The Sun.
London, England, 1802-04-03 00:00:00

HARWICH, APRIL 2.

Tins forenoon arrived the Earl of. Leicester
Packet, Capt. THQMPSON, with-the Mail and Pas-
sengers from Helvoetsluys, which piace they left
yesterday morning.

The Noble Lord Who presides over the Marine
Department, has instituted a reform throughout the
King's Dock-yards, from which the most essential
public benefit will arise. Under this arrangement,
no hemp, pitch, timber, &c. can in future be re-
ceived into His Majesty's Stores, until each article
has been clearly ascertained to be of the best qua-
lity ; nor any issued, but under those counter_
checks, which will render Dock-yard frauds. im-
practicable in future.

By the Suffolk Man of War, arrived frOm Sr.
Helena,- we learn that the Te;gvmoutb, laden 'with
wheat, had arrived there from Beng.d.
It is with great pleasure we are enahfzd to state,
that the Officers and Seamen belonging to our.. Fleet
on the Jamaica Station are uncommonly healthy. A
Letter from arr Officer on board the Ganges, of 7+
guns, dated Port Royal, the 16th of February, ob_
serves that, up to that period, the ship had nor lost
a single man since the Squadron arrived at Jatnaica
at
.the latter end of November. •

THE ORATORIO.--The august composition of
The Mesiiah, was last night performed in, the most
corred and impressive manner. _BRAMAN! opened it
with suitable.dignity. He and Mrs. BILLINGTON
exerted themselves in• this sublime Ns; r k with the
best effed. Mrs. BI LL. I NGTC7N went, during the
Second Ad, to HARRIsoN'S Concert, and returned
to conclude The. Messiah. 1: may be presumed, that
the Oratorios have never been altogether performed
with more precision and grandeur.
The magnificence and state displayed on the Bap..
tism of Lady GE.ORG I ANA STA.NHOPE, daughter of
the Earl of CH ESTE RVIE must have been highly
gratifying to that Noble family, as the honour of
THEIR MAJESTIES. presence at the font was un.
solicited. It was HER MAJESTY who proposed
conferring this.high honour on the family. The
font or baptismal bason struck the eye of His MA-
I ESTY on entering the State Chamber. It is of
silver, five feet high and several inches in thickness,
richly chased. The late Earl .gave for it 4.000
guineas.

Miss MACLEOD, daughter of Colonel MAC-
LEOD, was on Thurday introduced to HER MA-
JESTY for the first time, by her mother Lady AME-
L/A MACLEOD, Sister to the Marquis OfLOTHIAN.
The Duke and Dutchess of MARLBOROUGH and
family have left Oxfordshire without giving their
accustomed Balls, on account of the recent mis-
fortunes in their family, amid are now at their Seat
at Syon Hill.

Captain OGLE, it is reported, is shortly to be
married to Miss CHARLOTTE GAGE, daughter to
the late General GAGE.

Mr. OGLE, we understand, is to be married to
Miss ANNA MARIA RAYFIELb, heiress to .a very
large fortune.

A very beautiful piece of Sculpture has been sent
over to Sir HENRY STRACHEY, Bart, by his Son,
who was employed in the Embassy to Persia. The
above Gentleman found it while he was exploring
the ruins of Persepolis, and it is a representation of
an ancient King of Persia. The antiquity -of it
has been confirmed by the opinion of our most emi-
nent Antiquarians. _

Little _BR IDGEbIAN has certainly brought an ac.
tion against Colonel Pic-Nic for false imprison-
ment. Overtures have been made by the Pic Nicks
for an accommodation, but the .Recording Hero re.
jeas them with disdain.

On Thursday se'nnight, one of the Bow-street
Officers went -to Liverpool and apprehended two
persons on their way to Ireland, whom he brought
back with him to London, who have long been sus.
petted of making and uttering counterfeit Bank of
England Notes:

THE bEfiNITIPi TREATY.

IT is to u§ matter of inexpressible §atisfatlion to

observe the joy manifested, daily more and more, by
die People at large, on the arrival of the Definitive
Treaty of Peace, and on the consideration of the
happy consequences likely to result from it. The
little and inconsiderable difference between thi§ and
the Preliminaries signed at London, would render any
examination of the former. superfluous, after the re.
peated discussions which the latter. experienced in
both Houses of Parliam-mt, and the complete appro-
bation which it received there.—These .are, no
doubt, the circumstances which have disarmed cri-
ticism in the Papers accustomed to declaim against
all the measures of the present, as well as of the last
Administration. They have on this occasion con-
tented themselves with some vague objeaions to the
modifications induced by the Treaty of ilmietis on
the- Preliminaries, modifications, which they have
not hesitated to pronounce to be to the disadVantage
•
of this Country.

We own our opinion to be direflly the reverse;
and surely it requires but little refledion to be
convinced that the truth is on our side.

The only Article, perfealy new, which is to he
found in 'the Treaty of Amierts, is that which relates
to the Houss of NASSAU ; and no man can
-surely be found who will deny, that this Article is
not highly honourable, and of course, advantageous
to this Country. In thi3 we have given an incon-
testable proof of our fidelity to Treaties, and of
inviolable attachment to the interests of our Allies,
since, at the same time that they appear deprived of
all possibility of being useful to us in future, we
stipulate for compensations for the losses which they
have sustained. In this Article every Englishman
of proud feeling must rejoice, as one that identifies
itself with the generous principle which regulated

the Preliminaries. It is not fOr .a Stadtholder who
had at 'his command the force and influence of Hol-

land, that we have employed all the powers of our
interest, but for a Prince of Orange, deprived of all
Power, and unhappily reduced to the simple quality
of Prince of the Empire. We have not taken into
consideration the Power, but the Fidelity of this
our old Ally. All must, we think, agree, that
such a line of conduka, on our part, cannot fail to
shed a high lustre on the Political Charaaer of our
Country,
,and to increase more and more; in the
estimation of other Governments, the honour and
ad vant3ge of our Alliance, • •

It has been said, that the PRINCE Of ORANGE has
not been less obliged to Prussia than taus, for the
Compensations which are promised to him. We
:.re very ready to believe, that this Power must
naturally' have-foined its Wishes to ours on this
occasion. Some years have elapsed since the Ca.:
binet of Berlin has . been in a state of intimate
Aliiance with France,. and it had not yet had -the
credit of having procured an amendment' in the si.
tua'tion of the HOUSE of NASSAU. This is a suffi-
cient and abundant proof, that an interference more
positive and more powerful, was necessary to
,ac,
complish this desirable and hdnottrable objea. .
The application,made, as we tinderstan3, by the
PRINCIt tif ORAII4GE to I;OrcIHAWRE'SBURY, is and-
ditional proof, that Prussia alone-WaS not Likely to
succeed ; and there is, besides, .a great . difference
between any secret application which may have
been made by that Court, and the explicit guaran-
ty which we have given by the Treaty, to the In-
terests of that Illustrious House.

Some objefflons have been made to the regu-
lating dispositions which appear in the Treaty
of Amiens, respeaing the bland of Malta.—
We are at • a loss to conceive, what stronger,
or more .4:numerous precautions could have been
taken, -46 guarantee the Independence of that
Island, and to pre-Jude all possibility of the future
influence of France with regard to its future posses-
sors. One stronger step only could have been taken ;
which was, to keep this bland Ourselves.—We say
nothing of the annual expence which would have at-
tended this measure, not less than 400,0001. per
annum. In whatever point of view such an ae:.
quisition might have been considered as desirable,
no one has yet been found who .could demonstrate,
that it was possible to obtain it by Negotiation,
or who has ventured to affirm, that it was' better to
continue the War than to give. up this point.
Some indeed have thought, that, notwithstanding the
Preliminaries, we ought to have deManded 'ces:.
sion, to balance the title of President of the Italian
Republic, assumed by BONAPARTE. This argument
rests on the basis, fundamentally vicious; that we
ought to. employ all the strength, the means, and
the influence we possess, to regulate the political
order of the Continent.

Had this principle been as true, as we know' it
to be false, we should have had no occasion to wait
for the assumption of -a vain title which, as we
think, BONAPARTE has imprudently given to him-
self at /owl, to make up our minds to an indefinite 1

eontintiarice of the 84TaL before thai if;;.
SitintiOn of the Continent was far froiri being sti:;..-P,t
as we could have wished it to be ; and the circittd:
stance in question; was oniy.the cori.eque::ee of 0t1144
circumstances much tilore lir:portant, which peth;:o
we ought to regret, but Wh:ch it was not in out:
poWer to prevent or alters Thee Contineti:al
Powers, the most interested in preventing the ag.:
grandizement of France, did not think proper td
renew the War on that account, or to demand :-(1:;

vantages eqUiValent to the arrangement at Lyons;
If they have not thotight it of sufficient importaecc;
how could Great Britain be jus'ified in interferit
it is too mu eh to lay any stress on po:ii
which must appear idle to every dispassionate mind;
We prefer giving way to those sentiments which
.rise - out of and belong to our present situation.
Let us joyfully enter into the neti, career which
opens. before us; and glorying in what is past;
let us feel confident in what is to Conic !—We re-
ceive, in the preservation of our indepencLnce, 4nd
our Territory, and in the acquisition of most itn-
portant possessions, an abundant recompense for our
public spirit and fortitude; and Whilst other Na-
tions have obtained
.Peace by the sacrifice.of their
Honour and their Provinces, we alone have pur-
chased it by valour; perseverance, and exertion;
Elsewhere Peace has been agreed to by weakness;
which could not refuse it ;—here it has been eee
quires? by Strength, which voluntarily gave itself
limits. Elsewhere the Olive has been planted in
the midst of Solitary Ruins : here it has taken root
amidst the Palms of Viaory. but; after having
derived so much glory from War, let us now learn
how'ro enjoy the blessings of Peace. After having
by our energy, for nine years, preserved untouched ,
our Constitution an:: our Property; let us maintain
them in future by our political unanimity, our re.. •
spec for the lan's, our love for a virttions Monarch,
and our, confidence in those who possess that of
their Sovereign. Let us devote ourselves with {-red,
aaivity to Agriculture, to Commerce and Manti-
faCtures; the three imperishable sources and props of
our grandeur and Rrosperity. Let tie continue to
cherish, to cultivate and encourage the Arts and Sci-
ences, which ernhellsh and are useful to 'the Corn-
muraity. Above all, let us Preserve with religious
fidelity the, sacred deposit of public and domestic
Morals, which our Ancestors have bequeathed to
us ; and, after having fairly earned the splendid
Title of Defenders of Social Order, lei Great Sri_
rain entertain the arnbiti.,,t), of still being consi;
dered as its Benef4aor and its Model.

e The circumstance of the Emperor of lattOccO
threatening the Swedes and Dutch with war, if
Within,three months, they do nut bribe hitri to oh_
serve peace;-reminds 'us of an anecdote related by
SHAW in his Tour through Barbary. The ,British
Cor4sut, presented hiniself batitc The DEY of AL-
GIERS (whom he found sitting on a silken sofa,
Smoking a segar) to remonstrate against the seizure
of some Brititish goods : To which the indolent
Chief replied with great apathy, " My friend, the
Algerines are great robbers, and I am their CHIEF,"
The• Establishment of Marquis CottrlwAws at
Amiens was distinguished for the magnificence of
his liveries, and the splendour of his table and
equipage. On all his grand dinners; his Lordship
had twelve servants in rich liveries, besides six
'valets de chambre also in a kind of scarlet uniform.
—But in, regard to the luxuries of the table; and the
choice of his wines, Citizen SCHINIMEI.i'ENNINCIK
the Batavian Plenipotentiary, outedid all other cern-
petition : he had his turbot and.eels from Holland,
pike and perch from the Rhine ; and the heaths and
woods of Provence supplied him with gnme.
On Thursday a chesnut galloway, belonging to
Wm.. Porter, Esq. of Shepperton, started at four
o'clock in the morning from Staines, to go too
miles in twelve successive hours, carrying a feather
weight, which he performed in eleven hohrs and
thirty...six minutes, with greikt ease ; the Betts at
starting were five to four, and three to two in hisl
favour. The ground chosen on this ocelsion yens
Sunbury Common. The fineness of the day 'at-
traded it large concourse of people.
By a Letter which a Correspondent has received
from a Gentleman in a public character, at Frank-
fort, in Kentucky, dated the 13th of last January,
we learn, that according to the laws and custom of
that Country, large tracts of land, belonging to per-
sons in England, viz. one track of 125,000 acres,
and another of zOOO acres, and many other tracks,
have been sold, or are advertised for sale, to pay
the taxes, which have accumulated and lie as a bur-
den on the estate, through the inattention of the
proprietors, or the neglect of their agents. The
friend of our Correspondent adds, " I am sorry to
say, that many people in England have bought land,
3-4.ths-of which is scarcely worth paying the taxes
for."

On Tuesday night last; during the il/timinations,
a Gentleman of Co:nhill, passing along the Strand
with two Ladies, was surrounded, at the end of Pals-
grave-place, by seven or eight men of very genteel
appearance, who hustled them for some time in a mast
violent manner. The Gentleman not only 'lst 1119
watch, but received a very severe blo,' on his face
from one of the villains, which nearly :dunned him,
The Ladies were very much alarmed, but fortunate.;
IY lost nothing.

14n liefivood, tried at the last Coventry A.ssiZe§,
and found guilty. of driying, a nail into t 4 foot of a
liorse, and whose sentence was deferred"foi the °pi;
nion of the Judges, received sentence of death; but
was repriev,ed before his Lordship left thc City,