The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-29 00:00:00

LONDO N, .j ANUA IZY 79, 18°3.

, No circumstances hav6 recently occurred which
enable us to form any decided opinion as to the cer.
tain intentions of France with tespeCt to Malta or
to Egypt. These are interesting points, and upon
which the Public is naturally anxious. From the
principle laid down by France, that she has no rel.
tion whatever with us, except What arises out of
the Treaty. if Ihnien.r, it follows, that the stipti.
tations' of that Treaty ought to be stridly and ex.
aftly fulfilled. The Indepcialence,of the Wand of
Malta is one of the most important points agreed
upon in that Treaty--it is a condition to the fulfil.
ment of which England and France are couallY
bound. The People of this Country, .we have no
doubt, support Ministers in retainink the
Island until its real Independence can be secured.
If the GovernMent of France contend for a komina/
Independence—for an influence 'over the 4,point-
,ment of the Grand Ma;;te.r, and for a control over
those who profess to guarantee
,the Neutrality .of
the Island, His. Majesty's Ministers-Will resist such
intentions, however speciously or artfully proposed;
There,woulcl be little diErence in giving up the
Island intirely to France, or putting it in it state, in
Which, in case of War, it would become Fiewb
at the first blow.

The same Treaty of //mires guarantees the in..
tegrity of the Turkish Dominions--it; therefore,
the objet of the Mission of SE BAST lAN I to Egypt
be to obtain a footing there for the French, that
Treaty is violated, and this Country must con.
shier A French Establishment there, even with per.
mission of the Porte, as endangering important
British Interests.

It has been said, at diffe'ren, times, that the
Fritter
•Cotrsut. ha made. attempts to change the
Government of the Satavian Republic. The ob'..
jetty of course,, of such change, is to maker that
Nation stilt more Freyrch, and to. bring it more
under control. This is a nice and a delicate point,
and here again the 47eit of the Treaty of iimietts
Comes in question—of that Treaty, out of which
the French tell us, arises all our connelion with
France, and which of course Ministers will see
fulfilled according to its 'fair interpretation. The
Cape of Good Hop, Cochin, Demerary)
Surinam, &c. were given up, by thec Treaty of
Peace,' not to France, but to the Bahroian Repub.
Ik, If dCmanded at Amiens, would ;heat Possessions
have been crated to France? and) if not, can we suffer
them to become French, by France 'making herself
.'complte mistress of Holland, and peOaps' annexing
her Provinces to the ' French Republic ;1 Would
II such a step be consistent with the true mtaning and
.1 most ruaion of the Treaty of Amiew, tO which we are
colistantly referred for the narrow limits of our own
Rights, and ,the extended rule of French Interfer.:
enee ? We do net state: these considerations as the
• ground of present alarm—much
,less do we state
them as referring to points which Hits Majesty's
Ministers have not at 11001.. ' We know the contra.
ry ; bat we state them as subjeds of jealousy and
anxiety,' and 'upon ,which perhaps future evils may,
be averted by•timelyexplanation.
The desire of mestablishing a Navy in France,
Which had been so completely destroyed by us in the
(verse of the late War, was very naturally felt by
the Film CoNSOLbut a Navy cannot be formed
without Commerce, anti the War had nearly deprived
France of her Trade. It was for t his purpose, as much
as fur the acquisition of Revenue, that.the Expedition
to Si. Domingo was undertaken, at an expellee, which
..France • could' ill afford. IIoNAPARTE has risked
much, and has been greatly aucceisful, but Fortune
has not always smiled upon him.--.-With great suo..•
testes he 'has also experienced great reverses, and
if'we were to point out the most disastrous and fatal
enterprizes which modern History has to record, we,
'should name the French Expeditions 'ohm and to
Si. Denier'. Wel:card!), wish better fortune had at.,
tended the latter. It is in some degree a common causes
and it might be wise anti prudent in the &With Go-
vernment to aid, in some measure, this undertaking.
Perhap the whole system of Colonixatinp in the West
Indies may
,ultimately depend upon the condition in
which that Island is finally left. .The Cuter
Colfstrl. is not easily turned from his purpose—if
he persevere in his attempt to conquer St. Domiligo,
he must form .his plan upon an immense kale, and

recruit pi'a Army catistantly from Europe; and he
must not suppose that he can accomplish his nbieel
without immense -sacrifices. The'Principles incul-
cated at different periods ofthe French Revolution,
are as repugnant to the system of Colonization, as
they
.are to that of all good Government. Those
Principles have had their influence in the West
ludiel, and the experience of every day will teach
us, how mucheasier it is to disseminate pernicious
duarines, than to control or subdue their areas:

Yesterday morning the Data of CI.ARENCE, and
several of the Nobility, paid their respeCts te..Their
MA J ESTIES and the PRINC"EssEs, at BUckinghatn.
House. .
It was yesterday deterinined, for the accommo.
dation of the Commercial World,, that the Ham.
burgh Mails' now lying at Harwich, should be sent
by the way of Scheveling, under the-care of a con.
fidential Agent of the Poir.office, as there is little
probability that the Elbe will be open .for Shipping
for some time to come.
Sir Ev AN Nt r lAN, we understaud, does not quit
the Admiralty, as was Stated some time ago. , A
more diligent and able Sicretary it would, be diffi-
cult to find.
Seven Lieutenants of the'Navy are to be installed
Naval Knights of Windsor, next March, as re:
ward for their past services.: this new Establish.
ment is ratified by His MAJESTY, and the above
Gentlemen will then, "and agreeably to a bequeath.
'ment of S. TRAVERS, Esq. he in possession of va-
luable landed property. Their place of residence
is a very complete building at Windsor—the ex.
pence is upwards of 80001.
Mr. ,Be N Ar t s r.n, Private Secretary. to Lord
WHinvoturn, is about to return to England, on
account of his health. He is afllided with a' para.
lytic complaint. s
Mr. CHINNERY gave a grand Dinner, on Wed-
'nesday last, and a Musical Party in the evening ; at
both of which the French and Bataviap Ambassa_
. dors were present.
By the Into vacancy in the East. India Direftion,,
Großot SMITH, Esq. succeeds to the Committees
of Warehouses, Accounts, Buying and House, and
WM. ADAIIt JAcKsoN, Esq, to Shipping private
Trade, preventing growth of 'orivate Trade, and
Government Troops;and Stores.
We have the pleasure to state, according to a.
Private• letter received by the lam, dispatch from
Calcutta, that the homeward investment of this sea-
; son will be the largest ever sent to this Country, as,
full cargoes will be provided for all the ships which
sailed from England in the last season. The whole
of the investment, it is thought, will considerably
exceed the amount of any fOrmet year., Exclusive
of this, the private tonnage has .increased :in a two.
fold proportion. '
fits MAJ any has ordered that a wall be built
round that part of Kew Palace opposite Brentford,
_height.
600 feet in limb.. a 2nd st, feet. _o
KENNETH IVilLsAy, Esq. is appointed Paymaster
•of the Forces in the West Indies, in the room of
ISAAC PHIPPs, Esq. who has retired.
A Dutch Frigate, having on board- the newly
appointed Governors of St. Afartint and St. Eusta...
• Stub arrived at St. Kitt's the 14th of November.
Their Majesties the KING and QtJEFN of ETRU-
,RTA,, with their suite arrived at Leghorn in good
health on the 7th instant, on their return from their
voyage to Spain, and were expelled at Florence on
the 13111,
The Dutchess. Dowager of PARMA arrived in the
beginning of the month at'Dresden, where she pro.
posed to pass several weeks svitli the Princess
MAXIMILIAN of 'Saxony her daughter, after which
she will return to Prague, where she proposes to
fix her future residence; and where also several per-
sons of distinCtion at Pilnina intend to establish
themselves. . ,
• According to letters from the Hague, the Nego_
tiations. between the. Batavia Government and the
PRINCE of ,ORANoe have been brought to a con-
clusion. His Highness is to receive the Indemni.
ties stipulated for him, partly in money, and partly
in a number of shares in the Public Funds.
We stated a day or two ago, that the number of
illegitimate children horn in Paris, was in the pro.
portion of cue tofour.—,A Paper received yester.
day, says, that those were only private births. In
the kospitals there were born in wedlock, 4.t7 ;
out of it, 1350 ; which makes the proportion of il.
legitimate children much greater.
The number of children baptized in Hamburg)),
during the last year, was 4003, of which 3564 were
born in wedlock, and 439,illegitittiate. The nuns.
her of deaths was 3911, and of marriages 1446. •
The following is the number of births', deaths,
and marriages, at Augsburg., 'Frankfort, and Cask),
during the year 1801:

l3ir
tb Death:. Man ia,get.
Augsburg, 1056 1099 145
Frankfort, 1041 1128 250
Cassell 589 5 tes 188
Amongst the produaions of Art newly discover.
ed in the Provinces of Istria, Dalmatia, and Alba.
nia; and which have been sent to Vienna, the must
remarkable; is a Minerva of Corinthian brass, which
was found on the Coasts of Dalmatia, near Mx.
°sins, three leagues and an half from the mouth
of the Narenta.—Thls Statue is eight feet and an
half in height, and is in fine preservation. The
Goddess is represented in the Grecian Costume,
with &Helmet, Shield, Medusa's head and spear,
the hair is arranged in the same way as now worn
by the Illyrian Women in the interior of Dalmatia.
There is also a Torre of Forbin Marble, found
amongst the Ruins of Salona in Dalmatia, one league
N. W. from Spalatro, which is seven feet and an
half in height. It represents a naked Warrior
sitting on the stump of a tree, on which is laid his
warlike The Statue is in the finest Grecian
style, and is evidently the work of one ,of .the first
Master* of Antiquity.
The Kir has exempted from the, Duty of Cus-
toms, all Foreign Oil which shall be imported into
bis dominions during the year

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27.

ARRIVED. the Nephew, Capt. HARVEY, laden
With-mahogany and log wood, from the Bay of Hon•
duras, bound to London ; n,l the Brig Aulivita,
of Plymouth, Capt. P. DALTON, from Lomb!),
with loss of anchors and cables.

Sailed die Dutch Ship jutfr,p-zu Mar;aa Capt.
§t.trric, for Lisbon.

PORTSMOCTIIf,.

ARRIVED thictlay, the Ship Betio), *Mq..2e.s,,
for London from Jamaica, with sugar, &c. the the
2(1 inst. in lat. 37. 7. fell in with the Sloop Lsicy,
of Bristol, in America, dismasttd, half full 9(
water, and deserted by the Crew.—She appeared to
hare .been loaded with sugar, but plundered.
Sailed His Majesty's Ship Leda, for North Yar.
mouth, for entered Seamen ; and His Majesty"
Ship Thetis, for Sheerness, to be paid off.

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Sailed a laige Fleet for the Untstwarcl, die wine►
being in the morning from the Westward ; but they
have bore up this evening, the wind Changing t 4
the ,