The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-22 00:00:00

NOTE,

" To- e-^ni t'aketi place the Stater
'1; 7 B•.CiR, and the

conclusion of which has b'een so melancholy, This 0c,..
casioned the most poignant grief to the Emperor of all
the Russias. He cannot but view with the greatest
concern, the violation, which ha% been committed on
the tranquillity and integrity of the German Terri.
tory. His IMPERIAL MAJESTY is the more affefted
by this evenr, as be never couldbave exkkeeted that a
Power which had underiaken in common with him.
self, the office of Mediatbr, and was consequently
bound to ekerrits tare for'the welfare and tranquil.
I.itY of Germany; could have- departed in .suck.' a
manner from the sacred principles of the Law of
Nations, and. the duties it had so Litely taken On
. itself.

It riould.be unnecessary to call the attention
of the Diet to the serious consequence to which the
German Empire must be exposed, if ats
of which' the first-example has just been seen,
should be passed over in silence : it 'Will with its
accustomed foresight easily perceive how much the
future tranquillity and security of the whole Em-
pire, and each of its Members, must he endangered,
if such violent proceedings 'should be considered as
allowable, and suffered' to-take place without ob.
servation or opposition.

"'Moved by these Considerations, and in quality
of Guarantee of the Constitution of the Gzrmanic
Empire, and that of Mediator, the EMPEROi, con..
Bidets it as his duty solemnly to protest against
an alion which is such 'an attack on the tranquil-
lity and security of Germany.. Justly alarmed at
mournful,prospea it presents, 'Hit MAJESTY made
no delay to represent his manner of thinking on
the subjeft- to the First Consul, through the Rus-
sian Chargi-di Afa;rs at Paris.

" While His MAJESTY adopts a measure pre-
scribed 'to him by his solicitude for the welfare
of the German Empire, he is convinced that the
Diet and the Held of the- Empire will do jus.
tice to his disinterested,- and manifestly indispen-
sable care ; 'and that they will unite their endea_
yours with his, to tranmit their just remonstrances
to the French Government, to prevail on it to take
such steps and measures as the violation of their
dignity may require, and the maintenance of their
future security may render necessary." -
The other Intelligence brought by the Mail is
of minor importance, though by no means uninte.
resting. It appears, by Letters from Constanti-
tipple, that the ascendancy of the Beys in Egypt has
been completely destroyed, in consequence of disscn.
tions amongst themselves, and a quarrel with the
Arnauts. in an Aition between the latter and the Beys
on the L.l.th of March, IBRAHIM BEY 1-d 1110't of
the other Beys were either-kill:A dispersed, or taken
prisoners. EIJI BEY had previously retired into
Upper Egypt. The General of the Arnauts has
promised Adelity to the Porte, and the greatest joy
has, in consequence, been manifested at ,Constanti-
noplei
A Putch Journal states,,under the head Paris; ,
that in the Senate, SrErEs, LANJunlArs, and the
late Bishop GREGO IRE, had refused their assent to
the resolution for bestowing the Imperial Dignity'
on BONAPA.RTE. •

Yesterday evening the Moniteurs to the 15.11
inst. were received, which are nearly filled with Ad-
dresses from different Corps of the Army, and from
Prefeels and Municipal Officers. They are all
written so much in the same style of coarse slavish
adulation, that we apprehend a very few specimens,
will satisfy our Readers.

AT such a moment as the present, when it cer.
tainly is the interest,, and thet-efore ought to be the
wish, of all Parties to unite against. the Common
Enemy; until the danger with which' we are threat-
ened shall have passed,away, it is a matter,of seri_.!
ous regret to see the spirjt of Patty .again rising in
the Country, anti t;;- itee gun spirit manifestvl
by language as violent as it is unconstitti;',Tot.
We were disposed for some days to pass over in
Siiehce the peevishness and disposition to- invec-
tive, which marked the Columns of. the Paper
that has long been,_ known to' speak the sell•
tirnents of what is now called the Old Opposi.
don. We were willing to make eery allowance
for this ebullition of a hasty temper, because we
must in candour admit, that their disappoint-
ment was extremely provoking. But we `c-
with propriety suffer . one of the most valuable
and least disputed parts of the Prerogative Gf.' the
Crowti to be -denied. -We cannot suffer unwor-
thy and dishonourable motives to be imputed to
men who, in-obedience, to the commat,ds of /I.eir
Sovereign, and in compliance wivli the wishes of the
People, have accepted the situction of Ministers of
to CountrY, without entering. our Forest against
such condua.

It will, know, he immei;telv til3r
•
the Prero,vative of the Crown toy appoint its own
Miniiter!,, has never bcen 'denied in the Paper to
which we allu L—true, the proposition,has never
been denied i-ntitenry,-bui tlit'tnuilicns it is rE.l.u,:cd

:o praaice, in a manner that disappoints the ex. t
I
pe&t,it,i,:ns of the Party, then we hear of nothing
bar proscription and
.exclusion. The right of elec-
tion does, at least to a common understariding, corn- .
prebend a power of rejeekion :, upon what principle,
-then, of common sense or decency, can it be said -
that the rejeflion of one- individual -is a proof of a
system of general proscription and exclusion ? With
regard to the propriety-or imprOpriety of the -ex-
clusion of Mr. FoX from His Majesty's Councils,
it -is a subjeft much too delicate, much- too
high, for us_to discuss. Of Mr. Fox's talents we
entertain the, highest opinion, and we have. already
expressed our wish that the experiment coOld have.
been made, of an _Administration comprizing all the
great talents of the Country; but we cannot admit
that his exclusion is a proof of a system of proscrip.
Lion, or -that it can justify other eminent men in
withholding their services from the CoUntry at a
crisis like the present. What the- circumstances
arei that at this junflure peculiarly entitle Mr. Fox
to public confidence, we have not been told, and we
are unable to discover What changes may have taken
place in his sentiments (in his language there certainly
has been none), we are yet to learn. It is not many •
months ago since his political 'conduft-was most
minutely investigated, and most triumphantly ex-
posed, in another Opposition Paper, that is now,
somewhat at a loss. to discover what possible ob.
jedion there can subsist to his being a Cabinet
Minister. The Party, however (we mean the Old.
Opposition), seem willing to console themselves
under the pressure of present disappointment by the
• • ,
prospeft of future success ; and we are- told, with-
great exultation, that the present is the most-re.
speaable Opposition this Country ever -witnessed.'
Opposition ! to what.? to measures not yet proposed--;_,
to plans not yet known Is this a proof of chat cot::
- dial co.operation.for the public good at-this arduous •
moment, of which these Gentlemen have talked so .
much of late.? .Isit a likely-way to 'give vigour
to the efforts of this Country, foi a number of Noble-
Men and Gentlemen to embody thin-die-lye's into a
systematic Opposition, before they know whether
the,measures of the new Ministers are or are- not
likely to prove beneficial to the Country ? What
the conduft of the Old Opposition will be, judging
from the past,' we can have very little doubt; but
are they 'quite. so sure-that their new Allies aft upon,.
,the same principles, -and will cordially co,operate
. in their plans ? .These are which they would
do well to consider before they raise their hopes 1
too high, as it may save them the mortification
of another disappoinmerit. Until the Treaties of
ailiance,• offensive and defensive, between the Whig
Club and the Correeponding Society have been dis-
solved, the former are not in a situation " to main.
tain the accustomed-relations of peace and amity"
with' Lord .GRENVILLE. and Mr. WINDHAM.—
Anlionourable union can never take plade between
!LIC GRENVILLES and the - FoxrrEs, while the
latter maintain an. illegitimate connexion with the
Corresponding Society. Mr. WINDHAM will never
' enter the ranks with men whom he termed, perhaps
not with technical accuracy, " Acquitted Felons I,l'
and Lord GRENVILLE can never coalesce with men
who carried over Addresses of Coogratulation_from
1 Seditious Societies in England to, - Revolutionary'
Clubs in France.

Yesterday, about ten
.o'clock, the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR and Mr. PITT had audiences of HIS MA-
JESTY, and continued till near twelve.
In a short timeafter,HisMAJrsTY,accompanied
by the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE in his post.chariot,
followed by the QUEEN and PaiNe ESSES) attended
by the Countesses of CARDIGAN and AYLESBURY, in
two coaches and four, took an airing on the Harrow
road, arid returned about half past three through the
principal streets at the West End of the. Town.
Yesterday •the RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR had an in-
terview with Lord HARROWBY, 111SATIge, from
twelve o'clock till past five. • ,
Yesterday Wass appointed for lits MAJESTV
receive the RECORDER'S report of the, Convias
under sentence of death ; but, at. a late hour on
Sunday night,. Ihe,LORD CHANCELLOR sent to the
RECORDER to postpOne the business.
• The Purser of the Sir Stephen' Lushington arrived
yesterday morning at the India HOuse, with the in.
telligenee of the safe arrival of that ship at Ply_
mouth,' in company with the ships Admiral Gard.
ner,'Earl Howe, and Charlton, and five whalers.
Tile earl Howe, Admiral Gardner, Charlton,. and.
Sir Stephen Lushington left Bengal in. December
la,t, and sailed from St. Helena Ist April ; left
there the Britannia (Company's ship, outward.
bound), and the Georgiana. No ships had arrived
there silice the last accounts were received.
Passengers per Sir Stephen Lushington, from Bengal—Col.
and Mrs. Gllss and family, Mrs. Ross and farnily, Mrs.
Hodges, Miss Roberts, Miss Sheriff; Col-. Gardiner and Son,
I Major Gladwin, David Ross, Esq. two Miss Ross's.—Froin
St Helena: Mr. Munro, Mr. ceorge Smith.

Some of the New Dollars were yesterday issued
from the Bank ; but we are sorry to find, that, under.
vari ,us pretences, great numbers of' those which
Lave lately been in circulation were refused to be
taktn in exchange. This systeth, if persevered in,
in4:v Drove materially injurious to many an indw_
tfl ITS i ldividi J.

Yesttrday we, received accounts from Faro long,
1)Y Way of Flo'..`land, dated 21st of April, n -
t rdy.contradid the sepals; of the
broken out in that quarter.