The Sun.
London, England, 1803-02-05 00:00:00

LONDON, FEBRUARY 5, 18,33.

WE received yesterday" evening the Paris Papers
to the ist inst. The Moniteur of the 3oth
contains an article so extraordinary and important,
chat notwithstanding its great length, we have
• thought it proper to lay it in detail before our
Readers. it is entitled a Report made by Colo-
nel SEBASTIAN! to the FIRsT CONSUL, of his
mission to Egypt and Sytia. This Report is
deserving of the most serious attention, as it de.
velopes in a great measure the views and intentions
'of France with respea to Egypt. SSBASTIANI
used every effort to impress the Turks with the
most favourable sentiments towards the French,
and, as he relates, with the most complete suc.
cess. He offered the PACIIA of CAtit.o his
mediation between the Turks
,and the Beys,
but he was informed by the former, that he had ex.
press orders from his Court to carry on a War of
Extermination against that Class of. Men. The
Turks, he says, did not conceal from him, that
they saw with pain the stay of the English in EL,pt.
—One of the most remarkable statements in the
Report is, that of SEBASTIAN' having Waited upon
General STUART, to demand the immediate evacu.
tiun of Ah.vandria by the English Troops, in ext.
cution of the Treaty of Arnieni ; to which General
STuART of course replied, that he. had no orders to
quit that place. That such an application should
be made to a Commanding Ofiieer who could only
Obey the orders he received, appeared so impro-
bable, when it was stated some time since in
Letters from Coustant;dcp/e, that it was generally
disbelieved. Extraordinary, however, as such
a circumstance must be considered, it now appears
to be true. There is no doubt that SEBASTIANI
has greatly exaggerated the effeets which he states
to have been produced by his mission ; there is
every reason to believe, indeed, that many circum.
stances which he relates are wholly untrue; but the
Report affords complete evidence of the nature and
objets of his mission, and of the intentions of the
Government by whom he was sent. For the details
of his progress from A/txandria to Cairo, from
thence to Acre, and from thence to the Republic of
the Sevea Mathis, together with a number of round
assertions and curious gasconades, we refer to the
Report itself, which is certainly worthy of minute
attention, We cannot help considering the publi-
cation of it as a very extraordinary circumstance.
Theillen;terer does not fail to exaggerate, in the
grossest manner, the late disturbances at Gibraltar,
in a Letter dated from that place.

The Fi AST CONSUL reinses to consent to the
Cities of Auremberg and Aligibitrg being ;Oiled to
the territories of the ELECTOR of BAVARIA) for
09111 a COITIrfl!',IICI011 roust therefore be provided in

some other way in lien of the Bishopric of Eichstett,
which the latter has agreed to resign to the GRAND
DUKE of TUSCANY. Little else remains to be set-
tled with respea to the indemnities except matters
of form, and the exchanges of territory which se-
veral of the Princes of Germany are making with
each other.

Ix the present State of Par•tiies, so totally diffe-
rent to that to which this Country has been accus-
tomed, it is natural that various speculations should

be afloat, and that many
.should state, as the result
of the present situation of things, that which suits
'their own views; rather than • that which is likely

to happen. We made some observations on' this
subjeft a few days ago, and we are now induced to
offer some additiOnal refleaions. •

Much has been said in the Opposition Prints as
to the line Mr. PITT means to take in Parliament.
It has been asserted that this line is to be in di.
rea hostility to Mr. ADDINGTON, and that
of course the Minister will he driven to coa-
lesce with several of the Members of the
Old Opposition. —ln this statement individual
wishes are expressed, not probabilities. We do
not affed to know the sentiments of Mr. PITT upon
all the measures of Government, but we know that
generally he approves them; and nothing, we are
convinced, is farther from his wishes, or his
thoughts, than systematic opposition to Mr. An.
DINGTON. To suppose that, if in the present new
and unsettled state of Europe, and in the anxious
situation of the Country, there are points in the
condit& of Public Affairs upon which they differ in
opinion, there is, therefore, to be an end either of
private or political friendship, is to know neither
of these men—and to imagine that such a difference
would induce Mr. ADDINGTON to coalesce with the
Old Opposition, is a libel upon. his charader. Mr.
ADDINGTON has taken pains,repeatedly to avow)
not only his high opinion of the talents of his
great predecessor, but his admiration of his mea.
sures, and his entire approbation of the principles
upon which he aged. In doing so, he has ex.
pressed his unequivocal disapprobation of the
conduft of his Opponents. A Coalition between
Mr. ADDINGTON and Mr. Fox would be a sacri.
fice of principles on one side or the other—it would
not, we affirm, be on the side of Mr. ADDINGTON,
and of course, the Opposition Scribblers, who talk
so much of this junaion, do not mean that it should
be on the side of their own leader. Of all impro.
We speculations arising out of the present state of
things, such a union- we believe to be the most im.
probable.

The first step which the Old Opposition took with
respeft to the present Ministers, and which was most
faithfully and diligently followed by all the News-
papers in their interest, was, to represent them as
the most incapable of Men. Nobody at the time be-
lieved they thought so ; but their present conclua
demonstrates the insincerity of their own profes-
sions. We hear no more of their incapacity, and
Mr. Fox and his Friends come dOwn to the House of
Commons to approve their measures.—But is it
supposed that Ministers can feel any great obliga-
tion to Mr. Fox for his support ? Can they think
that there is any thing of cordiality in it ? Does
Mr. Fox imagine that he has persuaded them that
his sentiments on public principles are congenial
with theirs ; or can they believe that his approba-
tion arises from any other cause than that he hates
Mr. ADDINGTON one degree less than he hates Mr.
PITT

If there have been differences of opinion be.
tween the present Administration and the Old
Opposition, how much less are those differences likely
to be in future, or how much less are they, in fact,
now ? Mr. Fox, it is true, supported the Peace, but in
receiving that support, did Mr. ADDINGTON
adopt the grounds of it ? Mr. Fox, in considering
the subjea, put the Terms out of the question.—
" 4,y Peace, says he, is preferable to the continuance
of the War!" This at least, it will be admitted, is
not a very flattering sanflion of the measure. Again,
it is well known that Mr. ADDINGTON looks upon
the safety and independence of the Country as rest.
ing, not upon suing for, or trusting to, the favour
of the FIRS T CONSU L of France ; not upon conces-
sion and submission to his will ; not upon low
Naval and Military Establishments, but upon a
firm, manly, and decided line of conduti, upon as.
setting our own rights, and upon being prepared
for any attack or aggression which may be made
upon us.

But however great the general difference of opi.
nion between Mr. ADDINGTON and the Old Om.
lition, the breach appears still wider between him
and the New. Whatever Measure he brings for.
ward is invariably the subject of 'lank, and in
truth must be so, for they avow that it is not the
Measure to which they object, but the Man.--” The
Measure therefore only furnishes the opportuniry for
venting their spleen against the Man.—Little, how.

ever, as we approve of the eondua of these Men,
we are far from despising them. They possess con.
siderable talents, and what they want in judgment
they make up in zeal. In some of the grounds of at.
tack upon Mr.' ADD ING TON, it must however be
admitted that they are a little unreasonable. It is
a constant subject of reproach that he has accepted
the support of Mr. Fox. Is it then necessary that
before a Minister receives the support of a Member.
of Parliament, he must examine strialy the grounds.
upon which it is given, and sejea it unless founded
precisely upon the same arguments as those upon
which his own opinion is formed ? Can any thing
.
be more monstrous and preposterous than such 'pro-
position ? Did Mr. ADDINCTON, 111 obtaining the
approbation of Mr. Fox to any of his measures, ob.
Lain it either at the expence - of his Principles or of
his Friends ?—We say, confidently, of neither:
and if not, what is to preclude him from receiving
the Vote of any Member of Parliament, in•the mode
in which he chuses to give it ? Perhaps Mr. And
utsorosi agreed in no one of the grounds upon
which Mr. Fox stated his concurrence—No
stet could stand a day, if he were to aft upon the
principle which this objeaion embraces ; and we
are not sure, that it is not for this very reason, that
the New Opposithr: are so forward in suggesting it'gi
On all sides, endeavour; are made to separateMF•
AUDI NGTON and Mr. PITT. Some of the Frienvit
of both, we believe, to be constantly snaking the;
attempt. The Old and the New Opposition concur
..
only in endeavouring to circa this purpose, ancl'.
they are busily at work to attain their objed. It.
is for Met/whet Mone to frustrate such attempts..--•
We cannot anticipate any material difference of opi.
Ilion between these two Men--If
such an event'.
should happen, we shall be the first to consider it
as a great misfortune to the Country ; but if it does
happen, when we consider the characters of the .
Men, we are sure, it will arise out of the fair con-
sideration of Public
_Measures, not out of the in-
trigues of interested Men. Under the present ex-
traordinary circumstances, and in the various Mrati
sures which it may be necessary to adopt, it is dif.
ficult to say what two Men, however able and up-
right, will precisely agree on all points ; but the
general principles applicable to our situation for The
last ten years, will be those best adapted to future
events. Upon those Principles these Men are agreed'
This is the bond of Union between them : and it is
upon this ground, that we have the strongest Tea.'
son for thinking, that there are no two eminent
Men so likely 'to aft together, and none who will.

so surely, aft for the benefit of the Nation, as Elio
present Minister and his Predecessor in Office. '

THEIR MAI ESTI ES and the PRINCESSES did not
go to Windsor yesterday, as was expeded. Hi
MAJESTY. went there early in the morning, and re-
turned to Town to dinner. The ROYAL FAMILY
are not expedcd to go to Windsor till Friday nv‘r••
About twelve o'clock yesterday, HER MAJESTY
and the PRINCESSES honoured Lady Cumti.o-rTZ
FINCII with a morning visit. .„
.There will be 'no Levee next week., HER MA"
J ESTY will hold a Drawing;-room next Thursday.
Yesterday at noon, the opnrii Pa:kat,
Captain HE AR N r, returned to Harwich, after li.
landed the Mails for Hamburg?), Bremen, &C. "r
the 3ist December, and the 7th, r tth, 1.4-thp
zsth, and zBth January, at Scheveling. She
sailed from Harwich on the tst inst.

On Thursday Mr. DETRY, who has been at
Vienna on some private business for Lord Wm.
BENTINCK, arrived .in Town ; and having come
via Paris, he was charged with Lord Will rw °was
official box.

Colonel SEBASTIANT, the French Agent, arrived
at Genoa on the Bth ult. on board the Frigate La
Carndire He brought with him three fine Arabian
horses, three pelicans, with 'several other curiosi-
ties, from Africa. Next day he left Genoa, Oil his
return to Paris.
LOUIS BONAVARTE has retirea,.iin account of
ill health, from the Presidency of the 12th Munici.
palit'y of Paris.

We copied some time ago a Paragraph from s
Scotch Paper, stating that the 56th R•!.tyiment Q 1
Foot, was under orders for the West Indies. This
statement We find, from the Officers of that Regi•
went, to be incorrea, no such orders having
reached it—nor is it probable it will be sent 0
the West Indies, as it is not four years since it re'
turned from that station. The Regiment is be'
sides short of complment zso Alen. It is at Pre;
sent cantoned in the Counties of Limerick an
'Tipperary.

111 c Hon. Captain DUNCAN, of the Guards, the
eldest son of Lord Viscount DUNCAN, died lately
In the Mediterranean. He had gone thither for the
recovery of his health, and died at sea. Ilk body
was conveyed to Malta, where it was interred with
military honours.

On Thursday se'nnight as Colonel Er.Lrovr was
conversing with a brother Officer at. Bristol, he was
suddenly seized with a paralytic an-cajun ;he fell
backwards and survived but an hour. it
is sltp-
posed he would have died instantly, had not hts
companion broke his fall. On Tuesday he was re-
moved to Bath, and interred in the Cathedral
Church with military honours. The Colonel 113.4
been some time in that Country reviewing lua
Troops stationed there. A few years since the Co.
lonelsii father was in the same Country on the like
business, and died in d similar way.
Sir Witi.rAM CURTIS set Ulf on Thursday last
for Bath, for the more Felled recovery of his health.