The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-30 00:00:00

LONDON, OCTOBER 30, zBoz.

WE this morning received the Paris Papers to
the 2,Bth inst. The intelligence from Switzer-
land continues to be as contradiCtory and per-
plexing as ever. The Members of tile Helvetic Go..
vernment have arrived at Berne, but it does not ape
pear that they have resumed the exercise of their
fundions. The. Troops of the Confederates
stave been disbanded, but they have retained
their arms, and before they quitted Berne, they
possessed there elves of all the- Military Stores
which were in the Arsenal of that City. The
Dre' of Schwitz 6till continues its Sittings, and
has declared that it corlsiders itself as consti-
tuting the legal Government of Switzerland,
having been appointed by a great majority of the
People of that Country. Letters from Basle, of
the loth, state that the Diet have transmitted a
Justificatory Memorial to the First Consul, and
at the same time sent two Deputies to Cid-
-zen RAPP, who has declared that nothing but
the absolute Submission of the Diet of SchTeitz,
can prevent the French Army from entering Swit-
zerland. It does not appear wifether the Memorial
mentioned in these Letters is the one agreed
upon by the Diet on the SM," or whether they
have transmitted a second Memorial. From ac-
counts so confused, it is impossible to ascertain
with any precision the teal state of affairs in that
Country. We' must, therefore, wait until we re-
ceive more authentic details than any contained in
the French Papers, before any decided opinion can
be formed upon the subjea.

It is got stated in any of the Papers, that, the
FIRST CONSUL has set out upon his journey ; but
the Prefer} of the Department of Rouen published a
Proclamation on the 25th, stating that BONAPARTE
would arrive in that City in two days ; it is there-
fore probable that he left St. Cloud on the 26th,
which we stated some days ago to_be his intention.
The accounts from Brussels state, that Manu-
fa6tories- have been established there, •of Dimities
and Printed Cottons which rival those of Eng-
land, arid that several English workmen have
lately settled there. Though this is not perhaps
true to the extent that is stated, yet it is a
subjdt that deserves consideration, and will, we
trust, cause the greatest vigilance to be'used in our
Ports, to prevent the Emigration of our Manufac._
turers, and the exportation of Models of our Ma.

•
chinery.
The French Funds have risen to 54. zo.
This morning a Dutch Mail arrived, but it con:
taiils no intelligence whatever.

TiE measures which the CHtEO CONSUL has
taken 'since the Signature, of the Treaty with this
Country, have induced many persons attached to
its interests to doubt, whether. the Nation does not
suffer more real, injury by the continuance of Peace,
than by the renewal of Hostilities. If a Truce
only had been entered into, and there existed no
stipulation to the contrary, it would have been fair
that each Nation should profit of the I interval to
strengthen itself as much as possible ; but if a-Treaty
of Peace has been concluded—nay, -if one of the.
Parties • has made great sacrifices as the price of
Peace, the Party .making such sacrifices has a-right
to expect that the Nation to which they are made,
will take no step incompatible with a state of Amity
between the two Countries.

The sacrifices which were. made at.the Signature of
the Treaty, on the part of the British Empire, were
thought
_by many persons to have been too great ;
but such, as they were, they were made to France
as she then stood.—lf she materially alter her relative
situation, the prudence of the sacrifices which have
been made becomes much more doubtful—The Ciipe
of Good Hope was ceded, not to France,
.but to Bd.
land, so were Demerara, IsstW-bo, &c. and much
- ' -
stress was laid by those who defended the Treaty
tipon this circumstance. But if. France is allowed,
With impunity, to gain a degree of ascendancy in
the Batavian Republic, totally different from that
which she possessed at the time of the signature of
the Treaty, perhaps' to annex it ultimately to her
own Republic, the Treaty on the part of France
becomes a jugglr,and His Majes:-.y's Ministers would
be dupes to submit to such an artifice. We speak
of Holland, because the CHiaF CoNsuz, bar inter_

fered in the same manner-in the Government of that
Cquntry, as he has in that of Switzerland ; and be-
cause it more immediately concerns us, as being
conndleci intimately with the Treaty we have
entered into.

The conclusion we draw from these obsery t-ions
is this—That His Majesty's Ministers cannot pro-
ceed to carry into effed the Articles of the Treaty
with France,. ‘vbil/4.11 relate to the Cessions to he
made to-her, without new Stipulations. If.the CHI EF
CONSUL annexes Piedmont to the Republic, let us
keep Malta—if he interfere to force a Government
upon. Holland; objea of which is to bring that
People 'still itiCre under his controul, let us keep the
Cape, and Demerara, and IssequiLo.—These were
ceded at the Peace of Amiens to Holland, certainly
at that time too much under French influence—but
not to Holland, a Province of France.
It was said, and very justly, in the defence of the
Treaty of Amiens, that in its Stipulations we had
had great consideration for our Allies, and that many
of the sacrifices which had been made, had been sub-
mitted to on their account---But to what purpose
did we make these sacrifices, if Our Allies are to
be trampled upon by the CHIEF CONSUL ? The
Treaty of Amiens certainly did not recognize that
of Luneville but to suppose that it was unknown,
to His Majesty's Ministers—that they we-re not
interested in many of its Stipulations, is to suppose
them unconcerned .in the affairs of the Continent.'
BONAPARTE says, he had intended not to interfere
in the affairs of Switzerland, bUt had altered his
determination.--What he intended, he only knows ;
but what is more to the purpose, he had pledged him-
self not to interfere, by the Treaty of Luneville.,
With respea to Austria, therefore, his interfereoce
is a direa breach of Treaty—with respea to us, it is
only virtually a breach of
,Treaty, inasmuch as any.
measure materially 'altering the relative- state of
either Country may. he so considered, when we re-
flea upon the peculiar situation in which the two
Nations stand with respea to each other. As to
the pretence set up by M. TALLEYRAND in his
Letter to M. de CCTTO,
,that the CHIEF CONSUL
has interfered, not to destroy, but to ensure to the
Swiss their Independence, is too foolish and ab.
surd to deserve a comment.

VVar, however, is a serious evil for this Coun-
try—but to have our best Interests undermined
in Peace, is a more serious evil. Sound and secure
Peace is most desirable for us, but not more for us
th.,n for France; and it never was more the interest

of an individual to maintain it, than it is that of the
CHIEF CONSUL-but men are not always governed
by their interests, and least of all those with whom
Ambition is a ruling passion. Every thing the
People of France now suffer is imputed to the Re..
volution, which they speak of with horror ; and what-
ever popularity BONAPARTE possesses, is derivel
from the consideration that he has put an end to the
Revolution, and given them Peace. But a War com-
menced for purposes to which the People of France
are indifferent---to support an interference in the
Internal Affairs of Switzerland, or of Holland,
would deeply affect whatever of popularity remains
to him; and Public Spirit, now almost extind in
France, would revive with the difficulties which
War would occasion. It is easy to watch and check
the growing popularity of other Generals in Peace,:
but BoNAPAittk cannot, in War, be always present
to carry off. the laurels of a Battle of Marengo—
other Leaders will become Favourites, and a Fa-
vourite with the Army, in a Military Government,
is " a Brother near the Throne"—every sober re_
flexion should incline him therefore to Peace.

We do not nip any of these observations, as
supposing, that they have not-occurred to His Ma-
jesty's Minister.—nay, we can confidently say,
that they have aced upon Sentiments not very dif-
ferent from those we have expressed—but we state
them in Answer to those who even now dry out,
" Let us. preserve Peace"—So ewe say too—if we
can preserve it without a sacrifice of our Honour
or our Interests—but to cling to
.a feverish, rest.
less Peace, denying us the advantages of a state of
real tranquillity—to make use of that interval to
restore our Conquests—and to see (what the con_
duet of the French Government gives us too much
reason to suppose we should see) the War break,
out again, as soon as we had made all our Restitu-
tions, would be to takea line of condua which His
Majesty's Ministers • will not adopt, and .which
none can recommend, except thOse who would see
with pleasure ihie'aggrandizement of Fiance, and.
the ruin of the &lush Empire.
What then we contend for is this, that the Mea-
sures in general taken by the'Cxr Er CONSUL, since
the Signature of the Treaty of Peace with this
Country, have, for their ()Wed, the humiliation
of the British Empire and its Allies.. We say this,
of the interference respeaing the Liberty of the
Press in this Country—of the demand respeOing
the French Princes and Emigrants—of the Parti,',
;ion of the Indemnities in .Germany—,of the an.

tiexation of Piedmont JO the French Republic—of
the Measures taken towards Switzerland, in vio,
iation of the Treaty of Loneville—..and of the coo.
trout exercised over the tatavian Rep'ublic.—We
certainly do not wish for War, but if we are not to
have Peace, do not let us pay the price of
Since the signature of the Definitive Treaty, the
CHIEF CONSUL has materially altered the relative
state of things in Europe in his own favour, and he
is every day making a progress to effeet the same
purpose. Before all the cessions stipulated by the
Treaty of Amiens are made, and while we have the
means of redress in our own hands, it becomes,
those who administer the Affairs of the Nation to
consider two things—the State of Europe 1101.1.1 and
as it stood when that Treaty was signed ; and the
disposition which the FlRsr Co. xstn, has shesvn
since that period. Upon these considerations they
will see abundant reason to pause, before they
make further restitution of Conquests. We
are aware that in adopting this- line of con-
du;}, Ministers must be prepared for the conse-
quences to which.it may lead—yet we are convinced
that every candid man will admit, that this is not
only the just, but the indispensible line of Policy,
for the Nation to, pursue.

Os Saturday a Cabinet Council was held, in which➢
as far as. we may judge from its elfeas, the Resolu.

.- • .
tion was taken to dispatch
,Orders tne'very part of
the Globe, to retain every thing that was to be,
ceded in _consequence of the Treaty of Amiens.

- The Right Hon. the Governor in Council ii,
Madras 'has been pleased to declare a dividend of
eighty thousand
,pagodas to the Creditors of His
Highness the Nabob of the CAKNATic,.
4ku 9pposition Paper of yesterday contains the
following observation : " The interference_ 'of
THis COVNTRY on behalf of the BEYS, is not cciniis.i
teat with policy, because it is a favouthi-objell
'with the French to abolish their anthisHty
EGYfT."-If the above reasoning be not quite
sonud, it is at least consistent with the usual senti.
meats of the Paper alluded to.

Perhaps it .woold be the test and soundest
to favour,- as much as
-possible, the interests of the
BEYS in Egypt ; for it is welt known that they are
the firm and steady friends Of the English; *that
they are men of the greatest courage and enter•.
prize ; that implicit reliance may be placid on theft
sincerity and good faith ; and above all that they--
possess the most inveterate and irreconedaide bard.
to Freirchmen.

Between the 4th and 14th inst. 34 English
Packet Boats entered Calais from Dover, with 85.1,
Passengers; and 33 French Packet Boats quitted
the former Port for Dover, with .991 Passengers,
When the PRINci of WALES was coming to
Town on 'Thursday night, from Brighton, and
servant having gone on before, and another being
at some distance behind, as His Royal Highness in
his carriage was rather slowly ascending at the
other side of Westminster-bridge, some thieves cu
all the leather straps which fastened on a trunk Igo
hind ; but an iron hoop going round the trunk, dis,
appointed tli4in of their booty. •.

Three hearses, each drawn by six horses, passed
through Birmingham. on Wednesday. They con'
tained the remains of three of the family of Lord, •
CREMO&NE, from the family vault in the county.ol'
Monaghan, where they slept near forty years, fug'
interment near London,

A French Vessel was lately surprised in the
night, off the Coast of Genoa by two Chaloupes,
having a number of Robbers on board, who coat'
pelleLl the Captain to give them a considerable surf'
of money which he had on board belonging to 500
Genoese Merchants, with which they escaped.
During the period between the month of March
and the end of September, it rained, only once 0
Naples.

According to the meteorological observation 9
published by the Society
_of" Medicine at Faris'
they experienced a difference of temperature io
that City of twenty-two degrees (Reaumur) in 610
course of twenty days, the Thermometer being af.
28. on the 27th . ult. and At 6. 3on the
instant.

Mrs. ARNOLD, the Relift of the late Dr. Alt;
icoLD, has led so exemplary a life as a Wife and
a Mother, that all who know the merits of hee
charader, must he glad to hear, that there is a probo;
biiity of her obtaining some provision in an august
quarter,' which was always favourable to the talents
of her late Husband.

Colonel GREVILLE, driving his curricle abg'S,
King.street, St. James's yesterday, one of
horses. fell, and the other came down above boll
While they lay kicking on the ground, the Colono
leaped out, and escaped without injury.
At the Public Office, Marlborough-street, yester'
day, a great number of Bakers were summoned be'
fore the Sitting Magistrate, charged with exposi°s
to sale bread nor of the regular standard weight."....,.
The Officers seized all the bread they found in them
shops, and brought it to the Office. The °fere.: •
being clearly 'proved, the Magistrate fined there
la
thefull penalties, and directed that the bread'sbbtl,....
be given to cite Poor. The Bakers are
tants of the Parish Of Si. Mary-le-bonne.
To-morrow two Charity Sermons will'be reach:
ed at Tavistock Chapel, Broad-court, Long:Jie
rt;
for the benefit of the Charity Chiidren belonglog.he.
the. Parish of Sr. Martin in the Fields ; that in 'ter
morning by the Rev. WALTER HARPER)
r,,
of the said Chapel, and Joint Lecturer.of St. 4-I.the
drew, Holborn ; and that in the evening, by, t
ot
Rev. I.'I4IITE, A. M. Assistant MiDisterrn,
the said Chapri.--.--Prayers will begin in the 111°5i%
ing at eleve!!, and in the evening at half past
o'clock,

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NAVAL NEWS.

AttalvtD this morning, the Galatea, Amazon,
and ILlagiclenne Frigates, with the 9th Regiment of
Foot on board, from Chatham.

A heavy gale of wind from the South-west has
blown the whole of this day, and its violence still
increases, though fortunately without doing any
damage to the Shipping. The Frigates in the Sound
and Cawsand Bay ride hard, with yards and top-
masts struck.

Just arrived, the Ship Sibella , of London, Capt.
tAR-rox, from London for Trinidad ; and the Brig
Alert, Capt. HEATH, from London for St. Michaels,
Wind bound.