The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-13 00:00:00

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'FOREIGN lATEI,LIGLNC4.

TAP Is; JAN. ?5.-The Moniteur, commenting
on 'the Speech of Mr. CANNING, :the, Motion for
the Address• at the opening of the ParliaMent,. has
he following Note on the expression-- ;" It was the
obvious policy of England to unite thedivided parts
of the last Confederacy and to endeavour To produce
,an energetic whole " Such is the policy of Eng.
land : the third coalition was overthrown, _ and al-;
ready the Enzlish Ministers laboured to unite its
'scattered members to forth a fourth. The Nations
who have seen their fields and liThitations ravaged,
the Princes who have seen their thrones overturned,
the mothers who have wept for their children who
I.'ol in the field of battle, must attribute their cala-
mities only to England. It is not N 4 ith its gold, but
-s.vith its. Wood, that Europe pays for the sugar and
the spices it receives from the monopoly of England.
,It is tor the preservation of this monopoly that whole
generations are devoted to trouble and misery, The
interest of other nations is peace, the interest of
Eiigland is war. England is, then, the common
enemy of nations, this consequence results from her
own confession."

On the observation, " Certainly Hanover was not
the only cause of War between France and Prussia,
mad Ministers ought to have foreseen that the
• once with the latter NatiOn might one day he usefpl
!to them," there is this Note : " It cannot be denied
that this paragraph contains a great truth. The.,
.machiavelism of the English Cabinet is here stoically. I
displayed. Of all the Alliances on the Continent
, which was in fad most advantageous to the Com-
merce of England,' it was that of Prussia! what sig-
nified it to England that the French were at Vienna ?
the -Ems, the Weser, the Elbe, and; the Vistula,
were nbt less her tributaries ; but when 7llle French
Armies are at Berlin, the Ems, the Weser, the Elbe,
and the Vistula, are shut against her,
,by a powerful
band, which she cannot remove.
" This truth did not escape France. - She knew
well that the North was among her first interests,
'while Italy and the South was only among her
second ; and if her policy appeared favourable to
'Prussia, it was because it was direeted by other
considerations ; it was .because she was still more
eminently interested in. the maintenance of the
Ottoman Empire ; an objet which, if we extend
our-views to futurity, is of more importance to
France than 4er discussions with England ; than
the Cape, _Surinam, Malta, or even the Indies ; an
object, in fine, which has long been the polar star
or, the politics of France. For many years the
Porte has suffered, and confided her sufferings to
those Powers which she considered as her true
friends. Russia oppresses her-i-Russia injures her on
every side—she every where sows sedition and re-
volt. The Servians are paid awl encouraged by
her, 2s were the Wallachians and Moldavians. She
marches silently, but in a direction ever constant to
the sovereignty. of Constantinople. She his alarmed
all vigilant Cabinets, and consequently that of Paris
as much or more than any other, as it has a more
eminent interest in watching over the affairs of the
• East. Every other motive, even the wish to give a fatal
'blow to England in the North, must be made to
yield to considerations of such importance., _ The
Cabinet of London has not seen the whole extent
-or the injury it did to itself; and has given a proof
of the most complete folly in 'exciting .Pr-essia to .
war.' " It will prove it still more,, if, by destroying,
the Turkish Flag, and violating the Bosphorus, it
:shall concur to the annihilation cif a State. the de-
strudion of which be more hurttnl to England
thin to any other Government ; since, fine,ng-
land,land, who has not troops enough to maintain-herself
`in America, certainly has; not enough to render her-
self mistress of those central positions, the posses Iff
-
sion of 'whieh must sooner or later annihilate the
commerce of her: disrant Establishments. But such.
'consideratiens'mhst escape an oligarchical andtumul-.
t nous Gcivernment, which sacrifices every thing to the .
interest of the Moment. We repeat it is of,much
less' importance to France to• injure her principal
-enemy by shutting the North against England than
to preserve a Power, which was,. as it were, placed
between the Porte and Russia. If thefirst interest
'of i'rance was to mointain Constantinople, it is, also,
'at the present, the itirst interest of _England. -We
will say no more on this subjede it would require
volume to explain this 'text :We mus.t With-
-r&pet to it, to the eValts which shall take place
ten years hence. In a word, the imminent danger
'of Constantinople brings, France and England nearer
'together.' Whoever sees differently is short sighted."
On the observation of Mr. CANNING, that a great
Statesman had said, he defended the country, at a
distance, the following remark is made
" In this case, this great Statesman very ill fill-
filled his intention. He aid not provide well for, the~
internal .defence of England, and if his successors do
not defend it better at a distance, the afthirs of that
Country are not in. e good position'. The English
Niiuisters, no doubt, set on foot the Coalition to
defend England at a distance, and France was exter-
- tinily aggrandized. On the same principle they ex-
cited the fourth Coalition, and France seized on the
countries destined to be the "theatre of the distant
defence of England. The fall of Prussia taught them
of what importance that Power was to them. :Eng-
land, the, auxiliary of Russia, thought:she saw in
that Power an instrument which she might employs '
as she pleased, while she was herself the viol of
that Power ; while by renewing the War, she pre-
'pared the circumstances Russia waited for to seize on
the Empire of Constantinople. Should it fall, its 611..
will have such fatal consequences, that even Ilse fall
of Prtissia could nut equal them. It will then be seen,
when it is too late, that England will have ruined
her tinances,.have shed torrents of blood, and. ex-
posed herself-to 'the greatest'ealamities, to produce a
last crisis still more,tatal to her than all the for Mer.

Every man' of sense, who will'read the Papers
'relative to the Negotiation, that have been publish-
ed, wiilt,tl convinced that England, while talking
of. Peace, thought only of War ; that. she had nut
yet perceived that France, Hider the fourth dynasty,
is very different from what she waA under the third;
that it is titne to return to the common law of Na-
tions ; to be moderate, to have aright to require
moderation ; to become equitable,' to 'claim the

LON 1)0 N Primed by

advantages iif equity ; in 'fine, vault it is (lily by
Peace that:Frakfte, who has aggrand:zed hers if film
year to year, can be p;evented from agsnodizing
herself- still. more.
" we read the Diplomatic Notes issued by the
French 111.roistry for several years past, IA e shall sre
that they hive always foretold the results which
events have prochiced.
" The obstinacy of the Cabinet cif London, the
blindness will' which it is struck by its pashions, all
Speculations, which argue narrow and feeble
Minds, are ail evident signs of its decline. if the
capitalists of the Continent, who have plated their
Confidence in -England, do not perceive it, they can
only blame themselves fbr the total ruin which
-awaits them."—(Moniteur.)

LAIP REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Fzis.
• THE KING V. WII.I3ELIAIT.

THE IDfen4nt in .this case was brought up for
'Judgment, having been convicted ofan assault, about
three years ago, upon Mr. Thpnias Pike, a Banker,
ofßridgewater. About the time charged in the ,1
Itidialment; an important cause, relating to the Il-
citester Elation, was coming on to be tried at Tann!. -
toniCastle,- and the present Lord Chancellor, then
Mr. Erskine) went' down specially, and was ex-
yeated to make an eloquent speech upon that occa-
sion; in consequence. of which a very great con 7
course of persons crowded into the Court, among
'whom was the Prosecutor, who had just got into:the
Witness Box,. wten the Defendant came up, dragged
struck him violently. on the breast, and,
beimg an old man, very much injured him.
•gr..PELL; for the Defendant, submitted, that
this was a very trifling offence, which had happened
in a moment of confusion, and the hurry and bustle
of a crowd ; and, therefore, he hoped the Court
would not consider it as 'fit case to go before the
Master.

Mr. Juiviria.) for the Prosecution, declared, 'that
had the Defendant made any apology, it was not
his Client's wish to bring -bun up for judgment ;
but, as no such overture was made, he felt it due
to his character to have the Judgment of the Court.
Mr. Justice GitosE, in pronouncing the Judgment
of the Court, considered the conduit of the Defend-
ant doubly aggravating ; first, by committing 'an
assault in a Court ofJustice; and, secondly, fOr per-
severing'in not making a proper apology. He was
then sentenced to pay a fine of 2.01. ; which being
complied with, he was discharged.- •