The Sun.
London, England, 1807-11-26 00:00:00

LETTER STEALING.

•• acT: e2.—The Editor tif the ifti-
• •
ta.)-a, in attempting to- explain; in tliis morning's
that dgly affair about the British '"se roster's
dispatches, be believes the- PackiA to 1111 e
Jaen a political contrivance here; n trick. invented on
purpose to entral3 and eltpose hiM." It would Seen),
therefore, that he supposes the British Minister. tO,be
'Perfe'Elly acquainted with 'that' unfortdnate propen-
tity which renders it inipossible fcir sake fucks, hav-
ing once got possession of anothei, person's letter,
.to Jet. It go again .with: an unbroken seal. 17.
We do nut believe. the inference to be just. Mr.
Essx INS was not here at the.titne that. certain Let-
ters direeted frmm Wlishington to the. Editor of this.
thiolitte came to hand through the medium of the
iihiror. a. :We presume, therelore, that he was .not
at all aware that placing a_ Letter belonging to an-
other man within the reach of Mr. DANE would lay
him .under any extraordinary .temptation, or that
it would prove a Sure means of drawing, hini
. into disgrace., But whatever the .fact may be, the
Editor takes' great credit to himielf for having
suspeded the
,trick, and " for 'etfeattally 'resisting
the temptation, strong as-it was. Though he does
'not absolutely say that he did not Open the packet,
he plainly insinuates that be did not,' by expressing
a doubt as to the contents of it, and by the exulting
manner in which he announces his fortunate 'escape
from the trap thus artfully and temptingly laid, for
him. The folloWing are his words
" The adherents of the British. Governinent have
now the Whole advantage of the trick, ter- such we..
Must still believe it to be. But the trap did not
cateh:=.l. they must trpanother trick, or give it vtnother.
turn."—(bnitecl States Gazette.) . '

In relating the affair of Mr. Eitsitti4leS dispatches,.
we stated erroneously that they Were demanded in,
form by the British Consul, or by his orders. Mr..
BOND did, not apply for the Packet, mither in person
Or by order. , It was; however, applied for by a
Gentleman of this city, Who received the answer
stated in our last.—(ibitL)

The Rutland (Vermont) Heraktgives the folIdw:
ing extras of a letter from Canada :--:. . , •
<<The French militia have been turned oat, and
th'e 3d brigade on Tuesday last. The Conirtiander
called on thoSe- he chose; they being embodied; he
called for . every fifth man to step six paces out froM
the main body. His call was not obeyed in the least:
Some said they would notatep• out without the rest :
and sortie made. bold to say • they would not take up
twins against- the Am licans, but would join them
when they cho:ie. ' fruity, who said they would join
the Amilribans, were committed tot mutiny, and
will have their trial 04r00rr0,.v." •
•• 1(..). :23.---4ilC gilitor of the Aurora has corn-
, inewil a brutal defeace of the letter stealing affair
which came to light a few days ago. The strong •
point of his defence is, that it was a measure of re-
taliation for the interception and publication of Ad-
tuiral WlLLAustsz's dispatches to the French Am-
• hassador. We subjoin his words, that we. May not
- be accused of misrepresenting hitv meaning
'4 We cannot pass the subjed over without callin I
i
to the recolletlion of the public, a,datilning proof o -1
the-base depravity of the British adherents and
Tories: • , .
" It is bat a few months ago, that in a Federal Pa.,
per at Norfolk, there was pnblislied various Letters
and Papers said to be the contents of a Dispatch ad- •
dressed to the French Ambassador resident •at
.Washington., , •
"'When the "dispatches 'addressed to the French
Ambassador were intercepted, they ,were not for-
witrdeeto the Am bassadoti—they were not forward-
ed to the Executive of the United States, the 'only
legitimate channel of communication of public con-
"Cetinst-between citizens of the United States and Fo-
`titign Ministers: the first intimation of their existence
:watrllteir publication in a newspaper.
'il The dispatches to the Minister of this friendly
'Power were stopt l

Not tone stopt, but the Aterican Govern-
inent was treated with studied insult, by the puh-
lkation .of those papers openly avowed. to be inter.
cepted."

is the defenoo set Up by a private nia'n
clAtning to be an American Citizen, for intercepting
andlletaining Letters addressed to the British Mi-
')l*6e. !A it onteas examination will be sufficient
tO convince any one that it this is all that he can
say in jastitication of his, conduiit, he would much
htittcr m cumin silent. The Dispatches of the French •
Minister were intercepted on the high seas by
a British, ffi Ocer—an Officer of a hostile Nation. '
They were therefore good prize; they became time
propertLof the captor who had a perted right to
break the seals and to publish the contents. A bel-
ligerent has a right, by the lawa of war, to seize and
appropriate every spec ies of the property of' his
enemy wherever he can find it. There was no vio-
lation, therefore, of either law or honour in the sei-
zure and publication of, French dirvitelmes by the
British. It is true, the Aurora woald have it 'be-
lieved that Americans, that federalists, intercepted
and published those pipers, and, perhaps,- to carry
on they parallel, he expects `to have it believed that
they were embezzled and opened within the United
StateS by the Editor of a Paper. Unthrtunately for
his defence, the well•known fad that the papers
were seized and-opened by an avowed enemy, upon
the high teas, and `were published' both at Halifax
,andin the West Indies' before they appeared in 'any
,plper printed in the United States., •

. „
The sole argument, therefore, on which Mr.
rDn'Atsu rest his defence is in itself aselets and vi-
sionary, unless he stands iu the same relation to the
British Government as exists between they
manner. of a British Ship of 'War un the'high seas
attcl the French. Government. Now, though we
have long _perceived his warm attachment to the
cause and Governmentof
_France, we did not sup-
pose that he would avow such an allegiance and sub-
serviency its would entitle him to the •rights of la
,ilelligerent; and justify-him in seizing anti detain-
log British property. , As he,has chosen, however,
to. take this ground, it is not far us to say that he
is. not: entitled to it. lint he must excuse us oh-
• jeCting to his making us of our neutral territory
14..4 heatre of his warfare: against the seals of
English dispatches. If he is a liege stthje6t of 800-
NAPA axg, or one of his mercenaries, 'he is fully
entitled to . intercept British Litters, or any oilier
Briabb British territory. or- On the

high seas, bat riot in the streets of l'hiladelphia,
(U. S. Gazette.) •

BY TE-10. PRESID.Et4 T OP TITP, LINITED STATRS, 00

AMERICA.

A PPOCI.AkATION

• Whereas inforliation has been received thLlt
number of who, have deserted ft tier.
Army bftbe Cri-,3,trd Shtes, and sought shelter
out the th.:reol, have beconie,iisnale of
theiroftmt•e; and :us.: desirous of returning' to their.
duty, a tell p:trdon k hereby,proelaitne.d to each and-
all such inditidirils as' shall, within foUr Months
from the time hereof, surrender thenlielves to ibe
`Commanding Officer of any"thilitary post Within the
United States, or the territories thereof :
In testimony whereof, t. hay,: caused-the seal of
the United Staten to be affixed to theie presents; and
signed the same with 'my.. baud.--Done at the City,
of Washington, the 15th day of Otiohert in the
year of Or bird 1:807, and of the Independeuee Of
the United States'OlAnieriea the thirty-seond.

Tu. iErrEilsoN.

By the President,
JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State,

Akite ICAN DortiAtt,io.---Some.tlrneago we gave
an ac,count of a duel fought. in Virginia', in
, one of the `Secondit fired at and wounded the anta-,
gonis't of his Principal. The •dbliowing corres-
pondence on. thiS ektraordinary duel is given in one.
of the American Papers received yesterday
.4 .
T)511 I?DITOR OF THE NORFOLKCAND I'ORTARIOUTH•
51R-1, perceive in your. Paper; of this day a
communication, stating, that ‘..a meeting hacl. talien
plaCebetWeen Dalt* Sraita and Captaiu GottnoN,
Tin consequence of a dispute on the subjeo of. Ocim-
, mad Ore BARRON'S CPll4lla.. Several
.shots were et-
changed without effeel. The affair terminated in
the
llnaor's receiving a wound in the arm from
Lieutenant CaANu, the friend of Capt. GORDON
It is obvious that the,intention of the Author of :that,
.piece was to iojtit* Any reputation, and that too in
ra ,meati and dastardly, way ; for although what he
states is truths hit has not stated the cause of my
firing.—lt is as, follows :.--7Tbere was a -particular.
stipulation beßtieen the parties, which. was con-'
municated to the Gentlemen when they took the.
ground; that' if :either Of them fired before they'
sbauld:receive the word, the friend of the Gentle-'
man fired on shooldintmediately shoot him. Dr.
'STARK fired before the ward, and I did my
Writing, Sir, is not my profession. I have no wish
to be engaged in newspaper 'contentions.* Should
'any thing tUrther be published' on 'this ssubjen, I
hope the antrum] will add their names.--,-As the
coma-tunic:lom) ;was made Ahrough your Paper, 1
expea, and r have no doubt, you will have the jus-
tice to give this a place.
• 0 am, Sir, your obedient servant, •
W. U. CltA
• " Veiled Wes! litigate,.Ches'apeake,; 1
24th Sept. 1807."

TO'TME EDITOR, &C. B,:'"C.
ft Sin—As the friend of Dr. St.% K, in his allltir
with'Coptain Gogbow, I coacentd' it myduty.to re-
move shy unravourable impressions that the statement
'of Lieutenant eic x E may have made on. the .Public.
agree as to the stipulation, that if either a
the principals fired before the word was given, the
friend Of the Gentleman fired .on
had the privilego
of .shooting him'.' :But am:, confident that. Dr.
*STARK did not fir© until the, word was finished it
was ruseconder two 'before Captain GORDON dis-
W)arged his pistol, and immediately called out, you
have fired. before the word.'—f,ieutenant CRASH,
then levelled his pistol and shot my friend, at the
same time apeaking in the most insulting manner.--,-
Can any person suppose for. a moment, that a man, •
who. bad stood ,si:4 tires. before, would: attempt to
take such an advantage tit the seventh ? No, .Sir, it
cannot be credited. Besides -Captain GoaDON might
hare retained his fire goes to -take better. ain.t..•: I
shall now leave the public, to. judge between the par-
ties, preuriiainga that. when 13r, 8. K. recovers. from
his wound, a fiat and candid statement of fa6ta. ;hall
be laid Before

• I ant, Sir, your obedient servant,
A. J. M'CoNsico.-
" Noilblk, Sept, 28, 1807." .

CA 1 Ld

As the concerns of the musical World seem to
excite inote attention in the present melancholy
state of Europe than even during periods of general
tranquillity, it may .perhaps bo- considered :.as our
ditty to subunit thefollowilig Letter,tioenLtbis cele»
brated Perforzucr to the Public.
TO LbITOR.: ,
st SIR,

" I begleave 'to inform the Public, through the
medium ptgyour P,aper, that instead of being anxious
to sign an engagement with the Managers of, the
King's Theatre, as has been insinuated, a month
has not elapsed since, in .Mr. TAY LAM'S preseneti, the
minute of such ati engagement was cancelled on my
part,. By ibis engagement I was to have had 4060
guineas, but on condition that ['should verthrin al-
ternately in the first Serious and .Comic Charadersi
thus Winding me to exert myselfltvice (he Aumker ,ff
nigh 4 HIFI I 414 in the last- Season. My obvious
and univ motive,for wishing to renonnCe this en-
gagement awasi the great fatigue which it imposed
upon nse. .This I beg leave to state as being ex.',
attly the truth.. I presume to add, that such is my
sense 1)1 the kindness of the British public, *hich
,have every where experienced, and wiii4ll has made
,a deep and lasting impression on my heart, that
though no engagement at the Opera should take
place, I shall still find opportunities pit Manifesting,
by My beat exec buns, my gratefUl sense. of the, pnb.
lie favour. Lam, Sir,
" Your obedient Servant,
tr ANGELICA. CATALANI." 1
" Paddington, Noy. 1807. • . .

The EMpress of Trance i 3, it seems, going to
bojd a new Gallery at Mzilinaison, for the purpose
of containing:att the,b(!aoiitul works of' modern art
itch! remains OfLitithiuily, the spoils of conquest,
which have. been brought to her from other calm-
COniiZleritlg he manner in which they were
obt:tined, the iii4cription over the editice'destined to
ret eive these curiosities ought to.be" Thelepositeip
of stolen moods."

NELSON's,MONUMENT

IN Y;iIiIiI)IIALL

A model or the Nionurnent intended to be ereaed
in Guildhall to, the memory of Lord. NELSON, at tho
ex..petice of the City,. ha.; heen just completed by
Nlr.. j: Crk of
.I'6rqin:d-road, who gained the
•
.prize otiered for the hest and I','llo is ernplo)cd
to conwu;St the Monhale;4.' The de.;ign, cinnbiliess
in a great degree, stnipittity and grandiur, and dism
vl,tys.considerahle taste. in the cxecutioq.- 'A figure,
with a mural crown, intendedlo the City or
„London, is represented inscribing on,-the tough the
word . ", Trafalgar," above which are al-reatry Written
." NELsoti," encircled in a wreath of
ci Copphagcn." Beneath is a tablet intenkkd foi an
inscription. 0n one 'side is Britannia in a techrsing
attitude, Lamming over a portr tit ot: her tavoqrito
Hero. In-front, is a recninix;.ii.t ri.,Yur!!, rt•pi.esentirk
the Ocean, expressing a mingled r setkitio4-
prise and regret at Ins_dgath.- At tat lie.l to Britannia,
are the liOn and: trideht, and no h of the
figures, trophies.' Below is a repres,latal.ion of the
Battle of Trafalgar, atid on each
ziL.! e Fr._.nch
Spanish Captive.

The monument is intended to be placed in the
recess correspondiTig to the situation of Lord Chat.
ham's monument'on the same sl.le. If thiii be
nearly,opposite the great door, and will immediately
strike Ihe'eye on entering the 11,d1.

... . ... : .
, The model bas been approved of by,the City Cprn.
Mitteel; and the innnunient will be iminAliatdy pro-
ccodecl upon. A Considerable "time must of'cAirse
elapCe bethrtho public can
,be griuitiod with 4 Vitnir
of it in iti intended situltion. , . '