The Sun.
London, England, 1803-04-16 00:00:00

'LONDON, APRIL i 6, 1803.

WE have this morning learnt, from a quarter
that leads us to believe the information to be au-
thentic, that the Negotiation for the return of
Mr. PITT into Power, was ended on Thursday
night, and that that event does not take place.—
The genera! belief two days ago was, that it was
finally settled that Mr. Pitt qvaz to resume the
reins of Government. That it is otherwise, we ex-
tremely regret, on many accounts, but chiefly for the
sake of the Country.

clrl ST. VINCENT, however, as we I)p,ve repeat.,
edly stated, certainly' retires. It, is now said that
Lind HOOD will he appointed First Lord of the
Admiralty, ad interim. ,
There were Yesterday variousr rumours respeOing.'
the Negotiation with France. At one time it was
said, that an arrangement had been made respelling
and that Peace was to continue and, • at-
another time, that an Enibargo had been laid upon
all British Shipping its' 'the :French Ports. We do
not believe either the one or the•other rumour 'to be
true.' r The arrangement respefling Malta: is not so
easily to be settled. We stated in our Paper of
Thursday last, from uNDou T stu.. Atittiort try,
that 7the account which had been Inserted in The.
Monitinr, of Prussia, as well as Russia,- having
agreed to the Guaranty of. Malta, according to the
Stipulations of the tenth Article of the •Treary of
Amiens, was false. At the tiny that that Article
.appeared, which was in The Monitcur of the Bth
instant (and the translation-of it in oui Paper of
the I zth), the Guaranty neither of Russia nor of
Prussia qilai known at Paris. After this flagrant
violation of truth, what confidence are we in fu-
ture to repose in the Morriteur P But this
is not.all.-.---Though the Guaranty stipulated by the.
r:a ty oaf Amiens has not been obtained, a formal de-
mand is made for the Surrender of the Island, and
by whom ? Why, by a Frenchman, though, by
the Treaty of Amiens, ,:a Frenchman is to be.
long to the Order ,if St. yob,: ve Jerusalem.—
Thus, in the mode of making it, as well as
in the demand itself, there is a studied contempt.
of the letter, as well as the spirit of that Tteaty,
the due performance of which, the French Govern..
merit SO peremptorily -demands of this Country. We
have it from good information, that Prince RusPoLt
would not accept of the Grand Mastership of the
Order, because he thought there (Vas a danger a his
Lienterant being appointed by.Freneh influence.--
How right that virtuous and amiable Prince was,
is sufficiently proved. M. DE THOMASI, the pre_
sent Grand Master, is not ohly appointed by French
intrigue, but his Lieutenant is a Frenchman, M. Dt
Busy, naturally, doubtless, in the French interest.
Under all these circumstances ie must be obvious,,
that an arrangement respefting Malta, which shall
render it independent of France, must be a business
of equal difficulty and. dexterity. That it may be
accomplished we .most sincerely wish, for we are as
much the sincere friends of Peace as any/ of His Ma.
iestY's SubJeas ; but we cannot very clearly see how
Peace is to be preserved, if it depends upon the
'settlement of Malta, under those circumstances for
4upposing that the Guaranty stated in the Aloni/eiir
had aCtually taken place, :and that there was no
other obstacle, can this Country be satisfied, that
even under such Guaranty, it would not ltd Frcncb,
Wi.en the. Liitxtemmt of the Gtaticl iViaster is a
Frenehnian,.though that appointment is expressly in
the teeth of the Treaty of Amichs ? • These are
points, if they are the only pints of the N;wutiation,
which, we conceive, it must be very difficult_ to
settle ; but we apprehend that hot
.a short period
eau elapse before some further and more. satisfaCtory
light is thrown upon this impostsia.suhjed.

By a Dutch Sloop of 'War, the &I'd, of 16 guns,
which arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, we have
the pleasing intelligence thit the Cap Co;,!
!lop: was still in our possession on the tst of Fe.
bruAry, the time at which the Ech,
thence.

WE this morning received the .Par;.l Pot,-rr to the
(VII inst. Dispatches have been teceivea from Si.
holailisr4), dated the 4th March, which Ntd:r (hat a
reitiforeemvnt of 40c4 men having ar.i yeti there,
t:te Frekh Gene rits had been eaAbltid ex,gree
tes,ttme: Offt,nsive Operations. Tla are 41.0 rt

details of some skirmishes with the -Illackscirv„,"
which the French Troops'are of course repremita
as having the advantage.
The French Papers have at !tenth obtainid.
mission to notice and to insert the-Nanifest6 which''
appeared in the liambiogh Correlpondenten.-Thc.
jparmatifes.Debats has inserted it, with some ob.
servations of a very curious nature. It afiefts
to deny that it is an Official Article,-or, to
speak more corre(tly, it insinuatesiliai' it .was.
not written by the FIRST CONSUL
But the Editor very cautiously avOidi any al.
lesion to the •alive interference of the French
Minister at Hamburgh, in procuring the 'publica.
tion, or to the threats which he held out to the
City of Hamburg!), if his mandate was not com.
plied with.
• A Letter from Genoa states, that in the event of
a War between England and France, a body of.
French Troops would be conveyed to Sicily, by the
consent of the KING of NAPLES, in order to wait
a favourab!e opportunity of making an attack upon
The Funds are 54. So.

'Flits morning arrived s Diitc7.ofait.. It brings
an account of the march of ditFerent,btklies'of addi.
tional,Freoch Troops towards the Batavian frontier,
but which, it is said, are not to enter Holland,
except in case of a War between France and Eng.
laud. , • •

t)( ACT OF A LETTPIi FROM CANTON, DATED
NOV. 26, 1802. '** *

" The bad markets which the efirea Ships have
txperienced this ticason,, is very much owing to ,thr
'internal commotions in this Country. 1 cannot
satisfaaorily account fur it, but it appears to me,
• that the Chinese Government is nearly ripe for a
change. From what cause it is I know not, but the
veil which has for so many ages concealed:from their.
understandings their moral relation-with ea'eb-other,
ray
the miserable oppressions to which the Chinese
have been subject, from their Governors of Pro.
vince;i down to the lowest wretch vested with
a shadow of power, seems of late years to
have , been progressively lifted up. There 'have
been formidable insurreaions lately even with.
in three days journey of Canton t'...-the Em.
Term's: Troops have been .defeated several times
with great loss, and the Insurgents are so
numerous and well connected, that even when
wowed in one quarter, they immediately re.aiipear
with fresh vigour in another. They already talk of
restoring the oil line of Chinese Emperors, and seem
to be so touch in earnest,- that it is difficult to cal.
culate upon the result."

The Deer which was turned out for the day's di..
version on Tuesday, is a great favourite with His
MAJESTY. At starting from Ascot Heath, lie ran
with great swiftness towards Bagsbot, making a
double to the right, crossing by Caesar's Camp
—and Southal Park, and through East Hamp,.
stead Park; and- what is very remarkable, to the
place where he had twice before been taken after a
very long ehace. The Sportsmen expeaed he would •
have halted there, but he ran with greater speed
if possible, leaving Bracknell to the right, through
the inch sure, by Weovill and Winkfield- church,
crossing the plain through the woods, by General
FIARCOUItfS,I St. Leouard's.hill, and made his flOil
to El wet., at which; PlaVelie• ran into the Mill.7•riteW
where he remained soent'tinie, but being closßly jour:
stied, he escaped out of the river, and•the chace was
renewed. .fhe deer then- took his course towards the •
river Thames, to the left,of 'sVindsor, and crossed
the Thames. The huntsmen were then obliged to
come through Windsor and.Eaton,.and their appear_
once attratted the attention. of • the inhabitants.-
His MAJESTY and Attendalas then - gave up the .
chace, and returned to the .Queen's Lodge, after a
pursuit of upwards of three hours. The chace was
renewed by the remaining •sport,mien, who were
very numerous. The deer took to the left of Eaton,
and made much ground before a double paCk to
the leftl where he plunged into the Thames near
Surley-fiell. By the hear of the day, and the length •
of the chace, he was become quite exhausted, and
two of the foremost bounds pursued him into the
water, where they seized him, and would have
drowned kiim in a few minutes, but for the •assist.,
mice of a turt in a large boat, win, weneto the-deer's
assistance, aed took the dogs off; and brought the
deer ...ale to Windsor Bridge, where he was put into
a stable, and taken proper care of.
Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, accompanied
by the PRINCESSES SOPHIA and AMELIA, attended
by Generals Gw YNNE and HARCOURT, Sir WI L.
L i AM and Lady Purr, took an airing on horseback
in the Long \Valk, and inspeaed the improvements
carrying on in the Great Park. • ,
HER MAJEsTi „accompanied by the PRINCESSES
AUGUSTA. and ELIZABETH, attended by the Mar-
chioness of BATH and daughter, took an airing in
a sociable by Cranbourn Lodge, and honoured the
Hon. Mrs. HARCOURT with a Morning visit. • -
The PRINCESS MARY, attended by Lady Ck aVt.
LEY, took an airing to Frogmore.
Yeste“lay eveniug tlis..l.toyal Highness the -
Pa t of \VALp ifif4,;o3yn • for Brighton :1.01, a

On "lhursday the 1 zdj Regiment of Light nateQl
goons had a grand fieid dly on AslifordCommon.
General DAvip DuNpm, we pndcrstanda will
have the vacant Red Ri6h9n.

.it was reported yesterday that the' Marius of
.~,~.taiist,av wa about to reign, 40; that the Duke
of Po fl 11. AND would succeed him as Lord Chartibcr...
lain unlit Majesty's 11045601 a,