The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-05 00:00:00

I'er-sons who have oiperienced, any severe disap-
ointment often think they find relief in venting
c.,,mdlaints aloud, and in abusing the supposed
6uthors of their misfortunes. We are, therefore,
not surpriseA that the Party, and their adherents,
should inchilge their propensity to abuse to a
greater eKtent than usual ; but we confess that we
are astonished to see the indecency with which
the Illustrious Personage at the head of the Govern-
ment is daily assailed, by those who blasted that
they were his friends, and who must have disgusted
his Royal Highness by their slavish adulation. If
the condna of the REGENT was Dot such as they
thought calculated, to promote the inter,st of the
Empire, it was open to discussion ; but it is not
free discussion of which we complain : it is the
wanton, illiberal, indecent attacks that are daily made
upOn his Royal Highness by his former friends; it is
the with wl.ich they give publicity to the pro-
ductions of every paltry paragraphist, and of every
wretched versifier, who fancies he can point a pa-
tagraphOr an, epigram on his Royal Highness. We
.had some thoughts of colleing s,meof these speci-
.merrS of :abiSe, and contrasting them with the co-
. •
locrins of adulation which used to proceed from the
same quarter; but we believe our labour would he
thrown away,• for
.we do not believe that any expo-
sure of .inconsistency could lower the Party in the
public estimation. But though we do not think
it necessary always to take notice of the abuse
of the Pally, we do not think it right to suf-
fer their misrepresentations to go unnoticed.—
Tbe following paragraph appeared in a Party Paper
of this morning :
" Flom the extraordinary circumstances which
sccidentali.; transpired in the latter part of the
Debate, the REGENT'S Allnisters now speak out,
and let the country know on what groutids, the
continuance of peace with America now rested.

The system is no longer one of mere retaliation
against the enemy—it is no more pretended to be a
measure of open hostility to France—it is at length
avowed to 'be a plan of mercantile policy, an at-
tempt, undercover of making war, to promote trade."
Now we do not hesitate to say that the above is a
rrtoit complete misrepresentation. No such asser-
tion was made, either by Mr. PERCEVAL, or by any
one individual who spoke on the Ministerial side of
the question. Mr. PERCEVAL said, that the French
Decrees were intended as a hostile measure against
Great Britain, and our Orders in Council were
adopted strially as a retaliatory measure. France
endeavoured to destroy our trade, our Orders in
Council were adopted to protect it. Every attempt
to promote our commercial interest may be called
a plan of mercantile policy, but the Orders in Coun-
cil were not originally devised by the Government of
this country, they were caused by, they are de-
pendent upon, they are co-existent with, the
French Decrees ; they were framed to counteract
the pl.ms of BIJONeNVARTE for the destruction of our
trade, and notwithstanding all that has been said to
the contrary, they have succeeded. The present com-
mercial embarrassments do not proceed from the Or-
ders in Council, but from causes which must be obvi-
ous to every man wholooks at the state of Europe. If,
• t lie Orders inCouncil were rescinded, the Commercial
embarassments of Great Britain would not be re-
moved, but the trade of France would be opened,
her wants would be all supplied, and all her pro-
dutious exported, and yet this is a measure which
the Opposition Statesmen recommend, and which
we have no doubt they would adopt for the purpose
of relieving our manufaaurers ! !

Mr.HASE read this morning at the Stock Exchange,
the following proposal from the CHANCELLOR of the
ExcuECLUER, for raising 6,789,6251. by Navy 5 per
Cent. Annuities, in addition to the sum 015,431,7001.
subscribed in Exchequer Bills, to be fußJed in the
mouth of Feb. last, making together 12,221,3251.
"Nithieb is the whole sum proposed to be funded io
5 per Cent. Stock during the present year.
Every Subscriber of the Exchequer Bills funded as
above mentioned, is to be entitled to contribute a
further sum, at the rate of 1251. for every 1001. con-
tributed, 1081. in b per Cent. Stock, to be added to
the Stock created by the above subscription, and to
bear interest from the sth Jan. 1812.

The reports in the Ministerial Circles this day
were, that Lord CHOLSI ONDELEY is to be Lord
Steward; and the Marquis of HERTFORD Lord Cham-

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