The Sun.
London, England, 1803-06-01 00:00:00

Wit yesterday announced the receipt of ,aria
latirmais to the 26.11 ultimo, but ILO inertly time
to give a very general idea of their contents,
Which will this day be found detailed our subse.
• Vent eolumr.s. This morning we received one
Paris Jonrit.th, the Clef du &hint' of the 27th.
By our Do.ver Letter we. learn, that this was
CO:1N eyed yesterday to Dover by I /*rend) PAC*

kit
under a Flat or Titice.. Mr. TALlitiTi it
aprcars, bad gone back td ParisAll'the English
were still Prisoners of Wari 'arid aui Packets were
detained at Calais Mr. TALBOT has probably
gone back to make some remonstrance oh the sub_
jed of the gross violation of the LaW of Nations,
exhibited in the detention of himself and his coun.

trymen.
The French Funds were oh the t6th at 47. 35.

This morning arrived a Mail from Holland.
The accounts from the Hague state the passage
of the French Troops in Holland across the Wad,
on their march towards Hanover, and add, that the
whole Army commanded by General MORTIER h
40,000 strong, of which 24,000 are now on their
march. The French Troops have taken a circuitous
route, to avoid passing through the Prussian Terri.
tory of Munster. Considerable preparations are in
the mean time making in Hanover, for the defence
of that Eleftorate, where the levy to masse is ex.
paled to produce 200,000 men.

The EMPEROR of RUSSIA has, it is understood,
signified to the French Envoy Extraordinary,
Colonel COLBERT, that His IMPERIAL MAJESTY
will not see with indifference the occupation of
Hanover by French Troops, or the shutting up of the
Elbe and the WeSer; and from Lubeck we have
the important intelligence, that the whole Russian
Fleet has been ordered to be fitted out with the
greatest dispatch; Every ship at Revel and
Cronstadt is preparing for Sea with the utmost ac.
tivity, so that a strong Russian Squadron is expected
to appear very soon in the Baltic. It is added,
that in certain cases a considerable body of Troops
will be embarked on board it. According to
the report of a Captain of a Ship which arrived at
Lubeck on the 23d ult. in eight days from Revel,
thirteen Ships_or 4o guns and upwards, were even
then lying
.ready to sail, in the Road of Revel.
A considerable Corps of Prussian Troops will, it
is reported, form a cordon in the North of Ger-
many.

'thirteen thousand French and Italian Troops bad
arrived at Bologna on the 7th ult.

The Moithestrof the 2+th ult. contains some re flec.
tions against our. Ministers, and a charge of having
garbled the Correspondence which passed between the
rwo Governments. This charge we know partictr-
larly applies to the conduit of the CHM, CONSUL
himself, for in the Papers published by him, every
thing is omitted unfavourable to his own cause. The
proof, however, which he brings in support of this
charge against our Government, is an assertion of
a single passage having been omitted in Lord
WIIETWOkTHB3 Letter to- TALLEYRAND, of the'
zotlt of May, and it is charged as a studied orris.
sion, that the Letter of the i tth of May, from
TALLEYRAND, in answer, has been suppressed,
though that has been laid regularly upon the Table
of the House of Commons, and printed by its order.
For the omission of the passage alluded to, we have..
only the bare assertion of the First Consul, which
we presume will go hut a very short way in this
Country, or in any corner of Europe.
Sixry.two of the Articles contained in the Cor.
respondence, are, The Menitear says, " Letters from
Ministers to their Agents, and from the English-
Agents to their Cabinet—Letters doubtless fabri.
cated to suit the convenience of Ministers." Ir will
doubtlesi suit the convenience of the Ft RsT Cow.
su to make France and Europe believe, if he can,
that the account of the memorable Conversation be—
tween himself and Lord Wilerwoß Tit, and that
those parts of our Statement which afford such damn.
ing proofs of his treacherous designs against this
Country, are all fabricated.- We cannot believe,
however, that Europe will be so easily duped by
the bold and confident assertions of the man whose
conduet has been diametrically the reverse of open.
ness, frankness, and honesty or that it will not
think the statement of • the British Ambassador
worth at least as much as the assertion of the FiRsT
Co Nsu 1., or of his Minister TA t.LEYttAND.

After• making this notable charge against our
Government, and supporting it with such clear and
convincing proofs, the Decree follows in the Mol-
ina, for valuing reprisals against English Vessels,
and declaring the English in France Prisoners of
War. This Decree states in the preamble the
Orders of Council issued in this Country fur laying
an Embargo upon French and Batavian Vessels in
our POrts, and granting Letters of Marque against
French vessels, and Also states, that two French vessels
had be'en captured in the Bay of Audierste by two
English Frigates, without .any previous declaration
of War, and in manifi.st violation of the Laqu, of
Nations. It then orders reprisals, and that all Eng-
lishmen, from eighteen to sixty years of age, either
enrolled in the Militia, or holding Commissions
from His BRITANNIC NUJ RiTY, shall be constituted
Prisoners of War, to answer for those Citizens of
the Republic, who have been made Prisoners by the
vessels or subjects of His BRITANNIC MAJESTY,
before a Declaration of War.
Some observations ate then made in the tlfoniteur,
in which we are told that the English Government
has commence 4 hostilities by the ruin of one or two
miserable traders, without any Declaration of
War, and in pursuance of those odious principles
of Public Law which it bar created fir itself atone,
and which are completely barbarous. After attempt.
ing to create a Law of Nations for himself, and to
force all Europe to obey it, this is indeed a cu.
rious charge made by the FIRST CONSUL against
this Country, Which has constantly obeyed the
principles of the Law of Nations, as established by
the common consent Of the other Powers of
Europe. The. InibblC set up by BoreAraacts,
with respea to hostilities having been commenced
by this Country plevious to a Deciarativn of

War, Is that. ktiitirt hit
ittentfir to fasten hpon Elltdpe his own new..fingled
piinciples of the Lack, Of Nations, .ab it iS :well
known that' according to the.prineiples Of the-regu:.
lar and established Public Law of Europe, the de=.
Nature of an Ambassador, without takintleaVe, is
in itself a Declaratfon of War oh the .part of that
Power of which that Ambassador was the Represeit.
tative. The question therefore is reduced to this,
whether France shall govern Europe by means of a
Public Law attempted to be established by itself;
or whether the system 'of Public Law established by
the common consent of the States of Europe, for
their mutual benefit, shall still remain and be exec.
cised for the common good k When the Fula-
CONSUL charges this Country with a breach of the
Law of Nations, he should point out what Law
he means; and where the Code is to be found;
for England has aded in conformity with the
only known and acknowledged Law of Nations ;
and the Fl RST CONSUL in objefting to the conduft
of this Country uptin such a grotind, clearly shews
his desire to set up his own Will in the place of the
Public Law of Europe. And the Consular Scribes,
by one of those unfortunate mischances which so
frequently happen to them, have, in Zia, acknow.
'edged this in a subsequent observation, in which it
is stated, '4 that the cantina of Europe has authoriz-
ed England to constitute aPublic Law.for herself, to
which she is to much accustomed, that every aft of
just reciprocity appears to her an injustice." \\That
is this but acknowledging, in a crooked and covert
manner, that the Public Law adapted and followed
by England, has been established by the common
consent of Europe, and consecrated by a long exile. •
rience of its benefits ?

This D;cree,, was communicated to the Senate, Ale
Legislative Body, and the Tribunate, by the obe.
client Members, by which the sentiments of the
FIRST CONSUL were very Willfully re-echoed. The
Speechei in the Legislative Body and the Tribu.
nate, which ate published at some length, consist
of little more than commonplace declamat ion against
this Country, and are Wholly unworthy of notice.
A Demi-official Piper states that the English in
Prance had been directed to give in their names to
the Commandants of the respective places where they
reside, when they would receim an order, fixing
the place of their future residence, where they were
to remain until a determination should be taken,
conformably to the conduCt adopted in England. If
the FIRST Corlsut had followed the example of
England upon all nccnsinns, the repose and tranquil..
lity of Europe might have remained
.undisturbed.
What is meant by the conduel which may be adopted
in England, cannot be exoaly known, but 'perhaps
the FIRST CONSUL begins to be ashamed ,of his
condun, and wishes to release those whom he has
so unjustly detained. Fomtainblcau is stated in the
same Papers as the residence fixed for those English
who were at Paris.

Letters from the Banks of the Mein sum., that
the French Troops assembled on•the Lower Rhine,
were ready to march on the first signal, to shut the
mouths of the Elbe and the Weser against the End;.
lish, acid to seize upon the Eteitorate: of Hanover,
and to keep the latter as a depos;t. twit the Peace.

This morning arrived a Mail from Lisboh,
brought to Falmouth by the Prince of !Pales Packet,
in eleven days.
Yesterday morning Hts MAJESTY and the DUKE
Of KENT, attended by General GARTH, Wiliked
from the Queen's Lodge to the Castle, at Windsor,
and inspetted the new grand staircase, and other
works carrying on there ; after which they rode in
the Great Park till one o'clock ; soon after which,
His MAJESTY set off in his travelling carriage for
London, and arrived at Buckingham House about
half past three.
HER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, attended by
Lady HOWARD and Miss VYSE, arrived about
twelve.

The DUKE of Kurtr attended by Capt. Ti no, ar-
rived in London about three o'clock.

Prince William of Gloucester arrived at Post.
dam on the gth ult, and was expeeied at 'Berlin on
the ilth.

Last night the French letters were stopped at the
Post Otßae.

Yesterday Sit Titomm Torrorr began canvass-
ing the Borough, in consequence of its h:ing re.
ported that Mr. Tr ERNE'S* had been appointed Trea-
surer of the Navy.
The Newcastle. under-Lyme Committee have
come to a resolution, that EnwARD Wtt.ttl ,AtiAm
Boo Tot, Esq. and Sir Railcar LAwt.tv, Bart,
were duty returned ; and that the petitions were
pot frivolous,
A Grand Review of the Garrison of Dublin took
place on 'Thursday last in, the Phcenix. Park. His
Excellency the LoRD LI enTENANT, General Fox,
Sir WILLIAM Mit noWS, and several other Person.
ages of high military rank, were present, and gave
the most abundant ;ipprobation to the skill, steadi.
ness, and discipline of the _Corps reviewed ; these
were the 16th Light Dragoons, the 3 2d, 38th, and
62d Regiments of Foot, and a Battalion of Artillery,
`The charge of the Cavalry was highly admired ;
nor was the firing of the Infantry and Artillery de-
serving of less cornmenda
The patriotic spirit that prevails in the County of
Devon, has been fully exemplified in the offers which
have beetralready made to the Lord Lieutenant, and
laid before His MAJESTY, for raising Volunteer
Corps in that County. These offers have been so
numerous, that His MAJESTY, after having-express.
ed his satisfattion at the zeal and public spirit Which
they manifested, has accepted a part only of them,
and that part amounts in no fewer than 3670 Men,
rank !Ind file, exclusive of Offiters, &c.
Yesterday the LORD MAYoit, after inspeeting
the Reports of the Mealweighets, ordered the Bread
to be raised a whole Assize, or Two.penee in the
Peck-Loaf, to commence to.morrow : the Quarten
Loaf Wheaten will then be sold for 9;',d. and House.
hoid

Yesterday Tito. COLES and jAtirtes GAACOI GNP.,
Esquires, nominated at the last Court of Alder-
men by the LORD MAYOR for the Office of Slieritrg,
for the choice of the Livery of London on Nlidsum.
met day next, paid into the Chamber of London a
fine of 4001. and 20 Marks eaeb,, to be excused
serving that cake. ,