The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-13 00:00:00

had produced in our situation, since Mr. ADDTVd.;
,TON had taken tire reins of Government. '
" At the beginning of-March, the whole Of
Maritime Europe was confederated against ug : at
the end of April, we had only to contend with the
'feeble remains of three Navies, which we had long
i4een accustomed to 6onquer.- •At the former period,
we had reason to apprehend, that all the. Ports of
the Continent, except those of Gibraltar and Lis-
bon, 'would remain shut, against us, that the Here-
: ditary Dominions of our Sovereign would. be usurp-
ed by Prussia, and that we _should finally be de-
prived of all Commerce, and. even of all intercourse
With the other Nations-of Europe ; at' the latter,
this distressing prospect had entirely vanished.—
Hanover was airesh secured to its lawful Sovereign;
our Cabinet had recovered its accustomed influence
in the Northern Courts ; our Commerce, to which
reparation had been made for the injuries it had
sustained, was regaining its former adivity in those
Seas,; our Expedition to the B<ittic had excited
:the astqnishment and admiration of Europe ; our
',magnanimity, after Victory, gained its applause and
good-will, and made: a deep impression. on every
`refietting mind. The pacific sentiments, 'frequent-
ly and judiciously expressed by Mr. ADDINGTON
in the House of Commons, strengthened these fa-
,vourable prepoisessions ; and the &fired overture
'made to France rendered them permanent. • From
this Moment, hopes were universally entertained of
at length seeing the World repose, after so long a,
continuance- of convulsi6n and misery ; and on, our
Minister ,rested the-hope of •attaining so great a
blessing-
- " The wish of Nations, and the willing world."
" However desirous he might be. to 'restore
Teace to this Country, he felt nevertheless, tfiat
the surest, way of making it; consistent with. Our
.honour and 'our interests, was to carry on the
War with vigour to the last. Next to the Baltic
Expedition, •that against the French in Egypt was
the most interesting to us. As long as they shdUld
remain possessed Of the whole, or even Of a park of
that conquest', the favourite object of the Chief
-Consul, 'no hope would have 'remained of bringing
them to reasonable terms. It was necessary, there.
fore, at all hazards, to rescue that Country frOm
the hands of the Republicans.-; and our- Ministers
'consequently lost no time in sending powerful re-
inforcements into the Mediterranean. Our efforts
there, as they had been in the Baltic, were-croWn-
ed with success. ,

" The Vietory of the z Ist of March, that ever-
lasting monument of the valour and discipline of.J3ri-
tish Soldiers, deprived the French of all means of
resistance, and in fa& decided the fate of Egypt,
the whole of which, a few months after, fell into
out hands.

(To Be car:tin:zed.)

.N4TVCASTLE, AUG. 7.

SATT.TRDAY Joseph Loan&le, of this town, yeo-
man, was convided before Joseph Forster, Esq.
in the 'mitigated penalty of iol. for piloting
and conduEling the ship or vessel .the.. Nancy, of
this. Port, down the river Tyne, the .said Joseph
Lumsdale not. being a liccrised Pilot, and contrary
:to the Statute.

On Tuesday last, Mary Horner, being dissatisfied
wild the allowance of zs. weekly, for the mainten-
ance of her bastard child, and being refused more,
left the infant
.on the. *table in the 'Vestry:of St.
Nicholes' Chitral, in this Town. The Gentlemen
present' immediately' sent her to the House of Cor-
reCtiOn.; and the following morning the Magistrates
ordered her-to be committed for twelve months.

A few days ago, the Ulverstone Mail Coach go_
ing from WhitehaVen, with nine passengers, had
got throughllensinghatn, and was proceeding at a
quick pace, when it came bp with three singlehorse
carts ; the driver of which (a matter of no novelty
in that quarter) was about too yards before his
charge. •.The coach passed two of them, but the
horse in the hindmOst 'cart,' the instant before .the
coach came abreast, made a sudden turn across the
road : 'the coach horses, rushing With great force,
from the speed they were going at, overset the
horse and cart ; and the harness of the coach fortu-
nately giving way at the moment from the violence
of the shock) the horSes went 'over the horse And.
cart without receiving any injury ; and the passen-
gers, in perfea safety, were left quietly In the
coach, struck with astonishment at what had passed,
and utterly unable to account for their preservation:'
HAY.—The firing of, though it is stacked while
too green, is less common. about this town than in
most other parts of the cotintry. This is owing to
the 'following precaution being in general prattice
in the above neighbourhood :—The Farmers stuff a
sack 'a's hard as they can with hay, and tie the top
tight with a cord : they then make the rick round the
sack, whiCh they pull up as the' rick advances in
height ; and it is pulled out at the top when the
rick is finished:, Thus a tunnel is left in the middle
of the hay, which admits a circulation of air, and
prevents the heat which knight otherwise occasion
its destruCtion.

An awful and melancholy event took pliice in the
High-street of Montrose, on Tuesday evening last?:
Mr. ROBERT STI: ACHAN, Merchant there, while
Conversing with a Friend, .staggered -a few steps,
fell down, iind, expired in the Gentleman's 'arms.--'
Bleeding, and every other measure for the restora-
tion of life, which anxiety could suggest, • were
tried, without died.

About seven o'clock, ory Wednesday evening, two
of the Guards, who happened to have a dispute over
their pot, went into 'the street. to decide the quar-
rel, facing the Barley_Mow, in Drury-lane. A
tailor, who happened -to pats by with a -btmdle of
clothes unde-r his arm, and which he was carrying
home, requested by.:stander to- hold his bundle
wifilst he wait to see 'fair play, and stopped until
the Combatants were parted, after giving each other
some sevcte bruiSes. But lo! when poor Stitch
came to- inquire for his bundle, it was done,, nor
CoUld he obtain any intelligence- respecting it. Af-
ter a fruitless search, he was obliged to retUrn'home,
and refleCt on his folly.