The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-22 00:00:00

LONDON', JANUARY 22, 1803.

WE this morning received the Paris Papers to
the zoth inst. Letters from Ratiston state, that
the final arrangement of the Indemnities of the
GRAND DUKE of. TUSCANY has been officially an.
nounced, tho Ugh the details have not yet been pub-
lished. It is, however, generally understood,
that His" Royal Highness is to be raised to
the Eleaoral Dignity, and that, in addition to
his other Indemnities, he is to receive the Bishop.
ric of Eichstt, and a DistriEt of she Upper Palati-
nate, situated on the Left Bank of the Naab,iitich,
it is supposed, he will exchange with Austria for
the roralberg. It is also said, that in order to ira.
demnify the ELECTOR of BAVARIA for the CM
sions he has been obliged to make, the City of
Nurembnrg is to be given to him.—The- Deputies
from the Senate of Alwyn:burg at Paris have remon-
strated against this measure,; but their remon-
strances will probably have but little effeCt; for the
11,1aniteur told us some days ago, that Nurembsirg.
was one of those'Cities which had incurred Consular
diSpleasure, in consequence of its having been the
residence of some English Agents.
There is a curious.•account of the Negotia.
tions between Lord .WI-ILIWORTH anti the French
Government, contained in a Letter from Putt,
gird. It states , that his Lordsitip offered tha:
the English should evacuate Malta and Egypt,
if the French would undertake not to send any
Troops to either ; but that the French Govern-
ment positively rejeCied this proposition, be.
cause there Is no stipulation upon the snbiett in
the 'Treaty of Amiens. How the Politicians of
Stiotsard are so well acquainted with the Ncgotia.
Lions at Parir, does not appear t;
bt“ we haVe fee.
quently observed, that when the French journalists
wish to communicate any intelligence which is very
extraordinary, and very improbable, they generally
' send it forth in the shapeof a Letter from Suttgoed.

The Report of the union► of the Canton of.Lenton
and part of the Canton of Basle to prance, is very
prevalent in Switzerland.
The French Funds have risen to 56. 75.

A Dutch Mail
,arrived this morning. Its Con.
tents wilt be found under that Head.

WE have for some time been sickened by specula-
lions in some of the ithinformed Papers, respecting
Egypt, I,lla7ta, and some other points arising out of
the present circumstances of Fi.ance and Gteat
taig. We seldom. trouble our Readers with such
speculations, because we are unwilling to Mislead ;
but with the sUperior'lOforrnation.which we possess,
we think it our duty to set the Public right upon
points important to our interests, and upon Which
much misrepresentation, .:,the elk& of ig,norance
probably, has been made. No persons 'can wish
more anxiously than we do for the continuance of
Peace.—The question which now interests us is,
the nature of the conditions on which we are at
liberty to preserve it. Measures taken on the part
of any other Nation which touch our Honour, or.
endanger our Independance, must be resisted by
every energy and every effort which the power and
fehQUrCES of the Motion can set in motion,: We may
differ as, to whatAer affr& onr Honour or Independ.
-
ante—lust these 'things agreed' upon, there is no
difference in any party, :0 to the necessity of
maintaining them at all hazards: It becomes a nicer
question, and one in which Policy as well as Right
is involved, to determine what' measures ought to
be taken, n opposition to gist adopted by any Na-
tion, which Ore& nor interettr--4hough even Mr.
Fox, wedded as he appears to be to Peace,,sought
through the medium of submission, will not deny
that steps maj be taken which threaten so,decidedly
our essential interests, 'that arms ought to be
sorted to in their' defence, —The point in dispute
upon such s)r.casinns will be this—whether those In..
tereks wlkh arw.„ertlangeted, are of suilleiept
pottatice to render it prudunt and politic to have re-
course to arms .for their defence I—The thing in
1 question may in itself be unimportant, but. the
point to consider is, whether, if it he obtained by
another Power, the pc;Sseskion.Alit may not endanger
'souse ges:at ano esseptial interest.?---and in deter-min.
ing thil, the general disposition • towards siv of that
.Nation whids attempts to deprive ut of ,‘iny
vantage, or to place a..hoitile-situatibn

respett to us, is to be taken into considern.

tjOn
the possession of the Island of Malta is of little
use either to the Britith Empire or to, rance, ex.
cept Sn case of War, when it is of great importance
to either, 'as affording the means of attack. It is
on this -mount an (Ned of jealousy,rand it was
very wisely agreed at the Peace, that it should be
placed in a state of ..Indepenclance of both Nations.
Such is the spirit ,of the Article in the Treaty of
Amiens which relates to this Island. To attain that
(Neel, the different points to be attended to, are,
the Guarantees which are to secure its independant
possession, and the appointment of the Grand
Master of the Order of St. John, who is riot to be
under the influence of either. Whenever these
points are effeeltially. secured, .(and Iris _Majesty 's
Ministers will use their fair endeavours to adjust
them,) it would be a dire& violation of the Treaty
of Amiens, not to surrender the Island—but until
they are so secured, it would be unjust on the part
of France to require it, and prejudicial to,British In.
terests to relinquish its.possession. We do not state
these things as doubting _the intentions of His Ma.
jesty's Ministers, but with a view of satisfying the
Public as to the line of conduct which it is theirin.

tention to adopt.
France must chiefly desire the possession of Malta
as a step to Egypt ; and Egypt, as affording the fa.
cility of attack upon our East India possessions ;
for Malta can never be very essential towards any
other objeB, and can never pay the cxpence of it,
maintenance. ; and a French colony in Egypt, though
it might produce objeas of curiosity for the Sca..
,van:, would never furnish any important article for
the commerce of France. The opposition, there-
fore, on our part, to French ascendancy either in

Naha or' in Egypt, has little reference to the value
of those places,abstraeledly, but to the consequences
which may be derived from them, and Irani the
certainty, that unless France looked to these conse-
quenc'es, she would not trouble herself aboUt ac-
quiring those possessions. It is for similar reasons
that we look with jealousy to any interference, on
the part of France, in favour either of the Beys of
Egypt, or of the Ottoman Porte. We do not deny
the right to interfere, but if the objeCt and end of
such interferene, on the part of the French, be the
obtaining a footing for themselves in Egypt, the
success of such a projeil might justify and require
resistance pn the part of this Country.
The Parliament will, we hope, in this Session,
be as adverse as in thelast,- to the low, and submis-
sive tone of Mr. Fox. He may, if he pleases.,
again prostrate himself at .the feet.of BONAPARTE,
but he must not be permitted toTiostrate Britain
at the feet of France. The FIRST CONSUL, he has
told us, is not more ambitious than the BOURBONS
—perhaps not*but he has more means, and 'per-
haps more disposition toe, tin.nbtain the objed4 of
his ambition; and it is a 'good deal more, to the
purpose to tell us how to cOuntertia any hostile
projects of IlcirrApARTEI than to describe, even in
the most animating Colours, the dangers which
threatened us. in the reign of LOuts XlVth.

A-firm and decided tone, free from insolence and
hikughtiness, and accompanied with conciliatipn,
where conciliation can 1$ admitted, is. that ;done
which hecounes Great Britain at all times ; and it is
pecoliaoy,ciilled for at the pescnt moment: With-
out harbouring unjust suspicions, without unreason•
ably anticipating dangers, explanations' should be
required upon those measures which, if taken, We
should consider as materially affeding us. Such is
the,conduti which we firmly believe His Majesty's
Ministers will pursue, and in pursuing it they will
preserve unimpaired our essential interests, and
afford the Nation the best chance of establishing and
prolOnging that which is so. much connected with
them, a real and substantial Peace.

We have great satisfadton-in stating, that His
IVI4IE4TY was' yesterday much recovered from the
Cold which hi,had the preceding day. ,
Yesterday 'the PR NC IMES SOPHIA and Av.
GUSTA 'conttritteA indisposed. None of the Rovisk,
FAMILY left BOckingluot-house.
The isch, 46th, 56tli,'7ist, and 72d Regi.
Merit's of Foot, are ordered torn ,Ireland for: the
West Indies., -The 79th, from North Britain, is
Orderedfor Iteland.

Yesterday. the dispatches for Madras and Bengal,
by the Sit Stephen Lushinztox, were finally closed
at the East India House, and delivered to the Put-.
ser. Her Passengers are :

For Bengal—Mr. Fred. toseph Darby, Writer; R. Henry
Shepherd alai Lady, and Lieut. George Waite.
For Nladrai—Mesua. G. Allen, C. 43. Darby, B. Bower,
T. Cog, howler, polio Beddo, anti S. Greed, CA.
deth ; Mr. eatAFrine Farbury, and Mise,Frarieur. Deane.'

The contrait-foT Soo° tierces of Beef and ,Pork,
advertised by the Vidualling Board, was taken
yesterday by Mr. Alderman tlow Ira and Mr. Al.
denhati Row cirovT, at reduced prices.
In consequence of the recent discovery of illicit
radices to a very great extent, the Boards of Cus.
toms and Excise have come to ;he resolution of re.
gbl,irly stationing Officers on board all Coasting
'Vesseli, Including Colliers ; precaution against
-frauds on the Revenue .not hitherto adopted.

NAVAL NEWS.

FALMOUTH, JAN. z 9.

ARRIVED this morning the 19beatsheaf, SILVEtt
and the Prosperour, STEEL, with flour, from Chi.
Chester ; and the Speedwell, frotn South.