The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-22 00:00:00

Wily Do IVE GO TO WAR

A Pamphlet tinder this title, certainly most.ably
wricen, wa's published a short time since..-some-
Copies of it circulated, and the work was suppress. •
ed. While we admit the ingenuity with which an
attempt, is made to prove that there is no ground
for Waron.our part, we cannot assent to the-.con.
elusions of the Author. We are certainly'not Ad.
vocates for the condo& of Ministers in. the manage-
ment of the Negotiation with France, and we agree
that no uniform line of condua was held by them to.
wards France, from the Treaty of.Amiens to the
breaking. out of the War—that sometimes they were
disposed to concede every thing, and that at other
times they were so obstinately stilt*, they- would
not grant 'even, tint which was reasonable—that
their whole cmulutt was ,Wavering, uncertain, and
irresolute—and that ultimately.they,called upon the
Nation to arm, upon a false 'pretence, viz. th.e ex.
istence of Armaments in the. Ports.of lirance. and
Holland. AU this we know to betroth, but, we.
cannot admit that we have not received repeated in.
.suits and provocations from France, from.the Signa.
lure of the Treaty of Amiens, .which we
,think,sid.
fteient ground of. War on our parr, and which we.
only wish had been noticed as they would have been
by a firm and vigorous Atlministration, at an earlier
period. Hut when the CHtsp Corset. saw that
one insult was followed on our part by the cession
of a West India Island—another by the cession of,
the Cape of Good Hopi—what could he think but
that he might insult us with impunity 13ot though
tie conduti of Government might, and wecertainlv
think did, in a great degree, invite those insults,
they were not,the less insults, or such as it becomes
the Nation to feel and to resent. .

Lord and Lady HARCOURT are at Noneham, in
their usual ,habit of hospitality and benevOlence to
their respettive neighbours.
Earl Gaosys NOR has' raised and cloathed a Corps
of 300 men among his Miners and Smelters in the
neighbourhood of Holywell.
The pinches% d•Rucci.rtmti and her daughter
Lady H. MONTACUE, are gone to Dalkeith Castle.
Sir CHARLES and Lady CARULINE 'DOUGLAS are
enjoying-their nuptial festivities at that place.
The late Colonel PETP.R MURRAY, several years
ago established an annual Prize of a Gold Medal of
ten guineas value, to the Dux of the First Class in,
the High School of Edinburgh, where he had re.
ceived his education.

On Tuesday the Clewer Volunteers, commanded
by 11 Jo rot
,AM4BOTTOM, ,Esq. .had a grand Field.
day in Mr. MAK,F 1 E1.D.5 Park.
The patriotic offer of several Inhabitants of Can.
terbury to form thetnselYes into a Company for the
Purpose of Carrying Dispatches and .Messages, in the
event of Invasion, under the diredion of W. Horiv.
M ti Esq. has been accepted by GoVernMent.
The Irvine Volunteers, under. the Command of,
jotm Ps as Esq. have agreed to extend their
services` to any part of Great Britain, in case Of In.
va4itin, or imminent danger therepf.
Sever'at of the Presbyteries of Scotland lave very
patriotically come for‘vard upon the present occasion,
with sums liberally distrilinted in givinbotinties to
Recruits. Many' of the Clergy in North Britain
arealso,busily employed in training their Flocks to
the mie.orarimi,

The Lieutenancy of Dumfries. have determined to
assess the sum of t,1901. upon that County, for the
purpose of giving* in aid of the Clcathing of Cle
Volunteers.

A considerable suns of money has already been
distributed by the Highland Society to Volunteers
for the Navy, 'Marine Forces, and the Regiments of
the Line; they hoe now extended their bounties
to such High'tinders, not betng Substitutes, .who
shall volunteer fof the Army of It=-serve.

A Ball is to be'given at the Aiserribly House,
Parkgate,.. on Wedneiday.next, in =id of the Che.
shire Ladies' Subscriptinn for toe relief of the Wives
and Children of Cheshire Men, killed in the Ser.
vice of their Country.
The Loyal Aberdeen Volunteers, 800 strong,
received their arm's about a fortnight since, which
were sent from the Armoury. at Fort George, wheTe
it is stated there,are arms .4ntiaccouttrinetitl suffici_
cot to equip any. force that can be required for the
Defence of Nr;rtli Britain. ,

The Subscriptions for the Defence of the Frith of
Fcrth amount to upwurds,ol two th9utioui 41X htlll.
died pounds..