The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-22 00:00:00

LONDON, JANUARY ;z,

FOUR Sail of the Line were some time ago
detached from the Mediterranean for Jamaica, so
that our Naval Force there, probably, by this time,
consists of Fourteen Sail of the Line, and when
joined by Admiral, Catir E E I.'S Squadron, now at
St. Helen's, waiting fur a wind, will amount to
Twenty.

Tyintelligenee which we received by the last
Paris7ournals; and which we detailed to our Rea-
ders in our Paper of the t9thinst. 'has exciteo a con-
siderable sensation in the minds of the Public, re- ,
spelling the aetual condition and future fate of Tur-
key. Indeed, the political aspea of affairs in that
Country', has long worn a portentous appearance.--
So long ago as the middle of the month of August, ,
an insurreaion of the Jan4aries broke oat in.Bet-
grczele, and the Pacha was confined. . But, in conse.
quence of the GiAND SIGNOR having restored them
to all their former ptivileges, the People returned
to their allegiance., and the Pacha was reinstated in
his Government. Thus, the Ttj.rkish poverntnent
obtained a momentary tranquillity.—But by what
means was 'this event effeftuated ?—By a condutt
that bespoke the weakness and the timidity of the
ruling power--r-by the acknowledgment on the part
of the Government, of its inability to punish rebel—
lion, and of a fatal precedent which will, no doubt,
be repeatedly appealed' to, by the mutinous and dis-
contented. This concession was so far from being
a bond of future quiet; that it could be considered
only as an incentive to revolt, and as the prelude of
those disturbances and convulsions which we now
find have befallen the weak and crazy fabric of the

Ottoman Empire.
The aboire circumstance, cornpared with the po-
litical schism, which took place amidst the alarms
of War, between the CArrrAl3. PAcnA and the
GRAND Vrztß, in Egypt, on a ridiculous point of
etiquette, also'with the occurrences which we have
recently presented to the Public, augur unfavourably
of- the stability and the energy of. the Turkish
power. There can be little to hope from patriotism,
in a Country, whose Chiefs, in the hour of peril,
neglea its service for a puerile contention of Rank.
Trifles, such.as these, are not without their prece-
dents.
.1n civilized and enlightened Europe, there
have been numberless instances of the prostration
and ruin of well-projeaed measures, from the jea-
lousy and-envy of Commanders. To the glory of
Great Britain, she has been an exception from this
truth, throughoutthe whole course of her late tre-
mendous contest.

Constantinople is become, we fear, a theatte_of
Ini.:;chievous adivity ; and those who sunk into ob-
.
scurity on the discomfiture of. the French Army,
are again appearing upon the Stage, and ire Called
by their Countrymen " the Jacobin Mussulmen."

If any event were necessary to give support to
our melancholy prcdidions. respeding the fate of
Etropean Turkey; the late
.occurrence in Egypt
would fully authenticate it. The reins of Govern-
ment are every where relaxed.—Not only the more
remote Provinces are infested .by ferocious ban_
ditties,
.but in the very heart of the Empire, the
standard of rebellion is uplifted, and frontless Chiefs
brave the threats, and the power of the Ottoman
Throne. So defedive, indeed, is the Police, that
even the- Hospodar of Moldavia, some tin-3e ago,
with a numerous; retinue and escort of janizaries,
was not only attacked,by a body of armed banditti,
on his route front Constevainorn toJassj, but was
robbed of elfeels to the value of ioo,ooo piastres,
and actually made prisoner, together with; all his
suite, until he was ransomed with a atilt, greater
sum. The Porte detached an armed force against
the delinquents ; but it is hardly worth: while to
remark, that this measure proved ineffedual. To
preserve order and goVernment, means are every
where adopted to prevent, not to punish crimes.
In Turkey, the punishment is regarded as the only
measure of public security. This constitutes the
wide difference between a Government of Law, and
a Government of Force. We ought not, therefore,
to be surprized, at the rebel Janizaries celebrating
a solemn religious rite of thanksgiving. in the prin-
cipal Mosque at Belgrade for the success of their
arms.

While insurreaion; have been thus springing up
in every direaion, the Capital itself is sick at
heart, and rank with the grossest humours of Sedi-
tion ; so that the Government, beset,on all sides by
faithless Servants, revolted Subjeas, and avowed
Enemies, appears altogether incapable of executing
one bold or decisive resolution. In the course of
the last twelve years, we llayc. seen Subia; revo4

agains-t-their_legitimate Governments, and the
litany; fillow their immoral example. But in
Turkey; the4ony.erse of all this prevails : there the
Miiitev:j,, who are exclusively entrusted with the
power of the State, and who are proverbially the
oppieSsois of their fellow subje&s, haVe been the
first to lead the yan in the career of Revolution,
while the timid Subjeets, await with tranquillity
for the mandate that is to armonce to them who
they are to obey,

It appears, that efficacious measures have been
already'adopted, to avert from the Turkish Domi-
nions, the ruin that impe.nds over them. Two
British Regiments, which were of Malta, have
been ordered back to Egypt, where Lord I-4;T-
C HINSON remains extremely ill. Lord CAVAN
commands, at present, at Alexandria.
Whether this succour shall prove. timely and suf-
ficient to give weight to the authority of the oO_
vernment, or to reconcile the divisions which un-

happily exist, we are riot prepared to assert. The
storm, however, which has been long gathering
over the Turkish Empire, assumes the menacing
appearance of a speedy explosion. The elements of
civil discord, we have already shewn, in a farmer
Paper, to be prepared, and require only a small
spark to set them in A blaze. It is unquestionably

the interest of every Country of f,:lurope, that the
fall of Turkey should not be, at this time, accele-
rated. It has slowly ran its race, and is now
approaching to the utmost verge of its course;
but that course, should call forth the wisdom of
every Statesman to retard. A short time will
announce to the world, whether it will quietly
pass away like the faint glimmerings of the
midnight taper ; or whether, like she wounded
vulture in its dying agonies, it will strike with its
beak, stain its talons in the gore of aggressive
Nandi s; and after a grand but, fruitless effort to
redeem its ancient lustre, expire in the midst of
ruins, blOod,-and. glory.

Five liambstrg./fai/s remain due.
Yesterday the Dispatch-et; for St. .Helena and
China by the Marquis of Eli; were finally closed
at the East India House and delivered to the Purser.
—The Passengers for St. Helena are Major 'Tiros:
GREETittE and his son.

•
Mr.j')Hl HECTOR CHERRY has succeeded Mr.
Mi“STER, at Custom-Master at Bombay.
A material improvement is about to be made at
Bombay, under the direction of Captain BRooKEs,
which is, by an union of the islands of Bombay and
Salsette by means of the Causeway at Sion. Its
two ends are to he united by a Bridge, which will
afford great and mutual convenience' to the Inha-
bitants of either island, leaving an intercourse for
small boats to pass at low water,
A Monument is now e're6ting in the south trans-
cept of St. Paul's Cathedral, to the memory of
Captain BtrßoEss, wiiO was killed 10 the engage-
ment with the Dutch Fleet, We Understand it will
shortly be enriched with the Monuments of. Earl
HowE, Gen. ABERCROMBt, and Captainsll4ossE
and Riot' ; and that stations are already allotted
for that purpose.'

Yesterday several craft and ships in the River
started from their moorings ; at Limehogse Reach
no boats could live on the water ; it is apprehended
the storm has done a great deal Of mischief on the
coast.
We understand that Sir HENRY HAYEs, who
was embarked'at Cork for New South Wales, died
before ‘tHe Vessel lost sight of the land, His body
Was sent on'sbore, and hi.; amiable and arreetionate
daughter,- -w11"c; insisted on accompanying him, re-
turned to he:r inends.

meeting of the Commissioners of Taxes at
Sradford, on Wednesday se'nnight, to hear -Appeals,
it was determined, that every person who keeps a
horse, and does not crroom.and saddle him himself,
is liable to be charged with the duty for a .male-
servant, except:in 'cases of parish-apprentices.
The Commissioners of Income, afting for the
Bath Division, have caused sol. the moiety of fines
on persons for not returning their income,.:to be
distributed amongst the distressed objects who do not
receive parochial aid.

Sudden change of the ireather.—On Saturday mgrn-
ing last, at two o'clock, die Therm6meter, in the
open air, was at 13 degrees 19 -below freeiing, be-
ing then colder than at, any time this- winter
four o'clock it was i 31, and kept from that time to_
rise gradually till nine o'clock, when it was at 19 ;
at ten o'clock at night, it was at 35 degrees 3
above freezing, so that in about zo hours it had
risen 22 degrees. On Sunday it Was generally at
37-

It is but little more than two centuries that Ire-
land abounded with woods and forests so very ex-
tensively, that it was a covenant in most of the
tenants' leases, at that xra, to clear so many roods
or acres of ground every year until they eipited
or were renewed. .At present, no country, per-
haps, in Europe is so hare of timber. Among
other rising improvements, therefore, of the Sister
Country, an attention is about to be paid to this
useful and ornamental objet. For this purpose,
we noti.e,- "among the late Irish imports froni.this
country, no less than 124 bartels of acorns, which,
on an average, of :thirty-three thousand per barrel,
may produee.alitiut four millions of oak trees.
At the Clerkenwell Sessions yesterday, a case
was tried between the London Dock Company and
Jonathan Docker and others, claimants of certain
premises, part of the scite of the intended Docks,
The claimants demanded, by their Surveyors, 36711.
The Surveyors of the London Dock Company prov-
ed the value to be. 24981..; and the Jury, after a
trial lasting Enpany hours, gave a verdi4 for 25001,

o 12 AT Id Ao,
DELIVERED AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR,

TUESDAY, JAR. 19, rgoz.

Tir. Speech of DA S I: it ex,well known as no fool,
But who lately has learnt in his Friond EGo'.choolv

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/rise, friends; to thank you for drinking my health—,
Your applause is more pleasing than titles or wealth.
,/ feel with much joy, and with pride 'declare,
This day /a second time sit in TILEc.7I.:IA IR.
The first time that honour 'twas.m:y fate to getl
Was the very first time the,Wlllc CLUB ever met.
I n the year eighty-four, Mr. BEL L ASHY
This great Institution; to strengthen bur band;
And therefore 'tis fit that we Br LL A hi Y dub„
The founder wad father of this patriot Club.
He form'd it of men independent and fire,
And hence for their CILAIRsSAth the Meeting chese.P.'

Our scheme was to thwart all the CoNernment too.
And 'twas /that devis'd all the Taws and the Rkie4 ;
And here Jet me say, and I hope I don't boast,
That 'tis no easy matter to draw up a Toast,
lut in this great concern 'tis but right to declare
iTZrAraicr, the General, o,t_y friend, had a share.
In the Toasts 'twas our subtle endeavour to blend
Something smia/ in sound, with a
,politic era.
Wherieler I rook back on that proud, happy, dayr
The day wefirst met, to myself I can say ;
(lave I ever 4sertad the noble Whig Cause $i
No—!lever—/ swear, friends—lf/oust carats of Appiauee ft
I ne'er gavo a vote, said a word, wrote a flue,
That at all contradiiied our Clab's great design.
compare me with I;im who for Office withdraw.:
Am I now any richer ? logain great applause).
if I had once chosen to pay Court to Power,
No doubt,/ could get'a snug Post in an hour
But—no—f kept firm toery Friend Mr. FOX,
Tho' I found, to my cost, he was in the wrong bole:..
To join in his measures (never shall pauhe, -
Let my enemies say what they will (mare applasae,l-
- see, day by day, from our Club men drop off:"
And the few that stick to us are made a mere scoff.
LetUs rally round Fox, he will with you remain;
And never quit you (applayses agitir).
To him and his Party is confidence .due ;
For his friends, I affirm, all are vireo= though few-v,
in one thing, I own, we have no/:quite agreed •
I never approv'ci of his plan to
I thought to the 1-lotise he slidulavays stick uses
. Make INvlotioris, make Speed ies, oppose .to the last. f
" I'll now make an end, and / trust you'll not doubt
As to Parliament, whether I'm in or I'm out,
1 will still in the Minisiryzs side Move a thorn,- -
Oppression /1/ hate,. and Corruption /'// scorn.
I beg leave, my good friends, to address you again,
A mistake, with respeCt to the Toasts, to eXplain- e
" 0 UR Sov.'ittlicx TILE PEOPLE," a Toast of great 0.04
Now the first on our liSt, I have no right to claim:
'Tis a Toast that with zeal /shall always commend,
Not devis'd by myself, but a much injur'd friend.
Thar the
By toltl/ friend,l'moks Nuvritetbl:r rerncootalt sr:y:l on salt a:iltlddes
cuPscreitvl:ll,idsogafraarc:Pbl::::
will
But will join in a bumper to Not r or- Yes great Duns •"'

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Yesterday evening a respite was sent_ from .1-igr'
PE 141414'S Office, for Governor Wi..1.1., who s"5 ,"g
have been executed this
day,
deferring his exef4l° r.
until Monday next.
At Covent Garden Thfatre, last night, illf°,l
again drew a crowded audience, The ornissioPs '-
se
made are, in general, improvements ; that, 11° et l-
ever, of the scene in which Almerosa is aeqoainto; )
with Orii;tr's design of meeting her, made the A. 61
dience stare, when, instead of her being surpriso.
at his sudden appearance in the lonely chapel).i
midnight, the flies to meet him, Some of the Vivhe
lent attempts at pathos were too much even for the
galleries, and were followed by an universal laughc
At the end of the second aft in particular, ri,
whimsical idea' of introducing a mysterious fit
in order to make the scene close gracefully, 6
yoked unequivocal- signs, that German dumb- t 5,
does not altogether satisfy our English audience
We are happy, however, to see a Play acquiring h
run merely from the sentiments of loyalty ss,ll •
which it is prudently and plentifully interspersed'
ale
It has been a matter of some surprize how -he
Apprentices, &c. who infest the Lobbies of,tip 1
Theatres, contrived generally to appear in a ele,-t '
shirt, but the mystery was explained the other nir,,i:
when one of
.them forgetting himself, pulled off:l3f,
coat and waistcoat to fight, when it appeared i'l,e
he had on, a small piece of clean linnen, in the shalt',.
of the breast of a shirt, attached to an enorril°e.
high collar. This new invented artiele.(which ''
understand is called a Crow) was put on Overot
shirt which exhibited
,manifest symptoms of I.'
having seen a washing tub for divers days.
daysi
The French Peasant who remained seven ~„
and nights up to his chin in water, without eat
or drinking, must have as grea.t a talent at go'"'",,
without' sleep as without food, for in such a sitt!':it
tion he could not have ventured even to nod W'
safety.
• .
It is singular that in such a capital as StockVirli:
there should be so few Public Journals. There °l4
but two--one published by M. SlLvEgsTgol
every month, and which is filledwith-extraas ft°.cp
German Romances ; the other by M. RED IN, Will,le
is only read by Medical Men. One great obst';a
in the way of this species of Literary Entail°.
is, that there is no Post established in Sweden.
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One of the French Philosophers, it seems, 00
presented to the National institute a Memoir si.
the Education of the Savage of Aveyron. C°ll 0
Bering what the Revolution produced, it is nclrje,
be supposed that the French Philosopher can be .:
ficient in knowledge of the Savage Cbaraller•
That valuable estate of the Parish of Wood Bast
j
tick, near Norwich, is purchased by Sir 10aas.
ICERRisoN, at the price of Sixty Thousand foil°
TWO
To-night an occultation of Jupiter by the - di,
will take place. . The Moon will be seen arprailoe,
ing that fine star for some time previous to thew;
cultation, which will happen two minutes pot '1 ill
and at nine minutes after ten o'clock Jupiter
again appear on the contrary side of the Moo.

NAVA L NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH} jArt. it:

Tile whole of this day it has blown A violent
gale of wind from West, which has driven several
Ships a considerable distance, but we do not hear of

any damage.
Arrived the Nile, DRAYTON, from Jersey; and
apsi Mar}•, WoonNtAN, from Plymouth.

DEAL,. JAN. 2,1,.

Altß i the Ajax Man of War, from the Me-
diterranean, and is put under quarantine.

?MARGATE, JAN. 21.

. THE Neptune, from Seville, had an anchor and
cable sent offlast night, having cut, to prevent her
running foul of a ship.
. .
Capt. Ditsnlit,, of the Venus, of Baltimore,-is
tome on shore to get an anchor and cable, liaying.
been obliged to cut. •
It blows a very heavy gale at'l\7.l7.W. five or
six of 'tile Indiamen. are in the. Channel : one dyov,e
this morning, butall is well. at present.
~4aro#'-our *id fs .veiltclC4n,ihis morning, and
four men were drowned.

MEERNESS, JAN.-zi.

IT, has blown :with the most excessive violence,
N.W. mid by W. the whole of this day, and parr
oflast-nght ;' so that nothing whatever c;m attempt
to stix at this Port. '