The Sun.
London, England, 1803-05-30 00:00:00

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS.

OH Saturday the second Annual Meeting of this
'Soden, took place at Willis's Rooms. About half
past five o'clock, Earl DARTMOUTH, the President
of the Society, took the Chair, accompanied by the
ERIIS FORTEsCUE, DARNLEY, and CHESTERFIELD,
Vice-Presidents VIA the Marquis of EXETER,
LOta WAL3iNGHAN, Earl MANSFIELD; Lord VER.
bloisi, Gen. CREVILLEI Mr. ARTHUR STANHOPE('
Mr. WEsr, and a number of other persons of dis.
tinniar!. After dinner, the celebrared Canon of
IvoN Nobis Donagt was sting. with very grand effect.
The Noble Chairman then gave The King, which
was followed with Qod saw the King, sung by the
KrtyvETs, NIEL D, VAUGHAN, INcLEDo, and
SALEs. Tier MA jFsTy's health was then given.
Mr. INcLEnotv sung a new song, the words and
music by Mr. SHIELD, composed for the occasion,
beginning with Where order In our Lae began, which
Was universally encored. The Prince of WALES and
the Royal Family were next drank %rich ecstacy.
Mr. SHIELD sung a new song composed by him.
self, applicable to the times. A new glee, by Dr.
CALLcorr, met with universal applause. Mr.
sKNIvET-sen. proposed the health of the Noble Di.
r"elors of the Concert of Ancient Music, to wham
the :
- .mciety was much indebted. Lord CHESTER.
!ELI) rose, and addressed the Meeting in behalf of
hbttself and brother Direetors. Lord DARNLEY
Proposed, Surer:: to Ili: Majesty!: lions by Sea and
Land. The Duke of York and the Army. The band
immediately struck up the Duke of York's march.
3everal other torus were drank, followed by a
number of excellent airs.

INSTALLATION BALL.--The Ball to be givers by
the Knights of the Bath will certainly he one of the
most splendid ever witnessed in this country ; but
many of our first Nobility not having a personal
knowledge of the Knights, are likely to be kept
away for want of tickets. Each of the last install.
et! Knights has 6o tickets, out of which he pre-
sents ten to the Queen. For these, each Knight
subscribes 2so guineas to defray the expences of
the Ball, and is liable to be called on for a further
sum, The Knights who were previously installed,
have each six tickets free of expence. There are
;shout z$ new knights, so that the Quibtrl will have
250 tickets to distributes; among the chief Nubility
wilt) attend Court.

A person who has hitherto borne a very respell.
able charafter, havinal obtained the rank of Captain
in a Ftncible Regiment, was on Thurday last, on
the rate ground at Epsom, deteCted in the very aet
of picking a Gentleman's pocket of his gold watch,
anti seals. He is .fully committed for trial.
Two fine horses, which were over exerted in a.
trotting match, near Ashford, on Wednesday, died
the next day of the fatigue they suffered.
A few days since, a woman who has for several
Years travelled the country as a Pedlar, . with four
children, bare.footed, and in rags, called on Mr.
K.E RR? OG r, at Stowcum.Quy, Cambridge, ard
begged permission to lie in his barn, 'on account of
illness, which was granted. On Friday she. tiled,
when on examining firer babkets and cloaths, pro.
perty was found to the amount of 8001.
•
The average price,of Brown or Muscovado Sttgar,
t!nill,uteti from the returns made for the work end-
tng the zgrh day of M'
,y x So 3, is Porty..tix Shills iya
and Sevem Pence per hundittl weight.

FRENCH MISMORIAL.

Wi this day present • to. otir Readers n't“,t
cu' duns Paper, which .IViVi presented by TALL Vl'.
RAND to BONAPARTE in the 4norith of ljecember last,
advising him against going to war with this Country.
It proves two very interesting fatis—lt skews, iii the
first place, that BONAPARTE'S mind; as long ago al
December last, was bent upon 'Way, and it demon-
strates to us the dangers we. have. escaped by -the
War which is nbw begun. It proves besides, how
well acquainted TALL Eli RAND seemed to be, not only
with cur National Charaiter, but with the policy
which our Government was likely to pursue. How
unfortunate that has been, in our Nava/ Depro...;exrt
more espeCially, we believe is now pretty 'obvious
to the most unobservant of our countrymen.

EXTRACT FROM A MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE
CHIEF CONSUL, RY TALLEYRAND, THE 13TH

FRIMAIRE, YEAR Xl. DEC. 4., 1802.

TALLEYR AND begins by telling the First Consul
that the present Memorial is merely a copy of one pre-
sented to the Ntlnisters of Louis XV. after the Peace
of Aix-la-Chapelle, to dissuade them from that fatal
and dishonourable War to France which ended in
t 762. He says, "by the ignorance of the Mini-
stersi the bribes of Austria, the intrigues of Ben.
nis, the influence of Pompadour, and the weakness
of Louis XV. those strong reasons for Peace were
not listened to; the consequence is known, but it
is not known that this impolitic War alone prevent-
ed the total ruin of England during the follotiging
or American War, and preserved that Country from
being what, if we are prudent, it sooner or later
must be, an invaluable Naval and Military Station
of France, and which shall secure us the Empire of
the Wotld." •

TALLEYRAND then enters into the particulars
of the many and irresilale means, France, during
the Peace, possesses " to foment troubles, to spread
discontent, to tarnish the honour, to undermine-the
resources, tO weaken the strength, to lull asleep
the public spirit, anti to cool the patriotism of the
Inhabitants of the British Empire, and by a gradual
train of intrigues, insults, demands, insurreElior►s,
vexations, murmurs, alarms, and bankruptcy, pre.
pare even the warmest English Patriot, to see with
indifference, if not with approbation, an Union
with France, which will put an end to all difficul-
ties, and procure Englishmen the same tranquillity,
honour, and happiness Frenchmen enjoy under the
mild but firm Government.of the Chief Contul."

But," says he, " powerful as France is upon
the Continent by its conquests, by its influence, by
the vigour of its Government, and by the vielories
of its Armies ; in regard to England it is not in
a better position of strength than in 1755; because,
with the knowledge of our means, and with t 4
great abilities of our Ruler, we are unable diredly
to injure England, our Navy being more minted,
and our Naval Officers mule ignorant than. in 1755,
but indiredly, and in a time of Peace to lay the
infallible foundation for the future suhjeaion of
England, France at no former period had so many
certain and undoubted under-hand methods. A War
at present may lessen, if not destroy them, but
every yearrs continuance of Peace shall preserve,
augment, and fix them.

'' Ought we not to wait,' at least ten years, be.
fore we renew the War with England ? till we are
in a condition effcelually to support our claims, our
views, and our plans ? The English will do our
business, if we permit them. Their Religion is
pleasure, and their pleasure debauchery. 'They
have plunged themselves into an excess, of luxury
and intemperance. They have
.begun to neglect? their
Nav, and to disband their Artificers, who go to
France, Spain, and Holland for maintenance.

ti While their individuals squander their riches,
the State'grows parsimonious, and begins to save. is
those articles on which it cannot be too profuse.
og They are even near reducing their trivial Army,
and their Patriots speak' of entrusting, what they
call their. Liberty and Property, to the 'valour of a
Militia. What a field is this for our policy ? Is it
our business' to awaken or arouse them from their
lethargy ? If we do, the consequence is obvious—
We teach them to believe a real truth, ' That they
cannot strengthen themselves too • much' by sea or
land.' '`then an Army ceases to be the ohjecl of
public complaint, of public dislike—and the people
begin to think that, as they must have one, it is
better to have an Army of Enc/iib than of French.
men. Thep their youngSohility will continue to
apply themselves to the Military Profession, and
think themselves honoured by that profession, in
which alone consist the defence and security of their
Country.

cf This may be fatal, to us,
.for
:the sooner we go
to War, the sooner 'their-efferninacy will wear off,
and their antient spirit and courage: revive. They
will not then become more wealthy, but they will
get more wisdom, whiCh is better. The military
virtues and the manly exercises may become fashion.
able,.. and the Nation which now seems immersed in
debauchery and corruption, may yet think seriously,
and be once more what it has often been, the terror
of Europe. This is not an unnatural supposition-7
they easily glide from one extreme to another—it is
their natural temper, and their whole history is one
continued proof of it.
gi The ashes of La Vendee still smoak-7it re-
quires only a spark to kindle ticivil war in the
bosom of our Country. The returned Emigrants
are as vet quiet, but they have not forgot their for.
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mer principles, :and the wrongs they .have suffered
from the Revolution. Let not a new War give the
Bourbons an opportunity to remind them of it. The
most dangerous of the. Bourbons reside in England ;
let not the renewal of a War permit England to use
them, their name and influence, to trouble and in.
vade France.

• ,4 We command at present all
.the Continental
Powers ; but %cie know they :.carry, with disgust
and complaint, the letters we have imposed.—Let
nor a War with England give them occasion to shake
them off, and to command us in their turn.

" The general weakness and &upinenesi that for
ever attend itninolerate wealth and: luxury, .hide
horn the English the kn'nwledge of their own
real powcrvand L interest. Suffur

`11;m riot to re"..pce into irtueind urn:crst,:nding.
plunge :hew not too into difficulties, and 41;ty
‘t never emerge front folly into real wisdnal,„
We b‘tVe, aiceady isolated :hem treat the Con-
tinental. Politics—Thar:4e /Lem Peace—and the
isolation of their trade shall soon follow. We have
airemly :Dade thein feared, envied, and hated every
v.here on the Continent—lerm.e them in Peace, and
they I I i 1 soon be despised, neglected,• and un.
pitied.

" Leave 11.4,? iir "'flier, and they will . soon re.
turn to their Ananeme its of hellions, Races, Party,
and F.ittion—Lemve them in Peace, and their Mi.
sisters must be dircded by popular clamour, which,
we can alwaya excite and encourage.—Leave them
in Peace, and their Navy will once more be laid up
to rot, and their Seamen and Artificers once more
turned over to iis, to Spain, and to Holland I—,
Leave them in PenCe and the greatest part of their
Army will soon be reduced, and the small remains
will soon become a mere Militia in pay.----Leave
them in Peace, and we shall not fear thedefeelion
of Russia, or Prussia, or any of our present Allies,
which otherwise would much hurt and perhaps
ruin our present System.—Lea4./e them in Peace, and
they will never think of schemes for increasing their
population, or for making every part of their Milli.
nions of real use to every other.—Leave them in
Peace, and most of their Nobility and Gentry will
continue to squander away amongst us their great
riches, and augment otir resources, to enslave their
Country.—Lrime them in Peace, and before the
year: xxv, France shall command the Departments of
the Thames, and of the Tweed, as it already does
the Departments of the Rhine and of the Pe.
" Pursue, Citizen Consul, this plan steadily, for
ten or fifteen years,. constantly direeting, the riches
of the Country to the raising a Navy, equal or
superior to. England, and then; and not till then,
h II we be able to strike the blow we have for above
One Hundred and Fifty Years been meditating, the
Copest of the British Islands.
(Signed,' " C. M. TALLEYRAND."

JAMAICA.

kINCSTON, APRIL 4.

SATURDAY morning His 114.1jcstyrs Ships Dr
R:lyter and fret,. t, sailed for England.
The same day the French National Schomer
L'Oiseau, arrived at Port-Royal from Port-Repute.
lican.

Accounts are received by her, that 3000 troops
from Frince, under the command of General Gl.
1313A0X, had arrived there the day before her de.
parture.