The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-25 00:00:00

1) QED.

REVIEW 01 PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

(Covtlitued from our PJper of Friday.)

S We are now come to consider an event which,
rhatever may be the duration of Mr. ADDING.-
toN's Administration, will be its characteristic fea.
lure, I mean the Conclusion of Peace with France.
After the first overtures made to the French Govern-
ment, the negotiation betwen Lord HAwKEsnutter
and M. Orro, had continued without any inter.
ruption ; but they had experienced many obstacles,
and had consequently advanced very slowly. The
French did not appear disposed to meet us half Way
in the road to conciliation. BoNAPARTE, acetic_
toured to conquer, and to didate to the vanquished,
could not easily brook the inferiority of situation,
with respet to Great Britain, in which he was
placed by her repeated triumphs, and constantly
opposed to them his preponderance on the Continent.
One circumstance in particular, also materially con.
tribiited to delay the progress of the Negotiation,
viz, uncertainty as to the Fate of Egypt. Till it
was quite evident that the French could, no longer
maintain themselves in that Country, the First
Consul would have estimated the sactifiee. of that
conquest, and the renunciation- of the Invasion of
Portugal, far above any restitution which, we could
possibly make, without degrading the national cha-
railer, and essentially injuring the naii9.nal interests.
But when the surrender of. Cairo, and the blockade
uf Alexandria had tendered the speedy and entire re-
duction of Egypt-, a matter of certainty, when the.
effectual measures taken for the eventual defence of
the Cointtry .had, demonstrated that the threats of
Invasi;ll) proiluced ho-serious inconvenience here ; in
short, whi' Lord NELSON'S daring attacks on the
Coasts of France, had convinced the Cabinet of the
Thuilleries, that their Flotillas, far from being.
able to cope with oars at Sea, were not 'secure even
in their own Harbours, the Firs; Consul at length
made up his mind to agree to -the Articles, condi-
tinnelly settled in the coarse of the Nfgotiation ;
Prciiminary Treaty was at last concluded at
London, Oil the ISt of Cdober, ISOI.. -event
produced the strongest sensations of joy in both
Countries, .but more particularly in -Fr-ante, where
the necessity of Ptace was mast sensibly felt.
" The terms of this Treaty h re too generally known
to introduce thern'hese. and their advantages and
disadvantages have been the subject of so many dis-
cussions in Parliament, and of so manypublications,
that it would be superMous to repeat the arguments
used on eaen side of the question." The transac-
tion itself is however of such 'importance, that it
may nut
.be thought improper to offer some consi.
derations on 'the -Treaty itself, on the causes
which led to it, and on its probable consequences.
" Noone, even among the most severe animad.
verters on the Treaty, has ventured to affirm, and
still less been able to prove, that all things con.
sidered we ought, under no possible circumstances
to have entered into a negotiation with France.
We must therefore examine Whel.her this step was.
or was. not called for by the situation of publiC
affairs at the period- when it took place.
" When Mr. Addington came into office, Great
Britain had only two Allies upon the Continent,
Portugal, and. the Ottoman Porte;. Allies, who far
from being of any service to her, were constantly,
and particularly•at that time, in want of her-assist-
ance. France, on the other hand, had no other
Continental enemy but these two Powers, who
certainly were in• no situation to do her any in.
jury ; all the others had become either the viftrms
or the accomplices of the Republic. The internal
troubles, which for many years had armed France
against itself, 1141 entirely subsided. Under these
circumstances Great Britain could no longer in.
tiolge the hope of any new alliance, or of any di-
vi,ion, by which an impression might be made.on
France, ui'on the Continent. Thus; whatever might
at arty to riod have been the °Ned of our co-opera.
tion in,the Continental war, it -had now entirely
vanished. We sluttild have been only following a
phantom, and wasting our strength in a Quixotic;
pursuit.

" The case was different, it is true, with• respea.
to the Naval War ; but it led ntwerthcless to the
same result. The complete superiority which we
had acquired over the Fleets of France, Spain; and
Holland, was become of itself a reason for our
ceasing to exercise 'it; It often happens in -the
moral as in the physical world, that we feel the
convenience, if not always the necessity; of putting
a stop to our effbrts, at the moment when we have
strained them to the utmost point. We had al.
ready added to our Navy inure than twro hundred
and fifty ships of War, at the expence of the three
Powers confederated against us ; and what re_.
mained to .them were blockaded in their Ports,
where they were absolutely Unassailable. Their
most valuable Colonies in, Ate East- and. West In-
dies had been long in our hands; and none remained'
to them,
.the conquest of which would not have re-
quired more of effort and of expence, than ,they.
could have repaid, either by their intrinsic value,
by the means which they might furnish for the.
future prosecution of the War, or by the weight
which they would throw into out scale in the event
Oa Negotiation. Thus, on the one hand, there
was no longer-any objen to be obtained by a Con-
tinental, and on the other, very few, by a Naval
War. We had in the latter reached :he highest
point to which we could possibly attain. It is in
such predicaments that Nations should endeavour
so place their interests and on a solid foun-
dat ion. • _ _ _ _

What man it his senses would willingly play so
unequal a game ?

" There was one serious evil, which was not
matter of chance but of certainty, and which every
moment became aggravated. This was the enor—
mous weight of our National Debt, and of the
taxes necessary to discharge the interest of ii.
Our Debt amounted to the alarming sum of five
hundred millions sterling, of which more. than three
hundred had been incurred during this War. Every
succeeding year would kayo added thirty or lorry
millions ; and whenever Peace might be made, the
necessity of paying up the arrears would have
brought with it a new Loan for an equal sum.
Thus supposing that we had made one or two more
Campaigns, even with every possible success, we
should inevitably have added at least one hundred
millions more to our Debt. Where were to be
found five or six millions per annum to cover the
interest Who could be insensible to the suffer-
ings, which this additional pressure of taxes, and
the infallible increase in the already high. price
4f every article of consumption, would have im-
;)osed, on the lower classes of the People ? Who
would venture to pronounce, that their patience
might not have had its limits; when they should
have endured so much hardship, and seen such ex-
pences incurred, without either honour or profit-to
the. State, and without any purpose, but the frantic
pursuit of- an objea, impossible to accomplish, or
even to define

(n be continued.)

CAPTURE OF THE HICIILAND CHIEF,

EXTRA INDIANIAN.

Tx E following is an Extra& of a Letter from Mr.
THoMPsox, late FirsrPr of the Highland Chief,
conveying this %;tfry unpleasant intelligence :

" Brig R.;4b4ek, rff rizagspatam, March s, 1802..

" I am sorry to iolorm yoU of the capture of the
Highland Chi,,f by the French privateer brig La
of five guns, ;led t:6 men, commanded
by Capt. PINEAL', in lat. 2. r 2. S. and long. 93.
36. E. on the 9ch of February, at a P.M. after an
action of abcitic half an hour, when they soon got
possession by boarding us with 75 men, the greatest
part being intoxicated. The Portuguese seamen
and Lascars having run from their quarters, we
had only twenty-one English in all for .the defence
of the ship. They hoarded us on the weather-side,
I2aving every thing in complete readiness for that
purpose
—the men being in the tops and rigging,
and the back of the sails towards, we were Ile-
vented seeing their intension.--I am sorry to add,
C:ipt. GREENWAY was killed on the poop after the
ACtion. The greatest part of the letters have been
4)0, and Mr. HALDANE is gone in the Highlaad
Chief to the Isle of France. We were put on
board this brig.the day after the Aftion, and are
coming on to Bengal."
When the priVateer was first seen she was to
windward, with AmeriCan Colours flying, and sup..
posed to be the American brig Roebuck, which yes.
sel the Highland Chief sailed in company with from
the Cape, and had been seen twice during the pas-
sage : she continued edging down on the Highland
Chief, carefully concealing her guns and people (as
only three Europeans and few black faces were
seen) until she came within hail, when an answer
was given in tolerable English to a question that
had 'been asked : it was then disdoiered that she
had guns, and that they were shifting cheat over to
the side next the Highland Chief, Which fi est eeca.
sioned suspicion of her being an enemy; and after'
three ordiaur rounds with the great- guns, the (*-
test was terminated by boarding, as above stated.

h.
Some of the crew of the Highland C'hiefwere
wounded by cutlasses, in boarding, • but no other
life was lost than Capt. GRERNWAY'S, which pro_
bably may be attributed to the general state of in-
toxication of the crew of the -privateer, for he was
shot from a blunderbuss, out of one 'of the tops,
after the ship had struck. The lois of the enemy
was one Officer and seven men killed ; and 19
wounded.

Theday after the capture of the H;gblaud airy,
the l'rivateer fell in with the Roebuck, and fired in-
to her, notwithstanding she had American Colours
flying, by which some of her stays and other 'incon-
siderable (Village was sustained ; and Mons. Pt-
IVEAU made no ceremony afterwards of plundering
her of such articles as he wanted. He then ordered
the boats of the Roebuck to be hoisted out, to re-
ceive the Prisoners on board; butt they
,were first
employed upwards of 30 hours in carrying the guns
and various articles from the Wieland Chief Co the
Privateer', previous to her dispatch to the Mauritius,
after which the Prioners were put on board the
Roebuck, with a promise of a sufficient supply of
water and proviiions, tic. but the quantity of botk
was very scant, and a- want of the former_article
obliged the Rota:irk to put into Vizagapatam.

The Roebuck arrived with the crew of. the lligh.•
land Chief at Calcutta on the r4.!h March.,--r. The
cargo of the-prize was worth 4.3,c001.
.Mr. LEE, late zd Officer of the Highland Chitf,
immediately on the enemy's boarding (white doing
duty at the waste guns) received a violent blow on
theback of his neck, with a blunt cutlass, which de-
prived him of his'senses for, a short time—had the
instrument been sharp, he must inevitably have lost
his head.

SIIIP ATE,In.

POOL?, AUG. 23

. _
Arrived—the Nancy, Ashley, and Peggy, Ashley, from
Rouen; Active, Williams,
_and Darr, King, from Ports-
mouth; and Resolution, Hodgman, from Rochester.
Sailed—the Good' Intent, Ballard, for, edwes-;,.Bulbury,
Miller, andollero, Dean, for Newfouudland; and Polly,
Long, for London.
Passed by—the Pitt, 'of London, Moutria master, from
New Providence, one month's passage.

• GRAVESEND, AVG. 23
Passed by—the Albion, —, from St. Domingo; Re-
becca, SoOrden ; Jamaica Planter, Driscoll ; Earl St. Vin-
cent; Hutton, anti Trewlawney Olanter, M‘Donald, from
Jamaica ; Sally, from Dublin; Active, Millett, from
Martinique; Prince• George, Wilson, and Sea-Horse,
from Gibraltar; Tortola, Linton, from Lisbon; Peggy,
Sinclair, front Tobago; Providence, Elliott, from Bremen;
Eleanor, Jackson,' tram Guernsey ; l3elfield, —, from
Cork ; Anna Augusta, --, from Alexandria; 'Nelly,
and Vrow iVlargretta, Ranter, from Rouen.
Sailed—the Commerce, Ectiven, for- Georgia ; William,
—; for A msterdam ; Henri:an, and Commerce,
, for Stettiu.

Yesterdly rneri.ing, at Ciapharn, in his 57th ye:lr, (cork
Griffin S.lorictre..t,
Last week, at I..eice;t:.r, the Rev. Arnohi, i). D.
Cation of Windsor, -Precentor of Lichfield, and follllt=t-ly
Sub-Preceptor to the Prince of Wal.z.s_

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COURSE OF E.

TUESDAY,

XCHANGE,

LTG. 24.

. . , Amsterdam to 18 2 us. Madrid paper
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VVHEN Professional Men of Education and
Responsibility deviate from the general System b 7
the section of a peculiar branch, the of
tinned success is tn(..' host critc7ion of supericrity.

Eight ye,:s have I devoted my practice. to the exclusive
treatment of Three Disorders, ar,d the successful result or
toy plan gives me additional .odor t oppose, as as I am
able, the ravages of those C,inpi;:r.ints which are the rno3
important in the Catalogue of Human

. •
After tnitiaion into every 13ranch, as en Army Surgeon,
I formed a wish at aniearly period of. Practice to rescue in-
dividuals frau: the ignarance of .t:rielu_cated men, or the,
equally dangerout4 of i2;eneral Prattizioners.
Tit; Three Disorders, to the Cure of which I 'have. (.1,
voted my attention, comprise every species of YE NE -
REAL IN ECTICN, whether of a recent or 'Fong :hi-
ration: 2dly, All kinds of debt hty, wln.-tber Arising ;from
the habits of school mcinigetices of ritt..-0
age: And, lastiv,• t.iat. derangement ot rrie..ssreit in we....
men ,vidcli is edited BAR it EN Nis SS., c: I:: RI I. I T.Y.
Numerous Diseases art- the result of ignorance, or h;ii.:6l
in the treatment of a siin;d7 C;oitortha.-,a ;.. apt
frequently happens :hat the seeds of Life are pois !1:, by
the indiscretion of an unguarded hour.—By .a supe,ir,r.n::',-
th,Ni such cf.lolplaintS cured ; and, evert
others have taitel, I trust • ti:ar I' Tilay ti-t
radical re-establishment. „. ,

Few, however, are the,c_ases of G,;•,!,;., ,tor
this disordcr,,compar::-(1 ca,!, .
Men, who, frni an indulgence vice, or
pr:vatent ga:yt:es of, a fashion.."..“2. I:re suite
of- such
pernscious habits,
•
Where the s!iffcrer , • S'l,i3?.:"V, bet
carefully conceals nis , • -
.;,rneco/iso.
latior. for hint td' know, • ~,7Gbje,A, of
doubt pr uncertainty with u:n.r ,';.,. •r :novas
,tilC.Se Deficiencies by t!, • :Zenova-
twn, is the aLquir.l-ineti.: I.‘ tne rites
'Oi 'Bacchus or VenuS
vigour.;
much anxicty Nvill be ot'even: rt by an cafly Counrerac.
tion of this to Iguid Stat ; and in th...rse cass, Ito great
difficulty will occur. , •
But whet^ this. D..s..ficienev has for }'cars ex's:e..l, a
„proper
perseverance is indispensaSiy cquis!,c to,r:wtvz the sjurn-
bering Sp=s of Lite, and to re-an:in.:lc t:h.;

, .
MAR RI E 1) WOMEN, who
in their expeztations of a•janiily, that in
most instances, such ciete.;.is are eurab:ri by Nleit:cal skit:.
The secresv which is so essential to my undertaking!
and the quahricatious which 1 have presumed to .;-1-te'
the basis of my pretensions, and in coincidt-iff:-e with -suet
this intimation is give::, that Mr. B. irily ne CNlSUltect
personally, or by Letters (::7closing a smell Note), at tits'
house, No. 29, Ariindel street, Strand, near Temple Bar.

irr There is an additional Entrance iii Water-street,
adjoining, and the Name is on both the do,3rs.
M. B--, Member of the Royal collegeof Sti:geons.

, To THONIAS TAYLOIZ,
No. 9, New Bridge-Street;' Landon.

Honoured Sir,

Edinburgh, March La, rtoz

I
BEG leave to inform you, -that ever since the
year ityr, I have been alllieted cvitlt the Kues Vette-,
tea; which, from its obstinately resisting evci) course 01
Medicine prescribed by the most ernineht of :the Facullf
nere, and undergoing several severe courses of salivatiost*
and twice discharged from the Hospital, with little
would appear to be.of the most Inveterate nature. 'ln tbo
spring of last year my disorder had, got to such a head, al-
nearly to. put a period to my existence,-I had a large iilce,r
on the crown of my head,- one on each'arrn, and my le
were broke. out in a frightful manner ; my -right was rcat
fully painful," and had been in a state of ulceration tOr rho
-last seven years; my lett had also 'tWo'laNe nodes ou
:was very much discoloured, and eve e such excrutiAt-
ing pain, particularly when warm r.i.-ii m.M,.z...s•netirly• vo'de"
prive me or rest ; in this lament.:bi. state,
.1 was r 40124-
mended by Mr. J. Tiibmpsovi, (who 'received so=
cure by them here), to .take .your-Leake's, Patent Vil:s*
which I began to do on the 26th of May.; iii the cot ''A
of a fortnight, I began to receive benefit-'-in' little InvOre
than a month, the ulcers- on.. my licrd,and arms wctf,
soundly healed—soon after, the Sores on my -legs
also; leaving, however, considerable-discolonration in 036
skin, and pain in the bone Of•the leis; by the .t3les--
ot God, and a littlolonger perseverance in your irava--
suable:Medicine, subsided ; the nodes d,isper inr, the skin
'regaining its natural hue, and the noclo -pain'S 'l;rad;:al
lf
going off.- 1 this became, .by your adviccand 'Mc"
dicine, perfeCtly free front all my termer compraints--
have recovered my tbrmer spirits and strength, and inn be'.
come jolly and tat, in , which state havingeoptincted
months to the astonishment of" all who knew.nie,
adoss in what terms to express my gratitude, but beg-.0"6,,`
for the good of other • sullering inoruds, to make. this: WI,
case as public ..as• possible, as shall- on every occisi42l.?
in so doing;'you will greatly oblige, Sir, kratetti
obedient, very humble servant, ALEX.. MU
SwaWs close, High-street, Edinburgh,

Witn6ses•to the above Cure :
r 0 FIN TnomisoN"' No. 3, Neikr Poultry Market; ant`ant`
101111 'M' I Irosti, Old'iseintrly- Close, lidinburgh.

Prepared and Sold by the sole Proprietor, • '
P
Tirom A S 1' Lox ~.Mernkr of the Royal College of S
eons, at his House, No. 9, New Bridge-scree:,
where, after a constant -residence of More than tharty-s!f
Years, -ni a priklice particularly direCted. to thr cure--,4
' Venereal 'Complaints • and those-incidental to the .l'afts'ot
Generation, with that inviwlable-seerecy menlio
his- profession' should alwaYs observe in such casesi
flatters himself, the advice i and- assistance he gratuiou*o
administers to persons taking this Medicine, wllte.
esteemed, by a discerning Public, as an advantage's
dons attainable and void of all. ambiguity. • • 0t:
Also sold, by. - his appointment, for • the conveniences,.
those.living at a distance, at -.the. Perfumer's,. No. 35,np.
Alban's-street, ; the Topshop, No-• to 3,
firrd-street ; Mr. Disborougles, No. 7, Fish-street-2'lw..
Mr. Steel's Bookseller, Nu. 1, Union-row, Little T1,,w0c.,
Mr. Baxter's, South-bridge, Edinburgh; MT• ohe
,denald, Glasgow ; Mr. Callwars„ Dublin; and tit ix-
lerson-in every considerable town in Great Britain an 13.11:
and, in 'Boxes of only 2s. 9d. each, sealed up with 'tal!
and plain diredtions, whereby persons of either se"C
cure themselves with ease,. speed, 'Secrecy, and safetY•
N. B. Every Box sold in Great Britain is sealed up
,js-
a Stain!), on which, by favour of the Commissioner,<.
printed, at the Ssainp-Office—" T. Taylor; No. Vt_;,e
er,
Bridge-street,"—to Imitate which is Felony, and air o
are Counterfeits.