The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-01 00:00:00

TO THE PUBLIC.

,EVERY, Year since the Establishment of This
PAPER, cue have returned our qvarmett Thanks
to oar Readers for th.eir Encouragement, and
every year cwt bak,e had additional reason for
- offering our grateful
.Acknowledgments to them.
No Neu-vale'', :we believe, nvai ever so extern-
- -sive& patronized as this, and gve shall endeavour
to deserve the distivßion‘,l,oith cuthich 'we are
.
honoured, by the most unremitting exertion in the
7:.:invite of the- Public.

is ewe 1 ave notj upon these occasions, contented
ourselves smith barely expresiing our gratitude.—lt
'has been our praBice to give some intimation to our
Readers, respelling the line of tonduq we mean to
pursue.,. and to notice, ihortly, some ,of the
.prin-
cipaloCcUrrencerOf the year.--W4 ,call not desist
from'sach a Piaßice now, after having-witnessed
events so remarkable as those whith have oc..
-curred tu the course of the last twelve mouths.
That period has been particnlarly marked- by. the
„hang, .of an Administration which bezel condueled
the Country safely through the peril; of the ?reach
..,RevOlution, and ;which had preserved oar Consti-
.,tution entire!. in defiance eau the attacks which
had been made Upon pas: over the causes.
'which led thoSe'Who composed -that Admiiristration
to retire from 06c-e;.-Ant we feel, •-evith millions
of their Countrymen; grateful to them :for t. eir
exertions during the critical period to rarhich ea.('
have
.referred. TheyshaVe „been steC ceede'd by Men
holding, upon all the great and leading points
.ewhich have engaged public attention for the lastl
ten .years, the same principles with themselves.
:We supported those Principles in Mr.
,PITT-,--,we
shall as steadily support them in Mr. AD pINGTON.
I:l;;ny‘thing could add to the admiration sue feel
the Charaaer of theloriner,' it would be the
--not% e, fondue? .he has. held since he retired from
Office: Despising the common resentments of com-
mon men, be has disdained to, appear .the Leader
of Opposition, becanse he could no longer appear
as Minister..._—lle has shesun himself as, much
above the frequent, 'but' degrading jealousies of
:mankind, as he is known to be above every self-
• interested-.consideration... So far from suffering-
' his friendship for the person• by Whom be was
.succeeded, to be in any degre:e shaken, everj..ej;
to separate them has only 'tended to unite them
more closely"' together. May suety Men ever be
- united for the benefit of their Count ,y I
Sitiee the accession of Mr, .ADpINGTQN to the first
Ofce in the State, .he has displayed marks of the.
-.1-orindett jtidgalint and diseretion,:,lsziring that
interval, Peace been obtained, and`•to him,
. and Jo his able Coadjutor, Lord -11AwKE-s4o'
R,sie feel peculiarly indebted for 0.0 blessing.'
- Even the EhemieS of the new Ministers, admit that
they have taken advantage of every fa'vourab'le
occurrence which has- arisen,..and tamed it to the

benefit of their Country. oThe People continue to'
feel, that in the situatiOn in n..vbich th-e
stood, Pface upon the term; which have been cbr
tained, was far preferable to the brosecutionn of
the War, under any pros peel which that alterna.

tivi presented to our
Jffortu4tely the present state ofthillgi should con_
tinue,' our duty will be 'of a very different .kind
from that which has lately fallen to our
shall no longer have to folhrECr the movements
of contending Armies, or to !watch the rise
.and
fall of Faaioni struggling fir power. The Lest
mode of restoring our Finances, of extending our
Commerce, iyanufaCtures, and Agriculture;—
in short, all that tends to
,the improvement of the.
.repose of Peace, 'will form the °Yeas of our al-
. gentian; and in the consideration-Of these subjeas,
'we shall endeavour to give that variety to our
Miscellany, !which the different Sources of Infor-
.
'patron we pm.ess errable us to promise ti our
Readers. The confidence !which is reposed,iu us
ay persons capable, from their Situation, of mate-
ass;stillg',us in these endeavours, is highly
flattering.- We are proud of it as a particular
Compliment to ourselves, and because (we have
always (unlike- many Of. osir Cotemporav,
nalists) valued ourselves more "poll stating that ,
which is authentic, than that which is calculated

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to excr4, eittoer curiosity am.axement.
inerely
reviewing the barz.)e taken in the condue?
of TH is PAr E the anxiqus period eve
bac::e latelY, witnessed, we feel no small cause of
saisfqsion, We hartia uniformly resisted eery at.
lack-whit; has' bees' made upon our !Ali:glair, and
• onr Morals, •or our.Governnient.— We have been
dlikf the Enemies of the Illumines of Germany,
the Jacobins of France, and _the small band of
Traitors of our o'wn 'Country,, an,?, epposing
the list steps towards ReFolution, undervhatever
Preten:e they were taken, We flatter our..
selvei we have moie than once contrib'tited to sit
the sound Part of the Comm:init.; upon ibeir guard,

LONDON, JANUARYzBoz.

Tuts morning we received French Paters to. the
zah.ult. They; do not bring any intelligence of
3 •
importance; and with regard to the pr9ceedings it.
Amiens, they are completely silent.,The disorders
in,the interior of France still continue, but the most
vigorous measures are taking to suppress them. • ,

The French Papers make no mention of the,de.
parture 'of the Chief Consul for -Lyons ; but he is
said, in Private Letters, to have set off on .the
27th ult; This account seems confirmed by the
departure of the Minister for Foreign Affairs for
that City on the 24. th.

,THrs morning the Hamburgh Mail due on Sun-
day, arri% c.Ci in Town. An Article from the
Ilague pretends to give some account of the Pro-
ceedings at Amiens, but we do not think that much
dependapee can be placed upon such intelligence,
The Mail of Wednesday remains due.

We have-the pleasure to announce the Capture of
the Island Termite, in the East ladies, which sur..,
tendered to-Cofonel BURR- on the zist of June last,
try; capitulation. This. is one of the largest of the
,NlOlucca hlands ; 'alsoiinds- in spice, and is govern.:
ed by a King, who once held dominion over Am...
hoyna and Banda. This intelligence is received by
the Star, Bombay_ Cruizer.
THE FROGMORE FETE; —The Entertainment
given by the OuEEN at Frogmore this week, was
very magnificent. An elegantnress-ball took place
in_ ttie evening, which was followed by a Supper re_
plete with -ev-ery delicacy. The Ball was opened at
eight o'clock by thc,DuKE of CUMUER LAND and
Pura.: ESS'AVCU,TA.; about .a dozen couple followed.
It- was in the.principal drawing-room in the Lodge
where -the dances began : the -room was hung with
festoon's of evergreens. The KING and Qv EE N were
in high spirits. HT s MAJESTY entered into a lively
chat with several of the Ladies,. At twelve o'clock
the -company sat down to supper, and at two
they departed. The QUEEN was dressed in white
Satin; the PRINCESSES Were attired in point lace and
silver.

[[his. day HER MAJESTY was to give a Children's
Ball, to the younger branches of the Nobility anti
Gentry resident in the neighbourhood of. Windsor.
In the centre of the Ball-room was to be stationed
a tree, resembling an evergreen, on which was
placed a varidty of toys, which were to be distri-
buted by, the QUEEN'S order among the children,
previous to theft departure.

The following General Orders have beep lately
issued :

" The Generals commanding Distrids have .received the
Commander in Chief's directions to call immediately upon the
Officers commanding Regiments, in their respective Distrids,.
for Returns of such Men belonging to each Corps as are under
five feet four inches in height, above forty years of age, or of With bodily infirmity. .The Commanding Officers' of
Regiments will, therefore, forward a Return of this descrip-
tion, through the.pryper channel, to Head-quarters, in order
that the General's Returns may be made up, and ,trans-
mitred to the Acijutant- General for His Royalllighness's in-
formation. •

. .
" Lieutenant-General GWYN having received the Com-
mander in Chief's directions to make an inspctilon of the Ca-
valry Regiments in England, with a view of seeding and de-
terinniinl on thos;: Which, under the present circumstances
of the Country, it is desirable toictain in His Majesty's ser-
vice, His Royal Highness desires that every assistance may
be lent to the General in the execution of this service, as tar
as relates to the Regiments stationed in such distrid."

There is every reason to believe, from good au-
thority, that a Detachment of, the Fleet at Gibraltar
is' gone to. the. West Indies; orders being sent out
for that purpose on the-first accounts of the Mutiny
at Bantry Bay ; if so, our Fleet in the West Indies
will be more than 'a match for the French Squadron
justisailediram Brest..

The Merchants of Bpurdeaux and -Marseilles are
more busily etnPloyed thakin any other part of the.
iir.;mch Republic. They expe6l, ,and with reason,
that their commodities, the wines • and brandies of
France, will find a quicker sale than they have done
since the Revolution,