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

L N A', Al AI 3,0, I So 3,

ALTHOUGU we .have ben Prevented, by the
F.mi)argo.. in the French Pats, from receiving for
-seine ►Lys east any French Papers), yet we have ob.
tairied, through a ptivate channel of CoMmunication,
.intelligence that the Ruse CONSUL of France has
issued a Decree,, of which the fonowingis a copy :

cum' o THE DECREE OF THE FRENCH GOVERN.

MENT.

" EN'ery British SubjeA of an age not under eighteen, nor
exceeding sixty) who is at present in France, shall .irnmedi.
ate ly be cons; it uteri Prisoner of War, to answer for such Ci.
tizens of the Republic as shall'have been:detaittod arid made
Prisoners by tho .Vessuls or Subjects of His BR c
NI Aj ES py, prior toi. Declaration of War.". .

If we hail been accustomed to sea any of the nu-
IncrouS Oovernmcnts that have lubsist*Cd in France
since the Revolution, iOauen`Ceci by. any regard.to
the Law'of Nations, or by' any attentioh to the
princ:i,lci of justice in their dealings with Foreign
,States, such a the isurc as that which has noti, been
adopted by the First Consul, would undoubtedly
cxcitci our surptize ;, btrt lie must have. been
a i'ery superficial observer indeed of the principles
by which the different Rulers of France have'been
..a..!luatect, who could suppose they would for a mo.
tnent be restrained by any sent ithentsof justice, when
'they had any, revtuge to 'gratify, or any interest to
pursue. Tomakethis violation of the Law of Nations
mare glaring, Mr. 2 1 .AL B OT, whose diplomatic,
situation would have entitled hiM to respeffamong
the most' savage Nations, has also b.een seized ; and
it is also repotteti.chat Lord gt,o 0, on his passage
througlrFrance, has been detained at Forilainlleau.
Two of our packets have been detained at Calais,
viz. the Prince of Wales, Capt., SUTTON, and the
Nancy
.temporary Packer, 'and. the Crews, we have
reason ro"h have been committed to the cont.
monlitison of, that

, We are concerned to find that the Batavian Go.
vernment have been unable to resist the mandate of
BONAPARTE,' but have been obliged to be guilty
of the same gross violation of the Law of Nations.
The English 'in Holland have been seized in
the same way, and are considered as Prisoners
of War. It Was said that Mr—LtsTo9, our Mi-
nister at the Hague, had even been imprisoned, but
we have the best authority for 'stating .that this
is untrue, they having as yet' respeeced the person of
the Britisli Ambassador. At litlvoctsluxs ihreehri.
tislf Packets have been seized, and' the Crews
imprisoned. by order of General Vic:rult. The
Agent for the _English Packets is also a Prisoner
under the same order.

The Dutch Mail which arrived yesterday, states
that an Elnbargowas laid on Tuesday last, on all
the English Ships in the Ports of the Baravian Re-
public.

The Packet with a Flag of„TrUce, and the
Mails for France of Tuesday and Wednesday
list, was received hi the Harbour of Calais on Fri.
day morning, and the Mails landed : the Captain
Nils permitted to go on shore, and stay the whole
day.

'fbe .works. in the Harbour of Bordegyie are carry-
ing on unceasingly, night and day, The men work
by torch-light.

Our Readers will find much important intelli.
get:cc ntwlei our head of N avfi I .Newi. • It appears
th.tt a squadron of Spanish Shipi from Manilla,
laden_ ivith Bullion, put. into ..cut* Bay at the
Citpe of. Good Hope, just as
,Sir, RoGER CURTIS
sailed from it. We hope that this squadron will
not be permitted to leach a Spuish Pot t.

.00 S,,tnrday prortiing., Fits IVIAJrSTY, nt ttiridOCi 1)y
C;n. j:a .I.srOß'uw. rode Wir,dso,
and iphreni'd OW' FdrEna till past. two
o'clock, HER: IVIAJHSTY, tile k K 2" ElibS ELIZA.

.SETH, MARY anti SoPHIA, took an airing to Fog=.
more, where they walked in t!tose'beautiMigardens,
and inspeeted the alterations and imptoyethents car-
rying on: there. Their Rclal Highnesses the PE IN-
CEssES AUGUsTA and ANIAELIA, attcntkd by Lady
ItAnNoR, Mrs, Danx, and Mrs. DRAY GRosYE-
NOR, took an airinff. tin .a .Sociable by Winktield-
plain, and. returned by Datchet.lar.e, and through
ti.e Great Park by: Inglefiehl.greeni to FrograOre,,
and joined HEE MAJEsTT and their Royal Sisters.
So-on, after two 0!eloc the Royal Party returned to
the Queen's Lodge..
On Saturday night, at twelve o'clock, the DUKE
of KENT arrived at his appartments in Windsor
Castle, in order to pay his respels as soon as possi-
ble after his arrival to his Royal Parents. His Royal
Highness landed at VAntouth on Thursday night.
On. Saturday night Messrs. HUNTER, MAJoR,
and ;WITH, the Messengers, were .sent with dis.
patches to His MA jEsTy at Windsor,
Yesterday morning TH Ent . MAJESTIES, the
PRlxcEssEs, and the DUKE of KENT, in full
uniform, attended by General GARTH; Major DEs.
BROW, the 'Hon. Wu.LtAiS Pities, Lady RAD.
NOR, 'Mrs; 02AXI and Mrs. DItAX GROSVENok,
walked` front the, Oueen's4Lodge to St: George's:,
Cathedral. As the RoYAL PARTY: passed, the 1t th
Regiment of Light Dragoons were drawn up in the-..
Court-yard,' and the Aland.. played God strl.4. the
An , which drew • together a great number Of."
spettators. An excellent Sermon was preached- by.--J
the Rev. Mr..LEGGi, from the 14th Chapter °lSt.-
John's'G6spel, agd the 2.5 th and z6th Verses.
On Thursday, the PuTc*E§s of YoRK, attended
by Captains TAYLOR and SMITH, walked to West.'
minster Abbey, where she ~vas.mer by the Duftt ;
their Royal Highnesses, were sheWn the different

Yeiterday being the Anniversary of the Restora.
tion of KING ell AR LES, the -same was observed. as
'usual, by the tingiOg of bells, anti firing of the
Park and Tower guns..

The 'Gziette of Saturday contain 3 a PrixTama,
tion for increasing the Militia: The men arc to be
enrolled on. or beiOre the i6th July.

A Brevet Promotion in the Army is expeata to
be,announced, perhaps in the-Gazette of to:.mottow
Or Saturday.. •

The Akt Schooner is ordered to take Colonel
TELLROTT, commanding the Royal Artillery at
Portsmouth, to the Coast of France, on some Secret
Service.

The-Hon. Gen. DU NDAS, late' Governor of the
Cape of Good Hope, his Staff, .a number cf Officeis,
with Mr. BAR NA RD, and several Pussengers, landed
at Portsmouth on Saturday.,
Qn Saturday morning the second division of the
Stafford Militia marched into Windsor.

Major-General MOORE is appointed to the com-
mand of the, Troops on the Kentish Coast : his
Head-quarters are to 'ire ,at Ilythe. • -
Lord CHATHAM is to cotnmadd the Troops mix'
stationed at Canterbury.
A Brigade of Guards under.the orders of Major
General WYN'YAR to march into Chatham Bar-
racks to.motrow, and Wednesday, to replaceAhe
loth Regihient, which this day and to-InOrtOW is
to march for ShornCliffe.
The ad and 4th Regiments of Dragoons are to
form aßrigade at Canterbury, under die orders of
Major' Georral S:r Ay r. L cr.
'PIC. 1 4.01 isth Regiments of Light DragoOns
arc to form a Brigade on rite ,coast of Kent, under
the orders of Major General CARTWRIGIIT.; they,
are now no their route for Canterbury, where they
arc to arrive on the'6th of June. . •
The 31st Regiment is arrived at Bexhill Barracks.
The 19th, 39th, s7th and 88th Regiments; have
arrived at Silver-hill Barracks:

The Dorset Militia, on Friday, arrived at
Brighton. •
The Carnarvonßegithent,,is .to reach I lorshain
on the.fith of June.
The Glatnorganshire Militia passed through Bath
on Friday maining,.on their route ti) Winchester.
The first division of the 3d West York Militia
rnorched frorn Doncaster. 'on Friday-morning ; the
rernaincfer will follow to.day,.

.
,T he first division of theNorthampton.Militia On
Thursday arrived at Canterbury, and on Friday
proceeded to Dover. •
•
By aFreoch Brig. from Porr.au-Prinie, in fifty.
five days, sent into Falmouth by the kervobiriita
Cutter, we le;:rn that the Black!: are Eofqoo strong,
and that the French Troops have-only possession of
the forts and sea-ports. A Corvette sailed for France
the 'day the above Brig sailed, and, the French Fleet
was still at St. Domingo; two Ships of the Line at
Port-tin. Prince, aril th 6 remainder at Cape Nicola
Mole. •

Accounts from Jersey, of the Isth inst. state, that
two French Transports, full of Troops, have been
captured by our Cruizers in La Gaye D'Augueme
ir destination is not mentioned. These
accounts add, that great bustle prevailed at St.
ndo fitting out Privateers.

—Eleven vessels were, during the 'month of Febru.
ary, wrecked (ff Cape Hatteras, in consequence of
the light at the light-house having been discon-
tinued., Owing- to negleet,in the 'msons who should
have 'furnished it with oil.

Few events• in the history of the-present times
seems to have excited more regret than the suppres-
sion of Mr. PITT's Speech un Monday last,. as it
not iinly exhibited an unparallelled, blaze of do=
quence, but a complete exposition of all the design's
of France, and an irresistible appeal to the good
sense and public spirit of Englishmen. -
M.' Peltier not having been called up to receive
judgment during the late Term, has become dit-
charged from the consequences of his curividion. •
On Sunday se'nnight a young Officer in Dublin
having been seduced to a hooka ill-fame, near the
Theatre, some persons belonging to it attempted to
firce him into a cellar, but lie resisted, and the noise
he made brought several men to hiS assistance., On
Searching tIIC.IIO-USC it is,stated, that-the skulls and
boil of ritillieroits.rersons, bilppOied to bave been
murdered kt'Lrl/4: touod. 'tile mob immediately de.
stroyed the house, -as two oihers of 'a like
description in the heizlibourhoud„ •