The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-07 00:00:00

.FOR THE PV.OPLE'S FRIEND;

..A Correspondent sencts you for republicatian'the
following Letter of Lord GRENVILLE, in answer. to
I'lr. LisTON, on BLOUNT's ionspiraty, taken. from
Pes.-errfrn's IVeckly Aspebtor,• of Saturday Wt. It
is presumed that the bold and unsupported charges of
the agents of France, DoANE, &c. will: fail of their
wicked effeCi in casting the odium of BURR'S treason
on 'Britain, notwithstanding the disingenmins abridg-
tnent made °Hite President's. last CiarrimUnication to
Congress, which would'inSinuate, '1 that it migh'
be inferred .she. was to :support the traitorin his
diabolical views. :of dismembering the,Union." Is it
Probable that the British Government would agree
to assist BURR, whom they knew, by 'reputation, for
s 'unprincipled spirit of intrigue, when it turned a
deaf ear to the long-continued and personal solicita-
tions of MLRANDA, who was at length obliged. to
depend on individual enterprise for carrying into
execution his schemes against the Caraccas ? The
Policy Of Great Britain, .in remaining inflexibly
aver-seta every plan of revolutionising the colonies
of her, enemies, is obvious, When it is considered
that the greater part of 'her wealth and territory
consists in trans;marine possessions,' which would,
be continually endangered by the. spirit of revolt
and the desire of becoming independent. " Nothing
but her' apprehension of the consentences of this
Trinciple operating on her own colonies prevented
,her from proposing to, and assisting, the Spaniards .
on the River of Plate .in establishing their own Go-
vernment, independent of the mother country.—
This plan would have succeeded much better than
Conquest, in detaching for ever that rich and immense
ountry front its dependence op any European
Power. Seeing the subjugated state of the Conti-
nent of Europe, it is much to be. regretted,' that
Ing,land (instead of weakening berselt at home in.
this moment of danger) had not begun the system
of revolutionising, rather drat of attetnpting to
Conquer, Spanish America; she thereby would. haVe"
Made every mat interested in preventing these. vain
suable colonies from falling under the dominion of
BONAqAIiTE, which. they must do in the event of a
peace. :With such an immense' acquisition of
wealth and commerce, what can arrest " t i‘e work's
great foe from speedily realising' his ai.;antie views•
of universal dominion ? 0 0

,
" Downing-Street, April 8, 1806.
4( Sin --In
answer to your dis'pa'tches , Nos, 2 andJt
3i I have to inform you, that the prOposals which
'lave been. made to'you by Mr. (as, men-''
honed in those dispatches;) for endemourinsy to
Wrest the two Floridas from Spain, has been taken
intO Consideration by His Majesty's confidential
tti'vants, but it has not been thought expedient to
accede to it, or to adopt any measures for carrying
it into execution.

'` 'Without entering into a detail of the various
ennsiderations that have led to this decision, I think
It merely necessary to observe, that exclusively of
the inadequacy of the means to the end proposed,
the two objeCtions which have occurred to yourself,
the necessity Qt employing Indians, and the imprO-
P, Or Originating, within the United States, any
nnostile expedition against a nation with which they
, Peace, are 'of sufficient magnitude to connter-
;.ralance the advantages which are likely- to result
°ln the execution of such a plan.
qe". I have, therefore, to signify to you the King's
a3ure that you take an early opportunity of in-
orrniur,Mr.
his-, that you have submitted
de;ignrtt w fits Majesty's Government, but that it
has not been thought advisable to affordany
13'stante from this Country towards carrying: it into
eased. I am; with great rospe6t and rel;ard;
" Your most obedient humble Servant, •
(Signed). CC GRENVILLE„,"
10 Robert Liston, Esq. 'fee "

New Edition of a very Old Book has just been
I'l4l4lll@d at Paris : it is intituled, " Everlasting
th°Phecies, from the year. 1521 to the' end of
I,v--e. World." Tfie 'Author is JOSEPH JUST°, of
"aNes: The Academy of Sciences, at. Paris; is-
alcl to have transtnitted this little work, of 54 pages,
10 the Minister louvois ; arid what is still more,
,to
have found 'it invariably correct for - the last 140
Years. Of the year 1806, it is said : " Let Pco-
Ple procure a supply of oats and commodities, fn- at
the end of August commences a great war, which
extends to many regions. The People suffer death,
and'great calamities." ." lii 180, a greatquantity of
allow will fall in the beginning of February.; many
iratudatious." The most important prophecy relates
the year 1811. "It will be ditlicultto preserve
Cattle through the severity of the winter : from
Year a peace of a whole century will be enjoy-
, lt bhristendom ; bread, wine, and cloathing, will
tilzu b cheap."
inaaivity of France against Sweden In the
Present campaign gave ripe to various sp.:-..culations
stP'eral months ago. It was not easy to explain why
;0
14 of Sweden, who, of all Monarchs, has.`,"tle most to merit the resentment of NarotEot,4
'1"ILI be treated with such singular lenity. , it was
Prierally believed, that the tardiness evinced in the
llivasion of Swedish Pomerania was occasioned.by
Zhret negotiations attempted with thatMonarch77
to e ilio:ritcur did not scruple, in very distin& terms,
r:!,-dte--" That a certain Nvrthern Power had now
°Pportunity .of regaining the possessions which •
ei10‘,414, Wrested iron) her long since, were she wise
1.t,11 to join her fate to that of the favourite of
NIA..ocEoN the Great?' Whether more di-
lic~ diplomatic attempts were made upon the
tiour, of the valiant and worthy successor of the
usl'Avus's we know not. Certainly-
.we should
never have '
have been anxious concerning the issue of such
.111achinatiorks.
Among • the other treasures which have been pur-
ri
aed from Italy, since its Revolutionary degradation,,
Y be mentioned the Chinese Manuscripts, which
,r'9ed a very curious article in the Library of the
a"C"n" They have ibund their way into this coun-
try, and are now upon sale; but although they are,
,tn a •certain degree, objects of curiosity, they will
not, we should imagine, from almost an universal
Iglior of •
. :ince thew language autonc, us, become ob-
-0
le§ of research.