The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-01 00:00:00

praaice the Eights of i'vran. Whether t:le
obedience to Established Governments, which at
present seems to prevail over a great part of Europe,
be the result of the annihilation of jacobinistn, or
of the vigilance of those Governments, why should
not we, in either case, be as fortunate as other
Nations in this respeCt ; we, who are so much
more so in many others ? Is there amongst them
any one more loyal, or so generally enlightened as
ourselves ? Is not the admirably proportioned de-
gree of Democracy, which enters into our Consti-
tution, and which binds tog,lher all classes and all
ranks, a strong additional security, that levelling
principles can make no dangerous progress ? Last-
ly, our Government, which was the first to guard,•
and -which has been the most successful in guarding
against tkese principles, will not, it may he. pre-
sumed, relax its vigilance ; and the recent renewal
of the Alien Bill has strengthened it with powers
sufficient to render it completely efficacious.
" The other danger appears as little calculated to
inspire any very great solicitude. A great many
reasons induce one to think that the Government
of France will not be disposed to infringe the
Treaty. In the first place, it draws from it ad-
vantages sufficiently great to make it its interest
to adhere to it faithfully. It has, moreover, so
many wounds to heal, that it is not to he supposed
it trill be inclined to open them afresh. _ln all the
speeches pronounced by the Organs of Government,
and by the Members of the Legislative -Bodies, we
observe an anxious wish for the revival of Com-
wcree, Ma,luf,aurcs, and of Arts ; objeas
which Peace alone can render prafticable. The
part which France has a‘fted or ten years upon the
Continent, will afford her yet, fol a long time, too
much business, and too many embarrassments to
admit of her voluntarily seeking for new ones. She
has, and perhaps might again be able to carry on
a Continental War at the expence of her neigh-
bours ; but a Naval War can only be supported at
her own cost ; and she has neither revenues suffi-
ciently considerable, no: a credit sufficiently esta-
blished to supply them. So much for the National
Interests of France herself.

" If we consider separately the personal interests
of the First Consul, they will be found to coincide
with those of the French People. Having acquired
his power by force, and having maintained it the
first year by vidory, he has since reconciled the
French to his Usurpation only by successively re-
storing them to a state of Peace with their various
enemies. However dependant his authority and
interest are on a state of tranquillity, it may be
supposed that they would perhaps stand the trial
of a Continental War, as ie would open to. him the
prospea of triumphs, the splendour of which might
maintain him in the public lavour ; but a War with
Great Britain, in which it is almost certain that he
would experience only losses and disasters, would
prose a mortal blow to his power, or would at least
shake it to its foundation. He is too well acquaint.
ed with the number of his enemies, and of his rivals,
and of the inconstancy of the People whom he
governs, Willingly to eneannter so great a risk.
"But suppose, that in spite of these reasons Bo-
NAPARTE, or whoever may succeed him, should
venture openly to violate the Treaty, or should aim
'blow ttr be believed that
our Ministers would be weak- enough to submit
patiently to the fift of these injuries, or so blind
as not to perceive the other ? Does the Treaty
tie our hands, or bind our eyes ? No ; the first
insult offered to our Honour, the first injury done
to our Rights, would he instantly followed by sig,
nal reparation, or exemplary vengeance. The same
public spirit, and the same national resources, which
we have displayed for ten years with so much dis-
tinetion and advantage, -and of which Peace has
suspended the exercise, but not exhausted the source,
would soon re-appear, in all their strength, and all
their lustre. The Lion would awake, and with
justly rekindled fury, avenge himself on the im-
prudent enemy, who had disturbed his repose.—
Our Seamen and our Soldiers would be again found
in every country and on every ocean, and would
demonstrate to the Universe, that it was magnani-
mity not fear, that it was power satisfied, not
weakness appalled, that signed the Treaty of
London.

" The possibility that we may be obliged again
to recur to • arms, reflcets no disgrace upon the
Treaty, and 'argues nothing against it. Treaties
are not more immortal than the Nations which
make them ; and but few indeed have had any long
duration, either in ancient, or in modern times.
They are never to be considered bat as suspensions
of Arms, either for a longer, or shorter time; and
those have in fae-t said nothing, though they suppose
themselves to have said a great deal, who have ad.
vanced, that the Treaty of London is only a Truce ;
for all possible Treaties are nothieg else. :Na-
tions should at all times be preoared to avenge
their Honour, and defend their ; and oar's
...,«Ar reach', or less capable of
doing so than any Other. War succeeds Peace and
Peace War ; it is a circle in which all Governments
move incessantly. It is •no doubt to be regretted
that the Temple of Janus cannot for ever shut ; but
it is an evil attached to the condition of Humanity,
and even to a state of Civilization, however para-
doxical the assertion in:iy apeear. The scourge
of War can no more be avoided than the many others,
Which from rime to time ‘filift the world ; and if it
he allowable to lament it, is is at the same time ne-
cessary to learn to submit to it.

(To; he coßtinued.)

Arthur Coitnely, the notorious pickpocket going
to New South \Vales for life, was an articled clerk
to an attorney, who formerly transaeted most of the
legal bt:sine§s for the London Pr;gs. Connely find-
ing, from the intercourse he necehsarily had with his
master's 'clients, that the thieving trade was worth
notice, left the law, and joined the numerous and
desperate gang of bustlers who have for so many
years infested the metropolis : he cootinsed with
them about r 6 years, during which period he was
several times • tried on capital ch:irges at tie Old
Bailey and the County