The Sun.
London, England, 1802-04-09 00:00:00

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White Pease 32s a 35:,. od Second do. 434 a joy pc, do.

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During the last American War, His MAJEST-i
was pleased to signify to the States General of the
United Netherlands, his intention of recalling the
three British Regiments which were employed by
the Crown in guarding their Frontiers; and the .13,1 r.
rier of the Austrian Netherlands, and which were
amongst the first of the British Line; when they
were sent to the defence of Holland, at the begin:.
ning of the War of the Succession.
The footing upon which the Bovereign hard
thought proper that those RegiMents should serve:
was the same with that upon Which several other
British Regiments had served before amongst
others, the present sth and 6th of Fodt, the Ofii-
cers of which suffered no loss of rank, when trap
ferred from Dutch to British pay. Whence it czin.
not be imagined to have been the intention of the
Crown, that an interruption of an Alliance should
affea the Rank of the Officers of the other three'
Regiments, or of their successors.' •

Although His Majesty's intention of recalling
these last was desisted from, the Officers thought.
that when an interruption happened iii the Alliance,
they 'certainly would he recalled. However, in
hopes, as they were informed, of a speedy accom-
modation, they were allowed to remain abroad
until the States General issued an Rdie_t for changing
them into Dutch Troops: A few months bet Ore
the time appointed for • the execution of this Ediet,
HIS MAJESTY was pleased to order a Letter to be
written for the direction of the Officers; .tuthoris.:
ing such of theth as were particularly connetted
abroad, to retain, in the country where it was
most convenient for them to reside, all the advan-
tages that the Military Line affords, and promising
his gracious protection to such of them as should
return to this Country. - There was no necessity for
its being specified in the Letter, that the Officer'
who should refuse to quit the Royal Colours of
Great Britain should not e:stclude themselves thei-e.
by from the Military Line.. It Was certain that
His MAJESTY would not give them tie least en..
couragement to renounce the advantages which their
Brother Officers were autho'rised to retain, without
resolving that they should suffer no loss by trusting.
their fortune in fife to his disposal. As all that
can excite the ambition of the greatest Military
Charadersdepends.upon Rank, the loss of it is the
same to Officers, that the loss of a great pecuniary
Property is to Persons whose object is,the acquisi_.
tion of riches. Therefore, as the Officers could
not avail themselves of _His Majesty's gratious
offer, without renouncing the Rank which the
States General left in their option; and which their
Brother Officers were authorised to retain, it cannot
be doubted that His MAJEs-rt considered that offer
as the same with the most explicit promise that
their Rank should be secured in the British Army;
conformably to the undoubted intention of 4is Royal
Predecessors, who detached these Regiments from
that Army': so that if any thing haS been done to
the contrary, it was Withok His MAJESTY'S sane.
donor authority.

The above is not intended for the Public, but for
the inforrnation of a particular description of per-
sons, who will perfettly well understand

,
We have beenfavonted v•;,ith the following elegant
Linesi by a Correr,'pondent, on the Much lamented
death of the Hon.. Bo
Yes. GREY is' deadl ditrus'd the lay;
Catch the soft breeze that mourns his ilmtrul'd day
True worth shall weep upon hit hallow'd bier,-
And faithful Friendship consecrate the tear.

Died on Sunday lasi, 117 rs. MiituinGt., Wife a
the Rev. Mr. MrNsrtif I. ReCtor of. Nuncv Somer-
setshirei and second Daughter of tile Rev.
GOODENOVGH, Canon of Wimisur.

Surc im.—On Tuesday morning lasi Mr. Pain_
who had lived with Lord CRAVEN many years as
Valet, and by whom he was much esteemed; put a
period to his existence by shooting himself through
the head, at his Lordship's residence in Charles.
street, Berkeley-square. No symptom a &range-
ment was perceived, as he had a few minutes be.
fore been conversing as usual with the Porter. He
afteewards retired into the back parlour, where,-
finding a brace of pistols belOnging to the Hon.
KEPPEI, CaAvEN loaded, he perpetrated the rash
act, which has left a wife and two ehi!drem totally
unprovided for,

• r7l. .
E have this day had scarce any fresh Arrival:
Wheats rather brisk demand, and very few sample:
of the prirriest quality ; Oats, best sort; went offlai.'.
good prices, but inferior were very low ;
Pease continue cheaper ,t Flour dull, and. but

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TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SI R,

As the Definitive Treaty between Great Britain
and France is now sighed, and a Peace between the
two Countries apparently firmly established, permit
me through the channel of your useful and univer-
sally-read Paper, to point out what I conceive will
be the probable consequences of this event; and to
offer a few. Hints-for the consideration of those of
my Countrymen,- who, not content with enjoying
their own happiness, look forward with anxiety to
the Happiness of their Posterity, and to the perma.
nent felicity of their Country.
That the present Peace, all things maturely con-
sidered, is a well-made one, every moderate, un-
biassed and loyal Man must, I should hope, admit ;
and that it may be permanent, all good Men, and
Lovers of their Country, must earnestly desire; but
to obtain this permanency, it Is necessary that we
should always he in such a state as to be able to
repel any aggression on the part of whatever Nation
may be disposed, at any subsequent period, to be
hostile to us. • I am fdr from wishing or intending
to give any ofice to the French Nation, or to lessen
the joy i)f my own Countrymen at the conclusion,
of the War ; hut I think I should not do that duty
I, as Englishman, owe my Country, if I was,
not on this occasion to commit my
.thoughts to.
paper, that if worthy of notice, they
.may he con;
sidered of by wiser and more powerful Men than I
myself.
•

That we .owe the present Peace to our insular
situation, and. to our Naval Superiority, will be
universally acknowledged—that Superiority we
must preserve for ever, or we are lost ; Great Bri-
tain must be Mistress of the Seas, or she can be
nothing (a). To point out the best method of per-
petuating that Superiority, to preserve that claim,
and to enable her to assert it, if ever at a future
time disputed, is the intention of this Letter. The,
general, outline must suffice for me;, to men of more
sapiewe and more • consequence,- I leave the com-
pletion of my plans which if adopted, and success-
ful, they will without doubt receive the thanks of
a grateful Country, and their memories be held in
reverence and veneration by posterity.
There can' be no doubt, now a .Peace is finally
concluded, but France will mediate a restoration of
her maritime greatness, and endeavour, as speedily
as possible, to put her Navy upon a respeaable
footing ; and to increase her number of Ships of
War, as well as her number of wive, able and ex..
perienced Seamen. The first objeft of 'Ole French
will undoubtedly be, the restoration of their Com.
merce ; the second, the resuscitation of their Navy :
one will, in all probability, follow the other. To
prevent either will he out of our power ; but it is
certainly in our power to prevent any ill effels that
may arise to us, be their naval power at any future
time what it may. \V must, be prepared at all
times :e. meet the World in arms against us, au our
waive elemellt : this is the only way to avert im-
pending danger ; as when it is known we are pre-
pared, an Enemy will be less disposed to quarrel
with, or attack us ; and every child in Politics
knows, that " prevention is better than cure."
France has nmv acquired such an extent of Coast
(viz. from Toulon to the Texel, the Portugueze,
For... excepted) _; such an accession of Territory (b),
and has so many Maritime Powers _at her devo--
tion (c), that she has the means of establishing such
a nursery for Seamen, and of Speedily building such
a number ofAMen of War, as will probably put her
Navy on a footing of strength and importance be-
yond what she has ever yet known. .In her pro-
gress to that footing, whether rapid or slow, we
should look with_an ever-watchful and a suspicious
eye (d) ; and though we cannot prevent her naval
exertions, it is most certainly- in our power to pre-
vent our being injured by them for centuries to
come—l hope, for ever. •
It is therefore incumbent on us, for the sake of
ourselves and our posterity, our adored Sovereign,
and bur dearly beloved Country ; for the preserva-
tion of our Religion, our Laws,. our Liberties, and
our happy Constitution, not only to keep pace with
the French in their Naval exertions, but to exceed
them, and whilst France and her dependencies are
increasing their population by rapid strides (e), to
use every means that the Almighty has been pleased
to bless•us with, to increase our strength internally
and externally, that we may be prepared to meet
and repel the naval and commercial exertions of the
French, should they ever be direaed against the

(a) Extraa from Itilr. Prrr's 'Speech in the. House of
Commons, Feb. 2d, ISor What has been the security
of this Count:'y, but its Naval Preponderance ? If that is
once lost, the spirit of the Country will go with it !"

(6) The French, since the Revolution in the year r 789,
have made themselves masters of the Ten Provinces of the
Austrian Nrtherleznds ; of the ,Lift F'ank of the Rii//,:t: of tne
Territory of Avignon and renairsix; which belonged to the
Pert ; and of the Dukedom Of S'es.cy : and since the signing
the Preliminaries of Peace, O. rt dot, they have added
Piedmont to the number of their Departments; and it is said
they also wean to seize on the „Palau, a part of the Crison
Country, and make It ,2 part of'the Republic " one and in-
divisible."_

By de;laiing himself Head of the Cisalpine, or as it is now
called, the Italian Republic, Bois APA a n is in na King,
or Governor of 21,Zilan, Mantua Modem:, Atoniferar, and
Placentia ; and it is understood that the,Dea a of YAit MA is
to cede Parma, and Goa:fella, to the Republic, in conse:-
quence of his Son being made King of Etruria., or Tuscany.
No intelligent Man will doubt for a moment he power
and inclination of France to press the Fleets of Spain and
Holland into her service, should she at any future time have
occasion so to do—in fad, she has already done so-
(d) M. DAVID, the celebrated French Painter, in his ac-
count of the Campaigns of General Fleur o fairly and
openly declares the intentions of France: his 'wards are—
she wants Peace, it is only' for the purpose of future
War. Give us (says he) hut a ten-years Peace, that we
rosy b.; able to form a Navy, and• Great Britain shall no
longer exist a 9 a Nation r!

it therefore clearly appears from this•Extraa, and from a
variety of cireumsiath:es, that though the French Govern-
ment is changed, the. sentiments of the People remain the
same; the same thirst for universal doininion, the same' wish
to subjugate Great Britain, actuate their minds, whether go-
verned by Louis XIV.. or NAPOLEONS BONAPARTF.; it is
therefore obvious, that our Political Existence depends upon
our keeping pace in preparations for our safety 'with those,
France may make for our destruftion. This is a consideration
that should.come home to the bosom of every Englishman.

- • -
(e) France, with Austrian Flanders, &c. &c. Stc. con-
tains at this present moment upwards of thirty millions of
souls.

.power, the happiness, and the •pirspe 'ity of the
British Nation—and this Without delay If j.
The best means to increase our population as
speedily as possible, anti to provide for that increase,
is what the Nation is imperiously called- upon to
take into its most serious consideration ; and what
means can be devised 'so likely to increase our po.
pulation, and to provide for an increased population,
as the cultivating of our Waste,ltUnproduftive,
and Uninclosed Lands ? These Lands in Great Bri.:
tain, amount to upw‘ards.oftwenty millions of acres
in extent (g) : were they cultivated and inhabited,
they would without doubt in .a few years be the
means of increasing our population • nearly one-
third.

Timber in great plenty we have,; our Shipwrights
and other Artificers employed in Ship-building are
numerous, skilful, and industrious ; in a few years
we could add a number of Men of War to those we
already have—but how are we to „man them ? We
cannot manufatture men at Once; they must be Chil-
dren first : therefore I humbly submit to men in
power, that no time should be lost, or means left un-
tried, to increase our'population, and proiide for
the increase.

Was an Aft of the Legislature passed to cultivate
the Waste Lands (first making a compensation to all
those persons who have a right of common) for the
National Benefit ; and were the Soldiers belonging
to those Regiments who are soon to be disbanded,
employed in preparing them fin. cultivation, either
under the command of their Officers, or Overseers
appointed by Government for that purpose, it would
prevent a great number of men from being let loose
at once on the, Public, who may nat otherwise be
inclined immediately on their being discharged, to
return to their former industrious habits, and it
would most assuredly be extremely beneficial to the
community at large.

But this is a plan that must be patronized and
undertaken by Government, and be carried into
effeet by the union of power, genius, and industry,
which must be combined to effect this great work.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Imperial
House of Commons, on the 29th of Odober last,
observed, " that the surest preservation of this
Country from the power of France, consisted in the
concentration of our own possessions,. and ,the. im-
provement of our own faculties and resources." To
the words of Mr. ADDINGTON I beg leave to add
the opinion of Bishop WATSON, in his observations
on National Improvements, Security, and Happi-
ness : " Whatever,".. says this excellent Prelate,
"may be the-present number of inhabitants in Grea t
Britain, there is no one. that has thought on the
subject}, but must admit, that were our Waste Lands
brought into their.proper state of cultivation, they
would afford maintenance to twice as • many as at
present exist in the Country." •
I shall conclude this Letter. with an extral from
the preliminary address of the Society formed for
Bettering the Condition and-improving the COO),
forts of the Poor.

" Let the labours of the Industrious, the talents
of the Wise, the influence of the Powerful, and the
leisure of the Many, he diretled to this important
subjea, and let us be assured. that united and patient
Industry will not fail of success.

I am, &c. &c. &c.
DEVONIENSIS.

(f) From whatever quarter danger may arise to G reat Bri-
tain, it behoves her, while other Powers are rising so incredi-
bly in force, to take every means that Providence permits to
strengthen herself, and that the most secure and solid way
of.doing.thisds, by carrying all the, Arts of Cultivation in
both Islands to the highest pitch of perfe6tion that is practical,
nobody will I apprehend deny.—Preface to Mr. 'YOUNG'S
Tour in Ireland, in 5776, 1777, and 1778.
(g) The .Selea Committee, in their first Report, pub.
lished in December, 1795, state the Waste, Uninclosed, and
Unproductive Lands, in .Great. Britain, to be,
In England and Wales - 7,888,777 Acrs..
In Scotland - • - 4,218%224

Total 22,107,001 Acres.