The Sun.
London, England, 1803-05-07 00:00:00

LON D 0 MAY 7, iSo3.

THE Proceedings in the two Houses of Par.
Itatneot last night, will present to the PUbliC:
the opinion which Ministers yesterday enter,
tattled of the little hope *that- remained of the.
amicalile issue of the Negotiation. Mr. ADDINB.
vox informed the House of Commons, that be.
fore m:Jving the. Adjournment of the House at its
rising till .Monday next, it became his duty to state,
that, on that day, he expetted to be.authorixecl to
make a Communication from His MAjiteTY• He
felt it likewise incumbent upon him to state, that
General Atroisossy, the French Ambassador,,had
yesterday applied at the Foreign Office far Pass-
ports, that he might be enabled to set or On his
return to,FranCer, as soon
.as be should,receive in.
fqrtnation of Lord Ws}rwoam's having quitted

Pai•ii on his return to this etitintiy; Which lie 'teeth-
ed evidently to eXpeR. Lora Wit t•rWott:rit had
received orders to quit Paris on a certain day, in
case he should not be able to bring the discussion to
a satisfaflory Arrangetrient by that time: No ac-
count had been received of his Lordship's having
aaually departed from Paris, but he thought it right
not to disguise, that it was his own belief that his
Lordship had quitted that place on his return home.
The Motion for Adjournment to Monday 'ex.
cited a good deal of discussion; but during the
greater part of which the Gallery was cleared. A .
Mvision took place, and theft were for. the Ad-
-journment t 85—Against it 95—leaving a Majority
of go for it.
In the House of Lords a similar Proceeding took
place, the 'Motion fur adjournment to Monday
meeting with some opposition, and a division took
place, 29 for, and 8 against it.
After Strangers were excluded,- a great many
Members spoke.. Among them were Sir ROB. PEEL,
Mr. di. BROWNE, Mr. BOYD ALEXANDER, the
ATTORNEY GPNERAL, &C. for the Motion of Ad.
journment to Monday.--Fur this day, Mr. WIND.
HAM, Dr. LAWRENCE, Mr. MARTIN, Hon. D.
RYDER, and several others:
Thus it appeared last night, that the hope of the
continuance of Peace had almost vanished, though,
as no account hid been received of the actual de.
parture of Lord WHITWORTH, it could not be posi.
tively asserted that War was immediately to take
place.

This morning the whole City was thrown into
commotion by a statement in a Paper called The
Times, dated from the Office of that Paper at two
o'clock in the morning, asserting that Mr. SI-I—
ves-tett, the Messenger, had arrived, and that the
Negotiation had had an unexpected and amicable
termination. We early found this to be .a cops/Jim.
falsehi;od.

Mr. SYLVESTER, the Messenger, arrived at half
an hour past eleven last night, and he left Lord
WH I MARTI; at Paris on Wednesday. A pro.
position had been made by the French Government,
that we should possess the small Island of Lampe.
dosa, situated in the Mediterranean, the property
of some Venetian Nobleman, which we should be
at liberty to fortify, as we pleased. This proposi.
'ion was of course rejeaed, as absurd. Some other
proposal was then made, and LOId. WH trwoRTH
had not left Paris on Wednesday.
It was stated in the false 'account in The Timer,
to which we have alluded, that M. Me NGAUD, the
French Commissary at Calais, had ordered
nations in consequence of the news having reached
him of the pacific issue of the Negotiation. This
we believe to he completely unfounded, as we have
reason to suppose,• that the impression here on the
minds of the best informed, is not more favotirable
to the preservation of Peace since the arrival of the
Messenger, than it was yesterday.
.The Committee of the Stock.Exchane very
wisely refused to open the House for business
this morning, till they should receive some authen.
tic information respeaing the real state of things.
At ten o'clock the LORD MAYOR went in person to
Lcird HAWK ESBURY'S Office, and much about the
same time Mr. ADDINGTON addressed a Letter to
his Lordship, which merely states, that IGoVern.
ment had nothing new to communicate on the
subject of the Negotiation, and requesting his
Lordship not to give credit to any reports, as a
communication should be promptly made, whenever
there was any thing decisive.

The following Extraa of the Letter from Mr.
ADDINGiON to the LORD MAYOR, was at one
o'clock affixed upon the Mansion. House, as follow :
" If any information, had inert received by. Go.
vernmeur, which could. properly be made the' sub..
je& of Public Communication, your Lordship may
be assured that such communication would not be
withheld."

General Arrnarossv has been ready to depart at
an hour's notice ever since Monday or Tuesday
last. His baggage has been all packed up, 'and he
hal for the last two days been paying visits of leave
to 'the
_personal friends that he has made in this
Country.
No part of General ANDRBOSSYP/Suite or Bag-
gage had left town this forenoon.
It was very confidently reported that the French
Government had refused to grant Lord Warr-
vio k Tit Passports.

A Cabinet Council wits sitting at the Cli ANC L •
Lott of the EXCHIQUIR'S House, %s lien our I'vet:
was put to Press.
Dorset House is-prepared by order fur the recep.
don of Lord WstrrwasTsi and the Dutchess, but
it the Dispatch received last night contains merely
some new proposition, nothing decisive will pro.
bably take place till the Messenger returns to Paris.
ly; r . ADDINGTON, both in public and private,
shews the greatest eagerness and anxiety for an op.
poitanity of explaining his condo t lording the

Negotiation with France. Front every 614' are
have heard upon the Subjeeti we believe that his
eonduEt Will hear the test of the severeStseictitii.
We shall he the first co acknowledge his trierits; if,
upon a view of the whole subjea, our eicpeetations
in this respeft are realiZed. We think no blame
attaches upon Ministers respeeting any part of the
transastion, the particulars of which hive as yet
come to our knowledge.

Since writing the above, we hear the Stock E.
change opened at half past twelve, when the Lotto
MAyort had communicated his Letter. Bargains
were done at all prices from 62 to 66.

WE. received this morning the Path Papers to
the sth inst. They contain no intelligence of im-
portance ; and upon the great question of Peace or
War, they are completely silent. It appears, how-
ever, evident, that Lord Wit iTwoitili had not
quitted Paris on Tuesday last, because such an event
would certainly have been mentioned in the Papers of
Wednesday. In the Gazette de France, there are
some observations upon the 'principles of what is
called the War Fadion in England. It states,
" that that Faftion had succeeded in persuad-
ing the British Cabinet that the Treaty. of Amiens
is prejudicial to the interests of England, ilia-
much as it compels her to give up a part of her
Conquests. Will it not be said, that the Eng.
lish Government, acts upon this principle, that
whatever it is good to take, it is good to keep P--
If France had acted upon this principle, she
would have kept Italy, Holland, Portugal, and a
large portion of Germany."—lt is rather singular
that such observations should be made in a French
Paper, because it is notorious to all Europe,,
that France acted upon the principle, that what_
ever it is 'good to take, it is good to keep ; while
England made large sacrifices, and gate up most
of her Conquests, from a sincere desire for
the restoration of Peace.
.France thought if
good to take and to keep Savoy, Piedawa, the
Netherlands, and a considerable portion of Geo,' :any
and if Holland, Switzerland, and the, Italian Re-
putlit, are not formally incorporated with France,
they are in a state of absolute dependence upon her.
The French Funds are 53. 2j.

Tuts mnrning arrived a Mad from Holland, and
one from Ilambuqb.
According to intelligence from Rathben of the
22d ulr. the• Vice-Chancellor Count Coo ENTZEL
has notified to Baron Hunitt., that His Imps rAL
MAJEs.ry had resolved to ratify the General Cor.
clusum of the Diet, and that the Ratification would
be transmitted without delay.
The accounts from the Hague are of no later date
than the 4th ult. and merely mention the, march
of three Battalions of French Troops to Nimeguen,
which has been before stated.
Letters from various parts of the Continent, are
full of hopes and fears with resped to the termina.
tion of the disputes between this Country and
France, but furnish no new information.
Mr. PAGET, the English Envoy at Vienna, has
received permission to return rO England for six
months. Mr. STUART, the Secretary of Legation,
aets as. Charge d'Affaires in the mean time.

YeSterday• morning .the ROYAL FAIAILY left
Buckingham House for Windsor, where they will
remain till Tuesday. Po His MAJ£sz•Y'S arrival
he rode on horseback.

General ANDRECISSY yesterday called upon Sir
JOSFPtt BANKS, and several .of, his .private friends,
to rake leave of them. He expressed himself in
terms of great regret at the approaching rupture
between the,r*o Countries,

Mr. Fox, on Thursday, received a letter from
the Duke of liEnFoati at Paris, informing him
that he had been written to by Lord WHtTWORTH,
to acquaint him, that as it might be dangerous for
Foiglislimeri: to remain much longer at Paris, he
would advise him to
_quit that capital with the first
cruiveniency..-Trom- rthis letter, Mr. Fok posi.
Lively asserted; on Thursday; that Lotd WHIT.
WORTH had a&ually left Paris.-
The Duke of BEDFORD, we understand, arrived
in Town last nigh, from Paris.
Lord CEIOLNIONDELEY!S plate is certainly stop-
ped at Calais. It was first stopped on account of a
pretended informality in the passport. It was next
said, that it. was against •the law to export silver
from France in,any shape; and at last it wai posi.
tively said, that the plate must remain, but his
Lordship, it was intimated, might have the value
of it in Son,' Porcaaiit.'

Lord CtrotAtoxnetey's family have been wait.
ing at Calais for several days for a favourable op-
portunity of crossing, Lady CHOLMON DE LEY having
a great aversion to the water, and suffering do it
the greatest apprehensions.
The Dutchess of GORDON leaves Paris next week,
on her way to England.

When any communication is glade in future from the
Government to the Lotto MAyoa, we understand
it is to be done by one of the Under Secretaries of
State waiting upon him in person ; or if the com.
munication is made by letter, it is to be sent by
some person-previously agreed upon, and put into
his Lorthhip•s own hand by the bearer,

ACEI;Pi.

t'LXAIOViW; MAY S•

. .
BAKED 'the Hazard Sloop Or War; of 16 itio::!
Capt. R. J. NEirli, on i Cruize hi the Channel:

The Dragon, of 74 guns; Capt. J. AviAi.cit;
weighed this morning from Cawsand Bay; in order
to come into Harbour; but in pasting St. Nicholas':.
Island; With a young flood, she touched on 'the
sand, and was obliged to bring up in the Sotind.