The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-02 00:00:00

GEN F, RA L MORE AU: .'.

As any thing relating to this gallant and ia-
mented Hero will now be, peetiliatly intereStiog
to the public, Nye copy the foll Owing atieedOte
from the Correspondence of a gentlenian resident
in Paris, in 1801. Speaking of his Character as
a soldier, he.says
:--
Itibile his. courage and skill, were attended
with success ‘vherever he turned the republican
arms, his mild and humane 'conduct Insured tie
regard even Of .bis enemies., his praise i'VW.; IA the
mouth even of those he conquered, had sni.7ll pr.ttse
cOuld,not be flattery. The's:one amiable elutrale....
ter is, attaded to him here, and 1 consider hFrrt
orte of the:Most interesting' among tho-e who
take the lead in Paris. .41.1 einccdoto
his dAteate senSe of honour and justice was re-
lated to nie as having' very lateli, happened.. 111.
I.YOrsay, as an emkrant,,bad forleited all his pr'6-
t, to the state, ''hltt has lately been allowed to
return ,be has consequently been compelled to
live in the most penurious way trifle he !tact
saved. He was:one inornint-stirprked by to vkit
from .General Witty:AO, Who, after expressing his
cOmplimentg., said, 4 I have boe ht tin 6ttlte,
Z.Sir, which before the Revolution %vn,k years ; vou
know such property sills, very hive hail it
valued, And molt beg your permioion tryit.nrve.
with you, as your j i4r r,ght, the dia,.:rettee he-
tween the pride and tie estinmte,' and he htiA
doivu a suns of nioney :olfticient to tthilie the poor
emigrant comfortable.''

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REFLECTIONS ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

XIEFLECTIONS ON TIIV; P,;t:ENT SITUATION 01:
AFI'AtRS IN CANADA, :\ :a) ON THE CONDUCT
OP Tric AMERICANS. ,
• .
trhe•brilliant aehieveinents . of our little army
in Cantina, in repelling the attacks of, our Ameri-
can enemies, have of late been So cOnspletious as to
claim the attention of the mother country, much
0.5 she'is Ocrupied in the eonterripliltion of , the
grana and interesting events.vehieh tire now pass.;
ing in Raissia and in the Peninsula.
- We iiiiee nom open our hands a fresh lioveand,
Five me leave to add o bitter enemy. The English
m general are 'not aivare of this. Nothing is
more riattird than for pen* to judge of others
by theinselves. The' English have, generally
• spraking, no enmity to the Anterieans ; ors the
contrail , they still pre4ervet lor them that hind
of warmth' of feeling of which a good-natured roan
• cannot divest himself towards his rehetives.,though
he May havd been ill-treated by them. :The Ame-
rican-I, On the contrary, have a deep-rooted enmity
.to: klrita in, and they imagine (Itulgin( of others
free, themselves) that w are equally inimical to
them„ I shall, in a few - words, attempt to ex-
plain the eitnes or the- hostile spirit of America.
A state 01 warfare strongly excites the passions
cf hatred and revenge ;This is pai.tiettlatly the
tease in .'!ivil Wars and rebellions. bid it act only
on,people of mature age, n short time (bYCon-
signing theiti to the dust) would cure -the evil ;
lint, nufOrtunately, it acts more powerfully on
'younger minds. The hitter speeches, the execea7
tiOns, nod revilings :which in rout. younger dayS
we hear our fathers pour out on the enemies of
ro.r country are listened • to' with avidity, aryl
make an, impression never to be eradleated.--,
Tliii applies strongly to the 'Americans. The ge,
• nerality of the present efficient men of America
- w,ere•hoys during the Atnefican 'stair, and were
aecostomed to associate ,its their 'Minds with the
' idea of an Englishman every thing that N.'s-as also-
ntinahle--every thing that. their 'headstrong and
tnisguided parents were in the daily habits of
saying while venting their rage on the English,
The American peace followed. It is not now tie-
cessary for the to determine whether their suc-
cess was owing to our misconduct, or to their va;-
'oar : suffice it to know, that the, Americans unil
venally think it is to their valour they owe every
thing ; and all those who .have been in America
mutt' recollect, that almost every second man lie
niefttsc„with lets bins know that he thinks, himself
tbe-'tson or relation of some hero who conquered the
_li.:tiglisll, and ..(they vet y often insultingly add)
they could conquer them .again if necessary. I
shall abstain from any diaeusSion as to the cor-
rectness of this•opinion ; suffice it to say," that it
exists--.-the fact is so. • : .
The reuevved intercourse consequent upon the
cessation 'of hostilities had not existed long
enongit to soften the irritation of their minds,
when the French Revolution broke out. America
s,A, US nut behind the rest of the world its rejoicing
et eas event that, seemed fraught with happiness to
imankind ; she opeeed her al ais to Fran...e. The
rut' the French had taken in tire Anicrican wrir
haft
,pouineed a liatioital feeling of gratitude (the
v,iti,,it view, of France were not nt tentted ,to), and
lii proportion as. Englishmen Wt.q'e, hated, Ft ench-
vien -were loved. 'The minds of their young wets
were filled With animosity to :England, and with
itirtdov:.,s to France lavished the affections of their
ArtAtlii upon ,French Republicatef, in whom they
now more than :ever inoigined they saw friends
and loothers, Their old men, their Jellersons
rind Madisons, nourished and consocn weed these
notions, Alas ! hove fallacious ! lw w del iisire ! But
notwithfnanding- their f;dlAry, made evi,letst by the
horrid •cornlttet of the 'notch, no One conversant
with the human heart will suppose that a change
of sentiment wank( speedily ensitri. Na, the
heart clings to its early 'impressions with ob-
stinacy, sad • is wonderfully slow in acknowledg-
ing,even.to itself, and still slower in -confessing
to the world, its errors, or adopting a. different
.line of conduct, . , •
To ainds impressed as theirs were, every coin-
.me,lciid dispute or misuoder,tfoldifef would serve
to irritate or inflame, r Unforttmateiy the state of
the commercial world" Was such as to produce
many occasions of dispute. The, commercial re-
gulations. which the extraordinary conduct of the
French rendered it necessary for the English to
adopt, often interfered with the American chin-
fierce. The distracted state of Europe opened a •
'With: field low American speculation, which were
crowned wit , success and with wealth. America
Dow-viewedherself with great self-coMphieeney—
it}
she attributed to 'bee own superior merits alone,
altat she ought to have attributed not a little to
the eiretintstances in which the 'Enropean'powers
fOund them dies. From being dependent Co-
lonies, the United States 'in-n few years became
a considerable commercial power ; satti the Ind-
cletrnessof their rise had the same .ettect that to
sadden rise creque.ntly arts, on individuals. Their
rualtnerce Wet:, pushed into every quarter, and in
evt.ry .pi:n.ter tliti,` hlerch:lntA Colttelid,ti With
WirS,,•to that 1:1 co,l.,:iiteruble it,,,,i,,(,,,• ~,,„;,,,,rcili
it:,,,,,10it1y: tvi,i en::iTell, '1 11115
(111• pre.,k,“),,,liitits t)f
„..li,i,!: rilindS to quarrel with Cirvflf !I:far:fin, foe
Ns It ich 1 trust I have skit isfactrsrily fe.,]oustted, was,
from an tinfOrtunate chain of events,. amply sap-
pi led with m
materials of a stature much itior'e cal-
colated to inflame than to sonthe tle..,fr .rn.4,iitirui,
ilsid any thing—been vyanting to C ,):.;;II!,:!e 'its
hatred of the A inelic:in,, to) the 1,:1,;:i.'11, Vi',,',`110!,'..;
faid it in the conduct of tlne.e inert who were re-
eeived fir America, and becifme e:tizet:', nod who
had either been bankhed from !finite for their
. treasons aud crimes, on e.hose perverted judg-
: ments and hr steel 'insai.,,inittiLar. had led theill t• 0
!Mk re; - the A 111ctica I,';Wild yield then, nit'nc ra-
Closed lihorty, ;led ,grolif,_ir h(sppi.iie.- titan they
cyl;la enjoy 'fn Britain. nk ~,,.,,z crinsiwo. a
q
~ aila t1,,,-„., .„..,1„,, J.,,,,,,„,,,,1 tii,.
g1i..1`.4,11 t ilmr, lw,.ii;to! Folitin (41 I\t 1v
Hid thus sli,,A:l na,-.4,1 .:.,,ith 'l%ipiElq tl.Kir iiti-
-1.,T(IIIS ~...•o!ltittli'll 1:i. rche'tr unwound hatred ,to the
, limp, of their faehers tv:zl tion Alt ;;;',, ;Ina
rein! over a soil stroilly PreL;isposeli to noo ..1
t Ji.S 1
it...rthe fruit now ti1),.;,,,,,i,
he . ,
'it' Were to lt lii4til lOU p.ll GOVerninenlq
v'rnati be ruled by those high f+eiltitnelitfi a jici-
s cur which regulite individar.l- conduct. 11.1+at:

ittey emst taigttd With Ittifit 014
ttiink the stro:yer ►tg•aiust the weaker State,
and to prefer unprincipled and vitiated emitter:
tions vidi the greater cointnercial -advantage,
to honourable and virtnotts, eonneetions with the
Tess. 'l' he Attiericato- think that the -French' ore
mote powerful thin the lltitith,:anti although the
Government of France is the most i• ieions and
corrupt which ever existed, and is diametrically
opposite in prineipld to the constitution of the
Americanc, yet theY'rntitt France in preference
.to England, They. tell volt that-Prince must na-
turally be a better eiwoliter to them than Britain,
having a.greater number of xvantt: which Ame-
rica can supply. They thus sacrifice principle to
interest.

To all these sources- then, vvc mast truce the
hostility of America to Ilritp:in, and her predi-
lection for Ftance---to -these We ill Est• httribtqe
their forbearance when "insulti.:(l by Prance, ~Itt
their beinr:.; so treniblingly'aliVe to the `SMUllest
aggression on the put of Britain, add findll; the
precipitation %vhieh'they have hurried them-
selves into a war with us. Their evil 'passions
ha've got the -bettev of their jedgmt.mt,. and you
may'reSt assured we have no where inOre hive-
tettnte Cues than the American,. '

I have lieen'indneed'tergo. into this stiNect as
an introduction to sonic important fliCt A,' a which
I have been put in possessiontelative to Canada ;
they are from a Gentlemen of long standing in
that country, and who has a thorough knowledge
of. the Ametica.ls : he has had an Opportunity of
Minutely studying. the American character and
politics, the result of which is, that althtfugh he
allows•theWiire Many good, liberal, and hospita
hle Men in America, highly susceptible of private
friendship to Englihhmen, 'yet Great Britain as a
nation liati probably not one friend in America.
,When 1 hear people talking of our friends in
Ameriva, who are to bring all things round as
they ought to be, I have scarcely patience to listen
to them. 1 twill venture to aka., that if..the
people in France durst speak out as the Americans
do; we should find a great many of them crying
otttfor peace ; yet I doubt whether any man would
be considered in his sound senses whoishould be.
eternally talking of our friends in E-ance, and re-
commending our trusting to them for .bringing
about peace for us on honourable terms, without
our fighting for it,. and yet I am convinced tlmo
.the seeds of hostility are he deeply implanted in
the one country as in the other: If we want an
honourable peace, we must fight for it. By
sbewing America the whole extent Of the injury
we can do her, she would learn the value of our
friendship.—( To be erintiNtred.)

1.1111: 1)()LICE.

MANSTON-UOUIE,--74 Mall. of the name of
Crokerr was charged with stealing from Mr.
ley, a hatter, 101 h. of fur, employed in the ma-
n« facture of hats. The prisoner had been secret-
eti,, with the. fur in hi:, possession, underAhe gate-
way Of the prosecutor, and, being unable to give
any satisfactory account of the transaction, was
fully committed for trial.
GuiennAiL. —John Huggins was charged by
John Higgins with robbing hint of 31. in' the
course of yesterday afternoon. It appeared that
the prosecutor and prisoner, who were both
Greenwich pensioners, had met together yester-
day at Greenwich, wheee they had been to receive
their -allowance. The prosecutor and his wife
came to town in the stage-coach, in company
with the prisoner, who, finding that they were
strangers la Loudon, invited them to his lodgings
in Little Greenwich, wh ere they could have, sonic
thing to eat at less expellee than by going to a
common eating-house, Having accepted 01 this
kind offer, the parties adjourned to the lodgings
of the'prisoner, and on their arrival thither, the
prosecutor's wife, for the greater security, en-
trusted to the prisoner's care hgr housewife, con-
taining 31.,which tlie prisoner deposited in his
drawer. The prosecutor, however, having shert-
ly afterwards conceived the idea of purchasing a
Weddy, the money,was regnired for this ,purpose,
when the prisoner .denied all knowledge both of
notes and of housewife. A row immediatclyen,
sued, in'the course of which an Officer was sent
for, and the honsaWife was found in .the prisoner's
drawer, but the notes were gone. The prisoner
still persisted in declaring, before the Magistrite,
that he knew nothing of the notes ; but, as the
prosecutor and his 'wife Were strangers, he was
willing to makeup the money, rather than that
they should belosers, This offer, proving.satis-
factory, the parties, retired, accompanied by the
constable, that he might sec the same completed.
UNioN-Har.L.—Seven taco, belonging to
Liverpool vessel laying in theitiver, were brought
before Mr. CHAMBERS by Golf anti Clark, charged
by a.descendant of the tribe of Levi, with having
assaulted loin,, and robbed him of fifteen' dozen Of
1717,011. The complainant stated, that be was a
wholesale dealer in, 'Cutlery, and in the habit of
supplying ships. He went• oh board the ship to
inquire if 'the Captain wanted any of his keenedged commodity. The Ciptain was not an briard;
hnt on his inquiring for the Mate,, he came:for-
ward, awl after smut! eOnver4ation, the inown-
tar was' induced to open his pack, in,Which lie
said were idly dozen to; good razors as ever c!eac-
of a bolo d : but no sOotter had he displayed the
glittering cargo /to the eyes. of the serromeling
erex, than the prisoners, who had previously
been busily emplOyed in salting beef, boarded
the quarter=deck, and fifteen dozen razors dis-:
appeared in an instant. It was in vain .he re-
monstrated, and demande&restitutien of his prd-
.; his remonstrances werelaughed at ;. and he
continuing them longer than'pleased his auditors,
they count eed him from the vessel to the ShOre in
,
Inof ti no very gentle manner; . consequence $
treatment, he applied to the Magistrate for redress,
who sent Golf and Clark to take the of enders into
time search-
which they did,
,at the sa!Oe.:
ctistodr,
ine. the vessel for the rzlzors,, but without success.
KOE,:l2(lltoi', hoWerert,Vo44 not able to swear
to the..limn who took his
property, or who ns-
-sciciltetl Mini
; and the Captain now attettoing, and
the injury which he t.hould sustain, if halt.
hiS' c SV stc it. deOliocd, 11 is vesAel 'being ready to
; the same tlme'4Pring to to the the prO
sectitely• i,ati'sfaction v,irtie. retired, aud the
business was tibitotitrOY , the capt.tio
It tying hUI. to the prosecutor for his razors and his
brut's-es.- The p, t eltti.t Were then discharged,