The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-09 00:00:00

Tile Party YeeLi quite, indignant at tile idea of a
junction between Lords GREY and GRENVILLE and
Mr. hiI.CEVAL, and boldly arlirrn„ that the two
Noble Lords ..tould not assent to such a proposition,
without forfeiting their Lwr.our. We have long
been accustorhed to hear of the lofty pretensions of
these Noblemen, and of their superior political sa-
gacity ; but i hose who praise them on the score of
parical consistency, are either total i ignorant of
the occurrences or the last twenty years, or else are
slily disguising sarcasm in the garb of panttgyric.—
Lords GREY and GRgNVILLE, we are told, cannot,
consistently with their honour, join with Mr. PER-
CEVAL, because they difl-ltr in opinion upon some
points. We should be glad to ask, what were the
points upon tlicit Lords GREY and GRENVILLE
agreed in (pinion ten years ago ; or, rather, what
were the point, upon which they were not direaly
at variance. It will perhaps be said, that the war
wit, 1) ended in 1801, was the great cause of their
difference, and that when the war terminated, their
opposition to each other naturally ceased. But
the fact is, that it was not upon the war only
that they were opposed, but upon the most es-
sential and vital principles of Government. Lct
any man look at the speeches of Lord GREN-
VILLE and Mr. GREY, upon the conspiracies then
subsisting to overthrow the Constitution in 1795,
upon what were called the PITT and GRENVILLE
B•lis—opon the Traitorous Correspondence Bill—
upon !ee Suspension of the Habeas Corpus—upon
Pariiientary Reform—upon the Rights of Neu-
trals, are upon our Rigtit of Search—and say,
-whether- there was not a complete and radical dif-

ference bt:tween them, . not upon temporary ques-
tions of policy, bAt upon fun.:,im?-ntal principles;
upon e%ery point almost connecteA with internal
legislation. Yet Lord GREY and Lord GastivlLLE
coalesced ; and we presume that 64e Opposiiion
Writers N+ ill not contend that either of these Noble
Lords have sacrificA their honour. Which of
these Noble Persons gave up his opinion to the
other, or whether they both gave up a little, we
realiy do not know—the fact is, that they are in-
li,solubly connected. Surly, after such an extra-
ordinary union, the adheients of these Noble Per-
sons ought not make use of quite such strong lan-
guage on the subject of coalitions with political op;
p,ne.nts. But it is not only in the -case of Lord
GREY that Lord GRENVILLE has evinced this amia-
ble propensity to forget political hostility. The
wrong language in which his Lordship spoke of
Lord SIDMOUTH, when Mr. ADDINGTON, cannot be
forgotten; in the celebrated Letter found on board
the Admiral Aplin, his Lordship declared that it
was impossible that he and Mr. ADDLNGTON should
sit in the same Cabinet, and yet in a short time
this impossible event occurred, and Lords GRENVILLE
and SID:MOUTH became themselves of the same Ad-

ministration.

We are not mentioning these circumstances with
a view of throwing any blAme on Lord GRENVILLE,
but let us not have any More of the utter im-
possibility of his Lordship's coalescing with those
from whom he differs in yolitics.

This morning we received American Papers, from
-which ate made the following extracts

" NEW-YORK, FEB. 12.

" HIGHLY IMPORTANT.--ihe city W 33 enlivened
yesterday by the contents of the letters which fol-
low, from \Vashingon :
" A lefter from our. Correspondent, dated on Fri-
d .3, last, observes, for a fortnight past, there have
been frequent meetings of the Cabinet. Mr. Mini-
ROE and Mr. FOSTER have lately been often and for
a long time closetted together ; and it is rumoured
that the objet of their consi&ration is the treaty
Fnad::-... several years ago between Mr. Mu N Ron and the
British Ministry, which Mr. FOSTER is desirous of
having ratified, with some modifications. The offen-
sive note to be stricken out ; the subjea of impress-
ment partially arranged, but left open for farther dis-
cussion hereafter, &c. I canitot trace this report to
any authentic source, yet have considerable belief of
its being founded in at least some pacific arrange-
ment, which may perhaps take pLace.'
" A letter from Georgetown.---' It is reported
that a Cabinet Council is to be held at the l'resi-
dent's house, relative to our affairs with Britain.'
" On the above we have only to remark, that our
confidential communications assure us, that, ' for
certain reasons, the war-spirit" at Washington had