The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-26 00:00:00

FRENCH VIEWS IN AMERICA.

LThe following Extract fro►u uMe niirkicribcd to the pen
of the celebrated TA wiTts.SXO is published iim the last number
of the New QoarterlypnevieW, whence we. shall continue to
Dopy it, as oor Hulas permit. We hareprely perused aslc4cu-
ment altogether so interesting as is at this time this c.ripos4 of
the designs dour enemies npon rico, which, tltnuglkaf ypt
only speculative, those. Who know the nature of French poli-
tics must be aware will be immovably pursued till accom-
plished or utterly defeated, even for ages to come.]

" Forty years bas the genius of the French int-
tion slept, Under the influence of the old Go-
yerlntent, all ntw faculties were benumbed. St.
Domingo, indeed, was permitted to advance.
Our elands prospered under that wretched policy,
which, converted tam into. cattle, and graspbd at
present benefits at the hazard of all the evils by
w!,ielt they have since been overwhelmed. For
te. YI ',is, and :to a ttiOrasS "in the 'Torrid
'Zone, was our ee'tiiitS linked ;- while the English
name spread tself abroad, with incredible rapi-
,dity, over all .the Omni part of the 'continent :
. and the middle and western regions were resigned'
• to the torpor 'and desolation which are the natural
pottey,
. It is time .to awaken. Should this fatal sleep
conOnue 'under the auspices of itnonaparte, for-"
tune will have smiled in vain an that hero. Should
the prcsent opportunity of repossessing ourselves
of ti,e banks of the Mississippi, by a peaceable
bargain with Spain, be inffered to escape, he will'
have .gaiucti .his present pre-eminence in vain.
Should he seize this opportunity,. and improve it
with diligence, We will pardon the destruction
that impends over St. Domingo.• The torrents of
blood that are going to 'flow in that devoted co-
lony, and the eomp!etion• of its ruin, will be petty
consequences, when compared with the eternal
benefits of beginning a fresh careerin the Conti-
.nent•of orth AineriCa.
" Let us consider the .seerie'-alltiit career ; the
situation of he country ; the adVitffrages Of which
we are already in possession those which we
shall speedily acquire ;.the obstacles to be dreaded
from the jealousy of England, and the clashipg
interests of the United States ; and our future
progress, in defiance of the oppOsltion of those
States, of England, and of Spain, •
" Our nation had the vain honour of conferring
arnarne on a pf,ortion of the globe,
,not exceeded
by any other portion of it, in all,the advantages
of climate and soil. Before the.war of 1757, it

was an immense valley, Watered by a deep and
beneficent river. This river first acquires I imports
ance in the latitude of fortyafive, north. it flows
inn devious course about two thousand ,miles, and
enters the Bay of Mexico, by many mouths, in
latitude 29. In these latitndes is comprised the
Tempetate Zone, which has been always deemed
most.favourable to the perfection of the animal
and vegetable nature. This advantage is not
nhar,ed by the chilling and sterilitying influence of
mountains,, the pestilential tunics of. intrac-
table 'bogs, or The dreary uniformity of sandy
` plains. Through the whole extent, there is not,
probably, aIS In iv-cap L hill, a moving sand, or a
volcanic traineride; • •

" This valley .is of difftrent breadths.. The
Midge which bounds it on the east, is in snme
playas near a thousand miles from the great, mil.
dle stream. from this z..ldge, secondary river's

of great extent and magnificence flow towards the
centre, and the illtermetliate iegions are ail tmetil-
, timed Paradise. On the west, the valley is of
similar dimensions, 'the streams are. equally large
:sod useful, and the condition of tne'surface equally
delightful.

" Beyond the eastern ridge, and as far as the
Atl►ntic, are the dwellings 'of the E►cglish, and
the war which ens►►ecl the ►uut►tal approaches of
the two nations, terminated in ,the expulsion of
the French from the eastern slope of thi► valley.
" On the west, the,Countryis but little known.
The South Sea, which is its natural boundary on

that side, is some thousands of miles distant.

.The

coast of that sea, hai been. claimed by the Span-
iards since their permanent settlement in Mexico,
• but the western limits of Louisiana were,' never-
theless, sufficiently ample. The peace of 1763
left these limits undisturbed, and the validity of
the transfer.to Spain of the western:slope of this
valley, anti of either bank of 'thiliirer,
,near 'its
mouth, has never since been disputed. -The Eng-
lish colonists have since become a ,sovereign
people ; but their emigrations have hitherto
scarcely reached the river, and the Spanish domi-
nion ot the opposite bank has been recognised by
solemn treaties, The settlements along the river
have chiefly been previous to the transfer of Spain;
'a town of no mean extent was then fonuded, and

all the regular weans or subsistence, to a mune,
runs peooo, in cultivation and trade, had been re,
gularly. established.

" We must first observe, .that in gaining pos-
sessiotrof this territory, we shalt not enter on
ttesert, where the forest musts bc.firstremoved
fort: a shelter tam be built whither we must carry
the corn and the clothes nemsary to precut sub-
sistence ; and the seed,, the tools, and the 'cattle,
which are .requisite to rinse a future provision.
We have no wars to 'Wage, nor treaties to'form.
with the aboriginal possessors. The empire thus
restored to us will nor be over English or .Span-
- herds, whose national antipathies would make
them ever restless and refractory, but countrymen
and friends; the children; of France, who are
patient of .0 foreign yoke, and who arc anxious to
return to the bosom of their long-estranged an-
cestors. The Ministers of the nation need. not lie
an army, 'with their • brandished bayonets, since
there -Mil be neither foreign toes to intercept. our
paSsage, qtr intestine rebels to refuse us•admis-
. sum ; peaceable agents and commissioners will
be hailed with -filial iu , and these will be sal-
.
vietit to establish a wilt; axlecommercial and
internal polley on the ruins* of Spanish tyranny
. Under a wise government, the imagi-
, nation an scarcely set. limits to the progress of a
colouy s but 'the ottnost 'caution antay surely
eeed as far'in cordeetute, as the experience
neighbouring .1, •
Just , of ttheny.,
[TO tic ao*LiuuttL)

LAW INTELLIG E7N*.-Ct.

COVItT CIIANCEItY, Av0.,!1.

The ..,01tD 11A R 7 -NCELLo slittng.n hisi private
roonio.rgaveilidgnient la tity, folip%i:lllV, ;-
- .Ex-purtc PCRRY, In th,e• mai ter qI,PI,Hii.V.
The.Loii.D.C.HANcELLott said, that: this was Hi.
difficult a ease as he had often wet .with.— lie
slimild, however, give hk present impression upon
the subject ; and if tlisSatisticti with that opinion,
thet'parties might have ,it reheard.
slated this to be the petition of rrances-Perry,
executrix of William. Perry deceitied. It is :itated,c.
that 'William Perry and Edwri.Perry carried,ml,(,
business together ; that in 179`.),•they purchased
certain premises, and. those premises by tickl
vvere• conveyed to IVillhott and 'Edward Perry,
as tenants in common iii fee. 'the premises were
mortgaged to a person of the name of Moorsby,
redeemable- on the payment of 8001: principal,
anti the interest thereon. Ilia, Lordship re-

marked, that the petition did not .state the na-
ture,ol. the covenants in the. mortgage deed.—
William Perry. died on the 21st September, 1801.
Frances Perry, his execturixoind Edward Perry,
continued the. business in partnership Oil 1804. ,
They then came to a determination to distiolt.e
the partnership. It was agreed, that !Award
Perry should take the pftitioneei part of the
business, and should pay the prisoner whatever her
Share should be .valnedut, which was 4,5,171.75. 6d.
It was also agreed, that Bdward should take ail
the debts due to the partnership, mid that he
Should well and tridrpay theliebts 'of the pattner-
ship, and within a moderate time; and, in particu-
lar, the indenture Of dissolution recited the mort,
gage in question ; and the petitioner was to he se-
cured front all debts whatever. Pr. Periry continue d
to carry on the business till June last, and
,had
paid all the money due for interest on the recited
mortgage, till the year 1812 ; but the principal,
still continued due. on the, mortgage. in July, a
confinission of bankruptcy isemeil out against
ward Perry:'' Under the commission; Litt, „Jd
Perry's moiety had been sold ; and the prayv.of
the petition was, that the proceerl4:6l such share
should, in the first instance, be' applied to pay otf:
the whole mortgage debt. His Lordship said;
there was no doubt but that Moorsby, 'the rn4tgiv-
gee, was entitled to receive the Whole of his mort-'
gage money from the heir-nt-law of Wm., Perry, and
thatstich heir-at-law had right to be reindilirsed that:

money by the Executrix, as, in ordinary cases. In,
this case, the Executrjx sells her share in the.
business.," and Etl.-PQ'rry,. for that 'and miler earmi:-
siderations,. agreed to pay or the whole of the
money due on the mortgage, and .froml.hat time.
down to the month' of March be had paid the
',terest on the mortgage. The rents,' it;appeared,
had been paid, one half to the petitioner, and:tlre
other half to.E. Perry. it had been 'contended byt
the Coun,el that the produce of his:rimiety should
be applied to the payment of the Whole mortgage
debt, on the ground that the petitioner:had a lien
upon the estate. On the other Mal, it had been
coot( ntled by Mr. Richards, that it was' a mere co,
venant, and.'gave no lien on the estate ; that it
did nut form a debt, and could not bb proved under
the commission. His Lordship' Was of opinion
that it could not be proved' raider the commis- '
sip», but did not think thati.was the question.. 114
ihotq.slir the tine:Akin was, whether the moiety of
Ed,blard Perry should be applied to the payment
of the whole of the mortgage money. If Edward
Perry had not become A bankrupt, and the heir at
law had tiled a bill in Equity for the redemption
of the mortgage, and the executrix of William
Perry had preferred a petition; praying that time
now bankrupt should 'be considered as the stale
mortgagee, site haying paid him her share of the
mortgage 7moiley, it was 'his Lo'rdship's opinion
that the prayer of such petition would, have been
granted, and he thought the 'assignees could not
stand in a better situation than EdWartiPerry him-
self would have' stood. It appeared therefore to
him, that as the Agreement 'might have been 'en-
forced against the party himself, it might also be
enforced against the assignees.
Ex-porte FLETcHaii, in Mg natter of Ft:lrrctt'
This was a petition by the bankrupt to super-
sede his commission, on the ground that there
Was nOact of bankruptcy or petitioning creditor..
On a former occasion the Lem tl Chancellor made
an order, that if -the CommiSsithiers found
Fletcher to be a bankrupt, he should not, he ga-.
netted without information being given to his.
Lordship.' The commission had been shed Out the
I;3th of March, and the Loan (21-IANuLT,OR asked
why Pletcher had not been proVed bankrupt
from that time to this day, (the 29th Of August).
It was'itated by the Attorney fOr the petition-
ing creditor, that his Lordship had made an order
to stop"any proceedings under the commission.
The Lotto CHaNCELLon said, he' had not Made
any "such order ; but had merely directed;.that it
should Pot be'gazetted till lie was made acquaint-
ed with the fact of Fletcher having been made a
bankrupt. His Lordship now directed, that the.
commission slithild he s!ipiTtiol6l-'w-qb
His Lordship being then asked to assign the
bond, refused, stating, that he was not very fond
of assigning the bond ;,for time assignment of the
bond was proof that 2001. was due, and it COW
not be disputed but the party .night .bring*.ait
action On the ease, and instead of 2001. in4r,lit
cover damages to time angina. of WOW if he
could prove that lie hail sustained damage to that
amount. He rriatmed to be distinctly understOod,'
th:mt the reason he superseded the bankroptcyiVas,.
that althinagh the'commission-was'stled in March,
yet the party had' not been-proved a bankrupt even
in the month of August, although the partics
bad been three; or four times, before the Commis-
sioners for the purpose ; and for thatreason, he
should have superseded the bankruptcy, although
they might be able to prove him to be a bankrupt.

ATTOIPT AT SUICIDE.--,Sunday evening an in-
,
teresting-looking female, named ltohinsoa,,reol-
ing in East-sti yet, Manchester-square, threw, her-
self, into the Queen's Basin, in Hyde-park.—
Fortunately, however, she was discovered by three
Gentlemen, in, company with some Ladies, that
were passing at the moment she threw herself
into the water, who instantly brought her out,
and conveyed her to the Wm hhouhe belonging to
St. Ceorge'S, -Hanover-square, in ?fount-street,
where she is now in kir' way orracovery.