The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-07 00:00:00

Paris.

When the American Papers were received, con-
taining the account of the transactions relative to
Mr. HENRY, a Morning Paper, remarkable for it&
eagerness to find out grounds for censuring Minis-
ters,yery freely expressed its doubts of the truth of
Mr. HENRY'S statement; and_stated its belief, that
be was merely sent into- the American States to
obtain information. Since that time however,
" she Party" have thought proper to take up
the subjea, and to yindicate the cause of Ame-
rica; the Paper in question has begun to find
out, as usual, that the British Government was in
the wrong. The circumstances in Which Sir JAMES
CRAIG was placed (for the transaction, whether
justifiable or not, belonged entirely to him) are to-
tally overlooked—the menaces of the American Go-
vernment' to commence warlike operations against
our North American Provinces are forgotten—the
hostile spirit unfortunately manifested towards Great
Britain by the American Government, and its glaring
ie.
partiality, not to say servile submission, to France
are passed over without a comment—while all the
indignation of the Party is poured forth against a
gallant British 9tEcer entrusted withlhogiofease of

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Most valuable part of out empire, and against ti
griti•sh Government, for not punishing him It may
n,ot, however, be amiss, for those who,are disposed
to allow to their own country impartial justice, to
look at the real fa6ts of the case.—At the time of
Mr, HENRY'S mission into the States, the American
Government had taken every step indicative of an
intention to attack Canada: The American Gene-
ral at Boston, had received orders to have 10,000
men ready to march at an hour's notice. Against
whom were they to march ? It could only be against
the British. The congress, also, agreed to a vote for
the raising of 50,000 volunteers. Against w horn
were they to be employed They could only be
employed against the British. But to put the mat-
ter out of all doubt, our Minister in America (Mr.
ERSKINE) applied to Mr. MADDISON to know the
objeCt of these hostile preparations, and the an-
swer was, that from the treatment experienced by
America, from both the Belligerents, the Govern-
ment of the United States might consider itself as
justified in 'commencing hostilities without further
notice. Mr. ERSKINE immediately apprized Sir
JAMES CRAIG of the answer which he had received ;
and we ask any impartial man, whether tho latter
could, upon receiving such intelligence, consider
America as being in a state of perfect peace with
Great Britain ? was he not justified in expecting the
immediate commencement of hostilities without fur-
ther notice? Under these circumstances, Mr. HENRY
was sent' into the United States ; but as soon as
the points in dispute between Great Britain and
America were arranged, Mr. HENRY was recalled.
It only remains for us to state, that the Govern-
ment at home was entirely ignorant of the whole
transaction, until it was over.—Such are the simple
facts of a case which the Party are endeavouring to
magnify into a violation of the Law of Nations.

Mr. HASE signified at the Stock Exchange this
morning, that the Bank would make the advances
upon the Navy 5 per Cent. Scrip.

Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT took an airing on
horseback.

The Prince Regent's Levee was put off from this
day till to-morrow, on account of this being the
Duchess of YORK'S birth-day.
Yesterday the Earl of BCCILINGHANISHI RE gave
his first 'Cabinet dinner since he came into office.
ALBINIA, Countess Dowager of BUCKINGHAM•
SHIRE'S party, on Monday night, was attended by
goo distinguished Fashionables. The Duke of CLA-
RENCE was there.

The Earl of Powis gave a grand dinner yester-
day at his residence in Berkeley-square.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY gave a grand
dinner yesterday, at Lambeth Palace.

Mrs. SAMUEL SMITH had a fashionable party at
her house, in Berkeley-square, on Tuesday night.
The Bishop of WINCHESTER gave an elegant en-
tertainment, on Tuesday last, at Winchester House,
in Cheyne-walk, Chelsea.

The Marchioness of LANSDOWNE gave a splen-
did rout, last evening, at Lansdowne-house in Ber-
keley-square. _

The Earl of CLoNmEL:_gave a grand dinner at his
house in Hertford-street, May-fair, on Tuesday.

ROYAL ACADEMY..--The Exhibition was opened
on Monday to the public at large, and a.great [MlD-
ber of •speetators attended. The general excellence
-of the piaures abundantly justifies all that report
had stated, but we are sorry to say that many woiks
have been received which are so lamentably deficient
in merit as to be disgraceful to the judgment of
,those: who tolerated their admission. These mi-
serable works are chiefly in the province of •por-
trait, and they appear with aggravated deformity in
comparison with the admirable produatons of the
established Artists in the same province. We shall
at present only notice the works of superior merit.
The Infancy 61 Jupiter, by THomsow, would have
done honour to the art at any period. The-same
may be said of LAWRENCE'S Portrait of KEMBLE,
Cato. The Portrait of the LORD CHANCELLOR, by
Ovvaisr, also deserves high commendation. A Por-
trait of the late Mr. FORSTER is highly creditable
,to the talentp'of SHEE. The Rural Auction, by
BIRD, is a work of considerable merit in the delinea-
tion of rustic charaaers. WILKIE'S two sketches
of his finished piaures of Blindman's Buff, and the
aitintry Alehouse Yard, are _admirably spirited.—
We are glad to have an opportunity of saying, that
FUSEL! .11?.S contributed some works, which are
somewhat less extravagant than his usual produc-
lioa. ARNOLD'S view of Goleortou, the seat of Sir
GEORGE BEAUMONT, is one of the chief works of
the year, and worthy of a place in the collection of
that accomplished Patron and ornament of the Arts.
THOMSON has shewn his powers as a landscape
painter with great success in a view of Sir JOHN
LEICESTER'S seat, and we hope he.will be encouraged
to other efforts of the same kind. CALLCOTT ap-
pears with' great vigour. We saw with pleasure, but
with'regret also, a very spirited work from the late
Mr. DR LOUTHERBOURG, whose merit in private lite
as well as an Artist, will always preserve his me-
mory in high estimation.—WoorgroaDe's
Shep-
herfl Girl: Stormy Day, is a very pleasing compo-
sition, but he appears to still greater advantage in
a whole-length Portrait of Capt. BIRMINGHAM.--
There are several works very creditable to the DA-
NIELS. Dawe, as we before observed, appears to
great advantage in 1 piaure taken from a Poem of
Mr. COLERIDGE, as well as in his portrait of Mrs.
T. HOPE. He has also shOwn his talents in a bust
and drawing of Mr. COLERIDGE, who has lately
added the reputation of enlightened Criticism to his
other high liter iry metits. The Portrait of NOLLE-
KENS, by Sir WM. BEECtiEY, is identical as a like-
ness, and excellent in point of art. But we must,
for the present, delay our comments till a fitter op.
'pertunity,