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

LONDON, MAY z,1503.

We stated on Saturday the arrival of a Mes.
senger, but that he had brought nothing decisive.
In the City the apprehension of War seemed to have
gained ground, and the Funds felt a sensible de-
pression. They left off' on that day at 63 ; and
were at twelve o'clock this day at 631.

The Answer to the Dispatch of the ;4th, has
been anxiously looked for every hour since Fri..
day last, and had not arrived this forenoon.—
No persons can have waited with more anxiety
for it than ourselves. The Reply to the demands
which were then made, it Was thought, would cer.
tainly contain .the Ultimatum upon all the points in
the Negotiation. We have not heard any suffi-
cient grounds on which we Can venture to give "st
very decided opinion- as to the result. Immediate
and aaive War we dO not exped ; and iecure Peace,
we fear, is out of the question. If, however, the
Dispute end with the retention of Malta on
our party and the apparent adjustment of the
other subordinate points iu contention, we ought
at least to be satisfied, until new projeda and
encroachments chew us that the evil day was
only put off for the purpose of waiting for bet-
ter opportunity. If the adjustment does not go
to this extent, and if Negotiation is spun out on the
part of France ; not for the purpose of fairly dis.
cussing the subjeds in dispute, or with the in-
tention of yielding the smallest point, in that
case the Public would,, in the present stag-
nation of trade, and under the various evils
arising from suspense, have reason to com.
plain ; but this His Majesty's Ministers, we
arc sure, will not permit. There is another
case which we think as probable as any, and
upon which we feel how difficult it might be
to ad. If none of the points contended for
are conceded, we suppose Lord Witirsvoivrii
will be recalled; but when he is recalled, what
is next to be done ?' Instead of living in coun-
tries to which he does not belong, each Am.
bassador will return to his native soil ; and this
state of things we shall call War, with about
as much •ruth as we have called what we 'have
seen for the last year, Peace. All this is possi.
ble ; and in so new a situation, and in one of
so much difficulty, we wish for a general co.
operation of the great Talents of the Country;
Ministers' will, we are convinced, ad honestly for
the Nation, as far as depends upon them, but, in
the extraordinary situation in which we are placed,
we want to excite Unanimity, and to create Con&
Bence.

WE received this morning the Path. Papers to the
29th ult. The Moniteur announces officially the
Evacuation of Alexandria by the English on the t7th
of March ; and it adds, that the English took
away all the brass cannon and military stores.—
There is nu doubt but the English were completely
justified in so doing, because they were taken from
the French ; but how the French are to be justified
in taking them from their ancient Friend and
the Porte, it remains for the ingenuity of the Moni.
teur to point our.

The Captain of a French Vessel who arrived on
the 22d at Bourdeaux, states that he fell in, off
the Azores, with an English Squadron which was
conveying to England the Garrison of the Cape of
Good flop:.

Letters from Strarbursb, dated the H.th ult.
estate that the Imperial Rati:ication to the candusum
of the Diet of the Empire had aFrived at y,4tisbon.,
The Funds arc 53. so.

THE I:,,St 'AIM'S from the North pf Europe no-,
tt,ce a misunderstanding which his arisen between
Rl:(!itz and Stu/to/en. This dispurc, which is stated
to. Wye been caused merely by some discussions rt.
,p).,4ting a Bridge- on the Frontiers of the two
l'etvers; in fact QW.t."! S its orit;in, in a great ()nastily,
to the'lcilowing ;

tir Whcp lately the t 1 BEN Of SWIDEN was deli.
vered of a Son, the King, his Father, created him
Grand Duke of Finland, a Pro Vince which, at pre.
sent, partly belongs to Russia : it was, therefore,
rather impolitic to revive a title, insignificant in it.
self, but which might be construed to contain pre.
tensions to the whole of Finland.

1' It is true, that in the year 1680, the Father
of the Great GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, was Grand
Duke of Finland before he ascended the Swedish
Throne, under the name of CHASLIS IX. but at
that time the Grand Dutchy of Finland belonged
entirely ta.Sweden ; and the etiquette and customs
),of Sovereigus had not yet established it as a rule,
,01
for more than a Century, has been respe4ed
and tacitly acknowledged, that the Title of Grand
Duke belonged only to the Imperial Families of
rie/ma and St. Peterthurgh.

" In the Treaty of Peace between Russia and
Sweden in 1790, it was agreed on to nominate Corn.
tnissioners to teplate their respeCtive frontiers in
Finland ; but the assassination of the late, and the
minority of the present King, tetarded it until last
year, when the Russian and Swedish Commissioners
met, and it was expetted that every thing would be
amicably adjusted. The revived title, however,
irritated Russia, without being beneficial to Swe-
den, and the discussion about a title at St. Peters.
burgh and Stockholm, if report is true, has been
followed by some alts of insult and violence on
the frontiers of Finland.

6 6 The EMPEROR of Russ' A, and the KING of
SWEDEN, are brothers-in.law, both young, of
great natural abilities, improved by superior educa-
tion, philanthropic, generous, and virtuous, and
destined by equal age, talent, rank, and consan.
guinity, to be friends, if Monarchs ever were des.
tined to .enjoy the blessings of equal friendship.
It is therefore reasonably to be hoped that this mo-
mentary'. disagreement between two such 'a'rinces,
will be settled without bloodshed, and 'without per-
mitting any third or upstart Power to interfere either
at mediator or diaator. • '

go Russia can command 400,000 men, Sweden
can hardly bring into the field 40,000 men. The
contest is too unequal ; Russia is too generous to
abuse its power, and the King of Sweden too wise
to hazard his kingdom for a mere• title or a bridge

over a river."

Saturday morning, Hee MAJESTY and the
PRINCESSES, attended by Lady CALTHORI'S, took
an airing to Frogmore.
On Saturday a Messenger was dispatched to Hts
MAJESTY at Windsor, with the contents of the
Hamburh Mails.
The MICK of CUMBERLAND arrived a t Windsor
on Saturday afternoon, on a visit to THEIR MA-
JESTIES.

- Early on Saturday morning His MAirsTv, at.
tended by General GWYN and Capt. FITzaoT,
left Windsor for Brick Bridge, where the Earls of
SANDWICH and TEMPLETOWN, Messrs. BUCK.
RJDGE, RAMSISOTTOM, BARTON, and a number of
other Gentlemen of distinlion, met Hts MAJESTY.
Soon after the arrival of His MAJgrrY, the Deer
was started for the day's diversion, when he ran
with great speed, and made for Lord BRAYBROOK'S
Park, and many of the huntsmen went through his
Lordship'? yard, close to the house, taking through
the wood to the right by Ruskhatn and Twyont,
• leaving Hare Hatch to the right, crossed the Bath
road, and made through the Thames near Sunning.
The Sportsmen crossed Sunning BriiTge, and some
of them made over by the Ferry : by this time the
deer had got a little law before the Sportsmen could
cross the water. The deer on starting again ran
with great swiftness through the inclosures to the
right of Reading. This famous deer chewed such
sport as, has not been enjoyed this year; he was at
length taken within a few miles of Nettlebed, in
Oxfordshire. On his being taken, SHARP, the
Royal Yeoman Pricker, was first up, and just in
time.to save his life, but would not have been able
to accomplish the desired ohjed, had not Gosorx,
another Pricker, and Mr. MATON, one of the Gen-
denten Sportsmen, arrived to his assistance.
HIS MAJESTY was highly pleased with the day's
sport, which lasted upwards of three hours. His
MAJESTY and Suite, after the spot.' was over, rode
to Henley, and took a rst-chaise and four to Wind-
sor, where His MAJESTY arrived a few minutes
after four o'clock. The place where the Deer was
taken, is 23 miles from Windsor.
• This closes the Hunt for the Season.

Yesterday morning the ROYAL FAMILY Attended
Divine Service at St. George's Cathedral, Windsor,
when an excellent Sermon was preached by the
Rev. Dr. HALLAM, Canon in Residence, from the
311 Chapter,of Proverbs, and r sth verse :
" For whoin the Lord loveth he corredteth, even as a
Father the Son In whom he delighteth."

Last Wednesday the Earl of CARDIGAN was
sworn in High Steward of the Borough of Windsor,
in the room of the late Lord BEAULII7. The
Mayor and the whole of the Corporation in their
full robes attended the Ceremony. The Noble Earl
entertained the Corporation with a most excellent
dinner in the Town Hall, on the occasion, at which
every delicacy which `cite season affords was serv.
ed up.

Lord cuouvtoxonEv, with his Family, has
ivvAmlLcomith„is CuuntrY.
eldest daughter of
reaic,latedtyl CHalAaßisßoino,n
the Marquis of ABFRCORN, died on Friday last,
at the Priory, near Stanmore.

Otin du
the Foreign Merchants were so
anxious
that they made a Market on
tiu
that article, a thing almost unknown
:ta ro to uc bush
y 4 YSugar,
before.