The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-04 00:00:00

LONDON, .11' 4,18 oz.

THE Debate which took place yesterday in the
House of Commons, being on a very interesting
sui)jeal, attra6ted a considerdl.l attendance. We
were at first rather puzzled to conceive what could'
be Mr. I,yrt,ron Am's objea in adopting a mode of
proceeding, certainly unusual and irregular, though
not unparliamentary, in giving notice of a day on
which he should move for a subsequent day to be
fixed on, to take into consideration the Ddinitive

Treaty.
In faa, it seems to have been a sort of Ruse de
i3cril.pr. not an unfair one, which, by
adopting this devious mode, that Hon. Member ap.
pears to have had recourse to. It was evidently
his intention to make a speech on this occasion
when he gave the notice ; and he did, as our Report
of the Debate chews, make one of considerable
length. In this he enters minutely, and in detail,
into all the objeCtions which could he brought for-
ward against the Definitive Treaty ; which objec-
tions, by the way, we had before seen stated in
the same order, in a certain Weekly Publication.
To this Speech an answer would be given, or it
would
.not. If not, an impression was likely to be
made on the House and the Public, which his elo-
quence and talents were likely to produce, if suf-
fered. to operate without art antidote; and which
might turn to account on that distant day, which
•he proposed for the main discussion of the Treaty.
If a reply in detail was given, it would have af-
fotdcd Mr. Wirtnxma and his Party a complete
knowledge of the grounds on which Government
meant to defend it, -which would have been turned

to account in another way.
By the judicious, course, however, which the
ci-lANCELLOR of the EXCHF.QUER pursued, neither
bjc has been gained, Though the latter, in an

able reply, commemed in general terms on every
single objeflion that Mr. WINDHAM had tidvaaced,
sufficient to spew perfel confidence in the strength
of the.grotind on which he stood, he seems cautious_
ly to have abstained from entering into minute par-
ticulars, especially on the leading obje6tion, that of
the non-renewal of former Treaties. In truth, the
occasion would not have been a proper, one for so
doing, as the Debate thgt took place was not pro-
perly a discussion of the Articles of the Definitive
Treaty, but of a Motion to fix a day for entering
into the consideration of,them. For the fortnight's
delay that was proposed, there could not be the
shadow ofa pretence—it was therefore most properly
rejeaed.

Tuts morning we received the Paris journals
of the Ist instant. They contain nothing of im-
portance. The French Funds were on the 3oth uit.
nearly the same as before.

THEIR MAJESTIES and the PRINCESSES came to
town this day from Windsor to Buckingham House.
HIS MAJESTY will hold a Levee to-morrow at
St. James's Palace.
Lord Wit Frwoßrx, is said, leaves London on
Satniday se'nnight, on his embassy to Paris.
Yesterday overland Dispatches were received at
the India House, brought by Mr. FAWKENER, the
Messenger, in nine days from Vienna.
Yesterday the Dispatches for Fort Sr. George
and Ceylon, by the Britannia; also for Bombay
and Bengal, by the Herculean, extra-ship, were
finally closed at the East India House, and deliver-
ed to their• respedive Pursers. •
PASSENGERS PER ERITANNIA

Messrs. Charles Mav Lushington, and St. John. Moore,
Writers; Wm. Godfrey, Esq. Major of Invalids, Captain
% alter. Caulfield Lennon, awl Lieut. Benjamin Syden-
, ham; Messrs. Samuel Riviere, jno. Whitfield, W. S_ott,
and Samuel Dyer, Assistant Surgeons ; Messrs. Geo. Sy-
denharn, and Wm. Ainsley, Cadets;. Mrs. Sydenhain, and
two Daughters, Mrs. Emily Lennon, Miss Eliza Saunders,
bliss Eliza Collins, Miss Milleseent Munro, and Mr.
Fra..Leonard, Cadet, Benlsal Cavalry.