The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-05 00:00:00

-I\-AVIGVTION LAWS.

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.\l'e (11 not credit the assertion in the II isfon
Papers, ins.ered ye,terflhy in Tun Sun, hat , iere
is any reason to believe " there will be born, a

modification ill the British Edicts as to allow

Americans, their crvii vessels, a tree and Imre-.

:fricted iu rite trpule of the Ihkish
%Vest holies." 'I lie icasuiii rot. 4)iir ilisbeljer arei

the. . • . •
imperative necessity which coutinuea to exist
for adhering str;ctly tri th'e N.vigati 'n and C:do-
nial System 01 Great Brii;iin the grea; w int of
employment for tire 'Shipping of Hite
Country, a-nil the vast ninnher of small Pl.l,it, ;1,0.
Vessels that have gone front the Ki g's Colon CS
•in North America to the British We,“
seeking freig.,ts.—These vessels n ere lot nieOy'
emplOyed in the cart iage._ Gypsum fr,,m
North America to the United States, b.it which,
by a recent act of Congress, has beer, prohibited;
(he exclusion of this ;wide canner Coutinil• !or •
any period. The sterili.y of the soil of the'
EasJern States, and the general Fan! or
of: this. description, indoces the iohabi atirs of
British North America to believe that in a s ,ort
time the intercourse in this article will be it v:vel ;
but whether it, is or,uot, they are contented so long
as American Vessels are excluded from our West'
India islands, nod the provisions of the art of the
28th of the King are enforced. By. hi, Art the
West lath Planters can iniport iu British Ships
from the United States all the pro% kiwis theY may
require; but beyond •whieb, we trust, the English
Government, will never go; especially as the system
pursued by his Majesty's'MiniSters has influenced
the Planters to raise stock •for themselves; and
thuS, with the assistance of the Fisheries o r the
shores of British North America, from which
Citizens of the,United Staes me now so liAopily
excluded, and the supply of Fonr and Bread the
West India-Planters may reasonably expect to re.:
ceive from 1,-:reatilritain and Irelmoi, there surely
can be 'no reason whatever for permitting, in Am.;
rican Vessels, an intercourse between the Unite,l
States and the British West India islands. 'rt
would very soon annihilate. the great nursery
British Seamen, which is now rising into ort
*ince in that..qu'arter of the GlObe, and w hid' was
so pointedly alhided to in the debate on Thurs-
day night; On the Newfoundland "question. It ap- .
pears that; on an average' of the last three.years..
About nine hundred 'Square rigged \fri ss is h to
gone from the United Kingdom to British Nr'rt4i
America ; and; whilst three-fourthS of these ship
have returned direct 'write, the other one-fourth
have gone from those Colonies to the West
wilt lumber, &c. to the great advantage of the
West India Planters, not only from the supplies
they furnished, but from the additional quan-
tity of freight these ships afforded for sugars to
Europe, and thereby keeping down anti prevent-
ing any excessive rate of freight to the West Intlit%
Interest.

PRUSSIA.

PRUSSIA, JUNE I9.—Letters from 'England give
us tbe not very joyful news of an intended Lot-
tery of manufactured goods, in which the tickets
are indeed to be very dear, but rite purcha.ers may
win 200,0001. sterling ; but it is stared to be on
express condition that the winners shall dispose
of the goods out-of the country. It is well known
that the English Government, wbile,the Continent
was' shut against England. purchased of all the
manufacturers their whole stock, in order to
keep them front ruin, and filled great maga
zines with these goods. notwithstanding the im ►
-
mense quantities that England has disposed of in
foreign countries wince this bloCkade has been re-
moved ; it is likely that there maybe 201 large
quantities in those magazines, and partly the pa_
ttiotic societies 'in other countries :Against the
weal ing of English goods, may have induced this
Lottery. The English are indeed good Speculators;
scarcely do 'they perceive that the resolutions of
foreign governments may prove injurious to the
way of disposing of their goods, which they have
hitherto pursued, when they immediately adOpt
a measure which renders all sneer resolution's
null, and which cannot be impeded except, by a
total prohibition of the importation of English
goods. The writer thinks siich 'a Lottery would
be eagerly enconragtd by rich individuals ; that
tine gain being so great, the winners would be
Ole to sell their goods at Lelpsie at a much
lower price than-even at tine late fair; and that
though' a heavy' import duty should br imposed,
s ch a duty, he observes, inig%t appear'for a moment
a good "financial sp.ecnlatioo ; but then the State
would be in the end obliged to interfere for, the
support 'of the families of German manufacturers',
who would be reduced to poverty. The only way,
therefore, to save: the 'German manufacturers, is
to prohibit English goods entirely.
I'ETERSBUEGII, JUNE 10.—By :Al Imperial
Ukase, Odessa is declared a free port,

Great rejoicings have taken place in Austria, in
Consequence of the birtli'of a son to the L'iince
PAUL ESTEMJAiY. •

Tp.iq TH6OISAND PouNDS !—On Wednesday next
the State Lottery begins drawing; the-first-dra.,
Prize will be entitled to 10,0001, more ! CARTRIt's,
8, Charing-Cross, is the Oldest and most Fortn-
nte Office tai purchase Tickets or Shares at.
The Fundi Continue to lOok upwards, and it k
expected by many that 3 per Cents will reach 90
before the next Meeting of Parliament : this Rise
is not difficult to account for, the DeMand coti-
tinning as usual, but not so the Supply,there having
been no Net,' creation of Stock lately, and notre.
contemplated, with the Exception of the Stock
Prizes in the preetit Lottery, which were con-
tracted for at the low Price of 68,—it is there-
fore not at all surprising that there is now a
greater demand for Tickets and Shares than was
ever knowti at this Season, and there may not
be an .opportunity for many years of investing
11ioney in the Funds on such advantageous Terms.
&ExT WEbNEsDAv, 9th July, the Wheel goes
round. and I't it not be forgotten Tickets, are Flee
Pounds Cheaper in Mr. SIVEWRIGIIT'S Con!raet.
than they were in the preceding, or than they may
be in the next, therefore there is nothing like t 1
time present.

UNEXPEC TED DE\iAND MADE ON THE' FRENCH
GOVERNMENT BY SOME OF THE GOVERNNIENTS
OF THE CONTINENT.

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In THE Slit of Thursday we stated, that The
Anti-gailiean Monitor of last Sunday .contained
au
important fact, viz. " That some of the (iovern-
" meats of the Continent Who bad advanced
" money by way of loan to ituoicApNwre, nort,
kr call upon the French Government to refund
" them." We conceived. that the Editor of The
Anti-gallican received his information frnm a
pamphlet which he quoted entitled " The Coali-
tion and France." but we have sinte found, .011
re-perusing the article, that the information re.:
spectiog the present dentand Of the Allies is not
taken front the paniPhlet, hitt that the liditor Of
the Anti galliccin declares he receikted it front re-
spectable authority, and that he only gave ex-
tracts Irtim the above-mentioned pamphlet to
slew the preseut state or the public mind in
trance, and how disposed towards the Allied
Powers. As we think'the subject itself of con-
siderable importance, and likely to lead to serious
eonsequences interesting to all Europe, should
the demand be. rigorously enforeed, we subjoin
the article a it appeared in the Anti-allico:--,;

" THO COALITIOk AND FRANCE..
(La Coalition e la. Prance.)
.` A small pamphlet,, consisting of 150, pages, •
under the above. title, was.ptiblished at Paris about
four months since., but was soon after .its publica-
tion suppressed by the Police,.at the desire, as it •
4Vtts said, of soave of the Ambassadors of the
levant Allied Vowers at ..P;arisz--rin short, at the
request of.those of,Oreat•,Britaio and Austria. , I
Lope my Readers,will not think, that by giving
publicity to a work so Jong after its first publi.;
cation, I do, it mecelar.to.fill, up the,eolumns.of
my Journal : t can assort thetn that my reason for
$o doing, at the present time is, that I think this,n
'ft and proper period to givej,,t:puhlickty,.a.f there
are now eliscussions..on tbe lapis.. between the
&pant Allied ,Sovereigns, And .the,Ccrurt of, the
7oilleries, which may, lead to..very serious conse7
quences. Those Smereigns‘ylto wish to main-
tain the trangoillity ofj,tiroya,i will do. well to
TeAd " La Coalitiv et 14 Prance," with partierdar
ettervinn ; not that, it is official or semi-ofAcial,
es the anchor is a very youog,man,.an half-pay of
feer.and not,in any way whatever connected with
the- French, Government, but as containiok the
sentiments and feelings ,tif the universal French
,God forbid that I should impress my
headers with w,bellet that .the whole Ftench na-
tion is so hostile to Great Britain as this juvenile
author. is ; I, koow.that it,is riot the case,—but
also know that there is not a Frenclonan who
does not possess. the same_ degree, of irritation
against ail the ci-decant Allied.§overeigns as our
authot does, respecting the, exactions or eontri-
ja,ntimiLlevitd,ou (km, in_consevence,of which
Frenclußeu pay more for Legitimacy than they
Ltlid':for Usurpation. We all know the degree
.of lov.e which one nation beats for another,
it
Is S otetliiiig.til;e the , love and friendship which
subsists bet teen. Goverioneuts and among Mer-
chants : the Ministers of the former, after plun-
dering and abusing cach,other, generally. end,their
xliplomationntes '' So and so 1.),..g5-7- —to ac-
cept the assurances of, his highest. consideration ;"
whilst merchants, who Joh each other as much' as
they polsibly,-cari,,vben speAing of their con es-
.pondent,s, stvle.them `` their,friends:'-71{!iend,hip
with .a Vengeancel Therefore, love.of one nation
-for anntlier does not exist; but nations. ;,ertainly
like some people .tetra 4 that?, tht y do others.. The
•PeoPte of Kogland ,are not liked in,
France ; the reason is obvious.:: but 1; do not see
why. we:should be made
,to appear; in .the eyes of
Frenchmen, the priata raopile.of all their dkastet s—
of. all their grie;vances,and to Short, we, and
we only, ape the grand taxgatliqers in Fyaoce,—
.o.ther nations arc endeavouring to ingratiate them-
selves with the french. People, and that too at
the expenee. ot England,, whereas nothing is
,done ou our part to ,effect a reconciliation hei weco
.-the ma) nations—a, uconcilialion, in my huuthle
.opinion, is so necessary to us, as,
.without that, we
,shall not have,a friendly nation on the Cootioent
in case of a war, Even the withdrawing from
Yrance of the filch part of the. Army of Occupa-
tion has been attributed in Paris to the bentvo.
lent intention 3, of the Emperor, of RUSSIA, when
,the fact isb that it was entirely owing to the British
,Government, who were desirous of alleviating the
distresses,of the French people. Frauce is already-
loaded with•contributious which she must pay to
the ci (levant Allies,, anti which she Can with diffi—
culty pay; add to that the maintenancenf 100,000.,
forvigtetroops ; the latter has hitherto beentegu-
lirly paid ; the delay which has been requiied for
the payment of the contlibations is expired, when
they wilt also be paid ; but, unfortunately, a new
subject has been started, which the Fiend' Go-
',eminent Wds ito' at all prepared for, and which
-the people.of -England will be surprised to hear,
and t hat is—SOMC of the Governments of the Conti-,
vent Om had, advanced niioney by Way of "loan to
,BUoNAPARTS, now call upon the present Gocernmcut
of France to refund them. Before 1 examine into
the justice ot the demand, I have no hesitation' to
decline 'hat it is utterly impossible for tlle,Fretich,
,Government to satisfy. these demadi (Which
Itioutint Loan enormous sum of money), espeCially
as it is well known that great .sacritices are now
Inade by the French Government to keep down
the price of corn. Why the;e States, who made
such Loans did not present themselves sooner is not
;easily to be accounted tor, unless, indeed;they argil
. set on by a certain busy meddling Power. 'Diet e is,
.anold.:ierman proves "Y ro dcrterfelnichthirrty
schickt, er 4ein Abgesandter." (kVlier'e the. Devil;
clues not chose to go in ,person„ he sends his Am-
baspolur.) Some of the Swiss Cantons are the
principal claituants, and it is known that a
certain Power has great influence in that country.
The.Switiers
.are a musical nation, and have a
great predeliction for harp playing ! (pour la
Now,:l do not see, why Bogland is to
be called upon to assist these nations in recover-
ing their demands from the French Government
indeed, why teas not this thought of at the.Teace

tile lobes of certain let 'us not increase
00 hatred which -France already bears us, for
notiring is more likely that the'vely Power •who
sets all this a•going-will be the first to threVir the
.)dither upon its.
" I shall ;lOW briefly: examine Wit 'l'te jostler'
of the demand recently
snide noon the French
Government. VATTEL, .in LiS Law of Nations,
B ii. C. xiv. Section 215 and 16. -
When -a lawful power contracts in the name of the state;
it lays an .ibligation do the nation itself and tonserpiently ir!
all the future rolerS 401:Society. :Then therefore a Prilice
has the Palver to tare: a contract in name of the State,
be ha" "."!'gatimi un All his successors ; and these are udt
less bound thin hinsSelf to htitil his engagements.-
" The co9d. ne•or of the riution may ILve,
.dealings pf
his
own, and private debts: and his private property alone is
liable for the discharge of such debts. But loans contracted
far the service of the State, dehrsjoeurred in the administra-
tam of public affairs, air contracts in all the strictness of
law, and obligatory on the stale and tin. whole nation, which
'is indispensahly'bonud to disehar-e those daits. • When once
they bare been emit raete.t.by lawful,authority,OP right of the
creditor is indefeasible. Whether the money horrowedhas been
turned to the advantage of the state or squandered in foolish
expences, is no concern to the person who bast lent it t he has
intrusted the nation with his property; and the nation is
bound to restore it to him again: it is so much the worse for
her if she has committed the, management of her affairs to
'improper hands. .
maxim,' however, has its bounds, founded even an
!the nature of the thing. The Sovereign has.pot, in general,
'a power to render the State or body corporate liable for the
debts he contracts, unless they be incurred with a view to
'the national advantage, and in order to enable him to pro-
vide fur all occurreuces. If he is absolute, it belongs.to him
alone to decide, in all doubtful eases, what the welfare and
safety of the State require. But if he should, without ne-
neeessity, contrakt debts of inantense riiagnitude and capable
of ruining the nation for etet, there could not ;hen exist any
thiuht in the case : the Satereigti has evidently act. d without
authority; and thiise.vrlio have lent him their money, have
imprudently risked it. It cannot be-presnined that a nation•
has ever consented to submit to utter through Abe ca-
price and foolish prodigality of her ruler.
As the national delits,can only be paid by contributiOns
and taxes—wherever the sovereign has not been inqnsted by
the nation with a potter to levy taxes, and
.contribininos, or,
in short, to raise supplies by hiS own authority,—neithrr has
he a power to render her liable for what lie borrows, or to in-
volve...the state in debt. Titus the King of England, who, has
the right of making peace and war, has not that of contract-
ing national delns4 without the concurrence of Parliament,
because he cannot without their concurrence levy any money,
on his people."
" ,Nuts'; strictly speaking, BUONAPARTE raised
money by loan from other Governments, of • his
own free will, neither the Senate nor his Legisla-
ive Body, or his Council of-State, hatl any know-
ledge of" such transactions ; theie were all Glens'-.
initiated .recettes erterieures• '(exterior receipts),
they never alipeared lit ally Budget, nor was the
nation at any time called upon to make good such
payMents, or to provide for the interest of Money
thus raised ; the Government, excepting
himself, knew nothing of all these
deaiings.---hoor the money was raised, or how it
was expended--,-411'r.her it was laid oat for the
State, or for his Own private use—all this can-
not be well ascertained; hut there is every reason
to suppose that such sums of money were not
laid out for the use of the nation, as the Minis-
ter of Finances,
.in his annual Budget, provided
for the exigencies of. the State, conseque»tly, the
debts 'contracted as above stated by BLIONA-
PARTE, tiMst be, and ought to be considered AS
having been applied to his OW() priyate use ;
consequently his own property, and thbse of 'hi;
family and his adherents, should pay them.--;-
That BUONAPARTE and his family have still
considelahle property its France, is well known,
nay, it was even. secured to them by.the Treaty
of FontAitibleau lu
.1814, which Treaty was not
invalidatcd• after his second abdication.; but re-
mained in foil fOrce; it is, therefore,. my opinion;
that as these Loans were
.raised by.43I4ONAPARTE
fur hip owit-tise, he and his family, and they alone,
should pay them. Before the Allied' Sovereigns
recommence their system of delapidatioh, they
should recollect the inability .ot thepresent Go •
vertirnerit cf France to pay those demands which
have already been made upon
,thetn. Let t;he
.Allies recollect. that here will be a considerable
deficiency in the. Budget of next year. Let the
Allies recolfeet that the Fiend) people, since
they ate .governed by their legitithate Prince, pay
more taxes than they ever did scnce the Revak).-
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Let the Allies-read over " Coalition et
lu France," and.they will' seethe teintier ol the
French people : but above all, let the Ailies re-
collect, 11141 tite'Tare no longer the Allies of 1814,
that] they are already dkunited, and have disa-
-4'ree,l on more points than one—hinee my reason
_tor calling them ci4/erant'Allies. 'Let the Allies
recollect, that if France is deternriined to reist
further aggressions from, Foreigners, that she
will find Allies among those who were formerly
her enemies. Let the Allies recollect, that if only
the signal for %%kir is given, at least five hundred
thousand Frenchmen will be ready to march,lnd
that who, will have the foresight and ta-
lent to have France for an Ally,• aye even under
the Boni bon Government, (for the French army
.only to.:have . opportunityawilt fight l
viofgrie revenging
ga
themselves on Foreigners, n
BotrasoN as well as they did under a BuosA-
p'Atife, Or under a. Must AU, or tinder a PtdßE-
Cau)—l say, then, that that Power, together
with France, will become the masters of the Con-
tinent of Europe.:!