The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-29 00:00:00

LONDON, JANUARY 29, 1802.

~W.g this morning received- the Paris Papers of
the' zsih. The First Consul. had not returned to
Pd
rii; nor do the Letters from,Lyons, the last of
which is dated the zr.st, say/any thing of- his in-
tended departure fiont that. City.—These Papers
are, ax'usual, perfealytiltnt with regard lio. the-
procte-clii:gs at 'Fierich Funds were.
57 f. So c. or. the 24. th.

A Letter from Cale firn.itfois, dated Oftober
• ~
30, gives some new details: OE the Jnsurre&ion in
•
St. &ming°. It appears, that .the Article of the
Constitution §i en by:ll,pussAlNT, which autho-
rizes-, the importation of-'Slaves into the Colony,
had`bLreri the cause Or. gr(-iit of these troubles.—
From five to six hundred Whites and Mulattoes had
bevolia•ssaf.red, among whom.was LIBEATAx for-
mt-rly TOUSSAINT'S master.

Sstairri; DI Cc. 78.—Whilst order and tranquil-
lity were
.in appearance re-established at Belgrade,
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tie Janissaries were conspiring in secret against the
PAcHA, and to-day has been marked by a sanguinary
catastrophe—About two in the afternoon the Janis-
saries entered the- house of the PACHA, at whom
they discharged a pistol, by. which he was wounded,
a-ad" :i;narrie:, diarely fell OpohliiiTi .with -their sabres,.
until Ile-expired. The I'A9l.ii, boing thus assassi—
nated, the Janissaries seized,llll that belonged to
him, with the exception of his Harem,- Which they,
left untouched. This event has not failed to cause
the greatest consternation amongst the Inhabitants
of Belgrade.

ROhts,,,DEc. z6.—We learn from Naples, under.
date of the t9th, that three Russian Ships had ar-
rived in that port, destined, as it was believed,
co transport the Russian Troops in that Capital,
amounting to zioo men, to the Isle of Malta,
which it is presumed the Russians have obtained
the right to garrison.
LYONS, JAN. z Minister Githe Interior,
by an Arreti of the 19th instant, has established
here a Council of Commerce, the number of Mem-
bers composing which is fixed at sixty. The Coun-
cil is divided into three Set-lions : the first for
Commerce ; the second for Manufadures ; and the
third for 4.rts and Agriculture. . .

HAVRE, JAN..22.-M. RE IN I CI: E, Commercial
Agent of Sweden in this City, has received from
the Baron EHRENSWARD, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the. KING of
SWEDEN to the French Republic, the following
Letter

" The PACHA of TRIPOLI still continuing
hostilities against Swedish Vessels, the KING has
sent a division of Frigates, under the command of
the Contre-Admiral Baron DE CEDERSTRONI, for
the protedion of the Swedish Commerce in the
Mediterranean.

cf This Commander having made preparations to
place the Port of Tripoli in a state of Blockade, I
request that you will give notice to the Com-
,
rzanders and Merchants in the Port and Distria
where you reside, and also to your Correspondents
in those Ports where any Swedish Agents of Com-
merce are established, in order that no vessels may
attempt to enter the Port of Tripoli during the
Blockade. If, after this notice, any vessels should
attempt to enter the Port of Tripoli during the
Blockade, they will not fail to be detained, and
treated as the Laws of War dire et in such cases."

THERE have occurred, within the last week,
two circumstances which have excited much ge-
neral attention, and displayed the character of our
Government in a light so conspicuous, as must
attral, in a very peculiar manner, the veneration
of every rational SubjeCt, and the admiration of
all Europe. Impressed with a Arm conviction of
that upright, discriminating Justice, which distin-
guishes those who are entrusted with its admini-
stration, and urged by the strongest motives of
Humanity, we forebore to give any opinion, while
the fate of Governor WALL remained the sub-
jed of deliberation. We also cautiously ab-
stained from the introduction of the slightest in-
sinuation against that unfortunate viCtim of offend-
ed Justice, while there existed a ray of hope to
cheer, the gloom of his prison, or to afford conso-
lation to his friends.

As, however, the sentence of the Law has been
executed, and the delinquent is now beyond the
reach of, our animadversions, we are at liberty to
offer those remark; Which a sentiment of delica-
cy towards the .unfortunate man and his friends,
I),,v:fore induced us to suppress. The Moral is in_
terided lot. -the advaritage of the •Public, not to
aggravate the feelings of those wI.A9 survive hig4

The merits of this case we are not called upon
to discoss; our Readers are in possession of the .
whole :circumstances of the trial, and it is suf-
ficient for our purpose, that the Governor was
pronounced Guilty by a Jury of his Country, after
a long, patient, and impartial trial. It is with a view
to the result of this trial, the important—conse—
quences which are to be derived from it, in a
folitiCal sense, that it is entitled to any particular
commentary. Considered in this light, the Justice
of our Country shines with unrivalled lustre.
If any circumstance could have occurred in the
eventful epoch of bur History, calculated to dis-
seminate a general respeel for our excellent Lawn,
. arid frame of Government, this is one. The People
of Great Britain must perceive, in this stroke of
evenhanded Justice, that it is the only_Country in
the weiiitin which true praaical EQUAL I Ty. prevails.
There have been inclement periods in our history,..
when our jurisprudence has keen disgraced by the
abettors of Mal-administration, and when the:
People have been the; vietims of the' proliiiacY of
their Riders. It is essential to the pure and inipartiol'
administration of Justice, that those who arc to di-
red its course,: should not only be competent in
p6int of lcgaY knowledge and ability, but that they
should- possess -deal; and undefiled hands, 'TVA
, sacrifice, therefore, which has been made, in justly
,
to be considered as an additional pledge of the pater-
nal care of the existing Government for the *general
welfare of the Nation.

. The Annals of other Countries rarely produce
such-an instance of equal Justice. Interesti ccn_.
nedion,.and intrigue, have often rescued the De-
legates .of a GoVernMent from the punishments they
merited;. and it is well known, that the command-
ing eloquence of CICERo was unavailing against
a delinquent of the highest order. In modern
Europe, we have seen the...transgressions of Men in
office passed over without animadversion ; hut, •it
is in England alone, that the Law is the same for
all men. No personal interest, no family connec-
tions can snatch the guilty from legalipimishinent,
and the People are secured by the fair Administra-
tion of Justice from the cruel exertion of Authority,
and the wanton abuse of Power. At a time, when
a Mutinous Spirit resisted the voice of:.Legitimate
Authority, and when the disobedient have become
its vidirns, it must be a,subjed of great consolation
to those engaged in the Service of. their Country -
to know, that if our Government punish Insubor-
dination and Disobedience, it is alike disposed to
execute judgment on those-who, entrusced with the,
preservation
oforder and discipline, linvc quirefed
condom to degenerate into cruelty and oppression.
These observations apply also, though with less
force, to the case of Sir Eow4ao HAmturots-, of
the Navy, lately dismissed the Service by the'Sen_
• tence of a Court-Martial for a tyrannous' exertion
of Power ; and they must convince every indi-
vidual, that the Government of this Country at
taches equal. value to the life of all its Sahjeds ; ^
. .
and that it not only possesses • the power,:. buti the
inclination to cherish .and proted them. • ^ !
Although we regret that so gallant 'an'incliVidual
as Sir EDWARD HAMILTON, should -have rendered
himself amenable to the Law; yet we cannot but
approve the• distinguishinZTVisdom of the Court
in the sentence which- it
,proripunced, against him.
Here then, as we have before observed, is the only
true and pradical Equality in the world : Equality,
not displayed in massacre and proscription, but
founded on Justice, and upheld by Freedom; it is
an Equality of Law, where Justice smites as well
the offending Superior as the subordinate Culprit;
on him, whose interest and whose duty it was to
have respeded the laws, but who has been proved,
by a Verdid of his Country, to have violated them,
she inflids the most signal punishment. Without
meaning any thing personal to those who have unfor-
tunately furnished occasion for these remarks, we
must observe, that the man who is dissatisfied with
such an equal mode of Justice, whatever be his pre-
tensions, is, in fad, no friend to Liberty, and is
more fitted, by his principles, to live under the fierce
and doubtful rule of a Turkish Cadi, or a Revolu-
tionary Tribunal, than under the mild influence of
Laws framed on principles of Justice and Reason.
Having offered these reflections, we shall close
them with the most decided reprehension of that
base, ungenerous, and brutal condud, which dis-
graced the Populace yesterday morning, at the time
of the execution of the unfortunate Governor WALL.
That unhappy man, when he ascended the scaffold,
was about to expiate his crime, and to suffer all
that the Laws of his Country required. The shouts
of the Mob are strong marks of a degenerated People,
and assimilate cur Countrymen more to Savages and
ferocious Banditti, Cyan to Inhabitants of a well-
regulated and enlightened Community. For the
sake of Humanity, we hope this abominable condud
will never be repeated : for the honour of our name,
we hope the Populace will never again be furnished
*ith an occasion to witness a fiimilax speCt*le

NAVAL NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN,' 28.

ARRIVED this diy His Majesty's Ship Santa
Teresa, from Malta arid Gibraltar in x 6 days, with
Dispatches from Lord KEITH: she is underataran,
tine at the Motherbank,

Sailed the Medusa Man of War, on a Crnize in
.the Channel,

---;it'A^l; ITAZOVICiA JAN. 2s.

, 1,, • ~,
TH;_D,;ana. Post o*e Packet, Capt. SUM(ART,
.sailed this intirming_for with the
Dutch Mail and Passengers.- • 'There being no other
:Packet in :the Harbour, the Ilambre' -and hiremen
Mails rmiin here, _