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

LONDON; MAY 5,1803.

•
, nits morning the City, and indeed Alit Whole,Me.
tropclis, were agreeably surpri;ed by art intimation
which was received by the Loki) MAYOR, in the
Following terms t•
Lord HAWK.EBI3VICt presents Compliments to
the Loan MAiott, and has the Honour to acquaint
his Lordship, that the Negotiation between this
Country arid the trench Republic is brought, to an
amicable cori'clitsion. •

.Down;ag-strtet,rurdayftfornbig,
Eight o'Clock, Maj

This Note, which wai supposed to be Cle...e;ai,
- iinmediately commtinieaied by the LORD
IVIA.tOR to Lloyd's• Coffee-hot4C and the Stock-Ex-
change, and the'3 per Cents. in, conskquenck opened
at 691, and reached 70.}. A great deaf of bUsiness
had been done before the Intelligene ieaChe'd
the West End of the Town, when 'hie whole
was immediately discovered ii be a Forgot'. An
Under Secretary of State was dispatched into tke
City to undeceive the Public ; but we fear that the
Fraud had sufficiently succeeded to answer the pur.
Poses of those who could be base and wicked enough
•
to ptadke it.

The Intelligence, when it reached us, struck us
with Surprize, as being very unexpened, and con-
trary to general belief both here and in France., as
the lase letters received from that country are
Of a more. warlike complexion than any preced-
ing ores. It' WAS yesterday even asserted, that
Lord \i,iftrTwoturn had adually quitted Paris
on the evening of the' 3d ; and a notice to this
tffvEt was yesterday stuck up at Mr. STOCKDAL r,
the Bookseller's Shop, in Piccadilly, which is
Muth &equented by Members of Parliament.

We believe that Mr. TlResstrios the Messenger,
tvho arrived on Tuesday afternoon, brought an inti.
illation that such would probably he the case, unless
the Fr,tneh Government suddenly altered their tone,
and chewed a greater disposition th accede th the
demandi of this Country.- It was repotted that Lot 4
WHl'rwok.rH had had another interview with
BONAPARTI in which the latter had displayed as
much violence as upon a former occasion,. and that
in consequence, his Lordship had prepared to quit
Paris ; but that jossrit lkoickrimtra had been sent
,to him to soften down and explain things, in con.
sequence of -which his Lordship had at least de.
layed his departure, and the matter still remained
open to discussion. That the crisis of the Nego.
tiation is at hand we are convinced, but we are not
presumptuous enough to decide how it will be coil.
ed. The hopes of a continuance of Peace, boWever,
seem to us to become daily more faint.

Letters we understand received this morning
from, Paris, by an eminent Banking House, dated
so late as Monday last, do not encourage the hope
of things being accommodateda
At half phst one o'clock the 3 per Cents. were at
63 I and it is cxpeaed that ail Bargains done this
daYs previous to the discovery of the Forgery, will
be void.

Before Two o'Clock the Stock-Exchange was
shut up for the day. The 3 per. cents. Icft off
at 6z

A Reward of sobol. is ofFered by the Stock.
I:xchange for the discovery of the Forger.

We have received an Official Contradiaion from
of the Letter to the LoltD MAYOR.

WE 113 morning received Fro:eh Pafiers to the
31 instant. A report is stated iu one of them of
the Ist, that Lord WH ITWORTH was aboq to quit
Paris tither on Saturday night or early on Sunday
morning. This report, however, it is added, was
,at lean premature. It is likewise stated as a re.
.port, that an attempt was made to search Rear.
Admiral LINO Is' Squadron off Tenerife, This, is
7ery unlikely to be true.'

The French Funds on Saturday sere. S 3, 40.

ast night's very interesting Conversation took
place in the. House of Common's, relative to the
Navy, atd froth it we are led to hope that a com.
.plete Parliamentary Investigation will soon take
place into. the whole conduti of that important-
brancb of the Public Service. In the course of the
Debate of last night, an Officer, in 'a high Official
Situation, asserted that the NaViil Force in the
French Ports consisted only of Fishing Boats.—This
assertion was in such dire opposition to Hii Ma"
itsty!b Message, that a Right Hon. Member thought
it proper to call for that Message being testi. The
Officci in explanation said, that be only .80"

.gar4h*:l.y, a r,ti fl that main,
.or empt
which he, hoped every 1114411 Officer would
.ever
.k.
hold the Ica vitt Power of France: in conl/4equente
of tilhat passed last night) we entertain the; hope,
that a full and Coin;ilefe Parliathentaix Inquiry
will soon be nude into the condudof the Naval lie.
partment of the PublieServiCe for the last two years:

.Yestertlay mdrning, about nine o'clock, FITS MA-
JESTY and the 'DUKE Of CUMBERLAND, attended
by General Gwys, rode from the Queen's House
to Kew, and alter inspeting the...new Palace and
ocher works carrying on there, retarned thatown
about twelve o'clock.

Yesterday, about a quarter before one o'clockg
His MAJESTY came to St. James's from the Queen's
House, to hold a Levee. About half past one, the
Levee commenced, which was attenclid by the Arch-
bishop Of CANTERBURY, the CHRNCELLOR of sue
EXCHEQUER, the SECRETARIES qf, STATE, the
SECRETARY AT WAR, tile JUDGE ADVOCATE, and
ADVOCATE GENERAL, and the following Noble-
men and Gentlemen:

Mikes—Portland, Rutland, Anti Cordon.
Marptistes —Salisbury and De Drusina. •
, .
Zorh—Onslow (in Waiting) Conhoun, Westmorland, Mans.
field, Ro(Attend, Warwick, POrtstitouth, Aylestord,,North.
esk, Chatham, Roslin, Oxfotti, Craven, Darnlv,. Spew.
cer, Mount- Edgcumbe, .Carysiort,:aUd Southampton.
Pimunts --Wentworth, BulkeleY,. Courtenay, licrefoid,
Middleton, Ranelagh, and Carleton.
L9rds—Gwydir, Stopfoni, Hawkesbury, Pelham, Eldon,.
Selsey. R. Manners, Binning, Kenyon, Stortotin. Clement]
• Eliot, Hobart. Dudley and Ward, I'empletown, C. Spen.
cer, Healy, Glenhervk, Stratton,
.Auckland, MolitAo_
ine:y, S. Chichester, Montagu, Rous, 13agot, and Eardley.
isbapt —Peterborouglk, Bath and Wells, Durham, London,
St. Asaph, Down, and Bristol.
Dean of Worcester.
ibr6.orddirr—French, Dutch, Imperial, Danish, Spanish

,
. . . . .
Consul; American, and Neapolitan.
Count Fribour&. Baron Noleken.
Sirr—S„Cotterdl, G. 6hee, R. Ford. j. Sinclair, R. Law.
ley,. R.• Lawrie. H. Spechy, I. Earner, D. lliindas, W .
Wepperell,W.lerningham, G.Yonge, T. Musgrave, M. W.
lidlcy, C. Douglas,
..I. Heard, F. Sokcs, It. Hill, R.
Piipperell,' H. Peyton, K.
Vaughan, G. G. Warrendale,
and I Hope.
.. • , ,
Admit4.—Flitshed, Sir A. Mitchell, Sir 1-1; Parkei, Kra.
Mackenzie‘and .Lingee. ..
Generals— Leigfi.`Bertiek, Leland,.GroSienor, Taylor, Simcoe,
Stewart, Sir E. Coate, St.
,folin, frii, Calvert, Manners,
and Elson. . 4.
Covernor Green. - • . - • • i ',_ • L.- -
Cawn:l3::—Chester, Ltindey, Paterson, Hugel; Caliert, Hope,

and Robinson. •
Major—Rehow (Silver Stiekj., : • .
Caprains—Chad,Finelrain, Sutherland; Sotheron,

. ,
Spencer, and Eden.
Dr. Fronk, •
IZ-v. --S parker, and Stoplord. -
:11trv.s.—ittm. C. Yorke, Milli Herbert (Groom in Wait.
inc), Bowyer, Greville, Scott, J. L. Parlees.,CutrY, How-
ard, Merry, Stourtoun,. Doyley,Clerticht, fotrestrr,,Anson,
Litouche, Harcourt, Moore, T. Heueage, Vausittart, M.
Sykes, Wickham, Nesbit. Ott-laden, Onslovv, Cod.
rnigton, Egerton, Hassell, LA ion, Go•iirey,
U.. Grosvenor, R. Cravem, Hon. C. Spencer, A:awl:crier,
M. A. Taylor, T. L. Parker, C. lenkins, Vente
ltlacdonald, Pederson, Gyldealpahn, Aclunontly, F. I.
Hartwell, and C. Green.

The following Presentations took lace to Ills
MAJESTY:

The Rev. Mr. Sparks, on his apPointinent to a Deanery,
by the Duke of Rutland.
Sir Richard Pepperell, by Sir Richard Hill.
Lord Southampton, on his marriage, by Mr. Foote.
by Lord Bulkley.
Mr. A. by Lora Dudley and Ward.
Sir Henry Patten, by Lord Rous.
Mr. Clement, by Lord C lenient. •
Captain Spencer•of the Navy, by Fart Spencer.
Captain Eden, by the thshop of•Bath'arid Wells.
Mt. Scott, b' Lord Bagot. '
•Mr. Pederson, by Mr. tlyldenpalm. -
Dr. Frank, by the Imperial Minister.
Count Fribitrg, •by the same.
Rev. Mr. Stopford, by Lord Courtoun.
Mr. Craven, by Lord Craven;'
Sir Henry Peyton, by Lord Peyton.
Mr. Bowyer of the Historic Gallery Pall-Ntall,by Lord Ons-
low, who had the honour.of presenting to His Majesty lour
emblematical engravings, in commemoration at the four
great Naval Vidories of the late war. These engravings,
we understand, contain near one hundred portraits of the
A dminds and Captains who distinguished themselves upon
• those important occasions.

The following were likewisie preiented :
Lord Montague and Sir Charles Douglas, on their return
from Paris,
_ _ _

7.-&aptain, Bowater and Marquis De Drusina, trout Konings-
ber.
Sir John Hope, Sir George Wariendale, and (4:nerat
Elsori.

WILOAM BULKFLEY HUGHES received the ho.
nbur of Knighthood, on his presenting an Address
to. His MAJESTY.

• SAMUEL ACHMUTY, FRANCIS JOHN HART.
WELL, and CHARLES GREEN, Esqrs. received the
honour of Knighthood, as proxies for three Knights
or the Bath, who are abroad, previously to the
installation which is to take place on the 19th.,
Sir ROBERT VAUGHAN presented an Address to
Ills MA; tin' from Merionethshire.

The following were at Court fir the first time
this season :

Lord 13a
_got, Gen. Paoli, Lord'Eardley, Viscount Middleton,
Mr. T. Lister Parker, Admiral Whitshed, Bishop of Down,
Bishop of Peterborough., Sir loseph Andrews, I.ord
Northesk, Mr. Codrington, Sir Wm. ferningliam, Lord
Clement, Duke of Rutland, Lord Strathern, Mr. God-
frey, I.od SouthampiOn, Mr. C. lenkins, Sir Rich. Hill,
Colonel' Robinson, and Lon! Rochtbrd.

The Levee closed about hail past three. 1-Its
MAJESTY then held a Privy ,Council, at which the,
Earl of. MANSE I s ta) was sworn in Commander of the,
Perthshire Militia.

After the Council His MAJ ESTY gave audiences
to the Marquis Of SALISBURY, the CHANCELLOR
of the. EXCHEQUER, Earl CHATHAM, and Lord
HAwKESBURY.
Le.ChevalieriD'ANDuAGA, the Spanish Ambas.
ca&lor, was introduced to HIS MAJESTY, by Sir.
it P. If COTTRE LL, 'in the closet, when His Ex.
celtency delivered his Credentials, which HIS MA.
ESTY most graciously received.
The JUDGE ADVOCATE and ADVOCATE :GB.
NE RAL had an audience, and :laid before His MA.
JESTY the result of several Court Martials, and
were engaged with His MA; ESTY upon business for
a considerable time. At half past five His MAJESTY
left the Palace for the Queen's House.
We yesterday hCard ;from a respeCiable quarter,
that•the Earl of Itost.tiv is at present engaged in
producing some• Changes that shall strengthen the
Administration.

Commissioner HARTWELL, now Sir. FLANC Is
JUUN HART%V ELL, is the Proxy at the approaching
Installation of Knights of the Thith, for Lord
Kitivt, whose duty in superintending the Equip.
mint of the Fleet at Plymouth, prevents his per_
sonal :awl& nee ; Sir CH eot Lys GRE EN is the Proxy
for !.;ir TriomAs Tit IGO ; and Sir SAMUEL Ault.
Mull, we believe, for Sir J.T. DUCKWOR Tll.

r. %
AT .1 Pitt 11 E ;,v s.

Pir Aid-Ur 11, ntv 3.

•
AItRIVEp the Stag, Pips. J. i\l‘ti.tait:l, .of and
from Guernsey, laden,mith wine and brihndrfor
lititasf;, and. tleßrigparlotte, of Brim?), Capt.
F. COOK, idderi*itil wine and br.indy, frornGe.ern-
,
aey for Belfast. .