY AR Mi.
nister Plenipotentiary to France; . but that Mr.
BAY AR D bad asNinedrtohim•ttie most Sit aaCtOry
reasons for :declining the Emba-ssy—reasons which
would operate to prevent him from nominating aiay
other individual qualified to-discharge faithfully Ole
duties of a Minister. He therefore suffered the
business-to devolve on his successor."

AARON 'BURR, Vice-President of the .tnited
States, on Wednesday morning took his-kat in the
Senate, c.s President of that Body.

The House of ReiireSentatires Of the Unired
States, on Monday' last,- took up the Amendnie:lts
proposed by the Senate to the House, for ereiling a
monument to George. Washington.
It was.proposed to augment the Amendment of
the Senate, which appropriated so,ooo dollars for
the ereftion'of a Monument, by inserting too,ooo
dollars in lieu of so,ooo.
On which question 'the Yeas and Nays were
taken, and were, Yeas .1.4; Nays 49. It was
therefore rejeded.

Lord WHITWORTHi by all accounts of his cha..
raaer and manners, would be likely to prove an
able Negotiator at the Consular Court ; but at pre-
sent it is hardly to be expefied that he could be
spared from the home, department.
MORTON may be thought to have ventured upon
a bold enterprize, in bringing forward a Blind Girl
afterThtvDEN'S Emmeline. The story, however,
is of a different kind, and more adapted to the man.
ners of common life.

The French Princes, who, it is said, have ap-
plied m the Consular Government, through the me-
dium of the Court of Vienna, for some part of their
former property, have, we 4car, little
.chance of
success. The confiscated property, ullacir the title
of National Domains, has in a great meqsure been
disposed of, in order to increase the dependants
on the Republican' Government, except a portion
which was to be reserved for the army ; and when a
Peace takes place, there will doubtless be .na want
of military claimants.

Lately died at, Duryard house, near Exeter,
Lady PENNYMAN, Sister of Sir HENRY GREY,
Bart. of Howick, in the County of Northumberland.

The Assizes for 'Somersetsliire did not conclude
until' Monday last, When the awful sentence of death
was passed upon the following dine malefaftors, and
who were left for execution; viz: Samuel Tout and
Robert Wcstcot for heading a mob, and breaking into
the dwelling-house of Richard Griffey, and stealing
15 loaves ; John Tucker•i Robert Thaw, and Rohert
Wygoods for house..brealcing ; 9eorge Tour, other.
wise Greenslade, for stealing v=heat And sheep ;
RichArd Warily for the same offence ; Michael bay,
for steaiing a cart mare ; and Peter Kingdon, for
stealing two heifers.

Saturday a girl named:Dean, underwent a long
examination at .the Police-Office,- Ilatton.:Garden,
Aarged with having at different tipes.enticed up
watds of twenty children into priiate places, and
stripping them of their cloaths. Two. meet were
committed to the House of Correetion, for hating
taken unlawful Insurances in the pKesent Lottery,

iiiTiVEEN INDIA AND EIJI:017;i.

• . .
Tfi s Papers oti t iffs important Subjed, a subjeCt
hich hat to long bOn floating H._ the minds of the
Coinmcrcial People this Cou.nti--S• w;eie as Sa.:
ttitdal• last rinted, rcii-ltlit'lhfokiiiAtion. a the Pio=
pi-letaty and the Pulilic;
In the
,foll'o*ing

1 • ~1 •
. . .• bu No. I
. A Letter ftom the Right ~00nurable Henry ndits
to the Chair Man ; dated the ad of. April, tFoO.
11. Report of the SPecial, Ccirrnitiee, to whose cAsidert.:. •
.-tion the Letter front mr::DtiAdai; was rilerred.
111. Minutes of the Court of Direaors of the 4th Fcbrustrii
1801, containing the: Resolutions of the Special COnahut•
tee,..adiipted by the Court. . -• ' ,
IV. A Letter from the Right -Hon. Henry bulidat ie. the
Chairtnan ; dated the atst March, Mt.
V. A Letter tioiri the Governor C.eneral to the Cottrt of
reacts; dated fort Williams the 3Oth,Setiteniber 1S o, arid •
received 0 ver.land the id of March,
,Igor.
VI. Second Report of the Special COriltilittee.
. In cader that those who g'f. run
.may. tea ,
Shall endeavdur to give a brief Abstrad of thtit
contents in the order above specified:.