The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-26 00:00:00

LONDON, MARCH 26, zBoz.

OUR Letters from Dover this morning state,
" that according to private information received
yesterday at that place from France, the Defini-
tive Treaty was actually signed, and that a Mes-
senger was hourly expelled with the intelligence."
This account we believe to be a little premature,
as no Messenger with such information had reached
Town when this Paper was put to Press.

IT is very generally thought that the Definitive
Treaty will be signed in the course of the ensuing
week, if not sooner, and from every thing we have
heard upon this subjeet, we are inclined to think
that this opinion will be verified:—We look upon
the event as desirable, because we know that unless
the Definitive Treaty, secures to us all that the
Preliminaries held out, His Majesty's Ministers
will not put their hands to the measure.

We are well aware that circumstances have
changed since the Signature of the Preliminaries,
but they have not .altered in such a manner as to
make us indifferent or averse to that now, which
we thought advantageous in the month of Odober.
The only circumstance which we have seen with
regret in the course of this period, has been the
proceeding at the Consata of Lvons.—lt appeared
to us that such a step, t:iken between the signature
of Preliminaries and a Definitive Treaty, indicated,
on the part of the CHIEF CONSUL, an indifference
to Peace with this Country ; but, it must also be
observed, that this was a step in which the Con-
tinental Powers were much more interested than
ourselves, and it was not a meastife which could
have justified Ministers in breaking Off the .Nego-
tiation.—The firm tone which we knots? to have
been held by them upon occasions which have arisen
in the course of the Negotiation, will, we are satis-
fied, convince the world, that while they were
anxious for Peace, they were determined to sacrifice
to it none,of the interests of their Country.
The business in which the CHIEF CONSUL is
engaged in St. Domingo will naturally incline him
to Peace ; and it certainly ought not to tender us
less desiroUs of it. It may probably engage a con-
siderable Army for some time ; but the ultimate
success of that Army will be advantageous to us,
inasmuch as it is more to be desired by this
Country that that Colony should -be under the Go-
vernment of France; than that it should continue in
the state of continual disturbance, to which it will
be exposed if the Negroes shoUld unfortunately
gain the ascendancy.-The disposition to revolt
would, in that case, be but too speedily uommuni.
sated to our own Colonies.

It is well known, that the views of the. CHIEr
Comut. are peculiarly directed to the. revival
and the increase of the Commeickal Relations of
France. Great pains have been taken in the Inte-
rior, to increase its Natural Productions, and a
diligent search has been made for Coal, as the ar-
ticle essential to Manufacture, under the encourage.
ment of Premiums from the Government. Any
wish which BpNAFARTE may entertain for Peace
with this Country, is certainly connected with a
general Plan of extending the Trade of France.—
The Expedition to Egypt had no less Commerce
for its object, than the Expedition to St. Domingo
—the first, the CHIEF CONSUL thought, he could
accomplish in spite of us ;—the latter, he knew,
he could nor attempt, without,' at least, securing
our Neutrality ; and he may stand in need of sorhe
assistance, for the attainment of his object.

In reviewing our Situation, we are satisfied
that those persons do not speculate wisely for the
Nation, who wish for the renewal of Hostilities—
At the same time, we are far from condemning the
Spirit which has lately arisen in the Country, under
the idea, that the CH I 13F CONSUL had shewn an anti-
pacific mind in the condu& of the Negotiation.—
If Peace is concluded with a fair and honourable
disposition on the part of France, it will, we be-
lieve, long endure—and even if in this respel we
should be deceived, if it should be made with a con-
trary disposition, we cannot admit the justness of
those alarms with which we find some persons are
disposed to frighten themselves. The Chapter of
Accidents presents much more to thwart the designs
of France, than to weaken the powers and energies
of this Country.—She has much more to do to re-
vive her Trade, besides the conquest of St. Do.

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tnzngo ; and it is yet to be seer, whether the ne.
Plan of a considerable Nation, surrounding itself
to
witsitholovnth,ercson upontain
sFowrimtislinofitGtois:cerin,rminecnitpiseismiolfarse,
curity, or is only calculated to excite the jealousies
of other Continental Powers.—At all
events, our
an
policy is more clear and certain. —lt is fqr j.ls,..i°
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extend our Commerce, and support out ~N. 30
Power, both of which have been carried to a higher
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pitch during the Lite War; thin they ever reached
before---and if we-were to hazard,opinion on
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that line of condoa.which would be most likely t 0
ensure our future welfare, it would-be, by trusting
to our own Naval Greatness—to rest-our Cause 01'00
our own Individual Exertions, ,and to mix as little
in the Views and Projeas of' the Continental
powers, as is compatible with the
.Faith of 4
Treaties we may have entered into.

WE last night received .Pa;is jourvis
.2d inst. inclusive. -These-Papers contain -tltellL-
-I.gence from Auitzeriand Of a very serious ciescrir
don-. The Municipality of St. Maurice have badly
protested againit the violent measures of Gene. 3.
TEIU RE AU ; and the Little Council ollicrfie hav,
in consequence, transmitted a letter to that' Ceneral
which he has answered ins tone .so diaatOrial, anj
unequivocal, as to leave doubt whatever; u‘'
that PC
has a6led agreeably .to the orders •of his sepal"; ;
and that the Valais ,canton will be the pre,' °f..thii
French Republic. -He openly declares; 0 l ,
conduft has been remarkably:-moderate,
" however great may be his.reipedfor.tlte. •
cif, 'he cannot possibly comply with 'its -
without departing front' the brdei-s which 1,11-al-rlys
ceived," After such a cleciaradon, Tour ,read{
1,0
must readily perceive that the fate of SwiterPitg
decided.-
aif°
An article from .0rt1049 of -the 4th of. -
rao
states;7-that its-qovernmeyt is-Oran-1y 4n
1 an
--
new .orgitnizatibn, Whicli is to biar..a-
logy to its arrtient form of policy. The firs;.l .
• 0
gistrate is to resume the title of Doge
be /IS to sembled ; but Equality 7s to the Orto°J;
the Day. On the other hand,there is a prela/e/
• h, itaf
report, that qmpo is to form a portion of t"-
lian Republic:
a.Sen4t
The Moniteur of the .22d. inst. contains a 14
PaPth
article e*traded frgm_ a newly establishe—.4 ' of
entitled the Bulletin 414 Paris, on 'the ObiragrAes
Peace. '' After having 'descanted on_thel.do-400
w'nich France and Great Britain 0 ,436
'this. desirable event, it proceeds to comment on t
;language which the journAshavC2ll°
respelling the internal and financial stqte)P4
Republic, and by way of returning the con
it animadverts on the weight of many of our t'?" ;$
especially the Excise, on which su' bjeet, it
passage of BLACKSTO;4E, in Confirmation of Prof
ciples of which the French are wholly c'''are
sage'
It concludes with the following remarkable
The people, whose.Governinent triumpliell
-t.114$
Bth year, may, as formerly, desire Peace ;
less reason than formerly to diead War' if

necessary that it should be renewed.','
Another journal, entitled Journal derriv. b an
de la Pattie, has likewise indulged We!' of tha
ample comment on what it calls the ‘f SPirlt 0 thi
English Journals ;" but its criticism is unsv-r
of our notice. •,ot2l

Accounts from the Hague, represent the t'
r4'
Expenditure of the Batavian Republic for the A
cre
sent year, to amount to 65,992,569 florins' 'al
is the revenue t 9 come from to answer ttlis su- ces,
. An article from Sodin, of the 24th air' sidis,
" That it is impossible to form an idea of thepo,
orders which prevail in the greater part 01

vinces of European Turkey."
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It is said, in an article from re-fina, that fiea
GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY IS to be intleinni
with ehc Venetian Territories ; and that thisf orp
rangement is the result of a communication ac,
the French Government, which aecompaPied itsaffs.
r
count of the proceedings of the Consulta at 0,
It is inferred from this circumstance, that the
binet of Austria approves of the recent Otgani

don of the Italian Republic. e
An exposition of the motives which 'la' e,
fluenced the ELECTOR of BAVARIA in his tatGc
formations has been circulated till-01.100hr de
many. This publication is ascribed to lk."jt
MONCELAS, Prime Minister of the Eletiot. tits
contains a very remarkable passage, which Weient
the attention of every Statesman whose ben°evf°- the
designs may be direded to the improvement
Moral Order of Society. cc The general Plan go
the Government is, a salutaryreformation of
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but it is a Reform executed with mobratian.
The above is a correet analysis
of every the.
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worthy of detail in the last French Papers. Froili
remote Colony 'of St. Domingo, individual: osti'
written private letters, which evidentlY 1)
enable
cate that the Army must encounter inflamer be
can P°ssjOf
difficulties, before its enterp;ize ar-

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