The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-27 00:00:00

CORONERS.

MAINWARING presented a Petition '(to
the lA inging up of which the consent of the Crown
was signified) 'from the Coroners of several" Conn_
ties, stating that they were only entitled at pre-
sent to a fee of zos. upon eachinquisition, and to
9d. a mile 'for travelling expences, and that they
were obliged to attend. the Assizes and Quarter
'Sessions, -for which they received no compensation.
That these fees and allowances were established by
an Aft of the zstli GEO. 11. fifty years ago, since
which period, the price of all the necessaries of

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life, •as welt as the expences..or ttavelliiig, bad nii-•
terially increased, and. that in consequence ihel
fees and allowances were tidiv an inadequate con;
periSation for their exertions and loss of time, "la.
also inferiorto the 'situation whiCh they belus
They therefore prayed.for a Bill to render the
and Allowances more adequate to their eserrion6,_.
and to grant them a-sufficient compensation-for thetri
trouble and loss of time, and that such additions'
Grant might be provided for out of the Col
Rate's,. Or iri such other as 'the House shoul.',
think proper.
Mr. MA INWAR INC, after expressing; his ectti
concurrence with the objeft of the PetitioN inov'

that it should lie on the Table.
Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL, seconile the
Motion, observing, that the Petitioners had 0
best claims upon the Public.
The Motion was then agreed to.
BOOKSELLERS AND PRINTERS.
Mr. CALCRAFT moved in thebsence of
SHAH; I.,EvEyitE) that the Petition of the BOO:
seller,a9d Printers should be referred to a Cr;
mitt to Consider the same, and report thereoll.,e
He added,, that he was authorised to state that °i'
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no obje6i°n
to Rciva Motion.

• The Motion was,agreed to, and the. Committee
appoi4eci; '4iiiong whom we noticed the names °/
Mr. SitEttAN,' and the Menthers .for Loild°'
Wdslutilis ter
.1 . and,Southwark.
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• • 'fAVNING.
V. 4 NS ITT ART presented "a Petition (t°l
the bringing up of which the-consent of the Cr°s`, '
was signified) from a person of the name of
mod», who having invented a new picess of 'far);
ning, which he considered to be of the great Ti,
utility, had laid open the same to the Public, wit
out reserving any benefit to himself, and thereiof0.
shoe
prayed for such compensation_ as t4ie House 411°L"
think proper,—Ordered to lie on the Table.

AMERICAN TREATY.
Mr. N. P -ANS 117 ART moved, that the Oriel
of the Day for the second reading of the Ame'ric
Treaty Bilt on Monday should be read, for the
purpose, he said, of moving, that it should be d'!'
charged,
,and the second reading postponed. 11'
Thursday,. _ - - -

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~The Order of the Day being read, •
oil Mr. N-VAI%4IiTART nioveil„ that it Shot.—
he
discharged, *and the Bill read a second time-it;
-Thursday, before which time he hoped he said
Right Hon. Friend (the CHANCELLOR of the pc,
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EQuEg) would be able toattend.—AgrecoLt°;s
The Committees of Supply and Ways and DO
were deferred till Monday.
This being the last day for reeeivingprivate?c'
titionsa. the Serjeant at Arms was ordered by 110
SPEAKER to inquire if there were any more,l°
presented, but none being forth-coining,
The House adjourned at five o'Clock. till Mbrl,"ll:'

THE SUN.

LUIS DICERS FAI,SIJAI AUD.E,AI: ?

LON D 0 N., .FEBR UA.B Y 27,

WE yesterday stcpp7,l the Press, to state the
rival of Mr, Coo RVO ISIER, one of His MaiestY,3
Messengers, with Dispatches from Marqutis 041°'
svALLis at Amiens. We have reason to belie':
that he brought some agreeable intelligence resr'l
ing the Definitive,Treaty.
Government lid also the satisfa&ion of recei"
yesterday, all Qfficiai Account of the Accessi°
Sweden to tile Northern Convention, and whic
we likewise ipserted n our Paper of yesterday

E thiS morning received Paris journals t
zzd inst. inclusive. They. furnish 11 with vetl,
littleshat is worthy of notice.—The ,
PRINCE Of ORANGE is certainly going to Pal.'"
and an article from Fraz4fort, a6tually states that 11C
has left Berlin for that Capital.
tit
• The. Courts of Vienna, Petersburgh, and Ber'Ai
have answered. the Ministerial Notes by which P.
House of BRUNSWICK LUNE N B URGH forms prete.."lll
sions to Hildesheim, Osntzburgh, and CorveP it
Although these answers differ from one apother)
is notwithstanding asserted, that they are satisPcoic
tory for His BRITANNIC, MAJESTY, as maul e
Hanover. The French Government has lilaWis
it is believed, agreed with His MAJESTY On that

point. , •
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s
. An article from- Berlin, of the 7th inst•ri ea
e
that the. young Prine BARATINSKY had ar—via
there from Petersburgh. He was on his waY 0,
Laudon), to.the Count Woa.oNzow, on a miss°
from 'his Court. . ~

The French Funds were on the 2 i st at 57. 3°.0
The French Government have made uncont'll'
e
efforts to complete the remainder of the Arrlianl 5,
which they have destined to the West Indict°
Spain and Holland have been rendered tributary
v
this important ()Ned, and notwithstanding the (I
ferent Squadrons which have /sailed from var'°o,
ports of France, Spain, and Holland, there is °i
t,
other Expedition for Guadaloupe preparing at fit
-j
so that the plan for the restoration of order 011010
other side of the Atlantic, is executing with
promptness and vigour which are likely to instil

success.

are, io

Whole Provinces, and even Nations,
these extraordinary times, blotted out of the

of Europe with more ease than the Geographer can I
P°ssibly delineate them. Thus, the Trebbia is to
be henceforth the limit between Piedmont and Loin_
bardy, and all the territory on the right bank of
that river, as far as the Enza, is to form a part of
the Italian Republic. This modern distribution of
power, whenever it shall become expedient to ar-
range it definitively, will exalt from every States.
fan in Europe, an union of great talents, modera-
tions and firmness. As,see have observed already,
in our Paper of yesterday, its will be requisite to
11) on a solid foundation, a new system of inter-
course between the different Nations of Europe.
'Qat enlightened plan of policy, the basis of which
Was planned at Westphalia, and afterwards enforced
by the Treaty of Munster ; that policy which cost
much blood and misery to cement, and which has
been grossly abused and violated within the last
twelve years, must be again revived under such mo.
tilfieations as shall prevent the whole, of the Conti-
Went of Europe from tumbling into the horrors of
extensive Conquest.
It is in vain for Public Writers to assert, that in
the
novel arrangements of empire, the Law of Na.
tions is altogether extinguished. Those who form
their deduaions from any precedent analogies, ex.
crafted from the History of Modern Europe, are not
eorseft in their reasoning, because they would ap-
ply to an unprecedented event, the same species of
argument which relates only to known fans. This
is the immediate cause of many of those political ab-
surdities which
s of d is.
tin we
we daily read in the writing
d Authors, and witness in the afflons of
eminent yt
of Po atesmen. The truth is, that the Science
lit •
into the 1$ 1$ nothing pore than a correet insight
probable
present,
sent, and an enlarged conception of the
becomes future state of any Society. Hence, it
the study
Statesman 0, of Circumstances ; and he is the
know . tnost foresight and wisdom who best
5 in what manner skilfully to apply his medi-
; ents to the wounds which Society is continually
*n the habit of receiving.
If these fl • edions be just,
tion, we may venture to
ut() Without hesitation, that the Public Law of
Pe Will arise out of the general wreck, of unitiesCom-
tri) -better ascertained, more illustrated, and
• e h°n°ured even than at the period of the Treaty
of Munster.
.rbt great eoch was the consummation of a
tYste p
ra
late
On which former Statesmen had long specu_
the d
• the theory was then reduced to praflice. In
,
longer instance, the efficacy of that system is
'cinger felt.' A new bond is required to hold
'he
Nations of Europe together in An indissoluble
will inrtivtlirni grid that bond their common interests
be f°oiled aalY provide for them. .Indeed, it will
as
things necessary consequence of the order of
Afresh „ unless intermeddling frivolities provoke
tne
antipathies of those Nations, whose
Welfare
nd h • •
offorb appmess coosist essentially in a Peace
earance and moderation.
e do
not, therefore, despair of the future se-
curity and Independence of Nations. The new Pub.
lie Cod es engrafted on the basis of morality, which
take
it is natural for Men to venerate, however a m
n selfishness may rtutis.
es
from
anoi it ~ caUse occasional depa
, become,
ent in due time; as revered as the
one and thus a ne* Balance of Power,
enlatlatin
g
from the spoils of Nations; will give
r,ise ta a new senseof public interest, which, though
it may vary in some inferioroints from the on
n rig
.
to, al institution, will h p
ave precisely the same objects
views the Honour, the Peace, and the. Liberties
°f
beethelr great objeas, we are confident, have nei_
en mistaken, nor overlooked by the present
Admioist •
ration. The properties we have surest_
eta g
as necessary to a
modern Statesman during the
Present momentous crisis of European affairs, be-
long peculiarly to Mr. ADDINGTON., Equally dis-
tinguished for
pri
the People of this to worth, and public integrity,
GREAT' and GO Country may safely rely on this
OD MAN, for the entire the
of every thing that is dear to Britons, and for the
safeguard of society from the 'and
which a
short time since threatened it with Repositig in the arms of Viaorv, we shall, udisorganization.
his Administration, enjoy that
I.V merited by our prowess
Peace we have j n dust e
-r
and by hble
and generous confidence in the , manan
whoa hadooura
rhe
virtue and courage to undertake our affairs, in the
most perilous hour of our fortune, we shall reap
An harvest, which, under the proteEtion of Provi-
dence, cannot fail to be abundant in Honour, Wealth
and Prosperity.

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Yesterday TUE IR. MAI ESTI t S and the .PR /N.
Cr4ES left Town for Windsor.
A Messenger was sent off last night to France,
With advices from the British Court.
Miss ADD INGTorr was yYd ay evening muchest
the same as on the preceding day.
Last night arrived the Hamb'urgh Mad due on
(Ip'es,‘lay,_and, likewise , a Dash Mail. The in.:
relfigence they bring is unwortlly of detail, having
been chiefly anticipated by thv Paris Journals,

NAVAL NEWS.

ALMOUTH, FEB. 2+.

ALLivsD the Duke eirCUmteriandPmcket, Bo ;IL-
DIRsott, thirty-five days from Tortola, with the
Leeward Island Mails ; the American Ship Jahn,
Capt. LATHIER, twenty days passage from New
London, with lumber, very leaky, loss of sails, irc. ;
the American Ship Fidelitf, Capt. WY Ms, from
New Orleans, forty-five days passage, with tobacco
and cotton ; the Brig Lyon, Capt. WOOD, from
Lisbon, twelve days passage, for orders.
Sailed the Immortaliti, of 36 guns,, Captain
HOTHAM ; Diamond, of 38 guns, Captain Glt IF-
FITHS ; Ametkyst, of 38 guns, Captain GL YNN ;
and Hunter Brig, of 18 guns, Captaip JONES, on a
Cruize against the Smugglers.
Remain by contrary wind, the Packets, viz.
King George, for Lisbon ; Princess Amelia, for
Leeward Islands ; and Lord Charles Spencer, for
America, with Mails.