The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-04 00:00:00

PRIVY COUNCIL-LORI, &C.

" The circumstances in which our Country is placed
must have engrossed the whole of your attention. We think
it incumbent upon us to lay aside every thing personal to
ourselves; had not an enlightened and impartial Public been
long since convinced of that necessity, and the justice of the
steps, which in consequenCe of au unfortunate misunder-
standing with the Prince our Father, we have been com-
pelled to adopt, they would no doubt find our justification in
the nature of the present events. Though we feel no in-
clination to insert the motives that have led to that. step, we
cannot, however, forbear from a public declaration of our
opinion respecting the present state of things :
" At a moment when the interpositions of the French Go-
vernment (which foe the liveliest gratitude on our part) had
brought about the long reported Convocation of a Diet of the
Country ; at a moment when the French Government enter-
tained with us the pleasing expettation, that by this means
would be re-established that confidence between the Ptince
and his Dominions, so essential w the welfare of the Coun-
try ,• that the rights of the Prince, and the privileges ofthe
Subject, would be confirmed ; and that legitimate measures
would, with one common consent and co-operation, be adopt-
ed, in order to heal the wounds inflicted by the most disas-
trous of wars ; it is at that very moment than a most futile
pretext is resorted to, lot' the purpose of sapping the very
toundationS of the Constitution ; and a kind of proceedings
has been adopted, of which the History of Wirtetnburgh fur-
nishes no example.
" The College.of the Privy Council, whose peculiar duty
it is to watch over the privileges of the States, not only at-
tempts to justify all these ads of violence, but even. some
of its Members placed themselves at the head of those who
allow themselves to be made the instruments of that oppres-
sion, in contempt of those duties, to the performance of
which they are bound by the solemnity of an oath,
" 1 t is fleetness, on our part, to protest against all that has
hitherto been done and may be done hereafter. The nullity
of the whole of that condo& absolves us irons such a duty.
But as we fully adhere to the patriotic sentiments of the
States, and of those Members of the Privy Council who
dicountenan c the persecution of individuals, we declare, in
the most solemn manner, not only that we do unite with
them in their endeavours for the re-establishment of the le-
gitimate and Constitutional order of things, but that also,
when it shall please Providence to call us to the ,Go-
vernmelit of these Dominions, of which we arc by birth
the tlereditors, we shall exact the most tigorous account
at the hands of all those who have proved regardless of their
oath to maintain the Constitution ; and that we shall permit
justice to take its ordinary course. We are the more con-
, vinced of the propriety of making this declaration, because
we cannot by any possibility, persuade ourselves that the
Prince, our Father, could have ever been induced to adopt
such measures through any other instigation than the sug-
gestions of perverse Counsellors, of men who have wholly
tOrgotten, :mil disregard the sacredness of their duties.
" We embrace this occasion also to manifest publicly our
decided opinion respecting the situation of our Finances.
The well.groUnded apprehensions which on this sufijed we
en tertaiii tor the future, are of a nature to oblige us to declare,
that we siva!' acknowledge as binding only those debts, of
whatever nature they may be, that have been contracted
weeably to the usual mode prescribe i by the Constitution,"

• We have been ravnured, by our Correspondent at
the Hague, with, the following particulars, in 3 Let'.
ter - dated :Sept. z 3 " Our Government was in
daily-expeaition of a Ccurier from our Arribais a.
dor to the Emperor of the 'French, M. Sctitm-
.MELPENNINCK, who attended on BONAPARTE at
Aix.la,Chapelle, who, •tinexpeetedly, has arrived,
having Ids the Emperor, the Empress, and the.
Imperial Court at Cologne, -last Sunday. Imme-
diately after his arrival, he waited upon. our Di-
rthory, and had a conference, which lasted five
hours. When it was over, the Direttory cent Cou-
riers to several of its Members, who were on their
estates in the country., desiring their immediate re-
turn; and SCH IMMELPENN I NCK dispatched a Cou.
Fier to M. Da SEMONV I LLE, the French Ambassador
in this Country, but who now accompanies 80.
NAPARTE in his journey on the Banks of the.
Rhine. Some few hours after the French Charge
des Affaires received Dispatches from TAL LE Y.
RAND, at Mentz, which he communicated to our
Government in the presence of the Prussian
Charge des Afaires ; and in the night two Couriers
left this place, one for Mentz, and the other far
Berlin. The cause of this political bustle is the
source of various conjetiures. The must common
opinion is, hoWever, that it concerns some imme-
diate change in our Government ; and if the French
Republic has an hereditary Emperor, the Batavian
Commonwealth will soon have an hereditary King.
Others pretend, that to prevent a rupture with Rus-
sia, BONAPARTE has, upon certain conditions, pro.
posed, to evacuate Hanover, which is to be occu.
pied by Prussian Troops ; and that, in addition
to out other burthens, we are to take into our
pay the French Army now in Hanover. There
is no truth in the report in the German and
French Pepers, that Count DE STARKE LE ERG, the
Russian Ambassador, intends to leave this Country.
As late as yesterday, we arc certain, His Excellency
had received no orders to that effea. Neither dues
the Swedish Ambassador, Count LowerwieLta,
expect to be ordered away, having last week, re-
newed the leaie for the house he occupies. It must,
however, be acknowledged, that BON ApAhrE does
not see with pleasure the continuance here of Di-
plomatic Agents from countries which have none in
France, and that probably he may insist upon their
departure."

The following Letter will place the recent Insur-
redion at Bilboa in a more circumstantial point of
view than it has yet appeared, from the cautious
nature of the communications which have reached us
from Spain :
" BILB/Ai 20114 SEPTEMBER.—Many new oc.
currences have taken place here since I have last
written to you. The country people, dissatisfied
with the new arrangement and appointment of De.
plies made by their Lordships, armed themselves
to the number of 1800 men, who soon increased to
upwards of 4000. The Commander of the Troops
advanced upon the Rebels, and attacked them on
the mountain Yptiaaulo Sudurrestulqui, where they
were posted. After a severe contest, the King's
Troops were obliged to retreat. Accurding,to the
most accurate accounts, the killed and wounded of
the Rebels amounted to above i too, among whom
were the two brothers, Captain and Lieutenant
BUZZLANLUCD, Lieutenant-Colonel YPUR DID ELZ,
of the Royal Army, was killed on the Heights of
Guezurra Franco. The famous CH ERR IGOR wrz,
the principal Leader of the Insurgents, is said to
have been dangerously wounded. We hope for
more circumstantial details in the course of a few
days. There are already upwards of 9500 Insur-
gents in arms; and the King's Troops are entrench.
ing themselves with all possible expedition in the
Plains of Tantalo, and near the Mills of Sabela.
gora."
The Court Etiquette of the Emperor of the French,
surrounded by his upstart Nobles, resembles, in
some measure, that of an English Gentleman's
kitchen, when, in the absence of their master, the
servants assemble together, with the Butler at their
head, for the purpose of imitating the manners of
their superiors. There is nothing, observes a late
Writer, of that ease, vivacity, and grace, which
signalized the societies at the Royal Court. Every
body stares with a slavish gaze at the Emperor,
who treats them indiscriminately in a dry, cold,
and harsh manner. He sometimes attempts to be
polite or witty ; but his politeness is a proud con.
descension, and his wit is satire. 'lliete is always
something rough or low in his way of expressing
himself. He frequently makes use of terms only to
be found in the mouth of the meanest Soldier, and
pro Scribed by all good company. He is capable of
using the most abusive language with the utmost
indifference. The tone of his voice is deep and
hoarse, and his remarks arc sometimes accompanied
with such a disagreeable laugh, that nobody can
feel easy with him, even when he attemps to say
,the most agreeable things. The highest Officers of
State frequently hear themselves addressed by epi.
thets which never before escaped the lips of a Sove-
reign. If he thinks he has caught one of his Mini.
sters or Privy Councillors in something contradic-
tory, he frequently says, " rout rtes nu bommr de
mauvair foi ;" or "-Vous me trompez,"—you arc a
man not to be trusted—you cheat me. Yet the
Etiquette of no Court is more strict than that of the
Usurper. From the second Officer of State down
to the lowest Private of the Guards, every unc has
his fixed place assigned him, which he dares not
leave for a single moment, and where he remains
immovable, staring at his neighbour, who is also
fastened to the ground without speaking a single
word. BONAPARTE alone goes the rounds in the
circle formed only by the Ambassadors and Foreign-
ers of distinetioo. The Minister of Foreign Af.
fairs, M. TALL RYR AND, can only enter this circle
when a new Ambassador is to be presented.
BONAPARTE, we should conceive, could hardly
have read the intercepted Correspondence, for one
of the Letters represents him as " the Devil in a
bumaw shoe< ;" and he might reasonably suppoie,
that his iirench Subjects would acknowledge the
justness of such a description of their execrable Ty.
rant.

There are 54,000 disciplined soldiers, Regulars
and Militia, within the Kent and Sussex
Kinetic? Towers are eretling on every point of the
coast where they can be of service.

INTELLIGENC

NEWtIARK ET, FIRST OCTOPIR MEETING.

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Colonel Lei Ali's gr.: I. Nitre- - • .. ' ' 3
Lout Grosvenor's la. ct. Baron 13u11 - - - 4
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General. Sparrow's c.' Fathom, by Triimpator, out of
Young Noisette, 2-rs old 6st. 311). beat Lord Foley's Ble.
mished Boy, 4-Yrs old, ost. Two-yrs Old C. sogz.i. Seven
to 4 on Fathoni.—Good race.